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Exploring the kingdom of GOD and our Salvation

By James L.B. Turner

Copyright 2014 James Turner

Smashwords Edition

1: THE KINGDOM OF GOD

So many Christians are living aimless, Fruitless lives, and have no real understanding of the importance of their part in the Kingdom of GOD especially in these last days of Grace just before the return of Christ.

But that is about to change.

While this book cannot take the place of GOD's original design of one to one mentorship that should be going on in the church today, I can be sure that it will hit its intended target.

I hope that by the time you finish reading the material written herein, that you will already be striving to become a vessel of honor for your GOD to use in Ministry. The only thing that can stop you is you.

All Born again Christians have the indwelling Holy Spirit of GOD. This has nothing to do with denominations. This has everything to do with Truth in Doctrine. The Holy Spirit is always right. Man makes mistakes because he leans upon his own understanding. And we are specifically told NOT to do such. If you are not getting your understanding directly from the Holy Spirit, you could be in error and not even know it. Pride and sentimentality have no place in the Kingdom of GOD.

Once we are Born again the key point to our lives is that we give more and more of ourselves to the Holy Spirit to work with. We all need to learn what it means to walk ACCORDING to the Spirit of Life. Born again Christians have a guarantee from GOD that He will never forsake this Blood bought covenant that HE chose to establish with each of us. And HE did choose you no matter where you may be at in your relationship with GOD at this moment in time. And to perfectly seal the deal GOD gave you His indwelling Holy Spirit as His guarantee that He will never break His promises. We all have the fullness of the Spirit within, but does the Holy Spirit have access to every area of our being? This is the focus of Sanctification. Sanctification is the reclamation and restoration of our soul unto wholeness in preparation for becoming good soil that can eventually produce the Fruit of the Spirit. Sanctification is how we clean our soul of the junk that is interfering in our ability to be that vessel of honor functioning as a vital part of the Body of Christ. This is what it means to work out your Salvation with fear and trembling. In order for us to be able to prosper spiritually, Christians need to be taught the Truth about the Kingdom of GOD. Accepting Jesus as your Saviour is what opens that door to the Kingdom of GOD. Salvation is the only way to enter the Kingdom of GOD, but it is just the beginning of our journey to Heaven. There is so much more to Salvation than being saved from the penalty of Spiritual death for our sins and possessing Heaven as our Eternal home. Being Born again is a privileged position, but with it comes great responsibilities. The real issue here is that very few believers comprehend what GOD is responsible for and what GOD has given us responsibility for in the Kingdom of GOD.

We must become convinced of the true importance of our relationship with GOD and grow in faith towards understanding our true reality as part of the Body of Christ. We do this through developing our relationship with the indwelling Holy Spirit.

Every Christian needs to understand what it means to be Born again if we intend to move beyond that door in order to go in and out in to find pasture.

In John 10:9 Jesus said, "I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture."

It is a fact that our Salvation is a done deal in Christ alone but we need to be convinced in our own understanding (doctrine) of our established position of Salvation, with its Justification, and Sanctification. If we do not understand how secure we are in our redeemed Position with GOD, we could find ourselves struggling to achieve something that has already been done for us by GOD, in Christ Jesus. We need to understand what GOD is responsible for and what we have been given responsibility for in the Kingdom of GOD. As a Born again Christian, I am accredited by GOD as though I have already been thoroughly purged of all the corruption in my soul unto being a Saint, which is exactly what is going to occur my redemption is culminated in glorification. That's what Christ did for me when I invited Him into my heart. I have been judicially Justified and accredited through Christ unto perfect Sanctification. That is my positional Sanctification irrelevant of the current conditions in my soul. Because I now possess this positional Sanctification in the crucifixion and death of Christ, I have been given the right to experience that progressive sanctification whereby the corrupt conditions and damage in my soul is reconciled back to Newness of Life. This Christian life is not about how good a person I can try to be by my own self-discipline like what is currently being implied in the dogma of the church. This Christian life is all about how good a person GOD can change me into becoming by that sanctification process. This Christian life is really about how much of me the Holy Spirit has reconciled and operates out of. So many Christians have been taught that they must try not to sin by their own self-discipline. This is a common teaching of many religions. And all the while the world is watching and thinking that the church is full of hypocrites because we are just as barren inside as they are.

Anything we work towards building upon an unstable doctrinal foundation will cost us far more effort than is required of us. And it will not produce the Fruit of the Spirit. What is required of us is surrender. Surrender to the TRUTH about our position of Sanctification and to GOD's process of sanctification. If the Holy Spirit does the quickening and discipline within our soul then the world will witness of the genuineness of Christ within each of us and the church as a whole. Anything we build on an unstable foundation will just continue to be unstable and wavering. But, when we get the Truth of our foundation established in our understanding and our doctrine correct, a whole lot of the other pieces will start falling into their proper place. Then we will be building on that firm foundation that is Christ Jesus a building for GOD's Spirit to Glorify Himself in that will weather the circumstances of life and be a beacon in this darkness. Once we are established in our understanding of our Foundation, the Word will start making a whole lot more sense. Everything that GOD said in the Bible, especially in the Parables of Christ, have been difficult to understand since they were first given, but their hidden Truth in application is just now being revealed for us who are alive during these last days. The Spiritual Truth is that we are absolutely secure in our Salvation position of Sanctification even though we may not feel like we are functioning and moving forward in our sanctification process. All Born again Christians are walking in the Spirit, but few have found the Truth of what it means to exit from that broad way that is destruction and walk that narrow way ACCORDING to the Spirit of Life in sanctification that leads to Everlasting Life. This is the real Truth of how we can live that Christian life.

Even if you are unsure in your understanding (doctrine) and floundering, IN Christ we are safe and secure in our positional Sanctification and perfect candidates to begin employing the provisions that GOD has given us in order to begin experiencing the reconciliation of the error in our soul back to Truth and wholeness. This sanctification process will weed out the error and replace it with Truth whereby we will become persuaded in our doctrinal understanding, convinced that we can now strive with dedication, and with confidence that the Holy Spirit will accomplish what the Word tells us, within our soul. There are no exceptions in the Body of Christ as to who has the right to experience the recovery of their soul back to wholeness through sanctification. But we must be convinced as to what we have been given responsibility for as part of the Kingdom of GOD. If not, we could get stuck in trying to work AT our Salvation instead of learning how we are to apprehend that rest in the finished work of Jesus and work OUT our Salvation progressively into every area of life. Or, we could find ourselves getting busy and working in a ministry that the Holy Spirit did not lead us into. There is either the tendency to wither like those who have not apprehended what it means to be abiding in the Vine. Or, get busy on the coat tails of someone else's calling because we are unsure what our own calling is because we have yet to experience genuine Ministry in our own life. Well, I have good news for you. What you are about to read in this book will change your life.

If you enter at the strait gate that is Christ Jesus and learn how to heed the Word, and do not grow weary in well doing, in time you will become a good tree, and eventually you will experience the Fruit of the Spirit in your life; and by Spiritual consequence of that ongoing reconciliation the Holy Spirit will unction genuine Ministry right where you are. Ministry is not about what you can do within your own abilities or sentimentalities. Ministry is about what the Holy Spirit unctions within you on that Kingdom level that edifies.

This scripture of Christ is true whether natural or spiritual needs are the subject.

In Matthew 6:33 Jesus said, "But seek ye first the Kingdom of God and his Righteousness; and all these other things shall be added unto you."

If GOD produces it in you, there will be little doubt that it definitely was something beyond your own ability. That's the truth behind the Fruit of the Spirit, Sanctification, and Ministry. One of the first Fruits that was produced within me was not even mentioned in the New Testament. It is found in the Old Testament in the Book of Proverbs.

Proverbs 25:11 says, "A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver."

It was occasional at first, but it happens in me all the time now. But I must understand that it is the Holy Spirit that unctions it within and through me as I abide in the Vine. I am the vessel used in the process for the Holy Spirit to express the Kingdom to others.

Sanctification is at once a position because we are Born again, and then a process of the Holy Spirit renovating us within. Do not be weary in your well doing, because the Holy Spirit is going to be very busy cleaning up a lot of the trash and rocky conditions of the soil in the field of your soul before you become good soil and are able to see that bountiful harvest of the Fruit of the Spirit unto thirtyfold increase.

Our responsibility is to rest in that Position of Sanctification that Christ has achieved and secured for us; and then learn how to employ all the provisions GOD has given us.

In Matthew 7:13 and 14, Jesus tells us, "Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life and few there be that find it."

Everybody born by water birth from their mother's womb into this world is already entered at that wide gate into that broad way which leadeth to destruction because of their sin nature. Entering the strait gate, which is Christ Jesus, who is that door, makes it possible for us to eventually find that Spiritual narrow way, which leads unto life according to the Spirit and exit that broad way of destruction that many Christians are still on. Many truly Born again Christians are still on that broad way of destruction and barrenness in their souls and have yet to find that exit onto that narrow way which leads to Abundant Life. By being born into this physical world we are merely flesh and blood. We possess no Spirit. We are dead in that vacuum of our soul. Adam sinned and that old spirit died within him because it was subject to the Law of Sin and Death. When we invite Christ Jesus into our heart as Saviour, He comes in and births a Spirit of Himself within us, whereby we become Born again, and a vital part of the ETERNAL Kingdom of GOD.

John 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, (Nicodemus), "Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be Born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of GOD."

We are all born into this physical world of flesh by our water birth. But for us to enter into that Spiritual Kingdom of GOD we must experience a Spiritual birth. Water birth is the only way into this flesh and blood existence. Spiritual birth by becoming Born again of Jesus is the only way into the Kingdom of GOD and Heaven. If you are not Born again of the Spirit of Christ Jesus, you are yet dead in that spiritual vacuum within and under the wrath of GOD for your inherited sin nature. As such, when your physical body ceases its functions here on earth you will not enter into the celestial dimension of the spirit in triumph. Once you are dead-dead you will have no ability to change anything now that Abraham's Bosom has been swallowed up in Christ Jesus and ceased its function.

In John 3:5, 6, Jesus answered, "Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the Kingdom of GOD. That which is born of flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is Spirit."

When studying the New Testament, we need to realize that anytime Jesus uses the word, "verily", He is about to reveal a Kingdom of GOD truth and understanding. Anytime we encounter the terms "brethren, or beloved," they are referring to someone who is a part of the Kingdom of GOD. When Jesus spoke of being born of water, He was not speaking of water baptism being a requirement for salvation as some false religions suppose.

Becoming Born again, is the only way a physical body can become Spiritually alive and thereby enter into the Kingdom of GOD while in this physical dimension. If you have not already become a citizen of the Kingdom of GOD while you are here, then you will have no part in Heaven in the celestial dimension.

In Mark 8:34 we are told, And when He had called the people unto Him with His disciples also, He said unto them, "Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me."

John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by ME."

Entering in at that strait gate in Christ Jesus by becoming Born again of His Spirit; is the only way to become a citizen of the Kingdom of GOD, and is the ONLY way into Heaven. When we accept GOD's perfect provision of Christ Jesus, we are reconciled back to GOD from the curse of that sin nature we inherited from Adam in our water birth. Since that is true, we have been given responsibility for our new position and are to become trustworthy, Ambassadors of Christ Jesus, of the Kingdom of GOD within, and outward to those who have yet to find that door and those who are yet on that broad way of destruction.

In 2 Corinthians 5:18 and 19 Paul tells us, "And all things are of GOD, who hath reconciled us to Himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; To wit, that GOD was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself, not inputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the Word of reconciliation."

Many people are mistakenly taught and think that when they accept Jesus as their Saviour that they will become a brand new, completely cleaned up, person inside. Yes, we are a new creature that did not exist before our new birth and because of that new birth into the Kingdom of GOD; we inherit the right to learn all new ways of living according to the Spirit, whereby all things do become new compared to the Old Testament Law of works unto righteousness. But, we still have that damage in our soul and in our lives to reconcile. If I have murdered someone, I do not just get to walk away from the consequences of my actions. For sure GOD will forgive me when I confess that sin to Him, but man's laws do not consider the Grace of GOD. In my inner man I still have to deal with that pull of my old sin nature, but now I have the indwelling Holy Spirit, whereby, I now have a choice as to whether my conscience listens to the flesh or obeys and follows the Spirit. Meanwhile, I still have a lifetime of damage in my soul that needs to be cleaned up. Sure, I am a new creature, Born again into the Kingdom of GOD, but I still need to learn the new ways of that Kingdom that I am now a part of. The problem with individual Christians and the corporate church is that few are even aware of, let alone have found that exit from that broad way onto that narrow path of sanctification that is walking ACCORDING to the Spirit of Life. We need a mentor who is walking that narrow way to disciple us about the Truth about the Kingdom of GOD. So many Christians desperately need to learn how to recover from being an ill, corrupt tree through sanctification unto becoming a good tree that produces that good fruit of the Spirit.

Remember this: If GOD requires it, GOD will provide it. And GOD has provided some awesome provisions for what ails me. I need to learn what they are and begin employing those provisions that GOD has given me in my Salvation, to quicken within me the change from being an ill or corrupt tree into a good tree that can produce the Fruit of the Spirit. Like Jesus said, "Let him who hath ears to hear, hear."

As I put to work or employ my Salvation, I will begin experiencing that sanctification process whereby I reconcile more of myself and progressively make Christ LORD of my life in new areas of my being that are slowly being reclaimed from the old effects of unrighteousness in my soul. The process of sanctification is the key understanding all Born again Christians must become confident in. If you are Born again and begin heeding the Word, the Holy Spirit will guide you by His ability to sanctify. Ephesians 5:26 tells of the duel concept of the Word being Christ our Sanctification Who has made us His Church, and the Word as an agent of sanctification within us. That He might sanctify us as the Church, and cleanse us with the washing of water by the Word, Who is Christ our LOGOS, manifested to sanctify us unto vessels of Honor for His use in that ministry of LOVE to others.

Ephesians 5: 26 and 27 says, "That He might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the Word, That He might present it to Himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish."

As we learn how to employ all of GOD's provisions of Holiness in our soul we slowly get off of the throne of the selfishness in our lives. Selfishness within us, because of our old man and his nature; is at the root of all sin. Sanctification cleanses us within of that damage that is causing our expressions of selfishness and its concupiscence, whereby we become a vessel and conduit of the LOVE of GOD. Then, from that totally secure Position of Salvation, we will be able distinguish what we have been given responsibility for by GOD. We begin to see the Word of GOD in a whole new way. That Position of security in our Salvation allows me the freedom to employ that sanctification process that changes me from who I was: into Who GOD desires for me to be. I slowly change on the inside into that vessel of Honor fit for the Master's use in the ministry of reconciliation to everyone I encounter. I so pray and hope that you find your direction in life, and the missing discipleship we all need to help us mature in Christ; and become a minister of that Word of reconciliation. I pray that this collection of insights and understandings will help you begin to see the Kingdom of GOD in a new way. In John the 17th chapter Christ prayed to the Father for all who would come to faith in Him, that GOD would Sanctify us through His truth, and then Jesus said, Thy Word is truth.

In John 17:17 Jesus said, "Sanctify them through thy Truth: Thy Word is Truth."

My hope is that this letter to the worldwide Body of Christ will help all of us, to understand new and better precepts and principles that each of us can start employing in our own spiritual walk immediately. I need to explain to you that the Holy Spirit is going to be very busy clearing out of us a lot of the trash, clutter and rocky soil conditions before you will feel confident that you are experiencing the Fruit of the Spirit spoken of in Galatians 5:22 and 23.

Galatians 5:22 and 23 says, "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law."

To be a good tree that produces good fruit we must heal from that corrupt damage within our soul that was caused by the sin nature. As a joint-heir with Christ Jesus I have every right to experience newness of life and be reconciled back to wholeness in my soul. But it is not going to be by accident that reconciliation is going to happen. All sanctification happens under the direction of the Holy Spirit. There are no accidents in the ways that the Spirit influences our sanctification and growth. We inherit the Kingdom of GOD as the Holy Spirit reveals to us what He knows that we are ready for. A carnal Christian will not be able to inherit the Kingdom of GOD within their being because they are in no condition to receive it that kind of information. If you do not qualify for that information because you are yet a carnal Christian, it will not be revealed to you by accident. Step by step, a Christian will progress in their sanctification, and as we work out into our being what has been previously revealed to us by the Holy Spirit we qualify for fresh and new. The damage of the sin nature in our soul will interfere with our ability to inherit the Kingdom of GOD within our being. All of us must be taught how to heal of that corruption in our soul that has been hindering us. If not, then we will stay a carnal Christian and our corruption will keep us from being able to inherit the Kingdom of GOD.

A corrupt tree is not a lost tree, but it cannot help but do the works of the flesh, illustrated in Galatians 5:19-21.

Galatians 5:19-21 says, "Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the Kingdom of GOD."

A carnal Christian is a carnal Christian because they are yet walking that broad way that leads to destruction. They are yet full of that damage of unrighteousness and therefore they are inclined by their damage to continue to be controlled by their pain and reproduce the fruits of unrighteousness illustrated in Galatians 5:19-21. Those who are walking according to the Spirit of Life in sanctification are inheriting the Kingdom of GOD and recovering by reconciliation of their old damage of unrighteousness unto producing the Fruits of the Spirit as illustrated in Galatians 5: 22 and 23. It simply means that as I progress in sanctification I will slowly change from a damaged, carnal Christian who was a corrupt tree; in a good tree that is in reality inheriting the Kingdom of GOD in my being.

But, if you have entered the strait gate of Christ Jesus and you are heeding the Word, you can be assured that you will be slowly progressing from the corruption in your soul unto becoming a good tree through the Power of GOD's Divine Nature and not because of your own abilities of discipline to be good. You can trust and obey GOD's prescribed ways of the Kingdom.

The First new way of the Kingdom of GOD is the importance of learning what it means to declare that Word of reconciliation. Declaring scripture, back to GOD who gave it to us, reconciles so very much of the damage within us, healing us of the effects of unrighteousness unto Wholeness. It washes and cleanses our soul of the trash and clutter we have been dumping in it for years now. It ministers to our bumps and bruises of life. It cleanses and heals so many nicks and cuts that have been festering within our souls for so long. The Word, in the hands of the Holy Spirit dresses the field of our garden, and prepares it to begin producing the Fruit of the Spirit. The effects of unrighteousness in our soul are the root cause of why we act in destructive ways towards ourselves and others. Declaring the Word of GOD exponentially increases the washing and cleansing abilities of the Word within our soul. Begin by Declaring Psalms 119 every evening before you lie down to go to sleep. Declare any of the scriptures you desire. I enjoy declaring Psalms 112 through 119 because it gives my soul adequate provision for the Word to cleanse my conscious mind of the negative effects of that day and cross through the door of my conscience on over into my subconscious mind. All of the scriptures from the early translations will accomplish this assigned effect within our soul. Use translations for declaring and memorization; use versions for studying out the surface contextual of scriptures until you are able to receive directly from the Holy Spirit what the Word has to say to each of us. Concentrate more and more on what you are actually saying. Trust me and do it: and slowly the Holy Spirit will give you understanding of what it is saying and applications to your life. It will bring surprising changes if you do not faint and grow weary in well doing. This is the best thing I can do for what is making my soul ill and my tree corrupt. You must sow the seeds of the Spirit if you are looking to produce the Fruit of the Spirit. It produces great benefits to people who are suffering from different types of mental disorders and mental illnesses. If mental institutions were to broadcast the Word, it would be an amazing thing to see. If they were to sit down with their patients and read the Word to them, it could make some breakthroughs for that patient. If the patient starts declaring it for themselves, it could change their whole life. The best advice I could give to a new Christian is to study and meditate on the Gospel of John and Paul's letter to the Romans. Declare as much of the Word of GOD as you desire and reap the Kingdom of GOD benefits of sanctification in your life.

Luke 4:4 says, And Jesus answered him, saying, "It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every Word of GOD."

Romans 10:17 is actually an instruction which is secondary only to prayer. Romans 10:17 tells us, "So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of GOD."

When we declare the Word, which came from GOD, back to Him, we are completing that circuit connection with GOD's Divine Nature, and much the same as in prayer, we open ourselves up to that source and flow of His Holiness. GOD gave us the Word to fulfill this purpose here in these last days of Grace and this is how we can strive for that Faith that was once delivered to the Saints for the founding of the early church.

In Jude 1:3 we are told, "Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the Faith which was once delivered unto the Saints."

The Bible is the last will and testament of Jesus Christ (GOD) to all of His Beloved. The Word of GOD is a written deed of ownership to all of GOD's Children that describes their inheritance. An inheritance is for those who are alive right now in the pressure of time. If you are unaware of your heritage you will definitely not know how to get it for your benefit. Once we are Born again, we can begin inheriting right where we are in the pressure of time, and just keep right on inheriting on into eternity. It does not matter where you are right now in your life; the way back to wholeness is by striving for your heritage. No matter where you are, if you will begin to declare the Word of GOD out loud, you will begin recovering from your condition by the ability of this perfect provision from GOD.

Our Eternal life is secure in Heaven and is waiting for us outside of this current pressure of time. At the instant we invite Jesus into our heart we have it as our possession; that inheritance goes on ahead of us into the Eternal. Wherefore, nothing we could ever do back here while in this pressure of time can touch it. There is no sin I could ever commit here that can touch what is waiting for me there in Heaven. And that includes anything we could say or do. Jesus said there is nothing man can do that can pluck it out of GOD's hand. There is no sin that is greater than the GRACE and MERCY of GOD given to us by the innocent Blood of Christ Jesus. The innocent Blood of Jesus is all-powerful in Grace over any sin we could ever commit. That innocent Blood of Jesus defeated the power of that sin nature and destroyed the power of sin to ever be used against us in condemnation. Jesus is our advocate and champion to insure that no condemnation can be used against us before the Father.

1 John 2:1 and 2 says, "My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous: And He is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world."

This is just how perfect our salvation with its Eternal Life waiting for us in Heaven is.

Many of us Christians have this mindset that we will have to wait until after we have died and gone to Heaven before we can experience our Everlasting Life.

I grew up in the church and all of my life I knew that there was something missing. I knew that there was something that I was not being told the Truth about. I couldn't quite put my finger on it at that time, but I just knew that there had to be more to my being a Born again Christian than what I was experiencing. There is a definite lack of first hand understanding of How the Kingdom of GOD functions in the teachings of the church today. Part of that is because most of the teachings being passed on to Born again believers are traditional, third hand at best, information that comes from the misinterpretation of how the bible reads, and not the intimate, real understanding of how the Kingdom of GOD functions for us.

