NEW CREATION REALITIES
E. W . K E N Y O N
Table Of Contents Contents 1. 2. 3. 4.
First Words The Reason Why The Living Word Treating The Word As Though t Were A Co!!on "oo# $. The Four %os&els % os&els n Contrast Contra st With The 'auline (&istles ). 'aul About 'rayer *. Christ n The T he Light Lig ht Of The 'auline Revelation +. What The Res Resurre,tion urre,tion %ives -s . /n Who! We 0ave/ 1. The Legal And ital As&e,ts Of Rede!&tion Rede!&tion 11. o!e ital Fa,ts 12. ha hari ring ng Wit W ith h 0i! 0i! 13. The La Of Life 14. The Reneed 5ind 1$. %od Re&rodu,ing 0i!self n -s 1). Li!iting %od n -s 1*. What We 6are 6are Confess Confess About About Ours Ourselve elvess 1+. What Re&entan,e 5eans
1. 0aving 7our On Faith Life 2. The Li!i Li!itat tations ions Of 8esus 21. The 6ef 6efeat eated ed at atan an 22. The (nd Of Conde!nation 23. Wal#ing As 5ere 5en 24. "elieving n 0is ubstitution 2$. The Rest Of Rede!& Red e!&tio tion n 2)./T 2)./T s Finished/ 2*. 8esu 2*. 8esuss At The Right 0and Of The Father Father 2+. 8esu 2+. 8esuss The avior 2. Ou Ourr Advo Advo,a ,ate te 3. 8esu 3. 8esuss Our Lord 31. 0e s 5y 'resent he&herd Lord 32. Why 9atural 5an Cannot :no 0i!self 33. o!e Fa,ts About 'ente,ost 34. What 0ave 7ou 6one Wit With h Love; Love;
First Words A (R( of heart !essages on the 9e Creation Realities. Little studies on great the!es. nvestigations about the /0idden !an of the 0eart./ We have found the se,ret se,r et that the &sy,hologists long have ha ve sought. t is /the inard inard !an/< it is the Re,reated Re,reated s&irit< it is the &art of !an ith hi,h %od deals. A delving into the love life of the sons of Love= here the /hidden !an of the heart/ rules the outer or seen !an of the senses. 7ou 7ou ill find so!e suggestions about the ,o!bat of the Re,reated s&irit ith the senses hi,h govern this outer !an. t is really r eally an unveiling of hat e are in Christ today< of hat 0e says e are< hat 0e has !ade us to be in 0is great Rede!&tive Rede!&tive or#. These !essages are largely fro! the (&istles. They are not ,o!&lete= , o!&lete= but are suggestions to &rovo#e you to study !ore dee&ly in these hidden ri,hes. We have ,o!e to #no that one ,annot #no the n,arnate One as e have seen 0i! in the four %os&els= unless e have had an o&&ortunity to be,o!e a,>uainted ith 0i! in the (&istles. n the %os&els 0e is the Lone 5an of %alilee= the hu!ble -n#non= ho ends 0is earth al# on Calvary. Calvary. n the (&istles 0e is the Risen= Triu!&hant One= the ,on>ueror of death= sin and atan. 0e is
hu!anity?s Risen Redee!er ho has !et the de!ands of @usti,e and satisfied every ,lai! against hu!anity. 0e !ade &ossible the 9e Creation= a ne ra,e of !en= ho ,an stand in %od?s &resen,e ithout the sense of guilt= ,onde!nation or inferiority. inferiority.
The Reason Why The 'auline (&istles !ust ever stand as the or# of a su&ergenius su&ergenius or a divine revelation. They reveal hat ha&&ened on the ,ross and hat folloed folloed during the three days and three nights until the 5an as raised fro! the dead. One ,annot gras& the great ubstitutionary fa,t in the four %os&els. 9either ,an e find the 9e Creation Revelation Revelation < nor ,an e dis,over the !inistry of 8esus at the right hand of the Father. The four %os&els give us a sense #noledge #noledge vie of the 5an. The &eo&le stood in the &resen,e of 0is !ira,les= overhel!ed ith a ,ons,iousness that they ere in the &resen,e &r esen,e of %od. They ,all 0i! the on of %od. They see 0i! ,on>uer atan and de!ons= but there is no inti!ation that 0e is going to !a#e the! ,on>uerors of de!ons= of death and of disease. What 0e says to the! in regard to it is veiled be,ause they are s&iritually unable to gras& s&iritual realities. They have have not yet eB&erien,ed the strange stra nge &heno!ena of the 9e "irth. o the 'auline Revelation Revelation is a !aster stro#e of 6ivine %ra,e. t lets us into the inner se,ret of %od?s !ighty &ur&ose in the n,arnation. n the %os&els 8esus a,ts li#e 6eity= tal#s li#e 6eity= dies li#e 6eity= and
,on>uers death li#e %od. 0e as %od !anifest in the flesh in 0is earth al# and 0e as %od in the &irit in 0is ubstitutionary sa,rifi,e. At %od?s right hand 0e has a glorified body and is 0ead of the 9e Creation. 7ou ill find that 0e did a &erfe,t or# for us and the &irit through the Word does a &erfe,t or# in us as 8esus is today at the right hand of the Father doing a &erfe,t or# for us.
The Living Word Word O-R attitude toard the Word deter!ines the &la,e that %od holds in our daily life. The Word should alays be the Father s&ea#ing to us. t should never be li#e the !essage fro! an ordinary boo#. t should be as real to you as though the 5aster stood in the roo! and s&o#e to you &ersonally. This Word as designed by the Father to ta#e 8esus? &la,e in 0is absen,e. When 0e says= /The Father Father 0i!self loveth you=/ it is a &ersonal !essage to your heart. When the 5aster said again= /f a !an love !e= he ill #ee& !y ord< and the Father and ill love hi! and !a#e our ho!e ith hi!=/ that should be as &ersonal as though you ere the only one in the orld. t is as though you ere sitting at the feet of 8esus= and 0e loo#ed don into your fa,e and said= /The / The Father and ill ,o!e and !a#e our ho!e ith you. /"e not dis!ayed= for a! your %od. / a! going to be your strength < a! going to lend to you !y on ability. ability. /When ea#ness ,o!es= re!e!ber that a! a! the strength of your life. /When you need finan,es= re!e!ber that said= 5y Father #noeth that you have need of all these things?./ 7ou 7ou ,an his&er to your on heart= /5y Father ill su&&ly every need of !ine. 0e #nos !y needs and loves !e. 0e and are one./ 5an?s ord is
usually dead before the &rinter has finished his or#. Fe ords of !an live after a generation= but %od?s Word Word is different. t is i!®nated ith the very Life of %od= it is eternal. 0eb. 4D12= 13 gives us an illustrationD E5offatt?s Translation /For /For the Logos of %od is a living thing= a,tive and !ore ,utting than any sord ith double edge= &enetrating to the very division of soul and s&irit= @oints and !arro s,rutiniGing the very thoughts and ,on,e&tions of the heart. And no ,reated thing is hidden fro! hi!< all things lie o&en and eB&osed before the eyes of hi! ith ho! e have to re,#on./ This is one of the strangest st rangest state!ents about the Word in 'aul?s (&istles. 9oti,e this 13th verse D /That no ,reated thing is hidden fro! hi!./ Of ho! is he s&ea#ing; The Living WordThe Logos. /And all things lie o&en and eB&osed before the eyes of hi! ith ho! e have to do./ The Word ta#es on &ersonality< it be,o!es Christ 0i!self. Our ,onta,t ith the 5aster= then= is through 0is Word. And did you noti,e= /the eyes of 0i!./ The Word then has eyes. t sees our ,ondu,t= our attitude toard toard it. t is a Living thing. 0o dee&ly that should i!&ress us. hold in !y hands a "oo# ith the very Life of %od in it= a "oo# that s,rutiniGes !y ,ondu,t< that @udges !e. A "oo# "oo# that feeds this inner !an!y !an!y
s&irit. t i!&arts Faith to !y &irit= builds Love into it. %od?s only !eans of rea,hing !e is through 0is Word. Word. o the Word Word be,o!es a vital thing. t has been rather diffi,ult for so!e of us to gras& the fa,t that during the first ,entury= ,entury= the Christian Chur,h did not have have our 9e Testa!ent. The first e&istle that 'aul rote to the Thessalonians as the beginning of the 9e Testa!ent. t as ritten seventeen seventeen years after his ,onversion. Thess. 2D13= /Wherefore also give ,ontinual than#s to %od= be,ause= hen you heard fro! !e the &o#en Word of %od= you re,eived it not as the ord of !an= but= as it is in truth= the Word Word of %od< ho 0i!self or#s effe,tually in you that believe./ EConybeare. 9oti,e= it as /the &o#en Word./ That as all they had= hether 'aul gave it= or 'eter= or 8ohn= or any of the A&ostles. t as %od s&ea#ing through hu!an li&s. t had not yet been &ut into riting. 9o you ,an better understand A,ts 1D2 telling of that great revival revival at (&hesus. Lu#e used this eB&ression D /o !ightily gre the Word of the Lord and &revailed./ &revailed./ t as the &o#en Word. The 'auline Revelation as only #non to those ho had heard hi!. The other A&ostles did not have it. They had hat the &irit gave the! to !eet the e!ergen,y of the hour.
t is a fa,t that Christianity is hat the Word says says about Rede!&tion= Rede!&tion= about the "ody of Christ= or the 9e Creation. We We be,o!e Christli#e in the !easure that the Word &revails in us. The Word is Christ revealed. The Word Word is %od &resent ith us= s&ea#ing the Living 5essage of the Loving Father %od. The Word is alays alays 9OW. 9OW. t is 0is 0is Word to !e today. today. t is 0is voi,e= 0is last !essage. t be,o!es a Living thing in !y heart as lovingly a,t u&on it. t be,o!es a Living thing on the li&s of Love. t has no &oer on the li&s of those hose lives are out of felloshi& ith 0i!= ho live in the reason real!. 0is Word Word !a#es our !inistry li!itless. 0is Word Word is hat 0e is. t is the !ind of the Father. t is the Will of the Father. t shos the ay to the Father. The Word is the Father s&ea#ing. 7ou noti,e that it is alays in the &resent tense. The Word is the "read of 0eaven= 0eaven= food for our s&irits. 5att. 4D4= /5an shall not live by bread alone= but by every ord that &ro,eedeth out of the !outh of %od./ 8er. 8er. 1$D1) says= says= /Thy ords ere found= found= and did eat eat the!. Thy ords ere unto !e a @oy and re@oi,ing of !y heart./ 8ob tells us ho &re,ious the Word is to hi!. 8ob 23D12D / have not gone ba,# fro! the ,o!!and!ent of his li&s < have treasured u& the ords of his !outh !ore than !y ne,essary ne,essar y food./
When a ,hild of %od loo#s u&on the Word Word as @ob did= then it be,o!es a Reality in his daily life. 8ob had no Written Word< he had the Word s&o#en by angels. We have the Written Word. We have it &rinted in !any for!s so e !ay ,arry it in our &o,#et. 0o little e have a&&re,iated a&&re,iated the value of 0is !essage. 'sa. 1*D2 /0e sent 0is Word and healed the!./ That Living Word that 0e sent as 8esus. 5ar# 1)D12D /o then the t he Lord 8esus= after he had s&o#en unto the!= as re,eived u& into heaven= and sat don at the right hand of %od. And they ent forth= and &rea,hed everyhere= the Lord or#ing ith the!= and ,onfir!ing the ord by the signs that folloed./ 9oti,e that the Lord or#ed ith the!. believe that a revival revival ould brea# out al!ost anyhere if the Lord or#ed ith those ho &rea,h= and if the Word as as real to the! as the &o#en Word as real to the (arly Chur,h. "ut the ord of !an has gained the as,endan,y and has !ore authority than 0is Word has has today. today. 0e ,onfir!s ,onfir !s the the Word today everyhere that it is &rea,hed. ant you to noti,e ho the Father !a#es the Word good in the lives of !en and o!en as they dare to a,t u&on it. n the ,losing senten,e of the %os&el of 5atthe= /Lo= a! ith you alays= even unto the end of the age=/ the believer ,an be sure that though
he be forsa#en by all others= there is One ho ill stand by hi!. "ut the thing that has !ost dee&ly i!&ressed !y heart is the Reality of %od in the Word. 0e is not only in the Word= Word= but 0e breathes 0is very life through it as it is unfolded. 0e said= /Where to or three are gathered together in !y na!e= there a! in the !idst of the!./ 0e is in the !idst of the! in the Word. 8esus said= /f ye love !e= the Father Father and ill ,one and !a#e our ho!e ith you/ E8ohn 14D23= f e ,ould only realiGe that hen e o&en the Word= it is a Living Thing e are i!&lanting in the hearts of !en. The Word Word is %od &resent ith us s&ea#ing the Living 5essage of the Living Father %od. t is the 9OW Word Word fro! 0i! to !e. t is 0is voi,e. t be,o!es a living thing in the heart of Faith. Faith. n Ro!. 1D+ it is ,alled the /Word of Faith./ t is 0is Word that gives birth to faith in the believer. t is %od?s faith eB&ressed. 7ou 7ou see= 0e is a Faith Faith %od and 0e alays alays uses uses ords to do things. 0eb. 11 D3 /"y faith e understand that the orlds have been fra!ed by the Word of %od./ 0ear 0i! his&er= /"y !yself have sorn/ E%en. 22D1). 0e as in the Word. The Word as a &art of 0i!. 7ou 7ou ,an?t se&arate a !an fro! fro! his ords< neither ,an
you se&arate the Father fro! 0is Words. 0o it thrilled !e hen read in 0eb. *D22 that 8esus is the surety of the 9e Covenant. The 9e Covenant is the Word= and 0e is the surety of the Word. The Word as a living fa,t hen 8esus s&o#e it. t is still a living fa,t. 8esus as as a &art of all 0e said < 0e and 0is Word Word ere one. 8esus is @ust as real no as 0e as the day 0e arose fro! the dead. 0is Word Word is @ust as real no as hen 0e ins&ired 8ohn or 'eter 'eter or 'aul to to rite it. What 0e said as a &art of 0i!self. Reality throbs in it= flos through it= lives in it. The Word as< the Word is no hat it as then. 0ere are so!e other assuran,es 'sa. 23D1= /The Lord is !y she&herd./ 8ohn 1D14= 8esus said= / a! the good she&herd./ sa. 41 D1= /Fear /Fear thou not= for a! ith thee D be not dis!ayed= for a! thy %od./ Ro!. +D31= /f %od is for you= ho ,an be against you./ 'hil. 4D13= / ,an do all things in hi! ho strengtheneth !e./ 'sa. 2*D1= /%od is the strength of !y life= of ho! shall be afraid;/ 'hil. 4D1= /5y %od shall su&&ly every need of yours a,,ording to his ri,hes in glory in Christ 8esus./ 'sa. 121D1= 2= /5y hel& ,o!eth fro! the Lord./ 'sa. +4D$= /5y strength is in
0i!./ 'sa. )2D$+= /%od is !y refuge./ These are Living Words= Words= and as you feed on the! they build you u&. The #noledge of hat Christ is and has done for you &ersonally= &ersonally= builds faith in you. When turn to the Word and read it as 0is !essage to !e= 0e ,onfir!s that !essage in !y life. 0e ,onfir!ed the ,ovenant !ade ith Abraha!. 0e ,onfir!ed the Word that 8esus s&o#e through the A&ostles. E5ar# 1)D2. 8esus 8esus said in 8ohn 14D1$= /f ye love !e= ye ill #ee& !y ,o!!and!ents./ ,o !!and!ents./ What as 0is ,o!!and!ent; That e love one another. another. 0e that loveth !e and #eeð 5y Word= Word= lie it is= you see= that the Father loves. 0ere are so!e other fa,ts that e ought to re!e!ber. re!e!ber. 8ohn 1)D+== /When 0e Ethe &irit is ,o!e= 0e ill ,onvi,t the orld of sin= of righteousness and of @udg!entD of sin= be,ause they believe not on 5e< of righteousness= be,ause go unto the Father< Father< of @udg!ent= be,ause the &rin,e of this orld is @udged./ What is going to ,onvin,e the orld; Words in the li&s of Faith. Only that Living Word in the li&s of Faith ,an ta#e the &la,e of an absent Christ. The Word tal#s to us. t ta#es the &la,e of 8esus. The Word is the Father s&ea#ing to us no. t has the sa!e authority that it ould have if the 5aster stood in the roo! and s&o#e it.
Faith in the Father is Faith in 0is Word. The Word ta#es on all that our Faith de!ands. 8esus 8esus said= /A,,ording /A,,ording to your your faith= so be it unto unto you./ As you ,onsider the Word and a,t u&on it= it ill be,o!e real to you. This "oo#= the Living Word= Word= has %od in it. The Word ta#es the &la,e of the unseen 8esus. 8esus. 5editation in the Word Word is li#e a visit ith 8esus. 8esus. 8osh. 1D+= %od told told 8oshua to to !editate in the Word day and night < in other ords= to live in it. 8esus 8esus said in 8ohn +D31 /Abide /Abide in !y ord./ ord./ The Word gets into your blood= into your syste! and be,o!es a &art of you. The Word Word is ins&ired. 0oly !en s&o#e as they ere !oved by the 0oly &irit= as they ere borne along in their s&irit life. %od s&o#e by the !outh of the holy &ro&hets. /The ords that s&ea# unto you= they are s&irit and they are life./ (very ord that %od s&ea#s has life in it. Re!e!ber 0eb. 4D12D /The Logos of %od is a Living Thing./ t is not li#e !an?s ords hi,h die after a generation< %od?s Word lives. love to thin# of it as the /&revailing Word=/ as it as in (&hesus. 0o it ruled over that i,#ed ,ityH Today Today the Logos of %od is ruling in the hearts of those ho yield to its say.
The Word has the authority of %od in it no. t has the Righteousness of %od in it. t has Re,reating &oer for the unsaved. t has healing &oer &oer for the si,#. t is the very "read of 0eaven 0eaven to the hungry in s&irit. ish that it ,ould be li#e thisD that hen you &i,# u& the Word Word it ill !ean that %od is &resent ith you and that the Word is 0is attitude toard you no. t is 0is attitude toard sin= toard Rede!&tion= toard Righteousness= toard (ternal Life= toard the ons and 6aughters of %od. That is the Father?s attitude toard all the issues of life. 5y ord is !y ill. The Word is the Will of the Father. %od at,hes over 0is Word. What %od says is= be,o!es. %od is Truth= so ill be true. %od is Light= so ill al# in the Light. 7ou see= e learn to a,t on the Word= as e a,t on the ord of a ban#er or a layer in so!e ,risis in our life. onder if you ever realiGed that the Father is @ealous over 0is Word. 0e never set a lo esti!ate u&on it. 0e holds it in the highest regard. f 0e said it= that ends it. To 0is ene!ies= it is but &a&er and in#< but to the Lovers= it is Life and health < it is @oy uns&ea#able. The &rea,hing that &rodu,es little ,onvi,tion= is ,aused by the Word Word not having having been in the heart of the tea,her. We are to be soers of the Word. 8esus 8esus gave us in 5att. 13 a !arvelous &i,ture of the the art of &rea,hing. t is soing the Word. Word. t falls u&on
all #inds of hearts= but the irrigation of the soil is de&endent u&on the soer. soer. f e irrigate it ith &rayer &rayer and so!eti!es ith tears= it is bound to bring forth a harvest. o!e of us forget the Word Word in hard &la,es. -n,ons,iously e al# al# by sight. The senses ta#e the reality aay fro! the Word= but as the s&irit gains the as,endan,y over the senses= se nses= the Word Word on,e !ore has its &la,e. Re!e!ber= your ord is you. 7ou !ust learn to say= / gave !y !y ord < !ust #ee& it= no !atter hat it ,osts./ f your ord is of no value= you ill reason that the Word of %od is of no value. have found that unbelief in the Word of %od is largely be,ause of &eo&le?s la,# of faith in their on ord. f you ant ant to build the highest ty&e of faith= be a faithful &erson yourself. "elieve in your on ord. (stablish a re&utation for truth< then the Word ill be that to you in your life. 0ere are so!e little fa,ts that !ay !ean !u,h to your life. The Word is on !y hands. What a! going to do ith it; A! going to a,t u&on it= let it govern !y life= or ill @ust study it ; Will sit in the "ible ,lass and study it and then go ba,# to !y roo! and study it but not live it; 9ot let it be,o!e a &art of !y life= but @ust an intelle,tual eBer,ise; The Word Word is ta#ing the 5aster?s &la,e in !y
life. What do ith the Word Word ill deter!ine hat the Word ill do to !e one of these days. The Word ill or# in !e= building 8esus? life in !e= building Life= Faith= Faith= Love= %ra,e and strength into !e= or else it ill @udge !e in the last day. day. What ill it do for !e; t ill or# for !e. f &rea,h it and live it= it ill or# for !e. t ill reveal the very ri,hes of !y inheritan,e to !e. t ill give !e ,ourage to enter into and en@oy !y inheritan,e. t ill build the 5aster?s stedfastness into !e. The very ,hara,ter of Christ ill be built into !e= and only 0e 0e #nos hat it ill do through !e. t has saved the lost< it has healed the si,#< it has built faith and love in !ultitudes. Let the Word of Christ then dell in you ri,hly. 7ou ,an so soa# in the Word and the Word so soa# in you= that your ord and %od?s Word Word be,o!e blended into one. t ill be your language and your ords= but it ill be 0is Word. Word. 0is Word in you be,o!es a &art of you. t has !ade you hat you are< it ill !a#e others li#e you. 7ou are lost in the Word= but the Word is found in you. The Word Word be,a!e Flesh on,e. t is be,o!ing s&irit in your s&irit. The Word Word dells ri,hly in your &ra,ti,e= in your ,onversation= in your &rayer &rayer== in your ,onvi,tions. 7ou 7ou are using the Word Word to ,ast out diseases= to to bring !oney to &eo&le= to save lost souls.
This Word and you have be,o!e one. 7ou re!e!ber that for !ore than fifty years after Christ?s death= the Written Word as #non only in a very li!ited ay. The 9e Testa!ent asn?t brought together until the !iddle of the se,ond ,entury. The Words that 8esus s&o#e ere not yet ritten. t as the /&o#en Word=/ but 0e as in it. They ere a &art of Christ and they breathed Christ?s 9ature. Re!e!ber= the Word of %od liveth and abideth. All right= s&ea# the Word and it ill live in the lives of !en ho hear you. 0e said= / at,h over !y Word./ 0e ill at,h over the Word you &rea,h and tea,h. 8esus 8esus said= /f !y ords ords are living in you you and you are s&ea#ing the!= ill live in the! as they &ass fro! your li&s./ The Word Word of Christ be,o!es a Living thing in your li&s. &ea# the Word fearlessly. Let the Word live in you gloriously and ri,hly.
Treating The Word Word As Though t Were A Co!!on "oo# 0 title bears the heart reason for s&iritual failure. t is the reason hy in daily life= the believer brea#s don= hy hy the adve a dversary rsary has no trouble in overthroing overthroing hi! in a ,risis< , risis< the reason hy lie is a s&iritual hit,hhi#er= alays de&ending u&on so!eone else?s &rayers= so!eone else?s isdo!= so!eone else?s inter&retation of the Word. 0e has no life of his on inde&endent of others. n the Fa!ily Fa!ily of %od= he is a /yes !an=/ but it is alay alays= s= /yes/ in the rong &la,e. 'aul 'aul des,ribes hi! in 0eb. $D12. shrin# fro! giving you this ,ri&ture< it is so &ersonal in so !any lives. /For /For hen by reason of ti!e ye ought to be tea,hers= Eought to be leaders and soulinners= ye have have need again that so!eone tea,h you the very rudi!ents of the first &rin,i&les of the ora,les of %od./ t is a &ity= you see! to have forgotten the first ste&s in this 6ivine Life. nstead of al#ing out into the fullness and liberty and ri,hes r i,hes of 0is gra,e= you have have halted. There has been no groth= no develo&!ent in your life. The Word doesn?t !ean !u,h to you. Oh= there are ,ertain ,ri&tures , ri&tures you #no that ,onde!n you and !a#e you feel !iserable= but there is no life in the Word for you. /The Word is a la!&
unto !y feet= a light unto !y &athay./ but it isn?t that to you. The Word Word hurts and ,uts and a nd bruises and !a#es you feel unha&&y hen you read it= hen it should be !anna and food for you. 9oti,e ho tenderly tenderly he said= that /so!eone /so !eone tea,h you the rudi!ents=/ the very beginning of the faith life. Why; "e,ause instead instead of living it= a,ting it= and ta#ing your &la,e in the Word= you have have re!ained a babe= an undevelo&ed s&irit. 7our !ind has never been reneed by the Word. 7ou see it ,an?t be reneed until you begin to &ra,ti,e it. 8esus 8esus hit the ta&root of it in 5att. *D24. 0e said= /(very one that heareth these ords of !ine= and doeth the!= shall be li#ened unto a ise !an= ho built his house u&on the ro,# Iand the railJ des,ended= and the floods ,a!e= and the inds ble= and beat u&on that house< and it fell notD for it as founded u&on the ro,#. "ut he that t hat heareth these ords of !ine= and doeth the! not= is li#e unto the !an that built his house on the sand./ The first high tide se&t hi! out into the sea. a! sorry for su,h fol#s. They have to to be fed ith !il# all the ti!e. 7ou 99111 find the! in the nursery. They alays have a bottle. o!e of the! have ha ve the rong bottle. t is not filled ith the sin,ere !il# of the Word. Word. They are babes in all their ,ondu,t. 'aul in Cor. 3D3= /And ye are yet ,arnal./
That !eans they live in the senses< they are ruled by the senses< they are guided by the senses. All their diseases are sense !ade. 0e says they are al#ing after the !anner of !en= or as /!ere !en/ of the orld. 8ust orld orld fol#s. There has been no ,hange= no groth= no develo&!ent in their life hatever. They are treating the Word Word as though it is a ,o!!on boo#. They ,an?t get their healing. Others have to &ray &ray for the! and they are a burden u&on the Chur,h. They are a s&iritual liability. liability. f they ha&&en to be !en and o!en of ability and of standing in the ,o!!unity= ,o!!unity= and the t he Chur,h gives the! offi,e or a &la,e of res&onsibility= res&onsibility= they be,o!e a deadly burden to the Chur,h. They are never in the "ible ,lass. They do not have fa!ily &rayer &rayer== and seldo! as# the blessing bless ing at the table. They belong to the A Class of hit,hhi#ers. Their faith is alays alays ea#. 7ou 7ou ill see the! going to the altar but they never get anything. The altar is a &la,e for babes to get an i!&ulse to go to the Word and feed on it. t is not a !eans to an end. t is @ust a beginning. "ut if you see the! going to the altar a ltar year after year= year= you #no they have be,o!e habitual= s&iritual ,ri&&les. atan rules the! through the senses. They are afraid of death.
They are afraid to !eet the Lord. They have thron aay Life?s &rivileges be,ause they lightly estee!ed the Word of %od. o!e Fa,ts We Ought to tudy in This Conne,tion When as# another to &ray for !y healing or to &ray &ray for any of !y ,hroni, needs= re@e,t the gift of !y healing= and doubt the Word of the %iver. re&udiate !y !y on Righteousness in Christ= and refuse to ta#e !y !y &la,e in Christ as a on. #no that no one has a better standing than have. 9o one has a better &la,e in the ine than have. 9o one ,an dra life fro! the ine !ore readily than ,an. a! hat 0e !ade !e in Christ. 5y Righteousness as as given to !e in Christ. 5y right r ight to the use of 8esus? na!e is a gift= g ift= but have have re&udiated the hole thing. have negle,ted to develo& !y !y gift. have ha ve ignored the ad!onition of !y Lord. do not study the Word to live itH #no that !y si,#ness is be,ause of a s&iritual ,ondition. #no that have have al#ed a,,ording to the senses rather than a,,ording to the &irit. #no that healing ,annot be &er!anent in !y body until !y s&irit is ad@usted to the Word. f si,#ness is not s&iritual= 0e ,ouldn?t have !ade Christ?s s&irit si,# ith !y diseases= and if !y body is filled ith disease= it is be,ause !y s&irit is not in
har!ony ith the Word. a! rebelling against the si,#ness and fighting against the &ain= but don?t fight the ,ause of !y si,#ness. fight the effe,t of it. 7ou 7ou see= until ta#e !y !y &la,e in Christ and begin to a,t the Word and be,o!e a doer of the Word instead of a tal#er= tal#er= re!ain a failure. i,#ness is threefold= thr eefold= &iritual= 5ental and 'hysi,al. All are si,# in s&irit before they are si,# in body H 7ou see= here is i s here the trouble is. 8as. 1 D22 tells us= /"ut be ye doers of the ord= and not hearers only= only= deluding your on selves./ One ,an stay in that ,ondition= until after ahile they begin to believe they are right and %od is rong= and you ill hear the! hining= /Why does %od &ut these things on !e;/ and so!e unise tea,her ill say= say= /0e is trying to dis,i&line you./ tell you= 0e never uses the devil to dis,i&line 0is ,hildren. 6isease is of the th e devil. 7ou 7ou are suffering the results of refusing to ta#e your &la,e in Christ. 7ou 7ou refuse to study study to sho yourself yourself a&&roved a&&roved unto 0i!. 7ou have refused to feed on the Word. 7ou had o&&ortunity to study but you didn?t ta#e it. 7ou ould rather read the literature of the hour than to read the Word fro! 0eaven. For this reason have arranged three Corres&onden,e Courses. The great
heart of the 5aster is yearning over you. 0is inter,ession has been ineffe,tual so far. t ,an?t be effe,tual until the Word or#s effe,tively in your s&irit. 7ou !ust study to sho yourself a&&roved of %od.
The Four %os&els n Contrast With The 'auline (&istles 9 the early days of !y !inistry= %er!an &hiloso&hy had gained the as,endan,y in !any of our theologi,al institutions= and there ,a!e a strange ne slogan. 7ou heard it ,ontinuously /"a,# to 8esus./ 8esus./ t ,a&tured !y i!agination i!agination but didn?t #no hat it !eant. Then heard one of our leaders de,lare that 'aul had altogether altogether too !u,h influen,e over the Chur,h= and that e are to give u& the 'auline Revelation and go /ba,# to 8esus./ That as as really the beginning of !y study of the 'auline Revelation. The four %os&els= you re!e!ber= ere ritten years after Christ?s resurre,tion. Lu#e?s %os&el as ritten fro! )3 to + A.6. The %os&el of 8ohn as as ritten fro! + to 11 A.6. A.6. That !eant to to generations after the resurre,tion of 8esus before 8ohn rote. rote. Fro! !y study= study= noti,e noti,e this strange str ange fa,t= that 'aul 'aul >uoted 8esus 8esus only ti,e= and in 8ohn?s %os&el there ere only to tra,es of the 'auline Revelation. Revelation. One is 8ohn 1 D1)= 1*D /For /For of his fullness e all re,eived= and gra,e for gra,e. For the la as given through 5oses< gra,e and truth ,a!e through 8esus Christ./ began to onder hy the four %os&els did not have
any of the 'auline Revelation in the!. Then dis,overed that they re,orded only events u& to the resurre,tion and as,ension. They #ne hat had ta#en &la,e on the 6ay of 'ente,ost and of the tre!endous u&heaval u&heaval that folloed folloed the &rea,hing of the A&ostles in 8erusale!= a!aria= and in the Ro!an (!&ire= yet they never !ade !ention of it. ondered ho 8ohn ,ould have ritten his %os&el as he did= #noing that he had &assed through the great revival revival in 8erusale! < that he had been a &art of all those !ighty !ira,les until the destru,tion of 8erusale!= hen hen he hi!self as as banished fro! the holy land< and #noing of the !ira,les that had attended his !inistry before he as banished to the sle of 'at!os= and yet he did not tell us any of those onderful things that had ta#en &la,e. 7ou 7ou re!e!ber in 8ohn 8ohn 2D3= 31= he de,lares= /5any other signs therefore did 8esus in the &resen,e of the dis,i&les= hi,h are not ritten in this boo#D but these are ritten= that ye !ay believe that 8esus is the Christ= the on of %od< and that believing ye !ay have ha ve life in his na!e./ 7ou 7ou see= the ob@e,t of his his riting as as that e !ight have ha ve faith in Christ. Then said to 8ohn in !y i!agination= /"rother= hy haven?t you told us !ore about the !ira,les that o,,urred under your
!inistry through the na!e of 8esus;/ And then it see!ed to !e as though 8ohn ansered= / rote only hat the 0oly &irit gave gave !e./ Then sa one of the greatest literary !ira,les of all ages. The four !en ho had ritten these %os&els= had been shut in= as it ere= by the 0oly &irit. They had been unable to give their inter&retation of the t he !ira,les or hat the !ira,les !eant. They rote only hat 0e had &er!itted= or rather= rather= had ins&ired the! to rite. 7ou 7ou ,an?t ,on,eive of of anyone riting a boo# li#e li#e Lu#e or 5atthe= or 8ohn or 5ar# ho had the eB&erien,es they had= ithout those eB&erien,es intruding the!selves into the biogra&hy of the !an of ho! they ere ritten. 0ere are so!e fa,tsD 8ohn didn?t didn?t rite for !ore than seventy seventy years after the as,ension of our Lord. 0e !ust have #non of the 'auline Revelation. 'aul?s letters had so!e ,ir,ulation during those to generations= and 8ohn had !et 'aul and had visited ith hi!. 0e had learned fro! the li&s of 'aul hat hat Christ had done for hi! in 0is great ubstitutionary sa,rifi,e= and yet there is no inti!ation of it in his %os&el. Lu#e= a ,onvert of 'aul= traveled ith hi! about eighteen years. 0e had been 'aul?s hel&er and had ta#en ,are of hi! hen he as in &rison= and yet ,hallenge you to go through his %os&el and find one senten,e that indi,ates that he #ne anything about the 'auline Revelation.
The sa!e thing is true tr ue of the "oo# of A,ts. That is another literary !ira,le. Lu#e loved 'aul. 'aul. 0e lived lived in the ,ons,iousness ,on s,iousness of the finished or# of Christ. Christ?s !inistry at the right hand of the Father as one of the dearest fa,ts of his life ithout doubt= and yet he never !entions it. 5ar# as 'aul?s ,o!&anion for years= yet you ,an see no inti!ation of the ubstitutionary a,rifi,e of Christ in his %os&el. Let us noti,e so!e of the things that they #ne but utterly ignored. 9one of the! !ention Christ as a ubstitute= the sin bearer= the one ho ould &ut sin aay by the sa,rifi,e of 0i!self. The 9e Creation as not develo&ed. 8ohn gives us the little tal# that 8esus had ith 9i,ode!us= but the Ruler of srael did not understand it. 8ohn had a great o&&ortunity there to have have &ut in hat he had ,o!e to #no about the 9e Creation. 9ot a ord is !entioned about Christ be,o!ing our Righteousness= or ho 0e as delivered u& on a,,ount of our tres&asses and raised hen e ere @ustified. 9ot a ord ord is !entioned about the "ody "ody of Christ. The nearest is 8ohn 1$ here 8esus 8esus said= / a! a! the vine= ye are the bran,hes./ What an o&&ortunity 8ohn had then to develo& the the!e and ho glad e ould have have been if he had
done it. 9o= %od shut hi! in and enabled hi! to say eBa,tly hat 0e anted hi! to say and nothing !ore. There is nothing about the great !inistry of our 5aster at the right hand of the Father= of 0is being a 5ediator= nter,essor= Advo,ate= 0igh 'riest and Lord. All this su!s u& to one tre!endous fa,t= fa ,t= that hen you read the four %os&els= you are standing in the &resen,e of %od 0i!self= unseen= but 0e is there. 0e is the Author of those four !at,hless do,u!ents. 0e is there unveiling 0is on and the on is unveiling 0i!. n the 'auline (&istles e have the Father unveiling the or# that 0e rought in 0is on and through 0i!. 0e is also unveiling the Fa!ily= the "ody of Christ= the ons of %od. "ut e are interested in another &hase of ita ,ontrast , ontrast of the 'auline Revelation= Revelation= and 8esus? 8esus? tea,hing. 'aul?s 'aul?s treat!ent of Faith Faith is an illustration. 8esus ,ontinually urged 0is hearers= the sons of that First Covenant= to believe. n su,h s,ri&tures as 5ar# D23= D2 3= 8esus said= /All /All things are &ossible to hi! that believeth./ Again 0e said to 0is dis,i&les in the !idst of that stor! on the sea= /Oh thou of little faith< herefore didst thou doubt?/ 5ar# 11 D23= 24= / Whosover shall say unto unto this !ountain= "e thou ta#en ti& and ,ast into the sea < and shall not doubt in his heart= but shall believe that hat he saith ,o!eth to &ass< he
shall have it. /Therefore say unto unto you= all things hatsoever ye &ray and as# for= believe that ye re,eive the!= and ye shall have have the!. /Why didn?t 'aul urge his (&istles &eo&le to believe 0e urged the unsaved to believe on Christ= but lie never urged the Chur,h to believe. That ,onfused !e. ondered hy= for re!e!bered that all of our &rea,hers and ev evangelists angelists and tea,hers have have told hat e !ight do as believers if e only had faith. Then sa the se,ret. We are believers. We are the ons of %od. (&h. 1 D3 de,lares /"lessed be the %od and Father of our Lord 8esus Christ= ho hath blessed us ith every s&iritual blessing./ We are in the Fa!ily. All that the Father has and all that 0e rought in Christ= and all that Christ is= belongs to us. We We don?t need faith for a thing that is already ours. The thing for hi,h !ust have faith is so!ething that do not &ossess. Cor. Cor. 3D21 de,lares= /Wherefore let no one glory in !en. For For all things are yours./ Whether 'aul gave gave you the revelation of it or 'eter or 8ohn= it !a#es !a#es no differen,e. They unveiled si!&ly hat belongs to us. 9o e ,an understand hy our !odern &rea,hing in
regard to faith has been al!ost destru,tive. destr u,tive. E ish you ,ould read !y boo# /The To :inds of Faith./ Faith./ That ill illustrate hat e are tal#ing about !ore fully. 'aul?s Revelation gives gives us a &erfe,t Rede!&tion. (&h. 1D* /n ho! e have our rede!&tion through his blood= the re!ission of our tres&asses= a,,ording to the ri,hes of his gra,e./ 9oti,e the t he tense here. 9ot= e !ay have it if e have faith enough< no= /n ho! e have Eno our rede!&tion through his blood=/ We have /the re!ission of our tres&asses./ The %ree# ord does not !ean /forgiveness=/ as it is translated< it is /re!ission./ That ,o!es alays alays in the 9e "irth. Forgiveness is so!ething e get hen e sin as believers. believers. Re!ission is so!ething that the sinner gets hen he ,o!es into the Fa!ily. The %ree# ord /a&hesis/ is used in Col. 1 D14 Eand (&h. 1 D* /n ho! e have have our rede!&tion= the re!ission of our tres&asses./ Rotherha!?s translation ill ,lear it u& for anyone a nyone ho ishes to study the sub@e,t. 9ot only have e a &erfe,t Rede!&tion in the 'auline 'auline Revelation= but no e ,an go ba,# and stand by the side of the ,ross ith the dis,i&les and e ,an say= /'eter= do you #no hat 8esus is doing
on the ,ross; /0e is being !ade sin no. Wat,h 0i!= and hen 0e ,ries that last bitter ,ry and yields u& 0is s&irit= 0e is going to the &la,e of suffering as your ubstitute and !ine. 0e is going to stay there until the de!ands of @usti,e are !et< until atan is ,on>uered< until the 9e "irth be,o!es a &ossibility< until !an ,an be @ustified= re,eive re,eive the 9ature and and Life of 6eity 6eity== and be,o!e the very Righteousness of %od in Christ./ 'eter loo#s !ystified. 8ohn dras dras near and says= /'ardon !e= but hat are you tal#ing about;/ 7ou see= they #ne nothing about hat Christ as doing for us. 8esus had bro#en into the real! of sense #noledge= #noledge= had been !anifest a!ong the! as the on of %od for three and a half years= and they didn?t #no 0i!. They didn?t #no hat 0e did on the ,ross and hat 0e did during the three days and three nights. They didn?t #no hat 0is resurre,tion !eant= nor hat 0e !eant hen he said to 5ary to tou,h 0i! not for lie had not yet as,ended to the Father. All this as un#non to the!. t is dee&ly i!&ortant that e understand the differen,e beteen the 'auline Revelation Revelation and the !inistry of 8esus and its tea,hings as re,orded in the four %os&els.
'aul About 'rayer 'A-L tea,hes us about &rayer by his &rayers. True= in (&h. )D1+ he says= /With all &rayer &rayer and su&&li,ation &raying &raying at all seasons in the &irit= and at,hing? thereunto in all &erseveran,e and su&&li,ation for all saints./ 7ou noti,e he uses the eB&ression /ith all &rayer Eor ith all #inds of &rayer &rayer and su&&li,ation in the &irit./ Whether that he in the 0oly &irit or in his re,reated s&irit= one ,an?t be sure= but they ould a,tually !ean the sa!e thing. t suggests in Thess. $D1* /'ray ithout ,easing./ 7our 7our life be,o!es a ,ontinual ,ontinual inter,ession. t is not by ords= the s&irit in you is doing hat 'aul !entions in Ro!. +D2)D /And /And in li#e !anner the t he &irit also helð our infir!ityD for e #no not ho to &ray &ray as e ought< but the &irit hi!self !a#eth inter,ession for us ith groanings hi,h ,annot be uttered./ have noti,ed at ti!es hen have been de&ressed= and ,ould thin# of no reason for the de&ression= that afterard dis,overed it as the &irit in !e !a#ing inter,ession< the silent agony of the &irit rea,hing out after so!eone. t as !y s&irit blending ith the 0oly &irit in su&&li,ation for so!e &erson that as in need at that hour.
When as in evangelisti, or#= the day before gave the invitation to the unsaved= ould often be overhel!ed ith a feeling that is indes,ribable. o!eti!es have ,ried out in agony for relief. t as !y s&irit and the 0oly &irit in inter,ession for that unsaved unsaved ,ongregation that ould !eet at the evening hour. After a hile learned hat these de&ression &eriods !eant. "ut ish to ,all your attention es&e,ially to 'aul?s &rayers &rayers for the Chur,h. The first one is in (&h. 1 D 1$= 1)D /For /For this ,ause also= having heard of the faith in the Lord 8esus hi,h is a!ong you= and the love hi,h ye sho toard all the saints= ,ease not to give than#s for you= !a#ing !ention of you in !y &rayers./ And here is a re!ar#able inter,ession for you and !e. a! going to use the se,ond &erson singular as Conybeare Conybeare suggests /That /T hat the %od of !y Lord 8esus Christ= the Father of glory= !ay give unto you a s&irit of isdo! and revelation in the #noledge of hi!= having ha ving the eyes of your heart enlightened= that you !ay !ay #no hat is the ho&e of his ,alling and hat the ri,hes of the glory of his inheritan,e in the saints./ 9oti,e ,arefully no. 0e is &raying that e !ay have a s&irit of isdo!./ don?t #no hether you have noti,ed it or not= but isdo! and #noledge are different.
Wisdo! is the ability to use #noledge. #noledge. Wisdo! doesn?t ,o!e fro! the reasoning fa,ulties= it ,o!es fro! the hu!an s&irit. Whether it be natural isdo! of !an outside of Christ= or hether it be %od?s isdo! that is given to the 9e Creation. 0e is &raying no that our s&irits !ay have isdo! to gras& the ri,hes of the or# that %od rought in Christ 8esus for us. t is Revelation :noledge that as given to 'aul. 9o e are to have isdo! to understand our share of Rede!&tion?s unveiling in that #noledge. 0e says= says= /0aving the eyes of our hearts illu!ined= that e !ay !ay #no the ho&e of his ,alling and the ri,hes r i,hes of the glory of the Father?s Father?s inheritan,e in the saints=/ that is= in you and !e. f our hearts ,ould gras& this= it ould transfor! us. f e ,ould only realiGe hat an inheritan,e the Father ha= in us= ho &ri,eless e are to 0i!. We have ha ve our &ro&erty insured in ,ase of fire or theft. We We have ha ve our bodies insured in ,ase of a,,ident. onder if the Father Father has 0is inheritan,e in us insured. onder if 0e is as @ealous over us as e are over our @eelry and our &re,ious &ro&erty; &ro&erty; a! sure 0e is. o!e day e ill !a#e a dis,overy of ho 0e has insured us. 9oti,e farther in the &rayer. &rayer. 0e ants us to #no /the eB,eeding greatness of his ability on our behalf ho believe./
0e said= /it is a,,ording to the or#ing of the strength of his !ight hi,h he rought in Christ= hen he raised hi! fro! the dead./ 5y heart has been slo to gras& this. When #ne in reality that the sa!e ability that rought in the dead body of Christ as at or# ithin !e= in !y s&irit= in !y soul= in !y body= body= then #ne that as fortified. ,ouldn?t fail be,ause had be,o!e the t he instru!ent through hi,h that 5ighty One as or#ing. Then Ro!. +D11 ,leared u&D /"ut if the &irit of hi! that raised u& 8esus fro! the dead delleth in you= he that raised u& Christ 8esus fro! the dead shall give life also to your !ortal bodies through his &irit that delleth in you./ The sa!e &oer that rought in Christ is in you and !e. That resurre,tion ability is in our bodies. That !eans healing and strength and vitality for our &resent ne,essities in our daily al#. "ut noti,e another thing he saidD /And lie !ade hi! to sit on his right hand in the heavenlies= far above all rule a,id authority and &oer and do!inion= and every na!e that is na!ed= not only in this age but also in that hi,h is to ,o!e./ n (&h. 2D) he says= /And raised us u& ith hi!= and !ade us to sit ith hi! at his right hand=/ and e are sitting no far above all rule r ule and authority. That as 'aul?s &rayer for us= or rather= it as the &irit?s &rayer &rayer through 'aul. And no the &irit goes farther
and says= says= /0e &ut all things in sub@e,tion under our feet./ We We are the t he earth &art of the "ody of Christ. The (Be,utive is in the 0eavens. 0eavens. The offi,e for,e is here on the earth < e are a &art of that. We !ust !ust #no that the ability %od rought in Christ hen 0e raised 0i! fro! the dead is ours. 0ere is another tre!endous fa,t that e have have al!ost utterly forgotten= forgotten= /That 0e &ut all things in sub@e,tion under 0is feet and 0e gave Christ to be head over all things for the benefit of the Chur,h./ We !ust not forget that atan is defeated< that e ere ith Christ in that great ubstitution of hi,h e be,a!e a &art< that e ,on>uered the adversary ith 0i!< hen 0e arose fro! the dead= e ere raised together ith 0i! < and a nd hen 0e as enthroned at the right hand of the Father= e ere enthroned ith 0i!. 0e is &raying that e !ay #no this= that e !ay enter into the fullness of it. That &rayer !ust be ansered. a! as#ing no that this &rayer should be ansered for ea,h one of you ho read this boo#. boo# . /0e has given 8esus to to be head over all things for the benefit of the Chur,h./ Then the /over all things/ in,ludes everything that ,an tou,h your life and !ine. They are all sub@e,t to the 0eadChrist< 0ead Christ< and they are sub@e,t to usthe "ody of Christ. For in that neBt verse 0e says= /Whi,h is his body= the fullness of hi! that filleth all things./
The "ody is the fullness of 0i!. The "ody is the ,o!&leteness of 0i!= and the Ability of the "ody should do!inate all things around it. Our feeble intelle,ts ,an?t gras& this= but our s&irits ,an revel in it. For our s&irits are filled ith 0is fullness= the fullness of 0is Love= the fullness of 0is %ra,e= the fullness of 0is Wisdo!= the fullness of 0is Ability to bless and hel& !en. 0is neBt &rayer is in (&h. 3D1421D /For this ,ause bo !y #nees unto the Father= fro! ho! every fa!ily in heaven heaven and on earth is na!ed./ 9o noti,e the &rayerD &rayerD /That /T hat lie ould grant you= a,,ording to the ri,hes of his glory glor y= that ye !ay be strengthened ith ability through his &irit in the inard inard !an./ trengthened ith %od?s Ability. t doesn?t see! to !e that e ,an ever be ea# or failures again. don?t #no hat all that !eans= nor do #no the li!its of it but do #no that it !a#es us !ore than ,on>uerors in the !idst of every &er&leBing ,ondition. t &uts our heel u&on the ne,# of our ene!ies= hether they be s&iritual ene!ies or !aterial < it !a#es us !asters. t stri&s us of our ea#ness and inability and ,lothes us ith the Ability fro! on 0igh. 0e says= /That Christ !ay dell dell in your hearts/in !y heart and in yours/on the ground of faith< to the end that e !ay be rooted and grounded in love./ That is the 8esus #ind of love Aga&a.
