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The Lord is good all the time🙏

07/04/2020

When a man’s soul is clouded with selfishness in any or every form, he loses the power of spiritual discrimination, and confuses the temporal with the eternal, the perishable with the permanent, mortality with immortality, and error with Truth. It is thus that the world has come to be filled with theories and speculations having no foundation in human experience. Every body of flesh contains within itself, from the hour of birth, the elements of its own destruction, and by the unalterable law of its own nature must it pass away.

But yet he was NOT born, neither will he die, for how can that which is immortal, which eternally is, be subject to birth and death! So let a man cast off his illusions, and then he will see that the birth and death of the body are the mere incidents of a journey and not it's beginning and end. Selah!

22/05/2019

Sharing my reading from Oswald Chambers

Our Careful Unbelief “. . . do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on” (Matthew 6:25). Jesus summed up commonsense carefulness in the life of a disciple as unbelief. If we have received the Spirit of God, He will squeeze right through our lives, as if to ask, “Now where do I come into this relationship, this vacation you have planned, or these new books you want to read?” And He always presses the point until we learn to make Him our first consideration. Whenever we put other things first, there is confusion. “. . . do not worry about your life . . . .” Don’t take the pressure of your provision upon yourself. It is not only wrong to worry, it is unbelief; worrying means we do not believe that God can look after the practical details of our lives, and it is never anything but those details that worry us. Have you ever noticed what Jesus said would choke the Word He puts in us? Is it the devil? No—“the cares of this world” (Matthew 13:22). It is always our little worries. We say, “I will not trust when I cannot see”—and that is where unbelief begins. The only cure for unbelief is obedience to the Spirit. The greatest word of Jesus to His disciples is abandon.

19/12/2017

The Doorway to the Kingdom

“Blessed are the poor in spirit.”
Matthew 5:3

Beware of thinking of our Lord as only a teacher. If Jesus Christ is only a teacher, then all He can do is frustrate me by setting a standard before me I cannot attain. What is the point of presenting me with such a lofty ideal if I cannot possibly come close to reaching it? I would be happier if I never knew it. What good is there in telling me to be what I can never be—to be “pure in heart” (Matthew 5:8), to do more than my duty, or to be completely devoted to God? I must know Jesus Christ as my Savior before His teaching has any meaning for me other than that of a lofty ideal which only leads to despair. But when I am born again by the Spirit of God, I know that Jesus Christ did not come only to teach—He came to make me what He teaches I should be.

The redemption means that Jesus Christ can place within anyone the same nature that ruled His own life, and all the standards God gives us are based on that nature. The teaching of the Sermon on the Mount produces a sense of despair in the natural man—exactly what Jesus means for it to do. As long as we have some self-righteous idea that we can carry out our Lord’s teaching, God will allow us to continue until we expose our own ignorance by stumbling over some obstacle in our way. Only then are we willing to come to Him as paupers and receive from Him.

“Blessed are the poor in spirit.” This is the first principle in the kingdom of God. The underlying foundation of Jesus Christ’s kingdom is poverty, not possessions; not making decisions for Jesus, but having such a sense of absolute futility that we finally admit, “Lord, I cannot even begin to do it.”

Then Jesus says, “Blessed are you” (5:11). This is the doorway to the kingdom, and yet it takes us so long to believe that we are actually poor! The knowledge of our own poverty is what brings us to the proper place where Jesus Christ accomplishes His work.

Amen. Selah!

10/09/2017

Trust that all who visit this page are hungry for more spiritual solid meat and not just the milk and cereal though they are necessary for the growing up stages.

Here is one I would like to resonate to your spirit being as you read.

The heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father ...

When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man I put away childish things ... Thus are the words of our wise brother, Paul.

We went through many stages of childhood when we were bound by religion, tradition, meetings and so forth. Many of our beliefs and much of our consecration was out of fear ... fear of punishment if we did not live by the opinions of the Elders of the so-called church. Being children we often had mistaken opinion for dogma, interpretation for fact, and error for truth. Indeed, we were among the blind following blind leaders. Beware, my beloved, there are blind leaders among us today, so blind that they are returning to Egypt ... to the very bo***ge from which they once led us ...