It doesn't have to be that way.

The best way to receive the Truth for yourself is by the Holy Spirit giving it to you firsthand as you walk in intimate relations with GOD by abiding in the Vine. If we are not getting what we know about GOD first hand, in intimate relations, then we will have a difficult time having real confidence in what we believe. That lack of Faith will make us unstable and wavering. Firsthand knowledge from intimate relations with GOD is very convincing and brings us to our own conclusions. I could tell you of the hidden secrets of the Kingdom of GOD, and most of it would mean little to you and even less would make the real impact that it should because of our previous prejudice and the fact that you are nowhere near being able to assimilate that understanding. But, if I can help you come to the right conclusion in your own soul, then it will become such a part of your own reality that your faith will be increased. That's what the Born again Children of GOD are waiting for. The reality of the Kingdom of GOD is that we now possess a very real inheritance of Everlasting Life to be embraced and enjoyed right now. This was the plan of GOD from the beginning to set up His Spiritual Kingdom in this physical world to operate in such a way as man's finite mind would have difficulty grasping it. That way, no man would stumble upon it by accident. This is definitely the case with our Everlasting Life because right now, few Christians are able to find this understanding first hand directly from GOD. It is our heritage from Christ Jesus by His resurrection and we have every right to strive for it but we must do so according to the ways in which GOD has put in place for us to be able apprehend those benefits. This is a precept of the Kingdom of GOD and there is no getting around it. I will need to embrace it by Faith to inherit it and see the full reality of how it all functions as I work it all out in my being. As I do begin to accept it and embrace it, it will be easy for me to recognize others who are also inheriting it. But it will also become more evident who is not striving for their inheritance. This is not about how much you think you already know about the Bible or how many scriptures you may have already memorized. If you did not memorize those scriptures the way GOD has prescribed in His Word then you will not been able to fully receive their hidden Truth from the Holy Spirit. This is one of the main reasons that man's misunderstanding and misapplications of scripture has been able to corrupt our current knowledge of the Kingdom of GOD and how it functions for our benefit. I know many Christians who think they know about the Kingdom of GOD and have many scriptures memorized. But there is no flow or springing up of Living Waters within and no Fruit on the branch and they have no treasure within to share with others. I am sure that it is because they have not been properly taught in how to strive for their EVERLASTING inheritance. If I were staking my Eternity upon what is in the Word of GOD, I would want to get my Truth straight from the one who inspired and wrote that Word. And I would not want some watered down version that has lost almost all of its Spiritual integrity and therefore could not give me the greatest amount of its benefits to my soul.

Be patient with me because I am going to be revealing to you what the Word and the Holy Spirit has revealed to me about the Kingdom of GOD. I hope you find this information so helpful, that you decide to share a copy with someone you love. This information will help set the prisoner free from his bondage spiritually, mentally and physically.
Chapter 2 - FIRST THING, FIRST

It is a LAW in the Kingdom of GOD, and a very good Position for me as a Christian, concerning being Born again, that Christ is solely responsible for the complete work of Salvation, otherwise, if any part of it depended upon me, I would surely find a way to mess up even that little part. As a Born again child of GOD, I now get to determine the level of intimacy I enjoy in my own personal relationship with my Abba Father. Soon, you will begin to see too, that it really is up to you to decide what level of intimacy you enjoy in your relationship with GOD. If you want enough just to feel better about yourself and your own situation, then that is what you will settle for. But if you persevere in well doing, in time you will bring forth a bountiful harvest of the Fruit of the Spirit to the benefit of everyone you encounter. You will need to come to your own conclusion on that matter and determine in your own heart if you really want to learn HOW to walk according to the Spirit of Life. GOD has provided a very simple way to start your journey of inheriting the Kingdom of Heaven within your soul. We must learn what it means to be an oracle of the Word of GOD. Declaring the Word of GOD out loud is a sure way to start inheriting the Kingdom of GOD within our soul. Declaring the Word of GOD out loud is GOD's perfect prescription for the damage and error that is ailing your soul.

Romans 8:26, 27, "Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And He that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because He maketh intercession for the Saints according to the will of GOD."

There are definite ways that you can be proactive in your pursuit of your personal relationship with GOD, and see the real Spiritual heritage that your soul is crying for. Prayer is premier and the best. That's where your Spiritual Power comes from. Because we are Born again we have every right to enjoy newness of Life. We have been given this heritage of that reconciliation of the damage in our soul back unto wholeness by the resurrection of Christ Jesus. If it were not for that gift of the Holy Spirit we would not even be able to see this new Life quickened within our soul. Yes, we would still be a citizen of Heaven and enter such when we pass into that Eternal dimension of the celestial, but everything else in this life is by the quickening power of the Holy Spirit.

Prayer requires only your heart speaking to your Father GOD in an open and honest way, your soul to His Spirit. If you are not praying as you should, it will show up in your ability to clearly hear the Holy Spirit speaking to you. I am going to be repeating many Truths in different ways throughout the messages in all of my books with hope that they all hit their intended target. Once you take that step of Faith and begin declaring the Word of GOD out loud it will begin to enhance every other interaction you have with GOD.

When you pray or cry out or worship, or declare the Word, GOD is never mistaken as to whether or not you are addressing Him or co-operating with His Kingdom principles. Point is that everything about you was made to be in relations with GOD and take full advantage of His Holiness. GOD created our mouth to relate our heart to Him long before GOD brought Eve forth from inside Adam.

Romans 8:28, 29 continues, "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love GOD, to them who are the called according to His purpose. For whom He did foreknow, He also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren."

GOD chose me long before I was born by water birth into this world to be conformed to the image of His Son; both by Salvation and by sanctification unto His character within my soul.

It should be real easy for you to come to the conclusion that what you have been doing so far has NOT been producing the Fruitful kind of life that we read about in the Word. So many Christians have been struggling against sin for so long, yearning to see any genuine Kingdom of GOD changes in their life. So many Christians are struggling to live the Christian life by their own self-discipline. True self-discipline is a Fruit of the Spirit and works by Kingdom principles and not fleshly sentimentalities. I truly believe that so many of us are trying to fill a responsibility that is not in our job description. Once you have become established in your doctrine and confident of the absolute security of your Position as Born again, you will be able to start your real journey of walking ACCORDING to the Spirit of Life. Error in doctrine will hinder you from prospering in your inheritance of Everlasting Life. We all must become convinced about what it means to be Born again or we will keep floundering around not REALIZING what it means to be a VITAL part of the Body of Christ.

For example; we try real hard to live what we think is the way a good Christian should live by our minds ability to adhere. Talk about frustrating. You know what I mean, in that we hear or read something in the Word of GOD and then struggle to manifest within ourselves that characteristic. Because this discipline does not prosper Spiritually, many Born again Christians have come to that point in frustration where they have just given up and settled into an existence of mediocrity. Practicing the Word is not the genuine character of Christ, but really more of what the Old Testament Law of legalism dictated. Under the Law, they were constantly struggling in their behavior to earn their righteousness in order to please GOD so He would allow them into Heaven when they passed over into Eternity. It is a very, good thing to obey the Word. Until we see that the Holy Spirit is actually quickening us on the inside unto wholeness and the Fruit of the Spirit. All religions teach that we must be good within the context of what their society deems is good. It is a great idea to discipline our ill behavior by what the Word says. Those who are not Born again should be warned to obey the Laws of GOD written in the Bible. It is not bad if we are trying to be good and adhere to moral standards. It WILL produce a minor version of what is called Moderation. Moderation will not produce the Fruit of the Spirit. If it was able to, all Christians would be producing the Fruit of the Spirit in great abundance because this is exactly what the current church implies in its dogma. If only I can be good and do more good deeds than bad is what non-evangelical religion teaches, but this thinking will not change the fact that they are still dead inside that Spiritual vacuum of their being. Trying to be good in my performance is basically what all worldly religions teach will get me into whatever versions of heaven they espouse. But, it will never produce the Fruit of the Spirit nor Holiness. For the world it is good thing, but there is a better way that Christians can start applying even as we are still practicing trying to self-discipline ourselves by our own reasoning within our own abilities.

I have found that genuine change comes from GOD quickening that change within me unto the character of Christ Jesus.

The Jews struggled with the very same issues before the Messiah came. They had an external force of the Word that they tried to apply by self-discipline to their behavior. This gave an appearance of adherence and yet, no real Righteousness and definitely no authentic Holiness within. But since they did not have the indwelling Holy Spirit, it was all an external show. Does any of this sound familiar to how things are for Christians today?

It was strained and forced and gave them no real satisfaction and definitely no real enjoyment. No small wonder that they developed their traditions to over the top compensate for their lack of any satisfaction by their achievement. It had a lot to do with their prideful desire to appear better than what they really were in the eyes of others who were watching them. Even though they could not attain, they were embarrassed and acted like they had attained some kind of Spiritual achievement. But it was all merely an outward show. They were acting like they were something on the outside that they knew they were not, on the inside. They were mocking GOD and being hypocrites.

They were never able to attain that Righteousness that would have given them the satisfaction that they had achieved that goal and could now rest in that accomplishment. They were never able to enter into that rest; of their own achievement.

How is that any different from what Born again Christians are practicing today? What is the definition of a hypocrite? Someone who is acting in such a way as TO TRY to fool you into thinking that they are something other than what they really are. Are we not all just mocking GOD by trying to appear to be something that we have no real confidence in, nor achievement of? It really does not matter how much you think you know about the Word of GOD if you are not producing the Fruit of the Spirit in sanctification. There are many Christians who know the Word and are already sheep, that keep trying to put on sheep's clothing, living by error and sowing to the flesh. Is this not what 2 Timothy 3:1-7 is speaking of? Read it for yourself.

2 Timothy 3:5 says, "Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away."

In other words, these should not be your examples, mentors, or teachers.

Galatians 6:7,-9 says, "Be not deceived; GOD is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not."

Isn't it about time that we learn how to sow to the Spirit with confidence and reap our heritage of Life EVERLASTING within our souls in Truth? This is the real Truth behind the resurrection of Christ Jesus to the benefit of all of GOD's Children. And this is the Kingdom Truth hidden in John 3:16. You will have a very hard time prospering in your heritage until you get your doctrine about your salvation free from error and find your place of rest in the finished work of Christ Jesus. The cool thing about declaring the Word of GOD out loud is that any Born again Christian can start doing it at any time and begin reaping the many different benefits within their being.

2 Timothy 3:16 and 17 says, "All scripture is given by inspiration of GOD, and is profitable for doctrine, and reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of GOD may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works."

But the most awesome thing about declaring the Word of GOD is that it immediately starts searching out these errors and misunderstandings and corrects that corruption with the power of the Truth. Declaring the Word of GOD inclines us in the right direction and is what is necessary for us to abide in the Vine. We are pleasing to GOD purely because we are Born again. Everything else that we do in faith is icing on the cake. When we declare the Word out loud we are moving in the right direction of walking according to the Spirit of Life and abiding in the Vine. Do we really think that we could ever please GOD better than how Christ has already pleased GOD? Why not accept the finished work of Christ and enter into His rest. After all, that is its design and purpose. That I, who could never be able to satisfy GOD, could enjoy that Position of rest in peace with GOD that Christ Jesus earned for me. Then I will be more than a conqueror. If you do not embrace this and enter into that convinced position of rest, by faith, you will continue to struggle to achieve something that has been yours all along. Abiding in the vine is where we will grow and learn how to rule and reign in Life over the damage and pull of the sin nature. Until you are declaring the Word and learning how to abide in the Vine you will not be able to experience the fullest satisfaction of what it means to be in the will of GOD for your life.

The Book of Hebrews was written to the Messianic Jews, and from what I have read, is ascribed around 64 A.D. before the destruction of the Temple in 70 A.D.

The Book of Hebrews addressed this very same line of thinking in Hebrews 4:1 that says, "Let us therefore fear, lest a promise being left us of entering into His rest, any of you should seem to come short of it."

Well, as for me, I SEEMED to have come up short of it. No one was explaining the security I had in Christ or what my function was in the Body, or even how the Kingdom of GOD works for my benefit. I figure that it was because even those who were thought to be teachers did not have that intimate understanding in their own relationship with GOD. It is 20 years later and this still appears to be the case. You cannot give away any understanding that you did not get first hand from the Holy Spirit and do not possess as your own.

It is because of a lack of proper discipleship that so many Christians seem to have come up short of entering that rest in the finished work of Christ Jesus. If, we are Born again we have not come short of the Glory of GOD. But if we have not learned any better, we can come up short of entering that position and secure place of rest in the finished work of Christ Jesus. After reading this book I hope that we can all say that We have entered into that position of Peace with GOD through Christ Jesus and are even now being an example to the world of that manifested Gory of GOD.

Of course, under the Old Testament Law, before the Messiah, they did not have the indwelling Holy Spirit to help guide them to that very real security and satisfaction that their souls were crying out for. Talk about desperation, they must have been suffering tremendously from the lack of joy in their hearts. But then, isn't that exactly the way so many of us Born again Christians are acting and feeling even today? I certainly felt that way and I remember that I could not help but feel like there just HAD TO BE SOMETHING MORE. So that tells me that I can possess something and yet because I do not understand how it functions I will not experience the reality of it in my life. The Christian life is truly a matter of faith. My lack of faith cannot void the heritage but it can keep me from embracing and enjoying its benefits to the fullest. In reality, I possessed Eternal Life and had the potential of inheriting Everlasting Life but was unaware of such things. Yes, I believe THIS is exactly what most Christians are still struggling with, even today. We adhere to an outward appearance of holiness, but all our efforts have caused no real change or quickening within, and very minimal fruit, if any. That's actually backwards to the way the Kingdom of GOD functions for the benefit of its members. We are trying by our own human efforts of performance to cause GOD to give us something of the supernatural that only the Holy Spirit can produce within each of us by His abilities. Aren't you tired of this performance of legalism that only makes you struggle to appear to be good, but achieves no real satisfaction within, nor supernatural Fruit on the branches? We need to gain confidence in the finished work of Christ as our provider of the only Righteouness that GOD requires: and enter into His rest and see that manifestation of the Glory of GOD within us. When we do, so much of the reality of the Kingdom of GOD will start moving into its proper place, both in our own understanding and in our life.

We must learn how to trust and Glory in the achievements of Christ Jesus. We must learn how to rest in the finished work of Christ and how to abide in the Vine.

The only real fear that believers should have is an awe and reverent respect in confidence towards GOD's awesome provisions of the Righteousness of our Salvation and Glory of His Divine Nature of Holiness working within us. Being secure in the fact that GOD absolutely LOVES me gives peace and tranquility even in the midst of the circumstances and obstacles of this life.

Romans 5:17 says, "For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of Grace and of the gift of Righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ."

We are designed to reign in life through GOD's perfect provisions of Holiness in Christ Jesus. But, we must learn HOW to Reign in this life. We must identify ourselves in the life, death, AND resurrection of Christ Jesus.

You can never, by acting like you are good in piety, earn the Righteousness that exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees. The best you could possibly achieve in being good is limited by your highest degree of success. And that would still be filthy rags of sowing to the flesh. That can never, ever bring about any elements of Holiness that GOD requires. My best efforts in obeying what the Word says can never gain me the Righteousness that exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees. Any achievements would be limited to my highest ability to think positively influenced by what the Word reads. We need GOD given faith to be able to BE what the Word indicates and describes. Declaring the Word out loud is NOT sowing to the flesh but is definitely sowing to the Spirit. The Word is a barometer of what we are to be and become. The Word indicates what the Holy Spirit can produce in us as we employ the principles of our Salvation within our being. The Word indicates what the Holy Spirit can produce IN us by the quickening Power of that very Word of GOD. Only GOD can quicken within us what the Word describes and is Spiritually indicating. We need the Holy Spirit to quicken the Word within us unto that only genuine transformation that is possible. When we identify ourselves in the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ Jesus, He becomes our Righteousness, which is what perfectly pleases GOD for all time. All Born again Christians are perfectly established in their Eternal security of being saved from any future condemnation of punishment from GOD. But they void its potential manifestation of Power in their circumstances by their lack of understanding. Faith is developed as we walk in Spiritually informed understanding. If the Word does not speak of it, I could find myself in error. If it is of the Spiritual Kingdom of GOD then it will be found recorded somewhere in the Word of GOD.

Hebrews 11:1 tells us, "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, and the evidence of things not seen."

Those who are not Born again have come up short of the Glory of GOD. And that is only because they have not invited Jesus into their hearts as their only source of Salvation. Those who are Born again have partaken of the Glory of GOD and have as their possession the very Righteousness that exceeds the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees and in so doing, have pleased GOD and are at peace with Him. If they do not grow weary in well doing they could eventually be able to witness the Glory of GOD manifested in their being for all the world to see.

Romans 8:1 and 2, tells us, "There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death."

Right now, no matter where you are at, in your relationship with GOD through Christ Jesus, you are walking in the Spirit. We just need to become convinced that GOD is not holding anything against us even though we may be a carnal Christian. Now that, is going to ruffle some religious feathers. We must become convinced that GOD LOVES US UNCONDITIONALLY only because we are now IN Christ Jesus. Once we are established in the Righteousness of Christ Jesus and abiding in the Vine we will begin to see the Kingdom of GOD happening within us. The keys now are to comprehend how to walk according to the Spirit of Life and inherit the Everlasting Kingdom of GOD within our being. All Born again Christians have entered into the Kingdom of GOD or heaven. We have become part of something very special here in this world. GOD gave the Hebrews the Law and told them to share it with the rest of the World. They refused and kept it to themselves and eventually they folded in on themselves. They have a veil over their understanding and for the most part, are still not able to recognize Christ Jesus as the Messiah unless GOD gives them that measure of faith to do so. If you have accepted Christ Jesus as your Messiah, it is because GOD chose you and gave you that measure of faith to do so. Once we have entered through the door into the Kingdom of GOD, we now have every right to see and inherit the Kingdom of GOD right now, right where we are. We must learn how to sow to the Spirit and that will help us to slowly move away from sowing unrighteousness to the flesh. And, reap our inheritance of Everlasting life right now in the pressure of time.

John 1:1 tells us, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with GOD, and the Word was GOD."

Jesus is GOD. Jesus is the Word. And, this very Jesus is the ONLY GOD, who came down from heaven to pour out His innocent blood as the only blood that could redeem us from our sin nature back to GOD. And, Because He is the only GOD who came down from heaven; Jesus is the ONLY Son of man to ascend back up to heaven from whence He came. No one can ascend up to Heaven by their own abilities to be good. We will ascend up to Heaven because are Born again of Christ Jesus and the Holy Spirit abides within us. That is a Blood covenant guarantee from our Father GOD that can never be broken by either party because it is established solely in Christ Jesus.

In John 3:12 Jesus states, "And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven."

All must enter in at the strait gate unto GOD.

John 14:6, "Jesus sayeth unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."

Only GOD can satisfy GOD.

Christ Jesus is come in a flesh and blood body as a sacrificial lamb to satisfy GOD's own wrath that He had against our inherited sin nature. Christ perfectly satisfied the requirements of the Law in order to achieve for us the only Righteousness that could ever satisfy a Holy GOD. It was that innocent blood of Christ that satisfied the wrath of GOD for us. It is not by our ability to perform or be good in any way by self-disciplining our behavior. There, on that cross, a Holy GOD took our sin nature upon Himself and GOD gave us His own Righteousness and judicially declared us Justified in Christ Jesus. If GOD requires it, GOD will supply it. But we must make our own decision by that measure of GOD given faith to accept it. Then we become the Righteousness of GOD through Christ Jesus who has achieved for us what we could never do for ourselves, even by our best efforts of observing the Word. It did not work for the Jews under the Law. Why do Christians still think that it will work today? What is a definition of insanity? It is doing the same thing, over and over again, in the same way, while hoping to achieve different results.

Until we are able to be convinced and embrace the finished work of Christ Jesus, we will continue to be stuck in struggling to somehow please GOD for something that has already been achieved for us BY GOD Himself, in Christ Jesus. What is the definition of futility? Where, I keep trying to accomplish something within my own abilities that I simply do not possess the ability to accomplish.

We need to learn how to stop applying scripture that is speaking of the sanctification process within us: to our Positional Sanctification of Salvation. And we so need to stop applying scripture that is referring to conditions of Abundant or Everlasting life: to our Christ secured Eternal life. Talk about putting new wine in old wineskins; it will not work. It leads to confusion which has been the tactic of the enemy all along. The enemy wants to keep every Born again Christian in confusion and bondage to error.

Some Christians have gone so far in practicing the Word that they have developed self-disciplined lifestyles that make it hard to tell the difference between one Christian from another because they are all doing the same thing. That makes it real difficult to recognize the tares from the wheat.

Because, for the most part, neither one is producing any genuine Fruit. Anyone can act like a Christian with the way things are right now. There is a major deception going on in the churches today. How good I can try to be is not what this Christian life is about. How Holy GOD is and what He can do within me is the Spirit-filled Christian life.

It is much easier for women to appear holy than it is for men. Women have that natural nurturing instinct that functions well toward the ministry of helps. This instinct is sometimes mistaken and attributed to Godly Holiness within or even the idea of Spiritual fruit. But, if these women were brutally honest they would have to admit that they are in the same boat spiritually as the men and experiencing the very same spiritual frustration. A genuine Fruit producing Christian is able to recognize others who are producing the Fruit of the Spirit. It's not real hard for withered branches to hide themselves among other withering branches because they all look the same. It is not real hard for tares to hide themselves among Fruitless Christians. In Matthew chapter 13, right after Jesus explains one of the methods that we can produce the Fruit of the Spirit He gives us the parable of the tares in verses 24-30. Most Christians have just enough life to appear alive; but, they are not even dropping their old withered leaves in preparation of new growth. Give up the futility: surrender to the finished work in Christ Jesus and let go of trying to look good to others. How can that be pleasing to GOD? To whom are you trying to appear Holy by your own works? You already ARE Justified unto Sainthood in Christ Jesus right now, no matter where you may find yourself. Rest in that Holiness and let it have its full work within you. Those principles of Holiness are the leaven Jesus spoke of in Matthew 13:33. When you do you will be able to drop those old dried out leaves of hypocrisy and prepare for Newness of Life by the Spirit. Only by abiding in the Vine, as Jesus describes in the 15th chapter of John can we ever be able to see any real change from within us that results in the production of that genuine Fruit of the Spirit. Add to that the 13th chapter of Matthew and the 4th chapter of Mark and the 8th chapter of Luke and you will get a better picture of how important hearing the Word of GOD declared in your own voice is to your soul's wholeness and Fruitfulness. If you desire Spiritual fruit you must sow Spiritual seed, but you absolutely must be connected by Salvation into the Vine to witness that flow of living waters. The letter of Paul to the Galatians is dealing with the futility of practicing the Word instead of cooperating with GOD and allowing all of His perfectly designed provisions to manifest their abilities within us.