We are not only to be influen,ed by it= but e are to be rooted and grounded in it< established in Love. 8ohn 4D1)= /And /And e #no and and have have believed the love hi,h %od bath in our ,ase. %od is love< and he that abideth in love abideth in %od= and %od abideth in hi!./ thin# a better rendering is thisD /W / We have ,o!e to believe in the love that %od has in our ,ase./ have ,o!e to believe that Love= this 8esus #ind of Love= is better than reason= better than for,e= better than &hiloso&hy of !an= better than anything that !an ,an devise. 5an?s #noledge ,an?t e>ual it. have ,o!e to believe that Love?s ay is the best ay= and that the ay of Love is the ay to al#. When #no that %od is Love= then the ay of %od is best. f believe in Love= believe in the Author of Love. do believe in Love. believe that 0is Love ay is best for !e< is best for you. t is the end of strife for ourselves= the end of bitterness and hatred and @ealousy. @ealousy. t is the beginning of Christ do!inating our lives in our earth al#. To be rooted and grounded in love is the ,hoi,est eB&erien,e that ,an ever ,o!e to the hu!an heart.
/And then e ill be strong to gras& ith all the saints= hat is the breadth and length and height and de&th of 0is gra,e and of 0is Love./ We ill ,o!e to #no the love of Christ &ersonally= so e ill say as 'aul did= /0e loved !e and 0e gave 0i!self u& for !e./ 0is Rede!&tion ill be a &ersonal thing. 0e did it for !e. t ill be as though no other &erson lived< that as the one for ho! 0e died. "ut you #no the neBt senten,e says= /And to #no the love of Christ hi,h &asseth #noledge= that !ay !ay be filled ith all a ll the fullness of %od./ That as 0is &rayer for !e. That as his &rayer for you. That &rayer ,an?t go unansered. 7ou 7ou re!e!ber ho lie lie groaned in Col. Col. 1D2+= /that !ay !ay &resent every !an &erfe,t in Christ./ That as the &irit?s &assion in 'aul. %od hel& !e to have the sa!e &assion. That eli!inates selfishness utterly= utterly= doesn?t it That is a ne self= a self born of %od= a self that has no drea! but %od?s drea!= no a!bition but 0is a!bition. "ut hear the ,losing of that &rayerD /9o unto hi! that is able to do eB,eeding abundantly above all that e as# or thin#./ 7ou see= e sing out of the orbit of sense #noledge= out of the li!itations of sense reason= into the real! of the su&ernatural. We We are
living no in the real! of %ra,e= the real! of %od. 0e says that /it is above all that e ,an as# or thin#= a,,ording to the ability that or#eth in us./ We have been slo to gras& this= but this is a &i,ture of 0is %ra,e. This is an illustration of the Father?s Father?s drea! for us. This illustrates the &rayer &rayer life of 'aul. 'aul. t is better than any rules or regulations that !an ,an !a#e in regard r egard to a &rayer life. When you and realiGe this &rayer as for us= e be,o!e anBious that it be ansered in us. That lets 0i! loose in us to or# 0is on ill and 0is on &leasure in and through us for 0is glory.
Christ n The Light Of The 'auline Revelation T0 is an unveiling of hat e are before the Father= and 5. ho the Father loo#s u&on us in Christ. 8ohn 1)D2+D / ,a!e out fro! the Father= and a! ,o!e into the orld D again= leave the orld= and go unto the Father./ 7ou re!e!ber 8esus said in 8ohn 3D3$= /(B,e&t one be born fro! above= he ,annot see the #ingdo! of %od./ The believer is born of %od. 0e ,o!es out of the very o!b of %od. /Whatsoever is born of %od over,o!eth the orld./ /For /For in one &irit ere e all i!!ersed into one body= body= and ere all !ade to drin# of one &irit./ E Cor. 12D13. 8ust as truly as 8esus 8esus ,a!e out fro! the Father Father== so e have ha ve ,o!e out fro! %od through the energy of the &irit. We We are born of %od. n 8ohn 4D4 e read= /7e are of %od !y little ,hildren./ We We are a &art of the very Life of %od. %od?s very 9ature has been &oured into our s&irits= for e are of %od. 9o e ,an understand 8esus? ,onfession. t staggered the 8es. t startled the dis,i&les. / ,a!e out fro! the Father < ,a!e into the orldD again= leave leave the orld and go ba,# to !y
Father./ 8ust as truly as e e ,a!e out fro! the Father Father in our 9e "irth= hen e leave our bodies= e go ba,# to our Father. n 8ohn +D23 8esus said= /7e /7e are fro! beneath < a! fro! above./ 8esus as ever ,ons,ious of 0is heavenly heavenly origin and a nd of 0is heavenly heavenly relationshi&. 9othing ould hel& us so !u,h as to be aare that e do not belong to the earth. We are on the earth but e are not of it. Our ,itiGenshi& is in heaven. We We are no longer a &art of this atanruled orld. We are born fro! above. We have the 9ature 9a ture and and the Life of the Father. Father. We We are in Christ. "elievers are in danger of being attra,ted to earthly things= su,h as !oney and the &leasures of life. f e ,ould #no e are not of the earth= as e #no e are !en or o!en= and #no that our highest @oy is to be found alone in Christ= it ould !a#e a great differen,e in our earth al#. n 5att. 12D42 8esus said= /A /A greater than olo!on is here./ 0e dared to ,onfess ,o nfess hat 0e a,tually as. 0e dared to tell that generation that loo#ed on 0i! ith sus&i,ion and @ealousy and hatred= ho 0e as. /A greater than olo!on is here./ onder if e have realiGed ho e are= onder if e ever ,onsidered that e belong to another ra,e= 2 Cor. Cor.
$D1* /Wherefore= if any !an is in Christ= he is a ne ne ,reation Ea ne s&e,ies < the old things that belong to the earth al# are &assed aay= and behold all things are be,o!e ne< but all these things are of %od= ho re,on,iled us unto hi!self./ We haven?t realiGed that the least in the #ingdo! of %od is greater than olo!on. 0e as but a servan s ervant. t. 0is vast isdo! as given to hi!. We are the sons of %od and 8esus has been !ade unto us Wisdo!. olo!on as but a natural !an ho lived in the real! of the senses. 0e had no ,on,e&tion of this 6ivine Life that has been given to us. "ut e don?t thin# of that. We have not yet realiGed our &osition in Christ< our &osition in the Fa!ily. We are the very ons and 6aughters of %od Al!ighty. Al!ighty. olo!on as but a son of 6avid. 8ohn + D12 is &erha&s one of the greatest senten,es that ever fell fro! the li&s of the 5aster= if e dared to &ut one ,ri&ture over against another. another. / a! the light of the th e orld. 0e that folloeth !e shall not al# in the dar#ness= but shall have have the Light of Life./ 8esus dared to say that 0e re&resented r e&resented a ne order= order= a ne ty&e of !an= that in 0i! as the Light of Life< that is= the Wisdo! that ,o!es fro! (ternal Life. The &eo&le ho follo 0i!= al# in 0is footste&s and obey 0is ord= should never be ,aught in the real! of dar#ness here they ,annot see.
Col. 1 D13 says= /Who delivered us out of the authority of dar#ness= and translated us into the #ingdo! of the on of his love./ 7ou see= e have been ta#en out of the real! of dar#ness here !en al# by the senses. We have been translated into the #ingdo! of the on of 0is Love= or in other ords= into the very Fa!ily of %od. We have be,o!e &arta#ers of 0is 6ivine 9ature. The sa!e Life that as in the on of %od is in us. The sa!e Light that 0e had is in us. 9o e ,an understand 2 Cor. Cor. )D14D /"e not une>ually yo#ed ith unbelieversD for hat felloshi& felloshi& have righteousness and ini>uity; or hat ,o!!union hath light ith dar#ness;/ n 'hil. 2D1$ 'aul tells us= /We are seen as lights in the orld./ We are holding forth as a la!&= the Word of Life. We are the light of the orld. We have ta#en 8esus? 8esus? &la,e. 0is Life in us is the sour,e of Light= Light !eans Wisdo! and ability to do things= and the %reater One has not only i!&arted to us 0is on 9ature= but 0e has a,tually ,o!e into us and lives in ushas be,o!e a &art of us. o hen 8esus said= / a! the light of the orld=/ it &la,ed tre!endous res&onsibility u&on those ho follo in 0is ste&s. f e are &arta#ers of 0is Life= then e have that Light and 8ohn 1D4 !ust ever ,hallenge usD /n hi! as life< and the Life as the light of !en./ We have that Life. With that Life has ,o!e the Light=
and e !ust al# al# in the light as 0e is in the light. To ste& out of that Light !eans to ste& into dar#ness= hi,h !eans bro#en felloshi&. felloshi&. t !eans to ste& out of the real! of Love= for that light is really Love shining out through us= in our ,ondu,t= in our ords. The ne #ind of Love and the ne #ind of Light hi,h 8esus brought are the very 9ature of the Father. When e ste& out of Love e ste& out of Light= out of felloshi& ith 0eaven. f e al# in the Light as 0e is in the light= e have felloshi& felloshi& not only ith the Father= but ith one another. "ut hen e are dran aside for a !o!ent by the adversary= e ste& into dar#ness. 8ohn 2D11. /0e that saith he is in the light and hateth his brother= is in the dar#ness even until no. /0e that loveth his brother abideth in the light= and there is no o,,asion of stu!bling in hi!. /"ut he that hateth his brother is in the dar#ness= and al#eth in the dar#ness= and #noeth not hither he goeth= be,ause the dar#ness hath blinded his eyes./ 0is s&irit is in dar#ness. ense #noledge #noledge ,annot light the &ath no. We have ta#en the 5aster?s &la,e as lights in the orld. 8ust as 'aul says= /Follo !e as follo Christ=/ so every one of us are lights in the orld= and e are saying to the orld= /Follo /Follo !e as follo Christ./ When e ste& out of light into dar#ness e s&read ,onfusion around us
and fol#s #no not hat to do. We should alays re!e!ber hat e are in Christ. We should re!e!ber e are the lights of the orld= and those that follo us !ust not be led into dar#ness. 8ohn 14D) has not only been a ,hallenge= but has been a thrilling @oy. 8esus said= / a! the ay= the truth= and the life< no !an ,o!eth unto the Father= but by !e./ What a ,onfession that asH When the 5aster said= / a! the Way=/ the &irit at on,e began to bring to !y !ind eB,er&ts fro! the th Cha&ter of A,ts= of 'aul 'aul going to 6a!as,us to see if he ,ould find ally a lly that ere in the Way= hether !en or o!en= so he ,ould bring the! to 8erusale!. Christianity as the Way. /"ut so!e ere hardened and disobedient= s&ea#ing evil of The Way./ EA,ts 1D. What did they !ean by ,alling Christianity The Way; Way; "a,# yonder in the %arden= Ada! lost the Way= the Way into the Father?s &resen,e= the Way into the Father?s heart. 0e left the &la,e of light and glory and ent out into the orld ithout light. All don through hu!an history !en have have been gro&ing for the lost Way= the Way ba,# into felloshi& ith the Father< ha,# into that (deni, ,ondition ,o ndition here ,onde!nation ould not rule as a 5aster over the heart. When 8esus said= / a! the Way./ 0e !eant 0e as the Way to the Father?s heartthe Way of Life. Then
sa that everyone of us is a light= a signboard &ointing to the Way. 9o noti,e ,arefully hat it !eans to you. 7ou are ta#ing the 5aster?s &la,e< you are the Way= and if your life is not in tune ith the 5aster= 5aster= and you are not living the Word= you !ay !ay be &ointing the rong ay. 0e not only said. / a! the Way=/ but 0e said= / a! the Truth=/ or= / a! the Reality./ When sa that ord translated Reality= it gri&&ed !e. 8esus is the anser anser of the ageold age old ,ry of the hu!an s&irit for Reality. Reality. One translation of Ro!. 1D2$ reads= /For they eB,hange the reality of %od for the unreal./ atan is the %od of vanity. vanity. The !a@or &leasures of the enses of natural !an have no a,tual reality in the!. There is no reality in the !oving &i,tures= in the dan,e hall= in ga!bling= or in drin#ing. There is nothing in the! that the s&irit of !an ,an feed u&on. atan has not given to !an one thing that has in it any &er!anent value. The &leasures of the enses &erish ith the using. When 8esus said= / a! the Way= the Reality= and the Life=/ 0e as &ointing to so!ething that is different. n 8ohn 1)D13 8esus said= /When he= the &irit of Reality= is ,o!e= he ill guide you into all Reality./
8esus 8esus is the Way Way into into the thing that the heart has ,raved ,raved through the agesReality. agesReality. t is a strangely realisti, truth that no one ho has ever a,tually found (ternal Life= has ever turned to any other religion. The !eta&hysi,al religions that are born of the senses have no a&&eal for the !an ho has found Reality. Reality. The hu!an heart ,an find find no Reality outside of the !an 8esus. The 9e Creation is real. Our felloshi& ith the Father is real. The Word is a real !essage to the s&irit of the 9e Creation. We al# in the light of Reality. 8esus saidD / a! the Way= the Reality= and the Life./ The %ree# ord here for Life is /Koe./ That is the ne #ind of Life 8esus brought to the orld. / a! ,o!e that ye !ight have life and have have it in abundan,e./ What is Life; t is the 9ature of the Father. n that 9ature of the Father is all Wisdo!= all Ability= all Love. 8ohn )D4*D /0e that that believeth bath bath (ternal Life./ "elieving is a,tual &ossession= so the believer is a &ossessor of this the greatest g reatest gift ever given to !an (ternal Life. 8ohn 1D4 /n hi! as Life= and that life is the light of !en./ 0o little e have have a&&re,iated the fa,t that (ternal Life in !an has given to us all the ,reative ,reative ability !anifested in this !e,hani,al age. 9o heathen nation ever had any inventors or
,reators until (ternal Life ,a!e to the!. When e boast of AngloaBon Anglo aBon su&eriority= su&eriority= it is si!&ly the su&eriority of (ternal Life over natural life. There are to ords translated Life in the 9e Testa!entD /Koe/the 9ature of the Father that 8esus brought= and gives to !an in the 9e Creation < and /'su,he/the natural hu!an life. /'su,he/ has never &rodu,ed any great literature< has never given to !an anything that as of any real r eal value. Let this be,o!e ,lear in our !inds= that /Koe=/ this ne #ind of Life= is the 9ature of the Father= and the Father is Love. o hen this ne #ind of Life ,o!es into a !an= it drives out the old nature and the 9e 9ature ta#es &ossession. t is @ust li#e srael !oving into the &ro!ised land= driving out the inhabitants= and ta#ing over the ,ountry for the!selves. (ternal Life has ta#en us over. t has ,a&tivated ,a&tivated our reasoning fa,ulties= illu!inating the!= !a#ing the! the slave s lave of of this 9e Order= Order= so that herever a !an ho has (ternal Life goes you see the !ar#s of it. 0e is a 9e Creation !an. 0e belongs to the 9e Order of things. 0e has a ne #ind of Love Aga&a and that Love !a#es a ho!e in hi,h it is safe for babies to be born. The other #ind of love is the %ree# ord /'hileo=/ the
love hi,h s&rings fro! the natural hu!an heart. t has never !ade a ho!e in a heathen ,ountry. ,ountry. t is the &arent of all our divor,es and bro#en ho!es. Where a !an and o!an have /Aga&a=/ the ne #ind of Love that s&rings out of this ne #ind of Life= there is never a divor,e. This is the greatest thing in the orld. The believer is the signboard &ointing toard 8esusthe Way= the Truth= and the Life= and e !ust be bold in our ,onfession that e are in the Way< that e have the Reality and are en@oying the fullness of this !arvelous Life. 8esus 8esus !ade another ,onfession. / a! the %ood he&herd./ The %ood he&herd lays don his life for the shee&./ E8ohn 1D11 What a beautiful ,onfession= so full of suggestionthe he&herd. t brings before the heart the 23rd 'sal! D /8ehovah is !y she&herd < do not ant. 0e ,auseth !e to lie don in green &astures= and he leadeth !e beside the aters aters of gentle stillness/ < he restores !y thin#ing &ro,esses so ,an thin# %od?s thoughts. 0e is the ,areta#er= the bread&rovider= bread&rovider= the shield and the &rote,tor of 0is &eo&le. 0is !inistry is guiding and leading us into the real &astures here the heart learns to feed. Can you see hat this !eans to you; The !o!ent e
re,eive (ternal Life= that !o!ent e be,o!e under she&herds of the flo,#D e be,o!e leaders and a nd tea,hers of this 9e Order= this ne Life. We are the &rote,tors &rote,tors of the th e la!bs fro! the adversary adversary that ould destroy the!. What a !inistry of Love that she&herd hasH What a life of Love ,aring for the!= at,hing over the!= feeding the!= &ointing the ay to the Water of Life= and leading the! into the >uiet &la,e under the shado of the great Ro,# in this eary land. We ought to !a#e ,onfession of our she&herd sh e&herd res&onsibility and our ability to guide !en. as a!aGed hen found the %ree# ord translated &oer !eant ability= and that 8esus anted the dis,i&les to tarry tarr y in 8erusale! until they had re,eived abilitythe Father?s Father?s ability that 8esus had been !anifesting a!ong !en. 9o e= the undershe&herds= have 0is ability. We are &arta#ers of that ability. ability. 0e is !ade unto us Wisdo! so e !ay #no here to lead the shee& and hat to feed the!. The greatest ,on,ern have ever had regarding !y !inistry= as ability to rightly divide the Word so ,ould give !en the food= the "read of the Al!ighty. Al!ighty. have anted to be a Faith "uilder. anted to lead !en out of the ilderness of sense #noledge into into
the highlands of our &rivileges in Christ= hi,h is a he&herd?s res&onsibility. res&onsibility. 0ere is another ,onfession of 8esus that has a 'auline ring to it D /The ords that s&ea# unto you Dn, &irit and are Life E8ohn )D)3. 0o fe of us have realiGed the &oer of ords. 8esus 8esus #ne. #ne. 8esus? ords healed the si,#= fed the !ultitudes= hushed the sea= raised the Elead. 9ot only that= but they stirred su,h !alignity and hatred in the hearts of the leaders of srael that then finally nailed 0i! to the ,ross= @ust be,ause of the ords that 0e had s&o#en. 'aul 'aul !a#es us see it ith a vividness that thrills. /"y faith e understand that the orlds have been fra!ed by the Word Word of %od= so that hat is seen bath not been !ade out of things hi,h a&&ear/ E0eb. 11D3. %od ,reated the -niverse ith Words. 7ou 7ou re!e!ber those three onderful onderful ords= /Let there be./ (ight or nine ti!es those ords are re,orded in the first Cha&ter of %enesis. %od brought everything that is in the -niverse into into being ith ords. "ut the &irit ,li!aBes it in 8ohn 1 D13 D /n the beginning as the Word= and the Word as ith %od= and the Word as %od. The sa!e as in the beginning ith %od. All things ere !ade through hi! < and ithout hi! as not anything !ade that bath been !ade./ 0e too# !an?s ords and filled the! ith 0i!self. 0e !ade !an?s ords ,reative things.
0e filled !an?s ords ith the very genius of Love. 0is ords do!inated. 0e indelt ords and !ade the! or# for 0i!. 0e ,ounted the things that ere not as though they ere= and they lea&ed into being. Words ,reate. Then in 0eb. 1 D3= ords do!inated the things that ords had ,reatedD /Who being the effulgen,e of his glory= glory= and the very i!age of his substan,e= and u&holding all things by the ord of his &oer= hen he !ade &urifi,ation of sins= sat don on the right hand of the 5a@esty on high./ 0e had brought the orld into being ith 0is Word. 9o that vast -niverse is sustained and governed by 0is Word. Oh= !y heart ,raves for the hour to ,o!e hen e ill begin to a&&re,iate hat ords ,an a,,o!&lish. All the business the orld ever did as ith ords. With ords e !a#e love. With ords e ,rush hearts. With ords%odfilled ordse build faith into the lives of !en. With ords that are filled ith sense #noledge= e destroy the faith of !en. ense #noledge has no other !eans but ords= and so our universities are filled ith ords= oftenti!es destru,tive ords= de!oraliGing ords. Our highs,hools are destroying the faith of our nation ith false tea,hingall ith ords.
There is nothing holy any longer. longer. An ideology borne of sense #noledge is do!inating our nation= and unless the Word Word of %od gains the as,endan,y a s,endan,y again= all the ideals of our Re&ubli, ill go= and a ne ty&e of des&otis! that is destru,tive to Christianity ill ta#e its &la,e. 5en ithout %od have used the inventions that %od has given to the 9e Creation to destroy all %od has rought through the Chur,h sin,e the Lutheran Refor!ation. When 8esus said= /The ords that s&ea# unto you they are s&irit and they are life=/ l ife=/ 0e as lifting the ,urtain and letting us see the realities. Thin# of it H /The ords that s&ea#=/ s&ea# =/ have in the! the &oer and energy and Creative Ability of %od. /The ords that s&ea# unto you=/ are lifegiving ords= love building ords= faith,reating ords. 9o hat hat is our ,onfession; Our ,onfession is that e are the &rodu,ts of 11 is ords= that 0is ords have ha ve given to our s&irits the very 9ature of the Father= and that the la that governs this ne Life is the La of the 9e Covenant. /A ne ,o!!and!ent give unto you that ye love one another= even as have loved you/ E8ohn 13D34. This ne La that gros out of the Love 9ature of the Father is the La that governs us.
We are al#ing in the light of this 9es La= this Creative= do!inating La= this vi,torious La of Love. What a ,onfession e have to !a#e. %od hel& us to hold fast to it. n 8ohn 14D 8esus says= says= /0e that bath seen !e hath seen tile Father./ That al!ost ta#es one?s breath aay. 8esus said= /0ave /0ave been so long a ti!e ith you and you do not #no hat a!; a! %od !anifest in the flesh./ /7ou have been living and al#ing ith %od. /7ou have ha ve seen 0i! heal the si,# and raise the Elead. /7ou have seen 0i! feed the !ultitudes through !e. /7ou have felt 0is Love 9ature in !y voi,e and in !y ords= and so say to you today= 0e that hath seen !e hath seen the Father.? /7ou need never say again= ho us the Father=? for lie is ith you./ What a ,onfession that asH 0o it has lingered in the very at!os&here through the ages H Then one day ,aught a gli!&se of the Revelation Revelation of the 9e Creation in the 'auline (&istles and sa e ere a,tually ta#ing 8esus? &la,e < that e had the sa!e Life in us 8esus had= and the sa!e 9ature of the Father has been i!&arted to us. With that 9ature have ha ve ,o!e all the attributes that !ade 8esus 8esus so beautiful to the orld and !ade 0i! stand out as the !ost unusual ,hara,ter the ages have ever ever seen. (very attribute in 8esus that !ade 0i! beautiful is in the 9e Creation.
We have the sa!e Life that do!inated 0i!that Love 9ature. We have the sa!e #ind of Love 0e had. 0e is !ade unto us Wisdo! fro! %od. 0e is !ade unto us Rede!&tion Rede!&tion fro! %od. 0e is !ade unto us an,tifi,ation fro! %od. 0e is !ade unto us Righteousness fro! %od. Those four attributes of the very 9ature of the Father ere !anifest in 8esus. Rede!&tion Rede!&tion fro! the hand of the adversary had not yet been a,,o!&lished a, ,o!&lished hen 8esus al#ed al#ed the earth= but it as !anifested in 0i!. 0e as the 5aster of de!ons. an,tifi,ation as revealed revealed in 0i! in 0is utter se&aration fro! the orld that surrounded 0i!. Righteousness= the ability to stand in the Father?s &resen,e ithout the sense of inferiority= the ability to stand in the &resen,e of atan as a !asterall those gra,ious !anifestations of the 6ivine Life ere seen in 0i!. As read 8ohn 14D)1 !y hole being see!s to o&en u& toard 0i! and !y heart ,ries= /Lord= !a#e this real by thy %ra,e in !y life so !en ho see !e ill see you< so ,an say= say= &erha&s not in ords= 0e that bath seen !e bath seen the 5aster.? 5aster.? What a ,onfession 8esus !ade to the orld= and hat a ,onfession e have the &rivilege of !a#ing today. 8esus 8esus said / a! the vine= ye are the bran,hes./
ould that !y heart ,ould understand it< that the heart ,ould gras& the reality of our union ith 0i!= of our unusual ability to feed u&on the very 9ature and Life of %od in Christ. 7ou 7ou see= no bran,h ,an be ,loser to the vine than another bran,h. (very bran,h has the sa!e union ith the vine for its individual individual !inistry of fruit bearing. When 0e said= / a! the vine= ye are the bran,hes=/ it brought us into the fullest union ith 6eity. We are a,tually &arta#ers of the 6ivine 9ature. The very life and substan,e of 6eity &ours out of the vine into the bran,h. Then 0e said in that great &rayer &rayer in the 1*th Cha&ter of 8ohn= /And the glory hi,h thou hast given !e= have given unto the!< that they !ay be one= even as e are one < in the!= and thou in !e= that they !ay be &erfe,ted into one./ Why; That the orld !ay #no that thou bast sent !e= and lovest the! even as thou lovest !e./ That is the ine Life. That is here the bran,h is glorified and the fruitage be,o!es li#e the fruitage of 8esus in 0is earth al#. We ,an understand no hat e !eant hen 0e said= /%reater or#s than these shall ye do < be,ause go unto 5y Father./ E8ohn 4D12 8esus as li!ited to &hysi,al things. 0e ,ould heal the si,#= feed the !ultitudes= raise the dead= and turn ater into into ine= but 0e ,ould , ould not Re,reate Re,reate anyone. 0e ,ould not give anyone (ternal Life be,ause it as not available until after 0e had
&ut sin aay= until 0e had satisfied the ,lai!s of @usti,e= ,on>uered atan= arose fro! fro! the dead= ,arried 0is blood into the heavenly heavenly 0oly of 0olies= 0ol ies= and sat don at the right hand of the 5a@esty on 0igh.
What The Resurre,tion %ives -s 0(R( are so!e of the ri,hes of this blessed Truth gleaned $ y / fro! the 'auline (&istles. What does 0is Resurre,tion !ean to the Christian in his daily life; 8ohn 1D313* tells us of 0is death= of the s&ear thrust in 0is side= s ide= and of blood and ater &ouring out of that great ga&ing ound. t is told in the &lainest language that 0e died of a ru&tured heart. The blood floed through the ru&ture in 0is heart into the sa,# that holds the heart= and a nd as the body gre ,old= the blood had se&arated and the hite seru! had settled to the botto!. The red ,or&us,les had risen to the to& and ,oagulated= and hen that Ro!an s&ear &ier,ed it= the hite seru! gushed out. Then folloed ,lots of the ,oagulated blood rolling don 0is side to the ground. 8esus as dead. 8ohn 1D 3+4= /And /And after these things 8ose&h 8ose&h of Ari!athaea= being a dis,i&le of 8esus= but se,retly for fear of the 8es= as#ed of 'ilate that he !ight ta#e aay the body of 8esusD and 'ilate gave hi! leave. 0e ,a!e therefore= and too# aay 0is body. /And there ,a!e ,a!e also 9i,ode!us= he ho at the first ,a!e to hi! by night= bringing a !iBture ! iBture of !yrrh and aloes= about a hundred &ounds. o they too# the body of 8esus= 8esus= and bound it in linen ,loths ith the th e
s&i,es= as the t he ,usto! of the 8es is to bury./ bury./ 0ere is a dra!a orthy of ins&iration. 8ose&h and 9i,ode!us shoed their friendshi& o&enly after 0is death. /9o in the &la,e here he as ,ru,ified there as as a garden < and in the garden a ne to!b herein as as never !an yet laid. There then be,ause of the 8es? 're&aration Efor the to!b as as nigh at hand they laid 8esus./ Eerses Eerses 4142. 8ohn 2D11= gives gives us a &i,ture of 0is Resurre,tion. /9o on the first day of the ee# ,o!eth 5ary 5agdalene early= hile it as yet dar#= unto the to!b= to!b= and seeth the stone ta#en aay fro! the to!b. /he runneth therefore= and ,o!eth to i!on 'eter= 'eter= and to the other dis,i&le ho! 8esus loved= and saith unto the!= They have ta#en aay the Lord out of the to!b= and e #no not here they have laid hi!. /'eter therefore ent forth= and the other dis,i&le= and they ent toard the to!b. /And they ran both together together D and the other dis,i&le outran 'eter= and ,a!e first to the to!b< and stoo&ing and loo#ing in= i n= lie seeth the linen ,loths lying < yet entered he not in. /i!on 'eter therefore also ,o!eth= folloing hi!= and entered into the to!b < and he beholdeth the linen ,loths lying= and the t he na&#in= that as u&on his head= not lying ith the linen ,loths= but rolled u& in a &la,e by itself. /Then entered in therefore the other dis,i&le also= ho ,a!e first to the to!b= and he sa= and believed.
/For /For as yet they #ne not the s,ri&ture= that he !ust rise again fro! the dead. /o the dis,i&les ent aay aay again unto their on ho!e./ What a sho,# it !ust have been to 5ary. he had ,o!e to the se&ul,hre to finish the e!bal!ing and sa the stone rolled aay. he never sto&&ed to loo# in but turned and ran ba,# to the roo! here 'eter and a nd 8ohn ere sto&&ing. "ursting in u&on the! she ,ried= /They have ta#en aay !y Lord= and #no not here they have laid hi!./ Who had dared to dese,rate the to!b ; 9o &eo&le a!ong all the nations &aid &a id su,h reveren,e to the dead as the 0ebre 9ation. The Ro!ans had stri&&ed 0i!< they had s,ourged 0i!< they had nailed 0i! to the ,ross= ith a !o,# ,ron on 0is 0ead. That asn?t enough. 0ad they dared to dese,rate the grave; 'eter and 8ohn ould not ait< they both started toard the to!b. 8ohn outran 'eter and arrived there first. too&ing don= he loo#ed into the to!b and as staggered at hat he sa. 'eter ,a!e. 0e hadn?t the fine feelings that a,tuated a ,tuated 8ohn= 0e @ust boed his head and ste&&ed into the se&ul,hre and 8ohn folloed folloed hi!. 9oti,e 9oti,e the languageD /And /And lie beholdeth the linen ,loths lying= and the na&#in that as u&on his head not lying ith the linen ,loths= but
laid in a &la,e by itself./ When 8esus ,a!e out of the grave ,lothes there as no hurry. 0e &i,#ed u& the na&#in that had been u&on 0is fa,e= folded it u& and laid it in a ni,he in the to!b. to!b. There is so!ething about that a,t of the 5aster that rea,hes dee& into !y !y s&irit ,ons,iousness. 0e doesn?t a,t li#e a !an= does he; Only %od ould a,t li#e that in an hour of su,h triu!&h. /Then entered therefore that other dis,i&le also ho ,a!e first to the to!b= and he sa and believed./ believed./ What did 8ohn see in the se&ul,hre that !ade hi! believe that 8esus as resurre,ted ; /-& to this ti!e they #ne not the s,ri&ture that he !ust rise again fro! the dead./ 7ou 7ou understand= 8esus? 8esus? body had been been e!bal!ed as the ,usto! of the 8es as to bury. 9early 9early every ri,h ri,h fa!ily had a slave ho understood understood e!bal!ing. They had one hundred &ounds of a !iBture ,o!&osed of !yrrh and aloes and a bundle of linen ,loths. They ,ut the linen u& into stri&s= s!eared it ith this !iBture as you ould a bandage to ra& around a ounded finger= finger= and then ra&&ed the body of 8esus. (very finger as ra&&ed se&arately and then the hands< and ar!s= until the hole body as ra&&ed
as an (gy&tian !u!!y. When it as finished= they too# the e!bal!ed body and &ut it into the se&ul,hre= and it as sealed by Ro!an authority. 9oti,e= the body of 8esus li#ely eighed 1+ to 2 &ounds in his health. 0e ould shrin# about tenty &ounds in the ,ru,ifiBion. There as a hundred &ound eight of !yrrh and aloes= besides the linen ,loths they used in e!bal!ing. Then the body ould eigh about 2+ &ounds. When they had finished the e!bal!ing= 0is body as ,o!&letely en,ased eB,e&t for 0is fa,e. f 8esus had not died of a ru&tured heart and the s&ear thrust= 0e ,ertainly ould have have died in the three days and three nights of e!bal!ing. 9o one ,ould have lived thru that. The e!bal!ing ,loth had gron hard and stiff st iff in that dry ,ell in the seventyto hours 0e as there. The ,loth had not been rent or torn. 0e had ,o!e out of the grave ,lothes through the narro a&erture here 0is fa,e had been. What do you thin# 'eter and 8ohn did; 9o sooner had they left the se&ul,hre= than they rushed through the streets ,rying= /0e is risenH 0e is risenH/ Their hearts ere so over,harged ith e!otion they ,ouldn?t resist &ro,lai!ing the fa,t. The tre!endous stir 0is resurre,tion !ade in the ,ity= three thousand !en that a,,e&ted Christ on the 6ay 6ay of 'ente,ost= all &rove the histori, fa,t= the absolute ,ertainty of 0is
resurre,tion. The hole 8eish nation #ne it. They ere sha#en to the foundation. Cor. 1$D1+ de,lares that five hundred &eo&le sa 0i! at 0is as,ension. The early Chur,h did not try tr y to &rove that 8esus 8esus arose fro! the dead. t as as a selfevident fa,t. 9o one ever >uestioned it in 8erusale!. They ere there hen it ha&&ened. They sa the to!b and the e!&ty grave ,lothes. Tens of thousands of 8es ent to that e!&ty se&ul,hre= stood there s!iting their breasts and rending their gar!ents. They #ne 8esus had risen. 9o hat does it !ean to us today; Rev. 1 D1*= 1+= hear the Resurre,ted 5aster s&ea#ing no /And hen sa hi!= fell at his feet as one dead. And he laid his right hand u&on !e= saying= Fear Fear not< a! the first and the last= and the Living one< and a nd as dead= and behold= a! alive for ever!ore= and have the #eys of death and of 0ades./ atan had been ,on>uered. What a thrill ent through the hole s&irit orld hen 8esus ,a!e fro! the dar# regions= a 5aster= holding aloft in 0is hand the #eys of death and of hell. 0e had stri&&ed that foul s&irit of his authority. authority. 0e had left hi! defeated defeated before his on ,ohorts. There as a s&iritual earth>ua#e in the region of the da!ned. 0eb. 2D14 tells us= /in,e then the ,hildren are
sharers in flesh and blood= he also hi!self in li#e !anner &artoo# of the sa!e< that through death he !ight bring to nought hi! that had the authority o f death= that is= the devil./ Rotherha! translates it /that he !ight &aralyGe the deathdealing authority of the devil./ (ither translation is ,lear enough. "efore 8esus arose fro! the dead= 0e had ,on>uered atan and stri&&ed hi! of the authority of hi,h lie had robbed !an in the %arden. The story of the triu!&h of atan?s defeat ouldn?t be fully des,ribed unless e gave gave you Col. 2D1$D /0aving des&oiled the &rin,i&alities and the &oers= he !ade a sho of the! o&enly= triu!&hing over the! in it./ The !argin reads= /0aving &ut off fro! hi!self the &rin,i&alities and the &oers./ 7ou 7ou see= 8esus 8esus as as held don there and only only %od #nos hat lie suffered until 0e had satisfied the ,lai!s of @usti,e= had been !ade Righteous= and !ade a 9e Creation. Then atan?s do!inion over 0i! ended. 0e hurled ba,# the hosts of hell. 0e ,rushed their deathdealing ability. 0e stri&&ed atan of his authority and left hi! &aralyGed and bro#en. Then 0e arose fro! the dead and shouted= /All hail=/ for Rede!&tion !orn had
,o!eH Rede!&tion as as a fa,t. atan as defeated. 9o e ,an >uote Col. 1 D13 on,e !ore. ant you to be,o!e fa!iliar ith this s,ri&ture. ant you to #no it as you #no to and to are four. /Who delivered us out of the authority of dar#ness= and translated us into the #ingdo! of the on of his love < in ho! e ha have ve our rede!&tion= the re!ission of our tres&asses./ That as the greatest !o!ent in hu!an history. history. That as as a !o!ent that ill be re!e!bered through all eternity= hen 8esus stood before the ondering dis,i&les and shouted= /All /All hailH/ Angels !ust have e&t before the throne. The great Father %odhat ,ould it have !eant to 0i!; 0u!anity= 0u!anity= the ho&e of 0is Love and the reason for all Creation= as Redee!ed< the ,lai!s of @usti,e ere satisfied. The Throne ,ould never be assailed. %od had legally redee!ed !an. All the ages of eternity ill re!e!ber the heroi, battle that 8esus rought in order to &rove to hu!anity that %od as @ust and 0e ,ould on legal lega l grounds @ustify the ungodly= ungodly= be,ause 0is only "egotten on had redee!ed the! ith 0is on
blood. 9o %od ,an on legal grounds give to !an (ternal Life. 8ohn $D24 and )D4* ,an be,o!e be,o!e a &art of hu!an eB&erien,e. /0e that heareth !y ord= and believeth hi! that sent !e= hath eternal life= and ,o!eth , o!eth not into @udg!ent= but hath &assed out of death into life./ onder if your heart ta#es this in; There ill be no @udg!ent for us li#e there as as for the 5aster< there ill be no ,ross and no ,ron of thorns. There ill be no suffering in hell for the !an ho ta#es 8esus Christ as his aviorand it is so easy to ta#e 0i!. 0ear this ,ri&ture D 8ohn )D4*= /0e that believeth hath eternal life=/ or he that a,ts u&on the Word Word that %od has s&o#en= has (ternal Life the !o!ent that he a,ts. The !an outside of Christ ,annot ,onfess the Lordshi& of 8esus and de,lare that he #nos Christ died for his sins and arose hen 0e as @ustified= ithout re,eiving the 9ature and Life of %od. 7ou 7ou as#= hat is the greatest greatest !ira,le of all the !ira,les ,onne,ted ith Rede!&tion; Rede!&tion; t is not the Resurre,tion Resurre,tion of the Lord 8esus= be,ause the Father and the on ere or#ing together in that. "ut the greatest !ira,le ha&&ens hen a !an re,eives re,eives (ternal Life= Life= hen a ,hild of the devil be,o!e a Child of %od. 9oti,e againD When a !an ho is s&iritually dead &asses out of the real! of atan into the real! of LifeE into the :ingdo! of the on of %od?s Love that is the !ira,le of !ira,les.
To the sense #noledge !an= the Resurre,tion is the greatest !ira,le= be,ause that is so!ething the senses ,an register. "ut the 9e "irth is an unseen !ira,le. t is in the &irit Real!. 5an?s soul or reasoning fa,ulties ,annot be "orn Again. They ,annot re,eive the 9ature of %od inde&endent of his s&irit. 0is s&irit is the &art of hi! that is Re,reated. 2 Cor. Cor. $D1*21 had be,o!e a Reality the !o!ent 8esus ,arried 0is blood into the 0oly of 0olies and a nd sat don at the right hand of the Father. 9o a !an ,an a,,e&t Christ and #no that the !o!ent ! o!ent he does= he be,o!es a 9e Creation. The old things of his life have &assed aay= and behold all are be,o!e ne< and all these things are of %od= ho has re,on,iled that !an to 0i!self through 8esus Christ. What a !ira,le the 9e Creation isH Thin# of ta#ing a !an out of the very dregs of our !odern ,iviliGation and Re,reating Re,reating hi! in a single !o!ent fro! a ,onvi,t to a on of %od. And not only that= but noti,e that 21st verse. 0ere %od his&ers= /0i! ho #ne no sin= !ade to be,o!e sin= that !ight !a#e you !y righteousness in Christ./ That is the Father s&ea#ing= and the !o!ent you a,,e&t Christ as your avior and ,onfess 0i! as your Lord= that !o!ent you be,o!e the Righteousness of %od in Christ.
We ,ould sto& here= for this is enough to thrill the ages= but e haven?t haven?t rea,hed the ,li!aB of Rede!&tion yet. Cor. 1D= /%od is faithful= through ho! ye ere ,alled into the felloshi& of his on 8esus 8esus Christ our Lord./ t too# !e a good hile before ,ould ad@ust !y heart to the reality of that state!ent= that the great (ternal Father %od= the Creator of the -niverse= should ,all !e= should ,all you to felloshi& felloshi& ith 0is on= to be,o!e dentified ith that on= to be,o!e one ith that on. 0ere are a beautiful father and !other. They have a lovely boy= and oh= ho ,areful they have been in his u&bringing. Could you thin# of the! going don into the slu!s and finding a nondes,ri&t ,hild to be his asso,iate= to felloshi& ith that boy; 9o. "ut here is the !ira,le. The Father #nos hen a !an a,,e&ts 0is on as his avior= avior= and ,onfesses= 0is Lordshi&= that !o!ent 0e ill give g ive that !an so!ething that ill sna#e hi! absolutely a 9e Creation. 0e ill be in the sa!e ,lass ith 8esus. 0e ill be an a,tual Child of %od. The old s&iritual nature that lin#s hi! ith atan has ,eased , eased being= and a 9e 9ature= %od?s on 9ature= is i!&arted to hi!. 9o he is as really the Father?s on as as 8esus in 0is earth al#= and he is as Righteous as the First
"egotten= be,ause that First "egotten is his Righteousness. 7ou 7ou !ay tal# about !ira,ulous things= but de,lare to you= this 9e Creation !ira,le outstri&s everything in all Creation. Ta#ing a ,hild of the t he devil ith his hands et ith the blood of his brother= brother= and ,hanging that !an?s nature H 9o sirH giving that !an a 9e 9ature= destroying the old nature< giving hi! the &osition of a on< giving hi! the rights and &rivileges &rivileges of a on< giving hi! the very &la,e of a on in the Father?s heart and Fa!ily Fa!ily here is %ra,e < here is Love let loose. This is a &i,ture of 'aul. 'aul. This is the ,li!aB. 9o you are ready to turn to 2 Cor. 2D141)D /"ut than#s be unto %od= ho alays leadeth us in triu!&h in Christ= and !a#eth !anifest through us the fragran,e of his #noledge in every &la,e./ 9o note thisD /For e are a seet fragran,e of Christ unto %od= in the! that are saved= and in the! that are &erishing< to the one a savor fro! death unto death< to the other a savor fro! life unto life. And ho is suffi,ient for these things;/ And then hear this ,ryD ,r yD /For e are not as the !any= ,orru&ting the ord of %odD but e have been !ade suffi,ient to fulfil this !inistry./ "ut ant you to noti,e a little senten,e ta#en ta #en fro! the Conybeare Translation ,o!!enting on those verses. /"ut than#s be to %od= ho leads !e on fro! &la,e to &la,e in the
train of his triu!&h= to ,elebrate his vi,tory over the ene!ies of Christ< and by !e sends forth #noledge of 0i!= a stea! of fragrant in,ense= throughout the orld. For For Christ?s is the fragran,e hi,h offer u& to %od./ The !eta&hor is ta#en fro! the triu!&hal &ro,ession of a vi,torious general. %od is ,elebrating 0is triu!&h over 0is ene!ies< 'aul Eho had been so great an o&&onent of the %os&el is a ,a&tive folloing in the train of the triu!&hal tr iu!&hal &ro,ession= yet Eat the sa!e ti!e= by a ,hara,teristi, ,hange of !eta&hor an in,ensebearer in,ense bearer== s,attering in,ense Ehi,h as alays done on these o,,asions as the &ro,ession !oves on. o!e of the ,on>uered ene!ies ere &ut to death hen the &ro,ession rea,hed the Ca&itol < to the! the s!ell of the in,ense as Mn odor of death unto death? < to the rest ho ere s&ared= Mn odor of life unto life.? The heart ,an hardly gras& the signifi,an,e of it. We We no reign as 5asters and :ings. On,e !ore ant to give you Ro!. $D1* for it fits here &erfe,tly. EWey!outh?s EWey!outh?s Translation= 3d 3 d (d. /For /For if= through the transgression of one individual= 6eath !ade use of the one individual to seiGe the sovereignty= sovereignty= all the !ore shall those ho re,eive %od?s overfloing gra,e and gift of righteousness reign as #ings in Life through the one individual= individual= 8esus Christ./ We are no reigning as #ings in the real! of life. We have be,o!e 5asters. We are ,on>uerors. What
does the Resurre,tion !ean to us; t !eans that 0e has ta#en us fro! slavery to the Throne. We ere defeated= ,on>uered= and held in bondage. We We are set free= and in the na!e of 8esus e be,o!e the bondagebrea#ers for the rest of the hu!an ra,e. 0e has !ade us 5asters here fear held us in ,a&tivity.