Though the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom ... perfect love casts out all fear. Love is a very intimate experience ... for love is a living, visible expression of the Father. Love that has been found in the heart of God knows no fear. Love is trusting, knowing and being. Love knows no boundaries; therein dwells no bigotry, no hate, no condemnation ... love never fails. Love is greater than the law even as grace is greater than sin. Jesus did not destroy the law ... He fulfilled the law by paying the price the law demanded. The law written upon stone was but a figure of a time to come ... a time when the law would be written upon the hearts of all mankind ... a time when living would be in love and not in fear. Hallelujah!

Love, mercy and grace are endless attributes of the Father ... they are eternally expanding. Though love can be expressed outwardly, the fullness of Divine Love is an inward life ... an eternal life in the Spirit ... it is the crown of Sonship. God IS infinite love is a creating force; a creating force far beyond that of worlds and galaxies ... beyond that of people and animals, trees and flowers, mountains and valleys. It is a New Creation known only to the begotten of the Father. It is an ascending of spirits, for the Spirit and by the Spirit. Love is an ascending force which allows us to ascend into the Holy Place of the Spirit where we, like our Father, know and understand all things; where all the omnipotent powers of Love are ours ... where Father and Sons and Spirit are One. Let this Divine Love touch your spirit for just a moment and it will never let you go. Nothing less than spirit will satisfy you ... God alone will be your all. Are these words causing you to remember? Is the spirit within your inner son leaping for joy? Is your spirit crying out for freedom? Then truly maturity lies just ahead ... and the door of the Father's heart is opening to you ... you are reaching the time appointed of the Father.

There are too many philosophies and teachings, all clamoring for our attention, all Claiming to be the way to eternal life ... the entrance to the Kingdom. But there is only one Door in this hour, my beloved, and that is Christ. In the past months I have received many writings and books. What I have read thus far might contain some past or present truth, but these writings are not in agreement with each other ... there are divisions of thought, and barriers which di vide brother from brother. As long as these di visions exist, and we partake of them, we walk as men and not as sons. Please, do not misunderstand me: I have found heavenly manna in some of these books and writings. However, the fullness of truth is found only in the presence of our Beloved Â… it is His Spirit that will show us things to come.

My spirit has grown so weary of the past ways, even the present ways ... it hungers with yours for the fullness of truth as it is in Christ Jesus, our Lord and Elder Brother. We must abandon all the voices of Adam, all the divisions of men, and all the lifeless practices of the past.

There are many voices in the world today ... many things are being taught and written: But it is in His presence only that we receive the words that are spirit and life. There was a time when we knew God according to the patriarchs, the prophets, the apostles ... a time when we knew Him according to the Sacred Page ... The time has come to know Him as we once knew Him, eons ago, when we were all together in the Father I s Holy Courts. It is time to know Him as He is ...

You cannot confine our Everlasting Father between the covers of a book, or within the walls of a building, or in the narrow confines of religious thought. Our Father is too great for that ...

I know there are those who believe that even today the presence of the Lord can be "felt" in certain meetings and gatherings ... and this I do not doubt. I do not mean to "split hairs", but I must say, to "feel" the presence of the Lord, and to be "in His presence" are two different experiences. We have all felt His presence in meetings, yet it was not until we "came out" of the old order that we began to come into His presence. It was then we found our worship and communion and fellowship within the tabernacle of the Most High.

We left the "bond woman" and her ways which had lead us into bo***ge. I say we should not return ... even when "baited" with topics of Sonship, Kingdom, or the Life in the Spirit. We have found the hidden treasure ... the pearl. .. our inheritance. We are the Sons of God ... let us worship Him in spirit and in truth. Let us enter His courts with praise, knowing that in His presence dwells the fullness of joy, peace, and life ... knowing that in Him we are one and with Him we shall reign, ages without end. It is most glorious to know we belong to the Father; to yearn to live and move and have our existence in Him ... to desire to be alone with Him, to partake of Him ... to be lost in Him. This will do more for us and for mankind than all the meetings, fasting, praying and giving could ever do.

