Archive for June, 2017

Becoming Of Full Age

Friday, June 2nd, 2017

It is written by THE SPIRIT in Hebrews chapter 5:

12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food.

13 For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe.

14 But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

Reading and studying the Word without “using” the Word is a determining factor in the maturity of a believer.  You can study and dissect the word “Love” in the Scripture and memorize every verse Agape appears in but if you don’t apply Agape Love in your life then you haven’t matured yet.  Jesus did not sit around in the garden day and night communing with FATHER at the expense of all those in need.  He applied what FATHER showed Him and fulfilled His calling.  We must do the same.

James wrote by THE SPIRIT in chapter 2:

14 What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him?

15 If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food,

16 and one of you says to them, “Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,” but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit?

17 Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

18 But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.

As we obtain revelation then we have a responsibility to walk and act according to that revelation.  The Word is for the equipping of the saints through the five-fold ministry so that when we are confronted with a situation, we can discern both good and evil thus respond accordingly.  There are many wolves out there who would take advantage of us if given the opportunity.  Our ability to discern is critical when dealing with such individuals.  There are other times where we must choose to be silent in order to discern the situation.  This all centers around being led by THE SPIRIT and only those who are mature will be able to effectively walk in this manner.

Everyone has to start somewhere and there are those who have spent years studying without “doing”.  Others have done the opposite.  It is up to each of us to find our own balance going forward.  As we spend time with FATHER, HE will guide us into all Truth and HIS SPIRIT will provide the necessary balance if we are willing to listen and respond accordingly.  There are times when FATHER wants me to hear a message by an evangelist who happens to have a Word for me that day.  Other times HE will direct me to read a passage about some event in Scripture.  Later, those Words become applicable to a situation I am in and often are used to guard me from the wrong path another wants me to take or provide instruction to those I come in contact.

We are called to become mature Sons and Daughters in Christ so that we can be most effective in bringing forth the Kingdom to earth.  Let us not be lacking in any area.

The Life Source

Thursday, June 1st, 2017

In John chapter 15 Jesus spoke:

1 “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.

2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

3 You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.

4 Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.

5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.

6 If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.”

FATHER is making it quite clear that we must understand the source and flow of zoe life.  I do not choose these daily topics but instead I am given them by HIS SPIRIT for our benefit, me being the first to receive since I am recording it.  This theme of zoe life flowing from Heaven through Jesus to us must be discerned like never before.  Yes, many of us have read these passages over the years but there is a fresh revelation to be received.  It requires a deeper understanding and relationship with Christ Jesus than what we have found acceptable in the past.

The life force that flows through Jesus must be permanently connected by Love through us so that we bear not only some fruit, but much fruit.  Those who are found not abiding IN HIM will be removed and cast into the fire for purging.  What fruit did Jesus bear in His earthly ministry?  Salvation, healing the sick, recovery of sight to the blind, and raising the dead.  He did this through His motivation of Love, a core expression of FATHER.

In the Revelation of Jesus Christ, the tree of life is once again mentioned in chapter 22:

2 In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

Since this tree is mentioned as part of the Revelation of Jesus Christ, we can focus on the purpose of the tree- bear much fruit and healing.  We can certainly look at other facets within this verse but simply put, it is all about zoe life.  Jesus is our connection with FATHER and He declared “I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly”.  Jesus is the Life Source and we must insure that we are fully connected with Him for He is the only Way to FATHER and the fullness of Agape Love.  Let not the temporal redirect our focus away from this reality.  Let us not become too busy with life’s issues and challenges to allow this Truth to fade away.

As we focus on producing much fruit as a result of being connected with the True Vine, our individual issues will come to resolution in some manner.  Our troubles may be simply used to move us into the position FATHER wants us in so that we can increase our fruit.  As we embrace what FATHER places before us and HE will surely provide us the understanding of why we have been put into the various situations.  Look at it as pruning so that more fruit will come forth.  We should look forward to HIS life force being maximized in us.