/9 Who! We 0ave/ A97 believers are afraid to say that they are in Christ and are afraid to a,t as though is true. The Father has de,lared in the Word hat e are in Christ. We find believers believers see#ing to obtain hat love has already given the!. We ought to #no hat e are and hat e have in 0i!. First= hat e have have in Christ. Col. 1 D13= /Who / Who delivered delivered us out of the &oer of dar#ness= and translated us into the #ingdo! of the on of his love< in ho! e have our rede!&tion= the re!ission of our sins./ shall use in this the first &erson singular s ingular as Conybeare suggests. suggests. Then it ould read= /Who delivered delivered !e out of the authority of dar#ness= and translated !e into the #ingdo! of the on of his love < in ho! have !y rede!&tion and the re!ission of !y sins./ Our Rede!&tion Rede!&tion is fro! the do!inion of atan= and hen Christ arose fro! the dead and &resented 0is on blood before the u&re!e Court of the -niverse= -niverse= and it as a,,e&ted= our Rede!&tion as a settled thing. Then 0e sat don at the right hand of the 5a@esty on 0igh. When he sat don= atan had been defeated. defeated. (verything that 8usti,e had de!anded had been a,,o!&lished. 9o %od has a legal right to give !an (ternal Life=
but 0e had no right to give !an (ternal Life until there had been a &erfe,t Rede!&tion. Rede!&tion. o Ro!. 3D21 2) is the 0oly &irit?s eB&osition of this blessed Reality. Reality. /"ut no a&art fro! the la a righteousness of %od hath been unveiled= being itnessed by the la and the &ro&hets./ 7ou 7ou understand that !an?s basi, need need as Righteousness= the ability to stand in the Father?s &resen,e ithout the sense of guilt or inferiority= and so 0e de,lares that %od has unveiled a ne sour,e of Righteousness= and that sour,e of Righteousness is itnessed by the la and the &ro&hets= /even the righteousness of %od on the ground of faith in 8esus Christ./ And the strange thing is that it is based u&on si!&le faith in 8esus= or in a,ting u&on hat %od has said in regard to 0is on. n the 24th verse he says= /"eing @ustified freely by his gra,e through the rede!&tion rede!&tion that is in Christ 8esus./ 7ou understand= 0e as delivered delivered u& on the a,,ount of our tres&asses= and 0e as raised hen e ere @ustified. ERo!. 4D2$. Then he de,lares in the neBt verse= /"eing therefore @ustified on the ground of of faith= e have have found &ea,e &ea,e ith %od through our Lord 8esus Christ./ 9o e ,an understand that e ere @ustified freely by his %ra,e= through the Rede!&tion %od rought in Christ= Who! 0e has set forth to be a sin substitute on the ground of Faith Faith and 0is blood. %od did this to sho 0is Righteousness be,ause 0e had been
&assing over the sins of srael for fifteen hundred years. 9o it is de!anded that the &enalty be &aid. 8esus !et that &enalty and &aid or redee!ed the &ro!ises that ere ea,h year !ade by the 0igh 'riest on the great 6ay of Atone!ent. 8esus 8esus ,ashed all those &ro!issory notes and brought brought Rede!&tion Rede!&tion to every !an ho had been blood ,overed under the First Covenant. thin# e ought to read 0eb. D12= /9or yet ith the blood of goats and ,alves= but ith his on blood= entered in on,e for all a ll into the holy &la,e= having obtained eternal rede!&tion./ ant ant you to note that this Rede!&tion is an (ternal Rede!&tion. Rede!&tion. That hen Christ ,arried 0is blood into the 0oly of 0olies= and the u&re!e Court of the -niverse a,,e&ted it= Rede!&tion as a ,o!&leted thing. /For if the blood of goats and bulls= and a nd the ashes of a heifer s&rin#ling the! that have have been defiled= san,tify unto the ,leanness of the flesh D ho !u,h !ore shall the blood of Christ= ho through the eternal &irit offered hi!self ithout ble!ish unto %od= ,leanse your ,ons,ien,e fro! dead or#s to serve the living %od;/ 6id you noti,e that the blood of bulls and goats only ,leanses the flesh; The ,leansing of the flesh !eans the senses< it did not ,leanse the heart< it did not !a#e !an a 9e Creation. 9o noti,e the 1$th
verseD /And for this ,ause he is the !ediator of a 9e Covenant= Covenant= that a death having having ta#en &la,e for the rede!&tion of the transgressions that ere under the first ,ovenant= they that have been ,alled !ay re,eive the &ro!ise of the eternal inheritan,e./ 9o you ,an understand hat he !eant in Ro!. 3. 0e died for the sins of th those ose living under the First Covenant Covenant that had been ,overed by blood fro! year to year= that they !ight have their share in the inheritan,e and in this Rede!&tion. 7ou 7ou see= the Rede!&tion Rede!&tion in Christ not only rea,hed forard to us= but rea,hed ba,#ard and redee!ed every !an tinder the First Covenant ho had trusted in the blood of bulls and goats. 0eb. D2) no be,o!es ,lear to itsD /"ut no on,e at the end of the ages hath he been !anifested to &ut aay aay sin by the sa,rifi,e of hi!self./ 0e has dealt ith the sin &roble!. 9o it is a sinner &roble!. The sin &roble! is ended and the sinner has the legal right to (ternal Life= be,ause %od so loved hi! that 0e gave hi! 0is only "egotten on. Rede!&tion Rede!&tion then is a settled fa,t= and a nd it is &ossible no for a !an to re,eive (ternal Life on legal grounds. 2 Cor. Cor. $D1*= /Wherefore= / Wherefore= if any !an is in Christ= lie is a ne CreationD the old things are &assed aay= behold they are be,o!e ne. "ut all things are of %od= ho re,on,iled us to hi!self through Christ./
9ote very ,arefully that in this 9e Creation= the non ho a,,e&ts Christ re,eives (ternal Life. &iritual death= the nature of the adversary= is driven out of hi!= sto&s being in hi!= and a 9e 9ature is given to hi!. 0is s&irit is Re,reated. 0is soul or !ind ill need to he reneed. EWe EWe deal ith this t his in another ,ha&ter. "ut the !ind and s&irit !ust be brought into felloshi& felloshi& ith ea,h other= other= and that ,an only be as the !ind is reneed through the Word. t is very i!&ortant that the believer sees this fa,t n Ro!. )D$= /For if e have be,o!e united ith hi! in the li#eness of his death= e shall be also iii the t he li#eness of his resurre,tion #noing this= that our old !an as ,ru,ified ith hi!./ 9oti,e the tense here. 9ot is ,ru,ified ith 0i!= but as ,ru,ified. The sa!e truth is brought out in %al. % al. 2D2. /1 have been ,ru,ified ith Christ./ The old version reads= / a! ,ru,ified ith Christ./ Our ,ru,ifiBion and union ith Christ on the ,ross belong to the legal side of the &lan of rede!&tion. All that 0e did for us in 0is Rede!&tive Rede!&tive or# is based on legal grounds. EThe legal is alays alays in the &ast tense. 0e as delivered delivered ti& on a,,ount of our tres&asses. tr es&asses. 0e died for our sins. 0e arose for our 8ustifi,ation. This is all in the &ast &a st tense. 9o noti,e Ro!. )D)D /For this e #no= #no= that our old self as ,ru,ified ith Christ= in order that the slave of sin !ight be destroyed < so
that e should no longer be in slav s lavery ery to sin./ Centenary Centenary Translation. We died ith Christ. We ere raised together ith 0i!. o the old roan= the sin nature that as a &arta#er of s&iritual death= died ith Christ. When e a,,e&t 8esus Christ as our avior and ,onfess hi! as our Lord= e be,o!e a 9e Creation= and eB&eri!entally that old !an sto&s being and the 9e 5an in Christ ta#es his &la,e. This has been a hard &roble! for !any &eo&le. They T hey say= say= / 0o ,an that be true in the fa,e of 'aul?s eB&erien,e in the *th of Ro!ans;/ Ro!. Ro!. *D*24 is 'aul?s eB&erien,e as a 8e under the La. t is not the eB&erien,e of a 9e Creation. 0e said in the 14th verse= /For e #no that the la is s&iritual but a! ,arnal= sold under sin./ The La as as fulfilled in Christ. 9obody is under u nder the La today. t is true= the 8e didn?t #no that he died ith Christ and that his old La and the First Covenant Covenant all ,eased to be in Christ. 0e doesn?t #no it today= but it is the truth. The La as as the 8es? s,hool!aster until Christ< not as so!e translators try to !a#e us believe= that the La is our s,hool!aster to lead us to Christ. The %ree# teBt shos ,on,lusively that the la as until Christ= and hen Christ arose fro! the dead and sat
don on the right hand of the 5a@esty on high= the Abraha!i, Covenant Covenant and the 5osai, La sto&&ed fun,tioning. There is no one under the 5osai, La today. They ,an?t get tinder it. They !ay atte!&t it as !any are doing today= but it is only a far,e. We have a 9e La that belongs to the 9e Covenant= Covenant= of hi,h Christ is the 0ead= and that 9e La is to govern govern the 9e Creation in Christ 8esus. 8esus. o 8ohn $ D12= 13 be,o!es a blessed blessed Reality. Reality. /0e that hath the on hath the life< 0e that bath not the on of %od hath not the life. These things have ritten unto you= that ye !ay #no that ye have eternal life= even unto you that believe on the na!e of the on of %od./ The believer has (ternal Life. 0e has &assed out of death into life< out of the real! of atan into the real! of Christ. Out of the real! of s&iritual death here atan reigns= into the real! of (ternal Life here 8esus 8esus Christ reigns. 9oti,e the first senten,e in 8ohn 4D4D /7e are of. %od= !y little ,hildren./ We are of %od. That fits in &erfe,tly ith 8ohn 3= here 8esus said to 9i,ode!us= /7e /7e !ust be born fro! above./ /That hi,h is born of the flesh is flesh< and that hi,h is born of the &irit is s&irit. 5arvel not that said unto thee= 7e !ust be born fro! above./ The 9e Creation is born fro! above. They ,a!e
fro! %od. This ne 9ature floed out fro! the very heart of the Father into their s&irits= hen they ,roned 8esus 8esus as Lord of their lives. (&h. 1 D3 /"lessed be the %od and Father of our Lord 8esus Christ= ho bath blessed us ith every s&iritual blessing in Christ./ When e a,,e&ted 8esus Christ as our aviour= aviour= then Ro!. +D32 be,a!e an a,tual a ,tual reality. /What then shall e say say to these things; f %od is for us= ho is against us; 0e that s&ared not his on on= but delivered hi! u& for us all= ho shall he not also ith hi! freely give us all things./ n that other verse you ill noti,e that 0e has blessed us ith every s&iritual blessing. (verything that Christ rought in 0is Rede!&tive or# or# belongs to the 9e Creation. 7ou do not need to &ray for it or see# for it= nor believe for it< it is yours. 'hil. 4D)* gives us @ust another angle of our inheritan,e in Christ. /n nothing be anBious< but in everything by &rayer and su&&li,ation ith than#sgiving let your re>uests be !ade #non unto %od./ Then a !ira,le ha&&ens D /The &ea,e of %od= hi,h &asseth all understanding= shall guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ 8esus./ When e #no hat our Rede!&tion !eans to the Father= and hat 0e intended it should !ean to us= then e &ass out of the real! of orry and fear and doubt. 'hil. 4D11 ETentieth Century Century Translation D /9ot that s&ea# in res&e,t of ant= for have learned in hatsoever
state a!= therein to be inde&endent of ,ir,u!stan,es./ Why ,an e be inde&endent of ,ir,u!stan,es; "e,ause the 13th verse says= / ,an do all things in hi! that strengtheneth !e./ 7ou 7ou see= this Rede!&tion Rede!&tion in the !ind of of the Father Father !eans a 9e Creation. t !eans onshi& ith all its &rivileges. &rivileges. t !eans that e have ,o!e into the Fa!ily and have Fa!ily rights and &rivileges no that nothing ,an interru&t as long as e al# al# in Love ith 0i!. The se,ond fa,t is hat e are in Christ. t is ne,essary for us to revie a little. We are Redee!ed. atan?s do!inion over us is ended. 0e no longer reigns over us. 9ot only are e Redee!ed= but the !o!ent e ,a!e into the Fa!ily of %od e be,a!e atan?s !aster. %od has given to us a legal right to the use of 8esus? na!e= and 5att. 2+D1 de,lares= /All authority has been given unto !e in heaven heaven and on earth. %o ye therefore= and !a#e dis,i&les Eor students of all nations . . . and lo= a! ith you alays= even unto the end of the age./ 0o is 0e ith us; 0e is ith us in 0is na!e= in 0is Word= and in the &erson of the 0oly &irit. n 5ar# 1)D1* 0e said= /And these signs shall follo the! that believe D in !y !y na!e shall they ,ast out de!ons< they
shall s&ea# ith ne tongues < they shall ta#e u& ser&ents= and if they drin# any deadly thing= it shall in no ise hurt the! < they shall lay hands on the si,#= and they shall re,over./ re,over./ And the 2th verseD /And they ent forth= and &rea,hed every here= the Lord or#ing ith the!= and ,onfir!ing the ord by the signs that folloed./ folloed./ 7ou 7ou see= 0e has not left us at the !er,y !er,y of an ene!y. ene!y. The youngest babe in Christ has a legal right to the 9a!e of 8esus. 9ot 9ot only that= but he has a legal right r ight to the ndelling 'resen,e of the 0oly &irit. ,an never tell you hat that !eans to !y heart. 8ohn 4D4= that last ,lauseD /For greater is he that is in you than he that is in the orld./ What ill 0e do hen 11e ,o!es in; e ill guide us into all Truth or Reality E8ohn 1)D13. 0e ill ta#e the things of 8esus and unveil the! to our hearts. 0e ill i!&art to us the very ability of %od. f you re!e!ber= before 8esus ent aay= 0e told his dis,i&les to tarry in 8erusale! until they be endued ith &oer fro! on high. That ord &oer !eans ability. The 0oly &irit as going to ,o!e into the! ith 6ivine Ability arid !a#e the! !asters of ,ir,u!stan,es= !asters o f situations= !asters of nations. o 0e ,an ,a n say= say= /Fear thou not= for a! ith thee D be not dis!ayed dis!ayed < for
a! thy %odD ill strengthen thee < yea= ill hel& thee< yea= ill u&hold thee ith the right hand of !y righteousness./ Esa.41D1. That belongs to us today today. That is a &i,ture of the ?9e Creation. 9ot only did 0e give us (ternal Life and the great !ighty 0oly &irit to live in our bodies= but 0e has !ade us the Righteousness of %od in Christ. 8esus? 8esus? life during 0is earth al# al# as a!aGing to to !en of sense #noledge. #noledge. Righteousness !ade 8esus absolute !aster of every situation= !aster of all !en be,ause all !en ere sin,ons,ious. sin ,ons,ious. 8esus as as not. ha#es&eare said= /in !a#es ,oards of us all./ 0e stru,# the ta&root of the sin &roble!. When a !an be,o!es a 9e Creation= he re,eives the sa!e Righteousness that 8esus had. 8esus be,o!es his Righteousness. E Cor. Cor. 1 D3. That Righteousness !a#es hi! a !aster of de!ons< !a#es hi! a !aster of ,ir,u!stan,es. 0e is not afraid of atan= or anything atan ,an do or has done. The early Chur,h lived the ne Creation in Reality. They ere the Righteousness of %od in a,tual de!onstration. 9ot only did the early Christians have ha ve Righteousness given to the! t he! but they ere !ade the Righteousness of %od in Christ. When they re,eived the Righteous 9ature of the Father= that 9ature !ade the! Righteous. When they re,eived the Love 9ature of the Father= it !ade the! ons of Love.
That is the reason they ,ould , ould suffer any #ind of &erse,ution and yet love the &erse,utor. &erse,utor. 8esus 8esus loved 8udas and the !an ho drove drove the nails into 0is hands and feet. 'aul loved loved the !en ho beat hi! and stoned hi!. te&hen= hen he as dying= said= /Father= forgive the! < they #no not hat they do./ That as a ne #ind of Love the orld had never #non. %od is Love. The 9e Creation has the Love 9ature of the Father. There is another outstanding feature that e !ust not overloo#. We have #non %od as a Loving %od= a @ust %od= a 0oly %od= but but e have have never thought of of 0i! as a Faith %od. That is an outstanding ,hara,teristi, of %od. 0e ,reated the -niverse by Faith. (verything that ,a!e ,a !e into being at Creation= ,a!e into being by faith. All 0e did as to say= /Let there be/ and things be,a!e. %od is a Faith %od. 9o doubt everyone reading this ill loo# ba,# at his early Christian life. When he as first "orn Again he as filled ith love< he as filled ith Geal that as born of faith. Could he have had the right r ight tea,hing= he ould have al#ed into a life of Faith that ould have sha#en the ,o!!unity. 7ou see= e be,o!e &arta#ers of the Faith and 9ature of %od. That eB&lains that &assage in Ro!. 12D3D /A,,ording /A,,ording as %od hath dealt to ea,h !an a !easure of faith./
(very !an at the 9e "irth has a !easure of Faith. Faith. That !easure ,an be in,reased as he uses it. "ut under the !odern tea,hing= hat faith as given to hi! in the 9e "irth is usually destroyed by sense #noledge tea,hing. We !ust not o!it (&h. 2D1D /For e are his or#!anshi&= ,reated in Christ 8esus for good or#s= hi,h %od afore &re&ared that e should al# in the!./ f e ,ould ,ontinually re!e!ber that e are %od?s 9e Creations< that 0e as the Author and Finisher of these 9e Creations= @ust as 0e is the Author and Finisher of Faith= Faith= then life ould be vi,torious. 0e gave gave birth to us in the birth throes of agony in 0is ubstitutionary or#. We are the &rodu,t of that birth. 7ou see= e have be,o!e the ons and 6aughters of %od. We re!e!ber that 8esus is our eBa!&le. 8esus 8esus never tried to to believe. 0e a,ted a,ted on the Word Word of 0is Father. 0e never sought Faith. 0e said 0e did hat 0is Father told 0i! to do. We urge the unsaved to get so!ething. We should urge the! to a,t on o n the Word. 8esus 8esus belongs to the!. All they need to do is to ,onfess 0is Lordshi&= and the !o!ent they do they re,eive r e,eive (ternal Life. "elieving is a,ting on the t he Word. Word. The believer is one ho has a,ted on the Word. The unbeliever is one ho has not yet a,ted.
The one is a &ossesser< &ossesser < the other !ay be !erely a see#er after so!ething that he has not ,lai!ed as his on. ant you to #no in your heart that you are hat 0e says you are. 0e ants you to a,t it= to ,onfess hat 0e has done in you< hat 0e has !ade you to be. This ill glorify 0i! and strengthen str engthen your Faith. To To deny hat e are and to tell hat atan is doing in our bodies or !inds= is denying hat e e are in Christ. All things are &ossible &oss ible no= no= for e are the ,hildren of %od. We are united ith 0i!.
The Legal And ital As&e,ts Of Rede!&tion -9TL one be,o!es ,ons,ious of these to &hases of revelation= there ill be a haGiness in his tea,hing and a la,# of solidity in his thin#ing and living. The legal side of Rede!&tion is hat %od did for us in Christ. t is in the t he &ast. Ro!. 4D2$ is a good illustrationD /Who as delivered u& for our tres&asses= and as raised for our @ustifi,ation./ 0ere is anotherD Cor. 1$D3= 4 /For delivered unto you first of all that hi,h also re,eivedD that ?Christ died for our sins a,,ording to the s,ri&tures and that he as as buried< and that he hath been raised on the third day a,,ording to the s,ri&tures./ These to s,ri&tures &erfe,tly illustrate hat %od did for us in 0is Rede!&tive or#. The vital ,an be illustrated. Ro!. +D1 D /There is therefore no no ,onde!nation to the! that are in Christ 8esus./ Col. 1 D14 /n ho! e have our rede!&tion= the re!ission of our sins./ The vital is hat e really have no < hat the 0oly &irit is doing in us today. f one only had the legal side of the &lan of Rede!&tion= Rede!&tion= it ould lead hi! into ,old= dead for!alis!. t ould !a#e do,trines out of Reality and sense #noledge ould rule.
The vital tea,hings alone ill lead into fanati,is!= !agnifying eB&erien,es above the Word. When the vital as&e,t is understood= e #no hat belongs to us in Christ. We #no a on?s rights. We learn to ta#e our &la,e. We en@oy our &rivileges= and the vital side then be,o!es a Reality. Reality. All that is legally ours !ay be,o!e vitally ours by the !inistry of the &irit through the Word in us. A little study of the legal side !ay hel& us. 2 Cor. Cor. $D21= /0i! ho #ne no sin he !ade to be sin on our behalf < that e !ight be,o!e the righteousness r ighteousness of %od in hi!./ That is hat %od rought in Christ. 0e laid our sins u&on Christ. 0e as stri,#en= s!itten of %od and affli,ted. /0e as ounded for our transgressions < he as bruised for our ini>uities< the ,hastise!ent of our &ea,e as u&on hi!= and ith his stri&es e are healed. /All e li#e shee& have gone astray< e have turned every one to his on ay < and 8ehovah hath laid on hi! the ini>uity of us all./ 0e not only laid our sins on 8esus= but 0e !ade 8esus sin. Ro!. 3D212) is &erha&s the great !aster senten,e illustrating this legal side of the &lan of Rede!&tion. 0e tells us in the 21st verse= /"ut no a&art fro! the la a righteousness of %od hath been !anifested= Eor unveiled< or as one translator &uts it= brought to
light? being itnessed by the la and the &ro&hets < even the righteousness of %od through faith in 8esus Christ unto all the! that believe< for there is no distin,tion< for all have sinned= and fall short of the glory of %od./ 0ere is a little tou,h of the vital in the 24th verseD /"eing @ustified freely by his gra,e through the rede!&tion that is in Christ 8esus./ n the 2$th verse e sing ba,# again to the legalD /Who! %od set forth to be a &ro&itiation=/ or a !er,y seat here the blood as as s&rin#led by the 0igh 0 igh 'riest= /on the ground of faith= in 0is blood= to sho his righteousness be,ause of the &assing over of the sins done aforeti!e= in the forbearan,e of %od< for the shoing= say= say= of his righteousness at this &resent season./ 0ere e ,at,h a gli!&se of of the vital D /That /T hat he !ight hi!self be righteous= and the righteousness of hi! that bath faith in 8esus./ 8esus./ 7ou see= the &irit has based our &resent Righteousness u&on the or# that had been a,,o!&lished in 0is great ubstitutionary Wor#. Titus 2D14 is another s,ri&ture shoing the legal side. Who gave hi!self for us= that he !ight redee! us fro! all ini>uity= ini>uity= and &urify unto hi!self a &eo&le for his on &ossession= Gealous of good or#s./
o!e ital Fa,ts One of the !ost &ri,eless vital s,ri&tures is 2 Cor. Cor. $D1*= 1+D /Wherefore if any !an is in Christ= he is a ne ,reatureD the old things are &assed aa aay < behold= they are be,o!e ne. "ut all these things are of %od= ho re,on,iled us to hi!self through Christ= and gave unto unto us the !inistry of re,on,iliation./ r e,on,iliation./ t is very i!&ortant that e re,ogniGe this fa,t= that all that has been rought for us by Christ in 0is ubstitutionary a,rifi,e= belongs to the individual individual believer. (&h. 1 D1*23 is a &art of the great ,harter of our Rede!&tion= Rede!&tion= and this is both legal and vital. 0e reveals hat 0e did for us. 0e reveals 0is &ro,ess of building the very 9ature and Life of the Father into our s&irits. 0e said= ant you to #no hat is the eB,eeding greatness of 0is ability on our behalf ho believe. t is /a,,ording to that or#ing of the strength str ength of his !ight hi,h he rought in Christ= hen he raised hi! fro! the dead= and !ade hi! to sit at his right hand in the heavenly &la,es= far above all rule= and authority= and &oer= and do!inion= and every na!e that is na!ed= not only in this age= but also in that hi,h is to ,o!eD and he &ut all things in
sub@e,tion under his feet= and he gave hi! to be the head over all things for the benefit of the ,hur,h= hi,h is his body= body= the fullness of hi! that filleth all in all./ 0ere e have the legal ba,#ground of 0is great ubstitutionary or#= of 0is absolutely ,on>uering the for,es of dar#ness before 0e arose fro! the dead. 8ust as in Col. Col. 2D1$ it says= says= /That he &ut off fro! hi!self the &rin,i&alities and the &oers= and he !ade a sho of the! o&enly= triu!&hing over the! in it./ We have have failed to re,ogniGe this blessed fa,t= that in the substitutionary or# of Christ= it as as though e ourselves ere ith 0i!. 8ust as the &irit says in %al. 2D2= / as ,ru,ified ith Christ=/ not as the old version reads= / a! ,ru,ified./ 9o= it is &ast tense. t is the legal side. 0e not only as ,ru,ified= but in Ro!. )D+ it says= says= /"ut if e died ith Christ= e believe that e shall also live ith hi!./ 9ot only ere e ,ru,ified ith 0i! but e died ith 0i!. n Col. 2D12 e ere buried ith 0i!. n Ti!. 3D1$ e ere @ustified ith 0i!. n Col. 2D13 e ere !ade alive ith 0i!. /7ou= say= did 0e !a#e alive together ith 0i!./ Then in (&h. 2D) 0e raised us u& ith 0i! and !ade us to sit ith 0i! in the heavenlies heavenlies in Christ 8esus. n
these ,ri&tures e get a living &i,ture of the t he entire substitutionary or# of Christ= in hi,h e have a &erfe,t dentifi,ation. t as as done for us. t is the legal ba,#ground of our Rede!&tion. 7ou ,an say= 7es= 7es= as as ,ru,ified ith 0i!. as as identified ith 0i! in 0is sha!e and 0is dee& agonies on the ,ross. 5ore than that= %od not only &ut !y sin u&on 0i! and !ade 0i! sin ith !y sin= but 0e &ut !e u&on 0i!. 0e as ta#ing !y &la,e. 0e as a,ting in !y stead. t as !y sin that stri&&ed s tri&&ed 0i! na#ed. t as !y sin that ,aused the ,ron of thorns to be &ut u&on 0is bro. t as !y sin that drove the nails into 0is hands and feet. t as Love that as ta#ing !y &la,e and suffering in !y stead that !ight be ranso!ed out of the authority of dar#ness and the &oer of sin and s&iritual death. ,an say died ith 0i!< that hen 0e died on the ,ross 0e &artoo# of !y s&iritual death= and as identified ith 0i! in that s&iritual death. t as as though had been there in &erson and e had left 0is body together. When 0e died on the ,ross= 0e and ent to the &la,e here should have gone alone= but 0e ent ith !e as !y ubstitute. 0e ent ith !e to suffer in !y stead. 0e as bearing !y sin ith !e= that old s&iritually dead self. 0e suffered there until the ,lai!s of @usti,e against !e had been satisfied and there as as no longer any ,harge against !e.
5y s&iritual death and union ith atan ere i&ed out. And then 0e as @ustified in &irit. 0is @ustifi,ation as for !e= for you see= 0e ent there for !e. 0e didn?t go there on 0is on a,,ount. a ,,ount. 0e ent on !y a,,ount= and as soon as 0e as @ustified= 0e as Re,reated!ade Re,reated!ade alive in s&irit= and that onderful s,ri&ture in A,ts 13D33= /Thou art !y on= this day have ha ve begotten thee=/ as !ade real. Right there in those aful surroundings 0e as "orn Again. 0e had be,o!e the very Righteousness of %od right r ight there. And no ,an understand (&h. 2D1D /We are his or#!anshi&= or#!anshi&= ,reated ,r eated in Christ 8esus./ That is the legal side of the 9e "irth. n the !ind of @usti,e= e ere ere Re,reated Re,reated don there at the ti!e ti!e Christ as= be,ause 0e is the 0ead of the "ody= the Firstborn fro! a!ong the dead. 0e as the first &erson ever "orn Again. n 0is birth= the hole "ody of Christ had the legal or# a,,o!&lished for the!. Then 0e ,on>uered the adversary= but in the !ind of @usti,e as as ith 0i!. When 0e stri&&ed atan atan of his authority and do!inion= it as your vi,tory and !ine. We ere there in the !ind of @usti,e. We &ut our heel u&on the ne,# of the ene!y < e stri&&ed hi! of his authority< e left hi! defeated and bro#en= and then e ere raised ra ised together together ith Christ.
atan is ,on>uered. The 9e "irth has been a,,o!&lished. The 9e Creation= in the !ind of @usti,e= has be,o!e effe,tive= effe,tive= and no e e are not only raised together ith Christ= but e are seated ith 0i!. n the !ind of @usti,e= every !e!ber of the "ody of Christ is seated at the right hand of the th e 5a@esty on high. n the !ind of @usti,e e are utterly one ith 0i!. We We are ,o!&lete in 0i!. All that 0e did= 0e did for us. 0e is the 0ead of the "ody= "ody= and as the 0ead of the "ody= 0e ,annot be eBalted so high but hat the "ody is there ith 0i! sharing in 0is glory= sharing in all of 0is vi,tories. (&h. 1D4) gives us a &revie of our Rede!&tionD /(ven as he ,hose us in hi! before the foundation of the orld= that e should be holy and ithout ble!ish before hi!D in love having foreordained us unto ado&tion as sons through t hrough 8esus Christ unto hi!self. 0e did this a,,ording to his on good ill= to the &raise of the glory of his gra,e= hi,h he freely bestoed on us in the beloved./ The neBt verse sings into the vitalD /n ho! e have ha ve our rede!&tion through his blood= the re!ission of our tres&asses= a,,ording to the ri,hes of his gra,e= hi,h lie !ade to abound toard us in all isdo! and &ruden,e= revealing in us the !ystery of his ill./
9o e ,an see the ba,#ground of a vital union ith Christ. We ,an understand hat it !eans to have hi! say= /For /For it is %od ho is at or# ithin you= illing and or#ing his on good &leasure./ We ,an understand Col. 1 D2+= 2 /That /T hat e !ay &resent every every !an &erfe,t in ChristD hereunto labor also= striving a,,ording to his or#ing= hi,h or#eth in !e !e !ightily./ 'aul?s drea! in Christ as to &resent every believer believer &erfe,t= /ithout s&ot or rin#le or any su,h thing./ What a drea! it !ust have been. 9o e ,an understand (&h. 3D1)2D /That / That he ould grant you= a,,ording to the ri,hes of his glory= g lory= that ye !ay be strengthened ith &oer through his &irit in the inard inard !an./ This inner !an has be,o!e a 9e Creation. 0e has re,eived the Life and 9ature of the Father= and no the &irit through the Word is building into this /hidden !an of the heart./ the ability to live as 8esus did in 0is 0 is earth al#. 7ou 7ou re!e!ber e are to al# al# in Love< e are to to follo after Love. We re!e!ber that Love never faileth= and it thin#eth no evil < alays alays good thoughts= beautiful thoughts about everyone. t never holds any en!ity. W e treat the one ho has lied about us= @ust as a s 8esus treated 'eter after the Resurre,tion. Can?t you i!agine 8esus hunting u& the !an ho drove the
nails into 0is hands and telling hi! / died for you./ Finding the !an that !ade the ,ron of thorns and &ressed it u&on 0is bro= bro= telling hi! / a! going to give give you a ,ron of righteousness= a ,ron of glory and a ,ron of life./ 'aul said= /That Christ !ay dell in your hearts on the ground of faith./ 7ou see= Christ and the Word are one. When the Word dells in a believer?s heart= gains ,ontrol of his hole being= that is Christ gaining ,ontrol. The Lordshi& of 8esus over a life is in Reality the Lordshi& of the Word. Word. The Word gains the as,endan,y in su,h an absolute ay that it do!inates his thin#ing. The Lordshi& of 8esus and the Lordshi& of the Word are really the Lordshi& of this ne #ind of Love Aga&a. What beautiful lives that !a#es. When this /inner !an=/ this /hidden !an of the heart/ be,o!es governed by the Love 9ature of the Father= he un,ons,iously ta#es 8esus? &la,e. 7ou see= e be,o!e rooted and grounded in Aga&a. We We do not hold it as a do,trine. t is not a !ental ,on,e&t. t is a,tual. The Father Father has so filled us ith 0is 9ature that e do Love a,ts un,ons,iously. un,ons,iously. We have re,eived the ability to understand the 9ature of the Love of Christ hi,h &asseth sense #noledge #noledge a&&rehension= and no at last the drea! of the Father Father for us is being fulfilled. We We are filled ith all the fullness of %od. The Love 9ature has salloed us u&= @ust as 2 Cor. 3D4D /"ut that e
should be ,lothed u&on= that hat is !ortal !ay be salloed u& of life./ Way says= /6roned in the sea of life./ The Life is Koethe Koe the 9ature of the Father= ather= and the 9ature of the Father is Love. We are salloed u&= i!!ersed= overhel!ed in Love. 9o e ,an understand (&h. 3D2D /9o unto hi! that is able to do eB,eeding abundantly abundantly above all that e as# or thin#= a,,ording to the &oer that or#eth or#eth in us./ t is the ability of the Father Father unveiled. 9ot only is it revealed= but it is ,las&ing the hand of O!ni&otent Love< !y hole hole inner being singing !e out of the orbit of sense #noledge into into the orbit of Revelation :noledge or Revelation Reality. 9o #no hat 8esus !eant hen 0e said= /When he= the &irit of Truth is ,o!e Eor the &irit of Reality= he shall guide you into all reality D for he shall not s&ea# fro! hi!self < but hat things soever he shall hear= hear= these shall lie s&ea#D and he shall de,lare unto you the things that are to ,o!e/the 9e Creation things= the unveiling of the very 9ature of the Father Father hi,h 0e de,lares in Christ. E8ohn 1)D13= 14. First= /0e shall glorify !eD for he shall ta#e of !ine= and shall de,lare it unto you./ you./ This is Resurre,tion Life in us. This is the 0oly &irit or#ing in us through the Word Word < all that as &ur,hased for us< all that is legally ours for our daily al#. 7ou 7ou see= the Father had a drea! for us.
n that little &revie of the 9e Creation that gave gave you= 0e gave us a suggestion of 0is intense Love for us= and ho 0e as going to build us over into 0i!self. 0e as going to ta#e 0is Righteousness and 0is 0oliness and 0is Truth or Reality and build the! into us until e fit into 0is drea!= and 0e ,ould say= as 0e did to the ondering dis,i&les= /This / This is !y "eloved on= in ho! a! ell &leased./ Then 0e ould say= /These are !y beloved sons= in horl !y heart has found &erfe,t rest and satisfa,tion./
haring With 0i! 9 Way?s Way?s Translation e get one of the ri,hest vies of Christ?s !inistry for us that e have have in any of our translations. %al. 2D2= /7es= /7es= have have shared 5essiah?s ,ru,ifiBion. a! living indeed= but it is not that live< it is 5essiah hose life is in !e./ The heart ,an hardly ta#e in the reality that is unveiled to us. /7es= /7es= have ha ve shared in 0is ,ru,ifiBion./ ,r u,ifiBion./ This is the legal side of our dentifi,ation ith Christ. 7ou 7ou see= 0e shared ith us in 0is 0is n,arnation. 0e be,a!e one ith us. 0e gav g avee us 0is #ingly glory glor y and be,a!e one ith suffering= lost hu!anity. 0e as as one ith us in 0is ubstitution. 0e shares ith us< 0e shares our sins= our infir!ities= our diseases. 0e too# the! u&on 0i!self. The sharing as so real that /0e ho #ne no sin= be,a!e sin/ in order to be,o!e dentified ith us= to ,o!e to our level. 0e not only had sin re,#oned to 0i!= sin laid u&on 0i! as the 0igh 'riest laid the sin of srael u&on the goat= but 0e a,tually be,a!e sin. We ,an hardly gras& the fa,t that 6eity ,ould be,o!e sin= but 0e did. 0e died s&iritually. /The Righteous for the unrighteous= that 0e 0 e !ight bring us to %od./ n the 9e Creation e shared ith 0i!. 0e is the
0ead< e are the body. body. 0e has i!&arted 0i!self to us= and hen 0e i!&arted 0i!self to us= 0e gave to to us a ne self in the &la,e of our old self. That old= fallen= sinruled self as dis&la,ed and the ne 8esus self= the 9e Creation self= the %odli#e self= the self that is !ade in the i!age of Christ= be,a!e our ne self. 7ou 7ou see ho utterly utterly 0e shared ith us < ho ho !u,h 0e be,a!e one ith us. "ut in Col. 3D1 he says= /f= then= you have shared in 5essiah?s resurre,tion= as&ire ever to the things on high= here 5essiah is= throned at the right hand of %od. /Let your thoughts dell on things above= not grovel on the earth. 7ou have have died to things of earth= and your real life no has been hidden= by its union ith 5essiah= in the being of %od./ EWay?s EWay?s Trans. 0ere e ,at,h a gli!&se of our utter oneness ith 0i!= of the ,o!&leteness of this union. What is !ore real than this D / a! the vine= ye are the bran,hes./ E8ohn 1$D$. 0ere 0e shos us e are the fruitbearing &art of 0i!. We are the Love revealing &art of 0i!. We are the &art of 0i! that blesses and tou,hes hu!anity. hu!anity. We We are the &art of 0i! that brings (ternal Life to lost !an. We are sharing in 0is Resurre,tion. Resurre,tion. The heart is thrilled. f e share in 0is Resurre,tion= e share in 0is
vi,tory over atan D e share in 0is vi,tory over sin. We have been raised together ith 0i!. We are sharing 0is vi,tory over the adversary. adversary. Then atan #nos that e ,on>uered hi! in Christ= that e ere ith the 5aster hen 0e &ut hi! to naught and triu!&hed over hi!= and &ut off fro! 0i!self the &rin,i&alities and the &oers= hen 8esus 8esus !ade a sho of atan before his on on hosts in the dar# regions < that e shared ith 0i! and ere a &art in that great vi,tory v i,tory.. And did you noti,e= e are sharing in the things on 0igh here 5essiah is enthroned at the right hand of %od; We are seated ith 0i!. 7ou 7ou see= in (&h. 2D)+ e e ere raised together together ith 0i!< and then not only ere e raised ith 0i!= but e ere seated ith 0i!. Let !e read fro! (&hesians EWay?s Trans. D /Thrilled us ith the sa!e ne life hereith 0e >ui,#ened our 5essiah."y free gra,e alone have ye obtained salvationand salvationand ith 0i! 0e raised us fro! the dead= and ith 0i! throned us in the high heavens./ heavens./ 0is eB&ression /throned us/ !eans e are seated as one ith 0i! on the throne no. no. 0e is the 0ead of the th e "ody< e are !e!bers of the "ody Where the 0ead is= the "ody is. The authority that belongs to the 0ead belongs to the "ody. 9o you ,an understand 5att. 2+D1+D /All
authority hath been given unto !e in heaven and on earth./ All authority < all do!inion. 7ou understand no hy hy 0e ,ould /&ut off fro! 0i!self the &rin,i&alities and the &oers./ 7ou 7ou ,an understand ho 0e ,ould /!a#e a sho of the!./ 0e as the 5aster= 5aster= ith the O!ni&oten,e and Ability of the Father. We share in that. 0e has given us the legal use of 0is 9a!e. n that 9a!e is invested all the authority the Father gave 0i! after 0is Resurre,tion. That 9a!e is ours= and e have have a legal right to use it. Oh= ish that our hearts ,ould ta#e it in. The days of our defeat and failure ould then be over. Ro!. )D2 EWay?s Translation= thros !u,h light u&on our union ith Christ. /We have &assed out of sin as truly as the dead !an has &assed out of lifeD ,an e= hen thus dead to it= still go on o n living in it; Or= Or= if you fail to gras& gra s& this inferen,e= loo# at it thusD do you not ,o!&rehend that all of us= ho &assed by ba&tis! into union ith 5essiah 8esus= 8esus= ere by ba&tis! !ade sharers in 0is death; Well Well then= if that ba&tis! !ade us share 0is death= it !ust have !ade us share 0is burial too. /t !ust follo that= as 5essiah as raised fro! a!ong the dead by !eans of the des,ent of 0is Father?s glory= so e too= ho rose ith 0i!= are to be? e!&loyed holly holly in the a,tivities of the 9e Life. /For if= by having died li#e 0i!= e have entered into
living union ith 0i!= !ost ,ertainly e shall not be less so in ,onse>uen,e ,o nse>uen,e of having risen ith 0i!. /This e re,ogniGe= that our for!er self as nailed to 0is ,ross ith 0i!= so that that body hi,h as as the instru!ent of sin !ight be !ade i!&otent for evil= so that e ,ould not any longer be slaves of sin./ 9oti,e no fro! this vivid translation that e shared ith Christ in 0is death. We shared ith 0i! in 0is Resurre,tion= and e are sharing no ith hi! at the right hand of the Father. Fro! another angle= 0e is sharing ith us in our !inistry as bran,hes of the ine. We are 0is testi!ony. We are no 0is ,onfession. We are boldly telling the orld hat e are in Christ. We have ta#en our &la,e in Christ. We are a,ting as a s a &art of 0i!self. We share in everything that 0e did. 0e is sharing in everything that e are. This brings a nearness to the Reality of that great oneness beteen the 0ead and the "ody. 7ou see= e suffered ith 0i!< e shared in it.
We shared in i n 0is 8ustifi,ation. We We shared ith 0i! hen 0e as !ade alive don in that dar# region= r egion= and e heard the Father his&er= /Thou art !y on< this ,lay have have begotten thee/ EA,ts 13D33= s&ea#ing of 0is Resurre,tion. We shared in that Resurre,tion. We shared in the &oer and authority of it. When W hen 0e &ut all the ene!ies beneath 0is feet= they ere beneath our feet. When 0e triu!&hed over the!= that as our triu!&h. And no e are ,arrying out 0is &re,ious ill in the earth. 0e is sharing 0is Ability= Ability= Wisdo! and Love ith us. 7ou ,aught that in Ro!. )D)D We shared in 0is Resurre,tion < and in (&h. 2D$= )= e share in 0is Life and e share in 0is throne. n Ro!. )D+ you get it ,learly D We We shared in 0is ne Life= the ne Resurre,tion Resurre,tion Life< the sa!e onderful Life that 8esus had. Col. 2D13 EWay?s EWay?s Trans. /n the rite r ite of ba&tis! e ere laid ith 0i! in 0is grave grave < in that rite r ite too did e share 0is resurre,tion= through our faith in the soulaa#ening soulaa#ening &oer of %od= ho began by raising 8esus 8esus fro! the dead. /And /And you toofor toofor dead you lay in in the ,harnelhouse of your transgressions and the i!&urity of your sensual natureyou %od thrilled ith that sa!e ne Life of 8esus./ Can?t you see the utter oneness= our absolute union in Christ; Can?t you see that today you are &arta#ing of 0is 6ivine 9ature= that as you yield to the inard inard Life of
%od in your s&irit= you ill sloly but surely gain the as,endan,y over your reasoning fa,ulties until your !ind be,o!es reneed through the reading of the Word= hi,h is really the unveiling 5ind of Christ. 7ou 7ou ill have have the 5ind of Christ. Christ. 6on?t forget for a !o!ent that in the !ind of the Father you are sharing in the Throne of %ra,e. 7ou on a share in it. 8ust as Way translates (&h. 2D)= /We share 0is throne./ Why= Why= our 0ead is there. Our Lord is there. 5arvelous= isn?t it; so!eti!es onder ho 'aul and 8ohn and the rest of the! that t hat are gathered about the Throne= feel about us don here. i!agine 'aul is @ust yearning over us that e !ight understand the ri,hes of the unveilings that he gav g avee to us of the Living Christ in 0is Resurre,tion. Can?t you see ho e reign ith 0i!; n 0is ubstitution e share ith 0i! fro! the ,ross to the Throne. We ere ,ru,ified ith 0i!< e died ith 0i!< e suffered ith 0i!< e ere @ustified ith 0i!< e ere !ade alive ith 0i!< raised ith 0i!< and are no seated ith 0i!. 9o you ant Wey!outh?s translation of Ro!. $D1*D /For /For if= through the transgression of the one individual= individual= 6eath !ade use of the one individual to seiGe the sovereignty= sovereignty= all the !ore shall those ho re,eive %od?s overfloing overfloing gra,e and gift of
righteousness reign as #ings in Life through the one individual= individual= 8esus Christ./ This is the ,li!aB , li!aB of our earth al#. That overfloing %ra,e is the overfloing of the Love 9ature of the Father that is shed abroad in our hearts by the 0oly &irit. The %ift of Righteousness gives us our legal standing before the Father. The overfloing %ra,e as the in,o!ing of the 9ature and Life= the substan,e and being of our Father into into our s&irits. The 9ature of the t he Father ,o!ing in has !ade us Righteous= !ade us li#e the Father= li#e 8esus< !ade us utterly one ith 0i!. 9o e reign as #ings in the real! of this 9e Life through 8esus Christ our Lord. 7ou 7ou see= e ere ere in slavery slavery and servants of the the adversary. We are no the @oyful Love laves of 8esus. 8esus. We We are heirs of %od and @ointheirs @ointheirs ith Christ= and e are ,o!ing into that ne #noledge of hat e are in Christ. in,ons,iousness has robbed us in the &ast of our faith< robbed us of our sense of orthiness< robbed us of our @oy of onshi&. We #no no that sin,ons,iousness sin,ons, iousness as @ust a ,a!ouflage of the adversary. We ere standing ,o!&lete in Christ= but e did not #no it. We We ere the Righteousness of %od in Christ and e did not #no it. As long as atan ,ould #ee& us in ignoran,e= he #e&t
us in dar#ness and ea#ness. "ut the veil has been torn aay. The light has shone in. The light that e had before as dar#ness= but no this is the Light of Life. /0e that folloeth !e shall not al# in the dar#ness./ We al#ed in the dar#ness= but no 0e is the Light of our Life. 0e is our Life. 0e is our Light. We have be,o!e li#e those hose eyes had been blinded but no have have re,eived light= and e see things as they really are. "efore= e ere gro&ing and ho&ing. 9o e have &assed out of the real! of ho&e into the real! of assuran,e. t is the real! of Reality. We #no ho e are= hat e are. We #no hat %ra,e has been bestoed u&on us. We are al#ing in the light of this onderful Life Christ brought into the orld.