The need for meetings and fellowship stem from the natural desires, not spiritual: For the spirit cries out to the Spirit. The spirit yearns to walk with God, to live with God, to be like God; and in the silence of its aloneness the spirit worships and converses with the Father. We do not need more preachers, teachers or prophets ... not even more writers ... the old is passing away. We need to know our Father in His fullness ... and by His fullness be changed ... transformed ... once again into His image. This will never happen through meetings, fellowship, or vain efforts and methods of the natural man. It is alone with Him, completely yielded to His will, His mind and His Spirit, that such a transformation can begin. Only in His presence and by the power of His Spirit can the mortal put on immortality, the corruptible to put on incorruption.

Religion, with all of its so called "great out-pourings" was meant for the sons of Adam. We, too, had to partake of the religions of men ... that we might suffer in all ways like them ... that in the appointed hour we might free Adam's race from the bo***ge, fear, and darkness of religion. As I once wrote: The Sons of God became the sons of men, that the sons of men might partake of the liberty of the Sons of God. We "stepped down" in order to "lift up" the Creation ... that time is just ahead! We need to put our "childish" thingsaside. You are wasting your time, effort, and money on trying out all the different ways, theories, and practices. Money cannot buy the truth ... the truth belongs to the free. The life of God cannot be learned, nor can it be acquired by works ... and, I fear, that His life is beyond the reach of common faith. The life of God is a birthright, freely given to His sons. Life is not "believing" ... it is a state of being. God is life. He is the essence of life. He is the life within our inner son ... the life preparing to burst asunder the stronghold of our flesh ... the life that will overcome every enemy, restoring to us our place by Him. Hallelujah!

My beloved, there was a time when we were under tutors and governors, to remain there would be foolish. This is truly the time appointed of the Father: The time when we realize that there are truths so holy, so profound, so quickening, that they cannot be taught ... they are given by the hand of God to the Sons of His right hand Â… truths we become to His eternal glory. They are living truths ... not revealed Â… but manifested in every son ...

We cannot know the power of His resurrection (transformation) as long as we follow the blind or walk among the dead ones. The life giving manna is not for those who cling to the legs of a man, or lean upon the arm of flesh. It is apart, separate Â… yeah, it is in the extreme aloneness that the Spirit of God breaks bread among the sons. It is there that our spirits embrace and are joined as one in the Father. Close your eyes and your ears ... open your heart ... look inside ... and your inner son will open a way before you which you have never known or imagined. We receive little looking to the outside ... we tried that for years. Now we know that greater is the son within ... a son of the Living God, living within a house of clay! He will not be content until once again he stands in the exact image of the Father. He restlessly waits within his prison house of flesh for the hour of freedom, maturity and union with God: The hour when he shall deliver the Creation from the long night of death, returning the Creation, fully restored, to the Father ... The Creator of all things ... Hallelujah!!

The Spirit of God is whispering to us: "TheKingdom of God is within you." It is within us because we were born of Father God, born into His Kingdom, eons ago, in that Glorious Beginning of all beginnings ... that in this Glorious Beginning, which is dawning, we might be made manifest to the Creation; in order that the whole creation might know that we always were, that we are, and forever will be, the Sons of the Living God.

He is the light ... He is so much more. He is the consuming fire ... yet so much more. He is everything and everywhere ... ah, He is more than that. He is the Alpha and Omega ... He is so much more. He is above the highest heights ... He is greater than our greatest idea or understanding of Him. He is beyond the Essence ... the Absolute ... the Supreme ... a trillion times more than that. Only in figure are the heavens His throne and the earth His footstool. Only as our spirit clings to His Spirit can we rise to the heights of His glory. Only with the eyes of His Spirit can we behold His fullness. And only by the power of His Spirit can we see Him and have life evermore. Hallelujah! Selah!

