Realizing how God fits us together encourages us and stimulates kingdom relationships. Here, I use realizing both as comprehending completely and as making what God has done and is doing real in our lives. Peter puts God fitting us together as God making us perfect (1 Pe 5:10), meaning God putting of all of us … [Read more…]
THE MYSTERY THAT IS IN CHRIST IS BEYOND HUMAN CARNAL KNOWLEDGE UNDERSTANDING, COMPREHENDING AND EXPLANATION UNLESS THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT OF THE INVISIBLE GOD INTERPRETS THE NEW COVENANT BIBLE ORDINANCE’S OF LIGHT TO REVEAL THE MYSTERY THAT IS IN CHRIST IN YOUR SOUL. 2 Cor 3: 5-6, 7-12, 13-15, 1 John 2: 7-8, … [Read more…]
Jesus came, preaching perfect kingdom relationships in perspective of eternity. He clearly taught eternal life in the kingdom that is to come in contrast to being cast into hell. In that vein, Jesus began His Sermon on the Mount with the Beatitudes. Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. … [Read more…]
God instills deep relationship with Himself in Christ by the Holy Spirit and gives us the perspective of eternity. He fits us together and we thrive in the environment of deep relationships with our brothers and sister in the Lord as God perfects us. Peter lays out the aspects of relating with eternal perspective in … [Read more…]
In kingdom relationships, we serve Christ by our right conduct, peace and joy through the Holy Spirit and God takes pleasure in us. For the Kingdom of God does not consist of eating and drinking, but of right conduct, peace and joy, through the Holy Spirit; and whoever in this way devotedly serves Christ, … [Read more…]
ACCORDING TO JESUS, WHO IS OUR NEIGHBOR? As followers of Jesus, we know we are to love our neighbor as ourselves. Yet there are major misconceptions in Christianity regarding neighbors. Our American culture causes many of God’s people to consider non-neighbors as their own neighbors. This error brings unwarranted pangs of guilt, shame and self … [Read more…]
Heart defined as the seat of moral life and character [Heart is:] The spring of all our actions and purposes; the seat of moral life and character; the moral affections and character itself; the individual disposition and character; as, a good, tender, loving, bad, hard, or selfish heart. Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary Heart is the … [Read more…]
David wrote:“Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me” (Ps 51:10 KJV). Although he wasn’t a prophet, his Psalm gives us a prophetic picture of the spiritual blessings God blessed us with in Christ Jesus. One is; God created us in Christ Jesus and gave us a clean … [Read more…]
Good character is motivated by our desire to please God our Father. Christ is our example of proven character and our leader. God’s grace helps us grow up in all ways into Christ. The Holy Spirit helps us walk in the way of our Lord. The community of His people is conducive to character development. … [Read more…]
God established His plan for His kingdom before the foundation of the world. His plan spans from there through eternity. God’s plan is manifested by His love, mercy and grace, which He extends to us through Messiah Jesus with the Holy Spirit. In his letter to the saints in Ephesus, Paul succinctly presented God’s plan … [Read more…]