The La Of Life T0( La of the 9e Covenant Covenant is a &erfe,t ,ontrast to the La of the Old Covenant. The first Covenant La is ,alled the /la of sin and death./ The La of the 9e Covenant is ,alled the /la of the s&irit of life./ One la &ut !en in bondage< the other La !ade the! free fro! the la of sin and death. That as a fearful title that as given given to the first la/of sin and of death./ "oth sin and death are of the adversary= adversary= and so the Old Covenant La as given to !en ho ere governed governed by the adversary= adversary= ho had a atani, nature and lived in atan?s real!. t as never given for 9e Creation fol#s. 9o !an that is "orn Again has any &art or lot in the Ten Co!!and!ents. Co!!and!ents. They ere all fulfilled in Christ and set aside. 7ou 7ou see= 0e fulfilled the Abraha!i, Covenant first= and after that as fulfilled= everything ,onne,ted ith that Covenant Covenant as set aside and finished and rolled u& together together in that first do,u!ent. Then 8esus inaugurated a 9e Covenant. The First Covenant as as sealed ith the blood of bulls and goats. The e,ond Covenant Covenant as sealed ith the blood of 8esus. The 9e Creation that is under the 9e Covenant had a 9e La given to the!. 8esus gave it. 8ohn 13D34= 3$= /A ne ,o!!and!ent give
unto you= that ye love one another < even as have loved you= that ye also love one another. "y "y this shall all !en #no that ye are !y dis,i&les= if ye have have love one to another./ The 'auline (&istles are a Revelation Revelation and an eB&osition of this 9e La. 8ust as Leviti,us= 9u!bers and 6euterono!y 6euterono!y are an eB&osition of the La of the First Covenant= so these (&istles of 'aul are given us to eB&lain the 9e Covenant La. The Love La The 13th ,ha&ter of Corinthians is a Revelation of hat this ne Love La is= hat it does= and hat it does not do. n 'aul?s other (&istles e see this 9e La being de!onstrated in the daily life of the 9e Creation. t is very i!&ortant that e understand this fa,t D That the 9e Covenant La is not designed for !en outside of Christ. The natural !an ,annot obey the 9e Co!!and!ent that 8esus gave. There is only one ,o!!and!ent to rule the 9e Creation= and that is= to love one another even as 8esus loved us. That 9e Co!!and!ent !ade any other ,o!!and!ent absolutely unne,essary= for the !an ho al#s in Love ill never do rong. As Love as the fulfill!ent of the Old Covenant= it is also the fulfill!ent of the 9e. 9e. o!eone as#s= /Why is the 5osai, La ,alled ?the la of sin and of death;? / "e,ause it as to govern s&iritually dead !en. The La of the &irit of Life is to govern Re,reated
!en. t is the &irit of Love. t is the la of the very heart of Christ. The La that governed governed the dead in s&irit is the La of 5oses. t is i!&ossible for anyone to live under the 5osai, La today today be,ause it has been fulfilled and laid aside ith the Abraha!i, A braha!i, Covenant. Covenant. 7ou 7ou see= /the la of the &irit of Life/ Life/ in Christ 8esus 8esus !ade the 9e Creation 8e free fro! /the la of sin and of death./ %al. 3D21 /s the la then given hi,h ,ould !a#e alive= verily righteousness r ighteousness ould have been of the la./ la./ This is a stri#ing str i#ing senten,e. f there had been a la given that ,ould give !en (ternal Life= then Righteousness ould have been of the la. /"ut the ,ri&ture shut u& all things under sin= that the &ro!ise by faith in 8esus Christ !ight be given to the! that believe./ 9o noti,e this neBt ,ri&ture= /"ut before faith ,a!e= e Ethe 8es ere #e&t in ard under the la= shut u& unto the faith hi,h should afterards be revealed. o that the la is be,o!e our E8es tutor until Christ= that e !ight be @ustified by faith./ The old version reading= /A /A tutor to bring us to Christ/ is not ,orre,t. ,orr e,t. The La never brought anyone to Christ. The La as a /la of sin and of death./ The 0oly &irit is the only one that ,an bring a !an
to Christ. 9oti,e the 2$th verseD /"ut no that faith is ,o!e= e are no longer Eas Ea s 8es under a tutor= for ye are all sons of %od through faith in Christ 8esus./ 8esus./ ant you to noti,e ,arefully the neBt senten,e D /For /For as !any of you as ere ba&tiGed into Christ did &ut on Christ. There ,an be neither 8e nor %ree#= there ,an be neither bond nor free= there ,an be no !ale and fe!ale< for ye are one !an in Christ 8esus./ 9o you ,an understand Cor. Cor. D1= 2 here 'aul said= s&ea#ing of his !inistry as a soulinner= /For /For though as free fro! all !en= brought !yself under bondage to all= that !ight gain the th e !ore. /To the 8es be,a!e as a 8e Ehen he be,a!e a 9e Creation he had sto&&ed being a 8e < to the! that are under the la= as under the la= not being !yself under the la= la= that !ight gain the! that are under the la./ EThis as ritten before the Te!&le and the hole 8eish heirar,hy heirar,hy had been destroyed destroyed by by Titus. We We !ust understand ,learly that the !o!ent a %entile be,o!es a 9e Creation he sto&s being a %entile. n 1 Cor. 1D32 e have the three ethni,al divisions of the hu!an ra,e D /%ive no o,,asion of stu!bling= either to 8es= or to %entiles= or to the ,hur,h of %od./ There are no 8es or %entiles in the Chur,h of %od.
We are all one !an in Christ. The %entile sto&&ed being a %entile and the 8e sto&&ed being a 8e the !o!ent they be,a!e 9e Creations. 0ere is so!ething very i!&ortant. The &eo&le ho are trying to live under the 5osai, Covenant Covenant !ust learn this fa,t= that a,,ording to the ,ri&ture gave you fro! %al. 3D21= the La ,annot give (ternal Life to !an. The La ,annot give Righteousness to !an. f the La ,ould have done that then Christ need not ha have ve died= be,ause all !an needed to do as to #ee& the 5osai, La= the Ten Co!!and!ents= Co!!and!ents= and he ould be Alive and Righteous. "ut be,ause he as not Alive nor Righteous= he had to be ,overed ith the blood of bulls and goats every year. year. That blood re&resented r e&resented life= a ty&e of the Life of %od that as to be given to the 9e Creation. The 5osai, Covenant as given to a s&iritually dead &eo&le. t as a la that as to govern natural !an. 6id you ever noti,e that the Father Father does not ,o!!and the 9e Creation in Christ to love 0i!; Why; 0e has %od?s 9ature of Love in hi! and 0e ,an?t hel& but Love 0i!. 0e is born of Love. 9ot one of the las of the Ten Co!!and!ents fit a ,hild of %od. There is but one la for the 9e Creation/That e love one another a nother even as 8esus loved us./ 5oses? la as given by %od to srael
through an angel= be,ause %od ,ould not s&ea# to !an in any other ay. There is a suggestion in (Bodus 33 that %od s&o#e to 5oses fa,e to fa,e= but that is the only ti!e in all hu!an history that %od s&o#e to !an. o e ,an see there is a vast differen,e beteen the La of Life in Christ and the La of 6eath in the First F irst Covenant. Ro!. +D2= 311 has another suggestion for us= /For /For the la of the &irit of life in Christ 8esus !ade !e Eas a 8e free fro! the la of of sin and of death./ death./ That ,ri&ture ,annot a&&ly to a %entile be,ause no %entile as ever under the /La of in and 6eath./ Then it shos you in the third verse the t he i!&ortan,e of the La. /For hat the la ,ould not do= in that it as ea# through the flesh= Eor through the senses of s&iritually dead !en %od sending his on on in the li#eness of !en ho al# al# in the senses= has ,onde!ned sin in the senses= that the righteous re>uire!ents of the la !ight be fulfilled in us Ethe 9e Creation= ho al# al# not after after the senses= but after the Re,reated s&irit/ ELit. The %ree# Word Word arB as translated /flesh/= should be translated /senses/ every ti!e. t !a#es it ,learer. ,learer. 9oti,e the fifth verseD /For they that are after the senses !ind the things of the senses./ Why; "e,ause the senses are ar e the ,hildren of the &hysi,al body. body. They are the offs&ring of natural hu!an lifeseeing= hearing= tasting= s!elling and feeling. They ,onvey
all the #noledge to the brain that e have outside of Christ. o they that are after the senses are ruled by the senses be,ause they are a,,usto!ed to obeying the!. They that are after the s&irit are a,,usto!ed to obeying the things of the s&irit. The ord /s&irit/ here !eans the s&irit of the Re,reated !an. o let !e read it li#e thisD /For they that are after the senses are going to do the things that the senses suggest. "ut they that are after the Re,reated s&irit= are going to do the things of the Re,reated s&irit that has the 9ature and Life of %od in it./ 9o the neBt verseD /For /For the !ind of the senses is under the do!inion of s&iritual death= but the !ind of the Re,reated s&irit is under the do!inion of Koe= the Life of %od= and that brings &ea,e and rest and >uietness./ ELit. That seventh verse is suggestiveD suggestiveD /"e,ause the !ind of the senses is en!ity against %od. t is not sub@e,t to the la of %od= neither indeed ,an it be=/ hether it be the La of the Ten Ten Co!!and!ents or the La of the 9e Covenant. /For /For they that are living in the real! of the senses ,annot &lease %od./ 9o noti,e this ninth verse D /"ut ye are not governed by the senses but by the s&irit Ethat is= your Re,reated s&irit= if so be that the &irit of %od Ethat is= the 0oly &irit= delleth in you. "ut if any !an bath not the th e s&irit of Christ= he is none of his./ That doesn?t !ean the 0oly &irit. A
better translation is= /f any !an has not a Christli#e s&irit Ethat is= a Re,reated s&irit= he is none of his./ 5any of our Co!!entators have given us a rong ,on,e&tion of that. They have said= f any !an has not the 0oly &irit= he is not a Christian= but that is not true. A !an ,an be a ,hild of %od= re,eive (ternal Life= and yet not have have re,eived the 0oly &irit= for you re!e!ber Lu#e 11D13 says= /0o !u,h !ore ill your 0eavenly Father give the 0oly &irit to the! that as# hi!./ Only ons ill as# for the &irit. A,ts +D1$= 1)= /-nder 'hilli&?s &rea,hing= !any had turned to the Lord in a!aria and had been ba&tiGed. /Then the dis,i&les ,a!e don fro! 8erusale! that that they !ight re,eive re,eive the 0oly &irit= for as yet he had fallen on none of the!= only they had been ba&tiGed in the 9a!e of the Lord 8esus./ They They had re,eived (ternal Life. Then the dis,i&les laid hands on the! and they re,eived the 0oly &irit. When 'aul ,a!e to (&hesus EA,ts 1D1*= he said to the!= /6id you re,eive the 0oly &irit hen you believed;/ believed;/ The i!&li,ation is si!&le= that all believers believers do not have have the 0oly &irit. f they did= they ould be different #ind of believers= for hen a !an re,eives re,eives the 0oly &irit= he has a Tea,her in hi! that ,an unfold the Word and build into hi! a %odli#e s&irituality that ill !a#e hi! a blessing to those around hi!. Co!e ba,# to Ro!. +D1= /And /And if Christ is in you= the
body is dead be,ause of sin D but the s&irit is life be,ause of righteousness./ 9oti,e no= no= that after Christ is in you= the senses sen ses have lost their do!inion over you= be,ause hen you are !ade a 9e Creation= the senses ,ease to be your !aster. 7our s&irit has re,eived (ternal Life and has be,o!e the Righteousness of %od. in no ,an no longer govern your senses. /"ut if the &irit of 0i! that raised Christ 8esus fro! the dead= delleth in you= Ethis is the 0oly &irit of ho! 0e is s&ea#ing he that raised u& Christ 8esus fro! the dead= shall give life Ethat ord life is Koe= the 9ature of %od also to your !ortal body through his &irit that delleth delleth in you./ 0e has give g iven n to that &erson?s s&irit (ternal Life and !ade hi! a 9e Creation. 9o the &ro!ise that 8esus !ade= / ,a!e that ye !ight have life= and have it abundantly=/ is being realiGed. The 0oly &irit has ,o!e into !an?s body and is &ouring an abundan,e of Life into his !ortal body= body= bringing health and strength and vigor into it. 9o noti,e this fa,tD The 9e La ,annot rule s&iritually dead !en any !ore than the Ten Co!!and!ents ,an rule the s&iritually alive !an. The First La belonged to the old ,reation. The 9e La belongs to the 9e Creation. This 9e La of Love is to rule our daily life= our business= our ho!es. t is to rule the Chur,h.
t is to rule our so,ial life. This 9e La is as i!&ossible for natural !an as the 5osai, La is unnatural and abnor!al for the 9e Creation. The 8e under the First Covenant= Covenant= ,ould not #ee& the La of the 9e Covenant. o e see ,learly that the Ten Co!!and!ents are for natural !an. 8esus? 9e Co!!and!ent as for the 9e Creation !an. The Love La is to rule a 9e Love Creation. t ould be as absurd for ,itiGens of the -nited tates tates of A!eri,a to ado&t the las of 8a&an and try to &ut the!selves under the!= as for %entile !en today to ado&t the Ten Co!!and!ents and atte!&t to get %od to on the! as 0e oned the 8es under that First Covenant. Covenant. 0ere is a fa,t D The First Covenant Covenant ith its ,o!!and!ents as never given to any nation but the sraelites. srael alone oned it all. For a %entile today to ,all hi!self a Christian and a nd atte!&t to live under the Abraha!i, Covenant Covenant and the 5osai, La= La= is the t he !ost absurd effort ever #non. Only a s&iritually dead !an ould ever atte!&t it.
The Reneed 5ind T0(R( has never been a great deal of tea,hing in regard to the ne,essity of a reneed !ind. We have have stressed the need of being ,onverted= being "orn Again= but e have left the ,onvert hanging in the air= air= as it ere. %reat enthusias! and @oy ,o!es at the 9e "irth= but unless that is ,ared for and fed by the !ind being reneed through feeding on the Word Word and &ra,ti,ing it= that @oy ill die out. When you are "orn Again your s&irit s &irit is Re,reated. t re,eives the 9ature and Life of the Father= but the !ind that has held your s&irit in ,a&tivity is the sa!e old !ind. t re,eives a !ighty i!&etus hen the s&irit re,eives re,eives (ternal Life= but that is all. 7ou 7ou understand that all the #noledge #noledge the !ind had= ,o!es fro! the senses and the senses ,an never be reneed. They are a &art of the &hysi,al body. They ,an be brought into sub@e,tion< they ,an be ,ontrolled= but they ,an?t be reneed. The s&irit is Re,reated= but the !ind= this brain of ours that re,eives its #noledge fro! the five senses= ,an be brought into sub@e,tion to the Word. have ,o!e to believe that it ,an be &urified by !editation in the Word. don?t !ean &urified li#e the blood of
Christ has ,leansed us= but !ean that it dro&s off !u,h that is unne,essary and unise. n itself it !ay not be har!ful but it is unne,essary unne,essar y. t ta#es u& ti!e. The !ind sloly but surely as it feeds on the Word= !editates in the Word= Word= &ra,ti,es and lives the Word= ,o!es into the felloshi& of the Re,reated s&irit. n Ro!. 12D1= 2 e have one of the !ost i!&ortant ,ri&tures in regard to the &hysi,al &hysi,al body and its thin#ing &ro,essesD / besee,h you therefore= brethren= by the !er,ies of %od= to &resent your bodies a living sa,rifi,e= holy= ell&leasing to %od= hi,h is your s&iritual servi,e./ 9oti,e it very ,arefully no. 0e is as#ing you to &resent your body hi,h holds the five senses. They are the !ost i!&ortant &art of that body= body= the seeing &art= the hearing &art= the feeling &art= the tasting and s!elling &arts. They are the th e five ,hannels to the brain over hi,h travel all the i!&ulses that have taught the brain all that it #nos. 9o 0e says= ant you to give this ho!e of your five senses to the Lord. ant you to lay that body of yours= as it ere= u&on the altar. As the 8e laid a dead offering u&on the altar= you are to lay your living living body u&on the altar in the sense that you are dedi,ating it= giving it over to the Lordshi& of the Word. Then 0e says in the se,ond verse= /And be not fashioned a,,ording to this age= but be ye
transfor!ed Eor transfigured by the reneing of your !ind= that ye !ay &rove hat is the good and a,,e&table and &erfe,t ill of %od./ 7our 7our !ind has been fashioned after the things of this orld. The orld?s ideals &robably have been yours. 9o your !ind !ust ,o!e under the do!inion of your Re,reated s&irit through the Word. 7our !ind !ust re,ogniGe the threefold Lordshi& through t hrough your Re,reated s&irit= the Lordshi& of the Word= the Lordshi& of 8esus and the Lordshi& of Love. t !ay be diffi,ult for your !ind to assi!ilate this < to allo Love to be,o!e a &art of yourselfD to allo the Word to utterly do!inate < to re,ogniGe the Love Lordshi& of 8esus. #no ho hard that is= but that !ust ,o!e or else the believer is going to live on the borderland beteen right and rong= never #noing hether this is rong= or that is rong. 0e ill be as#ing his friends= /s it rong to do this; hould do that;/ The reason is= his !ind has never been reneed and he is living on the borderland in a sort sor t of se!is&iritual dar#ness. "ut as his !ind is reneed he ill ,o!e to #no the ill of the Father. 0e ill al# in the light of the Word. 0e ill get to #no that threefold three fold illthe good= and the a,,e&table= and the &erfe,t ill of the Father Father. 0e ill be ,lai!ing the highest ill of the Father. Father. 0e ill not be satisfied ith
/the a,,e&table and the good=/ but ill ant ant the &erfe,t and the ell&leasing ill of the Father. n 8ohn +D2+ 8esus 8esus said= / alay alayss do the things that are &leasing to !y Father./ This 9e Creation !an ,rav ,r aves es that #ind of a life. 0is s&irit is rea,hing out= so!eti!es really agoniGing in hi! to be,o!e ell&leasing to the Father. n Col. 3D$1 0e is unveiling the inner or#ings of the senses and their ,ontrol of the !ind. Read it ,arefully. ,arefully. 0e says= /For hi,h things? sa#e ,o!eth the rath of %od u&on the sons of disobedien,e./ 0e shos the un,leanness of the natural !ind as it is do!inated by the senses. n the th verse 0e is s&ea#ing to you. 0e said= don?t ant you to lie to one another any !ore= sin,e you have ha ve &ut off the t he old !an ith his doings. 7ou see= you are a 9e Creation and you &ut on the 9e 5an= that is being reneed in #noledge after the i!age of 0i! that ,reated 0i!. This is a !essage to the ne ,onvert , onvert &ri!arily. &ri!arily. Old believers believers have already done this thing. 0e ants that 9e 5an to be brought into &erfe,t har!ony ith his thin#ing fa,ulties= and that ,an?t be until his !ind is reneed= until it ,o!es to re,ogniGe its &osition in Christ.
7ou 7ou noti,e it said= /'ut on the ne !an that that is being reneed in #noledge after the i!age of fil!./ That ill be Revelation :noledge. 7ou ill #no your res&onsibilities and your ability to !eet the!. 7ou 7ou see= the s!all faith !an is al!ost invariably invariably a !an hose !ind has not yet been reneed. f you find a believer that doesn?t al# in love= it is be,ause his !ind has not yet been reneed. 0is !ind ,an?t be reneed by si!&ly studying the "ible. lie ill have ha ve to live it. t has to be,o!e a &art of 0is !ind. 5any of our "ible tea,hers ha have ve never seen this th is and their senses govern their !ind. That !eans their senses govern their tea,hing< that their Re,reated Re,reated s&irit has a very s!all &la,e in their lives. lives. 2 Cor. Cor. 4D1)= /Wherefore / Wherefore e faint not< but though our outard !an is de,aying= yet our inard !an is reneed day by day./ The inard !an is your s&irit that is feeding on the Word= that is being reneed ,ontinually. 7our !ind should feed on the Word too. There should he !editation in the Word. 7ou 7ou re!e!ber in 8oshua 8oshua 1 D+ 8ehovah 8ehovah told hi! that that he as to /!editate in the ord day and night= and that he !ight observe to do a,,ording to all that there is ritten therein < for then thou shalt !a#e they ay &ros&erous= and then thou shalt have good su,,ess./ The sa!e rule that %od laid don for 8oshua should
govern govern the 9e Creation= this ne !an ho has the !ind of Christ. Another ,ri&ture that !ight hel& us a bit is (&h. 2D1= /For e are his or#!anshi&= ,reated in Christ 8esus 8esus for good or#s= or#s= hi,h %od afore afore &re&ared that e should al# in the!./ 0e has &re&ared you to al# in 0is ill. 0is ability has been given g iven to to you. 0is strength is at your dis&osal. The good deeds that 0e ould have you &erfor! are ithin the range of your ability= ability= that is= the ability that 0e has given to you. 0e eB&e,ts you to &ray for si,# fol#s. 7ou 7ou ill tea,h the Word< Word< itness to the unsaved unsaved < al# in Love= and you ill al# in the light of the Word and be a blessing to those around you= be,ause your !ind no is in &erfe,t har!ony ith the Re,reated Re,reated s&irit. The 9e Co!!and!ent /that you love one another/ has be,o!e the very heart life of your ,ondu,t.
%od Re&rodu,ing Re&rodu,ing 0i!self n -s ((R7 ((R7 real father desires to re&rodu,e hi!self in his son. The Father?s Father?s drea! is to re&rodu,e 0i!self in us. 7ou 7ou understand that the 9e 9e Creation 0i!self has re,eived the nature and life of the Father. We invite the 0oly &irit= ho has i!&arted to us this 9ature fro! the Father= to ,o!e into our body and !a#e 0is ho!e in us= then as a s e begin to feed on the Word= Word= &ra,ti,e the Word= live the Word= 0e builds that Word into us. The very genius of Christianity is the ability of %od to build 0i!self into us through the Word= so that in our daily al# e live li#e the 5aster. (&h. $D1= 2 /"e ye therefore i!itators of %od= as beloved ,hildren< and al# in love= even as Christ also loved you= and gave gave hi!self u& for us./ As ,hildren of Love= e are to al# in Love as Christ al#ed in Love toard the orld. The Father so loved the orld that 0e gave 0is on. 8esus 8esus so loved the orld orld that 0e gave gave 0i!self. 9o so love the orld that give !yself. don?t allo !y heart to gro bitter toard it= no !atter hat the ,riti,is! or the &erse,ution !ay be. Whenever Whenever a! in,lined to say= Well= a! asting !y ti!e on the!=
re!e!ber 'aul and ilas at 'hili&&i. They had been arrested. They had been hi&&ed until their ba,#s ere a !ass of bleeding flesh= then &ut into a dungeon ith their hands and feet in sto,#s. n the !idst of that agony= that &hysi,al distress= they &rayed and sang &raises. They so stirred st irred 0eaven that the Father Father had to o&en the @ail < and hen the earth>ua#e had so frightened the @ailer that he ,ried out in agony of fear= fear= 'aul &rea,hed to hi! ith that bleeding ba,#= and the @ailer found 8esus. Then he ashed the ba,#s of both 'aul and ilas= and a Chur,h as for!ed in the ho!e of the @ailer. f 'aul had any other s&irit he ,ould never have done it= but he as li#e his 5aster. 0e gave hi!self u& to the do!inion= the Lordshi& of Love. The Father ants to re&rodu,e 0i!self in us. %al. 4D1D /5y little ,hildren= of ho! a! again in travail travail until Christ be for!ed in you./ The &ro,ess of building Christ into one !ay be very slo= slo= but it !a#es 8esus !en and o!en out of us. We are ,reated in Christ 8esus. We We are 0is Creation< and until Christ is for!ed in us= the orld ,annot see anything hut religion ! us. 'hil. 2 D13 D /For it is %od ho or#eth in you both to ill and to or#= for his good &leasure./ The Father Father is
a,tually building 0is Love Life= 0is Righteousness= 0is strength= and 0is Wisdo! into our s&irits. 7ears 7ears ago hen as the head of the s,hool ba,# in the t he (ast= after an ev evangelisti, angelisti, ,a!&aign ould invariably invariably as# so!e so !e of the tea,hers= /0ave gron any sin,e you last sa !e; Can you see any !ar#s of groth in !y s&iritual life;/ as as so fearful that a !onth or to ould go by that hadn?t gron in Christ and in :noledge of the Word. Word. 2 'et. 3D1+D /"ut gro in the gra,e and #noledge #noledge of our Lord and avior 8esus Christ./ %ra,e !eans Love at or#. The %ree# ord !eans /Love %ifts./ The &irit longs for us to gro in this Love Life< to have the Love 9ature of 8esus de!onstrated in our daily al#. a! ,onvin,ed beyond the shado of a doubt= that only as e yield ourselves to the Lordshi& of Love= ,an 0e ever build 0i!self into us. t is not n ot #noledge of the ,ri&tures. / !ay have have a vast #noledge of the Word. That isn?t it. t is the Word that is built into !e and be,o!es a &art of !e that ,ounts. As you study the 'auline Revelation Revelation you be,o!e ,onvin,ed that the ulti!ate of every one of those (&istles is the building of the 8esus Life in the individual. 0is &lan for building 0i!self into us is stri#ing. We We !ust ta#e 8esus? &la,e. We We !ust learn to a,t in 0is stead. There !ust be the ,ons,ious training trai ning of our s&irits to be 0is a,tual re&resentati r e&resentatives. ves. Col. 1 D12 gives gives us an inti!ation of the &assion of the Father to
!a#e 0i!self #non to us in su,h a real r eal ay ay that e ,an enter into all the ri,hes of the fullness of 0is Life that belongs to us. 0ere is a &rayer &rayer of the &irit through the li&s of 'aul /For /For this ,ause e also= sin,e the day e heard it= do not ,ease to &ray and !a#e re>uest for you= that ye !ay !ay be filled ith the #noledge of his ill in all s&iritual isdo! and understanding./ The ord #noledge in the %ree# is /e&ignosis./ t !eans full #noledge= #noledge= ,o!&lete #noledge= eBa,t #noledge. We should have that #ind of :noledge= for it is in this Revelation. We have the 0oly &irit ho ins&ired it as our tea,her. 0e has never left 0is &osition as an instru,tor. 0e is here in !y heart and yours= and 0e longs to fill us ith the eBa,t #noledge #noledge of the Father?s ill in all &iritual Wisdo! and -nderstanding. t ill be Wisdo! to use the #noledge of this Revelation Revelation in our daily al#. t ill be Wisdo! to #no ho to use the state!ents of fa,t as ell as the &ro!ises in the %os&els. t ill be Wisdo! to #no ho to !a#e this !essage #non in an attra,tive attra,tive ay ay. We are to have /#noledge /#noledge of 0is ill in all s&iritual isdo!=/ a dee&er insight into the very heart of the Father. Cor. 2D= 1 !ay thro so!e light on this. t his. /Things hi,h eye sa not= the ear heard not= and hi,h entered not into the heart of !an= hatsoever things %od
&re&ared for the! that love hi!./ These are revealed to us today in this Revelation through the &irit= for the 0oly &irit is able to sear,h all things= yea= the dee& things of %od= and our re,reated s&irit is enabled to follo the 0oly &irit in this sear,hing of the Ri,hes of 0is %ra,e. 5ost of these ri,hes are in the th e 'auline Revelation. Revelation. n (&h. 3D+ e ,at,h a gli!&se of here 'aul said= /-nto !e= ho a! less than the least of ?all saints= as this gra,e given= to &rea,h unto the %entiles the unsear,hable ri,hes of Christ./ These unsear,hable ri,hes belong to us= but= li#e &earls= e have to sear,h for the!. 1 Cor. 2D11= 12 /For ho a!ong !en #noeth the things of a !an= save the s&irit of the !an= hi,h is in hi!; even so the things of %od none #noeth= save the &irit of %od./ 9o note ,arefully the neBt verseD /"ut e re,eived= not the s&irit of the orld= but the &irit hi,h is fro!= %od< that e !ight #no the things that ere freely given to us f %od. Whi,h things also e s&ea#= not in ords hi,h !an?s isdo! tea,heth= but hi,h the &irit tea,heth./ We are learning to gras& this t his eBa,t truth by the aid of the &irit. We find that in Col. 1D= 1
this #noledge of 0is ill in all s&iritual isdo! and understanding is to enable us to al# orthy of the Lord unto all &leasing. Our al# is before the orld. We !ight say that it is a tofold to fold al#. One &hase of it is before the Father= and the other is before the orld. a! to al# orthy of the Lord before !en so they ill re,ogniGe this 9e Life in !e. a! so 8esusiGed Eif e ,ould ,oin the ord= that they ill be,o!e 8esus 8esus,ons,ious ,ons,ious in !y &resen,e. #ne a o!an that found Christ through !y !inistry over the air. air. 0er husband as a godless !an and she had been a fit ,o!&anion in his orldliness= but no she had found Christ. t ent on for several ee#s until finally one !orning before he ent to or#= he said= /6o you #no= o!an= that have been living and slee&ing and eating ith 8esus Christ for the last to t o ee#s./ he as a #een!inded o!an= and she said= /0o do you en@oy it;/ Tears filled his eyes. 0e said= / ish as li#e that. ish had that so!ething that has ,o!e into your life./ 7ou see= 8esus had so lived in her that the !an ,ould feel the &resen,e of the 5aster in her. To young !en ere or#ing in a sho&. One of the! as studying the Word in our ,lasses. The fello or#ing on a lathe neBt to hi! said to hi! one !orning= /0arry. ould li#e to as# you so!ething that is &ersonal. What have you in your life that !a#es you
so different fro! all the other !en here in the roo!;/ The boy ansered= /8esus./ /Oh=/ he said= /that is religion< don?t believe in that. And the young boy said= /t is not religion= it is the Living Christ./ Christ !agnified in !y body= body= said 'aul< Christ !ade large in !y daily al#. al#. n 'hil. 1 D2= 21 he said= /For to !e to live is Christ./ On,e those ords burned in !y heart for !onths. The 5aster as saying to !e= / ant to be !agnified in you. ant to absorb your &ersonality. &ersonality. ant to ta#e &ossession of your drea!s and a!bitions. ant the first &la,e in your life./ as afraid of 0i!. s&o#e out= /Lord= don?t dare let you have have ,ontrol of !e for if do ill never a,hieve the things for hi,h a! so a!bitious. And shall never forget= a voi,e in !y heart said= / love you !ore than you love yourself. a! !ore a!bitious for your su,,ess than you are. have have the ability to &ut you over./ said= /Lord= don?t !a#e !e &rea,h on the streets. 7ou 7ou ill send !e don don into the slu!s. slu!s. don?t ant ant to go there Lord./ struggled again= but 0e as tender ith !e. 0is Wisdo! be,a!e so a&&arent. Often in !y eBtre!ities 0e had hel&ed !e. When ould get into diffi,ulties 0e ould lift !e out. One day said= /5aster= ill go ith you. 0ere a! < ta#e all of !y ability. allo u& !y a!bition ith your on= but give g ive !e Love li#e your Love.
0el& !e to so live that !en ,an see you in !e= ! e= feel you= that hen s&ea# it ill be your voi,e. When lay hands on the si,# it ill be your hands./ And then heard a ,ri&ture in %al. 2D2D / have been ,ru,ified ith Christ< it is no n o longer that live= but Christ liveth in !eD and that life hi,h no live in the flesh live in faith= the faith hi,h is in your 5aster= ho loved !e= and gave hi!self u& for !e./ Then said= /9o 5aster= trust you and give !yself u& to you./ 7ou see= hen e ,o!e >uietly in our heartlife to the &la,e here e say /7es/ to 0i!= then 0e reveals 0i!self in us. t is not for,ed u&on us. 0e doesn?t drive us. 0e doesn?t for,e us ith si,#ness or the loss of &ro&erty. &ro&erty. The si,#ness ,o!es be,ause e are not aare that 0e ,an shield us. We have gone the ay of our in,linations. We have gone the ay ay of our on desires and our &lans have been or#ed out= reasoned out ith sense #noledge. 0o it !ust hurt 0is heart hen e are so unise< hen e do so !any foolish things. When 0is Wisdo! is at our ,all= 0is Ability aaits us= e are al!ost li!itless. All that 0e is at our dis&osal= but so!eti!es e ,hoose a road that leads to hearta,hes and a nd disa&&oint!ents. 7ou 7ou see= it is this for!ing of Christ ithin us. That is the se,ret that is the genius of the 9e Creation.
/Wherefore= if any !an is in Christ= there is a 9e Creation./ t is &erfe,t as far as it has gone= but 0e ants to build 0i!self !ore fully into that 9e Creation= and so 0e ta#es the things of Christ that are unveiled to us in the Word= and the &irit builds the! into us. We ad!ired the strength st rength and ,ourage of 8esus in 0is earth al#. W e ere thrilled at the ability that Christ !anifested as 0e !et every diffi,ult situation. 0is Wisdo!= gentleness and forbearan,e e ad!ired= and no the &irit ants to ta#e all of those things that e have ad!ired in 8esus and build the! into us. Can?t you see hat it !eans; t is the th e Father?s Father?s a!bition to !a#e us su,,essful and to enable us to en@oy the ri,hes that belong to us. don?t #no hether you have have noti,ed it or not= but in one of the &rayer &rayer ,ri&tures in @ohn 1)D23= 1)D2 3= 24= 8esus said thisD /And in that day ye shall not &ray to !e. EThis is literal. /"ut verily= verily= say unto you= if ye shall as# anything of the Father= 0e ill give it to you in !y na!e. /0itherto have ye as#ed nothing in !y na!e D as#= and ye shall re,eive= that your @oy !ay be !ade full./ 8oy is so!ething that ,o!es into the Re,reated hu!an s&irit. The natural !an doesn?t have it. 0ear 8esus s&ea#ing again in 8ohn 1$D11D /These /T hese things have s&o#en unto you= that !y @oy !ay be in you= and that your 8O7
!ay !ay be !ade full./ That is a !ira,le= that 8esus? 8esus? @oy !ay be !ade full in !e. That not only ill !a#e 0i! @oyful= but 0e i!&arts to !e 0is @oy. That so!ething that !a#es the t he evangel evangel irresistible= no fills !y heart . When s&ea# !y fa,e ill glo= !y voi,e ill be filled ith the !elody of heaven. 7ou see= hen 0e builds hi!self into us and e begin to labor together together ith 0i!= e have 0is Life= e have 0is Love= yea= e have 0i!self. Christ then is being for!ed in us. 9o it is no longer but Christ. The !en ho have gron dee&ly s&iritual= are the t he !en in ho! the Word has had full ,ontrol. 8ohn 1$D*= + !ay thro a little light on thisD /f ye abide in !e= and !y ords abide in you./ (very believer is in Christ= but 0is ords are not in every believer. believer. What does it !ean to have 0is ords abiding in !e= gaining the absolute as,endan,y= as,endan,y= do!inating !e in every &hase of !y thin#ing and !y life. As 8ere!iah said= We feed u&on the Word of %od. 9o a! feeding. a! living in that Word. Word. a! &ra,ti,ing it. a! hat 8a!es E1 D22= 23 ,alls= /a doer of the Word./ Word./ 8esus 8esus said that the doer of the Word dug dee& and built his house u&on the ro,#= and it !ade his house able to stand against any stor! that !ight beat against it. 0e not only said that= but 0e said /f ye abide in !e= and !y ords have found their &la,e in
you= then you ,an as# hat you ill and it shall be ,reated by the Father for you=/brought into being. Oh= see it no. ,oo&erate ith hi!. n that fifth verse he said= / a! the vine= ye are the bran,hes./ 9o ,an understand it. As a bran,h= a! going to bear 0is fruit. a! laboring together together ith 0i!. 0e and are o&erating together= are identified one ith the other. 0e is finding a &la,e for 0is ability to energiGe and a,t here on the earth again. t is li#e a ealthy !an that finds an intelligent= young !an that he ,an set u& in business= and the young !an has ability to use this ealthy !an?s !oney. 9o 0e and are laboring together and the Father is glorified be,ause a! bearing !u,h fruit= and a nd &rove by !y life !y dis,i&leshi&. &rove that a! groing in %ra,e. and a! groing in that /eBa,t /e Ba,t #noledge #noledge of %od= in all s&iritual Wisdo! and -nderstanding= to the end that !ay al# orthy of the Lord unto all &leasing./ a! bearing fruit no in every good or#= and a! in,reasing in that eBa,t #noledge= that &erfe,t #noledge of the Father. 7ou 7ou have have noti,ed in 8esus? 8esus? life that there as alays alays a sense of sureness= a sense of ,ertainty. There as no va,illating. 0e never sto&&ed and said= /9o &ray that !ay have isdo!./ 0e had it. nto our lives ,o!es that sa!e >uiet sureness= that ,ertainty , ertainty that
e #no the Father?s ill. We are al#ing in it. And e are !ade fruitful ith 0is ability that is at or# in us. t is a,,ording to the !ight of 0is glory= and it has given to us steadfastness and longsuffering= ith @oy. @oy. Col. 1 D12D /%iving than#s unto the Father= ho has given given us the ability to en@oy our share of the inheritan,e of the saints in light./ This is a ,li!aB of the heart desire of the Father that e should so let 0i! live 0is Life in us= that e begin to en@oy our share of our inheritan,e in Christ. We are draing dividends on hat 0e has done for us and in us. We are ,o!ing to en@oy the ri,hes of 0is %ra,e.
Li!iting %od n -s T0( &irit s&ea#ing through 'aul in 'hil. 2D13 says= /For /For it is %od ho is at or# ithin you= illing and or#ing his on good &leasure/ ELiteral. 0o hard it has been for so!e of us to be,o!e %odinside !inded= to daily re!ind ourselves that e have 0i! in us= and that 0e is there to build Christ into us= to build the Living Word into us. 8ust as a !ason builds a house house bri,# by bri,#= so the 0oly &irit ill ta#e one truth after another and build it into us until e be,o!e 8esus!inded= Love ,ontrolled= Father&leasers. 7ou re!e!ber in 8ohn +D2 8esus said= /For do alays the things that are &leasing to hi!./ For years that as !y heart?s slogan. sought to !a#e 0i! ha&&y. 7ou 7ou see= 0e has done a &erfe,t &erfe,t or# for us in the great ubstitution. There is not a thing left undone. f e a,,e&t that or# and let %od or# in us= it !a#es us @ stand ell &leasing before the Father. We be,o!e beautiful to 0i! be,ause 0is 9ature as as not only given g iven to to us= but no 0e has built into us through the &irit the ne habits that belong to the Fa!ily Fa!ily of %od= the ne language that belongs to the 9e Creation. We never never tal# doubt or fear or si,#ness or ant. We have al!ost forgotten that language.
We have the ne language of the over,o!er< the language of the !an ho is tied u& ith Christ. t is the language of the bran,hes of the ine. That ine Life has so develo&ed in us that e be,o!e 8esus !en and 8esus o!en. n our asse!bly in eattle= e s&ea# of the! as the 8esus !en and 8esus o!en. We have 8esus !en and o!en ho are going out into the orld= tou,hing it= blessing it= illu!inating it ith the Life of Christ in the!. Why ,an?t this s&read over the land until there arises a ne ra,e of !en #non as the 8esus Fol#s. Fol#s. They ill be Love in a,tion. They ill be living in the Word Word and the Word ill be living in the!. They ill be doing the or#s of the 5aster. As 8esus did &hysi,al healing and !inistered largely in the sense real!= these 8esus fol#s ill !inister very largely in the s&iritual real!. 2 Cor. D+12 /And %od is able to !a#e all gra,e abound unto you< that ye= having alays all suffi,ien,y in everything= !ay abound unto every good or#./ 0o slo e have been to realiGe that it as %od?s Ability that ,ould !a#e %ra,e abound in and through us= and that e ere being so &erfe,tly su&&lied by 0i! that e ere having all suffi,ien,y in everything. 0e is our suffi,ien,y < 0e is our ability < 0e is the strength of our lives. We have ignored sense reasoning and ,ast , ast it don and have given our Re,reated s&irits the right of ay and the Word the first &la,e.
9oti,e this tenth verseD /And he that su&&lieth seed to the soer and bread for food= shall su&&ly and !ulti&ly your seed for soing= and in,rease the fruits of your righteousnessD ye being enri,hed in everything unto all liberality= hi,h or#eth through us than#sgiving to %od./ There has been little !a@oring of the fruit of Righteousness. have have been as#ed again and again= hat does it !ean; Et !eans that sa!e #ind of fruit that e sa in 8esus? &ubli, !inistry. 7ou 7ou see= Righteousness !eans the t he ability to stand in the Father?s Father?s &resen,e ithout the sense of guilt or ,onde!nation or inferiority. inferiority. t !eans the ability to stand in the &resen,e of atan and his or#s ithout ti!idity ti !idity or fear= ithout any sense of inferiority. Really= it !eans that you have be,o!e su&erior to atan. 7ou 7ou have a su&eriority ,o!&leB rather than an inferiority ,o!&leB. 7ou have ,o!e to re,#on on the ability of the %od inside of you. 7ou have at last arrived at the &la,e here you re,#on on 0i!. 7ou &lan your or# ith the idea that 0e is there to enable you to &ut it over. We !ust not o!it (&h. 1D123. ant this ,ri&ture to be,o!e so fa!iliar to you that it ill be a ,onstant sour,e of ,o!fort and strength. 0e said D / ant you to #no hat the eB,eeding greatness of the ability= ability= of %od is on our behalf ho believe. That ability is a,,ording to the strength of
his !ight= hi,h he rought in the Christ hen he raised hi! fro! the dead./ ELit. 7ou 7ou ,an?t over esti!ate this. This is %od or#ing ithin you. This is the one ho raised 8esus fro! the dead. This is the one ho Re,reated you. This is the &irit ho has all the ability of the %od head that is ne,essary for you to en@oy< so that you are not afraid afra id of the ene!y in any field. 7ou 7ou #no 0e &ut all things in sub@e,tion under 0is feet= and 0e gave gave 0i! to be head over all things for the benefit of the Chur,h. Re!e!ber= Re!e!ber= this is the One ho is at or# ithin you. Ta#e (&h. 3D2 /9o unto hi! that is able to do eB,eeding abundantly abundantly above all that e as# or thin#= a,,ording to the ability of %od that is at or# ithin us./ When this ,ri&ture is understood= &ut into daily daily &ra,ti,e= you ,an #no that you have arrived. At last you are a orthy !e!ber of the ine. 7ou are a,tually bearing fruit to 0is glory. n !y notes have ritten thisD "e,o!ing %od inside!inded= #noing that the All ise One is in !e no. no. That the %od of all ability is in !e no. That the %od of all Love is in !e no. no. That %od and are
lin#ed u& together= laboring together ith 0i!. We are be,o!ing one in our thoughts and in our a,tions. 0e and are laboring together together to ,arry out the great drea! of %ra,e. The %od of all %ra,e lives in !e= and so say it over and over again= /%od= !y Father= in the &erson of the 0oly &irit= through the Living Word= is living in !e./ 9o ,an do all things in 0i! be,ause he has be,o!e !y strength and !y ability. The Li!itless One is in !e. The Love %od lives in !e. At last be,o!e %odinside!inded. 8ohn 4D4 is not only a ,ri&ture= but it is a Living Reality D /7e are of %od= !y little ,hildren= and have over,o!e the!D be,ause greater is he that is in you than he that is in the orld./ The %od of Abundant Life is in !e. 0e is no longer ith !e to ,onvi,t !e= but 0e is in !e to guide !e into all the Realities of 0is !ighty !inistry. 9o ,an understand hat 0e !eant hen 0e said= /Laboring together together ith 0i!./ ,an understand hat it !eans hen 0e said in Cor. 3DD /For e are %od?s felloor#ersD felloor#ersD ye are %od?s husbandry= husbandry= %od?s building./ #no hat it !eans ! eans no to be a fello or#er. #no hat it !eans to be %od?s tilled land E!argin. 5y heart and !y life are the soil here 0e sos the seeds of Love and they are groing no in !e. a! a &art of %od?s drea! and &lan. a! ,o!ing to a&&re,iate hat it !eans to have have real=
inti!ate felloshi& ith 0i!.