An important key to abiding in the Vine is resting in the finished work of Christ Jesus.

Then, I can trust in and be able to embrace the awesome LOVE that GOD has for me. Only then, will I be able to LOVE my neighbor as myself. But first, I must be convinced and embrace how unconditionally I am LOVED by my GOD. I am unconditionally LOVED by GOD only because Christ Jesus lives in me. My ability to perform and be good can never earn or merit the unconditional LOVE that GOD has for me.

True Holiness is the express domain and responsibility of GOD.

Rest in Christ and embrace the unconditional LOVE that GOD has for ALL of His Born again children.

You need to lay down that burden of trying to perform; like we perceive that others think we should be acting as Christians, and realize that you simply cannot produce Holiness or the Fruit of the Spirit that way. But, if you surrender that load, and allow Christ to manifest Himself fully within you, you will find that He can live that Spiritual life for you and the LORD will produce His character in you.

The Fruit of the Spirit is the very character of Christ; being quickened within me, by GOD's ability to do so.

That's what Jesus is telling us about abiding in the Vine in John 15:1-17. By me abiding in the Word and the Word abiding in me, I are abiding in the Vine. In that way I am going to see the Everlasting reality of the Kingdom of GOD within me.

In John 15:4 Jesus tells us to, "Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me."

Realize that we can be proactive and that there are ways to align and cooperate and even encourage the process of sanctification within us.

Just as it is a fact, that only GOD can satisfy GOD, only GOD can produce within us the Fruit of the Spirit. Because we are Born again we are Justified unto that Position of Sanctification. We are already judicially Justified in Christ Jesus to the Position of SAINTHOOD. This is the position that GOD has translated us permanently into by the performance of Christ alone. That is our sainthood here and our Eternal Life there in Heaven. But when GOD the Father resurrected Christ Jesus from the grave, He gave each of us a whole new way of living Life by the Spirit. Every Born again Christian was translated into that position of Sainthood the moment we invited Jesus into our life as Saviour. No matter where you may find yourself, if you are Born again, you are even now accredited into Sainthood purely by the innocent Blood of Christ Jesus and not by your ability to try to be good. This position in Christ accredits us as thought we were already perfectly purged and purified of all corruption for the whole of our lives. This is what the enemy of our soul does not want us to be convinced of. Right now, we see through a glass darkly but even so, when we pass over into the celestial, the full reality of our position will become clear. This is going to both surprise and humble a lot of us before such a merciful and benevolent LORD. This judicial declaration of our redemption from that curse that was against us because of our inherited sin nature is a mystery that is not fully understood nor taught by the church today. The enemy knows that if you are not aware of the Truth of this fact, you will continue to be weak in your faith. Right at this very moment, if you are Born again, your name is written in the Lambs Book of Life because you are already guaranteed your citizenship in Heaven. All of this was the work and accomplishment of Christ Jesus alone. He was solely responsible. All you had to do was to accept this awesome provision of GOD. When you invited Christ into your heart as Saviour you became part of the Bride of Christ Jesus. GOD the Father, in order to give you security in your position as part of the Bride of Christ has given us what is called the earnest of this transaction. This legal transaction where you were redeemed or purchased back from your slavery to the sin nature into the blood lineage of GOD Himself is witnessed by the gift of the indwelling Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is that earnest gift that guarantees this covenant between a sinful man and a Holy GOD purchased completely by the life and death of Christ Jesus. Christ Jesus completely satisfied every requirement of Righteousness that GOD the Father requires of us. There is absolutely nothing left over for us to do concerning our Salvation. And everything that Jesus has accomplished is now ours. That is what it means to be Born again and a joint heir with Christ Jesus. There is not one single thing more that is required of us to have this position of security and enter into that place of rest in peace with GOD. But if we are unaware of this awesome provision of GOD we will not embrace it and see its full manifestation in our conscious understanding and outward into every area of our life.

This is the secret to sanctification. Sanctification is the embracing of all that GOD has provided to us in this new covenant. This sanctification process is where we slowly change from a corrupt or ill tree into a good tree that can now produce the Fruit of the Spirit. Even though, at this very moment we may be an ill or corrupt tree, we are even yet walking in the Spirit, only because we are Born again, being perfect candidates to inherit the Kingdom of GOD within our being and experience its manifestation in our lives.

Philippians 2:12 says, "Wherefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling."

To work out your own salvation is to put to work in your understanding all of the perfect provisions that GOD has given us by His Holiness, out into our being. For some people it is going to cause some apprehension to stop trusting in their own abilities and surrender their will to this new understanding. We need to understand that the fear spoken of in this verse is actually the awe of us finally realizing and becoming convinced of the perfect provisions of GOD in our Salvation. This verse also uses the instruction for us to work out something. Some misinterpretations say that we are to work AT our salvation as if we can somehow earn or gain it. To that I answer that we are already IN that Christ secured Position of Salvation. Another ill idea is that we somehow need to even try to maintain it in good standing, by our confession of sin. That is a misunderstanding of how the Kingdom functions within us and is not a requirement of continuance in good standing concerning our security in justification. We confess our sin to GOD for intimacy in relationship and to be healed of the damage of sin within us by His Divine Nature. If we allow the damage to reside in us we will be more inclined to repeat that sin or worse, as we lose our ability to hear the Holy Spirit's conviction within our soul. That is the opposite direction of sanctification. This just shows a lack of understanding between our Position in Salvation and our ongoing process of sanctification within us. More dead leaves without enough life for them to drop off the branch. We need to Surrender all our struggling and embrace our Position of security in Christ of Salvation, and Justification, and Sanctification. Do not fear letting go of your old ways. Surrender your whole self to it. GOD will catch you and you will find yourself in a totally secure and far superior Position of Peace. After Salvation itself, it is the best decision you will ever make in your life. That way you will find that you can drop those old dried up leaves of frustration and embracing your heritage. Start today your very real journey of embracing your Position in Christ Jesus. Now you are ready to start inheriting your heritage of Everlasting, Abundant Life.

In this case, the word WORK, really is an instruction for us to EMPLOY WITHIN us all that GOD has already secured for us in the life, death, AND resurrection of Christ Jesus.

We must rest in the finished work of Christ and put to work all of the provisions of our inheritance to experience the reality Everlasting Life within our being. Then we will begin to see the Kingdom of GOD with increasing clarity. What we really need to do is change our focus on several issues. As we allow Christ to manifest His abilities in the Spirit, as only He can do, we will find ourselves undergoing radical change in our conscience, our attitudes and throughout our lives. Our very soul will change from that corruption of lust and concupiscence (with its lustful desires of the flesh to commit sin); into a clean conscience that operates by the sanctification of the Spirit unto LOVE in unselfishness towards everyone we encounter. The choice to sin comes from our conscience based upon the conditions or programming of our subconscious part of our soul. If I Saturate my soul with the Word of GOD, I experience the cleansing of myself of so much of the results of unrighteousness that is causing me to make bad decisions in life. And I now give, my very being, Righteous programming, whereby my conscience will be able to make more LOVING decisions in favor of everybody else. If a Born again Christian is inheriting the Kingdom of GOD, we will not HAVE to tell them to stop sinning. All we have to do is relate the Truth of the Word of GOD. Our conscience will come into that place where we desire the things of our Kingdom and our GOD more than the illness of the flesh that causes corruption within our soul.

For a lot of Christians, what you think you know about GOD and this Kingdom that we have been birthed into, you heard from someone or read in some text written about man's interpretation of scripture.

Have you ever had what I like to call, one of those, aha moments? I'm talking about a peculiar experience where you hear or read something for the first time, and there was a witness deep inside your soul of the truth of it. Like somehow, you just already knew it. Even though you had never encountered that truth before, your soul witnessed that somehow you think you already knew it, but you just had not encountered its revelation to your conscious mind, until that moment in time. This should be familiar to every Born again Christian, as it happens to all of us. It is the indwelling Holy Spirit causing it to happen. There is a scriptural reason for this. Everything about the Kingdom of GOD is already written upon the tables of you heart and is a very real part of you. It is now part of you because you are a Born again Christian and because you have been given the wedding gift of the Holy Spirit that GOD gives to all of those who have become the Bride of Christ. Every person who is part of the Bride of Christ is become Israel and a partaker of its commonwealth.

In Jeremiah 31:33 we are told, "But this shall be the covenant that I shall make with the house of Israel after those days," saith the LORD, "I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their GOD, and they shall be my people."

This scripture is prophesying about that New Testament covenant through Christ Jesus, whereby GOD will give all believers the indwelling Holy Spirit.

Hebrews 8:10-12 illustrates the same Truth, "For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days," saith the LORD; "I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a GOD, and they shall be to me a people: And they shall not teach every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest. For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more."

Look very carefully at the last sentence. GOD does not see our sin or the damage inside our soul. This is why confession of sin is so vital to our healing and wholeness in our being. When we confess a sin or hurt, we are inviting and giving permission to our GOD to enter into that particular situation with His Holiness and recover us from the damage of that unrighteousness.

John 14:26 says, "But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you."
Chapter 3 - SAVED OR BORN AGAIN

There are so many other experiences besides those aha moments that happen to Born again Christians. The issue is that we do not recognize them for what they are, because we have not been taught to understand these experiences in the light of proper discipleship. Discipleship entails the mentorship process whereby a Spiritually, maturing Christian takes a new Christian and teaches him the reality of the Kingdom of GOD.

Have you ever doubted your salvation? Satan knows for a fact who is Born again and who is not. A Born again Christian looks totally different to the Celestial realm than someone who is still under the wrath of GOD for their sin nature. Because we are Born again, our heavenly Father has given us a very real Robe of Righteousness. We are now the Bride of Christ and this Robe of Righteousness is our wedding garment to the Marriage supper of the Lamb. This Marriage supper is a seven year celebration in Heaven occurring while the Great Tribulation is being endured by those who are left behind back here on Earth.

This garment that our Father GOD gives to us when we invite Jesus into our hearts is spoken of in the Book of Isaiah.

Isaiah 61:10 says, "I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my GOD; for He hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, He has covered me with the Robe of Righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels."

This is detailing that marriage garment that all of the Bride of Christ is wearing even now, and will be wearing to the Marriage supper of the Lamb. All Born again Christians are the Bride of Christ. All Born again Christians are Wise Virgins who have oil in their vessels. We did not earn this Robe of Righteousness or garment of Salvation. It is given by our Heavenly Father to all who are Born again in Christ Jesus and will be attending that future Marriage supper celebration. But to enter that Marriage supper we must be brought in by the Bridegroom who is Christ Jesus. He will be returning for His Bride in the near future. This return is called the Rapture. The word Rapture refers to the return of Christ for His Bride and actually means a forceful catching or carrying away of those who are Born again. Once again, ALL Born again Christians are Wise Virgins. Anyone who teaches that sin somehow excludes any Born again Christian from being a wise virgin is teaching doubt and fear. If a Born again Christian chooses to live a carnal lifestyle after they have been saved, then that is their right to choose. It just means that they are giving up their heritage of Everlasting Life in this physical world and its potential prosperity in their future inheritance of Spiritual Life in Heaven. Our inheritance of Eternal life in Heaven and our heritage of Everlasting Life right now is already a done deal in Christ Jesus alone. It has nothing at all to do with our ability to be good. All Born again Christians have the Wedding Garment on and have been given that wedding gift of the Holy Spirit as the guaranteed earnest of this Blood Covenant that GOD Himself sealed with the very Blood of Christ Jesus.

That is how the enemy knows who to target with that thought of doubting whether or not we are Saved. I know that a lot of Christians are using the term saved instead of Born again. That is a personal choice. We ARE Saved; from any future punishment of death and separation from the Glory of GOD for our sin nature: but, while that is the most important need that we had when we were dead in our sin nature; that is but one, of the many important provisions or benefits of being Born again. Our Eternal inheritance is far more than us now being Positionally saved from any future wrath of GOD; and therefore, pardoned unto Justification under GRACE. We have that opportunity to affect our Everlasting inheritance in our future by how we labour for that meat than endureth unto Everlasting Life right now. This understanding of our Everlasting Life is what the enemy of our soul is trying so hard to keep us in confusion about.

To repeat; Being Born again and having on us this Robe of Righteousness makes all Born again Christians look totally different to the Celestial realm than those who are still under the wrath of GOD for their sin nature. The enemy of our soul includes all of the fallen angels active in spiritual warfare against the creation of GOD.

The enemy uses that thought of doubting our salvation on those who have invited Jesus into their hearts as Saviour in order to confuse them and impede their potential Spiritual progress. He does not want to see you enter that place of rest in your relationship with GOD.

To a Born again Christian, this SEEDED thought of doubting our Salvation, is in itself, our own personal evidence that indeed, the enemy recognizes the real Kingdom of GOD change that happened to us when we invited Jesus into our heart as Saviour. Do you think that the enemy of our soul would waste his time putting that thought of doubt into the mind of someone who had never made a profession of faith in Christ? He already has them living in confusion. It is the Born again Christian that he is after, trying to keep us confused and unsure of our position of rest in Christ Jesus and our true inheritance. He is trying to discourage you from entering your rest, and pursuing your very real inheritance of the Kingdom of GOD within your soul. The enemy does not want to see anyone enjoy this gift of Life than GOD has given to us. And he certainly does not want you to realize your heritage. If he can keep us confused concerning our Eternal life, we will not strive for our Everlasting inheritance, and we will not grow in faith and become any real threat to him or his hold of confusion over the minds of others. That should bother us that we are being duped.

In an effort to add guilt on top of that, there are some teachers who will tell us that just because we had that thought of doubting our Salvation, we are purposely sinning. Every time that thought pops up we need to exercise casting it down in the face of who we really are in Christ Jesus.

2 Corinthians10:3-5 tells us, "For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through GOD to the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of GOD, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;"

As we do cast down every thought that rises up in our minds that is contrary to the truth of who we are in Christ, we are overcoming and becoming more than conquerors. In reality, we have always been more than conquerors in Christ Jesus but we have not seen it or realized it so we could embrace it and exercise it in our lives.

There is another evidence of this new Birth within those that have been Born again that happens more frequently, but we need to discuss something much more important first.

If, you have made a previous profession of faith in Christ, whereby you invited Jesus into your heart as Saviour, then you are indeed, Born again. This has nothing to do with how you feel. But if you feel the need to do so again because of your behavior warrants repentance, then by all means do so and become persuaded in your repentance. For Repentance is what Salvation is all about. I make a conscious choice to stop my sinful, carnal lifestyle and pick up my cross in order to start following Jesus.

Feelings will lie to you because they are coming from your emotional pain that we need to heal from. Could be that you just need some solid discipleship to be able to begin seeing and experiencing greater change quickened unto wholeness in your life. But, if you have never made a profession of faith in Christ Jesus at any previous time before this, then I invite you to do so right now. You don't have to understand all about GOD or Jesus to invite Jesus Christ into your heart as Saviour and LORD. If you even feel that you need to do so, IT is because GOD has chosen you by faith and the Holy Spirit is wooing you to accept into your very being this perfect Salvation that is Christ Jesus. This book will help disciple you into the knowledge of the Kingdom of GOD as far as my own experiences. The Holy Spirit that is wooing you to Jesus will fill in all else that you have need of.

All that is really required right now is for me to realize my need of Jesus to save me from the wrath of GOD for my sins.

Every soul that is born by water birth into this world is already under the condemnation of the wrath of GOD even before they have committed a single sin. Do you want to be saved from any future punishment of hell for your sins? Do you want to go to heaven and be with Jesus when your life here on earth is over? Then ask Jesus to come into your life and be your Saviour. And you don't have to wait until you feel like you are good enough or clean enough to deserve it. Recognize right now that that feeling of unworthiness is a tactic to keep you from feeling like you are good enough to deserve Salvation. Not one person ever born into this world with a sin nature deserves salvation, but GOD provided salvation through Christ Jesus to everyone because of His great LOVE for us.

Romans 10:9, 10, and 13 says, "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that GOD hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For WHOSOEVER shall call upon the name of the LORD shall be saved."

Feeling like you are not good enough is a ploy from the enemy because he does not desire that you should come to Christ for Salvation. But if you are thinking that you need to invite Jesus Christ to come into your heart as Saviour, then you have been chosen by GOD and the Holy Spirit is calling you to invite Jesus into your heart as Saviour. You have been chosen by GOD for His purposes for your life. We all should know that we are not good enough to deserve it. Come just as you are, and let the Holy Spirit do all the cleaning afterwards by that very real sanctification process.

Just repeat this simple prayer: "LORD Jesus, I know that I am a sinner and lost to you. I repent of my sin and ask you to forgive me of my sins. Jesus, come live in my heart and be my Saviour and become my LORD. Amen."

At one time, I did phone counseling for the most renowned evangelical effort in America. In that ministry I encountered so many people who were unsure about whether or not they were Born again or saved. Let me help you by saying that if you are unsure about whether are not you are saved, then YOU ARE SAVED. Only those WHO ARE SAVED could ever doubt their Salvation. For, everyone else knows that they have never invited Jesus into their heart or ever made any kind of profession of faith in Christ Jesus as their personal Saviour. If at any time in your past, you have made a profession of faith and invited Jesus into your heart as Saviour, then you are indeed, Born again and saved from any future punishment of hell. Read these scriptures again.

Romans 10:9, 10 tells us, "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the LORD Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that GOD hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation."

An important point being that the moment you invited Jesus into your heart: Hell itself was taken out of the equation between you and GOD and thrown away. Rejoice, because you are free, indeed and hell has no power over you anymore.

The enemy loves to play mind-games with the Born again Children of GOD. He has lost everywhere else and his destiny is sealed. The one way he can do anything to you now is if he can sneak in the back door into your mind in order to confuse you and get you to accept error as your truth in your doctrine. This is where that doubting your salvation comes from. Once again, only those who ARE Born again can doubt whether or not they are saved. This is why I am writing this letter on the Importance of understanding what it means to be Born again.

Now, back to what I was saying earlier. There is something that happens, only to Born again Christians, that identifies that we have indeed, been Born again of the Spirit of Christ Jesus. Every day, several times a day, even though nothing in your environment triggered it, you will just come to yourself, almost like you were in a daze or a trance at the time, and realize that you were thinking about GOD for no apparent reason. Like I said, this can only happen to those who are Born again. And even though you may not have realized it, if you pay attention in the future, you will recognize it. It happens because the Spirit of Christ that Jesus has birthed within you is making intimate contact with GOD the Father, crying, "Abba Father." The scripture that helps us understand this supernatural spiritual identification between GOD the Father and His Son, Christ Jesus that has been birthed within us, is found in the letter from Paul to the church of the Galatians.

Galatians 4:6, "And because ye are sons, GOD hath sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father."

And because we have been adopted into the family of GOD through Christ Jesus, Paul tells us in Romans, that we have been delivered from the fear of any future bondage of punishment of Hell for the sin nature because of the requirements of the Old Testament Law. The real Righteousness we need can only be given to us from GOD because of the finished work that Christ Jesus did for us. We could never deserve nor achieve the Righteousness we need to please GOD under the bondage of performance that the Law demands. So Christ Jesus perfectly satisfied that requirement of the Law for us, delivering us from having to be good by our own piety in order to please a Holy GOD and thereby achieved for us the Righteousness we need. Once again, Only GOD could ever satisfy GOD. Christ Jesus is GOD come in the flesh, for the express purpose of dying for our sin nature and perfectly satisfying that wrath and thereby, redeeming us back unto a Holy GOD.

2 Corinthians 5:18 and 19 says, "And all things are of GOD, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given us the ministry of reconciliation; To wit, that GOD was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation."

Just because Christ has done all the work for our salvation does not mean that we have not been given any responsibilities. We now have been given the responsibility to every neighbor to share with them the word of reconciliation. And if you would meditate on it, this could be one way to love our neighbor as ourselves.

John 14:26, "But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you."

And so because Jesus completely satisfied GOD, we have become the Bride of Christ, and GOD the Father has given us a wedding gift of the Holy Spirit to bring all things to our remembrance and to guide us in our heritage of Everlasting Life.

Romans 8:15, "For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father." The verse is referring to that same old bondage of the Law of performance whereby we keep trying by our own efforts to achieve and gain what has already been earned for us in Christ Jesus. Want to be free from fear? Let yourself rest in the finished work of Christ Jesus and then you will be free to embrace that unconditional LOVE that GOD has for you to enjoy. Then you will be in agreement with the Spirit of Christ within you, whereby you too will cry, Abba, Father.

Romans 6:4 says, "Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life."

We too, can walk in newness of life, by the Glory of the Father, in that intimacy that Christ Jesus enjoyed with our heavenly Father while He was here. Just as GOD the Father has sealed Christ Jesus, we too have been sealed with the Holy Spirit to guard us and to guide us into our Everlasting inheritance here on earth, until the fulfillment of our redemption whereby we are Glorified and made perfect to reign in the Celestial realm of the Eternal.

Romans 6:5, 6 says, "For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin."

We have this promise from our GOD to all who accept Jesus that our Saviour has destroyed all the power of that crucified sin nature to even speak any condemnation against us ever again. This is why the enemy is busy seeding contrary thoughts to our real Spiritual reality in our mind like doubting our salvation.

In Romans 8:1 and 2 Paul tells us that, "There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death."

Paul in the letter to the church at Ephesus gives us that insight into the fact that we are sealed by the Holy Spirit unto that Glorification of all corruption when our redemption becomes complete.

Ephesians 1:13, and 14 says, "In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise, Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory."

