Paul exhorted the Colossians and us, “set your mind on the things that are above” (Colossians 3:2). Above By “above,” Paul was referring to heaven and heavenly things, not the things that are on earth. Since we have been born again, born of the Spirit, we can see the kingdom of God and can enter … [Read more…]
Bask in God’s spiritual light. New creature in Christ, child of God our Father, heir of salvation, brother or sister in the Lord, saint—holy one made holy by the blood of the Lamb, hear what the Holy Spirit says to you. God called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Now you are a … [Read more…]
Paul proclaimed the gospel of the kingdom in terms of relationships. In 2 Corinthians 3 his focus is on God’s relationship with us in the Spirit in contrast to God’s relationship with His old covenant people. Paul tells the Corinthians and us we are a letter of Messiah “written with the Spirit of the living God.” … [Read more…]
We believe heavenly things for we have been born of water and of the Spirit. Jesus explained those heavenly things to Nicodemus and to us. 1 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Judeans. 2 He came to Yeshua by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you … [Read more…]
Jesus explains the Spirit and our spirit in kingdom terms. “Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again/gennēthē, he cannot see/idein the kingdom of God” (Jn 3:3 KJV). Idein means: I see, look upon, experience, perceive, discern. “Truly, I tell you emphatically, unless a person is born of water and Spirit he … [Read more…]
“God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” Jesus John 4:24 ISV Jesus spoke those words to the woman at the well and speaks them to us by His spirit. Here’s the context: “Therefore when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Yeshua was making and immersing … [Read more…]
10 I fell down before his feet to worship him. He said to me, “Look! Don’t do it! I am a fellow bondservant with you and with your brothers who hold the testimony of Yeshua. Worship God, for the testimony of Yeshua is the Spirit of Prophecy.” Rev 19:10 WMB The Greek words translated testimony and … [Read more…]
Born of the Spirit The power of perceiving and grasping divine and eternal things, and upon which the Spirit of God exerts influence, spirit, says Luther, “is the highest and noblest part of man, which qualifies him to lay hold of incomprehensible, invisible, eternal things; in short, it is the house where Faith and God’s … [Read more…]
Jesus compared the work of the Holy Spirit in our new creature spirit to the invisible force of wind. Both Spirit and wind are translations of the same Greek word, pneuma. The wind we can’t see works powerfully in nature. So it is with the Holy Spirit in our new creature. The wind/pneuma blows where … [Read more…]
God brought forth one another ministry by pouring out His Spirit. 14 But Peter, standing up with the Eleven, lifted up his voice and spoke out to them, “You men of Judea, and all you who dwell at Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to my words. 15 For these aren’t drunken, as you … [Read more…]