24/04/2017

Just thought of sharing this page on Grace from my reading.

"Grace is Unmerited Favor" – This Common Definition is Wrong

There are a few key words in the Bible that are given wrong definitions even though the definitions are widely accepted. Such wrong definitions created much confusion and a weak church. Grace is commonly defined as “God’s unmerited favor to man”. We even goes into greater length to differentiate grace from mercy. Grace is defined as the getting the blessings/favors that we do not deserve and Mercy as NOT getting the punishments that we deserved.

With such fine definitions, we deceived ourselves that we have good and deep understanding of the terms of Grace and Mercy.

However, the definition of Grace as unmerited favor is wrong. I used to define grace as making up of two parts – unmerited and power. But after hearing James Ryle (Truthworks.org) preaching in Grace Chapel (gracechapel.net) on 23 Jul 2006 “Living a Legacy Part 4”, I have to drop the unmerited part and just keep the power part. The unmerited part comes from God’s mercy and need not be repeated in grace. In Tit 1:4, the benediction from Paul is “Grace, Mercy and Peace”.

How to Judge the Correctness of a Definition?

1, Substitute the definition for term in the sentence/verse where the term is found.

2. Do it for all occurrences of the term in all the verses.

Let’s try it for Jam 4:6… God resists the proud, but gives [grace] to the humble.

Unmerited favor does not make sense here. If it is unmerited favor, then the proud should have it too. In fact, the proud is more unmerited to receive it.

This is exactly like what Paul says in Rom 6:1b Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? Defining Grace as “unmerited favor” causes grace to be misunderstood as a license to sin!

Other verses cited by James,

Gal 5:4b ye are fallen from [grace]. How can one falls from unmerited favor ?

John 1:14b Jesus was full of [grace]. Is Jesus unmerited to have full of grace? Or is Jesus so bad that he need to be full of grace?

The Right Definition

Ps John of Petra Church defines grace as: “Grace is not a license to sin but an empowerment of God to enable us to be what we should”.

James Ryle defines it as, “Grace is the empowering Presence of God enabling you to be who He created you to be, and to do what He has called you to do.”

In shortest possible form, Grace is “God’s presence” or God’s power”, for victorious, abundant, Christ-like, God glorifying living. Wherever that is the presence of God, there is power. God’s power comes from His presence in us.

It we take grace as God’s power, then it fit well in the above 3 verses cited. James 4:6, proud people don’t see they need God’s power. The humble people know the truth of their weakness and ask God’s for power. In Gal 5:4, if we rely on our own ability (our flesh) to be righteous, we do not need God’s power and has indeed fallen, or depart from God’s power (Grace). In John 1:14, Jesus is full of God’s power and presence.

The Weak/Carnal Paul to Victorious Paul

What is the difference between the weak Paul, the Christian, of Rom 7:14-24 and the victorious Paul of 2 Cor 12:9-10 and Phi 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. The answer is the Grace of God as defined as God’s presence and power.

Salvation for all is God’s mercy of unmerited favor. Christian growth (becoming like Christ) is depending on us to be full of grace (God’s presence and power) through crucifying our flesh (self-will, self-confidence, self-capability, self-pride) and follow after the Spirit. It is about abiding in Christ, living from the Vine of God’s presence and power and then be fruitful.

The Verses Coming Alive

Heb 4:16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace(God’s presence), that we may obtain mercy(unmerited favor), and find grace(God’s power) to help in time of need.

2Pe 3:18 But grow in grace(God’s presence & power), and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Let’s compare, which definition gives better emphasis

Rom 11:6 And if by grace[unmerited favor of God], then is it no more of works: otherwise grace[favor] is no more grace[favor]. But if it be of works, then is it no more [God’s favor]: otherwise work is no more work.

Rom 11:6 And if by grace[Power of God], then is it no more of [men’s] works: otherwise grace[God’s Power] is no more [of God]. But if it be of [men’s] works, then is it no more [God’s power]: otherwise work is no more work.

