tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52673500964815151382024-02-18T19:06:21.699-08:00A Revelation RevolutionBible Breakdowns for BelieversRevelation Revolutionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03314103371371193549noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5267350096481515138.post-72047576140387603482012-11-03T09:21:00.000-07:002012-11-03T09:21:31.194-07:00O LORD, open His eyes So He May See<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #666666;"><b>Reference Text = Elisha 6:17 -</b> And Elisha prayed, "O LORD, open his eyes so he may see." Then the LORD
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;">Remember this story in the bible? The story where Elisha was basically being ambushed by an army. His servant was extremely afraid because he thought it was the end for him and Elisha. However, Elisha prayed that God would open the servant's eyes so that he would know that there was more that were for them than those that were against them.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;">Although, their enemies were all the servant could see, the reality was that God had sent hills full of horse and chariots of fire; an army of God sent as protection, to come against Elisha's enemies.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;">The ability to recognize the things we have working in our favor (especially in the midst of bad situations) is something that can be<b> so</b> helpful to us. To be so consumed in fear and worry sometimes makes it EASY for us to overlook the opportunities, blessings and provision that has already been provided for us!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;">I recently heard a preacher preach from the story of Hagar. In this story, Abraham sends bondservant, Hagar and their young son away from their home and Hagar eventually runs out of water and thinks the son is going to die of dehydration! The bible says she put her son under a bush because she didn't want to witness his death. But then God came and made a promise to her then opened her eyes and she was able to see there was water near her all along!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;">The Bible says in Gen 21:15-19:</span></span><br />
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<span class="text Gen-21-15" id="en-NIV-529"><sup class="versenum">15 </sup>When the water in the skin was gone, she put the boy under one of the bushes.</span> <span class="text Gen-21-16" id="en-NIV-530"><sup class="versenum">16 </sup>Then she went off and sat down about a bowshot away, for she thought, “I cannot watch the boy die.” And as she sat there, she began to sob.</span><br />
<span class="text Gen-21-17" id="en-NIV-531"><sup class="versenum">17 </sup>God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “What is the matter, Hagar? Do not be afraid; God has heard the boy crying as he lies there.</span> <span class="text Gen-21-18" id="en-NIV-532">...”</span><br />
<span class="text Gen-21-19" id="en-NIV-533"><sup class="versenum">19 </sup><span style="background-color: yellow;">Then God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water</span>. So she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.</span></blockquote>
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The bible doesn't say a well of water appeared or that an angel came and created a well of water for Hagar. It says God opened her eyes and she was able to see the well of water that was there all along! Previous to the encounter, she couldn't see the well because she was so sad and depressed by her current situation. But God opened her eyes, just as he opened Elisha's servant's eyes, so they could see that in the midst of their worrying their was provision for them all along!</div>
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An optimistic attitude is not a cliche thing created to make you lie to yourself or trick yourself into believing everything is ok when its really not. On the contrary it is a way for us to take the scales of fear and worry off our eyes enabling us to see that the One who is for us is greater than the problems that are against us. He has already provided springs of water and chariots of fire for us in order to deliver us from the traumatic situations we have been facing! Our worrying, sometimes stops us from seeing that.</div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;"> </span> </span>Revelation Revolutionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03314103371371193549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5267350096481515138.post-19316770919522978552012-11-03T08:52:00.004-07:002012-11-03T08:52:44.678-07:00A Letter from BloggerDear Readers,<br />
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I haven't been able to write to you all in some time. Nevertheless, thank-you to everyone who has been sharing and visiting links of previous Revelation Revolution blog posts.<br />
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Please pray for Revelation Revolution's continued success and capacity to share some of the beauty that is treasured in the Word of God with others.<br />
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<br />Revelation Revolutionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03314103371371193549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5267350096481515138.post-13527934688620841252012-09-04T08:25:00.000-07:002012-09-04T08:32:28.335-07:00The Word Became Flesh & Dwelt Among Us<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. <sup class="versenum" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;"> </sup>And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory </span></div>
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As seen in John 1, our reference text, the bible specifically says that the Word of God became flesh and dwelt among us. This chapter is clearly referring to Jesus Christ as the Word of God who became a man and dwelt among us mere human beings.</div>