What We We 6are 6are Confess About Ourselves '(R0A' e have never !a@ored in our on thin#ing= in our on inner ,ons,iousness= , ons,iousness= hat e really are in Christ hat it !eans to have 8esus as the Lord of our lives. We read in 'aul?s or 8ohn?s (&istles hat they say about it. 8ohn said= /"eloved= no are e the sons of %od./ Again= /0e that t hat is born of %od over,o!es the orld./ We never asso,iated that ith ourselves. We never seriously said= Well= 8ohn is tal#ing about !e no. Or= 'aul is des,ribing !e. 7ou 7ou #no this 'auline 'auline Revelation Revelation is li#e a fa!ily albu!. We We &i,# it u& and loo# at the first &i,ture ta#en of us hen e ere but a babe. turn again a gain and see another &i,ture. 5onths have have &assed sin,e that first one as &ut in the albu!= and see that so!eone has ritten underneath it= /When by reason of ti!e ye ought to be tea,hers= ye have need no that so!eone so !eone tea,h you the first &rin,i&les of the rudi!ents of Christ< you still have to to be fed on !il# and not on the solid food./ And noti,e furtherD 0e ,alls !y attention to the fa,t that have never ta#en advantage of !y Righteousness.
have lived lived as /a !ere !an/= hen in reality as a &arta#er of the 6ivine 9ature. re!e!ber ho all these !onths had been afraid to a,#noledge a,#noledge that as a Christian. had not ta#en !y stand. 5y ,onfession had been very un,ertain= indefinite. Why; "e,ause had not studied to sho !yself a&&roved unto %od. had not lived the Word. had not &ra,ti,ed the Word= and so dared not ,onfess that as hat the Word said as. The Word says a! redee!ed. /n ho! have !y Rede!&tion./ "ut have no sense of Rede!&tion. atan rules over !e. live a great deal li#e those about !e. go to the sa!e &la,es they go. listen to their stories and tal#. go to ,hur,h= and hen they &rea,h a real heartsear,hing !essage and give an altar ,all= usually go to the altar. altar. ,ry a little and feel !ighty sorry that haven?t haven?t done any better. but go out and go ba,# into !y old life. Ah yes= have (ternal Life= #no that. re!e!ber ba,# yonder hen one night %od gave !e (ternal Life and for a fe !onths lived in heaven. had onderful vi,tory and led several &eo&le to Christ. Then so!ething ha&&ened and dar#ness ,a!e don over !y life and sin,e that ti!e have never al#ed in the light. did not #no ho to do it. ish did
#no ho to get ba,# into the old @oy on,e had. And then so!eone his&ers to !e and says= 0aven?t 0aven?t you read in 1 8ohn 1 D= /f e ,onfess our sins= he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins= si ns= and to ,leanse us fro! all unrighteousness/; anser= anser= /7es= /7es= #no that ,ri&ture. ha have ve done it again and again but get no relief./ "ut the sa!e voi,e his&ers again= /Read it on,e !ore. f e ,onfess our sins?. 7ou did that/; /7es./ /7es./ /What does it say neBt;/ /0e is faithful and @ust Eor righteous to forgive us our sins./ Well= if you have as#ed 0is forgiveness= don?t you thin# 0e is faithful and a nd righteous enough to !a#e 0is Word good in your ,ase ait a !o!ent and loo# into that Word Word again and read it on,e !oreD /Faithful /Faithful and righteous to forgive us our tres&asses/= and !y heart lea&s for @oy. 0e has forgiven !e H That lost felloshi& is restored. see it no. have have lived in dar#ness all these !onths= hen ,ould have have al#ed in the light as 0e is in the t he light. ,ould have had felloshi& felloshi& ith the brethren= and felloshi& ith 0eaven 0eaven and didn?t #no it. "ut #no it no= no= and before the orld ,onfess that a! al#ing in the light. ,onfess that %od is !y Father and a! 0is ,hild< that a! in 0is Fa!ily. atan?s do!inion over !e has been bro#en= and have ha ve in !e no the very 9ature and Life of the on of %od. 0e gave it to !e. a! a &arta#er of the
6ivine 9ature. have &assed out of death into Life. #no a! a on of %od= and if a! a on= then a! an heir and a @ointheir ith 8esus 8esus Christ. f that is true= then t hen have a standing ith the Father Father @ust li#e the 5aster had= had= be,ause 0e has be,o!e !y !y s&onsor. 0e is !y avior and !y Lord. see it no. 0e has !ade !e 0is Righteousness= and ,an no stand in the Father?s Father?s &resen,e @ust as did in those t hose first glad days after a,,e&ted 0i!. have a right no to as# 0i! to ,o!e into !y body and !a#e it 0is ho!e. re!e!ber 0e said= /f a !an love !e= he ill #ee& !y ord= and the Father and ill love hi!= and e ill ,o!e and !a#e our abode ith hi!./ onder if that doesn?t !ean that 0e ill ,o!e and live in !e Wouldn?t it be onderful if 0e ould live in !y body= so herever ent 0e ould be ith !e< 0e ould be in !e. Then sa. 41 D1 be,o!es a reality D /Fear thou not= for a! ith thee < be not dis!ayed= for a! thy %od< ill strengthen thee D yea= ill hel& thee< yea= ill u&hold thee ith the right r ight hand of !y righteousness./ This is !ine= all !ine= and dare ,onfess it before the orld. Wonderful Wonderful thing= isn?t is n?t it; Ro!. +D11 at last is realD /"ut if the &irit of hi! that raised u& 8esus fro! the dead delleth in you= he that raised u& Christ 8esus fro! the dead shall !a#e his ho!e in your body./
7es= 7es= >ui,#en your body< body< heal it if it is si,#< !a#e it strong if it is ea#= and &our into your s&irit the ,ons,iousness of a vi,tor= vi,tor= the sense sens e of an over,o!er. over,o!er. 0eb. 13D2 then be,o!es a living RealityD /9o the %od of &ea,e= ho brought again fro! the dead the great she&herd of the shee&= ith the blood of an eternal ,ovenant= even our Lord 8esus= 8esus= !a#e you &erfe,t in every good thing to do his ill= or#ing in you that hi,h is ell &leasing in his sight./ 0o vividly real this ,an be,o!e to the heart= and it all ,o!es hen one dares to ,onfess hat he is in Christ< and !ore than thatD ,onfess it in the fa,e of everything.
What Re&entan,e 5eans T0( &roble! of re&entan,e in the fa,e of !odern &rea,hing a The !eaning of the ord that as as used by 'eter on the day day of 'ente,ost EA,ts 2D3+ D /Re&ent /Re&ent and be i!!ersed every one of you in the t he na!e of 8esus 8esus Christ unto the the re!ission of your sins< and ye shall re,eive the gift of the 0oly &irit./ The %ree# ord !eans a /,hange of &rin,i&le and &ra,ti,e=/ /A !ental ,hange of attitudes./ Another= /a ,hange of !ind/< /a ,hange of one?s !ode of thin#ing=/ /of one?s ,ondu,t./ 0old these definitions ,learly in your !ind as e study the Word. t ill be ne,essary for us first to noti,e the a,tual ,ondition of natural !an. The Real Condition of 9atural 5an. Cor. 2D14D /9o the natural !an re,eiveth re,eiveth not the things of l the &irit of %odD for they are foolishness unto unto hi! < and he ,annot #no the!= be,ause they are s&iritually understood./ Why is it i!&ossible for the natural !an to understand the things of %od; (&h. 2D13 ill give us a suggestion D /And you did he !a#e alive= hen ye ere dead through your tres&asses and sins= herein ye on,e al#ed a,,ording to the ,ourse of this age= a,,ording to the &rin,e of the &oers of the air= of the s&irit that no or#eth in the sons of disobedien,e < a!ong ho! e also all on,e lived in the lusts of our flesh= doing
the desires of the flesh and a nd of the !ind= and ere by nature ,hildren of rath= even as the rest./ 9o e ill noti,e it !ore fully as e go on. 0ere e found 3 first= that the natural !an is dead in tres&asses and sins. What does it !ean; 'erha&s e !ay get a suggestion fro! 8ohn $D24D /erily= verily= say unto unto you= 0e that heareth !y ord= and believeth hi! that sent !e= bath eternal life= and ,o!eth not into @udg!ent= but hath &assed out of death unto life./ What does he !ean by death; There are to #inds of death !entioned in the Word&hysi,al death and s&iritual death. &iritual death is the nature of atan= @ust as &iritual Life is is the 9ature of the the Father Father.. 8ohn 3D14= 1$ ill thro thro !ore light u&on this. /We /We #no that e have &assed out of death into life= be,ause e love the brethren. 0e that loveth not abideth in death. Whosoever hateth his brother is a !urdererD and ye #no that no !urderer bath eternal life abiding in hi!./ 0ere e have the ,ontrast of death and life. Life is the 9ature of the Father< death is the nature of the ene!y= ene!y= for the natural !an is s&iritually dead. 0e is a &arta#er of atani, nature that as given to hi! in the %arden= and don through the ages s&iritual death has do!inated !an. f you ish to see a vivid ,ontrast= turn to Ro!. $D1* in Wey!outh?s Wey!outh?s Translation. /For if= through the
transgression of one= death seiGed the t he sovereignty through the one= !u,h !ore shall they that re,eive the abundan,e of gra,e and the gift of righteousness reign as #ings in the real! of life= through the one 8esus 8esus Christ./ &iritual death seiGed seiGed the sovereignty over the hu!an ra,e in the %arden and !an served as a slave under its do!inion. 'aul 'aul unveils to us in Ro!. $D1221 the hole dra!a of s&iritual death. Read thisD /Therefore= as through one !an sin entered into the orld= and death Es&iritual death through sin< and so death &assed unto unto all !en= for that all sinned./ The fourteenth verseD /9evertheless /9evertheless death reigned as a #ing over the! that had not sinned after the li#eness of Ada!?s transgression./ What does he !ean; That &hysi,al death reigned over all !en; 9o= s&iritual death. t had reigned ithout interferen,e until 5oses ,a!e. What did 5oses give; give; 5oses gave gave us the atone!ent atone!ent in the blood of bulls and goats. Atone!ent !eans to ,over. 0e too# a gar!ent of ani!al life and s&read it over s&iritually dead srael. That gar!ent of blood ,overed , overed the bro#en la and the &riesthood. &iritual death lost its ,o!&lete sovereignty as long
as srael al#ed in the First Covenant= Covenant= but hen 8esus 8esus ,a!e= the ,o!bat as as beteen Life and 6eath. 9ot &hysi,al &hysi,al life nor &hysi,al death= but the ne #ind of life that 8esus brought as at ar ith s&iritual death. n 8ohn 1D1 he says= / a! ,o!e that ye !ay have life= and !ay have have it in abundan,e./ The %ree# ord translated Life is /Koe=/ hi,h !eans %od?s 9ature= %od?s substan,e= %od?s being. 8ust as s&iritual death !eans !eans atan?s substan,e= atan?s being. Out of (ternal Life have s&rung all the beautiful gra,es hi,h adorn a Christian life. Out of s&iritual death= the garden &lot of sin= have gron all the sins that have ever been ,o!!itted. 5an is united to atan s&iritually. s&iritually. 'erha&s the !ost aful ords that 8esus ever uttered to the 8es= are re,orded in 8ohn +D44= 4$D /7e are of your father= the devil= and the lusts of your father it is your ill to do. 0e as a !urderer fro! the beginning= and standeth not in the truth= be,ause there is no truth in hi!. When he s&ea#eth a lie= he s&ea#eth of his onD for he is a liar= and the father thereof./ This is a heart sear,hing ,ri&ture. atan as a !urderer and a liar. 0e as a !urderer by nature. The very substan,e and being of atan are the very o&&osite of hat e see in the !an 8esus. 8esus.
8esus 8esus is Truth. 0e is Life. 0e is Love. Love. atan is s&iritual death. 0e is a hater= a sin&rodu,er. 0e is everything that is bad. 8esus as everything that as good. 8ohn 3D1 ,arries us a ste& ste& farther in this unha&&y unha&&y dra!a /n this the ,hildren of %od are !anifest= and the ,hildren of the devil./ 0ere e have the to fa!ilies in ,ontrastthe Fa!ily of %od and the fa!ily of the devil. (&h. 2D11= 12 gives us one of the t he saddest &i,tures of the natural !an. The &irit through 'aul is s&ea#ing D /Wherefore / Wherefore re!e!ber= re!e!ber= that on,e ye= %entiles in the flesh= ho are ,alled ,a lled -n,ir,u!,ision by that hi,h is ,alled Cir,u!,ision=/ that is= the 8es 8es ,alled the %entiles the -n,ir,u!,ision. Why; Why; "e,ause the ,ir,u!,ised !an as in the First Covenant and had Covenant rights and Covenant &rivileges= &rivileges= but the %entile !an= the un,ir,u!,ised= as outside. The 8e ould not eat at the sa!e table ith the %entile= as he as ,onsidered un,lean. The neBt verse eB&lains it /That ye ere at that ti!e se&arate fro! Christ= alienated fro! the ,o!!onealth of srael= and strangers fro! the ,ovenants of &ro!ise= having no ho&e and ithout %od in the orld./ All of %od?s blessings are ra&&ed u& in Christ. The %entile is se&arated fro! Christ. e,ond fa,tD 0e is alienated even fro! the
,o!!onealth of srael= the ,ovenant &eo&le that have ha ve ,ovenant ,lai!s on %od= and he is a stranger fro! any ,ovenant relationshi& ith %od or ,ontra,t ith %od. 0e has no ho&e < he is ithout %od= and he is in the orld. 9oti,e his ,ondition noD 0e is s&iritually dead= united ith atan. 8esus ,alls hi! a ,hild of the devil. 8ohn the "a&tist= "a&tist= you re!e!ber= re!e!ber= said /7e /7e vi&ers./ 0e !eant= ,hildren of atan. 0e has no Covenant Covenant ,lai!s on %od. 0e is ithout ho&e= ho&eless < ithout %od= %odless= and he is here in the orld. 2 Cor. Cor. 4D3= 4 reveals !ore fully his des&erate ,onditionD /And /And even if our gos&el is veiled= it is veiled in the! that &erish< in ho! the god of this orld hath blinded the !inds of the unbelieving= that the light of the gos&el of the glory of Christ= ho is the i!age of %od= should not dan u&on the!./ This s,ri&ture hurts. 0ere the ,urtain is lifted. This s&iritually dead !an is !entally blinded= s&iritually blinded. do not #no ho ,learly you understand it= but all the #noledge that this ?s&iritually dead !an has= ,o!es through the five sensesD eeing= hearing= tasting= s!elling and feeling. There is no other ay ay for natural !an to get #noledge. #noledge. 0is body has been his laboratory. laboratory. so!eti!es thin# of it as @ust &hysi,al body #noledge. #noledge. That is all the natural !an has. s it any onder that 6arin gave us the hy&othesis of (volution. ense #noledge ,an never find %od.
ense #noledge ,annot understand s&iritual things= and this sense #noledge !an ruled by the senses= governed governed by the senses= is s&iritually blinded. f you ant to #no !ore fully about hi!= turn to (&h. 4D1* 4 D1* /And this say therefore= and testify in the Lord= that ye no longer al# as the %entiles also al#= in the vanity of their !ind= being dar#ened in their understanding= alienated fro! the life of %od= be,ause of the ignoran,e that is in the!= be,ause of the hardening of their heart./ A !an !ay be the head of a -niversity= but he is lost= ithout %od and ithout ho&e. This is a series of Love?s &hotogra&hs &hotogra&hs of natural !an. ERead !y !y boo# /To :inds of :noledge/. :noledge/. 9o let us go ba,# and loo# at re&entan,e again. The &rea,her is de!anding that this natural !an /,hange his !ind and &ur&ose=/ or /,hange his &rin,i&les and &ra,ti,e/< /,hange his !ode of ,ondu,t/< give u& his old habits< give u& his rebellion against 6ivine authority. The >uestion is= Can he do it; Will ,rying and a nd ee&ing and &raying ,hange his nature; -nderstand= he is by nature a ,hild of rath. 0e ,an?t ,hange his on nature. 0e !ay ,hange his !ind for a !o!ent but it ill ,o!e ba,# again. What he !ust have ha ve is a 9e 9ature= and this !ust ,o!e fro! %od. 0o ,an he get this 9e 9ature; Turn ith !e to
8ohn 3D1)D /For /For %od so loved the orld= orld= that he gave gave his only "egotten on= that hosoever believeth on hi! should not &erish= but have (ternal Life. /For %od sent not his on into the orld to ,onde!n the orld= but that the orld should be saved through hi!./ What is it that the natural !an needs; t is (ternal Life= the 9ature of %od= and he ,an?t get this by any effort of his on. 0e ,annot ,hange his nature. 0e !ay give give u& so!e of the habits that he has learned= but that does not save save hi!. Let us go ba,# and noti,e it on,e on, e !ore. 0e in hi!self has no a&&roa,h to %od. 0e is an eternal being= but a ho&eless one. 0is nature is en!ity toard toard %od. atan has blinded his !ind. 0is senseless heart is dar#ened. atan has ruled hi! through his senses. Love has given 8esus to hi!. Love has done !ore than that. Ro!. 4D4= $ /9o to hi! that or#eth= the reard reard is not re,#oned r e,#oned as of gra,e= but as a s of debt. "ut to hi! that or#eth not= but believeth on hi! that @ustifieth the ungodly= ungodly= his faith fa ith is re,#oned for righteousness./ What does he !ean here; 0e !eans one ho does not atte!&t to !a#e hi!self better or ho tries to give u& his old habits and his old life= but a,,e&ts the gift %od has given to hi! ithout !oney and ithout &ri,e= re,eives (ternal
Life. 0is old habits sto& being and ne habits ta#e their &la,e. Ro!. 4D2$= s&ea#ing of 8esus= /Who / Who as delivered u& on the a,,ount of our tres&asses= and as raised hen he as @ustified./ What does that !ean; t !eans that 8esus a,tually suffered until every ,lai! of @usti,e as satisfied as far as the sinner as ,on,erned. And the se,ond thing= hen the ,lai!s of 8usti,e ere !et= 0e as as raised to &rove &rove that 0e had &aid the &enalty of our tres&asses= and no !an has @ustifi,ation= Righteousness and (ternal (ternal Life aaiting aaiting hi!. "eing therefore @ustified by Faith= or being therefore de,lared Righteous on the ground of &ure %ra,e= %od says to the sinner= Ta#e 8esus as your aviour= ,onfess 0i! as 7our Lord= and ill give you (ternal Life and !a#e you a 9e Creation. 7ou 7ou see this is all of %ra,e. When tell the unsaved !an that he !ust have ha ve godly sorro and re&entan,e= don?t #no hat a! tal#ing about. 'aul 'aul told that Christian young !an that had ,o!!itted an unholeso!e sin= that he needed godly sorro that ould or# a re&entan,e in his on life. That !essage ,an be &rea,hed to the Chur,h today. The Chur,h needs to re&ent. The unsaved !an needs to ta#e 8esus as his avior and ,onfess 0is as his Lord. The unsaved !an needs (ternal Life and Righteousness.
(&h. 2D1D /For e are his or#!anshi& ,reated in Christ 8esus./ When ere e ,reated in Christ 8esus; After 0e had been !ade sin on our behalf and as !ade alive. When the Father Father @ustified 0i! in s&irit don there in the &la,e of suffering and !ade 0i! alive= the Chur,h as @ustified. There the Chur,h as !ade alive in s&irit ith 0i!= or Re,reated in the !ind of the Father. 9o the unsaved unsaved !an re,eives that (ternal Life and Righteousness and ,o!es into the Fa!ily Fa!ily of %od. They are aaiting aaiting hi!. The thing has all been done. The Father?s Father?s or# in Christ is finished. When 8esus sat don on the right hand of the 5a@esty on 0igh= it as be,ause 0e had finished the or# of Rede!&tion. There as no !ore or# to be done. Rede!&tion as a settled and fiBed thing. 9o a,,e&t it and ,o!e into the benefits of the finished or# of !y Lord. 7ou see= 8esus belongs to the unsaved !an. The unsaved !an has 8esus on his hands. 0e died for hi!. 0e &ut sin aay for hi!. 0e has !ade the 9e "irth a &ossibility for hi!= but the unsaved unsaved !an !ust a,,e&t 0i!. Ro!. 1D= 1 tells us= /"e,ause if thou t hou shalt ,onfess ith thy !outh 8esus as Lord= and shalt believe in thy heart that %od raised hi! fro! the dead= thou shalt
be saved< for ith the heart !an believeth unto righteousness< and ith the !outh ,onfession is !ade unto salvation./ salvation./ With his li&s he !a#es ,onfession of his salvation. 9o noti,e it ,arefully. 8esus 8esus belongs to hi! but 0e is is of no value value to hi! until he ,onfesses 0is Lordshi& over his life. (ternal Life belongs to hi! but he never gets it. 0e never has any benefit fro! it until he a,,e&ts Christ as his &ersonal avior and ,onfesses 0is Lordshi&. Then he be,o!es a 9e Creation in Christ 8esus. 8esus. The old things &ass aay aay @ust @ust the !o!ent (ternal Life ,o!es into his s&irit. 5oody used to de,lare that re&entan,e !eant /right about fa,e./ That is true. The !o!ent that the sinner a,,e&ts 8esus 8esus Christ he does a right about fa,e. "ut he ,an?t do it unless he a,,e&ts hat %od has rought for hi! in Christ. The unsaved !an has the ability to ,onfess 8esus Lord over his life ith his li&s. 0e has the ability to !a#e the de,ision= de,is ion= to ta#e Christ as his avior. avior. %od?s hands are tied until he does !a#e that ,onfession. 0e doesn?t as# a sinner to ,onfess his sins. That is a selfevident fa,t. 0e is a sinner= but %od de!ands that he ,onfess the Lordshi& of 8esus= and hen he does that= he ,onfesses his faith in the ubstitutionary or# that Christ rought on his behalf. 9o you ,an understand (&h. 2D41D /"ut %od= being
ri,h in !er,y= for his great love hereith he loved us= even hen e ere dead through our tres&asses= !ade us alive together ith Christ Eby gra,e have have ye been saved= saved= and raised us u& ith hi!= and !ade us sit ith hi! in the heavenly heavenly &la,es= in Christ 8esus D that in the ages to ,o!e he !ight sho the eB,eeding ri,hes of his gra,e in #indness toard toard us in Christ 8esusD 8esusD for by gra,e have have ye been saved saved through faith < and that not of yourselves= it is the gift of %odD not of or#s= that no !an should glory. For e are his or#!anshi&= or#!anshi&= ,reated ,r eated in Christ 8esus./ We should !a#e the !essage so ,lear and si!&le that the unsaved !an ,an see 8esus as his avior and Lord. We We should !a#e the !essage so easy to gras& that he ,an see that all a ll he needs to do is to a,t u&on the Word. 6o not tell hi! he needs to believe. 6o not tell hi! he needs to re&ent for that ill ,onfuse hi!. f he a,,e&ts Christ as his avior and ,onfesses 0i! as his Lord= that is re&entan,e. That is all %od re>uires.
0aving 7our On Faith Faith Life T an unha&&y thing to be de&endent u&on another?s faith. n a !easure e are all de&endent u&on others= but in this vital issue of life= no believer should be de&endent u&on another?s ability to a&&roa,h the Throne. We ,annot afford to trust others ot hers ith vital issues that e ourselves should be able to fa,e. Faith is !easured by our a&&re,iation of our &osition in the Father?s Fa!ily. When e #no our &la,e as a ,hild= #no our rights= #no our Righteousness= our Ability to stand in the Father?s Father?s &resen,e ithout the sense of guilt or inferiority= hen e #no that e have as good a standing before the Father as 8esus had in 0is earth al#= then the &roble! of faith is settled. Cor. Cor. 1 D3 should be a &ro!inent ,ri&ture in our daily al#. al#. /"ut of hi! are ye in Christ 8esus= ho ho as !ade unto us isdo! fro! %od= and righteousness and san,tifi,ation= and rede!&tion./ We need a ,ons,iousness of both Righteousness and isdo!. We need to #no 0e is no our Righteousness= and that 2 Cor. Cor. $D21= /0i! /0 i! ho #ne no sin he !ade to be sin on our behalf < that t hat e !ight be,o!e the righteousness of %od in hi!=/
has be,o!e a Reality. 7ou 7ou see= e have have absolutely absolutely be,o!e= by the 9e "irth= by our being &arta#ers of the 6ivine 9ature= the very Righteousness of %od in Christ. That is not &hiloso&hy &hiloso&hy nor theology= it is a fa,t. 8ust as hunger and thirst are fa,ts= our Righteousness and our standing before the Father Father is a definite= ,lear,ut ,lear ,ut Reality. 8esus 8esus as !ade !ade unto us us Wisdo! at the sa!e ti!e 0e as !ade unto us Righteousness. We des&erately need Wisdo! to use our Righteousness and to use the ability that has been given given to us in Christ. (&h. 4D* states a fa,t that has been ignored by the average believer. /"ut unto ea,h one of us as the gra,e given a,,ording to the !easure of the gift of Christ./ %ra,e !eans ability. %ra,e !eans everything that e need in this earth al#. "ut e have la,#ed the Wisdo! to utiliGe our abilities= to ta#e advantage advantage of our &osition in Christ. 9o 8esus 8esus is !ade unto us Wisdo!. (very believer ought to #no that= @ust as they #no they have an u!brella or a rain,oat during the rainy season= and before they start out= they &ut on their rubbers= don their rain,oats= and ta#e their u!brella and go to the offi,e.
When you go out in the !orning to fa,e life?s hard &roble!s= you should re!e!ber these fa,ts 7ou have have 0is Wisdo! no to !eet every need of today. 7ou have ha ve to !eet a nu!ber of &eo&le. o!e of the! are going to be very diffi,ult= but you have 0is Wisdo! and 0is Ability to !a#e the ,onta,ts and go through the business su,,essfully. 7ou have Wisdo! su&erior to theirs. They have nothing but !aterial= hu!an isdo!. 7ou have 0is Wisdo!. 0e has been !ade unto you Wisdo!. 9ot only that= but you are 0is Righteousness. That gives you a,,ess to the Throne at any ti!e. 7ou ,an stand in 0is &resen,e @ust as 8esus did in 0is earth al#= be,ause 8esus is your Righteousness. There ,an be no event so great but hat 0is Wisdo! and 0is Righteousness ill enable you to !eet it su,,essfully. su,,essfully. 7ou 7ou see= hen you you be,o!e the Righteousness of of %od= that really !a#es you a 5aster of Cir,u!stan,es. That lets you into the nner Cir,le. That gives you the advantage of the Father?s Wisdo! and Ability to &ut you over. over. atan ,annot ,o&e ith the !an ho #nos he is the Righteousness of %od in Christ= ho #nos that 8esus has been !ade unto hi! Wisdo!. That !an is a 5aster !an. 7ou 7ou see= that leads you into the u&er!an Real!. Ta#e a,,ount of sto,# for a !o!ent. 7ou have %od?s very 9ature in you. The old life that #e&t you in bondage has sto&&ed
being. The old self s elf that as do!inated by ,ir,u!stan,es and by atan has sto&&ed being= and a 9e elf= a do!inant elf= a Righteous elf= a %od filled elf has ta#en its &la,e. 7ou no have a legal right to the use of 8esus? 9a!e. "efore the 5aster as,ended= you re!e!ber 0e said in 5att. 2+D1+= 2 +D1+= /All /All authority has been given unto !e in heaven heaven and on earth./ That authority is for the 5e!bers of the "ody. 8esus doesn?t need it. 0e and the Father are one= so all that the Father is= 8esus 8esus is. This authority as as given to to the Chur,h. The ability to use that authority is given to us in the 0oly &irit. We not only have this authority= but e have the great 5ighty &irit ho raised 8esus fro! the dead delling in us= and hen 0e ,a!e into us= 0e brought all 0is Ability= Ability= the Ability that 0e eBer,ised in the resurre,tion of the 5aster 5 aster== the Ability that 0e eBer,ised in Christ. t is all in 0i!. 9o onder 8ohn said by the &irit= in 8ohn 4D4= /%reater is he that is in you than he that is in the orld./ 7ou see= e are do!inant &eo&le. We have the ,reative Ability of %od in us. 9o li!it to here e ,an go. t is not only these abilities= but there are other abilities that are ours. /Of 0is fullness have e e re,eived./ 'erha&s a!ong the !ost i!&ortant assets that e have have is the ne #ind of Love. 8esus brought it into the orld. When e are Re,reated= Re,reated= that ne #ind of Love be,o!es our 9ature. We be,o!e &arta#ers of the 6ivine 9ature=
for the Father is Love. When that Love 9ature ,o!es in= it brings an ele!ent into a !an that !a#es hi! a 5aster. When a !an loses his te!&er= te!&er= the &erson that ,aused hi! to lose his te!&er is su&erior to hi! in so!e ay. 0e ouldn?t lose his te!&er if that &erson hadn?t outitted hi!= outgeneralled hi! in so!e ay. Love !a#es us i!&ervious to these influen,es= !a#es us a 5aster of the!. We We rise u& in %od= that is= e rise u& in Love < e al# in Love < e live in Love= and that !a#es us 5asters of every &erson that does not al# in Love. The un&leasant things that he does or says= says= e #no are said by an inferior. inferior. Love never be,o!es irritated. Love never loses its &oise< never loses its te!&er. te!&er. t is 5aster of itself= and that !a#es it 5aster of every &erson outside of Love. This 8esus nature !a#es you a do!inant &ersonality= a 5aster &ersonality. &ersonality. They ,an?t ,on>uer you any !ore than they ,ould ,on>uer Christ. They !ay stone you < they !ay !ay beat you < they !ay= be,ause of nu!bers= ta#e you ,a&tive= but you be,o!e their 5aster the !o!ent you be,o!e their ,a&tive. t is a strange fa,t= but it is true. 0is Love 9ature !a#es you a 5aster. ant you to learn to believe in Love. ant you to learn to rest in it= to de&end on it= to eB&e,t great things fro! it. 7ou ill not be disa&&ointed. 7ou 7ou re!e!ber that &assage= /7e /7e are of %od !y little ,hildren./ That is 8ohn 4D4= and then then in 8ohn 3D$+ 8esus 8esus said= /(B,e&t /(B,e&t a
!an is born of ater and the &irit= he ,annot enter into the #ingdo! of %od. That hi,h is born of the flesh is flesh./ Then 0e says another startling thingD /That hi,h is born of the &irit is s&irit./ Well= then you do not belong to the old order of things. 7ou be long to this 9e Fa!ily= this ne ,ondition. 7ou 7ou are a &arta#er of the 6ivine 9ature. 7ou 7ou are in the real! of Life Life ith %od= and you you reign as a #ing in this real! of Life. 7ou are a 5aster. What !a#es you a 5aster; The very nature of the Father Father that has ,o!e into you. This Love gift has !ade you su&erior to everything surrounding you. The for,es that surround you= e!anate fro! the selfishness of natural !an. 7ou no have the Love 9ature of %od. That !a#es you su&erior. 7ou !ust learn to trust this. Thin# about a bout hat you are in Christ. 9ever thin# of your la,#< thin# of the vast inheritan,e that is yours= for you #no that 0e has given given you the ability to en@oy all that belongs to you. Let !e give you Col. 1 D12D D12 D /%iving than#s unto the Father= ho has given us the ability to en@oy our share of the inheritan,e of the saints in light./ 7ou have ha ve the Ability to enter into all the fullness of Christ. 8ohn 1 D1) !eans !eans nothing unless you ta#e advantage advantage of it. /Of his fullness have e all re,eived= and gra,e u&on gra,e./ That as not said for angels nor for !en during the !illenniu!< that is for us no. 7ou have ha ve 0is fullness. t !ay be an undevelo&ed &ro&erty in you. 7ou !ay never have ta#en advantage of the
ri,hes of the glory of your inheritan,e in Christ. 7ou 7ou !ay !ay have have staved staved in the babyhood babyhood real! here you are alays alays struggling and trying to get so!ething and to be so!ething. 7ou have &assed that< you are so!ething. 0e has !ade you to be hat you are in Christ. 7ou see= you ere Created in Christ. (&h. 2D1 ought to solve every &roble! of our s&iritual ,onfli,t. /For e are his or#!anshi&= ,reated in Christ 8esus for good or#s= hi,h %od afore &re&ared that e should al# in the!./ There is no li!it to your al# and to your ability. The only li!it is the li!it you set= and @ust as soon as you ta#e your hands off of this 9e Creation and let it fun,tion and develo& in Christ= you be,o!e at on,e an outstanding blessing to the orld. 7ou have an un,ons,ious felloshi& ith the Father and ith Christ. That felloshi& felloshi& is threefoldD three foldD t is ith the brethren ho al# al# in the th e light= and oh= hat a heavenly thing that is< Wal#ing in felloshi& felloshi& ith those ho! you love and ho love you and love our Lord. e,ond= it is ith Christ as Lord. 1 Cor. Cor. 1 D= /0e has ,alled us unto felloshi& ith 0is on./ Third= you have felloshi& ith the Word. The Word be,o!es to us the very voi,e of the 5aster. 5aster. t s&ea#s to you< it
strengthens you< it ,o!forts you. 7ou 7ou read a &assage li#e this in Col. 1 D2*D /To ho! %od as &leased to !a#e #non hat is the ri,hes of the glory glor y of this !ystery !ystery a!ong the %entiles= hi,h is Christ in you= the ho&e of glory./ 7ou have the ri,hes of 0is very Ability in you. Or ta#e this one in Col. 2D)D /Therefore as you re,eive Christ 8esus the Lord= so al# in hi!= rooted and builded u& in hi!= and established in your faith= fa ith= even as ye ere taught= abounding in than#sgiving./ 7ou 7ou are in it< you are a &art &art of it. t is yours. 7ou 7ou are not struggling for anything. 7ou have entered into your Rest. 0e has be,o!e your Ability for every e!ergen,y. There as a ti!e hen you struggled and &rayed and groaned to be so!ething. "ut Col. 3D1= 2 is a &hotogra&h of yourself D /f then ye ere ised together together ith Christ= see# the things that are above= here here Christ is= seated on the right hand of %od. /7ou /7ou have set your !ind on the things that are above= not on the things that are on the earth./ And then 0e tells us Christ is our Life. We We are absolutely one ith 0i!. 0e has be,o!e a &art of us. and e have be,o!e a &art of 0i!. We have learned hat 8ohn +D12 !eans D / a! the light of the orldD he that folloeth folloeth !e shall not al# in the dar#ness= but shall have ha ve the light of life./ Light !eans Wisdo!. t is the Wisdo! of this ne #ind of Life. 7ou 7ou have have that ne #ind of of Life. 7ou 7ou have have 0is
Wisdo!= and that Wisdo! gives you the Ability to !a#e the right ,hoi,es= to do the right thing at the right ti!e. 9ot only that= but it gives you the ability to enter into all the fullness and all the blessings= an=. all the ri,hes of 0is Rede!&tive Rede!&tive or#. 7ou 7ou are outstanding i!!ediately. 7ou are not ,o!!on. 9o you are reveling in Cor. 3D21D /For all things are yours=/ hether the revelation of the! ,a!e to 'aul or to 'eter or to 8ohn= it doesn?t !a#e any differen,e< they are all yours. And then another a nother strangely beautiful thing is= /And ye are Christ?s./ 7ou 7ou see= you belong to to 0i!. 0e is yours and you you are 0is. 8ust as a husband ons the th e bride= 0e ons you and it is an onershi& of Love. "ut that isn?t all. 2 Cor. D+ ought to thrill our hearts. /And %od is able to !a#e all gra,e abound unto you < that ye= having alays all suffi,ien,y in everything= !ay abound unto every good or#./ onder if you have read that in Way?s translation. /Ay= and %od is able to lavish every every gra,ious gift g ift u&on you= so that you= alays &ossessing abundan,e of everything= !ay lavishly lavishly ,ontribute to every good underta#ing./ Conybeare translates it= /And %od is able to give you an over floing !easure of all good gifts= that all a ll your ants of every #ind !ay be su&&lied at all ti!es= and you !ay give give of your abundan,e to every good or#./ 7ou 7ou see= there is nothing narro or niggardly in the Father?s blessings. There is a
holeso!e fullness in 0is blessings. 0e has blessed you ith every s&iritual blessing in Christ. There T here isn?t a need of yours that hasn?t been !et. The Ability of the Father Father is at your dis&osal in every ,risis of your life= and in your daily life 0is love so enri,hes you that there is no ear and tear. tear. 7ou 7ou @ust &ass along on a s!ooth= easy road= road= ,arried by 0is %ra,e= u&held by 0is Love= but 0is very fullness of Love and %ra,e overshado you. 7ou are ri,h. 7ou are %od?s ,aredfor. The reason a! riting this is to give you a &hotogra&h of hat you are in Christ= so that you ill rise u& and ta#e your &la,e and en@oy the ri,hes that belong to you= and that you ill learn to give &la,e to 0is ability in you. 7ou 7ou ill learn to hav havee ,onfiden,e in the %od ho is is in you. 7ou 7ou ill learn to tal# about about hi! as you tal# about a strong !an that is or#ing for you= or you brag about a ,ar that laughs at hills and !ountains. Why= Why= greater is 0e that is in you than any !ountain= any diffi,ulty= diffi,ulty= any ,o!bination of ,ir,u!stan,es. ,ir,u!sta n,es. 7ou 7ou are tied u& ith %od. %od is on your side. 0e is fighting your battles. All you have to do is @ust to a,t on 0is Word < al# in 0is Word. That is 0is ill for you= and you ill be a!aGed ho seet and beautiful life be,o!es. 7ou 7ou ill learn another thingD The T he authority and &oer of the Living Word in your li&s. 7ou 7ou ,an say say to si,#ness and disease= /n the 9a!e 9a!e of
8esus= 8esus= leave leave this body=/ body=/ and that Living Living Word Word in your li&s ill be obeyed by the author of si,#ness and disease. 0is Word Word in your li&s &uts 0i! to or# at on,e < gives 0i! an o&&ortunity to de!onstrate 0is Ability to hel& !an. 0is Word in your li&s ill lead !en and o!en to Christ < ill brea# the &oer of atan over the ea#. 7ou ill not need another !an?s faith. 7ou have &assed into the real! of the ones ho are not begging for a free ride= but you are able to give a free ride to another. 7ou 7ou have have be,o!e a do!inant s&irit rather than a he,tored= bro#en= hel&less one. 7ou 7ou have have &assed out of the real! real! of liability into into %od?s assets. 7ou 7ou are be,o!ing strong= and you are ta#ing over the ea#nesses of others. 7ou see that brother?s overload and you get under it. 7ou ill have ha ve a @oy that is uns&ea#able no and full of 0is glory.
The Li!itations Of 8esus 6-R9% 8esus? earth al# 0e as dealing eB,lusively eB,lusively ith the 8esthe First Covenant Covenant &eo&le. 0e as surrounded by !en ho had never been born again. 9o &erson ith ho! 0e dealt had yet re,eived (ternal Life. They ere all s&iritually dead. 8ohn +D44= 4$ is 8esus? des,ri&tion of the! D /7e /7e are of your father the devil= and the lusts of your father it is your ill to do./ 0o hard it !ust have have been for the 5aster= 5aster= hose great heart of love yearned over the &eo&le= to tell the! that unha&&y truth. 0e never ,onfor!ed 0i!self to 0is surroundings or to the o&inions of &eo&le. 0e alays s&o#e out fro! 0is Father. t has been an unha&&y thing that so !any of our tea,hers have s&o#en of those ho al#ed ith 8esus= as though they ere already Christians= as though they had re,eived (ternal Life. f anyone ,ould have re,eived (ternal Life before 8esus died and arose again= then 0e ould not have had to suffer= be,ause every one ,ould have re,eived re,eived it. t is not no t hat a !an has done < it is hat he is by nature that se&arates hi! fro! %od. They ere all s&iritually dead. 8esus as as li!ited very largely to the &hysi,al real! ith the!. 0e healed their diseases < 0e raised their dead < 0e fed the !ultitudes= but 0e did not Re,reate anyone. 0e gave no one (ternal Life. 5an as not yet Redee!ed< Redee!ed< the &enalty of sin had not been &aid. 5en
ere by nature ,hildren of rath. They ere all in one ,lass. The only differen,e beteen the sraelite and the %entile as that the for!er as under the First Covenant. 0e as ,ir,u!,ised < he as of the fa!ily of Abraha!. 0e had a &riesthood that !ade a yearly Atone!ent Atone!ent for hi! and laid his sins on,e a year u&on the head of a s,a&egoat to be borne aay into the ilderness. "ut that did not !a#e hi! a 9e Creation. t gave hi! a right to the 9e Creation. 7ou 7ou re!e!ber Ro!. Ro!. 3D2$ de,lares= /Who! %od set forth to be a &ro&itiation= through faith= in his blood= to sho his righteousness be,ause of the &assing over of the sins done aforeti!e= in the fore bearan,e of %od./ Then 0eb. D1$ eB&lains the thing !ore fully. /For this ,ause he is a !ediator of a ne ,ovenant= that a death having ta#en &la,e for the rede!&tion of the transgressions that ere under the First Covenant= they that have been ,alled !ay re,eive the &ro!ise of the eternal inheritan,e./ Christ died for the sins of those under the First Covenant. Covenant. t as as though a &ro!issory note had been given ea,h year hen the 0igh 'riest entered the 0oly of 0olies to !a#e the yearly atone!ent. Those &ro!issory notes ere all ,ashed hen 8esus 8esus ,arried 0is blood into the 0eavenly 0eavenly 0oly of 0olies. o all the sins under the First Covenant ere &ut
aay= i&ed out as though they had never been. 7ou ill understand this !ore fully in 0eb. 1D14D /For /For the la having a shado of the good things to ,o!e= not the very i!age of the things= ,an never ith the sa!e sa,rifi,es year by year= year= hi,h they offer ,ontinually= ,ontinually= !a#e &erfe,t the! that dra nigh. /(lse ould they not have ,eased to be offered; "e,ause the orshi&&ers= having having been on,e ,leansed= ould have have had no !ore ,ons,iousness ,ons,iousness of sins. /"ut in those sa,rifi,es there is a re!e!bran,e !ade of sins year by year./ Why; /For it is i!&ossible that the blood of bulls and goats should ta#e aay sins./ Eerse Eerse 12 /"ut he= hen he had offered one sa,rifi,e for sins for ever= sat don at the right hand of %od./ Eerse 14 /For by one offering he hath &erfe,ted for ever the! that are san,tified./ sa n,tified./ 7ou 7ou get a &erfe,t &i,ture here of the !an under the First Covenant hose sin as ,overed= hose sins ere ty&i,ally borne aay. Then 8esus ,o!es and &uts aay aay all the sin that had been ,overed and 0e re!its all the sins that have been borne aay ty&i,ally= so that the 8es ho trusted in the atoning blood of ani!als ere saved by 0is sa,rifi,e. 9oti,e again that no one ,ould re,eive (ternal Life and have his sins re!itted until sin as &ut aay= until the ,lai!s of @usti,e had been fully !et. 0eb. 2D1* &erfe,tly illustrates thatD /Wherefore it behooved hi! in all things to be !ade li#e unto his brethren= that he !ight be,o!e a !er,iful and faithful high &riest in things &ertaining
to %od= to !a#e &ro&itiation &ro&itiation for the sins of the &eo&le./ As a 0igh 'riest= you re!e!ber= re!e!ber= 0e had first to !eet the de!ands of 8usti,e= to satisfy the ,lai!s of @usti,e against the 8e and %entile. When 0e as don in hell and atan had been ,on>uered= then !an?s Rede!&tion Rede!&tion as a ,o!&leted thing. That is hen %od a,,e&ted 0is blood= and 0e sat don at the right hand of %od. "ut it as not yet ,o!&lete hile Christ as living= so it as of no value to anybody. The 9e Creation as not available. There as no 0igh 'riest at the right r ight hand of the Father ith the blood to sho that 0e had dealt ith the sin &roble!. There as no 5ediator at the right hand of %od= and until there as a 5ediator= no hu!an being ,ould a&&roa,h %od. 8ohn 14D)= / a! the ay= the truth and the life< no one ,an a&&roa,h the Father Father but through !e./ A,ts 4D12= /9either is there any other na!e under heaven= that is given a!ong !en= herein e !ust be saved= but the na!e of 8esus./ 8esus? na!e as not yet available available as a avior. 0is 5ediatorial or# as not yet available. 8esus 8esus as a &ro&het no. no. 0e had not yet be,o!e a in ubstitute < there as no avior. 0e dealt only in the sense real! ith !en. 0e dealt ith de!ons. 0e ,ast the! out of individuals. 0e bro#e their &oer over !en= hi,h as all in the sense real!. t is su,h a bitter thing for our hearts to
realiGe that 8esus= during 0is earth al#= didn?t have one single s&iritually!inded ,o!&anion. %ood fol#s loved 0i!= but their love as the love of natural !an. t as a selfish thing. t as so selfish that hen 0e arose fro! the dead they said= /5aster= /5aster= are you going to restore the #ingdo! # ingdo! at this ti!e ;/ 0e ,ould not hel& !en s&iritually be,ause they ere dead in s&irit. thin# you ,an understand this ,ri&ture no D 8ohn 14D12 /%reater things than these shall ye do < be,ause go unto the Father and ye behold !e no !ore./ We We are doing greater or#s than the 5aster did in 0is earth al#= be,ause e hel& !en s&iritually. We bring to the! the Word of Life and they are Re,reated< they ,o!e into the Fa!ily of %od. We hel& the! to &ass out of death unto Life. We tea,h the! through the Word ho %od has !ade the! 0is Righteousness. 9o they they ,an stand in 0is &resen,e as though sin had never been. We are %od?s agents giving !en (ternal Life= !a#ing the! !asters of de!ons and of ,ir,u!stan,es. We= through 0is Living Word= have been able to lead !en into felloshi& and ,o!!union ith the Father through the 9e "irth. Our !inistry is al!ost a l!ost an unli!ited !inistry. 0is 5inistry as a li!ited one. 8esus healed !en?s bodies. We= We= through the %ra,e of %od= heal !en?s s&irits. 0e raised !en fro! the dead to die again. We We sho the! that they ere raised r aised together ith
Christ. 0e fed the hungry ith loaves loaves of bread and fishes. We We feed the s&iritually hungry ith 0is on onderful Words. We have the &irit in us ho raised 8esus fro! the dead. We have a legal right to the use of 8esus? na!e. With that na!e e do the or#s that 8esus rought in 0is earth al#. "ut ,o!e ba,# again to the thought of the li!itations of 8esus? friendshi&s. 0is on 5other ,ould not understand 0i!. 0is on brothers loo#ed u&on 0i! ith sus&i,ion. To those nearest 0i! 0e as a stranger st ranger.. 0e #ne the! but they didn?t #no 0i!. There ,an be no dee& s&iritual friendshi& unless e #no ea,h other. 8esus? 8esus? li!itations in 0is earth al# al# eB&lain !u,h of 0is tea,hing. t !ight be all right for us to ,ontrast 8esus? 8esus? and 'aul?s 'aul?s tea,hings on the sub@e,t of Faith. Faith. 8esus 8esus de!anded that !en have have faith in 0i!. 0e said= said= /if a !an have faith as a !ustard seed= he ,ould !ove !ountains./ n 5ar# 11D22 8esus said= /0ave /0ave faith in %od./ 7ou re!e!ber in the !argin of so!e of our "ibles it says= /0ave the faith of %od./ The dis,i&les ,ouldn?t do that. 9o one ,an ha have ve the Faith of %od until after they have been Re,reated. 7ou see= 8esus 8esus is the author and finisher of of faith= and hen e e be,o!e 9e Creations e re,eive a !easure of %od?s Faith. ERo!.12D3.< We have 0is 9ature= 0is Life= and ith it ,o!es 0is Faith. As e gro in %ra,e and in :noledge= e understand the finished or# of Christ. As our faith gros= it is really the
Faith of %od. n the neBt verse it says= /erily say unto you= Whosoever shall say unto this !ountain= "e thou ta#en u& and ,ast into the sea < and shall not doubt in his heart= but shall believe that hat he saith @ ,o!eth to &ass &ass < he shall have have it. /Therefore say unto you= All things hatsoever ye &ray and as# for= believe that ye re,eive the!= and ye shall have the!./ That as as a #eynote of the !inistry of 8esus. 5ar# D23= 8esus said to the father that as#ed for the healing of his ,hild= /All things are &ossible to hi! that believeth./ n 5att. 21D22 /And all things= hatsoever hatsoever ye shall as# in &rayer= believing= ye shall re,eive./ 'aul never tells a believer to believe. 0e never urges us to have Faith. That bothered !e hen first noti,ed it< then sa the truth. We are believers. We had to have faith to get into the Fa!ily= but hen on,e e ,o!e into the Fa!ily= all things that %od rought in Christ for us are ours. 7ou 7ou noti,e 8esus= s&ea#ing s&ea#ing to the Chur,h &ro&heti,ally= &ro&heti,ally= Efor the Chur,h had not yet ,o!e into being said in 8ohn 1$D1)= /7e /7e did not ,hoose !e= but
,hose you= and a&&ointed you= that ye should go and bear fruit= and that your fruit should abide< that hatsoever hatsoever ye shall as# of the Father in !y na!e= he !ay !ay give it you./ n this ,ri&ture ,r i&ture and 8ohn 14D14 8esus 8esus gives us a legal legal right to the use of 0is 9a!e. t is the sa!e as giving the &oer of attorney attorney to one. 8esus 8esus a,tually does this to the Chur,h. Chur,h. "ut here is the strange thing about it. Ta#e 8ohn 1)D24 /0ither to have have ye as#ed nothing in !y na!e D as#= and ye shall re,eive= that your @oy !ay be !ade full./ E8ohn 1$D1) is 'ro&he,y. 'ro&he,y. 8esus doesn?t !ention faith. 0e doesn?t say that they !ust believe. Why; They are believers. believers. Then all of our &rea,hing about faith and the need of faith has been rong. We should have told the believer about hat he is in Christ< hat his rights and &rivileges are in Christ and his legal right to the use of 8esus? na!e. We should have taught hi! hat it !eant to re,eive the 9ature and Life of %od in his s&irit= that it ould !a#e hi! an a,tual 9e Creation. 9ot only that= but the 9e Creation had be,o!e the Righteousness of %od in Christ= so he ho as as on,e a sinner ,ould no stand in the Father?s Father?s &resen,e ithout the sense of fear= ,onde!nation or inferiority. 0e ,ould stand there as a on in fullest felloshi& ith his Father. f e had been taught this= e ould not have had the long struggle for faith.