Paul continues in Ephesians 1:17-20, "That the GOD of our LORD Jesus Christ, the Father of Glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: that the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what is the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,"

First, let me explain what it means to be Born again, so we can better understand the rights and liberties of those who have been adopted into the family of GOD and become joint heirs with Christ in our blood bought covenant with our Abba, Father.

To get a firm understanding of exactly what it means to be Born again and that perfect security of its structure, we need to go back to the Garden of Eden and the original Fall of man recorded there. In the Book of Genesis 2:7 it tells us that Adam's body was created out of the dust of the earth. Then GOD breathed His own Eternal breath into that body and Adam became a living soul. Since the LORD had already decided to create within Adam an image of the themselves, the Trinity created within man a spirit of innocence. This image was not the real thing, but a reflection of the Glory of our LORD GOD that would be manifested later in the reality of Christ Jesus within each of us who are Born again. And because Adam had this reflection of the Glory of GOD within him, Adam was also swallowed up in the Glory of GOD. This Glory of The LORD was Adam's spiritual clothing. This too was a reflection of the future reality of being IN Christ Jesus, having on our wedding garment and being sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise.

When Eve ate of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, she died within. But our world did not change. Not yet. I have heard many who jokingly blame Eve for the fall, but that is not true. GOD had given Adam that mantle of responsibility, and not Eve. But when Adam saw Eve in her fallen state, he made the choice to follow Eve because he loved her more than GOD. When Adam ate of the forbidden fruit, that reflection of GOD or what I like to call that spirit of innocence died within him and the Sin Nature entered our existence. That spirit within him died because it was subject to that law of sin and death. For a Born again Christian, the Spirit that Christ has birthed of Himself within us is not subject to the law of sin and death because when Christ died on that cross He destroyed the power of sin and death to ever have any power over us in condemnation ever again.

And, once that spirit of innocence died, Adam's spiritual clothing, or the Glory of GOD left him, leaving him to realize his own nakedness. From then on his soul started experiencing the torment caused by the damage of that sin nature. And for the first time they experienced guilt with its shame and its fear. The enemy has been using shame and fear against man ever since. Are you dealing with fear? Then realize that fear is a trust and a love issue. Because you are now IN Christ Jesus and Christ Jesus lives IN you, when GOD the Father looks at you, the Father sees and recognizes His Son Jesus and not your condition. Because of His absolute Mercy and Grace GOD chooses not to see the bad and sees in your stead the very Righteousness of Christ Jesus and the Marriage Garment sealed by the Holy Spirit of Promise. You are totally secure in your GOD given Position of Justification, Sanctification, and Salvation that Jesus gave His all to secure FOR you. You are now, more than a conqueror. You possess every right to be an active Overcomer in the work of Christ Jesus in the ministry of sharing the Word of reconciliation to the world. Jesus paid for everything that His Father GOD was holding against you because of the inherited curse of your sin nature that had been separating you from GOD's Holiness and His manifested Glory. Listen to the Holy Spirit agreeing with the fact that you are now completely reconciled from the curse of your sin nature back to GOD and now, GOD is not even mad at you, or out to punish you, and will never hold anything against you ever again. If you can get this and trust in it, it will change your life and give you a future. None of this has anything to do with how good you are, or how bad you may be at any moment in time. When you repent, GOD has only MERCY to show you. When you give in to that inherited sin nature, GOD has only GRACE for you. But if you want to prosper in the Kingdom of GOD there needs to be confession and repentance of that ill behavior. GOD LOVES you and all because you accepted His PERFECT provision of Christ Jesus as your Saviour. It is all secured for you in what Christ Jesus has done for us. Point in fact GOD, because He is Holy, has only His LOVE and Holiness to give to you. It is the Holy Spirit who deals with the sin in our life. Jesus secured and is that anchor for your Position of the redeemed unto GOD. You are now become part of the commonwealth of Israel; you have become His people and He is your GOD. Now that is good news.

Do you get that fact that GOD is now your GOD and has absolutely nothing to hold against you because you are now redeemed and reconciled back to Him from your previous position of damned? Stop listening to false teaching of condemnation that the death speakers of this world would try to use in their own prideful efforts to control you. You are FREE. Learn to walk according to the Spirit of Life and manifest the Glory of GOD. You belong to GOD because He REDEEMED you back to Himself from that curse of the sin nature that Adam brought into our existence when he ate of the forbidden fruit and separated all of mankind from our GOD and His Glory. Jesus took that curse of the sin nature that was separating us from the LOVE of a HOLY GOD upon Himself while on the cross of Calvary and paid that death penalty, thereby destroying it and the power of death that was hanging over us. Physical death is but a door into Heaven for all who have invited Jesus into their hearts as Saviour. For Born again Christians, Jesus IS the door and we now have no reason to fear death. The worst thing that could happen to us if we were to die is that we would go directly to Heaven. That's the only thing that CAN happen to a Born again Christian when they pass over Jordan into that promise land. Oh, sure, the enemy will keep using the fear of the unknown against us. But every Born again Christian has always had on the helmet of Salvation, along with the breastplate of GOD's Righteousness; and now the shield of Faith is now ours to protect ourselves from the enemy's darts. Learn how to use the sword of the Spirit and Prayer. Every time the enemy tempted Jesus He responded to that temptation with the sword of the Spirit and said, "It is written." Gird up your loins with the Truth of the Word of GOD and our Righteousness. You are more than a Conqueror! You have overcome death by Being IN Christ Jesus alone. You have every right to go in and out and find pasture.

Now we can surrender all of the conversation of our lives to Jesus and enthrone Him upon our hearts as LORD.

2 Corinthians 5:19 says, "To wit, that GOD was in Christ, reconciling the World unto Himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation."

Learn to rest in the finished work of Christ and start embracing the LOVE that GOD has for you. As you do find your Positional rest in the security of Christ, you get to freely embrace and enjoy the LOVE that GOD has for you.

1 John 4:18 tells us that, "There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in LOVE."

2 Corinthians 5:17 tells us, "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things become new."

All things become new, meaning that we learn a whole new way of living from that Old Testament ideology of performance in order to please and satisfy GOD. For sure, IN Christ we are now become more than conquerors, but Learning how to overcome is a process of learning how to rule and reign in Life. When we are finally convinced that we have nothing to fear from GOD; because, He IS Holy, then, we can embrace His LOVE more perfectly in Trust. As we embrace and experience and enjoy His LOVE to us, it will more and more perfect within us that soundness of relationship that will begin to evict fear from our minds from that ingrained dogma that somehow GOD is still holding something against us, of Which we have been erroneously trained by the implied teachings of the church because of their misunderstanding of scripture and its misapplication. All of that has been destroyed in the crucifixion of Christ Jesus. GOD designed this Kingdom that we are now a part of to operate on Faith. Lack of Faith in no way can void our salvation or our rights to our heritage, but unless we embrace the LOVE that GOD has for us, we will not experience its manifestation within our being.

2 Timothy 1:7 says, "For GOD hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of POWER, and of LOVE, and of a sound mind."

Fear in our hearts is really a timidity to stand strong in Christ Jesus because we are unsure of GOD. Do not blame yourself or others for why you have not understood your Position in Christ before now. Everything has to start somewhere; just begin trusting in your Salvation and GOD's LOVE for you right where you are. Let it change your mind and your Life. No matter how many people have disappointed you in your life, GOD is not capable of disappointing you. Only your own lack of faith has caused your disappointment so far in your life. GOD has made every provision for you to enjoy whatever level of faith you wish to strive for.

Resting in Christ and Embracing the LOVE of GOD reveals within us that eventual freedom from the doubt that is causing us fear. That is the Power of GOD working for us, and His Holiness in us. The Love of GOD expressed to us in Christ Jesus secures for us our new Position in relationship with GOD. GOD wanted to have this relationship with us, so why would He do all that He has done, and yet, hold anything against us? That would not be Holy or Loving and GOD cannot lie. It is the enemy who is using your feelings from the pain that he caused in the first place in order to cause you to doubt and keep you from growing in Faith. He is using the error He has been able to plant in you from your past in order to control your now and your future. One of the abilities of the Word is to search out and correct error within our doctrine. The enemy seeds that fear in your mind because he does not want you to enjoy any intimacy in your relationship with GOD, and embrace GOD's LOVE for you. Cast down those imaginations and rest in that position of perfect peace with GOD. Sometimes we need to be stubborn about who we are in Christ and stir ourselves up with a little self-talk to ourselves about who we are in Christ Jesus.

2 Timothy 1:7 reminds us, "For GOD hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind."

2 Corinthians 10: 3-5 tells us, "For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through GOD to the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of GOD, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;"

We all need that sound mind that is quickened in us BY the Holy Spirit in sanctification unto the Peace of GOD that passes all understanding. Then, that POWER of all that GOD provides to all of His children will create within us a clean heart that will lead us back to being sound in our conscience and our mind. This POWER of Holiness is operating in us under the guidance of the Holy Spirit to cause sanctification within our whole being.

In Psalms 51:1-17 the Spirit says to us through David after GOD made him aware of his backsliding into a sinful state that resulted in his terrible sins of trickery, adultery, premeditated murder, and rebellion against GOD; that anyone who has a contrite heart and repents can be restored to right relations with GOD.

If, after Eve had fallen, Adam had separated himself unto GOD; GOD could have created for him a new companion, but no. After the fall, in Genesis 3:16, GOD increased the level of Eve's pain past the previous benchmark that Eve had experienced in giving birth. And, then GOD placed upon Eve and all of her female descendants the mantle of responsibility for the sexual purity and the integrity of the union of His estate of the Holy marriage covenant that would reflect the future Blood covenant between GOD and man through the innocent Blood of Christ Jesus. Any aberration from the choice of GOD's design for marriage will only lead to that corruption of the flesh and is not recognized as being sealed by the blood of the female's hymen and is therefore unholy. A female's sexual integrity of virginity is of far greater value than this world understands. So many humans have gotten themselves in trouble over this Truth and their lack of understanding concerning marriage and divorce.

Genesis 3:16 reads, "Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiple thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee."

We need to understand that Adam's spirit of innocence within him was subject to the Law of sin and death. We need to remember that fact.

Because, we ARE Born again, this Spirit that Christ birthed within us, IS Christ, and is NOT subject to the law of sin and death. This Spirit of Christ within us can never die for any cause or because of any committed sin because Christ Jesus utterly destroyed the power of sin and hell, in His passion and death on the Cross of Calvary.

But, now, because of Adam's sin, every person born into this world by the natural water birth, of the race of Adam, is under that curse of the sin nature, and are under the law of sin and death, even before they commit even one sin.

In John 3:18 Jesus tells us, "He that believeth on Him, (Jesus) is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of GOD."

Romans 5:18 tells us, "Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men to justification of life."

And once more Romans 8:1 and 2 tells us, "There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the Flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death."

It is solely because of that sin nature we inherited from Adam at our birth into this world that anybody must experience any separation from GOD and His Glory. Here, while on Earth or there, in that state and region of Hell.

Romans 5:19 and 21 says, "For as by the offence of one (Adam) Judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one (Jesus) the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life...That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our LORD."

For the Born again Child of GOD Grace reigns through Righteousness unto Eternal Life over any future judgment for sin. That reigning can never be changed by our sin because we are free from the Law of Sin and Death. A Born again Child of GOD can never go to Hell for any reason because Christ destroyed the power of sin and death that was over us. Now, as joint-heirs, we too have overcome sin and death. Before Adam sinned and that image of the spirit within him died; Adam lived in a state of pure bliss with nothing in his soul to interfere with his relationship with GOD. But after Adam sinned, his body became subject to decay in the regeneration of its cells, and his soul became subject to the ravages of this fallen sin nature. And his conscience had no choice but to the flesh and what it desired. Adam no longer possessed any celestial Spiritual authority, to pass on to his children. Yes, he had his spirit of physical life, but he was dead inside, with an empty vacuum that possessed no Spiritual authority. What he did possess was a body that would eventually die and a soul that while Eternal, was empty, where that image of GOD once existed and outside of faith, would suffer separation from GOD. His soul was now unguarded and he started accumulating the wounds of trauma, trespasses from others, along with his own sins of commission and omission and self-infliction.

To reaffirm, he now had that sin nature to pass on to all of his children born of his seed but he was empty and dead in that spiritual vacuum once occupied by that spirit of innocence. Everyone born of the seed of Adam is under the same condemnation as Adam solely for their inherited SIN NATURE. It is only because someone is under the condemnation for their inherited sin nature that anyone will ever have to experience that Eternal separation from GOD, or be in subject to hell. That is what is ahead for all of humanity that rejects GOD's perfect provision of Christ Jesus for the curse of their inherited sin nature. No human being has ever had to go to Hell for committing sins like lying, stealing, rape, or murder, child molestation, homosexuality, or breaking any of the written commandments of GOD, which are fully of the sin nature. All who suffer hell are separated from GOD eternally because they exercised no faith in the Messiah, Jesus Christ as their Saviour and Deliverer from that inherited curse.

Jesus had no earthly father to inherit that sin nature from. There was no female egg involved in the conception of Christ Jesus. Jesus' Father is GOD. Jesus is GOD, come in a flesh and blood body for the purpose of GOD redeeming us back to Himself, from the curse of our sin nature. Jesus was placed whole and intact into the Virgin Mary's womb, and thus, was born into this world free of any such sin nature to interfere in His relationship with His heavenly Father. But even so, Jesus had to learn, and submit, and grow in wisdom towards GOD and man. Jesus possessed an innocent blood, unlike any other in purity. Mary was a virgin before her time of fertility ever started, when the Holy Spirit placed the Christ within her womb. Once again, there was no human egg involved. This is why Christ was called the seed of woman. Christ is not called the egg of woman and the woman produces no seed. Nothing of Mary was involved in the procreation of Christ Jesus. She was an innocent vessel used for Christ to issue forth into this physical world from. This is described in Genesis 3:14 and 15, when GOD declares the curse upon Satan and the coming of the Messiah, as the seed of woman, who would bruise the enemy's head, breaking the authority of that curse of death and the sin nature, by His innocent blood, in the which, Satan would bruise the Christ's heel, in the crucifixion whereby the Christ legally entered the domain of death we now refer to as hell and subjected all in all under His authority there too. All of the wicked angels along with that sin nature and death are to become the foot stool of Christ and are under his complete authority and Power. And we are now IN Christ Jesus. There is no longer a push and shove existence between GOD's children and the enemies of our soul. GOD has given us authority and His POWER over the enemy. We do not wrestle or fight hip and thigh with the enemy. Because we have been given this Position of authority over the enemy, the enemy is doing whatever he can to confuse us IN our mind, so we will not understand who we are now or to become, or how to exercise that authority. He is playing mind-games with us because that is where the real struggle is now that Christ has come and brought forth the Kingdom of GOD.

No, that enemy is now UNDER the authority that Christ took back, and is subject to the POWER Christ has given ALL of His AMBASSADORS authority to exercise over this defeated foe. Be fooled no longer in thinking that that defeated enemy has any more power over us other than what we give Him in our mind. We are above that enemy IN Christ, in authority over the enemy and the only way he can wrestle with us is in our soul with our thinking and feelings and condition. Since the enemy no longer has that destroyed power of death over us, he works on confusing us as to our very real rights of heritage in Christ Jesus. If he can confuse us concerning the truth of our doctrine he can keep us from realizing the truth of his tactics and we may never come to realize who we are IN Christ Jesus. If we stay confused we will continue to be the blind leading the blind. This is why he wants us to sin and damage ourselves so we will be so concentrated on the condition and pain in our soul that we will not be able to see with clarity the reality of what the Kingdom of GOD has to offer us. That way, we, in our carnal mind, will continue to accept in our conscience his counterfeit offers and we will fall for what the world has to offer as his method of dulling and ignoring the pain in our soul. Pain is a GOD given signal that we need to turn to Him in Prayer. We are intended to grow Spiritually as we face each one of life's circumstances relying upon GOD as our source of help and strength. If we go through it with GOD we come out the other side of our adversity a little stronger in faith and wiser towards our Spiritual responsibilities. We need to seek out the Spirit and get what we need directly from our true source of Holiness that can heal our wounds, and emotional issues at the root. The enemy wants to keep us wounded and in pain so we will keep reaching out for those counterfeits which in turn, continue the process of stealing and killing and destroying what is left of our life. That is his strategy behind alcohol and illicit drugs and sexual deviousness. All sin is meant to wound us and produce the fruits of unrighteousness within our souls. Sanctification works in the opposite direction of sin. Drugs and alcohol are but some of the counterfeits that a carnal mind will resort to. GOD has designed a perfect remedy for all of our afflictions that lead to the only cure there is for us.

In John 10:10 Jesus tells us, "The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly."

The enemy offers all kinds of ways to momentarily dull our sensitivity to our pain. He does not want us face it and deal with it. He wants to delay us from approaching the reality of the cure that GOD has provided to all of His children.

The enemy will use the knowledge of how to work the human nature, against us; and how the celestial operates in order to wrestle with us in our minds. He will offer anything and use everything to keep us confused about the real truth of our existence and our heritage while here on earth.

Genesis 3:15 reads, "And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel."

Because Jesus had no ravages of committed sin in His soul, He could see with perfect clarity the truth of the Kingdom of GOD. And thus, was in perfect harmony with GOD the Father with nothing to interfere with that level of intimacy. GOD the Father spoke to us through Jesus and gave Jesus a commandment exactly what to say and speak so that we could benefit from it here in these last days.

The plan of the enemy is to get us to damage ourselves so much with the ravages of sin that we will not be able to distinguish the true nature of our EVERLASTING existence right here in the pressure of time. This heritage of Abundant Life is preschool for our Everlasting Position during the 1,000 year reign of Christ. Everybody will be overjoyed to be in Heaven, but Heaven will not be just the same for everybody. And that applies to the 1,000 year Millennial Reign of Christ also. There will be different levels of assigned responsibilities throughout the rest of our ETERNAL existence when we move beyond this created pressure of time we are sojourning through. How we take up our cross and allow GOD to manifest His Glory in us now will have be a very determining factor in our future. For though who have been given eyes and ears and the ability to perceive, you cannot change your future if you are sound asleep and unaware of the Truth of the Kingdom of GOD that we are a part of in this present pressure of time. Sad to say, but for the majority, the church is slumbering. GOD wants us to wake up and start apprehending our inheritance of Abundant, EVERLASTING Life.

In John 12:49 and 50, Jesus states, "For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, He gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. And I know that His commandment is life EVERLASTING: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak."

Declaring the Word is a very POWERFUL quickening agent within our whole being that brings about EVERLASTING Life within us. The biggest detriment of the damage of sin to our soul is that it obscures our ability to see with clarity the true nature of the Kingdom of GOD. Declaring the Word has just the opposite effect in our whole consciousness. Choose to sin, you choose to delay and possibly lose some of the future potential spiritual insight, and you are chosing to suffer the wounding wages of the dying off of what real life you have left in your soul, and the natural soundness of that consciousness. Choose to sin in your conscience, choose to wither in the flow of Living waters and choke off the sanctifying effects of the Word within. Even though sin can wound the condition of our soul, and interfere in our ability to inherit Everlasting Life now, it can never ever touch our Salvation and Eternal Life waiting for us in Heaven.

A little review:

The wrath of GOD is upon all who are born into this world under the curse of the sin nature. Except for Jesus, all of us, when we are first born into this world are dead in our sin nature, and empty in that void where Adam's spirit of innocence once resided. And in such a state, we possess no Spiritual authority: and so, when we die, we will have to answer for that inherited sin nature, all alone. It is not for any particular or number of sins that a person enters everlasting punishment when they pass from this world. When a human dies, they no longer exist with the same level of feeling. Angels are already that way. Everlasting torment and fire are used to express the concept of punishment on an everlasting level of spiritually influenced power to cause anguish, pain, and despair. But the real torment will be the everlasting torment of be separated from the very Glory of GOD. WE NEED HIS GLORY. It is only because we are exposed to the Glory of GOD in this pressure of time that there is any enjoyment in this present life. The wounding of sin is what damages us, with the intended purpose of cutting us off from fully enjoying the Glory of GOD in our lives. The enemy of our soul understands this. It rains on the just and the unjust. For anyone to say that GOD does not exist is to deny that they are able to determine the Glory of GOD in their ability to comprehend Truth. But once a person has moved beyond this current existence of the pressure of time, that veil will be lifted from their mind and they will be able to recognize with clarity the Truth of the Glory of GOD. In hell a person's memories will be unlocked, no longer buried and no longer hindered and they will see things with perfect spiritual clarity.

No one goes to hell for lying, stealing, molestation, rape, or murder, or homosexuality. They go to hell because they are still under the condemnation of the wrath of GOD for their inherited sin nature. Those are the ways of a carnal mind. And a carnal mind leads to the ways of death and destruction in our soul and body. And so if a Born again Christian who is in the Spirit chooses to live in these sins, they must be willing to accept the wages of sin in their soul and outward into their flesh. And even farther outward they will experience death and destruction in their relationships. A carnal mind cannot inherit the Kingdom of GOD. Choose to sin, choose to suffer. The ways of the Spirit are not the ways of the flesh. To be delivered from any sinful practice we must first recognize and admit that it is sin and (therefore what the enemy wants us to damage ourselves with), repent and STOP that sin. Then, we can surrender to the Glory of GOD our whole being as a living sacrifice to His will for our lives and begin practicing the ways of the Spirit, until we are able to walk according to the Spirit of Abundant Life. Everlasting life is the possession and inheritance of every Born again Child of GOD. But until we are secure in the Truth of our Salvation we will have a difficult time finding that place of rest in the finished work of Christ Jesus. Yes, we can start experiencing that very real process of sanctification any time we please. If we are Born again it is our heritage to experience that cleansing and healing of our soul unto that genuine wholeness. But if we are not secure in our understanding of what it means to find that place of rest in Christ, it will hinder that sanctification process. Even though it may be difficult at first, if they persevere in well doing, in time they will be able to overcome any hindrances.

In truth, Hell is the destiny of everyone who chooses to reject GOD's perfect redemption of Christ Jesus. The Lake of Fire was designed for the celestial fallen angels to eventually be held and punished. GOD has provided fallen man a perfect redemption from torment in hell; and from torment of sorrow while here, in this pressure of time. Everyone who has been Born again is a citizen of Heaven and their name is recorded in the Lamb's book of Life. But, eventually, death and hell and all that is therein will by the command of GOD be cast into that Lake of Fire. And anyone whose name is not found written in the LAMB'S Book of Life will be cast into that Lake of Fire with the other enemies of our soul. This is that second death. All of us who accepted Jesus into our hearts as Saviour have been delivered from ever being subject to this second death.