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With our knowledge of the fact that Jesus Christ literally is the word of God, let's try something new. Every time you are reading the bible and you see "Jesus" being mentioned replace His name (or the pronoun equivalent) with the phrase "the Word" or "the Word of God"</div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">For example:</span></b> In John 15:7, Jesus says</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">If ye abide in <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">Me</span>, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.</span></blockquote>
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Since we know Jesus Christ is the Word of God (who became flesh), we can replace the pronoun "Me" in this scripture with the phrase "the Word":</div>
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If ye abide in <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">the Word,</span> and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.</blockquote>
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Likewise, we can apply the same strategy to our bible reading whenever we see the phrase "the Word" or "Word of God" in the bible. Simply replace the relative phrase with the name "Jesus Christ".</div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">For example:</span></b> Luke 4:4 says</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">t</span> is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but [also] by <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">every word of God</span>.</span></blockquote>
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Since we know the "Word of God" is Jesus Christ, we can replace the phrase "every word of God" with the name "Jesus Christ":</div>
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Interesting right? Here are some other examples:</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>John 14:6</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">****Jesus answered,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="woj">“I am<sup class="crossreference" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-26675A" title="See cross-reference A">A</a>)"></sup> the way<sup class="crossreference" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-26675B" title="See cross-reference B">B</a>)"></sup> and the truth<sup class="crossreference" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-26675C" title="See cross-reference C">C</a>)"></sup> and the life.<sup class="crossreference" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-26675D" title="See cross-reference D">D</a>)"></sup> No one comes to the Father except through <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">Me</span>."</span></span> </span></div>
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****<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">Jesus answered,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="woj">“I am<sup class="crossreference" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-26675A" title="See cross-reference A">A</a>)"></sup> the way<sup class="crossreference" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-26675B" title="See cross-reference B">B</a>)"></sup> and the truth<sup class="crossreference" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-26675C" title="See cross-reference C">C</a>)"></sup> and the life.<sup class="crossreference" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-26675D" title="See cross-reference D">D</a>)"></sup> No one comes to the Father except through <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">the word of God</span>."</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">****For <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">the word of God</span> is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">****For <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">Jesus Christ</span> is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Ephesians 6:17</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">****Take the helmet of salvation<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 0.65em;"><sup class="crossreference" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-29355C" title="See cross-reference C">C</a>)"></sup></span> and the sword of the Spirit,<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 0.65em;"><sup class="crossreference" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-29355D" title="See cross-reference D">D</a>)"></sup></span> which is <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">the word of God</span>.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">****Take the helmet of salvation<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 0.65em;"><sup class="crossreference" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-29355C" title="See cross-reference C">C</a>)"></sup></span> and the sword of the Spirit,<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 0.65em;"><sup class="crossreference" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-29355D" title="See cross-reference D">D</a>)"></sup></span> which is <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">Jesus Christ</span>.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><i>Remember: "the Word was God... and the Word became flesh & dwelt among us" as Jesus Christ</i></span></div>
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Revelation Revolutionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03314103371371193549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5267350096481515138.post-18313457694246383632012-08-20T09:14:00.000-07:002012-09-04T08:52:25.135-07:00How to Freely Forgive<div style="text-align: justify;">
"...Freely you have received, Freely give" -Matthew 10:8</div>