Eph 2:8 For by grace[unmerited favor] are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

Eph 2:8 For by grace[God’s power] are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

Conclusion

Incorrect popular definition of key Christian words give rise to much confusion and a weak church. Defining grace as unmerited favor is wrong and creates the confusion that grace is a license to sin. To live a victorious Christian life, we need to understand God’s Word correctly and we must define grace as the power of God’s presence in us to enable us to Christ-like lives.

28/03/2017

It's been awhile since I post here. This is one of my favourite - sonship!

THIS IS MY SON! What words are these! But what made Him a Son? It wasn’t His preaching, surely, for Jesus had not yet preached His first sermon in the synagogue of Nazareth. It wasn’t His miracles, certainly, for Jesus had not yet turned the water into wine at the wedding in Cana of Galilee. It wasn’t His prophetic office, for He had never yet revealed the secrets of any man’s heart. It wasn’t his casting out of devils, for not one demon spirit had fled at His authoritative word. It wasn’t the signs, wonders, miracles, or the raising of the dead to life again, for Jesus had not done even one of His mighty works when He came to the Jordan. “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased” was spoken of Jesus at the end of thirty years in the carpenter shop of his father, Joseph. This was not “my beloved Son in whom I am going to be well pleased just as soon as His miracle ministry gets under way and He has died and risen and ascended.” Oh, no! The Father was pleased with the Jesus of the carpenter shop, the Jesus who had heard and learned to know His voice, the Jesus who had learned His ways, the Jesus who submitted to His dealings, the Jesus who obeyed all that the Father commanded Him. He was pleased with the Jesus who learned mercy, truth, discernment, love, forgiveness, purity, holiness, wisdom, righteous judgment, faith, and obedience in the nitty-gritty of everyday life in the dusty streets of the far-flung Roman outpost of Nazareth. The nature of God, the character of God, the word of God, the ways of God, and the will of God has been meticulously inworked into His very state of being — and that is what made Him a Son in whom the Father was well pleased! Surely now we can plainly see that the glory that was manifested through the next three and a half years of Jesus’ sonship ministry was simply the breaking out, the bursting forth of that glory which had been inwrought and established as the inward law of His life! It was not really a descending glory — it was an ERUPTING GLORY:

09/11/2016

Shedding some light on " the Son whom I am well pleased ".

THIS IS MY SON! What words are these! But what made Him a Son? It wasn’t His preaching, surely, for Jesus had not yet preached His first sermon in the synagogue of Nazareth. It wasn’t His miracles, certainly, for Jesus had not yet turned the water into wine at the wedding in Cana of Galilee. It wasn’t His prophetic office, for He had never yet revealed the secrets of any man’s heart. It wasn’t his casting out of devils, for not one demon spirit had fled at His authoritative word. It wasn’t the signs, wonders, miracles, or the raising of the dead to life again, for Jesus had not done even one of His mighty works when He came to the Jordan. “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased” was spoken of Jesus at the end of thirty years in the carpenter shop of his father, Joseph. This was not “my beloved Son in whom I am going to be well pleased just as soon as His miracle ministry gets under way and He has died and risen and ascended.” Oh, no! The Father was pleased with the Jesus of the carpenter shop, the Jesus who had heard and learned to know His voice, the Jesus who had learned His ways, the Jesus who submitted to His dealings, the Jesus who obeyed all that the Father commanded Him. He was pleased with the Jesus who learned mercy, truth, discernment, love, forgiveness, purity, holiness, wisdom, righteous judgment, faith, and obedience in the nitty-gritty of everyday life in the dusty streets of the far-flung Roman outpost of Nazareth. The nature of God, the character of God, the word of God, the ways of God, and the will of God has been meticulously inworked into His very state of being — and that is what made Him a Son in whom the Father was well pleased! Surely now we can plainly see that the glory that was manifested through the next three and a half years of Jesus’ sonship ministry was simply the breaking out, the bursting forth of that glory which had been inwrought and established as the inward law of His life! It was not really a descending glory — it was an ERUPTING GLORY: Hallelujah!

