Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth

... rightly dividing the word of truth.......2T2
[....use words that lead to the Heart of Daddy God and to the Trust in Jesus ... ]


Self-will can't apply the Word of Truth.
Ask The Comforter to show His Will for the Word of Truth.
Be sensitive for His answer.

One basic understanding is essential.
We need to divide the Old Testament based on discipline by rules
from the New Testament justification by faith in Jesus Christ.

OT was "forgive so you can be forgiven."
NT  IS    "you are forgiven so forgive."

OT : "I am sent only to the House of Israel".
NT : "God so loved the world".
Both occur in the accounts of Jesus before the time of the Cross.
Only the ones defined by His Inclusive Grace stand forever.

OT : Repentence will bring you to the goodness of God.
NT : The Goodness of God will change your mind about Him.

OT : Hey Moses whatever God wants of us for righteousness, 
        "we will do it".
NT : We have been qualified for Righteousness by what
         HAS BEEN DONE in the SON of MAN.

Our inheritance has always been in the promises given to Abraham.
That time period during the exodus
from Egypt(fallen world) to Mt Sinai(rules) for the nation, Israel,
was a snapshot of Grace,
God loved and provided even though they sinned.

Jesus was never forsaken by His Father.
"...It was God [personally present] in Christ,
reconciling and restoring the world to favor with Himself, .... "2C5

Jesus on the Cross verbalised and demonstrated
how forsaken was mankind before His Gift of Grace.

WOW!!!

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Sunday, September 25, 2011

It only takes a remnant in Christ for world change ...


Lance Wallnau - exponent of the 7 Mountains of influence in the nations.
Lance uses the arena scene from the movie "Gladiator" to illustrate how even an atmosphere in a natural colliseum can be changed when the remnant act as one.
He reminds us that the supernatural needs fruit in the natural otherwise it is invisible to the nations.
Discipling Nations requires teaching.
“All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, ... M28


(satan deceives nations by whatever blinding veil he can find.)


[[[ ... having gone, then, disciple all the nations,(Young)
So wherever you go, make disciples of all nations:(God's Word)
Teach them to do all the things I have told you.(New Life)
... teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you;(NKJV)
... teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have enjoined you.(Darby)....  

..... disciple is from the Greek term maqhthv" (matheˉteˉs)
refers generally to any “student,” “pupil,” “apprentice,” or “adherent,”
... as opposed to a “teacher.”   .......

.... it is a different word from that for discipline = paideía
= cultivation of the soul by correcting mistakes and misapplied passions - 
... it has punishment, but only by implication ... ]]]]

The overt punch of preachers comes after the covert blessing from the teachers.
So it is more likely that you are a secret agent discipling the city leaders.

In Sheep Nations leaders have love and care for all people.
In Goat Nations leaders have love and care only for themselves.

Your perspective on a city often defines your assignment.
Your compassion for the lost.
Paul (A19) saw a city bound in the demonic so he demonstrated.
Divine appointments are you moving in the supernatural at the right time, right place.

The secular is not a "bad" place to start.
The Media is a powerful mind molder so the controllers strongly defend it.
But the Arts can be an equal opportunity area for the creative spirit.
The Arts are a secular escape to "rest" and "meditation".
A secular sabbath where minds can experience new possibilities.

Science and Business has space for you to be visionary,
(i.e. see what is required to be helpful to His Earth).
Execs in 7M businesses enjoy soaking and worshipping in problem solving prayer rooms.

Problem - distress - soak and rest - dream, see, hear or await His solution - develop and deliver.

Actualisation is finishing your assignment.
Clarity is your power - Passion is your fuel.
This passion is not from your love of money but your romance with Jesus.
Though natural riches will be seen in your life by onlookers.
It is important to know what will control you when you have big success.
If you fail and are controlled by ungodly forces upon success,
remember, you can learn from it, then start again !

Convergence is when your gifting, calling, destiny, will and success
is in alignment with your Father's.
It is the science of being in Jesus.
Go to your "Me" mountain, let Him change you to be in Jesus.
Then go to your work mountain, change its culture to a Kingdom culture.
e.g. one company employed widows on at the front desk
where they also operated in intercession and word of knowledge
to prepare for those coming to the business.

Initial articulation in Business/Science and Government mountain requires
engendering confidence from an authorised utterance.
Today's utterance is steered by tertiary education and self interest.
Success brings confidence in the prophetic utterance.
Purity in Loving His Presence and going to the Father,
listening to the "lesser" inputs in your life will give you a believers edge in puzzle solving.
Find strategies from Heaven to stop hell on Earth.
God's Angels partner "killer" David sheep!

