At times we KNOW it and EXPERIENCE it, and at other times we have no awareness of it at all. Our CONSCIOUS mind is unable to overcome its limitations and experience THE SPIRITUAL WORLD. The SUBCONSCIOUS Soul does not have the imagination, dreams or revelation to be ONE with the WHOLE, or WHOLE with the ONE. Only the SUPER-CONSCIOUS SPIRIT takes us to THE SPIRITUAL where we are no longer a small creation in an INFINITE universe. We become extensions of the MIND and HEART of GOD in human form. 1 John 2:27, "...the anointing which you received from HIM abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you;... HIS anointing teaches you about all things...and is true..." The SPIRITUAL MIND AND HEART OF GOD, becoming human in us, JUST AS HE DID WITH JESUS!
Today is not just any day.... it's a Day that GOD has made....
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The pain is beyond pain where we cannot even sigh a sigh. The Heaviness is not for ourselves but for the healing of another. It is not a suffering GOD forces upon us it is a deliberate calling for the Sake of CHRIST. It is experiencing GOD through a Mother's love for her child. A treasure rare as it is precious, while we Pray for Wisdom to Glorify JESUS CHRIST beyond the known Knowledge of this world. Our desire for others, as well as ourselves, is so great that we invite the FURY OF HELL. "But this is our comfort...we have not denied the WORD of the HOLY ONE..." (Job 6:10). Yes, we are comforted in this DARK PLACE, for we find TREASURES of HEALING (AS GOD PROMISES) and CHRIST IS GLORIFIED! LIGHT DESTROYS THE DARKNESS... AND EVERYONE SEES THE TREASURES OF LIFE.
Do we "sense" today's sermon was drawn from our Preacher's library? Was it a sermon from man to man? Or, was it a Message Directly from GOD, revealed through Prayer, Inspiration, Revelation and Love? Was our Priest, Preacher or Speaker speaking to immortal Souls in CHRIST'S stead? Was their SPIRIT consumed with FIRE and PASSION as though their message was a "...burden of the WORD of the LORD..." (Malachi 1:1)? A Burden they willingly and cheerfully accept with the urgency of LIFE OR DEATH! WAS THEIR MESSAGE A "BURDEN" UNTIL IT WAS DELIVERED AND A "BLESSING" AFTER IT WAS? If NOT, don't pray for another Preacher, PRAY FOR THE PREACHER YOU HAVE. Now there is an INSPIRED AMEN!
Who knows the TRUTH of our thoughts if they don't know our SPIRIT? People have a different "opinion" about us because "they lean upon their own understanding". How can we know the "things", thoughts and heart of GOD without knowing HIS SPIRIT? 1 Corinthians 2:11-12, "For who knows a person's thoughts except the SPIRIT of that person...the things we speak, not in words of human wisdom, but in words of the HOLY SPIRIT, comparing spiritual things with spiritual things..." So, do our over 600 denominations have the same TEACHER, THE SAME SPIRIT and THE SAME REVELATIONS OF TRUTH? If we did, we would have only ONE CHURCH TAUGHT BY THE HOLY SPIRIT, and 599 churches taught by man! Perhaps it's true; satan BUILDS MORE "churches" THAN CHRISTIANS.
When we accept JESUS (whether it be Confirmation or "free will" walking to the front of the Church"), there is a Great Celebration on the "Outside" and little or no "change" on the Inside. When we profess JESUS, do our Revelations of GOD cease while we wait to go to Heaven? Is our SALVATION SUPERFICIAL? Or, does the JOY of "finding HIM" create a "hunger and thirst" from an intimate and satisfying presence of GOD where we want EVEN MORE? "It is the will of MY FATHER, that everyone who looks on the SON and believes in HIM should have eternal life..." Is our "Salvation" the result of a hasty and "non-transforming" acceptance? Or is OUR ACCEPTANCE, the real JOY of KNOWING GOD and BLESSEDLY PURSUING HIM?
Have you gotten a letter from HEAVEN? Maybe it was in the "Light of the HOLY SPIRIT" in someone's face. A smile when we couldn't find anything to be thankful for. A flower that just appeared that wasn't there yesterday. A stray dog or cat interrupts their daily routine to come and sit with you. A penny on the ground that reminds us, "In GOD we TRUST". Or, a Blessed memory that GOD brings alive in our hearts. Acts 2:17, "that I will pour out MY SPIRIT on all flesh...and your children will prophesy..." Feeling "Blah", can't identify the heaviness in our hearts, or maybe hopelessness wants to occupy our Spirits? Wait, "The Kingdom of HEAVEN is at hand...." and we are going to receive A LETTER FROM HEAVEN today!
What word is the opposite of SIN? If we say SINLESS we still don't know because we use the WORD to DEFINE THE WORD. 1 Corinthians 4:20, "For the Kingdom of GOD is not in word, but in power." Perhaps it is VIRTUE (the presence of moral excellence and righteousness). Or GRACE (the unmerited FAVOR of GOD) where we experience DIVINE influence and DIVINE excellence in our lives. Words are meaningless without POWER (why can't I understand the Bible?) POWER comes when meanings are REVEALED by the HOLY SPIRIT. WORDS are no longer the persuasive language of men, they are the POWER of GOD! The Revelation of LOVE and MEEKNESS ruling, IN ABSOLUTE AUTHORITY. Words are no longer Words; they are the KINGDOM, POWER AND GLORY FOREVER. AMEN.
Is PATIENCE something we receive once we are "Saved", "Accept JESUS" and "Repent"? Or is it something "MUCH, MUCH MORE"? Does PATIENCE allow the "Trial" or "Persecution" we are facing to come to completion, in order to produce the Righteous transformation GOD desires in us? Or does PATIENCE while "waiting", INCREASE FAITH? Romans 12:12, "...be PATIENT..." There is no need for FAITH if we don't have to WAIT, and PATIENCE is required while we are WAITING. Maybe WAITING gives us lessons to be learned, character that needs to be built and attitudes that need to be changed. WAITING, PATIENCE, FAITH!
What could better reveal the TRUTH about JESUS CHRIST than "eyewitnesses"? 2 Peter 1:19, "And, we have SOMETHING MORE SURE, THE PROPHETIC WORD..." The Prophetic Scriptures and Books of the Bible makes us "more sure" and gives us "greater certainty" about JESUS than the "eyewitnesses themselves". Have we ever noticed when non-believers "attack" the Bible; they question the authenticity of "these eye-witnesses", the "accuracy" of the miracles and even try to explain "THE HOW" we were created (Science) instead of "THE WHY". But one thing they do not even entertain to question, is the DETAILED ACCURACY OF PROPHECY centuries before coming TRUE. PROPHECY IS MORE SURE AND MORE CERTAIN, THAN AN EYEWITNESS.
We are subjected to a succession of good and bad influences every conscious hour. In our quest for what is Pure, True, Holy and to know GOD with whatever little strength and might we may have nothing else will do but the WORD OF GOD. Today we don't go to "Church" for the "announcements" or "the humorous speaker"; we go for the "SPIRITUAL" Fulfillment we so earnestly seek. John 6:44, "No man can come to ME, except the FATHER which has sent ME draw him..." GOD has touched us by joining HIS mind with ours; HIS heart with ours; until our thoughts are HIS thoughts. Today we NEED to cut through all the superficiality of traditional Church services and HEAR THE WORD - THAT'S CHURCH!
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