How could Jesus die for the sins of the whole world?

When Jesus was on the cross, GOD put that curse of our sin nature upon the innocent one, and Jesus died and satisfied the wrath of GOD for the whole world. But only those who listen to that call of the Holy Spirit and embrace that provision by investing their faith in Him and inviting Jesus into their heart will enjoy that Salvation. Lawfully, once you are Born again, you can make the choice according to your conscience to invest yourself in sinful practices of the carnal mind and still go to heaven. We must be willing to accept the fact that the ways of that path are the ways of death and destruction within our soul and our life. Why would we choose to purposely cooperate with the enemy of our soul? It's because we are confused about the reality of who, and what, we are in Christ Jesus.

How can anyone refuse such an expression of GOD's LOVE and not see the value of the New Life in Christ?

2 Corinthians 5:21, "For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of GOD in him."

2 Corinthians 5:17, "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things become new."

A brand new creation, birthed into the commonwealth of ISRAEL and become the people of GOD.

When a person invites Jesus into their heart as Saviour, Jesus comes into them and births a spirit of Himself within them, perfectly filling that once dead void, whereby they are now alive in Christ. Now they are Born again of the Spirit of Christ; and GOD the Father is no longer separated from them. All of the enmity of sin that was separating us from being a direct receiver of His Glory has been destroyed, and GOD will not be mad at nor towards us who have accepted Christ ever again.

Romans 6:6 says, "Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin."

Now GOD is completely satisfied with every Born again Child of His, purely because He is completely satisfied with Christ Jesus. Can you see now, that you do not have to struggle to be a good person in order to please and appease a Holy GOD?

Romans 3: 20-26 states, "Therefore by the deeds of the law shall no flesh be justified in His sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. But now the Righteousness of GOD without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; Even the Righteousness of GOD which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: For all have sinned, and come short of the Glory of GOD; Being Justified freely by His grace through the Redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom GOD hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in His blood, to declare His Righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of GOD; To declare, I say, at this time His Righteousness: that He might be Just, and the Justifier of him which believeth in Jesus."

We are made Justified in Christ, meaning, according to GOD we have been Judicially Pardoned of every single one of our sins in all of our lifetime, and translated to the position of Saints. Not only that, but we are now become the Righteousness of GOD through Christ Jesus our LORD. Jesus totally did that for whosoever would invite Him into their heart as Saviour. Now we can rest in the finished work of Christ and learn how to embrace and enjoy the awesome LOVE that GOD has for us.

1 Corinthians 1:30 reads, "But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of GOD is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:"

2 Corinthians 5:21 says, "For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of GOD in him."

We have been justified by faith in Christ Jesus and have peace with GOD, and are held secure in His Power: by which authority we possess judicial Sanctification until the completion of our redemption; whereupon we will march victoriously into our real home of Heaven to be with Jesus forevermore.

Romans 5:1 and 9, says, "Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with GOD through our LORD Jesus Christ... Much more then, being justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him."

For the Born again Child of GOD, Hell has lost all of its power over us, and has already been taken out of the equation between us and GOD: and is no longer a threat to our future. And because of that fact, we are FREE INDEED from any future judgment of GOD for any sin committed because of our inherited sin nature. GOD will never hold anything against us ever again because we are the Justified, and we have been redeemed and rescued from the death penalty for our sin nature.

Romans 5:21 says, "That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our LORD."

That's what the term SAVED means. Being Born again includes SAVED, plus so much more, that we have yet to plumb the fullness of it all. We are justified and so secure in our Salvation, that we now have as our possession that future inheritance of Eternal Life with GOD in Heaven. No sin can ever have any power to change this fact or separate us from the LOVE of GOD. Jesus earned for us this Eternal life; and nothing we have ever done in our past or could ever do wrong in our future has any power to change the fact that we are now citizens of Heaven.

Romans 8:35, 37-39 says, "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, sword?... Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, neither height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of GOD, which is in Christ Jesus our LORD."

Not only are we citizens of Heaven; but, we are now made a building for GOD and His Glory to inhabit here on Earth.

In John 15:26 Jesus tells believers that the Comforter will testify of all that we have been provided by the Father in Christ Jesus, "But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, He shall testify of Me:"

That is how perfectly redeemed and Justified we have become in Christ Jesus. We need to be convinced of the fact that we have now become that building for the Spirit of GOD to manifest His Glory in and then outward to this world. Want to understand why this world accuses the church of being full of hypocrites? It is basically because we have not surrendered ourselves to the abilities of sanctification and allowed ourselves to manifest the Glory of GOD.

It is just like when I said earlier that this Christian life is all about what we will allow GOD to be IN us. And not how good we can appear and act. Our real concern should be on how we appear to GOD, and not other Christians. We must be the living breathing Glory of GOD manifested by His Holiness. Will we continue to be dead branches actively constricting the flow of Living Waters from springing up into Everlasting Life or will we give ourselves a living sacrifice that Glorifies GOD for what He has done for us?

Ephesians 2:19, 21, and 22 tells us, "Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of GOD;... In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the LORD: In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of GOD through the Spirit."

This speaks of our positional Sanctification and the process of sanctification that GOD does purging us of our old self.

Acts 20:32 says, "And now brethren, I commend you to GOD, and to the Word of His Grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are Sanctified."

John 4:14 Jesus says, "But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into Everlasting life."

In John 7:37b and 38, Jesus cried, saying, "If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water."

Our names are now written in the Lamb's Book of Life, and our citizenship in heaven is absolutely secure in who Christ Jesus is, and is reserved in heaven by the power of GOD.

1 Peter 1:3-5 says, "Blessed be the GOD and Father of our LORD Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Christ Jesus from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, Who are kept by the power of GOD through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time."

Ephesians 2:19 and 22 plus 1 Peter 1:3-5 speaks of our Eternal positional Sanctification: and it speaks of our Everlasting life process of sanctification unto producing the Fruit of the Spirit.

Jesus said it very plainly and it bears repeating but unless we are abiding in the Vine and the Word abiding in us, we would not produce the Fruit of the Spirit within. We can produce no Holiness or sanctification or living water within our own ability to obey the law or do good works or try to be good. That is forced and not a natural product of abiding in the Vine and resting in the finished work of Christ Jesus. Wouldn't it be awesome to let down our guard, take off the mask and rest in the more than conquering position of being in Christ Jesus? And then we can begin to trust GOD enough start to embracing His LOVE and find the peace and satisfaction we have all been striving so long to find. Without the Holy Spirit we will only be able look moral, but in actuality, there will never be any good in us no matter how much work or good deeds we do. Everything we do in our own abilities will stay here. But what the Holy Spirit and the Word and the Glory of GOD does within our being and in our lives in Fruitfulness and Ministry will be of EVERLASTING value and will go on ahead of us into Eternity.

John 6:27 is one of my favorite scriptures that instructs us to, "Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto EVERLASTING life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath GOD the Father sealed."

In John 8:31 and 32, Then said Jesus unto those Jews which believed on Him, "If ye continue in my Word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."

Many scholars discern only the surface contextual of certain scriptures and interpret them to conclude that you can somehow commit some kind of sin and lose your Salvation. Once a Christian understands what it means to be Born again, that line of thinking loses what little ground it had its error. I will be discussing a lot of those scriptures later and go beyond their mere contextual and give their true Kingdom of heaven understanding. I figure by the time you get to that point in this book, you will have enough understanding of the Kingdom of GOD that it will be an easy step for us to dispel and destroy those errors and grow in assurance of the perfection of this gift of Salvation that GOD has given to each of His Children. Those who make any kind of negative references to that idea of once saved always saved are showing their misunderstanding of how the Kingdom of GOD functions to the benefit of us who are the Born again. Knowledge is truly power in such areas of misunderstanding. But just so we can move on with complete confidence in this perfect gift of Salvation, I want to slay any doubts or thoughts that the enemy may use on us concerning what is referred to as the unpardonable sin. First, above all else that can be said about this type of sin, I want to make this statement:

IT IS IMPOSSIBLE AFTER THE RESURRECTION TO BE ABLE TO COMMIT ANY UNPARDONABLE SIN.

There is now only one reason anyone ever has to be in torment of Hell and separated from the Glory of GOD, and that is for rejecting Jesus Christ, WHO is the Expressed Glory of GOD. Oh, for sure, if a Born again Christian continues in their conscience/conscious choice of the practicing of certain sins after the Holy Spirit has repeatedly convicted them, they could be turned over to a reprobate mind until they come to themselves and repent. But, even in that reprobate state of intimacy with GOD, they are still Positionally Saved, Redeemed and Justified unto Pardon for their inherited sin nature along with any sin committed; and heaven as always was, is their home. All that is required for restoration of intimacy in their relationship with GOD is a contrite conscience unto repentance, stop committing their sin and abandonment of their sin-filled attitude towards their Ambassadorship. Some teachings would say that such a person was a backslider, but even so, such a person never was removed from their Position of Born again. To say otherwise would be condemnation. That phase of reprobation in no way can ever negate their true Position as Born again of the Spirit of Christ and they are still in the Spirit; but there can be no Spiritual maturity quickened by the Holy Spirit of the true nature of the Kingdom of GOD until they come to themselves and repent of their choice to practice their sins of concupiscence. But for sure and certain, no Born again Christian can ever commit the unpardonable sin referred to by Christ when he spoke about blaspheme of the Holy Spirit, or go back to being under the condemnation of GOD for their sin nature. If you or anyone you know has ever even thought that they may have committed the unpardonable sin; that thought, in and of itself is the very evidence they need, from the celestial, that we are indeed Born again, and that we have not committed that sin. If we really examine it we will be convinced that if a person could possibly commit such a sin, afterwards they would never, again be convicted or concerned or experience remorse over sin. They would be like a brute beast, living wildly, hedonistic, lives afterwards. They would never be under any kind of conviction for sin ever again. A pertinent point is all of their sensitivities would be gone. Satan tries to pull that trick of seeding that thought that maybe we have committed some kind of unpardonable sin on a lot of Born again Christians who are feeling bad because of their emotional pain or when we are suffering from depression. But even though we may experience that seeded thought, it is always a very vague seeded thought that haunts us from the back of our mind. Any Christian who wrestles with that thought will never receive a direct accusation of guilt because they cannot remember what they did that could be the cause of such. They cannot remember because they never did it. It is an intimidation only; because it is impossible for any Born again Christian to be able to commit the unpardonable sin after Christ has been resurrected from that tomb and is even now seated at the Father's right hand making intercession for any and all of GOD's Children.

There are only two states of existence after the resurrection of Christ Jesus. You are either under the curse of the penalty of death for your inherited sin nature; or you are Born again of the Spirit of Christ and looking forward to the completion of your redemption by Glorification. That completion of redemption is when the Holy Spirit QUICKENS us to GLORIFICATION. We will not possess our Glorified body like Christ's resurrected body until Christ returns for His Bride.

The first state of being under the curse of the sin nature can be changed into the second state of being, free from the wrath of GOD, but it is impossible for the second state of freedom to somehow be changed back into the first state of being under the wrath of GOD for that crucified sin nature. Our Salvation is perfect in its structure because Jesus is the builder and nothing man can ever do can tear it down or cause it to perish for any reason whatsoever. Jesus said so in His own words recorded in the Book of John.

John 10:27-30, "My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. I and my Father are one."

Now we know that if we do not go by way of Christ's return; one day our physical bodies will die. But, who we really are in Christ can never perish or be plucked out of GOD's hand. Now that is true security and is why we are free indeed. Heaven is truly our Home.

In John 8:36 Jesus states, "If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed."

That is an understanding that is crucial for all Born again Christians to fully be convinced of, because if we seem to come up short of finding our rest in the finished work of Salvation, we will be hindered from prospering spiritually in the Kingdom of GOD. We will not be able to fully inherit the Kingdom of GOD. Jesus Christ perfectly satisfied the Father in every aspect of His life, and His death on the cross. Christ Jesus so completely satisfied the wrath of GOD for our sin nature, that GOD our Father resurrected Christ Jesus from the dead, to a new life in a Glorified body: as His stamp of approval that Christ had finished all that was required for our Salvation. The only way that the unpardonable sin could have been committed was while Christ was alive on earth before His crucifixion. And you had be personally witnessing his miracles and full well knowing that He had done those miracles by the power of GOD; you turn to someone else and proclaim that these miracles are being done by the god of filth: in order to keep them from believing in Christ Jesus as the true Messiah. This could only occur before Salvation was secured for us by the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ Jesus. Jesus Christ died in our place on the cross to secure for us Eternal life by His pure, innocent Blood. There is no sin more powerful than the Blood of Christ Jesus. That Blood has permanently destroyed the power of any inherited sin nature or committed sin for whosoever would accept it. Satan uses the unpardonable sin tactic in order to try and keep us from realizing who and what we truly are; but in so doing, he reveals the fact that he knows who and what we really are. Confusion is a tactic. He knows our Eternal future, but what is at stake, is our greater potential is right here, while we are alive on earth. Again, confusion is a tactic. Anyone who says that our Salvation has any kind of conditions to it is confused and needs to ask GOD to reveal the Truth to them. There is certainly nowhere in scripture that tells us that we can lose our new birth in Christ by committing any kind of sin. Anyone who says otherwise is practicing confusion and is in confusion, and only by taking scripture out of its original context can they make it to read otherwise than its Kingdom of Heaven Truth. Wrong interpretation of scripture is dangerous and leads to bondage and fear and confusion. Those three are tactics of the enemy and anyone who uses them is not a healthy disciple of Christ. They are still being an ill tree and that is exactly where the enemy of our Salvation wants to keep them. Bondage to error and confusion makes for a dangerously religious person. Religion is about error and bondage and causes division in the body of Christ. Our personal relationship with GOD is all about freedom and learning in the course of our sanctification what our liberties are. The enemy will use error in doctrine to cause confusion with its bondage, and doubt to cause fear in order to stop us from enjoying the awesome LOVE that GOD has for us.

Psalms 1:1, "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in His law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper."

Truth is Light and Light dispels the darkness of error along with its confusion.

Once an error has been exposed, it is removed, replaced with Truth and becomes a point of Spiritual growth.

John 8:12 Then spake Jesus again unto them saying, "I am the Light of the world: he that followeth Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the Light of life."

A Born again Christian who has found that place of rest in Christ cannot be easily moved by someone using error in an effort to try to confuse them.

Psalms 119: 105 states, "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path."

119:9 asks and answers the pertinent question, "Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way?

By taking heed thereto according to thy word."

What is taking heed? Psalms 119:11 expounds upon that precept, "Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee."

There are so many different methods of hiding the Word in our hearts. It really surprises me that there are so many Christians who have not discovered the Truth about declaring the Word of GOD out loud in order to increase their faith unto Faith. What bothers me is that even those who have learned from me about this principle of the Kingdom of GOD are not declaring the Word of GOD as often as they can. The enemy will try to cause us to disdain the Word of GOD because he is aware of its abilities to do so many things within our soul and is trying to keep us from our very real right to this benefit of cleansing and healing of the damage that he was allowed to cause in the first place. Heaven is already ours and we are secure in our Salvation and the only thing that can stop us from becoming an Ambassador of Christ Jesus is if Satan can confuse us about the reality of our Eternal Life in Heaven and our heritage of Everlasting Life right here in this pressure of time.
Chapter 4 - THE SIN NATURE

A little more review: Heaven is our future and our name is already recorded in the Lamb's Book of LIFE. Our future security in Heaven is a done deal in Christ.

But, what about right now?

We need help right now, where we are. We are free from any future condemnation for our sin nature, but right now, as all of us know, we still have to deal with the pull of that sin nature, and all of the damage of sin within our souls, both past and present. We may not want to admit it, but most Christians live with an ever increasing level of emotional pain with its sorrow in our soul. This has been increasing since we went through that time of life. Every time we sin we wound ourselves, and have to adjust to a new level of pain in our emotions. It not only hurts and affects us, but it also affects all of our relationships in a negative way. As we walk according to the Spirit, we heal and grow in sanctification, and all of our relationships are affected positively.

We are constantly struggling to be good, but there is no satisfaction in this, because even with all of our efforts we are not seeing the Fruit of the Spirit or experiencing Holiness. These are awesome Spiritual evidences of our progress in sanctification. We have already discussed the futility of trying to modify our behavior for Spiritual purposes by our own self-discipline and yet so many sincere Christians read something in the Word and figure that they need to try to adhere to what it is saying. While this is good, when we learn different, we must surrender and start making that transition into implementing that new way of the Kingdom of GOD. How is this any different from the dictates of the Law? Not much. I did this, and I see it all too often where a sincere believer will read something from the Bible and try to emulate it in their life by self-discipline. It's almost like we are an oak tree; and we tie examples of what the Word tells us that we are supposed to be like, onto our branches but, we keep producing acorns from within. As we abide in the Vine, we progressively change from the inside out to become a whole new tree that is now able to produce Spiritual fruit. The only way for that to happen is by us abiding in the Vine and cooperating with the Holy Spirit as He quickens these changes according to our heritage; in this Blood bought Covenant with GOD.

In John 15:4 Jesus instructs us to, "Abide in me, and I in you. As a branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me."

A branch that is abiding in the Vine will produce what Fruit the root and flow of nourishing sap dictate. We must cooperate with the Well of water to see the springing forth of living waters up into that Everlasting level of Spiritually influenced Life. This is what all of creation is crying out to see. A Born again Christian who is walking according to the Spirit of Life and producing the Fruit of the Spirit is a very attractive person. This is what the Spirit of GOD is going to and fro over the earth looking for. To see if there is anyone of its children who are operating in Faith and ready to manifest the Glory of GOD.

So why do we hang these images of the Fruit of the Spirit and the character of Christ onto ourselves and think that this is how it is done? This is the example we have seen in other believers over and over, and it is the natural inclination of the flesh, and therefore, you will find this same attitude in all worldly religions. We read in Matthew 13:3-8 and in Mark 4:3-8 and in Luke 8:5-8 that the good seed was sown upon bad or corrupt soil and the conditions were not opportune for what it needed, where it could even germinate. The Holy Spirit is going to encounter all of these conditions described in these passages whenever we first begin declaring the Word. It is just a fact of our long developed conditions of our soul. We have to sow the seed in good soil before we process enough to experience thirtyfold Fruit. But the real truth is that the Holy Spirit has to focus and use what little seed most of us cast into our field towards His efforts to remove the rocks and weeds and the other trash and clutter. There is hardly sufficient left over to search out and correct the error buried underneath all of the garbage. We simply are not giving the Holy Spirit enough of the PREMIER quality or quantity of the Word to experience the possibilities that are the Glory of GOD within our being. The hard soil must be cleared of that which the sin nature can/has produced under those harsh conditions such as briars, thorns, weeds and thistles.

Thistles are not mentioned in the three preceding passages of scriptures but they are mentioned in Matthew 7:16 where Jesus said, "Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?"

Hard, overgrown, and rock strewn soil makes sowing that seed of the Word of GOD difficult at first. No wonder the fowls were able to get at the seed before it had a chance to germinate and spread any deep roots. In plain English, the sanctification process is the Holy Spirit using the good seed that we sow into the fields of the conscious, and the subconscious of our soul, to clean up the ill or corrupt conditions, so we can produce the Fruit of the Spirit. Even in the beginning season we will immediately experience some minimal Fruit returns of this process of sowing within our soul by declaring the Word of GOD.

Galatians 6:7-9 tells us, "Be not deceived; GOD is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not."

The greatest thing that we can do for our young and our damaged is to read the Word of GOD out loud to them, even when they are asleep. The key is to know for sure that what we are doing is scripturally sound, and will eventually produce within us the exponential harvest of the Fruit of the Spirit. When we become convinced, we will dedicated, and purposeful, no longer floundering around living aimless, Fruitless lives of mediocrity. This process is guaranteed to all Born again Christians by the GOD given earnest of the indwelling Holy Spirit. If we have the indwelling Holy Spirit, we too can produce the Fruit of the Spirit. Since we have the Holy Spirit, we have that guarantee that if we will but cooperate by abiding in the Vine, we will experience sanctification and eventually bear the Fruit of the Spirit, if we faint not nor become weary in well doing. Well doing is not being busy or doing works. Those are the decisions of our own fleshly mind and sentimentality. But, if the Holy Spirit tells you to do it, then you can be sure that it is works by Faith. True ministry is not the former but the latter. The Holy Spirit is in control and is responsible for producing all genuine Ministry. It is an awesome thing to be used in genuine Holy Spirit produced and directed Ministry. We cannot labor for our Eternal life. That is ours purely by the finished labors of Christ Jesus. But IF you want to experience your inheritance of Everlasting Life then you must labor earnestly by the principles of the Kingdom of GOD. If you do not grow weary in well doing and continue to sow bountifully then eventually in that course of Fruitfulness you will find yourself witnessing Holy Spirit unctioned Ministry that is not of our own ability. It will just happen and You will just know it when it happens.

If you are like me then we have been sowing to the flesh for most of our lives. We have been dumping clutter and trash into our subconscious for years upon years. And this is the state that the Holy Spirit will find us in when we first practice at declaring the Word. This is the weeds, biers, and the thorns and the thistles that the Holy Spirit will need to spend a lot His efforts to clear out of our fields before we can be the best soil possible, in sanctification. Those ill conditions in our soul are the contributing factors that dictate why we act the way we do. They interfere in our ability to receive from and hear the Holy Spirit. If you have ever wondered why you keep doing the things you keep doing it is because of the ill conditions in your soul. Why do I keep saying stupid and hurtful things? Why can I not behave and do right? Why do I keep using foul language? Why do I keep making such bad decisions? Why do I feel the need to keep the company I keep? Why do I keep reaching out for the counterfeits that the world has to offer?

Hebrews 6:8, 9 says, "But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned. But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak."

Anyone who has had a garden knows that you cannot just throw seed out into that unprepared area and expect it to produce a bountiful harvest of domesticated fruits and vegetables and herbs. First it must be cleared of all the wild growth. Then by process, we gather all of the weeds, briars, and tares together and burn them, so we can get rid of their bad seeds that have been cursing that ground. Then there are the reparations of the rockiness and the hardness of the soil that need to be made.