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Sunday, September 18, 2011

Some Gems from Wayne Jacobsen in "So you don't want to go to church anymore".

general topic of the book :-
How to move from system to relationship
It is set in a very readable story.

One is back under the law when the New Testament is presented as "principles".

Jesus is the best person to find you - even at your very worst and most unlovable - He truly knows how to Love you.

Wrongly do we give our affection only to those who serve our interests and with-hold it from those who do not.

Do you see how our definitions of Love get twisted when institutional priorities take over?

At times [of pressure] the group often splinters into new arrangements that will better serve one another's insecurities. After their bitterness recedes the cycle will begin all over again.

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Worship and Prayer - CS Lewis style

It is in the process of being worshipped that God communicates His presence to men - C. S. Lewis

We may ignore, but we can nowhere evade, the presence of God. - C. S. Lewis

In commanding us to glorify Him,
God is inviting us to enjoy Him.
- CSLewis

If there is equality, it is in His love, not in us - C. S. Lewis

Where, except in the present, can the Eternal be met? - C. S. Lewis

Christianity is not, in the long run, concerned with either individuals or communities, 
but a new creature.
- C. S. Lewis

If God forgives us we must forgive ourselves
otherwise its like setting up ourselves as a higher tribunal than Him.
- C. S. Lewis

Very often the only way to get a quality in reality is to start behaving as if you had it already.
- C. S. Lewis

We must get over wanting to be needed [by people]
-this is the hardest of all temptations to resist.
- C.S. Lewis

If He who in Himself can lack nothing,
chooses to need us,
it is because we need to be needed.
- CSLewis

The descent to Hell is easy
and those who begin by worshiping power soon worship evil.
-CSLewis

If they are wrong, they need your prayers all the more
and if they are your enemies, you are under orders to pray for them.
- CSLewis

If you want to get warm you move near the fire.
If you want joy, peace, eternal life,
you must get close to what has them.
- CSLewis

Our worst prayers may really be our best.
God seems to speak to us most intimately
when he catches us off guard.
- CSLewis

The New Testament does not envisage solitary religion:
regular assembly for worship is everywhere in the epistles.
- CSLewis

Faith in Christ is the only thing to save you from despair
and out of faith in Him good actions must inevitably come.
-CSLewis

The hardness of God is kinder than the softness of men,
and His compulsion is our liberation.
-CSLewis

Christians don't think God will love us because we're good,
but that God will make us good because He loves us.
-CSLewis

God doesn't want something from us.
He simply wants us.
-CSLewis

I think we all sin needlessly by disobeying the apostolic injunction to "Rejoice".
-CSLewis

Joy is the serious business of heaven.
Our merriment must be between people who take each other seriously.
-CSLewis

Continue seeking God with seriousness.
Unless He wanted you, you would not be wanting Him.
-CSLewis

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Saturday, September 10, 2011

Being Filled

Being Filled with The Holy Spirit happens each time
one is open in the Presence of the Kouros (Master, Supreme Authority, Jesus).

"Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled."(M5)

A heart felt desire for more of that time and relationship with the Living Jesus is the key.

It is a believing from the heart more than from the mind of man.

"And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues," (A2) (Peter included)

"Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, You rulers of the people, and elders of Israel," (A4) (Peter included)

"And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together;
and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost," (A4) (Peter included again)

"choose seven men from among you whom everyone trusts, men full of the Holy Spirit"(A6)

"(Stephen), being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven," (A7)


"that you might receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost." (A9) (Paul included)

"Then Paul, filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him." (A13) (Paul again)

"And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost." (A13) (Paul included)

"to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ,
and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—
that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God." (E3) (Paul included)

It is not once Filled, always Filled;
not a set and neglect automatic re- Filling !
One needs to re-hunger and re-thirst to be re-nourished or even re-inebriated.

Filled from the Promise of the Father, the Baptism of The Holy Ghost to receive Power.

One can be Filled during prayer in His Will.

One can see into Heaven while Filled.

One is chosen for trusted service while filled.

Pure Joy is a response to being Filled.

One can be a Filled for a specific interaction or assignment :-

Peter, Filled, to explain the healing of the beggar at Gate Beautiful to city and temple rulers.

Paul, Filled, to rebuke the obstructionist, know it all, wizard.

It is "Rivers in" to allow "Rivers out" of our inner most being of Living Water.

"We need to constantly refill because we leak."

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