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Many times, as Christians, we are hurt by associates, people in churches, or sometimes loved ones who we feel should have been more loving or less spiteful to us. Lack of forgiveness is very present among Christians because hurt hurts no matter how holy you are! It's never easy to let go of pain, especially when that pain is still hurting you. However, in life I've learned an easy step by step home remedy that serves as an instant cure to the pain of un-forgiveness and I would love to share it with you:</div>
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Think about every wrong thing you've ever done. Consider the sins you have committed, your inadequacies and the many times you have fallen short of the glory of God. The bible says even our righteous acts are seen as filthy rags to God. That's understandable because, if we're honest with ourselves we'd admit, there our times when even our good deeds are tainted with bits of ulterior motives, unwillingness or false humility.</div>
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Jesus did not die because he was killed by the religious people who didn't believe He was the Messiah. He died because you killed Him! Those religious men did not have the power or the authority to beat, abuse, spit on, degrade and kill the King of kings. Jesus said it perfectly when He said "No one takes my life, I lay my life down". The fact is, the King of kings laid His life down because of your inability to be righteous!</div>
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Factually speaking, there were things that your unrighteousness made you entitled to. Sickness is a punishment of your unrighteousness. Poverty is a punishment of your sins. Lack of peace and all these negative things is what you deserved as a person who constantly fails and falls short of perfection. </div>
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When God saw that you were failing Him and (being the just God that He is) knew that you deserved pain, lack of peace and death as your punishment, His heart could not allow for that to be your portion. The bible says that in sending Jesus to the earth, He was PEIRCED for the transgressions that were YOURS, He was CRUSHED for YOUR INIQUITIES; the punishment that brought YOU peace was upon HIM (meaning He took the punishment you deserved), and by His wounds you are healed.</div>
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When, I really became honest with myself and thought about how much of a failure I was... always making mistakes and never able to be perfect in pleasing God, even though I genuinely tried... and then when I learned the true extent to which God doesn't care how imperfect I am because the price for my unrighteousness was taken care of by Him, I couldn't understand why He thought I deserved that type of treatment. Nevertheless, I was grateful for His love because I knew had it not been for his undeserved mercifulness and unconditional faithfulness to me, I would have been dead and in an eternal punishment of torment a long time ago.</div>
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When you really understand that all that you have in life is undeserved; when you really come to learn that had it not been for the grace of God (which you and I don't even deserve to be entitled to) you would not even be alive, you would realize that your imperfect brothers and sisters are equally entitled to that unconditional love. Technically, none of us deserve it. You might not have committed the same wrong that person who hurt you committed, but in the eyes of God all sin is equally unrighteous. There is not one person who is more or less deserving of forgiveness because ALL OFFENSES ARE OFFENSIVE!</div>
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I've reached the point where (sometimes) when people hurt me, I see the glory of God in it. I examine a person's mistakes and it takes me back to the fact that if I forgive that person, I am giving them forgiveness they do NOT deserve. That mere thought reminds me that without Jesus, I am nothing but an imperfect, undeserving sinner on my way to punishment and death. I see myself in other people's short-comings and am reminded of the scripture verse quoted above: Freely I have received so freely I can give. Out of the abundance of forgiveness I've received from God I can freely give forgiveness to others. You will know when you are truly conscious of how much God's love for you is unconditional when you are able to freely give forgiveness to others the way He freely gave it to you so you can live and have the right to live happily.</div>
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</span>Revelation Revolutionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03314103371371193549noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5267350096481515138.post-56871458475984727432012-08-15T08:14:00.001-07:002012-09-04T08:59:37.633-07:00All Things Work Together for Good<div style="text-align: justify;">
One of my favorite promises in the bible is Romans 8:28 where Paul says to the Romans:</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">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.</span></blockquote>
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This is a line that is quoted in churches all the time, but I always think it's important to look at memory scriptures, like this one, in context with the chapter it is found in to find out its intended meaning. So let's do that with this verse.</div>