Hebrews 6:7 tells us, "For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from GOD:"

Prayer with praise and worship, along with the Word of GOD accompany our salvation. So does sanctification, and the Fruit of the Spirit, and Holy Spirit unctioned Ministry. We can jump in there with Praise and Worship softening up and fertilizing the soil. Praise and Worship is like unto rain upon the soil of our soul's garden. Prayers about our hurts from sin heal our wounds and clean out the effects of unrighteousness while removing a lot of the rockiness in our soul. We must learn how to dress the soil of our garden if we intend to experience a bountiful harvest.

But in the real scope of this process, we get to determine how much and how far we are willing to cooperate with this cleansing and sanctifying process in our lives. If you ignore prayer then the process is hindered, but you will still experience the benefits of declaring the Word. We empower that sanctification process in prayer. As we pray the Holy Spirit draws our attention to things we have long forgotten and brings them to the forefront of our consciousness. Clearing out that trash and clutter reveals what is hidden beneath.

Where we are at Spiritually will tell on us when we are put under the pressure of those crucial moments in the circumstances of life. How much time are we spending in the Word? It will tell on us by how we respond to and treat others. If we choose to walk according to the ways of the Spirit, we will experience that Abundant life that the enemy has been working so hard at stealing from us by keeping us in the confusion of a carnal mind as Jesus told us in John 10:10.

2 Corinthians 9:6 is a Kingdom of GOD principle that Paul illustrated, "But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall also reap bountifully."

So how do we sow bountifully into our fields? Declare the Word of GOD back to God who gave it to us for that purpose. In so doing, we are sowing seeds into our garden for that future harvest of the Fruit of the Spirit. Those who do, will get. Jesus said, "Let him who hath ears to hear, let him hear."

Praise and worship. Prayer. Declaring the Word. Listening to the Word. Meditating on the Word. Singing songs. Sometimes I sing the Word. After all, it is called the Book of Psalms.

Ephesians 5:18 and 19 tells us, "And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; Speaking to yourselves in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the LORD;"

Colossians 3:16 says, "Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the LORD."

Mark 4:2-9, And He taught them many parables, and said unto them in His doctrine, "Hearken; Behold there went out a sower to sow: And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up. And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth: But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away. And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some hundred." And he said unto them, "He that hath ears to hear, let him hear."

Jesus explains to His disciples in Mark 4:11-20, And He said unto them, "Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the Kingdom of GOD: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables: That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them. And He said unto them, Know ye not this parable? And how then will ye know all parables? The sower soweth the Word. And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts. And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness; And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended. And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word, And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful. And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred."

At first glance one could say that we have heard the word on many occasions and did not notice any Fruit. And we have read the Word on many occasions but noticed little change, if any. If you want the best possible results then take a clue from the instructions themselves. There are many things hidden in plain sight in the written Word of GOD. These things are not for the world to see, nor perceive and benefit from. Only those who have the indwelling Holy Spirit can perceive them for themselves and or, receive them. I realize that I am revealing hidden Kingdom treasures. But unless they are supposed to receive these secrets, they will not receive these hidden principles and mysteries of the Kingdom of GOD. We Know that GOD is 100 percent in control of His Kingdom and sent Christ to die for the sin of the whole world. I want the Body of Christ to know about the awesome benefits that GOD has provided to each and every one of us that accepts His gift of salvation. All of these mysteries and secrets and hidden things that are included in this book should already be common knowledge to the Body of Christ. Because it is not, is exactly why this Book is being published at this point in time. And then, beyond this common Spiritual knowledge, there are things that only those who are walking according to the Spirit of Life can perceive and receive. And then beyond that, there are things that only the peacemakers can perceive and receive. Finding yourself being a peacemaker is an eventual benchmark that signifies your Spiritual progress in the Kingdom of GOD. All of these so called hidden things of the Kingdom of GOD are for the benefit of those who are part of the commonwealth of Israel, meaning us, who are the Born again of Christ Jesus. But we must prove ourselves faithful and trustworthy to receive them and experience them in our reality. That trustworthiness is evaluated by the Holy Spirit and comes from how we respond to life and people and circumstances. So I do not have to worry that any of this information could possibly get in the wrong hands. And I give you this admonition. Learn quickly and practice daily the Kingdom of GOD prescribed ways to hide the Word in your heart. There will come a day when the most precious thing you own will be the scriptures you have hidden in your heart. "Let them who have ears to hear, hear what the Word says."

Romans 10:17 tells us, "So then faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Word of GOD."

The best way to read the Word is by declaring it. Out loud. Out loud and Forcefully with confidence toward GOD. Once more, just like with prayer, GOD is never mistaken as to whether or not we are talking to Him when we pray, worship, declare, or cry out. When we declare the Word out loud we are addressing GOD to fulfill His Word in us and our sphere of influence. Making that direct connect with His Holiness through declaring the scriptures increases the Word's ability to correct what is out of order in our soul. It will give us greater clarity of vision in the Spirit realm as it cleans up our messy condition. It increases our intelligence and causes us to grow in wisdom. Hearing the Word is great for anything that ails the human soul. Error in interpretation of Scripture is probably the biggest issue that is hindering the progress of the church today. If you are not getting your interpretation directly from the One who wrote the scriptures then you are in danger of error. When we listen to anyone explain scripture, there should be a Holy Spirit witness of the Truth about what they are saying. If there is not that witness then we should question the validity of their source. All of our teachers should be called by GOD and get their Truth directly from the Holy Spirit. We do not need vague references but clear distinct Truth. Every teacher of the Word of GOD should have no problem with this restriction. If they do have a problem with this restriction, then we are told to avoid them.

Hearing the Word in our own voice allows the Word to go deep into the sub-conscious of our inner man and deal with the error that the enemy has been able to seed there. Those buried errors are like time bombs that leach into our being that he will use against our Faith growing unto FAITH. The declared Word searches out these errors in understanding and deals with them until they are replaced with the Truth. I have witnessed several times when I was being used to minister to someone that the enemy would throw one of those deep sentimentally seated errors up in order to try to stop that ministerial process from progressing. Many times I have been speaking with someone and they will say something like, "What do you think about a Christian sinning and losing their salvation?" It is always best to turn it around and ask what their opinion is on that subject. If you listen to the Holy Spirit, He will give you the very Truth needed to defuse and cast out that error from their soul and allow them to go free. Then you get to witness new change and growth in that person's faith. Listening to the Word in someone else's voice is fine and reading the Word silently is fine. But hearing the Word in our own voice is premier and will enhance every other way we interact with the Word from the moment we take that step of faith to be an oracle of the Word of GOD. There is another way to interact with the Word of GOD in such a way that we can receive its Truth directly from the Holy Spirit. I will be explaining this interaction in my second book, "Exploring the Kingdom of GOD and our Everlasting Life." Declaring the Word of GOD searches out and corrects error buried in the recesses of my soul under all the garbage. But there is a method described in the Word that allows us to receive the Kingdom of GOD understanding of any scripture directly from the Holy Spirit so that we eliminate any future dissemination of error in our doctrine. There is a sure and correct way to get Kingdom of GOD understanding and its applications of Truth first hand from the Holy Spirit.

Those who are in error would benefit very much from declaring the Word. One of the responsibilities of the Word is to correct the error in our doctrine buried deep in our soul. Declaring the Word increases the ability of the Word within us to quicken change of who we are into who Christ is.

But, right now, most of the church is only able to perceive the surface contextual of the Word. There is much more to the Word than what we read on the surface. Many can read and understand a lot of the surface contextual with very little difficulty. It is there especially for those who are NOT Born again to see and understand what it is saying on the surface. The surface is meant for those outside of Grace to be led to Grace. But the other three levels buried beneath the open surface contextual are mysteries that are closed off and must be revealed by the Holy Spirit: and can only be received by those walking according to the Spirit of Life in sanctification. I cannot put it any clearer than this right now, but if you are not walking according to the Spirit of Life, you will not be able to receive and understand these three deeper levels of buried treasure on your own. To put it Spiritually; if you are not walking according to the Spirit of Life you will not be able to inherit the Kingdom of GOD. Inheriting the Kingdom of GOD is about receiving the deeper things of the Spirit. If a Born again Christian is living with convicted sin in their life they will not be able to Inherit the Kingdom of GOD nor produce the Fruit of the Spirit. This is where Galatians 5:16-25 and 1 Corinthians 6:9-12 come into clearer focus for the Born again Christian. Once a Christian has been experiencing sanctification if they allow sin to creep in, they will dwindle and dry up. Refusing to confess and repent of convicted sin will eventually cause our inheritance of Everlasting Life to cease and we will not receive new understanding of the Word. And if we have progressed in sanctification to the point that we have experienced Holy Spirit unctioned Ministry we will definitely see that drying up too. For those who are able to receive it, this is the hidden Truth and understanding behind John 3:16.

I understand that there are more and more accurate examples of Scriptures being found all the time. That does not change the fact that GOD used King James to gather the perfect scholars in order to translate the complete Scriptures into a vernacular that would be difficult to understand on our own and would require the indwelling Holy Spirit to help us. There is so much treasure buried in the Scriptures and all of it can only be given by the Holy Spirit to vessels who are proving themselves trustworthy and responsible. The lukewarm cannot receive such for themselves from the Holy Spirit. In the Kingdom of GOD if you are not busy growing and Living, then you are busy withering and dying.

Walking in sanctification is where we start seeing what the Word of GOD is saying to the body of Christ. The King James translation of the Word is written on that particular Kingdom of GOD level of understanding so that we would be required to be dependent upon the Holy Spirit to give us what it really means and not just what it is saying on the surface. Those who will not listen to this truth will just have to find out the hard way that we cannot circumvent our need of the Holy Spirit and inherit the Kingdom of GOD.

Man in his well-meaning attempt to make the Scriptures easier to read in its surface contextual has disturbed the structure of the other three understandings that were buried like treasure within what they considered the archaic sentence structure of the old English vernacular.

The world and so many in the church, because of not striving to abide in the Vine, are only seeing the surface contextual, and have not qualified themselves trustworthy to receive hardly any of the Spiritual contextual, let alone any of that Kingdom of GOD or heaven understanding, and definitely none of the Everlasting benefit with its soul application. I have already opened up that can, so I give you this clue: So much about the way the Kingdom of GOD functions and operates is hidden in the parables of Jesus Christ.

But the Holy Spirit will only reveal them to those who are trustworthy.

We need to realize what it means when the seed fell upon or into good ground. Good ground has been dressed by the Holy Spirit and prepared from previous prayer, Praise and worship while abiding in the Vine. Praise and Worship is like rain upon our field and our soul definitely needs this rain. All Born again Christians have the right and potential to become good ground. First off, every type of soil spoken of in Matthew 13:3-9 are just different states that this principle of declaring the Word will find all Born again Christians in when they first begin stepping out in Faith. This process will not end until the completion of our redemption when we are Glorified and made perfect to enter that Spiritual dimension of Heaven.

I beg you to not get discouraged just because you do not see some grand miraculous change right away.

It took you years upon years to get to this point in your life. The Word of GOD promises us that eventually we will experience Fruit if we sow bountifully and do not grow weary in well doing. It is GOD's desire to glorify HIMSELF within your whole being. All of GOD's children have unlimited potential. We get to choose whether we stay carnal in our conscience or experience that sanctification process that brings forth the very Glory of GOD within our soul. We get to choose if we want to progress in the sanctification of our own soul unto experiencing the Glory of GOD. We get to choose the level of intimacy we enjoy in our personal relationship with GOD through inheriting the Kingdom of GOD within. Every day we make a choice of what condition we want our soul to stay in for this day and tomorrow. What you do today builds towards a changed tomorrow. If we want tomorrow to be different, we must do something about it while it is today. This is the idea behind Ephesians 4:26 that says, "let not the sun go down on your wrath." In other words, deal with what has hurt you and caused pain and division in your life before you end your day. If you do not, it will get dumped and stored away in the recesses of your subconscious inner man and it will infest the rest of your life. Every day we make the decision as to how much we value the ability of the Word and if we are going to progress in our abiding in the Vine. Do nothing and you have made a choice by faith.

We are no longer under the performance orientation limitations of trying to be a good person in order to please GOD. Striving and struggling to be good and do good is far better than being outright wicked in our conscience. But do we really think that we can please GOD in our behavior better than how perfectly Jesus pleased GOD in His behavior? Then why not accept what Jesus did as your own, so you can stop struggling to be good enough and then rest in the finished work of Christ. This is where we find peace.

Paul in Romans 5:1 and 2 tells us, "Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with GOD through our LORD Jesus Christ: By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of GOD."

GOD has provided everything we need so we do not have to stay the same, but GOD leaves that choice of whether or not we accept it and apply it up to each of us.

GOD will not force us to abide in the Vine. And you will not happen upon this understanding by accident. But He does give us that choice as to whether or not we are going neglect so great a salvation. Force is reserved for those who do not possess the ability to make right and proper decisions for their conduct within themselves. But, then, is that not why there are so many laws in this world? They correct us and force us to be compliant or we must suffer the consequences of loss. Sin does the same thing to us in our soul. Before GOD gave the Law to Moses there was no clear cut delineation of what was right and what was sin or error. The Law was meant to take confusion out of their lives and clearly point to the fact that none of us could ever be Righteous unto Justification of Holiness by our mocking the Word of GOD. Because, even our best behavior, on our very best day would still be filthy rags. Sure, trying to be good and do good has moral profit and by self-discipline, makes us look like godly people, but it is self-produced and we are just making a fair showing of the surface contextual of the Word. We are being no different than the rest of the world outside of the church doors. GOD has provided a far better way for His children. The Word is meant to point out that fact that we are utterly helpless to be good and that we need GOD's Holiness. And guess what? GOD has been more than gracious and Holy towards our need. So much so, that He allows us the choice of just how much of Him and His provisions we want to enjoy and employ within our soul. That is why GOD provided everyone the same perfect Salvation and Eternal Life. We all have the very same foundation. But if our doctrine has error in its makeup, it will keep us from functioning harmoniously in Kingdom principles. The dynamic power of the Word of GOD searches out error and goes to work removing and correcting it by replacing it with Kingdom Truth. Kingdom understanding and its Truth can only be revealed by the Holy Spirit. If I tell you of Kingdom Truth, there should be the witness of the Holy Spirit agreeing with that Truth. The declared Word does surgery on our soul every time we avail ourselves of that privilege. Literally, the declared Word is like a laser scalpel in the hands of a faultless surgeon who goes directly where need is to be found. This deals with buried and long forgotten issues that we do not perceive. Because of His great LOVE for His creation, GOD gave us a New and Living way to be overcomers in this life. The way of Abundant life. GOD wants to glorify HIMSELF in your life but HE will not force this issue of sanctification. This is where your participation comes into focus. As long as you are still struggling and striving to be a good person within your own abilities, you are choosing your own piety over the glory of GOD. But when we rest in the finished work of Christ, we can abide in the Vine, and interact with the Holiness of GOD through declaring HIS Word and thereby manifest the glory of GOD within. Through sanctification within is how we move away from just being saved and yet, a follower, unto becoming a disciple.

It is no small wonder the world views most of us in the church as hypocrites. Where is the reality of the Fruit of the Spirit? Where is the Power of GOD in our lives? Where is the Glory of GOD? Divorce is about the same in the church as it is outside in the world. I have witnessed Holy matrimony spouses mistreating each other. I watched as one spouse left the other, because their spouse was ill, or things were not the way that they expected or wanted them to be. I have witnessed children being so disobedient that they destroyed their parent's relationship and marriage. I deal with the end results of Christians who have been damaged in every way possible because of that sin nature being in our world. It is that sin nature that is behind every ill in this world. If you think it is o.k. to blame GOD, then that is the limit of your understanding.

GOD is not at fault for any evil. But GOD is a master craftsman at taking evil and bringing forth HIS glory, if only we will surrender and submit to HIM in the circumstances of the situation. We are actually never really in control of anything anyway. But when we humble ourselves, now GOD's hands are freed to do what only HE can do.

And you will be held in check until you surrender all of your rights to GOD AND give yourself a living sacrifice to the Grace that He offers. We are never stronger than when we admit that we are powerless, submit and stand in grace, knowing that GOD is GOD of all creation and that we can trust HIM no matter the circumstances.

In what way are we BEING any different from everyone else in this world? Want to know why we are no different?

We are practicing the fruit of our own spirit instead of producing the Fruit of the Holy Spirit. This fruit of our own fleshly spirit will not produce the quickening of our inner man unto the manifestation of the character of Holiness. Adhering to the surface contextual of what the Word says, by practicing it will not produce any abundance of the Fruit of the Spirit. And emulating the character of Christ does not somehow produce or quicken that change within our soul. It is a lifestyle choice that just makes us look good from an outside perspective but, keeps us miserable and full of sorrow on the inside. And we continue being frustrated and unsatisfied. And we continue mistreating each other and divorcing. If you divorce for the wrong reasons you must be willing to accept the consequences. You already know in your heart if your actions are Righteous or wrong, and you are the one who will have to deal with the repercussions of your actions as you strive to grow closer to GOD in your own personal relationship. And there are dire consequences to every unholy union and every selfish divorce. We must face the fact that not every person is eligible for marriage or remarriage. Because of unrighteous divorce, some individuals are going to haft to spend the rest of their life single. You cannot make marriage vows to GOD and divorce your spouse just because things are not in your favor or not meeting your expectations. Romance books, no matter how tame, are female pornography and are meant to give women the wonderlust, and seed expectations that no man can meet; and could eventually lead to disillusionment, division and divorce. Individuals who have issues with alcohol should not hang around bars and those who drink and abuse alcohol. And so, is it wise for a married man or woman to hang around with divorced persons without the escort of their spouse outside of the normal confines of ministry? A married individual should not hang around with someone who is living in disrespect to GOD ordained design for proper conduct in marriage. If a married spouse hangs around with individuals who are living in disrespect to GOD's ordinance of Holy matrimony, outside of the agreement and the escort of their spouse, eventually they will become divisive. This is a matter to take into careful consideration.

The enemy will use anything to destroy a life or a marriage. As children of GOD we are to use wisdom in every situation. Satan knows exactly how to destroy the fidelity of marriage. He uses the same tactics to destroy our personal integrity as he does to destroy a marriage. He LURES and draws and he culls away from righteousness. An adulterer is an adulterer because they have entered into an unholy alliance with an unqualified individual or they have introduced an alien article into an ordained union. Adultery has many variables that a Born again Christian has to guard themselves against. Jesus said that if you look upon a woman to lust against her in your mind then you are committing adultery. Men who practice such are defiling themselves first, their wife second, and lastly, their marriage vows they made to GOD. Overall, they are eventually hindering their Spiritual prosperity in the Kingdom of GOD.

Pornography degrades the woman in that man's mind and defiles the man's character by destroying fidelity and normal marital intimacy. If your spouse refuses to repent and stop completely their sin; then you are allowed to separate yourself for Spiritual purity from that ungodly rebellion because it WILL eventually affect your level of Spirituality too. And you do not have to return until everyone is witnessing true Fruits of repentance in that person. You should not make your vows to GOD in the first place if you are not willing to accept the consequences. But consequences must be dealt with in wisdom and righteousness. Many Christians have done themselves a hazard by their selfish decisions to marry outside of the will of GOD. The consequences of a divorce outside of GOD's ordinances can hinder a person's Spiritual prosperity in the Kingdom of GOD, sometimes for the rest of their lives. If an individual marries an unqualified person, they could make themselves an adulterer. If you divorce for just any excuse, even though you are now divorced, and not engaging in sexual activity, you could be living in adultery towards your vows you made to GOD. And the Word is clear that no adulterer will prosper in sanctification and the deeper things of the Kingdom of GOD. An unrepentant adulterer who have decided that they will not submit to GOD cannot inherit the Kingdom of GOD. If you find that you are not prospering Spiritually like you should, chances are great that there is something hindering your progress. The Holy Spirit is your Spiritual counselor and guide in the Kingdom of GOD. Get on your face before GOD and cry out to HIM. If you are sincere and serious GOD will answer you: AND give you grace to be able to do what is correcting and righteous. The Word of GOD is not up for debate on the subject of sin, and I do not debate what the Word of GOD has to say on this subject of marriage and divorce. I have to live according to the will of GOD for my own life if I want to prosper in my sanctification, but sometimes it is uncomfortable until I surrender my rights to GOD.

Jesus said in Matthew 5:31 and 32, "It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery."

Marriage is between one woman and one man. Holy matrimony is that blessed union whereby one woman and one man vow to GOD their fidelity for all time. Legislative decay concerning illicit, punishable sexual sin goes all the way back to when adultery was taken off of the laws as being illegal and punishable by law even unto prison.

Issues concerning any confusion about gender are demonically influenced and can be corrected by sanctification unto Holiness. The Spiritual Truth of the Word of GOD shines Light upon these tactics of darkness. Teaching our children the Truth about declaring the Word of GOD is the surest way to help deliver them from the tactics of the enemy that is vying for control of their soul. The enemy will do and use whatever we allow him to in order to cull and steal our focus away from Righteousness. Seeding error in a previous generation that is then passed onto the next generation is a tactic of many of the confusions the enemy is using on mankind that can almost make it appear like a person is born as a sexual deviant. Familial curses work that way. Concerning gender issues, the new tactic the enemy is using is youth in age and innocence in appearance to trick parents and gullible adults into agreement in sentimentality so they will lay down their weapons of Spiritual combat in this insidious plot to steal the children away from Righteousness. This is a call to Spiritual warfare going out to every one of GOD's Children. I am speaking from my own experiences on these matters and understand exactly what I am saying. There is no misunderstanding on these issues. We need to be on our guard because by allowing ourselves to degrade in our conscience to the point that we are in agreement with and or committing those sexual perversions as listed in 1 Corinthians 6:9- 11 we are making that choice to forfeit our Kingdom of GOD heritage. Are you really willing to trade you Everlasting Kingdom of GOD heritage for a temporal sinful pleasure?

1 Corinthians 6:8-10 states, "Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren. Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of GOD? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolators, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of GOD."