We ould have #non ho e ere and hat e ere in Christ. We ould have learned ho to ta#e our &la,e in the Fa!ily Fa!ily < ho to en@oy our &rivileges. We ould have be,o!e a,>uainted ith our Father. The great fa,ts of ubstitution and the 9e Creation and Rede!&tion ould have have be,o!e s&iritual realities to us. "ut instead of that= they have &rea,hed to us the !essages 8esus gave to the 8es during 0is earth al#= and they don?t fit in. They #ee& us under ,onde!nation. They !a#e us ,ons,ious of our la,#. 7ou 7ou see= if do not #no hat hat a!= the Word Word ,onfuses !e= but hen #no hat a! in i n Christ= #no hat !y rights are and !y &rivileges= &rivileges= then you ,an bring no ,onfusion to !y s&irit. There as no dis,ord beteen the tea,hings of 8esus and the A&ostle 'aul 'aul be,ause they ere all of %od.
The 6efeated atan F(W of us have ever ever re,ogniGed the fa,t that the ,ri&tures tea,h that atan is defeated as far as the believer believer is ,on,erned. ,o n,erned. 0e as not ,on>uered by the believer< believer< lie as ,on>uered by Christ for the believer in 0is ubstitutionary Wor#. The vi,tory Christ rought belongs to the believer= be,ause e ere identified ith Christ in 0is 0 is ubstitutionary Wor#. We have !entioned this in another ,ha&ter= but ish to go a little farther ith you in this. n %al. 2D2 'aul 'aul ,ries= / have have been ,ru,ified ith Christ./ 9ot / a!/ as the old version gives it. "a,# yonder hen Christ hung on the ,ross= in the !ind of 8usti,e= every one of us hung there. We ere identified ith 0i! be,ause 0e as our ubstitute. 0e as ta#ing our &la,e in order that 0e !ight redee! us out of the hand of our ene!y. We ere ith 0i! hen 0e died= for e died ith 0i!. We ere ith 0i! hen 0e left 0is body. body. We ere ith 0i! in 0is great agony= hile 0e suffered the &enalty that as due us. 0e as in the &rison house of death. atan as its #ee&er. The horror of it ill never be #non. 8esus 8esus stayed there until 0e satisfied the ,lai!s ,lai!s of
@usti,e for us. Ro!. Ro!. 4D2$ says= says= /Who as delivered delivered u& on a,,ount of our tres&asses=/ that is= 0e as delivered u& to death= s&iritual death. 0e as delivered u& to @udg!ent. 0e as delivered u& to &ay the &enalty that e oed @usti,e= and hen the ,lai!s of @usti,e ere satisfied= then e ere @ustified ith Christ. Christ. That is the reason every unsaved unsaved !an has a legal right to (ternal Life= be,ause he as as legally @ustified ith Christ in that great ubstitutionary or#. Then 8esus as "orn Again. 7ou re!e!ber the ,ri&ture in A,ts 13D33= /Thou art !y on= this day have begotten thee=/ that as the day of our Rede!&tion. Rede!&tion. ant to &ause here @ust a bit and ,all your attention to a startling fa,t. 7ou re!e!ber hen 8esus 8esus entered the 0oly of 0olies ith 0is blood= 0e had @ust ,o!e out of hell= and hen the Father Father @ustified 0i!= 0e as as so @ustified that 0e ,ould stand in the Father?s Father?s &resen,e ithout the slightest bit of ,onde!nation. Li#e the three 0ebre ,hildren= hen they ,a!e out of the fiery furna,e there as no s!ell of fire u&on their gar!ents. There as no s!ell on the gar!ents of our Lord. 6o you #no hat that shos !e; f 8esus ,ould go out of there and go into the &resen,e of the Father= you and ,an go out of this orld ruled by s&iritual death. We ho have re,eived (ternal Life= ,an go into the &resen,e of the Father ithout the sense or
the s!ell of s&iritual death u&on us. As soon as the 5aster as as !ade alive in s&irit= then Col. 2D1$ be,a!e a Reality. /0aving &ut off fro! hi!self the &rin,i&alities and the &oers= he !ade a sho of the! o&enly./ Right there in the &resen,e of all the hosts of dar#ness= 8esus ,on>uered the 'rin,e of 6ar#ness. 0eb. 2D14 in Rotherha!?s Translation is gra&hi,D /0e &aralyGed the deathdealing &oer of atan./ 0e &aralyGed hi!. 0e bro#e hi!. 9o this is hat ant you to noti,eD This as an eternal vi,tory. atan as eternally bro#en= eternally ,on>uered. 6id you noti,e ho 'eter &uts it; 1 'et. $D+= /0e goes about li#e a roaring lion=/ and he says= says= /Who! ithstand steadfast in your faith./ Our ,o!bat has been fought and on. There isn?t any battle for you to fight eB,e&t the battle of faith. 7ou are to fight the good fight of faith. What does that !ean; 7ou 7ou are to in in all your vi,tories ith ords. 7ou 7ou are to learn the ords of this Wonderful Wonderful "oo#= and ith ords you ill ,on>uer your ene!y. ene!y. All that 'eter said to the si,# !an at the "eautiful %ate as= as= /n the na!e of 8esus Christ of 9aGareth= rise and al#=/ and the !an as set free. EA,ts 3D111.
0e didn?t lay hands on hi!. 0e didn?t &ray over hi!. 0e si!&ly healed that !an ith ords. That is the ay 8esus healed the!ith ords. That is the ay the Father ,reated the -niverseith ords. 7ou ,on>uer the adversary ith ords. Today you ,o!fort the ea# and the bro#en ith ords. 7ou heal the si,# ith ords. Why= Why= hen read sa. $3D4= /urely he bath borne !y si,#nesses= and ,arried !y diseases= and have ,o!e to estee! hi! as the one ho as as stri,#en= s!itten of %od= and affli,ted ith !y diseases=/ then #ne that by 0is stri&es st ri&es as healed. What healed !e; Words. Words. 9o you ,an understand 'sa. 1*D2= /0e sent his ord= and a nd healed the!./ t isn?t &rayer. &rayer. t isn?t laying on of our hands. That !ay !ay be ne,essary ne,essar y a!ong the babes in Christ= but for the !an that is gron u& into the full stature of the #noledge #noledge of his rights and &rivileges= the Word heals hi!. The Word brought that !oney to !e. had ,alled !y Father?s Father?s attention to 'hil. 4D1= /5y %od shall su&&ly every need of yours/ and 0e did it= /a,,ording to 0is ri,hes in glory in Christ 8esus./ That settled it. 0is Words Words brought ,o!fort and assuran,e to !e. Then si!&ly said= /n the na!e of 8esus= 8esus= you !inistering s&irits= go and ,ause ,ause that !oney to ,o!e=/ and the !oney ,a!e. 9ot on,e= on, e= but it has been ,o!ing all a ll these years of !y &ubli,
!inistry. !inistry. 7ou 7ou see= our ,o!bat is not against flesh and blood= as the &irit tells us in (&h. )D12= but it is against the defeated &rin,i&alities and &oers. These &rin,i&alities and &oers have all been ,on>uered. Their defeat is s&o#en of in 0eb. D12 as an eternal rede!&tion fro! the!. 7ou 7ou are eternally set free. They are eternally defeated= hi&&ed= hi&&ed= ,on>uered. 7ou 7ou get your liberty liberty by re!e!bering these ords and then a,ting a,,ordingly. 7ou si!&ly refuse to stay in bondage. With @oy you read this ,ri&tureD /n ho! have !y rede!&tion through 0is blood= the re!ission of !y tres&asses= a,,ording to the ri,hes of 0is gra,e./ E(&h. 1 D). Can?t you see hat it !eans; That atan #nos he is hi&&ed but he doesn?t ant you to #no it. 0e ants to #ee& you in ignoran,e of it. Rev Rev. 12D11 has been a sour,e of great ,o!fort , o!fort to !eD /And they over,a!e hi! be,ause of the blood of the La!b and the ord of their testi!ony./ That Word is Logos. n the beginning as the Logos= and the Logos as ith %od= and the Logos as as %od./ Can?t you see= they over,a!e hi! ith the Word of Christ. That !eant they over,a!e hi! ith Christ 0i!self. That blood is the basis= the ground of our vi,tory. vi,tory. t &roves to all 0eaven that atan as defeated= and a,t on the ground of that. 9o shoutH f 0e is for !e Eand 0e is for !e= then ho is there in earth or hell that ,an stand u& against !eH a! a ,on>uerorH
As a nation= e are fa,ing one of the gravest &eriods of our national life= and it is ne,essary that there arise a ,o!&any of !en and o!en ho #no the &oer of the 9a!e of 8esus and ho to use that 9a!e against our national ene!ies. Our orst ene!y is not a foreign ene!y. t is a lo,al ene!y. t is in our !idst. 9o you are to rise u& and to use 0is ords= these de!ondestroying ords< these de!on defeating ords< these ,ir,u!stan,edefeating ords. When you go into the Throne Roo!= you tal# to the Father< Father< you are ta#ing ta#i ng into 0is &resen,e 0is on Word. 8esus 8esus no !ore s&o#e the Word Word of the Father Father than you= if you ill use 0is Word no. The Father shos res&e,t alays to 0is On Word. 0e says= / at,h over !y ord to &erfor! it./ /9o ord fro! !e ill ever be void of &oer Eor fulfill!ent./ ELu#e 1D3*. %o in there then and lay your re>uest u&on that Word. li#e to thin# that lay the! u&on the 9a!e of 8esus= and hold that 9a!e u& before 0i! ith !y re>uest u&on it. /Whatsoever ye shall as# of the Father in !y na!e= he ill give it you./ E8ohn 1$D1$. We are living in this Living Truth. We are ta#ing advantage advantage of its !ighty &ossibilities= and e are daring to &ray< e are daring to fa,e the hosts of dar#ness ith a ,ons,iousness that our &rayers &rayers ill be ansered= and that the for,es of dar#ness are beaten and defeated. We no longer hold the! as do,trines< they are a &art of us. We We live these ords
and they live in us. 8ohn 1$D* de,lares= /f ye abide in !e and !y ords are living in you= ye shall de!and your rights and they shall be rendered to you./ The Father ill bring those things to &ass 0i!self. 7ou 7ou understand you didn?t didn?t ,hoose 0i!= but 0e ,hose you= and 0e told you to go and bear fruit. That ill be Word fruit< 'rayer fruit. We have rea,hed the &la,e here e need to ,hange the !inds of !en and o!en around us. There is a s&iritual sense of defeat in the hearts of the great !asses in the Chur,h. This has been brought about by the li>uor l i>uor traffi,= by the o&en saloons= by the girls sitting at the bar. 'rostitution and delin>uen,y have run riot ith it. The rebellion of the teen age youth against &arental instru,tion= and their absen,e fro! the ,hur,h has bro#en li#e a running sore in the heart of the nation. "ut has %od gone out of business ; 0as 0e lost 0is Ability Loo# at the heathen orld the little Chur,h fa,ed. Loo# at the edu,ational s#e&ti,is! in the 8eish nation. nation. Loo# at the hole hole bla,# &i,ture of the Ro!an (!&ire. The Chur,h sent out unedu,ated= untrained !en to fa,e that aful ,ondition and ,arve ne nations out of it. They on= and e ,an in. We !ust ,he,# off the orld?s !ental influen,e. We !ust ta#e our &la,e and shout aloud= /We /We are hat 0e says says e are./ We ,an do hat 0e says e ,an do. We are lin#ed
ith %od by 0is 9ature. There is a hu!andivine hu!an divine union beteen the (ternal Father and the believer. Our s&irits have the ,reative energy and ability that is in the Father?s &irit. We We are !eeting ,onditions as ,on>uerors. 0is Word Word in our li&s ,an defeat any for,e or ele!ent that ,o!es against us. "y 0is All &oerful 9a!e e go against these &roble!s and ,on>uer the!. ,an hear 0i! 0i ! his&er= his&er= /Lo= a! ith you< go ahead= ill see you through. ill be ith you./ On,e again hear that song of triu!&h of the agesD /Fear /Fear thou not= for a! ith thee< be not dis!ayed= dis!ayed= for a! thy %od./ Esa. 41 D1. /The %od ho o&ened the Red ea= ho destroyed the &oer of the fla!es hen those three 0ebre boys ere thron thron into the fiery furna,e is ith you. / a! the %od of all ages. /Lo= a! ith you D all !y for,es are for you. and you are a vi,tor in the fa,e of all your ene!ies./
The (nd Of Conde!nation Conde!nation T0( title to this t his ,ha&ter ould li#ely have ,onfused so!e of us a fe years ago= be,ause all e had ever heard as as ,onde!nation. 5ost of our great evangelists have been &rea,hers of Conde!nation= &rea,hers of @udg!ent. Fe of the! have ever revealed to us hat e ere in Christ. They have !agnified sin above a bove Rede!&tion. Rede!&tion. Ro!. +D1 has been al!ost an un#non ,ri&tureD ,r i&tureD /There is therefore no no ,onde!nation to the! that are in Christ 8esus./ f e had #non that e ,ould stand before the Father @ust as freely as Ada! did in the %arden= as 8esus did in 0is earth al#= it ould have have !ade life a great deal different. This struggle after faith as be,ause of a sense of unorthiness on our &art. We have had the sense of unrighteousness built into us by our tea,hers. We have not #non hat Rede!&tion !eans to the believer. 2 Cor. $D1*21 ,ontains the story of the 9e Creation and of !an?s standing before the FatherD FatherD /Wherefore if any !an is in Christ= there is a 9e Creation Ea ne s&e,ies D the old things are &assed aay aay < behold= they are be,o!e ne. ne. "ut all these things are of %od= ho re,on,iled us to hi!self through Christ= and gave unto us the !inistry of re,on,iliation./ The old things of ,onde!nation= the old things of sin
and ea#ness= of failure= of doubt and fear are &assed aay= and there has ,o!e into us a 9e ,reation ithout ,onde!nation= ithout fear. fear. We have ha ve be,o!e instantaneously a ,hild of %od and e are re,on,iled to 0i!. There is no ,onde!nation= there is no fear= there is no sense of sin or of unorthiness. Li#e a ,hild in its 5other?s boso!= e are &erfe,tly restful and ,ontented. 9ot only that= /"ut he has given unto us a !inistry of re,on,iliation= toit= that %od as in Christ re,on,iling the orld to hi!self= not re,#oning unto the! their tres&asses= and having having ,o!!itted unto us the ord of re,on,iliation./ Eerse 1. We have folloed folloed in the &ath of our forefathers ho had develo&ed in the!selves a sense of unorthiness and sin= so that henever they &rayed they had to as# for forgiveness and ,ry for !er,y. !er,y. They a,ted as though they had never been "orn Again= as though sin had never been &ut aay= and that the Father Father loo#ed u&on the! ith sus&i,ion and doubt. "ut did you noti,e that 1th verse; 0e is not even re,#oning the sinners their sins= be,ause 0e laid their sins on Christ. Why should he re,#on unto us= 0is on ons and 6aughters in Christ= a sin ,ons,iousness; 0e has not. We have built it into ourselves through our ignoran,e. Our sins have been i&ed out as though they had never been. That old i,#ed self has been &ut aay and a 9e elf has ta#en its &la,e. We are 9e
Creations. Then in the 21st verse he says these !arvelous ords D /0i! ho #ne no sin he !ade to be sin on our behalf< that e !ight be,o!e the righteousness of %od in 0i!./ And the neBt ne Bt verse= did you noti,e it; /And or#ing together ith hint e entreat also that ye re,eive not the gra,e of %od in vain./ 7ou 7ou ,ouldn?t or# together together ith 0i! unless you ere Righteous= unless you ere in felloshi& ith 0i!. 0e has !ade you by the 9e "irth= the very Righteousness of %od in Christ. The sin &roble! is settled for the believer. believer. 9o it is the &roble! of !y entering into !y inheritan,e. 7ou see= shared ith 0i! in 0is death. shared ith 0i! in 0is suffering. shared ith 0i! 0 i! hen 0e as !ade Righteous. shared ith 0i! 0 i! hen 0e as !ade alive. shared ith 0i! hen 0e !et the adversary adversary in the dar# regions and ,on>uered hi!. shared ith 0i! hen lie arose fro! the dead. shared ith 0i! in the !ind of @usti,e hen 0e sat don at the right hand of the 5a@esty on 0igh. a! seated there a,,ording to 0is on Word. Word. a! free fro! ,onde!nation. a! free fro! the guilt of !y old ,ondu,t and !y union ith atan. turn to Ro!. $D31 and read hat 0e ins&ired 'aul
to rite for !e. /What then shall say to these things; f %od is for !e= ho is against !e./ That settles it. ,an ,a n hear 0i! his&er= his&er= /0e that s&ared not 0is on on= but delivered hi! u& for us all= ho shall he not also ith hi! freely give us all things./ And then 0e says these !arvelous ords D /Who / Who shall lay anything to the ,harge of %od?s ele,t; t is %od that @ustifieth./ /Who is 0e that has the ability to ,onde!n; t is Christ 8esus that died= yea rather= that as raised fro! the dead= ho is at the right r ight hand of %od= ho also !a#eth inter,ession for us./ Then he as#s this burning >uestion D /Who shall se&arate us fro! the love of Christ; shall tribulation= or anguish= or &erse,ution= or fa!ine= or na#edness= or &eril= or sord;/ 9one of these things ,an bring the believer under ,onde!nation. onder if you have read (&h. 1 D$* ,arefullyD /0aving /0aving !ar#ed us out for the &osition of sons through 8esus Christ unto hi!self. 0e did this a,,ording to the good &leasure of his ill= to the &raise of the glory of his gra,e hi,h he freely bestoed on us in the beloved./ Where are you; 7ou are in the "eloved. That !eans that you are beloved< that you are a &art o f the "eloved. 7ou 7ou are identified ith 0i!< you are one ith 0i!. n the *th verse it says= e have been been redee!ed through lls blood. We We re,eived /the re!ission of our tres&asses= and it as a,,ording to
the ri,hes of 0is gra,e hi,h he !ade to abound toard toard us in all isdo! and &ruden,e./ There is no &la,e for ,onde!nation. The only &roble! is thisD 0ave e learned ho to al# in felloshi& ith 0i!; 0ave e learned ho to !aintain our felloshi&; This la is laid don in the 'auline Revelation and in 8ohn?s onderful e&istles. We !ust al# in Love as 8esus al#ed in Love. "ut you say= /0o ,an do it;/ 7ou have re,eived the Love 9ature of the Father= haven?t you? 7ou have be,o!e a &arta#er of the 6ivine 9ature. That is Love. /%od is Love./ Then learn to let that Love 9ature do!inate you. 'aul said he #e&t his body under. 0e !eant= he #e&t his senses fro! do!inating hi!. As far as the believer believer is ,on,erned= ,o n,erned= selfishness e!anates fro! the senses. Then if you #ee& the senses in sub@e,tion= give Love the right of ay= you ill al# in felloshi& felloshi& ith 0i!. 8ohn 1 D3$ /That hi,h e have seen and heard de,lare e unto you also= that ye also !ay have felloshi& ith usD yea= and our felloshi& is ith the Father= and ith his on 8esus Christ. These things e rite= that your @oy !ay be !ade full. /And this is the !essage hi,h e have heard fro! hi! and announ,e unto you= that %od is light= and in hi! is no dar#ness at all. f e say that e have felloshi& felloshi& ith hi! and al# in the dar#ness= e lie= and do not the truth./ What does that !ean; f ste&
out of Love= ste& out of Light into dar#ness. When ste& into dar#ness #no not here a! going. 8ohn 2D1= 11 tells us= /0e that loveth his brother brother abideth in the light= and there is no o,,asion of stu!bling in hi!. "ut he that hateth his brother is in the dar#ness= and #noeth not hither he goeth= be,ause the dar#ness bath blinded his eyes./ f e brea# felloshi&= 8ohn 1 D tells ho to have it restored. /f e ,onfess our sins Ethings e have have done that brought us into dar#ness= he is faithful and righteous to forgive forgive us our sins= and to ,leanse us fro! all unrighteousness./ 9o you ,an see that as far as you are ,on,erned ,on,er ned as a 9e Creation= you have ha ve rea,hed the end of ,onde!nation. t is not ne,essary to live in it another day. day. The on has !ade you free. 9o live and al# in that freedo!.
Wal#ing As 5ere 5en O9( of the saddest fa,ts that e have to fa,e today is that the ons of %od= !en ith %od in the!= !en ith the very 9ature of %od= are al#ing /as !ere !en of the orld./ 0ear Wey!outh?s Translation of Cor. 3D14D /And as for !yself= brethren= found it i!&ossible to s&ea# to you as s&iritual !en. t had to be as to orldlings !ere babes in Christ. / fed you ith !il# and not ith solid food= sin,e for this you ere not yet strong enough. And even no you are not strong enough D you are still uns&iritual. /For so long as @ealousy and strife str ife ,ontinue a!ong you= ,an it be denied that you are uns&iritual and are living and a,ting li#e !ere !en of the orld; For hen so!e one says= N belong to 'aul=? 'aul=? and another a nother says= N belong to A&ollos=? is not this the ay !en of the orld s&ea#;/ 'aul 'aul found it i!&ossible to rite about the dee&ly s&iritual as&e,t of Christ?s ubstitution. 0e found it i!&ossible to rite to the! about the 9e Creation be,ause they lived lived in the real! of the senses. They had never develo&ed their Re,reated &irit. 7ou see= the believer= hen born into the Fa!ily= has a !easure of Faith= has a !easure of
Love< the Love of %od is shed abroad in his heart by the 0oly &irit. "ut unless he gros in %ra,e and in the #noledge of the Lord 8esus Christ= unless he studies to sho hi!self a&&roved unto the Father= he re!ains uns&iritual. 0is s&irit is never ,ultivated= ,ultivated= never develo&ed. 7ou ,an develo& your s&irit as you ,an develo& your !ind= as you ,an ,a n develo& your &hysi,al !us,les. The average believer has never develo&ed his s&irit. Conse>uently his Faith Faith is ea#= his Love is ea#< and his :noledge is often !iBed ith error. 7ou 7ou !ust re!e!ber that Love does not ,o!e fro! the reasoning fa,ulties< fa,ult ies< neither does Faith. Faith Faith and Love are both born in the Re,reated hu!an s&irit. The reason 8esus said in 5att. 4D4 /5an shall not live by bread alone= but by every ord that &ro,eedeth out of the !outh of %od=/ as not to ,ultivate ,ultivate !an?s intelle,tual and reasoning fa,ulties= fa,ult ies= but to ,ultivate his s&irit. n (&h. 1 D1*= 1+ 'aul had &rayed that the /Father of glory= !ay give unto you a s&irit of isdo! and revelation in the #noledge of hi!< having the eyes of your heart enlightened./ The heart is ,alled in Ro!. *D22= /The inard inard !an./ n 'et. 3D4 it is /The / The hidden !an of the heart./ 7ou 7ou see= !an is a s&irit being and the &art &art of hi! that is s&iritually dead is his s&irit.
After he is Re,reated= then his s&irit !ust be edu,ated= trained and develo&ed. As the s&irit gros strong and vigorous in the Word= Word= Faith be,o!es strong and Love be,o!es li#e the 5aster?s Love. As long as e al# in the senses and follo the in,linations of the senses= the s&irit is not develo&ed and e are al#ing as !ere !en. We al# as though e had never re,eived (ternal Life. The believer has li!itless &ossibilities in this 6ivine Life. (&h. 1 D3 gives gives us a &i,ture of the develo&ed Re,reated Re,reated s&irit. t says= says= /Who hath blessed us ith every s&iritual blessing in the heavenlies./ heavenlies./ f e have have those blessings= then th en the unsear,hable ri,hes of Christ really belong to us. n (&h. 3D+ 'aul says says he &rea,hed unto the %entiles the unsear,hable ri,hes of Christ. n (&h. 3D12 he says= /n ho! e have boldness and a,,ess in ,onfiden,e through our faith in hi!./ There is no li!it to this 9e Life. 0e says says in (&h. 4D*= /-nto /-nto ea,h one of us as the gra,e given a,,ording to the !easure of the gift of Christ./ And in (&h. 4D1 he said= / therefore= the &risoner in the Lord= besee,h you to al# orthy of the ,alling hereith ye ere ,alled./ We are to al# in Love< to al# in the fullness of 0is felloshi&. We are to gro in
%ra,e and in the #noledge of it /till e all attain to the unity of faith= and of the #noledge of the on of %od= unto a full gron !an= unto the !easure of the stature of the fullness of Christ/ E(&h. 4D13. 0e doesn?t ant us to be /any longer ,hildren tossed to and fro and tossed about by every ind of do,trine./ 0e ants us to gro u& into the full stature of the 8esus Life. t belongs to us. 7ou ,an understand that you have be,o!e a &arta#er of the very 9ature of the Father= and that everything 8esus &ur,hased for you in 0is Rede!&tive Rede!&tive or# is available to you. There is no ground for a !an to be ea#. There is no ground for a !an to be alays alays tal#ing about his la,# of faith and la,# of this or that= /for of 0is fullness have e all re,eived= and gra,e u&on gra,e./ n the !ind of the Father Father you are ,o!&lete in 0i!= ho is the 0ead of all &rin,i&ality and &oer. 7ou are ,o!&lete in0is ,o!&leteness. shall never forget the thrill that (&h. 1 D22= 23 gave to !y !y heartD /And he &ut all things in sub@e,tion under his feet= and gave gave hi! to be head over all things to the ,hur,h= hi,h is his body= body= the fullness fullne ss of hi! that filleth all in all./ We are the "ody< e are the feet of Christ. We are the &art of the "ody that is running errands for the 5aster= 5aster= and 0e has &ut all the for,es of dar#ness under our feet. One of us ,ould ,hase a
thousand= and to ,ould &ut ten thousand to flight. The ability of %od that is ithin us is utterly li!itless. What are e going to do ith a ,ri&ture li#e thisD t hisD 2 Cor. 3 D 4= $= /And su,h ,onfiden,e have e through Christ to %odard< %odard< not that e are suffi,ient of ourselves= to a,,ount anything as fro! ourselves< but our suffi,ien,y is fro! %od./ /Who !ade us suffi,ient as !inisters of a 9e Covenant./ Covenant./ That doesn?t !ean &rea,hers only< that !eans everyone of us. We have 0is suffi,ien,y < e have 0is ability. 0o it staggers one hen e get the right translation of Lu#e 24D4= /"ut tarry in the ,ity= until ye be ,lothed ith &oer fro! on high./ This as 8esus? !essage to the dis,i&les before 0e as,ended. 0e anted the! ,lothed ith &oer. The ,orre,t ord for &oer !eans /ability./ 9o 0e says= / ant you ,lothed ith ability fro! on high=/ the Father?s ability. 7ou 7ou ,an hear 0i! say say= /9o you ill be able to to understand the !essages that have given to you. /7ou ill have ability to #no hat the 9e Creation !eans. /7ou ill have ability to enter into the fullness of this 6ivine Life.
/7ou ill have ability to be !y itness= to heal the si,#= to ,ast out de!ons= and to use !y 9a!e against all the for,es of dar#ness./ 7ou 7ou ill #no hat 5ar# 1)D1* !eans here 0e says= /n !y na!e ye shall ,ast out de!ons./ Also= 8ohn 1)D23 /Whatsoever / Whatsoever ye shall as# the Father in !y na!e= he ill give it you./ 7ou 7ou see= until our hearts ta#e in these truths= e are going to al# /as !ere !en./ 7ou re!e!ber a!&son= that !ighty Covenant !an. There never as as a !an li#e hi!= and yet hen he ignored his Covenant Covenant rights= the 'hilistines ,a&tured hi! and &ut out his eyes and !ade a slave of hi!. The eyes of the heart of !ost believers are li#e a!&son?s eyes. They have lost their ability to en@oy the fullness of their rights in Christ. 8ohn 1D2 has never !eant anything to !any of the!. Let !e read it to you D /5y Father= ho bath given the! unto !e= is greater than all < and a nd no one is able to snat,h the! out of the Father?s hand. and the Father are one./ They have never learned to say= 5y Father is greater than all< 5y Father is greater than all. ?5id life?s bitter tears= Te!&tations and fears= 5y Father is greater than all. They have never realiGed they had a Father. 0e has only been %od to the!. They have never his&ered= /5y Father= love you./ The Father has never been able to !a#e 0i!self real to their hearts be,ause sense #noledge #noledge has so ,o!&letely governed the!. 0e is a Father %od and 0e Loves you. 0eb. *D2$ has never been in the ba,#ground of their
,ons,iousness as a great living for,eD /Wherefore also he is able to save to the utter!ost the! that dra near unto %od through hi!= seeing he ever liveth liveth to !a#e inter,ession for the!./ The harder ,ir,u!stan,es !ay &ress u&on you= the !ore fully does 0e u&hold you. 0is inter,ession for you !eans there isn?t &oer enough in the orld to ta#e you ,a&tive if you are in felloshi& ith the Father. 0e ever lives lives for your benefit. 0e loves you. 0e gave 0i!self u& for you. 0e is longing for you to res&ond to that Love. 0e is longing for you to loo# u& and his&er= his&er= /8esus= love you./ Rede!&tion 5inded The Father ould li#e you to be,o!e Rede!&tion!inded. Rede!&tion!inded. do not see ho you ,an a,t as /a !ere !an/ any longer. 6on?t ,ause 0is heart to a,he over you be,ause you have be,o!e ,ir,u!stan,e!inded= si,#ness!inded= failure !inded. 0e never ,reated a failure< 0e !ade us for vi,tory. 7ou 7ou have have the use of 8esus? 8esus? 9a!e. -se -se it. t gives gives you a,,ess into the Father?s Father?s very &resen,e. t gives you vi,tory over disease= over ,ir,u!stan,es= over the for,es of dar#ness. 7ou 7ou have the sa!e great gr eat 5ighty 0oly &irit that 8esus and the A&ostles had in their al#. 8esus is your Wisdo!. 0e is today the very strength of your life. 7ou are no blessed ith every s&iritual blessing. 7ou 7ou don?t need to ,ry for faith= nor &ray &ray for strength. strength . 7ou 7ou have have it all < it belongs to you. = 7ou 7ou have have been
blessed ith everything that Rede!&tion Rede!&tion ,ould give. ould that you !ight be,o!e so ,ons,ious ,ons, ious of the &resen,e of the 5aster= 5aster= that /Lo= a! ith you alay/ alay/ ill be,o!e @ust an un,ons,ious fa,t= so that no !atter hat ha&&ens= you #no 0e is there. /Forgetteth What 5anner of 5an 0e Was/ 8a!es is des,ribing the /doer of the Word./ 0e is !ore than a tea,her of the Word. Word. 0e is !ore than an ad!irer of the Word. 0e is !ore than a student of the Word. The Word is living in hi!. 0e is living so that Word is a &art of his very being. 0e al#s in Love. 0is hole ,ondu,t is governed by the 9e La of the 9e Creation. 0e doesn?t &er!it his li&s to sin against his s&irit. 0e has learned to eigh ,arefully the value of ords. o 8a!es 1 D222$ has be,o!e a very serious se,tion of the Word Word to hi!. /"e ye doers of the ord= and not hearers only= deluding your on selves./ 0o !any good &eo&le have deluded the!selves. They believe in the tea,hings of their Chur,h. They don?t study the Word !u,h. They are very ,areful about hat !an says and often deny the! selves !u,h and &ut the!selves under bondage be,ause of !ans ord. 8a!es is bringing us fa,e to fa,e ith the Father hi!self. 0e says= /"e ye doers of the ord=/ and so study the Word to find out hat it says and then do it. The Love La as given to govern our ,ondu,t
toard ea,h other= and so study it diligently. /For if any one is a hearer of the ord and not a doer= doer= he is li#e unto a !an beholding his natural fa,e in a !irrorD for he be holdeth hi!self= and goeth aay= and straightay straightay forgetteth hat !anner of !an he as./ E8as. 1 D23= 24. Let us see hat !anner of !en e are= hat the Father says about us. We should ta#e a,,ount of sto,# and find hat e are in the !ind of the Father. Ro!. +D141)= /For /For as !any as are a re led by the &irit of %od= these are sons of %od=/ or they be,o!e sons of %od. f a !an is illing to be led by the &irit= he ill be led into onshi&. /For /For ye re,eived not the s&irit of bondage again unto fear< but ye re,eive r e,eived d the s&irit of ado&tion= hereby e ,ry= Abba= Father. The &irit hi!self beareth itness ith our s&irit= that e are ,hildren of %odD and if ,hildren= then heirs< heirs of %od= and @ointheirs ith Christ./ That is hat the Father says e are. We are in 0is fa!ily< a &art of the "ody of Christ. We are hat the &irit ,alls the 9e Creation !an. We have ha ve &assed out of the real! of satani, relationshi& into the Fa!ily of the Father %od. Col. 1 D13 tells us that /e have been translated out of the #ingdo! of dar#ness into the #ingdo! of the on of his love./ f that is true Eand it is true= then e are a ne ty&e= a ne ,lass of !en. We should study the Word that e !ight #no hat the Father eB&e,ts of us and hat the orld has a
right to eB&e,t fro! us. We We are a su&ernatural &eo&le. We have the ability of %od= the isdo! of %od. We have the !ind of %od in 0is Word. We should never forget /hat !anner of !en e are./ 9o !atter hat the ,risis !ay be< no !atter hat testings !ay ,o!e to us= e do not forget hat !anner of !en e are. 7ou see= e belong to a ne order. We belong to the ,lass of &eo&le that have a legal right to enter the Father?s &resen,e anyti!e= anyhere. 9ot only have e a right= but e have a standing invitation to ,o!e boldly to the Throne of %ra,e. We are the Righteous !en. We have been !ade Righteous by the 9ature of the Father that as i!&arted to us hen e be,a!e 9e Creations. That Righteousness of %od !a#es us !asters of every for,e outside of %od. We are in league ith 0eaven and have the ba,#ing of 0eaven. We ,an hear 'aul saying= /f %od is for us= ho ,an be against us/. 0e is for usD 0e is on our side. n Ro!. +D313 0e goes over all of the for,es that !ay antagoniGe us= that !ay ,o!e against us= and 0e shos us that e ,an be !asters of everything that atan ,an &ossibly bring against us. There isn?t a ea&on that atan has= but hat e are
&roof against it. 7ou 7ou see= our ,o!bat is not ith flesh and blood< it is not ith sense #noledge things D it is ith s&iritual for,es= and in all these things e are !ore than !asters. They ,annot se&arate us fro! the Love of %od that is in Christ 8esus. f they ,ould se&arate us fro! 0is Love= they ,ould defeat usD but 0e loves us and it ,auses 0i! to su,,or us= ,are for us= at,h over us= shield us. We We !ust not forget for one !o!ent that the great 5ighty &irit ho raised 8esus fro! the dead= the 'erson ho gave to the orld its vegetation= that 5ighty One= is living in us= for it is %od ho is at or# ithin us illing and or#ing 0is on good &leasure. f one a,,usto!ed the!selves to trust in 0i! as e trust in the !oney that is in our &o,#etboo#= as e trust in our ,ar hen it is filled ith oil and gas= hat !ighty !en and o!en ould al# al# the earth. The Father ould be so real to the! < the 9a!e ould be so real < there ould be a ,ons,iousness of the fa,t that that 8esus said= /All /All authority has been given unto !e in heaven and on earth./ /%o ye= therefore= as !y re&resentatives. re&resentatives. ill give you a legal right to the use of !y 9a!e. n !y 9a!e you are the !aster of de!ons= of diseases= of the las of nature that ould in anyise hinder you fro! doing !y ill./ 7ou see= e are e!&oered re&resentatives of the 0eavenly :ingdo!. We should never forget hat !anner of !en e are. We send
our A!bassador to (ngland. 0e !ust never forget that he is not a !ere !an no. 0e is a re&resentative of our %overn!ent. Our %overn!ent is behind hi!. 0e is saying the ords that our %overn!ent has instru,ted hi! to say. say. 0e is not a,ting on his on initiative. initiative. 0e is not a !ere !an. 0e is an A!bassador on the behalf of our %overn!ent. !ust not forget hat !anner of !an a!. a! a ! an A!bassador on behalf of Christ. As an A!bassador= A!bassador= have ha ve the ba,#ing of the u&re!e Court of the -niverse. have the ba,#ing of !y Father %od= of 8esus= of the great !ighty 0oly &irit= and all the angels of %od. 7ou 7ou see= ,an?t be a failure unless forget forget hat hat !anner of !an a!. don?t #no hether you ever noti,ed Cor. 3D13D /And = brethren= ,ould not s&ea# unto you as unto s&iritual= but as unto ,arnal= as unto babes in Christ./ t is @ust as though he said= / ish ,ould s&ea# to you as to !en ho realiGed ho they ere= hat they ere= and hat they ,ould do= but ,annot be,ause you are living in the t he sense real!. 7ou have no ,onfiden,e in the great s&iritual realities to hi,h you are united. 7ou are living @ust li#e babes. 7ou don?t see! to gras& the reality of your unity ith 6eity. 6eity. 'aul ,ries= / fed you ith !il#= not ith !eat< for ye ere not yet able to bear itD nay= not even no are ye able./
What a &atheti, ,onfession. What a hu!iliating ,onfession= hen by reason of ti!e they ought to ta#e advantage of hat they ere in Christ but they haven?t done it. They have been ,ontent to listen to the voi,es of !en= to read the literature l iterature of !en= but have ha ve ignored the literature of 0eaven= the voi,e of 0i! ho raised 8esus fro! the dead. The neBt verse thros light on it. 0e said= /For ye are yet sense ruledD for hereas there is a!ong you all the ,ondu,t of !ere babes in Christ= and you are al#ing after the !anner of !en./ Or= Or= as another &uts it= /7our /7our ,ondu,t is the ,ondu,t of !ere !en hen you !ight al# as the ons of %od./ 7ou 7ou !ight be !asters instead instead of slaves. slaves. (veryone of you ,ould be a leader. leader. nstead of that= you are being led= but not led by %od. 7ou are led by sense #noledge= #noledge= ,onse>uently your hole life is disfigured. 7ou 7ou have lost the ,ons,iousness ,ons, iousness of being hat you are= and hen si,#ness ,o!es you are in a >uandary< you don?t #no hat to do< your heart is filled ith fear. 7ou 7ou have have never ta#en ta#en your &la,e in Christ. 7ou 7ou have have never ta#en advantage of your rights and &rivileges in Christ. 7ou have never asserted your rights as a son in the fa!ily. 7ou have un,ons,iously relegated yourself to the &la,e of a servant. 7ou 7ou are de&ending u&on other &eo&le= and hen the &roble! of faith ,o!es= you tal# about your unbelief and your la,#. 7ou 7ou are a s&iritual hit,hhi#er hit,hhi#er.. 7ou 7ou have have the ability of
%od= but you do not use it. 7ou 7ou have have this Living Living Word Word of %od. 7ou 7ou are eligible to ta#e advantage advantage of all the t he &rivileges that belong to the ons of %od= and yet you are living as a !ere !an. 7ou 7ou have have forgotten forgotten hat !anner of of !an you are. 0eb. $D1214 des,ribes this ty&e of believer. /And hen by reason of ti!e you ought to be tea,hers= ye have ha ve need again that so!e one tea,h you the rudi!ents of the first &rin,i&les of the ora,les of %od< and are be,o!e su,h as have have need of !il#= and not of solid food./ This is &lain s&ea#ing. t is the heart of the Father rea,hing out to his ,areless= thoughtless ,hildren= and 0e says= /7ou /7ou had &lenty of ti!e. /7ou ,ould have ta#en ,ourses in the study of the Word. /t ouldn?t be ne,essary for you to go aay to a "ible ,hool < you ,ould have ,orres&onden,e ,ourses. /7ou /7ou ,ould attend "ible ,lasses very li#ely in your on ,hur,h or in your on ,o!!unity. /7ou have ha ve even forgotten the tea,hings= the first &rin,i&les of the 9e Creation. ?7ou have forgotten that you have &assed out of death unto Life. /7ou have forgotten forgotten that you are a 9e Creation ,reated in Christ 8esus. /7ou have forgotten that you are tied u& ith %od= that you are a &arta#er of the 6ivine 9ature. /7ou have forgotten that you have ithin you the very Life of %od 0i!self= and you have have at your side the great 'ara,lete= the Co!forter= the 0oly &irit./
0e is ready to ,o!e in and ta#e t a#e &ossession of you and to be your Tea,her and your %uide and your Co!forter. t has been easier for you to read about the "ible than it has to be,o!e a student of the "ible and to study to sho yourself a&&roved unto %od in this Living Word. 7ou have rea,hed a &la,e here you have need of !il#. 7ou need baby treat!ent and baby ,are. That is an unha&&y thing. And then 0e says= /For /For everyone that &arta#eth of !il#= is ineB&erien,ed ineB&erien,ed in the Word Word that tea,hes about your righteousness./ 7ou have never eBer,ised yourself to dis,ern beteen good and evil. That doesn?t !ean beteen sin and Righteousness= but beteen the for,es of %od and the evil for,es that !ay ,o!e disguised to you. 7ou have lived on the borderland beteen right and rong. 7ou have been as#ing yourself= is it rong to do this; hould do that; These are >uestions of the babe in Christ. There has been no groth= no develo&!ent= and if anyone should say= /Are you a believer;/ it is li#ely you ould anser= /Well= a! trying to be./ 7ou see= there isn?t any su,h thing as a believer trying to be a believer= any !ore than for a boy to try to be a boy. 0e is a boy. 0e !ay de,ide to be a better boy. f you say you are trying to be a believer= believer= then you are not a believer. 7ou are outside. 7ou have never re,eived
(ternal Life. 7our 7our s&irit has never been been Re,reated. Re,reated. o it is vitally i!&ortant that you study the Word to find hat !anner of !an you are= ho the Father Father loo#s u&on you= and hat 0e eB&e,ts fro! you.
"elieving n 0is ubstitution W0(9 e use the fa,t of 0is ubstitution as e use a bridge= or an elevator= then the Word be,o!es a Reality. We never thin# of faith hen e ta#e an elevator or train. We si!&ly use the!. f e ere 9e Creation,ons,ious= as ,ons,ious of the fa,t that e are a 9e Creation aand nd have the 9ature and Life of the Father Father in us= as e are of the things of the senses= then e ould al# in the real! of vi,tory. 7ou 7ou ,annot be %odinside,ons,ious %odinside ,ons,ious ithout being a vi,tor. Then 8ohn 4D4 be,o!es a reality. 9oti,e it noD /7e /7e are of %od= !y little ,hildren./ Let that soa# into your s&irit ,ons,iousness. ay over over and over again= / a! of %od< a! born fro! above < a! born of %od< a! a 9e Creation ,reated in Christ 8esus. a! a !aster of everything ,onne,ted ith the old ,reation. /atan has no do!inion over the 9e Creation. 0e has no do!inion over !e. /That hidden !an of the heart= !y s&irit= the real !e= is a 9e Creation. The old things have &assed aay./ The old !an ith its ea#nesses= its failings= its doubts= its fears= its sense of servitude to ,ir,u!stan,es= is all gone= and the ne s&irit= the 9e 5an in Christ= is no a 5aster here the other as a slave.