02/10/2016

Mercy vs Grace --
Unmerited favor vs Divine Enablement!

Grace be unto you, and peace, from Him which is, and which was, and which is to come" (Rev. 1:4).

Of the many truths God has made known to His people none shine more brightly or more frequently from the pages of God’s Word than the truth that our salvation and calling, from start to finish, are totally and fully products of the Grace of God. This word grace is translated from the Greek word "charis" which not only means "unmerited favor," but really carries the deeper meaning of "an influence that produces a result." Thus, grace is not merely the kindness of God in doing something for us which we have not deserved, but it is the essence, the energy, the power and working wrought within as HE DOES for us, to us, in us, and through us! God’s grace, divine grace, then, is DIVINE ENABLEMENT!

In grace God does something more for us than just showing mercy or unmerited favor — He works by His mighty power within to do in and through us WHAT WE OURSELVES CANNOT DO!

What a blessed truth this is, and how wonderfully it reveals the graciousness of God! Ah, yes, weak carnal men need mercy — but do you not see, my beloved, that men need something more than mercy. They need HELP! Mercy covers my weakness — but divine enablement overcomes it! Mercy forgives my sin — divine enablement conquers it and supersedes it with righteousness! Mercy overlooks my faults — divine enablement causes me to rise above them! Mercy means that God will do for me in spite of myself — divine enablement means that what He does changes me and makes me something more than I was! Can we not see that when Paul said, "For I am the least of the apostles, that am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am: and His grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me" (I Cor. 15:9-10), he pointed us to the fact that his apostolic ministry was entirely the result of DIVINE ENABLEMENT! It wasn’t just "unmerited favor" that made Paul a great apostle, it was something more, it was a mighty power working within him, and that power was grace! To ever be anything in God Paul needed more than mercy — he needed enablement, divine enablement!

I pray that the truth and force of these things may grip your heart! Have you ever wondered, in the light of your own apparent weakness, whether you could ever really, truly attain to the high calling of sonship?

Let me tell you, my brother, my sister, not only has the Father saved you by His kindness, and called you by His own sovereign choosing, He now giveth more grace, more and more and more of His DIVINE ENABLEMENT to bring you unto His purpose! As we consider the tremendous challenges, battles, prunings, purgings, processings, victories, glories and spiritual heights of attainment outlined in the book of Revelation, how fitting that John should preface this great revelation with these words: "Grace be unto you!" Amen! Selah!

08/09/2016

Redemption Truth unbox! 2 Cor 5:17

In our understanding of redemption, it is important that we recognize that there is no redemption for the Adam man, that is, the earthly nature and life. God has not asked the Adam man (the natural man) to consecrate himself to God, because that is the worse thing that could happen! The Adam man tried to make his nature pleasing to God when he sewed fig leaves together to cover his nakedness in the ancient mists of Eden. But that does not please God, because that Adam man was sentenced to death, and die he must! That is why God sent the “second man” and the “last Adam” — to replace the “first man” and the “first Adam.” Therefore, if any man be in Christ he is an entirely NEW CREATION; old things are passed away, and behold, all things are become new! Can you not see the mystery? God did not save the old Adam, He replaced him. We are redeemed and saved by having the old Adam brought to death, and being raised up into the new Adam. So when Christ sends His Spirit, he does not come to the natural man, for the natural man cannot receive the things of the Spirit! He comes to the new creation man! “He that is joined to the Lord is one spirit.” It is His Spirit joined with our spirit that makes the new creation man! Therefore, he is a spiritual man! And yet, most of Christianity deals with the natural man, because they want him to live before God. In order to get him restored they lay the laws on him, try to get him to conform, force him to go through the motions, train him and give him a call from God. But the problem with dressing up and training old Adam is like dressing up a pig and training a pig yet still a pig.

The Old Man need to be "put off " and the "New Man" be put on! Period.