If you realize that you have allowed yourself to be degraded by the influence of the enemy to the point that you are living in these sins then the Word of GOD tells you to flee, (run for your life) and separate yourself from any further word, contact, or vicinity of interaction and as far away from every sinful individual whom you know that is even colored of that sin, and seek repentance before GOD. Find yourself a competent Spirit-filled Christian counselor to lead you through repentance, and your continued deliverance from that decadent condition in your soul through sanctification according to the Spirit of Life. This is the very same advice I would give to anyone who finds that they have slowly decayed into any sin-filled practices.

1 Corinthians 6:18 instructs any who find themselves bound up in those fleshly, sexual sins to, "Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body."

That enemy of our soul will use every selfish sin and means possible to keep us from experiencing our heritage of Everlasting Life. Any individual person can be ministered to and delivered from these sexual sins. And I did say individual person. You never counsel two people who are caught up in the same sexual perversion. Concerning any perversion, if you get two or more together who need deliverance in counseling; they will pride up and do confusion by those spirits that are stressing each of them in order to stop any ministry of deliverance from occurring.

1 Corinthians 6:11 and 12 continues, "And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the LORD Jesus, and by the Spirit of our GOD. All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any."

1 Corinthians 6:19 and 20 declares, "What? Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of GOD, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify GOD in your body, and in your spirit, which are GOD's."

These upcoming passages will be the last verses I detail on the subject of marriage, divorce, and adultery. I understand these very well because as an unlawfully divorced man, I must now live by them as I walk according to the Spirit of Life if I want to experience sanctification and Ministry. And this will not, and cannot change until GOD instructs me otherwise.

In Matthew 19:3-12 Jesus is very clear when he answered those who questioned Him on this subject of divorce. These scriptures of Jesus apply to women as well as to us men.

The Pharisees also came unto Him, tempting Him, and saying unto Him, "Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?" And He answered and said unto them, "Have ye not read, that HE which made them at the beginning made them male and female, And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore GOD hath joined together, let not man put asunder."

Remember how I said earlier that the mantle of responsibility for the sexual purity of the marriage covenant was placed upon the woman by GOD. This is actually a privileged position from which she is to guard her marriage from all outside influences.

19: 7-12 continues, They said unto Him, "Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and put her away?"

He saith unto them, "Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so."

"And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery."

His disciples say unto Him, "If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry."

But He said unto them, "All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given. For there be some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother's womb: and there be some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be some eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the Kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it." Should you find yourself divorced outside of the ordinance of GOD, you should as always get your instructions directly from GOD.

There are going to be repercussions to every marriage and divorce that is outside of the will of GOD. Moses was much more concerned with saving life in the divorce because some men had taken to just killing their wives outright in order to get out of that covenant. Like any state of sin that we decide to live in, if you decide to divorce for the wrong excuses, it will limit your ability to even see the Kingdom of GOD for yourself, let alone be able to inherit EVERLASTING life. Another word for limit would be hinder. But realize also that this is the case with any sin-filled and unrepentant practice.

GOD has provided a way to help anyone who finds that they have made a bad decision in any area of life. But each one must be dealt with on a case by case basis individually in relationship.

We must show the world the evidence of what GOD can do within us in Truth, because what we have been doing is simply not working and is the same old thing that the church has been doing for centuries. Our play-acting is exactly what Christ found Israel doing when He told them...

In Luke 5:36-38, says, And he spake also a parable unto them; "No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old. And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish. But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved."

This applies to us who are in this New Testament covenant also because we have that indwelling Holy Spirit. You cannot mix performance of the Law with our liberties and expect them to function harmoniously towards the Fruit of the Spirit. You cannot apply conditions of our perishable Fruits of EVERLASTING life to the security of our ETERNAL life and expect to progress in sanctification because your doctrine will be in error. The practicing of what the Word says on the surface is mocking the reality of the Kingdom, like what the Jews did under the Law with their traditions, and it does not fit nor quicken any Holiness in the Everlasting inheritance of our New Testament covenant. Once again, you cannot put new wine into old bottles because the old bottles have already swollen from that previous fermentation process and are set. The fermentation process of the new wine will burst the old bottles and they both will perish. You cannot put a new piece of cloth onto an old garment. When you wash the whole garment, the new piece of cloth sewn into the old garment will shrink and tear away from the old garment making the rent far worse than it was before. We must be fully convinced that the Old Testament covenant was a schoolmaster to lead them to understand that they were unable to perform the commandments unto the real Righteousness that was required by GOD. They never did get to that point outside of faith where they experienced the Holiness of GOD within their souls. But they kept trying to earn their own righteousness by keeping the very letter of the Law.

Galatians 3:21 asks, "Is the law then against the promises of GOD? GOD forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law. But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. For ye are all the children of GOD by faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise."

Practicing discipline with what the Word reads on the surface is not conducive to building Kingdom of GOD Faith and is not part of our heritage of EVERLASTING life. Faith is built up in our soul by the quickening abilities of the Word of GOD as we sow it in our field by declaring it back to GOD. Practicing discipline will not produce even minimal Fruit let alone be able to produce thirtyfold. I am in a New Covenant and I must co-operate with the new Kingdom of GOD principles that GOD has established in order to see that level of the Fruit of the Spirit in my life. We are to become a whole new garment through sanctification from the inside out. Sewing onto that garment will in no way bring it back to wholeness from it damage. In our salvation we have already been accredited as a brand new garment of Righteousness unto Eternal Life. This is that wedding garment that we read about in Isaiah 61:10. And we are a brand new bottle or wineskin that is made for the new wine of the Holy Spirit to dwell in. The Holy Spirit is the element or leaven that activates the Word to be able to cleanse, quicken, and sanctify us from the inside out. This in no way means that we will be perfect in all of our ways. We still have that old sin nature, and its past damage, only now we must understand that we have been given a brand new and living way to overcome that sorrow and pain along with the pull of its compulsions that incline us to commit unrighteousness.

2 Timothy 3:5 and 7 says, "Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away."

"Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth."

Without understanding the true nature of the Word we will continue learning scripture but, deny it the abilities it has to bring about within us sanctification by the Divine Nature of GOD's Holiness. The real issue is that it has all of these awesome abilities and yet, because we are not yet convinced in the absolute security of our salvation in Eternal Life, we do not even know that there is an Everlasting Life to inherit within, nor how to experience sanctification through GOD's provisions of Holiness. We have already been exposed to new methods to employ our Salvation and put it to work doing what only the Divine Nature of the Word can do. I know that I really wasn't consciously trying to deny the power thereof, because I didn't understand how to employ the real purpose of the POWER thereof. But, being ignorant of the power thereof I was; so in effect I was denying the Word its power and its designated job description of responsibility to cleanse me of the effects of unrighteousness within and to conform my inner man into the very Character of Christ. I was still under that old bondage to the old ways of performance of obedience to the letter of the Law in order to earn my justification unto righteousness. And all the while I had been set free from that bondage of performance, and now had peace with GOD. All Born again Christians have been set free from the bondage of that Law of performance, but it looks like few if any have received that notice of their true freedom. It is not a matter of practicing of discipline unto becoming faithful, but of quickening by the Word unto sanctification that builds Faith. This was GOD's plan all along for man to come to that conclusion that what he needed, only GOD could provide. From history it appears that on a whole those who practiced the Law in order to be good were unable to come to that conclusion that their performance of what the Word said on the surface was not going to work out within them what the letters of that Word was actually describing to them. When we understand and allow the Holy Spirit to sanctify us from the inside out, we become what the Word describes. GOD has provided the only correct way to heal us, of the unrighteous damage in our soul and by consequence, the only way we can live the Fruit filled Christian life.

Romans 8:29, 30, "For whom He did foreknow, He also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom He did predestinate, them He also called: and whom He called, them He also justified: and whom He justified, them He also glorified."

What we are actually looking forward to in our sanctification is for GOD to glorify HIMSELF within us unto us becoming HIS disciples.

In Romans 12:1, 2, 21 Paul says, "I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of GOD, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, HOLY, acceptable unto GOD, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of GOD. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good."

Brethren, Hiding the Word within our inner man helps us overcomes evil. It is a slow but eventual process of sanctification but in time we will overcome the illness of unrighteousness within unto becoming a good tree that manifests the good Fruit of our Kingdom.

Galatians 5:1 says, "Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage."

Of course, this last passage is addressing the Jewish believers who were prone to falling back into those old patterns of practicing the performance oriented demands of the Law. But, if we think about it long enough, we will realize that we are doing the very same thing. Since we have now been set free from the bondage of performance why do we keep practicing outdated legalism by trying to emulate what the scriptures say instead of becoming the very matter of what the Word describes?

Galatians 6:7-9 says, "Be not deceived; GOD is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life Everlasting."

In John 6:27 Jesus tells us, "Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto Everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath GOD the Father sealed."

GOD tells us in John 1:1 that, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with GOD, and the Word was GOD."

Then Jesus tells us in John 6:63 that, "It is the Spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are Spirit and they are life.

64a, But there are some of you that believe not."

Tying and hanging apples on an oak tree does not make it an apple tree. Hanging what we think are examples of the Fruit of the Spirit and the Characteristics of Christ onto us does not make us a GOD Glorifying Christian. It does make us an imitator.

That is certainly NOT what being a disciple of Christ Jesus is about.

So, if someone were to ask you why you exist and why we were born into this world, the answer would have to be that we are here to express the Glory of GOD to this lost world.

Christian P.O. cannot change anything but the outward appearance of our flesh, with no real effect or change within our soul unto Holiness or the Character of Christ. GOD's Word is the bread of EVERLASTING LIFE. There is dynamic POWER in the Word of GOD in the hands of the Holy Spirit to change us into that vessel of honor for the master's use that Glorifies GOD. The Word, when declared in faith will go to our greatest point of need in our soul. When we declare the Word of GOD out loud in faith it becomes RHEMA Word. Rhema Word is like a laser scalpel in the hands of a highly skilled surgeon who is the Holy Spirit.

2 Timothy 2:19-21 says, "The LORD knoweth them that are His. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity. But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonor. If a man purge himself from these, (sins of the sin nature) he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work."

Is this verse trying to tell us that there are supposed to be vessels of dishonor made of wood and earth that GOD is using for His purposes? It is sad to say but unless we ourselves start manifesting the glory of GOD through sanctification it appears that many will stay vessels of dishonor. Until we become vessels of honor we cannot help vessels of dishonor become vessels of honor too. I would like to think that I started out as a vessel of earth or wood and have now been sanctified to that place of being a vessel of silver that will keep progressing unto a vessel of gold in the Master's hands. I already know that at times I have already experience examples in my own life of what it means to have apples of gold in vessels of silver.

Proverbs 25:11 says, "A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver."

Would GOD intend to have vessels in HIS house that stay vessels of dishonor?

I DO NOT THINK SO.

He has made perfect provisions so that none of His children have to stay that way once they see the Truth about their condition and their rights in the Kingdom of GOD.

But, it is now evident that some are remaining vessels of wood and earth that are used for ignoble purposes because they are not taught the Truth about the difference between Eternal Life and Everlasting Life. They will stay aimless and Fruitless Christians who cannot find their way out of the bondage of performance and its confusion unless someone becomes a candle to light their way out of that darkness. And so, it is also evident that a vessel can choose to stop being a vessel of dishonor and by GOD's provisions slowly become a vessel used for honorable purposes.

Why is it that few Christians are answering the conviction by the indwelling Holy Spirit that is calling each of us to return to our source of the very Holiness that can address the greatest need that we now have?

If you are convicted by this, Pray and ask GOD to help you become a vessel of Honor useful in the word of reconciliation to HIS Church first, and then, to the world. Become proactive and start declaring the Word of GOD and become an oracle of the Kingdom of GOD. Take up your cross and follow Christ and learn what it means to be a disciple. Start exploring your inheritance of Everlasting Life through sanctification by the declared Word of GOD today.

In Luke 9:23-26, it says, "And He said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it. For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away? For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my Words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed when He shall come in His own glory, and in His Father's and of the holy angels."

This being cast away in no way means that any Born again Christian can lose their Salvation just for not taking up their cross because millions of carnal Christians are not taking up their cross daily. Cast away is more in line with the understanding of a branch withering because it is not abiding in the vine. There is no flow of Spiritually nourishing say from the root system of the Vine into the branches.

This is how a Christian can be ashamed of the Word.

The taking of the cure for being ashamed and not taking up your cross daily and carnality are all the same: start and end every day by declaring several chapters of the King James Bible out loud. After just 10 days of doing this, you will not be able to deny the difference. It will supernaturally enhance even your silent times of reading the Word of GOD and it will open up the hidden Truth of the Scriptures to your understanding. That is a vital part of what it means to inherit the Kingdom of GOD.

We must realize the seriousness of taking up our cross with its responsibilities, every day. We must become an oracle of the Kingdom, first in our own relationship with GOD and then by consequence to everyone we encounter. By any and all means, get the Word of GOD into your consciousness and sub-consciousness every day. Reading the Word of GOD silently is a very good thing to do. It will cleanse our waking, conscious mind. Declaring the Word sanctifies both the waking, conscious mind, and gets into the inner man of our sub-conscious mind on a whole different level.

Actually, when we read the Word silently we are already sounding out the words in our mind. So take that step of Faith and declare it out with your mouth. I have had people say things like, But I have a learning disability, or I am dyslexic as though that is a genuine excuse. It would seem to me that if you do have a learning issue, then the reward would be even greater for the effort put forth. Do you think that GOD is not GOD? By consequence of you stepping out in Faith, no matter what your issue may be, you will get the benefit of sanctification for stepping out in Faith in spite of that handicap. Reading the scriptures silently has its place in our relations with a Holy GOD. Praise and Worship, Prayer and Fasting and interaction with the Word of GOD is how we build and encourage our relationship with the Holy Spirit. Once again, reading the Word silently is good for the conscious mind, cleansing it of the clutter and trash experienced during our day. But its effects are basically limited to the waking mind until we go to sleep. Then by consequence, of cleansing our mind there is less junk to be dumped into our soul. But declaring the scriptures out loud sanctifies on a whole different level of purification.

So, in actuality, when we declare the Word out loud we are tripling the Word but, exponentially increasing its abilities to sanctify us and create Faith.

First: we silently read the scriptures with our minds eye, and then secondly, we step out in Faith and declare it out loud, and third, by consequence of stepping out in Faith, we hear it in our own voice, which our conscience recognizes, which increases its entrance in power to build up our Faith unto FAITH.

Therefore, we experience the reality of what Romans 10:17 is really trying to tell us when it says that Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of GOD.

Romans 10:17, "So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of GOD."

Could it really be that simple? Please do not just take my word for it, but prove it to yourself. You will notice an immediate difference. And if you keep it up you will begin to experience the sanctification. And like I said earlier, this action will begin to enhance all other interactions with the Holiness of GOD through that relationship with the indwelling Holy Spirit.

Now we are moving into that rarefied realm of devotion.

And the cool part is that now, we will get to water this new seed with a greater, exalted Praise and Worship. Vain praise does not work on the same level as genuine Praise that is exalted from the heart that is now declaring the Word of GOD in confidence. Really, all praise is praise, but when devotion enters the picture, Praise takes on a much greater response. As a Born again Christian, anytime you lift up your voice to GOD be expecting a response from GOD. After all, you are making a direct connection with your GOD.

To experience the fullness of genuine change in sanctification, it will help if we understand what it means to abide in the Vine. We should be in constant connection with our Abba, Father all day long in prayer. Christ prayed with His eyes open as they walked from village to town to city. Prayer is our consciousness making connection with the GOD of all creation. We all need an attitude adjustment. The Spirit of Christ birthed within us should be constantly making that direct connection with the Father to illustrate that point to us.
Chapter 5 - A LITTLE BIT OF SOUL, HYGEINE

When GOD our Father looks at us He chooses because of Christ Jesus not to see our sin. To put it more directly, when GOD looks at any Born again Christian, HE sees Christ Jesus. HE sees our Robe of Righteousness, and HE sees the indwelling Holy Spirit. We already understand that GOD in HIS wisdom has already accredited to us that eventual glorification unto Sainthood. This is why the Holy Spirit can now be indwelling: and starting with the soul, bring the whole being of who we are into agreement with our eventual reality in redemption of our having been Justified unto the Righteousness of completed SANCTIFICATION in Christ. This is why even now, GOD accredits and sees us as SAINTS. This is why confession of our sin and confession of the Word of GOD is so vital to cleansing our soul of what unrighteousness produces within us. As you speak out your confession of sin or unrighteousness, you invite and give GOD permission to enter into that issue with His Holiness. GOD enters into that situation with His Divine Nature of Holiness and deals with it in a perfect, precise way. We are forgiven, (in the spirit this forgiveness is synonymous with healing) and cleansed, (synonymous with wholeness) of the sin's unrighteous effects in our soul and though there is still evidence recorded electrically, the controlling pain has disappeared and go free from what was once a source of chemical disturbance and of emotional pain. Now also, that forgiveness and healing dresses new ground for new seed to be cast into our field. Without seed you get no harvest. Without sowing seed you limit sanctification to the barest of its true nature. You sow the seed by declaring the Word of GOD out loud. Knowing this possibility of sowing and reaping, would you use inferior seed, or the best that you could get your hands on? How can we produce the Fruit of the Spirit without Spiritual seed?

Prayer is cleansing and healing and restoring. Praise and worship are beneficial and Spiritually health-giving, nourishing the very soil of our soul. But if we are not declaring the Word back to GOD, we may never experience our greatest potential of sanctification unto glorifying our GOD.

By Faith, the more we cast into our garden, the greater the dressing and the greater the potential of harvest. It happens immediately that we can put in the sickle and reap. That just means that as soon as we start stepping out in Faith we will have results in sanctification. There is no three months of waiting for the corn in the ear. Yes, pun intended. But, eventually, we will reap a harvest of the Fruit of the Spirit. Every day we should be declaring the Word of GOD as much as we possibly can. It makes a big difference if we begin our time with praise and worship. We should begin our time of Prayer by praising GOD for His Holiness to us. Praise and worship shoos away the fowls of the air so that they cannot devour the seed before it gets a chance to do what it is supposed to do. Praise and worship softens the hard soil of our fallow ground. How much more does it benefit the ground that is already being prepared for sowing the good seed? I know that that sounds fanciful but it works. And whatever works for our good is of GOD. Any time you can declare the Word is good. The most opportune time to declare the Word is in the evening before you relax for sleep. That way, all of that trash and clutter from that day still located in our conscious mind after your time of prayer is not dumped from your waking conscience on into the sub-consciousness of our soul once you fall asleep. If you happen to wake up in the middle of the night, do it again.

Do it because Jesus said so in His parables to us.

If you have trouble going to sleep or staying asleep then the best prescription is praise, and worship.

Mark 4:26-29, "And He said, So is the Kingdom of GOD, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come."

It appears that when we sow in the evening, we can have expectation in the morning; when we wake up for the new day.

If you want a better tomorrow, you must prepare in Faith this very evening before you lay down for sleep.

If you really want to know why you are the way you are, it is because your whole soul is a like a computer; that up to now has been programmed to be operating on all the input you have been feeding into your conscious, waking mind and dumping into the sub-conscious of your soul every day and every night when you fall asleep.

If you are really serious about changing your old ways then you have to change the programming you are feeding into your computer. Music is but a carrier that we accept as our conscience allows the lyrics to be carried into our sub-conscious and then used by our brain as programming. When we invite the music we are welcoming the lyrics as well. Whether or not our mind recognizes the danger of the lyrics is immaterial, because the spirit of our soul only understands the programing of the lyrics and the fact that you invited the music and therefore welcomed the words with all of its connotations. Everything we experience is recorded somewhere in the vast hard drive of our subconscious. We input programming into our soul anytime we watch video and listen to audio. This input becomes programming that becomes a part of who we are and how we function. Anyone who wishes to say otherwise is just proving that point. We tend to defend our sins by our own sentimentality. We have a definite responsibility for the type of programming we allow into our very own personal computer that our whole being is operating off of. We need to walk more circumspectly concerning the music we listen to and the videos we watch. This should already be a conviction of the indwelling Holy Spirit. Parents need to supervise the cartoons they allow their children to watch because they have definitely become propaganda unto rebellion and unrighteousness.

The type of music we choose to listen to WILL have a definite effect upon our soul and it is programming that contributes to how our soul responds to life. When we choose to listen to any type of music, we are, in reality, welcoming whatever lyrics it carries into our very being as encrypted instructions. Whether you accept it or not, facts are facts. You are a product of everything that you have experienced. Along with your personality and temperament, that means everything that you have read, watched, listened to, felt, smelled, tasted, and experienced are all perfectly recorded in your soul both electronically and chemically; and this is what makes you react and respond to life the way you do. Somewhere in your soul is every one of your memories that are recorded electrically and chemically and there is emotion attached and involved. Have you ever heard a song and it caused you to recall a pleasant, romantic memory? Have you ever smelled a particular smell and recognized that it triggered a memory? This could be a good memory or even trigger a much stronger flashback to a previous time with its emotions. If you don't understand exactly what I am talking about when I tell you that you have never forgotten a thing, but you just haven't had a reason to recall those memories then consider this question. Has anyone ever slapped you in your face? If someone has then the inner man of your soul will instantly bring that memory to the forefront of your consciousness with all of it details and its emotions attached. You will also remember if you have ever slapped someone else in the face. You need to pray about it the instant you remember it and forgive, not excuse the event. Ask GOD to forgive you if you are the culprit, and then follow the Holy Spirit's instructions. It does not matter if you rationalize the event and think that you may have deserved it or that they may have deserved it. My sin does not excuse someone else's sin. And surely too, I cannot use their trespass to excuse me for trespassing back at them. I cannot use what someone does to me as an excuse for how I responded to their trespass towards me. I am supposed to respond to everybody with the Fruit of the Spirit and in the Character of Christ. If my programming is correct, then my response will be correct. If my programing is incorrect, then my response will be incorrect. The attitude of my conscience is fully involved in how I respond to anyone who trespasses against me. The idea that I have a right to get back at them for what they did to me; is the opposite of LOVE, and is a trick of the enemy using my selfishness and pride against me and them. My ill responses to trespasses are completely my own fault and are dictated by my attitude. My carnal conscience and attitude are formed from all of the unrighteousness and programming experienced in my soul. This is what makes us a corrupt or sick tree that is not producing the Fruit of the Spirit. The enemy wants to keep me a prisoner of my wounds and programing of unrighteousness so he can corrupt my conscience and its attitude towards others. In the reality of my existence, I am totally responsible for everything in my soul. No matter who did it to me, or how, or why it occurred, everything in my soul is there in its current condition because of how my conscience responded with its attitude towards those events. To fully be able to start experiencing recovery from my current condition, I must stop blaming anyone else for why I am the way I am. I absolutely must own every little bit of damage and unrighteousness in my soul in order to succinctly start healing that damage in the way GOD has made provision for. I must face the reality of why I am the way I am and start reconciling it all by that very real sanctification process as I interact with the Holiness of GOD. Outside of Holiness, you cannot experience sanctification. If I do not stop passing blame onto others for why I am the way I am, the enemy will be able to keep me a prisoner to my pain in every area I choose to hold on to. That way he can keep me under its conditions and use it against me in the future.