This 9e Creation is redee!ed out of the hands of its ene!ies. ,an hear 'aul his&er= /n ho! have !y rede!&tion./ 7ou see= that truth is be,o!ing a Reality. Reality. 9o ,an understand the neBt senten,e in 8ohn 4D4= /For greater is he that is in you than he that is in the orld./ have the Life and 9ature of %od in !e. That !a#es !e a 9e Creation. have invited the One ho raised 8esus fro! the dead= to !a#e 0is ho!e in !e= and 0e is there. When start to study the Word= alays ,all 0is attention to it. When a! to di,tate or to &rea,h= say= /0oly &irit= here is your o&&ortunity. 9o s&ea# through !e< thin# through !e< live big in !e. -nveil 8esus 8esus through these li&s./ 7ou 7ou see= that great ubstitution ubstitution is ours. 0e is ours. 0is Ability is ours. All that 0e did is ours= @ust as our hands and feet are ours. We loo# at ourselves no as a 9e Creation. We have been ta#en out of the real! of death as really as 8esus as hen 0e as raised fro! the dead. 0is body as ta#en out of the real! of &hysi,al death< our s&irits have been ta#en out of the real! of s&iritual death. n the !ind of @usti,e= e ere raised together ith 0i!. n reality= hen e be,a!e 9e Creations= e &assed out of death into Life. We We left the real! of s&iritual s&irit ual death. We We left the do!inion of death= the fa!ily of atan.
8ohn $D24 has be,o!e a reality. reality. /0e that heareth !y !y ord= and believeth hi! that sent !e= hath eternal life= and ,o!eth not into @udg!ent= but hath &assed out of death into life./ 7ou 7ou see= e ere ere born out of s&iritual death death into into the real! of &iritual Life. We &assed out fro! atan?s authority and do!inion= and a nd have been translated into the #ingdo! of the on of 0is Love= in ho! e have ha ve our Rede!&tion= the re!ission of our tres&asses. t is a Rede!&tion that is a,,ording to the ri,hes r i,hes of 0is %ra,e. 0is Love= 0is Ability. We have a,tually &assed into the very Fa!ily of %od= %od is no our Father. We are 0is very ,hildren. When that thing ha&&ened= e ere loo#ed u&on as the ons of %od in liberty. For Christ had !ade us free. 8esus had be,o!e our Righteousness. "y the 9e "irth= e be,a!e &arta#ers of the 6ivine 9ature< e be,a!e the th e Righteousness of %od in Christ. That !eans that e ,an stand in the Father?s &resen,e ith the sa!e liberty and freedo! that 8esus had. "efore that ti!e= e had a sin,ons,iousness develo&ed in us by s&iritual death. 9o e have (ternal Life,ons,iousness. We are the ons and 6aughters of %od. We have been groing in righteousness,ons,iousness and e are beginning to ta#e our &la,e and a,t the &art of ons and
6aughters. As e a,t on the Word= e have eB&erien,e in Righteousness. 0o vitally ne,essary it is that e be,o!e eB&erien,ed in the Word hi,h has taught us about Righteousness and ta#ing our &la,e in Righteousness. onder if you understand hat !ean; 7ou see= hen 8esus began 0is &ubli, !inistry= 0e as really the Righteousness of %od unveiled. 8esus 8esus had no sense of sin= no sense of inferiority. inferiority. 0e as a su&er !an. 0e as a 5aster of de!ons. 0e as a 5aster of disease and si,#ness. 0e as a 5aster of ant and of hunger. Well= hen you and ,a!e into Christ= 0e be,a!e our Righteousness= and then by the 9e Creation e be,a!e the Righteousness of %od in 0i!. We We ere not taught about our Righteousness. We ere not taught about our freedo! in Christ. We didn?t #no e ere the !asters of de!ons in the 9a!e of 8esus. We didn?t #no e had authority over all the authority of the ene!y. We didn?t #no that e ,ould stand in the Father?s &resen,e @ust as freely as 8esus 8esus did= ith no sense of inferiority inferiority== no sense of unorthiness= that e ere the very ons and 6aughters of %od. 8esus 8esus asn?t afraid of the adversary adversary.. That is one of the things that startled !e in those early days of !y study.
8esus 8esus ,ould al# al# into the &resen,e of the devil ithout any fear. 0e asn?t afraid hen 0e stood beside the to!b of dead LaGarus= but you #no= as frightened for 0i!. n !y i!agination stood there. t as su,h a vivid s,ene= and at,hed the 5aster as the ,rod gathered= and heard 0i! say ith a loud voi,e= /Roll the stone aayH/ Then !y heart his&ered softly= /5aster= you had better go slo no< he has been in the to!b four days days < he has been dead nearly a ee#. 5artha has told you that his body de,ayeth./but 0e interru&ted !y thin#ing and ,ried again= /LaGarus H Co!e forth./ 5artha tried to inter,e&t but it as too late. 8esus said= /Loose hi! and let hi! h i! go=/ and out of the se&ul,hre ,a!e the !an hose body as de,aying. Why as 8esus so fearless; "e,ause 0e as the Righteousness of %od. That is all. 0e had no sense of sin. 0e had no sense of ,onde!nation. f the believer #ne that he as the Righteousness of %od as 8esus 8esus #ne 0e as= he ould use the 9a!e of 8esus ith a fearlessness that ould startle hell and bless hu!anity. hu!anity. 8esus said after 0e arose fro! the dead= /All authority has been given unto !e in heaven and in earth < a! the head of the Chur,h. /9o give you the legal right to use !y 9a!e= and all this authority is in that 9a!e. n !y na!e ye shall ,ast out de!ons. /7ou /7ou see= have given given you authority over atan. / have given you do!inion
over all the or# that he has done. / ,a!e=/ said the 5aster= /to destroy the or#s of the devil. / a! leaving leaving it in your hands no./ no./ f a believer be,o!es Righteousness,ons,ious= on,ons,ious= atan ill be afraid of hi!. atan #nos that as soon as the Chur,h be,o!es ,ons,ious of the Reality of Rede!&tion= Rede!&tion= that !o!ent his reign over the earth is interru&ted. 8esus 8esus ould never never have have given us us the invitation in 0eb. 4D1)= to ,o!e boldly to the throne of gra,e= unless 0e had eB&e,ted us to ta#e our &la,e and to a,t the &art that belonged to us. 7ou see= e are hat 0e says e are. We should learn to use that 9a!e as e use our on. To use &rayer as e use an auto!obile. auto!obile. As soon as e thin# through on these great &roble!s they ill be,o!e ours. The trouble is= they have been taught us as do,trines. do,tr ines. They have been a &art of a ,reed that e have believed= believed= and !ost of us have @oined a ,reedal ,hur,h. That ,reed has lo,#ed 8esus u& so that 0e is hel&less= and has lo,#ed us into a orld ,onfor!ity that !a#es us useless. The thing 0e is trying tr ying to do these days is to !a#e us free= to loose us fro! the bondage that has held us these years. The 'auline Revelation is not a set of do,trines. t is @ust the Father Father s&ea#ing to us through 'aul= 'aul= unveiling hat belongs to us in Christ.
The Rest Of Rede!&tion F(W of us #no the reality of the Rest !entioned in 0eb.4D1 D /Let us fear therefore= lest ha&ly= a &ro!ise being left of entering into his rest= any one of you should see! to have ,o!e short of it./ When 8esus had finished 0is or#= he sat don at the right hand of the 5a@esty on 0igh. E0eb. 1 D3. Also 0eb. +D1 D /9o in the things hi,h e are saying= the ,hief &oint is thisD We have su,h a high &riest= ho sat don on the right hand of the throne of the 5a@esty in the heavens./ Also 0eb. 1D12= /"ut he= hen he had offered one sa,rifi,e for sins for ever= ever= sat don on the right hand of %od./ 0e had finished 0is or#. 0is or# as as rought for us= not for 0i!self. 0e entered into 0is rest. And in 0eb. 4D3 /For e ho have believed do enter into that rest./ And in 0eb. 4D11 /Let us therefore give diligen,e to enter into that rest= that no !an fall after the sa!e eB eBa!&le a!&le of disobedien,e Eor un&ersuadableness./ That is the rest of Faith. t is the end of orry and struggle. 7ou no longer see# for faith or &oer. 7ou have be,o!e one ith 0i!. 7ou have ,o!e to a&&re,iate the or# that 0e did for you= and the or# that the 0oly &irit= through the Word= has done in you. 7ou have ,o!e to #no that you are hat 0e says you are in 0i!. 7ou 7ou #no that you are a 9e Creation. Creation. 7ou 7ou #no that you ha have ve &assed fro! death death unto life. life.
7ou 7ou #no that you ha have ve the very Life and 9ature 9ature of the Father in you. 7ou 7ou #no that= as 0e is is no at the right hand of of the Father= you are don here on earth. 7ou 7ou #no that you are a &art of the "ody "ody= a !e!ber of it. 7ou 7ou #no that you ere raised together together ith 0i!. 7ou 7ou #no that no !atter !atter hat !ay !ay ,o!e to your life= life= you are !ore than a ,on>ueror. ,on>ueror. These are fa,ts that you #no. 7ou no enter into 0is Rest= the Rest that 0e &ur,hased for you. 7ou have rea,hed the end of the orry route. 7ou are no so ,o!&letely dentified ith 0i!= so utterly one ith 0i!= that the Father loo#s u&on you as 0e loo#s u&on 0is First "egotten= and be,ause of that= &ea,e that &asseth all understanding fills your very being. 7ou re!e!ber 'hil. 4D)= *. We ought to be,o!e thorough !asters of that ,ri&ture= and that t hat ,ri&ture should be,o!e our !aster. !aster. 9oti,e hat it says says D /n nothing be anBious./ 7ou 7ou see= you are in a &la,e of rest. /"ut in everything by &rayer &rayer and su&&li,ation ith than#sgiving= let your re>uests be !ade #non unto %od./ Why are you full of than#sgiving; Why is your heart filled ith &ea,e and rest; Why are you so
@oyful; "e,ause you #no that hatsoever hatsoever you as# the Father in 8esus? 9a!e 0e ill give it you. (ven to srael 0e said= /Call unto !e and ill anser you and sho you great and !ighty things hi,h thou #noest not./ 7ou 7ou are not under the La< you are a on. 7ou are an heir< you are a !e!ber of the "ody= and 0e has invited you to ,o!e boldly to the Throne of %ra,e= and you have have a,,usto!ed yourself to standing in 0is &resen,e. o no you are not anBious< you have believed. believed. #no the ,hild is si,#. si,# . The do,tors have given hi! u& to die= but you &rayed for hi!. 7our 7our heart is filled ith than#sgiving and you are &raising the Father. 7our 7our relatives relatives and loved ones ones ,an?t understand you. They his&er that 5other is beside herself. 7ou are not< you are beside the 5aster. 5aster. The /Lo= a! ith you alays/ is a reality to you. 7ou have entered into your Rest. 7ou #no that no ord fro! %od is void of fulfill!ent= and that in every ord there is Ability to !a#e good. 7ou have &rayed and you than# 0i! for the anser. anser. /The anser a nser is @ust as sure as the sun is to shine in the !orning. 7ou have !ade your re>uests #non unto the Father Father and no the !ira,le ha&&ens. The &ea,e of %od hi,h &asseth all understanding has ta#en &ossession of your heart and a nd your thoughts in Christ 8esus. 7ou haven?t a thought of orry or ,are. 7ou haven?t a burden. 'et. $ D* illustrates this &erfe,tlyD /Casting all your anBiety u&on hi!= be,ause he ,areth , areth for you./ 7ou are not
interested in the roaring of the adversary= adversary= nor the >uestioning of your friends= or the doubts of other &eo&le. 7ou 7ou #no that your eB&e,tation is fro! 0i!. 7ou 7ou rest on 0is Word. Word. 7ou 7ou have have entered into into 0is Rest. Rest. When 8esus &rayed= &rayed= that settled it. There as no !ore tal# about it. The T he anser had to ,o!e. /Whatsoever ye as# the Father in !y na!e= he ill give give it you./ That settles it. 7ou 7ou as#ed= didn?t you; Well= the anser is on the ay. 7ou are ,areful for nothing no. 7ou #no that you and the Father are or#ing together. They ,an?t fen,e you in ith ,ir,u!stan,es. 'hil. 4D1113= /9o= have have learned in hatever hatever ,ondition a!= to be inde&endent of ,ir,u!stan,es. / a! s,hooled to bear the de&ths of &overty= &overty= a! s,hooled to bear abundan,e. /n life as a hole= and in all its ,ir,u!stan,es= have !astered the se,ret of livingho to be the sa!e a!idst re&letion and starva star vation= tion= a!idst abundan,e and &rivation. &rivation. / a! e>ual to every lot= through the hel& of 0i! ho gives !e strength./ EWay Trans. 7ou 7ou see= you have have ,o!e into the &la,e here ,ir,u!stan,es no longer terrify= terrify= here the ord of !an is but the ord of !an to you. The ord of a do,tor is only the ord based on sense eviden,e. The Word of %od liveth and abideth. /9o ord fro! %od is void of fulfill!ent./
The Word of %od is s&ea#ing to you. To you= the Word and %od are one. 7ou 7ou haven?t haven?t learned to se&arate se&arate 8esus 8esus fro! 0is ords. /The ords that s&ea#= they are &irit and they are Life./ That is= they deal ith your s&irit nature and they give life and vi,tory and &ea,e and rest to your soul. 7ou 7ou are resting in the ord. On,e you rested in the ord of !an= but you found that there as as no rest r est for you. 9o you are resting in 0is Rest. 7ou 7ou see= it is the end of the fear of atan= for he has been defeated. t is the end of the fear of si,#ness= for by 0is stri&es you are healed. t is the end of la,#< you fear it no longer. /7our heavenly Father #noeth that ye have need of all these things./ Want and fear have sto&&ed being as far as you are ,on,erned. 7ou 7ou never thin# of your ea#ness= for 8esus 8esus has be,o!e your ability. ability. The %reater One is is living in you. t is the end of ignoran,e. 7ou have studied the 'auline Revelation Revelation until it has be,o!e a &art of your #noledge= of your very life. 1 Col. 1 D 12 in the translation trans lation a! giving you no= no= should be a &art of your life. t says= / do not ,ease to &ray and !a#e re>uest for you that ye !ay be filled ith the eBa,t eB a,t #noledge of his ill in all s&iritual isdo! and understanding./ Can you see the breadth of that; 7ou 7ou #no 0is ill. 7ou 7ou are filled ith /eBa,t /eBa,t
#noledge/ of the Father?s ill in all your life. 7ou 7ou are filled ith Wisdo! to to use the :noledge :noledge that you have gained in your study of the Word. That Wisdo! has enabled you to al# orthy unto the Lord in all &leasing. 7ou 7ou have rea,hed the &la,e here you are bearing fruit in every good or#. t is the fruit of Righteousness. 7ou have be,o!e s#illed in the Word of Righteousness. 7ou #no your rights and &rivileges before the Throne= and you have Faith?s fearlessness to enter the Father?s &resen,e any ti!e= anyhere= and !a#e your re>uests #non. 7ou 7ou lounge around around in the Throne Roo! Roo! visiting ith the Father and 8esus. 7ou are !ore fa!iliar ith your Father Father and 8esus than you are ith those ith ho! you have asso,iated asso,iated for years. hear your heart his&er= / #no 0i! in ho! have believed./ 9o you al# orthy of the Lord and you are &leasing 0i!. 7ou have be,o!e a Father &leaser as 8esus 8esus as. E8ohn E8ohn +D2. / &lease the Father Father in all that do=/ saith the 5aster. 7ou 7ou are in,reasing= as you study the the Word= Word= in that (Ba,t :noledge of the Father. t is a onderful life you are living be,ause the Wonder One is in you. The Wonder One is your Tea,her. ea,her. "ut hear the 11th verseD /5ade strong ith 0is ability a,,ording to the !ight of his glory./ This
has given you steadfastness. Where other &eo&le are brea#ing don and going to &ie,es= you are steadfast < you are i!!ovable. 7ou are alays abounding in the or# of the Lord. 7ou are strengthened for longsuffering. 'eo&le ,an?t understand ho you &ut u& ith things. 7ou his&er to the!= /All things or# together for good to !e be,ause a! in 0is ill= and the very ,ir,u!stan,es that rob you of your your rest= in,rease !y rest. /The /T he very o&&osition that destroyed your faith= builds !ine< and you ,an?t understand hy a! filled ith @oy uns&ea#able and full of glory. /0e and are laboring together. / a! a &arta#er of 0is Faith. breath in 0is very ver y Life./ There as as a steadfastness and a >uietness about 8esus that has sto&&ed being a onder to !e. t has be,o!e !y very @oy for have entered into it= and a! in,reasing ,ontinually , ontinually in this eBa,t :noledge :noledge of !y rights and &rivileges in Christ. This is the reason that / a! giving than#s unto the Father Father ho has given !e the Ability to en@oy !y share of the inheritan,e of the saints in light./ 7ou 7ou see= not only en@oy en@oy it but a! able to tell others and 1 give the! a hunger after it= and then a! able to sho the! the se,ret of entering into it. 7ou 7ou re!e!ber Col. Col. 2D23= don?t you; /That their hearts !ay be ,o!forted= they being #nit #n it together in love= and unto all ri,hes of the full assuran,e of understanding./ The fullness of assuran,e. That is
onderful= isn?t it; That !a#es you thin# of Col. 2D /For /For in hi! delleth all the fullness of the %odhead bodily= and in hi! ye are !ade full/ or ,o!&lete. 0e !ade !e that ay. ,ouldn?t do it. 0e too# !e over and 0e built 0is fullness= 0is ,o!&leteness into !e. 9o a! re@oi,ing in the /full assuran,e of understanding= that they !ay #no the !ystery !ystery of %od= even Christ./ 9o hear this third verseD /n ho! are all the t he treasures of isdo! and #noledge hidden./ 9o 9o a! going to ta#e you ba,# to 'rov. 'rov. 2D2*D /The s&irit of !an is the la!& of 8ehovah= 8ehovah= sear,hing all his inner!ost &arts./ All the treasures of Wisdo! and :noledge :noledge and Love and %ra,e are hidden treasure ,ha!bers of Christ. 0e lighted u& !y s&irit as a la!& and ent don into the hidden treasure tr easure ,ha!bers of Christ= and found the ri,hes of 0is %ra,e. be,a!e an eB&lorer of the hidden things in Christ= and 0is Light lighted the ay into the!. 9o be,o!e a &ossessor of these ri,hes. They are !ine and live in the fullness of !y ri,hes in Christ. ee= they belong to us. There is no n o &la,e for &overty in 0i! The Father never !ade a ea# Christian. 0e has no &leasure in our ea#ness. o!e of us have thought that all the trials that ,o!e to us are %od sent. They are not. The Father Father doesn?t need ne ed the devil to &urify and beautify 0is on. 9o= these trials and diffi,ulties are all atanins&ired= and %od has given us Ability to #no this no= and so e are ta#ing our &la,e and rebu#ing the author of our troubles and
,o!!anding hi! to leave us alone. We have found a strange= seet >uietness in the heart of Love. 7ou see= e have entered into our Rest. There is no un&ersuadableness in our hearts. 9o !atter ho big the thing= ho diffi,ult to hu!an reasoning= ho !any ti!es sense #noledge re@e,ts it= a! a ! &ersuaded by the very Living Word Word that 0e is able to lead !e into all the ri,hes of the finished or# of Christ= and be,ause #no this= have have yielded !y s&irit to the Lordshi& of Love. have alloed the Word to dell in !e ri,hly= and have ha ve ,o!e to #no the th e Reality of these !ighty Truths of Rede!&tion. Rede!&tion.
/T s Finished/ '(R0A' no one senten,e fro! the li&s of the 5aster has been !ore !isunderstood than the one that lie uttered on the ,ross/t is finished./ 5ost of us have believed believed that 0e !eant 0e had finished 0is Rede!&tive Rede!&tive or#= or#= but that is not true. 0is or# as a ubstitute as as @ust beginning and it as not ,onsu!!ated until 0is blood as a,,e&ted in the u&re!e Court of the -niverse= and 0e had sat don at the right hand of the 5a@esty on 0igh. "ut you as#= What did 0e !ean then by /t is finished/; t !eant that 0e had fulfilled the th e Abraha!i, Covenant= of hi,h 0e= you re!e!ber= as a &art. 0e as born of Abraha!?s sto,#. 0e as ,ir,u!,ised as a ,hild and ,a!e ,a !e into the Abraha!i, Covenant. Covenant. 0e had gron u& under the las that governed the sraelitish &eo&le= ho ere ,hildren of the Covenant. Covenant. There are only to real Covenants in the Wordthe Old Covenant Covenant and the 9ethe Abraha!i, A braha!i, Covenant and the 9e Covenant in Christ. %od ,ut that first f irst Covenant ith Abraha!. Why do e use the ord /,ut a ,ovenant; "e,ause the 0e bre ord !eans to /,ut a ,ovenant./ 9early 9early all ,ovenants , ovenants !ade beteen !en as re,orded in the ,ri&ture and as observed a!ong &ri!itive &eo&les= ere sole!niGed by bloodletting.
tanley gives gives us gra&hi, &i,tures of ,ovenants that he ,ut ith ,hieftains in the heart of Afri,a. When &reli!inaries had been finished= tanley?s ,o!&anion offered his rist to the 'riest= ho !ade an in,ision. The son of the t he Chief that as to be his re&resentative= re&resentative= offered his rist and blood as let. Then the to rists ere rubbed together and ea,h one tasted the blood of the other ot her.. 9o these to !en be,a!e blood brothers. tanley and that ,hieftain had be,o!e blood brothers by substitution. n Afri,a= tanley and Livingston both ,onfessed that they had never #non of a ,ovenant sole!niGed li#e this to be bro#en. For a !an to brea# it= sealed his on death arrant= for the tribe ould not &er!it hi! to live live and ,urse the!. o the Abraha!i, Covenant Covenant as the !ost sa,red ,ovenant #non to &ri!itive &ri!itive &eo&les. Cir,u!,ision &er!itted the! to ,o!e into the Covenant= Covenant= for hen a ,hild as ,ir,u!,ised= the &riest ould tou,h that blood to his tongue and that ,hild be,a!e a ,hild of the Abraha!i, Covenant. Covenant. When srael had ,rossed the Red ea and gone into the ilderness= %od gave the! a Lathe Ten Co!!and!ents. t as the La of the Covenant. 0e gave the! a &riesthood be,ause the La as bro#en and it !eant
death to the!. o ith the &riesthood ,a!e Atone!enta ,overing for that bro#en la= for the 0ebre ord translated Atone!ent !eans /to ,over./ Really= it has no other signifi,an,e. Theologians have have read all #inds of things into it= but it stands si!&ly as a ,overing for srael sr ael be,ause they ere s&iritually dead. They have bro#en the La and it !eant death to the! if it ere not ,overed. o hen 8esus ,a!e= 0is first or# as to fulfill that Abraha!i, Covenant Covenant and set it aside. 9eBt= the 'riesthood and the sa,rifi,e sa,r ifi,e and the La ere fulfilled and set aside. The "oo# of 0ebres ,overs , overs this ground very ,learly. ,learly. Ro!ans and %alatians also &rove beyond the shado of a doubt that 8esus fulfilled that First Covenant= the La= La= the 'riesthood and the a,rifi,es= so that hen 0e hung on the ,ross 0e ,ould say= say= /t is finished./ The or# that as as not finished until 0e sat don at the right hand of the Father= as 0is or# as a ubstitute. 0e had to die for the sins under the First Covenant= and 0e had to die for our sins= so 0is ubstitution &oints both ays ays ba,# to the in,e&tion of the Abraha!i, Covenant= Covenant= on to the %reat White Throne 8udg!ent. n other ,ha&ters ,ha&ters in this boo# e have have shon you ho e ere dentified dentified ith Christ in 0is ubstitution be,ause 0e died as our ubstitute.
0e suffered as our ubstitute. Our ini>uities and our diseases ere laid u&on 0i!. 0e as !ade sin ith our sin. Theologians tell us that they t hey ere /re,#oned to 0i!./ f they ere only re,#oned r e,#oned to 0i!= then Rede!&tion Rede!&tion is only re,#oned to us and ee are not Redee!ed. Redee!ed. f Righteousness is only re,#oned to us= then (ternal Life and the 9e Creation are only re,#oned to us. n 1 Cor. 1$D3 it says 0e died for our sinsD /For delivered delivered unto you first of all that hi,h also re,eivedD re,eivedD that Christ died for our sins a,,ording to the s,ri&tures./ /0i! ho #ne no sin 0e !ade to be sin on our behalfD that e !ight be,o!e the righteousness of %od in 0i!./ E2 Cor. Cor. $D21. /"ut no a&art fro! the la a righteousness of %od hath been !anifested= being itnessed by the t he la and the &ro&hets< even the righteousness of %od through faith in 8esus Christ unto all the! that believe< believe< for there is no distin,tion< for all ha have ve sinned= and fall short of the glory of %od< being @ustified freely by 0is gra,e through the rede!&tion rede!&tion that is in Christ 8esusD ho! %od sent forth to be a &ro&itiation= through faith= in 0is blood= to sho 0is righteousness be,ause of the &assing over of the sins done aforeti!e= in the forbearan,e of %odD for the shoing= say= say= of 0is righteousness at this &resent seasonD that he !ight hi!self be @ust= and the @ustifier of hi! that that bath faith in 8esus./ 8esus./ ERo!. ERo!. 3D21 2).
This shos beyond the shado of a doubt that Christ as a,tually our ubstitute= too# our &la,e= &aid the &enalty of the sins under the First Covenant and !et the de!ands of @usti,e for us so that the 9e "irth ,ould be,o!e a legal fa,t. E ish you ould read !y boo#= /The Father and 0is Fa!ily=/ for there e ,lear u& the &roble! of the legal side of the &lan of Rede!&tion Rede!&tion as e ,annot in i n this volu!e. 0e not only had !ade our Rede!&tion Rede!&tion and our Righteousness a legal fa,t= but 0e !ade it &ossible for %od to Re,reate us= ta#e us into 0is Fa!ily= honor us as ons and 6aughters on legal grounds. When 8esus said= /t is finished/ on the ,ross= e ,an no understand very ,learly that 0e had no referen,e hatever hatever of dealing ith the sin &roble!= the Rede!&tion &roble!= and the &utting to naught of atan= as 'aul tells us in 0eb. 2D14. ant you to understand ,learly that there are three &hases of Christ?s or# ,onne,ted ith our Rede!&tion. Rede!&tion. First= as 0is or# that 0e rought in 0is earth al#= dealing ith the First Covenant and everything that &ertained to it. e,ond= 0is ubstitutionary or# that began hen 0e as !ade sin on the ,ross and a nd as ,onsu!!ated hen 0e ,arried 0is blood into the 0eavenly 0oly of 0olies and it i t as a,,e&ted there for us. And third= 0is !inistry today at the right hand of the 5a@esty on 0igh. That !inistry has to deal ith the &reservation and
,are of the Chur,h. 0e is there as our great 0igh 'riest= as the t he urety of the Covenant= Covenant= as our avior= avior= as our 5ediator= our Advo,ate= and our Lord.
8esus 8esus At At The Right 0and Of The Father ((RAL ti!es the Word tells us that 8esus sat don at the right hand of the 5a@esty on 0igh. 0eb. 1 D3 is a good illustration. /Who being the effulgen,e of his glory= glory= and the very i!age of his substan,e= and u&holding all things by the ord of his &oer= hen he had !ade substitution for sins= sat don on the right hand of the 5a@esty on high./ Again= in 0eb. +D12D /9o in the things hi,h e are saying= the ,hief &oint is thisD We have su,h a high &riest= ho sat don on the right hand of the throne of the 5a@esty in the heavens= heavens= a !inister of the san,tuary san,tuar y= and of the true taberna,le= hi,h the t he Lord &it,hed= not !an. There is another eB&ression ,onne,ted ith 0is heavenly heavenly !inistry that e ought to noti,e. 0eb. D12= this ,lause D /0e entered in on,e for all into the holy &la,e= having obtained eternal rede!&tion./ t as a /on,e for all/ !inistry. 0eb. *D2* gives us the sa!e thought D /For /For this he did on,e for all= hen he offered u& hi!self./ These to eB&ressions are ,onne,ted ith 0is heavenly !inistry. 7ou re!e!ber there are to &hases of Christ?s !inistry. One is 0is ubstitutionary or# fro! the ,ross until 0e arose
fro! the dead. n those three days and three nights 0e settled the sin &roble!= ,on>uered the adversary= adversary= !ade the 9e "irth a &ossibility= and !ade Righteousness available to every &erson ho re,eives (ternal Life. 0is or# at the right hand of the Father is hat e !ight ,all a !anifold or#. We We !ust learn to a&&re,iate the value value of 0is !inistry !inistr y no at the right hand of the Father on our behalf. 0e unveiled it to !e very ,learly= that had 8esus sto&&ed 0is or# after 0e had done this great ubstitutionary 5inistry fro! the ,ross to 0is Resurre,tion= had it ended there= no one ,ould ever have been saved. The neBt ste& in the dra!a had to be the ,arrying of 0is blood into the 0eavenly 0oly of 0olies and !a#ing the (ternal Rede!&tion for us. 7ou re!e!ber in 8ohn 2= hen 5ary sa 0i!= she fell don at 0is feet and tried to gras& the!. 8esus said to her tenderly= /Tou,h !e not for a! not yet as,ended unto !y Father./ ather./ What did 0e !ean; 0e arose as the Lord 0igh 'riest. 7ou 7ou re!e!ber in 5att. 2+D)= the angels said to the o!en ho ,a!e to the se&ul,hre= /7ou see# 8esus ho as as ,ru,ified D he is not here for he is risen. Co!e= see the &la,e here the Lord lay./ 0e died a La!b= but 0e arose as the Lord. Lordshi& !eans absolute !astery and do!inion. 8esus died in ea#ness< 0e arose ith all the authority and &oer
and !a@esty of 6eity. 6eity. 0e had ,on>uered the dar# for,es of atan. 0e had dealt ith the sin &roble! and redee!ed hu!anity. hu!anity. 0e !ade (ternal Life a &ossibility and onshi& a glory. 9o 0e says to 5ary= /Tou,h !e not./ Why; 0e had not ,arried 0is blood into 0eaven 0eaven yet and sealed the do,u!ent of our Rede!&tion. Rede!&tion. The ,lai!s of 8usti,e had not been !et. 8esus 8esus Our 0igh 'riest 0eb. 2D1*= 2D1*= /Wherefore it behooved hi! in all things to be !ade li#e unto his brethren= that he !ight be,o!e a !er,iful and faithful high &riest in things &ertaining to %od= to !a#e &ro&itiation for the sins of the &eo&le./ The ,lai!s of @usti,e had to be !et first. %od had to be vindi,ated before the u&re!e Court of the -niverse. 0e had given 0is on to Redee! the hu!an ra,e. That on had died as a ubstitute. 0e had risen as the Lord 0igh 'riest of a 9e Covenant. 7ou 7ou understand= 0e had fulfilled the Old Covenant Covenant and there had been the annulling of the 'riesthood and the La of the a,rifi,es ith the Old Covenant. Covenant. 9o a 9e Covenant has ,o!e into being and there !ust be a ne 'riesthood. There !ust be a 9e La. The old 'riesthood as to deal ith servants. The ne 'riesthood is to deal ith ons. The old 'riesthood had the Ten Co!!and!ents Co!!and!ents ,alled /The La of 6eath./ The 9e Covenant has but one ,o!!and!ent= /The /T he La of Life./ 8ohn 13D343$= /A ne ,o!!and!ent give unto you that
ye love one another even as have loved you./ 8esus 8esus As 5ediator The first !inistry that 8esus too# too# after 0e had ,arried , arried 0is blood into the 0eavenly 0eavenly 0oly of 0olies= as that of a 5ediator. 0eb. D12 E a! giving you another translation of this onderful ,ri&ture D /9or yet ith the blood of goats and ,alves= but ith his on blood. entered in on,e for all into the holy &la,e= having obtained (ternal rede!&tion./ 0e ent in ith 0is on blood and that blood is the seal u&on the do,u!ent of our Rede!&tion./ 0eb. D24 says= /0e entered heaven itself no to a&&ear before the fa,e of %od for us./ 0is 0igh 'riestly !inistry is over= over= as far as our Rede!&tion Rede!&tion is ,on,erned. 0is or# is finished. 0e said /it is finished/ on the t he ,ross= but that didn?t have have referen,e to 0is ubstitutionary or#. That had referen,e to 0is finishing 0is or# of fulfilling the First Covenant and everything that &ertained to it. The 'riesthood= the a,rifi,e= the Atone!ent Atone!ent and the La all that as finished. They no longer lo nger ere o&erative. o&erative. 9o the te!&le ,an be destroyed D the 'riesthood ,an ,ease to fun,tion= be,ause their Covenant Covenant on hi,h everything as founded has been fulfilled and set aside.
8esus 8esus The avior avior The neBt offi,e that 8esus fills is that of a avior. avior. Titus 2D111= /9ot &urloining= but shoing all good fidelity< that they !ay adorn the do,trine of %od our avior in all things. For the gra,e of %od bath a&&eared= bringing salvation to all !en./ 8esus is %od?s avior. A,ts 4D12= /For there is no other na!e under heaven= heaven= that is given a!ong !en= hereby e !ust be saved./ 9o !an ,an save hi!self. 9o !an ,an !a#e hi!self Righteous or give to hi!self (ternal Life. There is but one aviorthe !an Christ 8esus= ho gave gave 0i!self a ranso! for us all. 0e !ight be a avior< 0e !ight be %od?s on avior= but 0is or# of salvation salvation ould be li!ited and of no real value unless there as a 5ediator beteen %od and !an. 0o often e hear in evangelisti, !eetings= an invitation to ,o!e to 8esus and get sins &ardoned. f the one ho invites the unsaved understood the %lad Tidings= he ould never s&ea# li#e that. t is not no t ,o!ing to 8esus but it is going to %od through 8esus. 1 Ti!. 2D$= /For there is one %od= one !ediator !ediator also beteen %od and !en= hi!self !an= Christ 8esus= ho gave gave hi!self a ranso! for all./ -ntil e
re,ogniGe the 5ediatorial !inistry of 8esus= 8esus= our !inistry ill be ,ra!&ed. 9o !an ,an rea,h the Father but through 0i!. 8ohn 14D). / a! the ay= the truth= and the Life. 9o one ,an ,a n rea,h the Father Father but through !e./ 8esus there is !agnifying 0is &osition as a 5ediator. What the sinner needs is (ternal Life and re!ission of his tres&asses. 0e !ust he !ade a 9e Creation= but he ,annot a&&roa,h %od. 0e has no standing ith %od. When Ada! sinned in the %arden= he forfeited forfeited his legal right of a&&roa,h a &&roa,h to %od. 8esus= by 0is great ubstitutionary or#= &ur,hased the right to be the 5ediator beteen the una&&roa,hable %od and the sinruled sinner. sinner. When the unsaved unsaved !an !a#es his a&&roa,h today= he ants to rea,h %od. 0e ants (ternal Life. 0e ants the i&ing out of all his old sins. 8esus 8esus sits there as the 5ediator 5ediator beteen %od and !an. 0e ,an be tou,hed ith the feeling of the infir!ities of that lost orld for hi,h 0e died. The nter,essor. nter,essor. 0e is not only the 5ediator 5ediator beteen %od and !an= but the !o!ent that t hat the unsaved !an a,,e&ts 0i! as his avior= avior= then 0e be,o!es his nter,essor. 0o ha&&y !y heart as hen first #ne this. had so!eone to &ray &ray for !e that #ne the Father ould hear. re!e!ber hat 8esus said as 0e stood before the to!b of LaGarus E8ohn 11D41 D
/And 8esus lifted u& his eyes= and said= Father= than# thee that thou heardest !e. And #no that thou hearest !e alays./ have so!eone no to vou,h for nee= so!eone ho never forgets !e. 0eb. *D2$= /Wherefore also he is able to save to to the utter!ost the! that ,o!e unto %od by hi!= seeing he ever liveth liveth to= !a#e inter,ession for the!./ 0ere is a &re,ious fa,t. The %ree# ord that is used= /saved/ /saved/ here= is /oGo=/ hi,h ,an be translated /heal=/ and it is rightly used be,ause sin is si,#ness. 6isease is si,#ness= and 8esus ,a!e to /oGo/ us out of the hand of the ene!y. sn?t it onderful that 0e ever lives to !a#e inter,ession for us< to heal us of &hysi,al and s&iritual diseases< to restore our bro#en s&irits and to hold us in the hour of te!&tation and trial; 9ot only is 8esus our great nter,essor. love to thin# of 0i! as a 0igh 'riestly nter,essor= but 0e is !ore than that.
Our Advo,ate 8ohn 2D12 says= /5y little ,hildren= these things rite unto you that ye !ay !ay not sin. And if any !an sin= e have an Advo,ate ith the Father= 8esus Christ the righteous./ That is a re!ar#able eB&ression and it is a onderful !inistry. !inistry. There 0e sits at the right hand of the th e Father Father== as the sinner?s avior= as the believer?s 5ediator= but no the believer believer is out of felloshi&. The adversary has gained do!inion over hi!. 0e is under ,onde!nation. t see!s as though his heart ould brea#= and then he re!e!bers in the !idst of his sorro and grief that 8esus is his Advo,ate= his layer= ho ever lives= not only to !a#e inter,ession for hi!= hi!= but 0e is there to a&&ear before the Father Father on his behalf. o the believer lifts u& his voi,e and ,ries= /Father= in 8esus? 9a!e= forgive !e=/ and his great Advo,ate his&ers= /Father= /Father= lay that to !y ,harge./ o everything is i&ed out and on,e !ore he ,an stand before the Father ithout ,onde!nation. 7ou see= 0e is ,alled the Righteous Advo,ate= Advo,ate= be,ause the believer believer that has sinned si nned has lost the sense of Righteousness and his Righteousness is of no avail to hi! as long as his heart is under ,onde!nation. Then he needs his Righteous Advo,ate= Advo,ate= ho ,an go into the Father?s Father?s &resen,e and !a#e an a&&eal for
hi! and restore that lost @oy and the sense of Righteousness again. 7ou 7ou see= the &resent !inistry of 8esus 8esus is of infinite value value to the believer believer..
8esus 8esus Our Lord 9ot only is 0e avior= nter,essor and Advo,ate= but 0e is our Lord and 0ead. Col. 2D)*= noti,e this t his translation D /As therefore ye re,eived re,eived Christ 8esus the Lord= so al# in hi!= rooted and builded u& in hi!= and established in your faith= even as ye ere taught= abounding in than#sgiving./ read that over and over !any ti!es. That s,ri&ture as li#e a storehouse filled ith &ri,eless treasure= but ,ouldn?t see! to get a #ey to it. Then this translation ,a!e. Then sa hat it !eant. 0e anted anted !e to be rooted and established in the reality of the Lordshi& of 8esus over !e. When first began to study about 0is Lordshi&= as as afraid of 0i!. had a feeling that it i t !eant slavery to !e= but it didn?t. t !eant @ust hat the 23rd 'sal! says= says= /The Lord L ord is !y she&herd. shall not ant./ li#e the other rendering rendering betterD /8ehovah /8ehovah is !y he&herd= do not ant./ Why; 0e !a#eth !e to lie don in green &astures here food is abundant= here ater ater is near !e= here a! a ! fully &rote,ted fro! the ele!ents and fro! !y ene!ies.
0e s 5y 'resent he&herd Lord The ord Lord !eans "read&rovider= "read&rovider= hield and 'rote,tor. 'rote,tor. 0e is all that a husband ,an !ean to his ife. 0e is all that a lover ,an !ean to his beloved. The Father ants !e to be rooted and grounded and built u& this blessed Truth. 0e ants !y faith to rest u&on absolute ,ertainty of the Lordshi& of 8esus over !e. Then !y heart ill be full of abounding @oy and than#sgiving. 7ou 7ou see= until e e #no about the Lordshi& of of 8esus at the right hand of the Father= there ill never be that >uiet restfulness in our s&irit. 7ou ,an find that &ra,ti,ally all the believers that are living beneath their &rivileges= are having having a hard ti!e in i n their s&iritual life. They have never been instru,ted in the th e !inistry of 8esus at the right hand of the Father. 7ears 7ears ago held a blessed blessed ,a!&aign in 5on,ton= 5on,ton= 9. ".= Canada. 5onths afterards returned for another ,a!&aign= and as#ed the ,ongregation= , ongregation= /What truth hel&ed you the !ost;/ 5any voi,es ansered ba,#= /7our /7our tea,hing about 8esus? 8esus? !inistry at the right hand of the Father Father./ ./ 8esus= 8esus= the urety of the 9e Covenant 0e is not only our 0igh 'riest= avior= nter,essor= Advo,ate and Lord= but there is another &ri,eless &r i,eless !inistry of !y seated Lord.
0e is the /urety of the 9e Covenant./ 0eb. *D1+= /For /For there is a disannulling of a foregoing ,o!!and!ent be,ause of its ea#ness and un&rofitableness un&rofitableness Efor the la !ade nothing &erfe,t= and a bringing in thereu&on of a better ho&e= through hi,h e dra nigh unto %od./ "y a single stro#e 0e has ,leared u& the issue of that First Covenant and the La. "e,ause of their ea#ness they ,ould not !a#e !en Righteous< they ,ould not !a#e !en holy< they ,ould not give (ternal Life. 0eb. 1D13 ill thro !u,h light on this. /For the la having a shado of the good things to ,o!e= not the very i!age of the things= ,an never ith the sa!e sa,rifi,es year by year= year= hi,h they offer ,ontinually= ,ontinually= !a#e &erfe,t the! that dra nigh. /(lse ould they not have ,eased to be offered; be,ause the orshi&&ers= having been on,e ,leansed= ould have have had no !ore ,ons,iousness of sins. /"ut in those sa,rifi,es there is a re!e!bran,e !ade of sin year by year. /For it is i!&ossible that the blood of bulls and goats should ta#e aay sins./ "ut there has ,o!e a 9e Covenant= and on the basis of that 9e Covenant e !ay be "orn Again= born of 0eaven= 0eaven= born of %od= re,eive the 9ature and Life of the Father %od. We !ay be,o!e the very Righteousness of %od in 0i!. Can anyone overesti!ate overesti!ate the value of su,h a Covenant. Covenant. This is a
Covenant of Love= a Covenant of Life= a Covenant of the 9e Creation. 0eb. *D224= /And /And inas!u,h as it is not ithout the ta#ing of an oath Efor they indeed have been !ade &riests ithout an oath < but lie ith an oath by hi! that saith of hi!= The Lord sare and ill not re&ent hi!self= Thou art a &riest for= ever./ 7ou see= 8esus as outside of the &riestly fa!ily. They be,a!e &riests by being born into the &riesthood naturally. naturally. The oldest son as alays alays the 0igh 0igh 'riest. "ut 8esus as a 'riest by an oathof oath of 8ehovah. 8ehovah. /The /T he Lord sare and ill not re&ent hi!self= Thou art a &riest for ever./ 9o noti,e this great senten,eD /"y so !u,h also hath 8esus be,o!e the surety of a better ,ovenant. And they indeed have been !ade &riests !any in nu!ber= nu!ber= be,ause that by death they are hindered fro! ,ontinuing< but he= be,ause he abideth forever= forever= hath his &riesthood un,hangeable./ There is a &riest ho abideth forever forever as the surety of this 9e Covenant. "a,# of this 9e Covenant then= hat e ,all the 9e Testa!ent= e have 8esus as its urety. Fro! 5att. to Rev. Rev. 22= 8esus and 0is throne are ba,# of every ord. /9o ord fro! %od ,an be void of fulfill!ent./ 9o you ,an >uote 8er. 1 D12D /1 at,h over !y ord to fulfill it./ 8esus ,an say= say= /0eaven and earth ,an &ass aay= aay= but !y ord ,an ,a n never &ass aay./ aay./ That
is the Word of the 9e Covenant. 0is blood is the red seal u&on the do,u!ent of this Covenant. On the ground of the integrity of that indissoluble ,ovenant= you and ,an build a Faith that ,annot be sha#en. /0e at 6on/ 9o you ,an understand hat this beautiful eB&ression !eans that is used so !any ti!es in 0ebres/0e sat don./ We go ba,# to 0eb. 1 D3 and feast our s&irits u&on it. /Who= being the effulgen,e of his glory Eor the very outshining of his glory= and the very i!age of his substan,e= and u&holding all things by the ord of his ability./ The ord translated &oer !eans /ability. /ability. All the ability of 6eity is ba,# of that Covenant. Covenant. 9o noti,e ,arefullyD /When / When he had !ade &urifi,ation Eor substitution for sins= sat don on the right hand of the 5a@esty on high./ 0e is in the highest seat in the universe and holds the highest offi,e in the universe= and 0e is !y Lord. 0e is the head of the "ody= and /of 0is fullness have have e all re,eived= and gra,e u&on gra,e./ 0o ri,h e are. We We ,an never again tal# of our la,#= of our ea#ness= of our unorthiness= be,ause that great ubstitutionary sa,rifi,e that 0e rought for us has guaranteed to us (ternal Life= and a standing ith the Father Father== vi,tory over our ene!ies= &ea,e &asseth all understanding= @oy beyond ords. All are ours be,ause of hat 0e is for us no at the right hand of the 5a@esty on 0igh.