Different triggers like smells and sounds affect veterans and emergency responders and cause flashbacks. Car accidents and plane crashes are very traumatic and are stored with the emotions intact and tend to handicap our emotions and our responses. The more we hold on to them, the greater the Effects. The deeper we bury them the more insidious the stronghold. Sometimes these events are just too traumatic for our soul to endure so our brain will block off whole sectors of memory so it is not recalled by happenstance. But they are still there and able to put pressure on the electrical and chemical hormonal balance of the brain. GOD knows when you will be strong enough to be able to deal with it properly. All memories produce either good sentimentality or bad pain. The bad in our soul puts chemical pressure on the chemical balance of the brain. Other things can do this too. Determining the root and how to work out a resolution seems to be the real trick to psychology. Holy Spirit directed understanding in compassion makes for a very powerful counselor. If you are Born again, you have the indwelling Holy Spirit who will use the Word we give Him to deal with our issues in the way that GOD has already predetermined.

Many times we will just remember something from our past that we thought that we had long forgotten. At that very instant we need to stop and pray and ask the Holy Spirit what He wants us to do about that incident that has been brought to the forefront of our consciousness. We have never forgotten anything and it is all there, intact, with all of its effects intact. All of us are very full of trauma, trespasses, and self-inflicted wounds from sins of commission and omission. Remember when you were young before you went through that time of life when life stopped being so carefree and blissful? You were just going along, enjoying life and creating good memories until one morning you woke up, and life was not as much fun and carefree as it was before. Guess what? You have just gone through that time of life into a new phase of existence. Adam in the Garden of Eden was in a perfectly blissful state of mind until he ate of that forbidden thing and the Sin Nature enter the existence of our cosmos. Then Adam began enduring the ravages of the infliction of sin in his soul and the decay of death in his body. Before you went through that time of life, the ravages of the infliction of sin in your soul was still a thing of the past that had not reached that toxic plateau in your soul. Then one day, you woke up and life was no longer as much fun as it had been before. That last dumping that had happened the night before when you fell asleep put you over the toxic level unto despair invading all of your being. Your pain had become toxic and your soul was no longer capable of holding it all back. It was no longer a thing of your past, but had reached that level of toxicity where it started spilling over from your past and began invading your conscious, present tense moments in time. Now your life is under pressure and it is not going to get any better until you become proactive and start doing something about it. The perfect prescription for all of this is declaring the Word of GOD out loud in Faith. I am not going to tell you that you can get back to that Garden phase of blissfulness. But I will tell you that GOD knows all about this and has already made some preparations for your recovery.

When you add to that time of life passage, all of the clutter and trash that we have been dumping into our souls every night, we get a better picture of the condition of our soul and how desperately we need supernatural help from GOD. Trash and clutter cover up and hide the wounds of sin, trespass, and the unrighteousness buried in our soul. That is why I suggested that the moment you remember any such incidents you should inquire of the Holy Spirit what He wants you to do about it. And do not let it go until you have reached a resolution to that incident because if you do not, it will be put back in with all of the other unrighteousness. All of that trash and clutter that we dump every night buries our memories and wounds but be assured that those incidents are there and still exerting their pressure upon that chemical balance and our emotions until we deal with them properly. Because we are not taught the reality of this human condition by our elders and what to do about it, many Christians will carry this junk to their grave. It is only because of GOD's awesome design that we are not committing irrational actions and making illogically, unsound decisions. Or are we?

Trash and clutter plus all of the wounds of sin create a strange environment. Trash becomes stinking, rotting garbage if left unaddressed. Wounds fester and get infected and ooze and start fuming, with rotting gases obscuring our abilities to see clearly the Kingdom of GOD. All of that causes us to make bad and improper decisions in life. All of these issues of the human condition that are caused by that sin nature are designed to interfere with our ability to enjoy life and interfere in the intimacy of our personal relationship with GOD.

I hope that you can now see that Declaring the Word and confession of all unrighteousness in prayer while everything is fresh in the conscious waking part of our minds is the most prudent actions we can take. We must become proactive in these areas of our existence if we want to reach our Spiritual potential. All of this junk gets more difficult to deal with once it is dumped and stuffed after we have slept on it. We definitely have no choice but to obtain supernatural help after that point.

We are made to need GOD's help all of the time in every situation we face. The Holy Spirit is totally capable of dealing with the unseen issues of our soul. But we must learn what our responsibilities are, if we want to start becoming that vessel of honor for the Master's use in the Body of Christ. It really is very awesome when we take the time to think about it. We have a lot to Praise GOD for. Now you can see why we so need the softening and nurturing rain of Praise and Worship on our hard rock strewn soil. It cleanses us and softens the soil and prepares the soil of my soul for the sowing of the Word of GOD. Only GOD understands everything that declaring the Word out loud can do within our being.

Hebrews 4:12 tells us, "For the Word of GOD is quick, and Powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart."

In John 6:63 Jesus tells us that, "It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life."

What kind of life? Everlasting Life. Abundant Life. ZOE Life. Whole life. Sanctified life. A life that produces the Fruit of the Spirit. A life that is quickened into the character of Christ.

2 Timothy 3:16 and 17 states that, "All scripture is given by inspiration of GOD, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of GOD may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works."

The wording is definitely not by accident but by design of GOD to give us that insight. These verses uses the word, "throughly", and not thoroughly on purpose. Because it is through the actions of the Word within us that we become perfectly furnished unto all good works. That means the Fruit of the Spirit and that unique Holy Spirit unctioned Ministry. If we do not grow weary in well doing eventually the Word will thoroughly cleanse our soul of the effects of unrighteousness. We no longer mock the context of what the Word is reading; but, now begin to experience within us the quickening ability of its POWER to change us from the inside out into BECOMING what the Word of GOD is and not what it reads.

And on that day, when Christ returns for His Bride, He will find us being wise virgins with oil in their vessels besides.

Jesus Himself gives us this illustration from His parable in Matthew 25:1-13 which reads, "Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. And five were wise and five were foolish. They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there not be enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, LORD, LORD, open to us. But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh."

A Born again Christian is a wise virgin. The foolish virgins have never invited Jesus into their heart as Saviour. The key is what Jesus plainly says, "Verily I say unto you, I know you not."

In John 10:27-30 Jesus, Himself informs us, "My sheep hear my voice, and I KNOW THEM, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. I and my Father are one."
Chapter 6 - FINAL WORDS

We all are aware that we are suffering the wages of sin in our soul and we want relief from this despair and sorrow. We all need to experience real Spirit quickened healing unto wholeness in our soul. We need to be healed of the damage that all previous sin, trauma, and trespasses have inflicted. The Divine Nature of GOD forgives us and heals us of the effects of unrighteousness within our soul. Declaring the Word of GOD is the best thing we can do to improve upon every ill condition in our being.

I simply cannot rise on a continuous basis, in the authority and POWER of my GOD above my time I spend in Prayer. Prayer is the most intimate and powerful principle you can engage in. You get to do it anywhere and most any time. Declaring prayer out loud completes that circuit with GOD's Holiness on a greater level than silent prayer can. But once you become an Oracle it enhances all Spiritual interactions. Only I can keep me from experiencing the power of what all it can do within my soul and in my life. We are in a definite warfare for the control of the focus of our minds, and therefore, our souls.

When GOD raised Christ from the dead to that newness of life, Jesus secured for us the right to walk according to the Spirit. And overcome the pull of that sin nature, and experience healing from its destruction. And inherit Everlasting Life. The surest way to do this is by declaring the Word of GOD.

Psalms 107:20 says, "He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions."

Since you have read this material and because of what we now know, we have an even greater responsibility to respect and employ all of these provisions and see the results manifested within ourselves. Not just for ourselves, but for everyone we come in contact with on this planet from now on. We do not have to go to some foreign land to be that missionary that GOD intends. Every day that we wake up, we are a part of the Body of Christ and an Ambassador of the Kingdom of GOD to everyone we meet. There are no accidental meetings in the life a Born again Christian who is becoming an Oracle. We need to focus our attention on taking advantage of seeing the fruition of what abiding in the Vine can accomplish within us. This abiding in the Vine is what will manifest the Newness of Life that is ours to enjoy. There will come a time when what Word you have memorized in your heart will become your most valuable possession. I hope that you make the best use of the time we have left before the persecution gets serious.

John 15:1-5 starts by Jesus stating, "I am the true Vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. Now ye are clean through the Word which I have spoken unto you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing."

Then in John 15:6 it describes the general condition of Christianity today, Jesus stating, "If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned."

We know that for the Born again Christian that hell has been taken permanently out of the equation concerning any future judgment or condemnation between us and GOD. Remember about the elements of context. Jesus was talking under the context of that Old Testament and to the minds of people who had yet to be given the working knowledge of how this new covenant functions as prophesied in Jeremiah 31: 31-34 that we now are partaker of by salvation unto Eternal Life. Part of what a vine dresser does is prune off any wild growths that show no potential of producing any future fruit. As old weeds are dug up by the roots and wild growths are trimmed from the vine, you are going to end up with rubbish that needs to be burned because now it is all waste material. Add to that all of the pruning that goes on and you end up with withered rubbish that is of no use or Spiritual value. A Born again Christian's value is established in Christ Jesus and the sorrow, anguish, and despair we feel in this world is the closest we will ever come to gnashing of teeth or Hellfire. Anyone who has ever cleared out a new area for cultivation will understand this withering that occurs to plants once they have been removed from their source of nourishment. This process is what happened to the Prodigal Son and exactly what happens to all new, Born again Christians. All new, Born again Christians start out their journey towards Heaven, having been given a portion of their Everlasting inheritance, and as they were not taught how to reconnect with their source through Holiness they slowly withered and became the Son who stayed at home in the Father's house. Even though the Son who stayed at house could have been enjoying his privileges of liberty in Everlasting Life all along, he did not have a clue as to how to take advantage of and embrace that source of Holiness in sanctification.

Pruning trees for the purpose of new growth involves much of the same process. It is imperative that we keep in mind that Christ gave his parables to the Jews before He was crucified and we were given the gift of the indwelling Holy Spirit. At that time of the Law, before the resurrection; those in faith under the Law when they passed over by death did indeed go to that consideration of the dimension of the dead called Abraham's bosom or Paradise to await the coming of the Messiah. But after the resurrection many conditions changed. The power of the grave in Spiritual death and Hell was destroyed, and by taken out of the equation by Christ Jesus for all who would die in Faith. Paradise or Abraham's Bosom has been swallowed up in Christ, and presented to the Father in the resurrection; and no longer serves any function outside of Heaven.

Are not most of us damaged and in despair in our feelings and emotions? Are we not, even now, in agony and despair because of the conditions in our soul? Remember that time of life when the pain in your soul rose to that toxic level and started spilling over into our present tense and interfering with our ability to enjoy life. Before that time of life, we lived as close to bliss as possible and were enjoying a more carefree state of being in our conscious mind. Then one day, we woke up and life was not that blissful, carefree state in our conscious mind because our past pain had gotten to that level where it was now spilling over from our subconscious into our conscious mind and interfering with our ability to enjoy life on that same level as before. Every sentient person who is not experiencing the sanctifying process will have to go through that time of life change. We need to start teaching our children how to walk in sanctification at an early age. Even though we were not taught this, we are still, all in all, in Christ Jesus, and Joint-heirs even yet, and have every right to inherit Everlasting life in our soul and be healed and slowly regenerate back to wholeness and Newness of Abundant life because of the resurrection of Christ Jesus. I am not saying that everyone will be able to reconcile their soul back to that previous state before they went through that time of life change. Far better, in spite of our level of pain we can start enjoying life by the overcoming power of sanctification. We can become so much more as we heal from our lifetime of damage. And I am saying that we can recover through sanctification from a major portion of that unrighteousness stored up in the recesses of our subconscious and start inheriting and enjoying our Everlasting Life.

Good news.

In John 15:7-11 Jesus instructs us, "If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full."

Jesus tells us in John 12:47-50, "And if any man hear my Words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I CAME not to judge the world, but to save the world. He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my Words, hath one that judgeth him: the Word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. And I know that His commandment (Word) is life EVERLASTING: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak."

We need to change our minds about a lot of things that we may think that we know. Foremost is the fact that Declaring the Word of GOD out loud IS asking what you will. We are claiming our inheritance from GOD. But, you must do so in Faith expecting GOD to fulfill His promises. We have been identified in the life and death of Christ and its Justification unto Salvation. But now we need to understand that just as GOD resurrected Christ unto Newness of life, we, too have been identified in the resurrection of Christ unto Newness of life. We were created for this new life, this abundant life, this EVERLASTING life to be manifested within us. To see this Newness of life within us, we need employ what GOD has already given us, but, in new ways that we may not have considered before. The Word of GOD has the ability to quicken or create and animate new life, or could I say, ZOE Life on that Everlasting level. We need to learn how to employ every aspect of what Christ Jesus gained for us in gratitude to the only GOD who LOVES us without any conditions. To do otherwise is to neglect so great a salvation.

The writer of Hebrews admonishes us in Hebrews 2:-4, 11, 15, "Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. For if the word spoken by angels was steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward; How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at first began to be spoken by the LORD, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard Him; GOD also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to His own will?...For both He that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause He is not ashamed to call them brethren, And to deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage."

As the corporate church it does appear that we have been and we are now neglecting so great a salvation by not taking full advantage of everything GOD gave to us through Christ Jesus and His resurrection. Are we letting the ability of the Word incline us unto Glorifying and edifying behavior? We do not have to sin; our conscience chooses to sin. And yet, because we are not fully persuaded about the reality of sin, in how it wounds, and robs us, and especially our recourse; we continue to suffer under its heel. When just the same, all this time, we have possessed that victory of Newness of Life, and could have been experiencing the removal of the harmful damage from the soil in our soul that is pressuring and inclining us to unrighteousness. Justice delayed is not justice averted. Also, GOD knows that He no longer needs to punish us for sin, because we are suffering even now the wages of sin in our soul. We know what we have done. Our own indignation will find us out and even now we are being punished by our own indignation and wrath while suffering those wages of sin within our soul. This is why we went through that time of life change and are even now feeling the pain and pressure of the unrighteous conditions in our soul. We so need to experience the reality of our Everlasting Life, cleansing and healing our soul in sanctification and producing the real treasure of the Kingdom of GOD within. As we develop the Character of Christ within us, we will find that our conscience is struggling less and less with the pull of the sin nature. The more we clean out the old damage of unrighteousness caused by sin in our soul and replace it with the things of GOD unto wholeness, the less we will be inclined to desire and want to sin. We would supernaturally not want to sin because of the development of the very character of Christ within our soul. Our core value system will go through changes. Our character changes into uprightness, and our attitudes towards ourselves and others starts going through changes for the better because of LOVE. We experience more patience and temperance, with the desire to give and see the best in others. We become less critical and judgmental. We slowly stop being indignant towards ourselves as we accept the fact that we are forgiven and GOD totally LOVES us. And we can now accept that understanding that we can now forgive ourselves as GOD forgives us. That is what abiding in the Vine will do IN us and much more. Most Christian theology teaches just the opposite. We struggle not to sin, hoping that it will develop the character of Christ or the Fruit of the Spirit within us. Why haven't we at least experimented with some of these new ways or principles of the Kingdom before now? The more we progress in sanctification, the more we will become a peacemaker towards ourselves and outward towards others.

Only by abiding in the Vine do we gain real victory over the pull of the compulsions of the sin nature in our life. In reality we are slowly eliminating the damage of unrighteousness that resides in our soul that is feeding our sin nature's compulsions that cause us to sin. The pressure of our pain is what is feeding our compulsions and causing us to reach out to the things of this world to dull the pain of the damage to our emotions. These destructive things of the world that we are deceived into using to dull our pain are counterfeits that the enemy offers us in place of the reality of turning to GOD for the only real cure there is. And the biggest deception is that they never can cure, but in reality make things far worse after only a brief moment of distraction.

These compulsions are fed by the chemical pressure that the wounds in our soul are causing along with all the garbage. This is what is causing all of our anger. Anger is just the way our soul expresses the emotional pain it is in. It is but an outer symptom of the inner pain our soul is experiencing. Anger is a GOD given barometer that indicates that we need to pray and ask God to deal with us in a Holy way in order to eliminate the root source. If we work on eliminating the wounds of trauma and trespass and the self-inflicted wounds of sin, we deal with the root cause of our anger. Some individuals have experienced trauma to the point that it has put so much pressure on their soul that their chemical balance has been altered. This is the understanding behind Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Anger management is for those who do not have the Holy Spirit and the Word of GOD. Anger management teaches us how to cope and get along with our anger and PLAY nice with others. Prayer and the Word of GOD are capable of getting at the roots of what is feeding our compulsions of our outward expressions of anger. What are we really saying when we reach out for the things of the world instead of surrendering to GOD and what He can accomplish within us? We are saying that we do not trust GOD and that we are not willing to put in the time required to properly and appropriately deal with the conditions of unrighteousness in our soul. Like any type of damage it will take time for us to heal in our soul.

We overcome the pull of our compulsions by employing our Salvation and putting it to work in doing what only it can accomplish. Healing us unto wholeness and setting us free from the roots of unrighteousness that are causing us to be an ill tree. Yes, our dilemma in our flesh is that there are several types of actions we can take, but only one will lead to the cure. Inaction in the Kingdom of GOD is a decision away from faith. Faith is the hidden truth behind truly experiencing the fullness of the Kingdom of Heaven within our lives right here in this pressure of time.

Romans 6:4-6 says, "Therefore we are buried with him by baptism unto death; that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the Glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: Knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin."

If we are not experiencing our healing in sanctification unto wholeness then we will continue to be pressured by that damage of unrighteousness unto serving sin and producing the fruits of unrighteousness.

Holiness is the most outstanding characteristic of GOD and it is because of His Holiness that GOD cannot help but LOVE His Children perfectly, without any conditions. GOD LOVES the whole of every one of us in this world. But only those who embrace His unconditional LOVE for them will see it manifested in their relationship with Him. It has always been there for us but until we realize it and embrace it we will not be able to love ourselves, (forgiving ourselves unto wholeness thereby relieving the pressure that is causing our own indignation towards ourselves) and by consequence of embracing that LOVE, we are able to manifest that Agape LOVE outward to our neighbor as ourselves. Because of His Holiness GOD LOVES us perfectly and gives us all of the Provisions we need to become a whole new vessel of Honor. Thereby, GOD provides all the provisions for us to embrace and employ within us unto the only real, genuine, change of Wholeness we could ever experience in our soul. Even for the lost, forgiveness works only because it is a manifestation of the Glory of His Holiness and a principle of His Kingdom. Nothing is impossible to GOD but if we are not embracing His LOVE for us and abiding in the Vine we will never see the fullness of our heritage. Yes, that Holiness is already accredited to us because we have been judicially Justified unto Sainthood and therefore we are become the Righteousness of GOD. But, if we are not embracing it and resting in it, we are not in agreement with the Word of GOD. Finding that place of Rest in the finished work of Christ is the first step to abiding in the Vine. This is where we can whole-heartedly embrace the LOVE of GOD without reservation and witness unhindered sanctification. Therefore sanctification is us aligning ourselves in agreement with GOD and eventually manifesting the Glory of GOD.

Matthew 16:6, Then Jesus said unto them, "Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees."

In this warning Jesus was telling them to watch out for the pollution of their doctrines and their error in traditions that could never produce Righteousness. Because GOD knew our most dire need and LOVES us so much He gave us the perfect prescription for the illnesses of our soul. That prescription for what is ailing us is the Word of GOD.

Psalms 107:20 tells us, "He sent his Word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions."

And with the healing power of the Word also comes the very thing we need to replace all the unrighteousness that it displaces. The seed that our Holy Spirit nurtures and uses to quicken within us that Kingdom produce of the Fruit of the Spirit. We must give our soul the most perfect thing to occupy the ground that was once obstructed by the rocks and weeds and wounds of unrighteousness; THE DECLARED WORD OF GOD. Let me put this in a way that serves better the preeminence of the Word of GOD. It has the power to dislodge and displace, and drive out the damage that unrighteousness has left behind in our soul. For a Born again Christian these fruits of unrighteousness are taking up space that is meant for the Word of GOD to occupy. GOD designed His Word to perform within us all of its dynamic abilities. By declaring the Word we are moving closer to saturation every evening as we sow the Good seed in our field before we lie down for the night to sleep. Without this saturation we will not be able to experience the true potential of what it means to abide in the Vine and experience our very real inheritance of Everlasting Life.

By declaring the Word we are aligning ourselves in agreement with GOD's provisions and claiming that quickening unto Newness of Life. As we declare the Word of GOD back to GOD we are claiming our inheritance of Everlasting Life. As we align ourselves in agreement with GOD, He does the work of quickening within us, by the abilities of that Holy Spirit to quicken the Word within us unto sanctification. This is how we can live the Christian life.

We truly become His workmanship. The only way true ministry of Everlasting and Eternal value can happen in our lives, is if GOD unctions it. He is our source. And that source takes what is actually a very, damaged vessel inside, and slowly brings it back to Wholeness by the workings of His Holy provisions. This is why it is so important that we abide in the Vine. We are the called out of GOD and need to separate ourselves from every identifiable element of darkness and destruction. Are you ready to surrender your life a living sacrifice, take up your cross and follow Jesus daily? My prayer is that everyone who reads this book can now say with confidence, Yes, LORD Jesus and now, without a doubt, mean it because they now understand their importance in the Kingdom of GOD and have a clearer understanding of how to abide in the Vine and embrace the LOVE of GOD. MARANATHA!