Why 9atural 5an Cannot :no 0i!self 5A9 in the %arden lived in the real! of the s&irit. 0e had &erfe,t felloshi& ith %od. 0is s&irit do!inated hi!. Then sin ,a!e and he as driven fro! the &resen,e of %od. Fro! that !o!ent he lived lived under the do!ination of his senses. These five senses be,a!e his !aster. 0is s&irit lost do!inion the !o!ent that he be,a!e s&iritually dead= a &arta#er of atan?s nature. This= you understand= ha&&ened hen he sinned. The real !an is a s&irit being= but the !o!ent that s&iritual death too# &ossession of his s&irit= his senses do!inated. 0e lost his a&&roa,h to %od the !o!ent that he sinned. The nature that he re,eived !ade hi! antagonisti, to %od. Ro!. +D*= /"e,ause the !ind of the senses is en!ity against %od< for it is not sub@e,t to the la of %od= neither indeed ,an it beD so they that are governed by the senses ,annot &lease %od./ This translation of the %ree# ord arB to /senses/ instead of /flesh=/ gives us the true intent of the ord. 7ou re!e!ber 1 Cor. 2D14 de,lares= /9o the natural !an Ethe !an of the senses re,eiveth not the things of the &irit of %odD for they are foolishness unto hi!< and he ,annot #no the!= be,ause they are s&iritually understood./
o hen !an fell and his s&irit re,eived re,eived the nature of the adversary= adversary= he really be,a!e a stranger to hi!self. 0e is a s&irit being and is no longer do!inated by hi!self but by his body in hi,h he lives. lives. t !ade hi! a slave slave to his body instead of a !aster over it. 7ou understand that hen this thing ha&&ened in the %arden= he lost ,onta,t ith %od= lost his ability to a&&roa,h 0i!= and he ent out into the orld to live by his senses. We have a !odern saying= saying= that /!an lives by his its./ That is another ay of eB&ressing the sa!e fa,t. We #no that !an ,annot ,onta,t %od through his reasoning fa,ulties< that his only ,onta,t ith 0i! is ith his s&irit. 0aving died s&iritually= s&iritually= he is unable to !a#e this ,onta,t. t is very diffi,ult for !an?s language to ,onvey %od?s thought. The 0ebre language is a dead language and it is a li!ited language. We have have !any ords for hi,h the 0ebre language has no e>uivalent. For instan,e= the ord /Rua,h=/ translated s&irit= ,an !ean air= air= anger= blast= breath= ,ool= ,ourage= !ind= >uarters= side= s&irit= te!&est= ind= vain= indy< and in one &la,e it has been translated hirlind. "y "y this you ,an see ho li!ited the 0ebre language as to ,onvey %od?s thoughts. That is the reason hy the ord /Rua,h=/ translated s&irit= is often !isunderstood by the sense #noledge #noledge of translators. 7ou 7ou re!e!ber that !an?s
thoughts are not alays alays %od?s thoughts. 5an as Love?s &rodu,t ,reated to be 0is ,hild and ,o!&anion. 0e as as ,reated in %od?s ,lass of being= in 0is i!age and in 0is li#eness. %od is (ternal. 5an is (ternal. %od is a s&irit. 5an is a s&irit. 5an as so Created that he ,ould &arta#e of %od?s 9ature and be,o!e %od?s ,hild. 9o !ar# this fa,tD 5an ,annot be s&iritual unless he is a s&irit. 0e ,annot #no s&iritual things unless he is a s&irit. 0e ,annot &arta#e of %od?s 9ature unless he is in %od?s ,lass of being. 7ou 7ou ,an understand no the ,ala!ity that befell !an hen his s&irit lost ,ontrol over his senses. n that !o!ent his senses governed his s&irit. All the #noledge #noledge that natural !an has= has ,o!e through these five avenues avenues of the bodyseeing= hearing= tasting= s!elling= feeling. The brain has no ,a&a,ity to thin# inde&endent of sense eviden,es. A ,hild that is born ithout sight= or hearing= or feeling= ould be ,alled an i!be,ile= though its brain as as &erfe,t as the brain of any ,hild. That brain had no ,onta,t ith the orld be,ause the senses failed to fun,tion. 9o e ,an understand that !an?s &hysi,al ,onta,t is ith the &hysi,al. &hysi,al. 0is !ental ,onta,t is ith the !ental. 0is s&irit then ,an ,onta,t only the s&iritual. f !an?s
reasoning fa,ulties ,annot ,onta,t %od= then it is u& to his s&irit to !a#e that ,onta,t. 5an?s reasoning fa,ulties are utterly de&endent de&endent u&on the senses. ense #noledge #noledge is unable to ,onta,t his s&irit in any intelligent ay ay until after that s&irit has been Re,reated= re,eived re,eived the 9ature of %od= and his reasoning r easoning fa,ulties have been reneed and brought into har!ony ith the Re,reated Re,reated s&irit. 9o e ,an understand the diffi,ulties of &sy,hologists. &sy,hologists. 7ou understand this is a study of the !ind of !an= and if the &sy,hologist doesn?t #no about the s&irit of !an= about hat ha&&ened to the s&irit of !an in the %arden= he ill be unable to a&&roa,h this sub@e,t ith any ,larity of thought. 5ost of our &sy,hologists deny that !an is a s&irit. 0e is si!&ly a &sy,hi,al or souli,al !an. 0e denies the eBisten,e of the s&irit= and this denial !a#es it i!&ossible for the s&irit to fun,tion. 9o you ,an see hyy natural !an ,annot #no hi!self= be,ause he is h a s&irit. The senses ,annot register anything of the s&irit or give give hi! any s&irit #noledge. One ho #nos anato!y and &hysiology !ay not #no !u,h about the !ind and he !ay not #no !an hi!self. All he #nos is ,onne,ted ith the &hysi,al. 9atural !an is in the sa!e ,ondition.
We ,annot #no s&irit or s&iritual things= so he ,annot #no hi!self= for he is a s&irit. This is the reason that !odern &sy,hology is oftti!es !isleading. 5odern &sy,hologists are !a@oring fun,tional &sy,hology or &sy,hology based on the study of the five senses and their rea,tion u&on the !ind. The 9e Creation !an finds a ne self in Christ= and that ne self be,o!es al!ost inde&endent of the senses hen he ,o!es into ,losest felloshi& ith the Father. ather. /Wherefore= if any !an is in Christ= he is a 9e Creation=/ a ne self. The real self has been !ade ane= Re,reated. That !eans his s&irit has been Re,reated. t is i!&erative i!&erative no that the !ind hi,h derives all of its i!&ulses= all of its #noledge fro! the five senses= should ,o!e under the do!inion of this ne Re,reated s&irit or self. This ,an only ,o!e as !an begins to study the Word Word and then begins to &ra,ti,e and live it. t is a fa,t of great i!&ortan,e that every believer should #no= that there is no su,h thing as understanding the Word until the !ind ! ind is reneed. The reason r eason for that is= that the Word Word is the or# of the 0oly &irit and it is a s&iritual thing= and sense #noledge ,annot understand s&iritual things. o it is ne,essary that his !ind be reneed r eneed and ,o!e into felloshi& ith his s&irit. t is al!ost i!&erative i!&erative that this Re,reated s&irit should gain the do!inan,e over his reasoning fa,ulties.
7ou 7ou #no ho e often fight our our ,ons,ien,e= and ho it is often in o&&osition to our reasoning fa,ulties. That ,ons,ien,e is the voi,e of our s&irit. f e should learn to obey our ,ons,ien,e e ,ould al# ,ontinuously in felloshi& ith the Word and ith the Father< but the reason is= e have not learned to give our s&irit the &la,e of authority and do!inion that belongs to it. (du,ating Our &irits This brings us to another &hase of this study. 7our s&irit ,an be edu,ated @ust as really as the !ind is edu,ated. t ,an be built u& in strength @ust as the body ,an he built u&. That ,o!es by !editation in the Word. "y &ra,ti,ing the Word. "y giving the Word the first &la,e. "y instantly obeying the voi,e of our s&irit. After ahile ahile you ,an #no the ill of the Father Father in all the !inor details of life= be,ause 0e ,o!!uni,ates ith your s&irit= not ith the reasoning fa,ulties. 7ou #no 'aul s&ea#s of the !ind of the s&irit. Ro!. +D)= /For the !ind of the senses leads us into the real! of s&iritual death= but the !ind of the s&irit Ethat Et hat is our Re,reated= s&irit leads us into the real! of life and &ea,e./ The Life there is /Koe/(ternal Lifethe 9ature of %od. The s&irit !entioned here is the Re,reated Re,reated s&irit= not the 0oly &irit. t is hard for us to a,,e&t the fa,t that the natural !an is ruled by the five senses. 0is body is the tea,her of his !ind and he ,annot gro in #noledge beyond the rea,tions of his
senses u&on his brain. The 9e Creation !an has al!ost an unli!ited o&&ortunity of groth be,ause his s&irit has re,eived the 9ature of %od. 0e is in &erfe,t felloshi& ith his Father. 0e has an unli!ited use of the na!e of 8esus that the natural !an does not have. 0e has the Wisdo! of %od= for 8esus 8esus is !ade unto unto hi! Wisdo!. 9atural 9atural !an has nothing but the Wisdo! that ,o!es to hi! through his unre,reated s&irit. The 9e Creation !an has the ability of %od at his dis&osal. 7ou 7ou see= he is lifted out of the natural real! into the s&iritual real!= and hen he is Re,reated= he has the &rivilege of having the 0oly &irit= ho raised 8esus fro! the 6ead= to ,o!e and !a#e 0is ho!e in his body. 9o you ,an understand Ro!. 12D12= / besee,h you there fore= brethren= by the !er,ies of %od= to &resent your bodies a living sa,rifi,e= holy= holy= a,,e&table to %od= hi,h is your s&iritual orshi&. orshi&. /And be not fashioned a,,ording to this ageD but be ye transfigured by the reneing of your !ind= that ye !ay &rove hat hat is the good and ell&leasing and &erfe,t ill of %od./ EFree translation. This shos us hy it is i!&erative to have the body= the university of the !ind= under the ,ontrol of the Re,reated s&irit. This 9e Creation !an does not al# under the do!inion of the senses but is to be governed by the Word of %od.
t is going to be hard for us to see that this &hysi,al body of ours is not only the ho!e of the five senses= but that these five senses have have been the the instru,tors and tea,hers of the brain. That !a#es the body the university of the brain. The five senses are the instru,tors. This body is the laboratory here the brain re,eives all of its instru,tions. These senses are five avenues avenues to the brain= for e #no that the brain ,annot fun,tion ithout the senses. 0ere are so!e fa,ts that !ay !ay be hard to assi!ilate. The brain has no ,reative ability. ability. t has nothing no thing of itself by hi,h it ,an ,reate. t is de&endent u&on these five instru,tors. The brain= by !u,h training= ,an advise hat a,tion is best after the senses have ,o!!uni,ated= but if the senses never fun,tion= the brain ill never develo&. develo&. As long as the natural hu!an s&irit is held in bondage by s&iritual death it has no ,reati ,r eative ve ability. ability. This ,an be seen in heathen ,ountries here they have never re,eived (ternal Life. &iritually dead !en in those ,ountries have no ,reative ability. They !ay be able to follo blue &rints< they ,an i!itate< they ,an eB&eri!ent as they do in ,he!istry= but it !ust end there. 5an?s ,reativ , reativee ability is not in the reasoning fa,ulties. Reader= Reader= ,an?t you see the i!&erative need of giving to the youth of our nation (ternal Life;
have &roven to you in another ,ha&ter= that the ,hildren ho have re,eived re,eived (ternal Life in the teen age= seldo! so ild oats< seldo! ever be,o!e ,ri!inals. They are easier to rear and to ,ontrol= and they are !ore res&onsive to the a&&eal of the Word of %od. Another fa,tD nventors #no this to be true= that after hours of eB&eri!enting= their !inds are orn and tired. They sto& to rest= and suddenly= suddenly= ithout any effort= the thing they have been sear,hing for flashes into their !ind. They #no not fro! hen,e it ,a!e= but it has arrived. What did it; Their s&irit s&o#e as soon as the reasoning fa,ulties ere silent and it ,ould be heard. o!eti!es it ,o!es in a drea! or in the early !orning hen first aa#ing. aa#ing. 'sy,hologists have have been &uGGled by this. th is. They had no anser for hat see!ed to the! a !ystery= so they ,alled that so!ething a /sub,ons,ious !ind./ "ut e of the 9e Creation #no there is no su,h thing as a sub,ons,ious !ind< it is the !ind of the s&irit. t is the s&irit struggling to eB&ress itself. "ut you as#= Can?t the natural !an ,ultivate ,ultivate his s&irit; 7es= 7es= but it ill be the ,ultiv ,ultivation ation of a s&irit do!inated do!inated s&iritual death. That has given to us s&iritualis! ith all those dangerous ,ults fro! ndia< given to to us the strange !ira,les of the o,,ult that often i!itate %od.
0ere are !ore fa,ts of vital i!&ortan,e. The Re,reated Re,reated s&irit be,o!es the fountain of all the beautiful things that Christianity has given to us. %al. $D222$= /"ut the fruit of the s&irit is love= @oy= @oy= &ea,e= longsuffering= #indness= goodness= faithfulness= !ee#ness= self ,ontrol < against su,h there is no la. la. And they that are of Christ 8esus 8esus have ,ru,ified the senses ith the &assions and the lusts thereof. f e live by the s&irit= by the s&irit let us also al#./ 9oti,e= it is the fruit of the s&iritnot the 0oly &irit. Translators should not have have ,a&italiGed the ord s&irit. The 0oly &irit does not bear fruit any !ore than 8esus 8esus bears fruit. 8esus 8esus said= / a! the vine= ye are the bran,hes./ t is the bran,h that bears fruit. The 0oly &irit has i!&arted (ternal Life to our s&irits. That Life is the 9ature of the Father Father as unveiled in 8esus= so the first fruit that is seen in the 9e Creation is Love. /We #no e have &assed fro! death unto life be,ause e love the brethren./ And then a @oy that is uns&ea#able and full of glory fills our hole being. 9eBt= /&ea,e that &asseth understanding/ be,o!es ours. The troubled heart is filled ith >uietness. Then T hen as he goes out to ,onta,t the orld= longsuffering is seen< #indness= goodness= faithfulness= !ee#ness= self,ontrol. These are the fruits of the Re,reated Re,reated s&irit. 7ou see=
the Re,reated have have ,ru,ified the senses and brought the! into sub@e,tion to the Word. /f e live by the s&irit Ethat is= our Re,reated s&irit= let us also al# by it./ 9o you ill noti,e that this is &erfe,tly in har!ony ith 1 Cor. 13 here it tells us about that LoveLa that is to govern the believer. /Love suffers long= and is #ind< envies not< vaunteth vaunteth not itself < is not &uffed u&< < does not behave itself unsee!ly< see#eth not its on./ Those are the fruits of the Re,reated s&irit. t is vitally i!&ortant that e understand that the Re,reated Re,reated hu!an s&irit is the fountain out of hi,h Faith flos. 9atural !an has only sense #noledge faith. ERead !y boo# /The To :inds of Faith./ 9atural !an believes believes in the things he sees and hears= the things that have have ,o!e to hi! through the five senses. Li#e Woolorth= Woolorth= ho had faith in a five and ten ,ent store. Li#e Ro,#efeller= Ro,#efeller= ho had faith in oil and gasoline. Love and Faith and Courage are the fruits of the Re,reated hu!an s&irit. The ,ondu,t that has !ade Christians outstanding in so,iety= so,iety= has been the fruit of the Re,reated hu!an s&irit. 7ou 7ou ,an see very ,learly ho ho the natural !an ,ould not #no hi!self. We !ust not forget that the natural hu!an s&irit ,an be ,ultivated. We see this a!ong the o,,ult so,ieties= a!ong s&iritualists and others that are in ,lose felloshi& felloshi& ith de!ons. 8a!es 3D131+
says= says= /Who is ise and understanding a!ong you; let hi! sho by his good life his or#s in !ee#ness of isdo!. /"ut if ye have bitter @ealousy and fa,tion in your heart= glory not and lie not against the truth. /This isdo! is not a isdo! that ,o!eth don fro! above= but is earthly= natural= de!oni,al./ Then in the 1*th verse it tells of the isdo! that ,o!es don fro! above. t is true and &ea,eable. This ,ontrast is suggestive. Wisdo! is not a &rodu,t of the reasoning fa,ulties= but of the hu!an s&irit. The natural hu!an s&irit ,an ,onta,t de!oni,al for,es= @ust as the Re,reated hu!an s&irit ,onta,ts %od. Christian or#ers should be,o!e fa!iliar ith this truth. They should be able to dis,ern at on,e hether a &erson is do!inated by a de!on or not. n !y or# in &raying for the insane= have seen !u,h of the de&ths of atan and ho he gains absolute !astery over the reasoning fa,ulties through the natural hu!an s&irit.
o!e Fa,ts About 'ente,ost T0(R( is alays a d anger of reading into the Old Testa!ent and the four %os&els so!e of the fa,ts that are only revealed in the (&istles. There is a danger of attributing to the dis,i&les before the 6ay of 'ente,ost= !u,h that is not true. Let !e !a#e this state!ent first and then e ill &rove it. 9o one ho al#ed ith 8esus during 0is three and onehalf one half years of &ubli, !inistry as "orn Again= as a 9e Creation= or had (ternal Life. 9o one under the First Covenant had (ternal Life until the 6ay of 'ente,ost. "ut so!eone says= says= didn?t the dis,i&les believe in 8esus; 7es= 7es= but not as their ubstitute= not as their th eir avior ho as as going to die and rise again fro! the dead. They T hey believed believed in 0i! as the on of %od= as a %reat 'ro&het= as the One ho as going to redee! the! fro! the Ro!an yo#e and establish again a 8eish nation. They #ne nothing of 0is ubstitutionary or#. n 8ohn 11D2$2* e read the story of 5artha and 8esus? ,onversation ,onversation about the dead LaGarus. 8esus 8esus said= / a! the resurre,tion= and the life< life< he that believeth on !e= though he die= yet shall he live< and hosoever hosoever liveth and believeth on !e shall never die. "elievest thou this; he saith unto hi!= 7ea= LordD have believed believed that thou art the Christ= the on
of %od= even he that ,o!eth into the orld./ he did not believe in 0i! as a avior. he did not believe in 0is Rede!&tion. Rede!&tion. They #ne nothing of 0is Rede!&tive Rede!&tive or#. 0e ,ould not no t !a#e it ,lear to the!. 'aul tells us hy in Cor. 2D14D /9o the natural !an re,eiveth not the things of the &irit of %od < for they are foolishness unto hi!< and he ,annot #no the!= be,ause they are ss&iritually &iritually understood./ They did not #no that 0e as going to rise fro! the dead= and even after 0e arose they did not believe it. 7ou 7ou re!e!ber in Lu#e 24D11 he said= /And /And these ords a&&eared in their sight as idle tal# < and they disbelieved the!. They #ne nothing of the 9e Creation. True= 8esus had told 9i,ode!us /7e !ust be born again=/ but he didn?t understand it. 0e said= /0o ,an a !an be born again hen he is old;/ They #ne nothing about re,eiving (ternal Life and its effe,t u&on !an. True= 8esus said= / a! ,o!e that ye !ay have life= and have it abundantly./ And /0e that heareth !y ord= and believeth hi! that sent !e= hath eternal life= and ,o!eth not into @udg!ent= but hath &assed out of death into life./ E8ohn $D24. That as &ro&he,y on the &art of 8esus. They #ne nothing about Righteousness= of the ability to stand in the Father?s &resen,e ithout ,onde!nation. They #ne nothing of felloshi& ith the Father and ith 8esus Christ.
They had never had felloshi& ith the 5aster= any !ore than an unsaved !an today ,an have felloshi& felloshi& ith a ,hild of %od. They T hey #ne nothing of onshi& or of the Fa!ily of %od. They ere 8es under La< servants= nothing !ore. They #ne nothing of the Father in Reality. 0e as @ust %od to the!. the!. They #ne nothing of the indelling indelling &resen,e of the 0oly &irit. They had heard 8esus? tea,hing but they did not gras& it. They #ne nothing of the ne #ind of Love that 8esus brought. t didn?t govern their lives or tou,h the! and it ,ould not until they ere Re,reated. They didn?t understand hat 8ohn the "a&tist !eant hen he said= /There is one standing by the side of !e= hose shoes a! not orthy to bear. 0e shall ba&tiGe Ei!!erse you in the 0oly &irit and fire./ E5att. 3D11. f you ill ,o!&are that ith 1 Cor. Cor. 12D13. you ill #no hat being ba&tiGed in the 0oly &irit !eans. The ter! is used in,orre,tly by !ost all believers today. /For in one &irit ere e all ba&tiGed into one body= hether 8es or %ree#s= hether bond or free< and ere all !ade to drin# of one &irit./ This has referen,e to the 9e "irth= the 9e Creation. 8esus told the!= /For 8ohn indeed ba&tiGed Ei!!ersed ith ater< ater< but ye shall be ba&tiGed in the 0oly &irit not !any days hen,e./ EA,ts 1 D$. 7ou 7ou #no that hen one is ba&tiGed he is &ut into the ater= lie is not filled ith the ater. When he is
ba&tiGed in the 0oly &irit= he is not filled ith the 0oly &irit. 9o read A,ts 2D14= /When the day of 'ente,ost as as no ,o!e= ,o!e= they ere all together together in one &la,e. /And suddenly there ,a!e fro! heaven a sound as of the rushing of a !ighty ind= and it filled all the house here they ere sitting. /And there a&&eared unto the! tongues &arting asunder= asunder= li#e as of fire< and it sat u&on ea,h one o ne of the!. /And /And they ere all filled ith the 0oly &irit= and began to s&ea# ith other tongues= as the th e &irit gave gave the! utteran,e./ The 0oly &irit filled that u&&er roo! here they ere sitting= and they ere all i!!ersed in the 0oly &irit. n other ords= they ere all Re,reated= re,eived (ternal Life. The se,ond thing that ha&&ened/there a&&eared unto the! tongues &arting asunder li#e as of fire= and sat u&on ea,h one of the!./ Those tongues of fire shoed that the th e %os&el as going to be &rea,hed by !en ith tongues of fire= a !essage that ,ould not be ithstood. te&hen as as the first !an ho &aid the &enalty of having having a tongue of fire. They stoned hi! to death. The T he third thing that ha&&ened in that u&&er roo!/They ere all filled ith the th e 0oly &irit./ 7ou understand they ,ould not re,eive the 0oly s&irit until they ere Re,reated. Re,reated. The third thing th ing that ha&&ened on that onderful day as as the &irit entering their bodies. /8esus /8esus said 0e is ith you= but 0e shall be in you./ They did not understand 0i!= but no the th e reality of the thing has ,o!e. They have been re,reated. They
have re,eived the nature and the life of %od. 9o the have &irit is going to ta#e the! over. 0e is going to use their vo,al ,hords to s&ea# 0is on !essage. Then the fourth a!aGing thing too# &la,e. /They began to s&ea# in other tongues as the &irit gave the! utteran,e./ t is very i!&ortant that e realiGe thisD that the dis,i&les are entering into into things of hi,h they had no ,on,e&tion hatever. 7ou 7ou ,an understand no hat hat is !eant hen hen 8esus said that they ere to be ba&tiGed in the &irit. That i!!ersion had !eant their re,eiving (ternal Life= their union ith 6eity. 6eity. t !eant that the body of Christ had been brought into being. The thing e ,all the (,,lesia= the Chur,h= had no be,o!e a real thing in the orld. %od?s sons and daughters ere in that u&&er roo! here only servants had been a fe hours before. The ords= /"a&tiGe in the &irit=/ ere never used after the day of 'ente,ost in any &la,e but in A,ts 11 D 1$1+. This is the story of the %entiles re,eiving Christ as avior. 'eter as don in 8o&&a. There a ,enturion sent for hi! to ,o!e and tell hi! about a bout the 5aster. 5aster. And hile 'eter as &rea,hing= the 0oly &irit fell on the! that heard the Word. t as al!ost identi,al ith the thing that ha&&ened on the 6ay of 'ente,ost. 'eter returned to 8erusale! and told the A&ostles hat had ha&&ened= and ho that the %entiles had had the sa!e eB&erien,e as they had in the u&&er roo!.
/And as began to s&ea#= the 0oly &irit fell on the! even as on us at the beginning. And re!e!ber the ord of the Lord= ho he said= 8ohn indeed ba&tiGed in ater= but you shall be ba&tiGed in the 0oly &irit./ /f then %od gav g avee unto the! the li#e gift as 0e gave unto us hen e Efirst believed on the Lord 8esus Christ= ho as that ,ould ithstand %od./ 7ou noti,e the ord= /first=/ in several of our best liberal translations. What does it !ean; The 6is,i&les never believed on 8esus until the 6ay of 'ente,ost. What faith they t hey had as si!&ly sense #noledge faith. They ,ould only believe in the things they ,ould see and hear and feel. 9o noti,e this fa,t D The eB&ression= /0ave you re,eived your ba&tis!;/ is uns,ri&tural hen you are tal#ing about the 0oly &irit= for in A,ts +D141* is the story of a!aria re,eiving ChristD of 'hili& ba&tiGing the! and then of the A&ostles ,o!ing don fro! 8erusale! and laying laying hands u&on the! and they they re,eived re,eived the 0oly &irit. /And it ,a!e to &ass= that= hile A&ollos as at Corinth= Corinth= 'aul having &assed through the u&&er ,ountry ,a!e to (&hesus= and found ,ertain dis,i&lesD and he said unto the!= 6id ye re,eive the 0oly &irit hen ye believed;? And they said unto hi!= 9ay= e did not so !u,h as hear hether the 0oly &irit as given.?
/And he said= /nto hat then ere ye ba&tiGed ;? And they said= ?nto 8ohn?s ba&tis!.? /And 'aul said= 8ohn ba&tiGed ith the ba&tis! of re&entan,e= saying unto the &eo&le that they should believe on hi! that should ,o!e after hi!= that is= on 8esus.? 8esus.? And hen they they heard this= they ere ere ba&tiGed into the na!e of the Lord 8esus. /And hen 'aul had laid his hands u&on the!= the 0oly &irit ,a!e on the!< and they s&a#e ith tongues= and &ro&hesied. /And they ere in all about telve !en./ EA,ts 1D1 *. -nderstand this fa,t= that t hat nohere nohere in the 'auline (&istles is that eB&ression used in the ay ay it is used by Christians today. We should never as# a &erson= /0ave you re,eived your ba&tis! ; /0ave you re,eived your eB&erien,e a,,ording to A,ts 2D14;/ When e do= e betray our la,# of #noledge of the Word. Fro! the "oo# of A,ts it is ,lear that a !an re,eives (ternal Life before he ,an re,eive the 0oly &irit as an indelling indelling &resen,e.
What 0ave 7ou 6one With Love; 9(W #ind of Love as brought to the orld by 8esus. As e understand this ne #ind of Love= e realiGe there never as any Love before. The thing e have have ,alled love has been seB attra,tion. n heathen ,ountries there is no Love. t is !ere seB attra,tion hardly higher than that seen in the ani!al orld. "ut 8esus brought a ne thing. The %ree# ord has been translated Charity or Love in our "ible. t should never have been translated. The %ree# ord should have been angli,iGed Aga&a ith an an eB&lanation. When e are "orn Again e are born in Love. We have found out that %od is Love and so the 9e "irth is the i!&artation of this 9ature of the Father. We be,o!e ,hildren of Love. t is a Love Fa!ily into hi,h e have been born. 'aul s&ea#ing in Ro!. $D$ says= says= /The love of %od has flooded our s&irits/< absorbed us< ta#en us over. EWey!outh. This Love 9ature is the la of the 9e Creation. 8ohn 13D343$= /A ne ,o!!and!ent give unto you that ye love Eaga&a one another= even as have loved Eaga&aed you= that ye also love Eaga&a one another. "y this shall all !en #no that ye are a re !y dis,i&les= if ye have love Eaga&a one to another./ t as to be the sta!&= the brand= if you &lease= that should differentiate us fro! the orld fol#s. 'aul
said= / bear branded on !y body the !ar#s of 8esus./ 8esus./ 0e !eant the s,ars and ounds ounds that had been given given to hi! in his &erse,utions. "ut the believer bears the !ar#s= the brand of Love u&on his s&irit. Ro!. 12D$) says that every !an hen he ,o!es into the Fa!ily= has a !easure of faith given to hi!. 0e is to ,ultivate that faith and develo& it. The sa!e thing is true in regard to this ne #ind of Love. When you ,o!e into the Fa!ily= a !easure of that Love is given you. t ,o!es ith a 9e 9ature= the Love 9ature. This Love 9ature !ust be develo&ed as you develo& your faith life. As you give Love freedo! to gro and a,t as it naturally should= it ill gain ,ontrol of your hole being. t !ust be fed by the Word Word of %od< it i t !ust eB&ress itself in a,tion. 5att. 4D4= /5an shall not live by bread alone= but by every ord that &ro,eedeth out of the !outh of %od./ 7ou 7ou see= the real !an of ho! 0e is s&ea#ing= is your s&irit. 7our 7our s&irit hunger and a nd your s&irit needs are @ust as great as your !ental or your &hysi,al needs. 7our 7our s&irit !ust have have the &rivilege &rivilege of !editation in the Word. 7ou !ust learn to feed u&on it @ust as 8ere!iah did= did= /0e ate it./ E8er E8er.. 1$D1). 9o you feed and eBer,ise this 9e Thing that has ,o!e , o!e into you by &ra,ti,ing Love. The eBer,ise !a#es it strong @ust as eBer,ise !a#es your body strong. Col. 3D1) says=
/Let the ord of Christ dell in you ri,hly=/ gaining the as,endan,y over all your fa,ulties. This Love Life !a#es you gentle= 8esusli#e. t !a#es you strong and vigorous li#e the 5aster. 5aster. t !a#es you absolutely fearless in your al# ith the Lord. o!e &eo&le have i!&risoned Love. We read re,ently of a father that lo,#ed his boy u& in a garret and #e&t hi! a &risoner until the th e ,hild as nearly dead. 0o !any have done that sa!e thing to Love. nstead of letting Love have its &erfe,t say and ,ontrol= e have li!ited it. We have forgotten that Love ill !a#e a !an a su,,ess. t ill &ut hi! over here nothing else ould !a#e hi! a vi,tor. Love never fails. t is the 5asterruler. t ill lead a !an out of selfishness= out of ea#ness and failure into the very strength and ability of Christ. There is no for,e in the orld that it ,annot do!inate. t !a#es us anted. anted. t !a#es us a blessing. t enables us to ta#e 8esus? &la,e. have so!eti!es ondered hat ould ha&&en if a !an dared to go the li!it ith ith Love. o!e have have negle,ted it= a,ting as a s though they did not have it< utterly ignoring its very eBisten,e= and yet they ant the Father?s hel& in ti!e of need. Love !ust be enthroned in the heart. t !ust govern the life. As Love ta#es over the #ingdo! of our s&irit= then that onderful &assage in 2 Cor. Cor. $D141$ be,o!es a living reality D /For the love of Christ ,onstraineth us
Eor better= For the love of Christ has gained ,ontrol= has ta#en us over= be,ause e thus @udge= that one died for all= therefore all died< and he died for all= that ho! he has !ade alive= should no longer live unto !yself but unto hi! ho for their sa#es died and rose again./ 'aul?s friends had ,hallenged hi!. They said he as beside hi!self= but the love of Christ had so set hi! on fire that he as sloly burning u&. 0is very being as saturated ith the &assion that drove 8esus 8esus to the ,ross. 9o you ,an understand 1 Cor. Cor. 1D24= /Let no !an see# his on= but ea,h his neighbor?s good./ When Love is at hite heat= selfishness sto&s reigning. What an unha&&y thing it is for selfishness to have any &art in the govern!ent of this 9e Creation. elfishness is as deadly as &oison. t is &oison to the s&irit. t is &oison to the "ody of Christ. t ,auses &ra,ti,ally all the diseases in the body. t is a strange thing ho selfishness has never been feared by !an. 0e fears it in the other !an but not in hi!self. t is the ,ause of all the ars that have ,o!e < of all the t he stri#es= the battle beteen labor and ,a&ital= and the strife in &oliti,s. That thing born in the %arden has gron so !ighty that it governs the nations of the earth= and Love is the t he only thing that ,an destroy it. 1 8ohn 4D1) as one of the hardest s,ri&tures that ever fa,ed !e. t didn?t see! to !e that ,ould ever enter into it.
/And e #no and have believed the love hi,h %od hath in our ,ase. %od is love< and he that abideth in love abideth in %od= and %od abideth in hi!. 0ere are three great fa,ts. First= have ,o!e to believe in Love. believe it is best to let it govern !y life. have ,o!e to believe that it is the best !ethod of ruling a ho!e= a business= a govern!ent. 7ou 7ou #no only a fe fol#s believe in Love. They believe believe in for,e < they believe in intrigue < they believe in sense #noledge argu!ents. f in your heart you believe that the Love ay is best= then a,t it. 9ot only is it best= but it is your ay. t is the ay you are going to al# regardless of ho anyone else al#s < you are going to al# the Love ay= and hen you do= you dis,over you are living in the t he Love Real!. 7our 7our ho!e is in Love. Love. Whenever you ste& out of Love= you ste& into dar#ness and unha&&iness= and so you have learned to stay in the Love ay. 7ou found that living in Love is a,tually living in the highest= seetest felloshi& ith the Father. t is a,tually living ith 0i!. 0e has ,o!e into your body to !a#e it 0is ho!e. The neBt verse see!ed so diffi,ult to !e in those early days hen first dis,overed this Love La and this Love Way. /0erein is love !ade &erfe,t ith us= that e !ay have ha ve boldness in the day of @udg!ent< be,ause as he is. even so are e in this orld./
What does he !ean by that; Love is &erfe,t in itself= itse lf= but it !ust gain &erfe,t ,ontrol of !e. When Love be,o!es the rule of !y life= gro u& into it until !y life is do!inated= ruled= governed governed by it= and that gives !e a >uiet fearlessness in 0is &resen,e. 7ou 7ou see= 0e is Love and a! a Love ,hild. 9o a! al#ing al#ing in the real! of Love. a! thin#ing in ter!s of Love. a! a,ting a,ti ng a,,ording to the rule of Love. 5y hole life is &it,hed to the #ey of Love. Then you ,an understand that there is no fear in Love. There is fear in everything else. When you are out of Love= you say and do things that you ould be afraid to fa,e. 7ou 7ou thin# things out of Love Love that you ouldn?t ouldn?t ant ant to be,o!e &ubli, &ro&erty. "ut this 'erfe,t Love ,asteth out fear= for fear bath &unish!ent. /0e that feareth is not !ade &erfe,t in love./ 9o you ,an understand that if i f e al# the Love ay and the Love Life ,ontrols us= e ill say nothing< e ill do nothing< e ill resolutely refuse to thin# anything outside of Love. Can?t you see hat a fearless life that ould he; 9o !atter hat ha&&ens= you #no you are al#ing in Love. When you s&ea# you #no it is in Love. (&h. 4D1$ illustrates thisD /"ut s&ea#ing truth trut h in Love= !ay gro u& in all things into hi!= ho is the head= even Christ./ &ea#ing out of Love is s&ea#ing out of tune. t is off the #ey. t brea#s har!ony.
t @ars on the ears of the !en and a nd o!en ho al# al# in Love. o our hole life sings into the orbit of this ne #ind of Love< this 9e Creation Life. This is the thing that 'aul gave us. 1 Cor. 1D33= /(ven as also &lease all !en in all things= not see#ing !ine on &rofit= but the &rofit of the !any= that they !ay be saved./ And then he says= /"e ye i!itators of !e= even as also a! of Christ./ That is heartsear,hing= isn?t it; 9ot living to &rofit fro! !y brethren= but living only to hel& the!. "ut ho Cor. D2122 ,hallenges us. 0e said in the 2th verse= /To the 8es be,a!e as a 8e= 8e= that !ight gain 8es./ E0e had sto&&ed being a 8e< he had be,o!e a 9e Creation < he as a Christian. /To the! that are under the la= as under the la= not being !yself under the la= that !ight gain the! that are under the la < to the! that are ithout la= as ithout la= not being ith out la to %od= but under la to Christ= that !ight gain the! that are ithout la. la. /To the ea# be,a!e ea#= that !ight gain the ea# D a! be,o!e all things things to all !en= that !ay by all !eans save so!e./ What Christian or#ers e ould !a#e if Love !elted us into that ,astH , astH What 8esusbelievers 8esusbelievers e ould ould beH What soul innersH innersH What !ighty !en and o!en of %odH 7ou see= the %os&el ,o!es first. The lost !ust be rea,hed< they !ust #no this ne Life. n Ro!. 1$D12= there is another ,hallenge of the believer to his brother believerD believerD /9o e that are strong ought to bear the infir!ities of the ea#= and not to &lease ourselves./
n the third verse he ,ries= , ries= /For Christ also &leased not hi!self./ There is a battle line laid don for us. That is here e !ust begin our fight ith the reign of selfishness. This is a Love affair and e !ust not live outside of it. This is a Love real! and to live outside of it is to destroy our usefulness. The 9e La that as to ta#e the &la,e of the old Ten Co!!and!ents= as given by 8esus in 8ohn 13D343$. 7ou re!e!ber= re!e!ber= 0e fulfilled the Old Covenant Covenant and established a 9e Covenant in 0is blood. And no 0e said= /A /A ne ,o!!and!ent give unto you Eor a ne la= that ye love one an other= even as have loved you./ The !en ho live in this real!= under that 9e La= La= ill never ,o!!it sin. 0ear that again= /(ven as have have loved you= that ye also love one another. another. "y this shall all !en #no that ye are !y dis,i&les= if ye have love one to another./ Ta#e ith that Ro!. 13D1D /Love or#eth no ill to his neighbor< love therefore is the fulfill!ent of the la./ There is no need of the Ten Co!!and!ents no for us ho are in Christ. We are in the Love Fa!ily and al# in Love= and as e al# in Love= e do ill to no one. That ill !a#e the !ost beautiful ty&e of life. 9ever 9ever any !ore harsh= bitter= bitter= un#ind ords s&o#en by us. 9o ,ruel insinuations= nor biting sar,as!. All our ords ould be soa#ed in Love before they ere uttered= literally saturated ith Love. Those ords
ould need no artifi,ial &erfu!e. They ould have the seet fragran,e of 0eaven itself. What ho!es it ould !a#eH What asse!blies of believers here there ould never be another un#ind ord s&o#en. 7ou 7ou #no= #no= as studied the life of of the 5aster= 5aster= sa that 0e never had sus&i,ion. ondered ho 0e ,ould be above sus&i,ion= surrounded as 0e as ith that ,rod of %odless !en= but 0e as Love. Love destroys sus&i,ion. 8esus never ste&&ed out of the real! of Love. 0e as living the Life. 0e as al#ing in the 9e Way. 0e built the 9e Way. 7ou see= this is the ne order for the fullgron !an in Christ. t is the !easure of the stature of the fullness of Christ. This ould ,reate a revival revival of the 8esuslife a!ong !en. ouldn?t it; t ould be good for us to read daily the 13th ,ha&ter of 1 Corinthians= at least the first eight verses. We ould then suffer long ith &eo&le and be #ind hile e suffer. Love ould gain su,h ,ontrol of us that there ould be no envy. We ould than# the Father for the su,,ess of others. We ould never be elated over our on su,,ess= for it says= /Love /Love vaunteth vaunteth not itself= is not &uffed u&./ Our ,ondu,t before the orld ould be one of restraint= Love?s restraint= and e ould be as #ind to the out,ast as e ould to the ealthy. We ould never behave ourselves unsee!ly. 9o one ould ever hear a harsh ord fro! our li&s= nor an un#ind ,riti,is!. The Love Life ould govern us. t
says= /ee#eth not its on./ Another translation is /ee#eth not its brothers=/ is not trying to gain the as,endan,y over anyone. And if others need hat e have= e share ith the!. We ould never go to la< e ould never >uarrel or &arley even over hat belongs to us. This ne #ind of Love !a#es us so big that selfishness is utterly eli!inated. 7ou 7ou see= in the 9e Creation e ere given given a ne self= a Love self= a self born of %od= a self li#e 8esus? self that 0e had in 0is earth al#. We are not see#ing our on. They ,annot &rovo#e us= and e refuse r efuse to ta#e any a,,ount of evil. We We never re@oi,e in unrighteousness= e only re@oi,e in the Truth= in the things t hings that are real. That T hat seventh verse startles us. The !argin reads= r eads= /Covereth /Covereth all things./ The teBt readsD /"eareth all things=/ but 7oung 7oung translates it /Covering /Covering ,losely./ ,losely./ Thayer Thayer translates it /Cover /Cover over ith silen,e./ What are they tal#ing about; Oh= it is s,andal. t is so!ething that has ha&&ened that is unsee!ly< so!ething that if it ere #non ould in@ure &erha&s a lot of &eo&le < !ight ,ause a division in the asse!bly < !ight brea# u& a fa!ily. fa!ily. What do e do; We ,over it ,losely ith silen,e. ?We never !ention it= and the thing dies there and no one is in@ured.
0ear thisD /t believeth all things= hoð all things= endureth all things./ And then the ,li!aB/Love never faileth./ We should re!e!ber this. Aga&a= this ne #ind of Love= never goes into ban#ru&t,y. ban#ru&t,y. The red flag is never seen over its delling. 0ere is here Love holds say say and rules= a Pueen u&on her throne. Love 0as 5ade 5e a i,tor sa this translation in !y s&irit= of 1 8ohn 4D4D /7e /7e are of love= !y little ,hildren= and greater is love in you than hatred and bitterness that is in the orld./ Then !y heart entered a s&iritual ,lini,= and began to ta#e a diagnosis of !y heart life. began to investigate Love?s realities. sa that 1 Cor. Cor. 13D14 as a sort of a resu!e of the failure of sense #noledge #noledge religion. t is a su!!ary of the best that sense #noledge ,ould give to the orld. f s&ea# ith the tongue of !en and of angels= that is the highest a,hieve!ent of a linguist= but 0e rites a,ross it= /"ut have not love= a! but a sounding brass and a ,langing ,y!bal./ 5y linguisti, ability is but noise= a @angling= unhar!onious dis,ord. Then= if have all #noledge and #no all !ysteries= and have all faith so as to re!ove !ountains= and !y sense #noledge faith has !ade !e a great business !aster= !aster= but have not love= a! nothing. Or if have have #noledge so great that the universities are honored by giving !e
degrees= Eand 0e says it softly and tenderly= /but have ha ve not love= you are nothing./ This is %od?s ,lini,. This is the !ost heartsear,hing thing that the hu!an ever fa,ed. 9o 0e ta#es !e into the real! of a &hilanthro&ist here be,o!e a Carnegie= or a Ro,#efeller= and &our out !illions u&on !illions to aid the needy= needy= and rea,h the &la,e here give !y !y body in servi,e until ear it out= but 0e says= /f you haven?t haven?t love= haven?t this ne #ind of Love that have given to the orld= all your efforts are nothing./ stood a!aGed in the &resen,e of it. ,ould see no that s,holasti,is!= ,ulture= everything that !odern fa,ilities have given given us= trav t ravel= el= !usi,= art= art = all are of no value unless Love= this ne #ind of Love= do!inates !y life. When at the end of the list= if that is all have= go to !y 5a#er e!&tyhanded= a! a failure. 7ou 7ou see= the t he 9e Creation is the only solution. The 9e Creation is ,reated out of Love. t is ,reated in Christ 8esus. 8esus. t is the or#!anshi& of %od in Christ. %od !ade the first !an out of the dust of the earth. The se,ond !an 0e !a#es out of 0i!self. The first !an is of the earth= earthy. earthy. This last !an that 0e has !ade as ,reated out of Righteousness and 0oliness and Reality= out of the very 9ature of the Father 0i!self. 7ou 7ou see= this is the greatest thing thing in the orld. Why; Why; "e ,ause it is %od?s 9ature i!&arted to us.
t is %od or#ing in us. t is %od or#ing through us. t is %od building 0i!self into our s&irits= until our s&irits do!inate our sense #noledge reasoning fa,ulties and bring the! into har!ony ith 0is #noledge. #noledge. t !a#es us !ore than ell&leasing. t gives gives to us Love?s ,reative genius that fills the very heart of the Father ith @oy. We be,o!e so 8esusli#e= that the ine and the bran,hes illustrate our union. We be,o!e a !irror in hi,h the Father sees 0i!self. This ne Love has given us a ne self= a Love self= a 8esus 8esus self. The old religion of fighting self and ,ru,ifying self is !edieval. t doesn?t belong to Christianity. Christianity. t belongs to the religions r eligions of the (ast. We see !an through ne eyes of Love. t is the ne #ind of Love that has given to us ne eyesight. We ,an only see the good things. 7ou re!e!ber that translation e !entioned before about Love= that t hat Love beareth all things. t literally ,overs ,losely= or ,overs over ith silen,e all that is unsee!ly. There is no s,andal. There are no old sores to un,over. un,over. Love ,an see only %od in us= and %od ,an only see 0i!self in us. We see !en?s !en?s overloads in order that e !ay !ay bear the!. We We see their infir!ities that e !ay !ay share ith the!. We see their ea#ness in
order that e !ay give our strength. We see their &overty in order that e !ay give the! our !oney. We be,o!e 8esus !en and o!en. As a battery is ,harged ith ele,tri,ity= e are ,harged , harged ith Love. We stay in 0is &resen,e feeding on the Word until our hole being is saturated ith 0i!. Then as e go out and !inister to the &eo&le= e are lights= little lu!inaries blaGing a &ath in life here sin has no &art and the !isery that ,o!es fro! sin ,an never enter. 9o e understand hat it !eans to al# in Love < hat it !eans to be in Christ. o!eho= the &assage of ,ri&ture in 2 Cor. $D4 begins to unveil itself= here 0e s&ea#s of our !ortality being salloed u& of Life. That is the 9ature of the Father Father.. This !ortal ,annot no &ut on i!!ortality= i!!ortality= yet it &uts on the very Life L ife and 9ature of the Father Father so our fa,es shine ith the glory of our Christ= and 0is health and vigor and strength &our through us. We are si!&ly salloed u& of Life. All that as !ortal= that hi,h has been giving !essages through the senses to the brain= no is enra&&ed= i!!ersed= overhel!ed ith the Love 9ature of the Father. Father. Can you i!agine hat this ,ould !ean= !y being salloed salloed u& in Love= enra&&ed in Love= i!!ersed in Love until Love not only o nly sallos sallos u& !y !ortality= but it sallos u& !y s&irit. / a! droned in a sea of life=/ as Way?s translation &uts it.
O Love that ould not let !e go until ,aught a gli!&se of this FountainH O Love= that has folloed !e all these years in order that it !ight de!onstrate in !y s&irit= soul and body the ,o!&leteness of the Rede!&tion Rede!&tion that it has rought in the !an Christ 8esusH