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In Romans 8, Paul is talking to the Romans about being led by the Spirit and not walking after the flesh. He is not talking to a group of people who he is trying to convince to stop walking after the flesh. He is talking to a group who already walk in the Spirit. We know this because of verses like verse 9 where he says to the people, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">"But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit". Or because of verses like verse 23 where he says to the people</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Charis SIL', charis, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">, "</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">we... also have the first fruits of the Spirit". In this chapter, Paul constantly is referring to the Romans as people who already have the Spirit of God. If you read the entire chapter (up until Romans 8:28, our reference text) you will see that even when Paul is talking about people who walk after the flesh, he refers to them in the third person; inferring that those types of people were not numbered among those he was speaking to.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Here, Paul is talking about the Holy Spirit's ability to pray the <u>perfect will of God</u> for the lives of those who walk in the Spirit (when they pray in the Spirit/speak in tongues). </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Then AFTER Paul points out the Holy Spirit's ability to pray the perfect will of God for our lives, He THEN says our reference text; verse 28:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">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.</span></blockquote>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">We can conclude in this context, (and through reading the whole chapter,) that Paul is referring to those who are led by the Holy Spirit as the ones who "love God and who are called according to His purpose".</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Paul is trying to inform the Romans that because they seek after and have the Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit will always lead them to the right places at the right time, put the right people in their life, take the wrong people out, open the right doors, close the wrong ones etc. Since the Holy Spirit's role is to be our advisor and advocate to be led by the Holy Spirit means you are operating in the perfect will of God. So even when seemingly bad things are happening, a person led by the Holy Spirit can rest assured that even that bad thing will work together with God's plan for their good.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Paul wraps up this concept so perfectly by letting the people know that no matter what bad is going on around them, because they are in the will of God (by having the Holy Spirit) all things will work together in their favor. In verses 31-39 he says this:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="text Rom-8-31"><sup class="versenum" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;">31 </sup></span>What then shall we say to these things? If God <i>is</i> for us, who <i>can be</i> against us? ... <span class="text Rom-8-33" id="en-NKJV-28150"><sup class="versenum" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;">33 </sup>Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? ... </span><span class="text Rom-8-35" id="en-NKJV-28152"><sup class="versenum" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;">35 </sup>Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="text Rom-8-37" id="en-NKJV-28154"><sup class="versenum" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;">37 </sup></span>... we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. <span class="text Rom-8-38" id="en-NKJV-28155"><sup class="versenum" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;">38 </sup>For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, </span><span class="text Rom-8-39" id="en-NKJV-28156"><sup class="versenum" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;">39 </sup>nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.</span></span></blockquote>
These are the promises to those who love God and are called according to His purpose, to those who are no longer walking in the flesh, but are led by the infinite wisdom of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit will always lead you to where you need to be. So remember, seek first the kingdom of God (which is described in the bible as righteousness and peace of the Holy Spirit) and all your needs will be added to you! All things work together for your good when you are led by this Spirit.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Meditation
can be a taboo thing in Christianity for the fact that when we think of
"meditation" we automatically think of nature soundtracks, positive
affirmations, hypnosis, and other worldly things. Nevertheless, meditation is
actually a concept the world has taken from the bible and made their own! Now
we find that Christians rarely ever meditate because they don't want to be like
the "world". However, it was a practice that started in the bible!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in the Old Testament, when the word "meditate" appears, it was literally meant to
mean, "tune out" or be unaware of your surroundings. In Isaiah 33:18,
the scripture reads “Your heart will meditate on terror”. In the literal
translation of this scripture the term “soliloquize” is used in place of the
word “meditate”. Soliloquize means to utter in a soliloquy. By definition, a
soliloquy is an utterance by a person who is talking to himself or herself and
is disregardful of or oblivious to any hearers present.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">We get
the idea that to be disregardful of one's surroundings means a person is in an
intense state of meditation or concentration. The way the word meditate (or
soliloquize) was meant to be used here shows a deep level of being consumed by
one's thoughts: to "meditate on terror".<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">In
comparison to the way the term meditate was used in some other parts of the
bible, to soliloquize means to be in a deeper state of concentration. For
example, David says in Psalms 145:5, “I will meditate on the glorious splendor
of Your majesty”. Here David is implying he will think about or reflect on
something. This use of the word shows less intensity than being consumed by
thoughts of terror as seen in the above scripture, Isaiah 33:18.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Interestingly
enough, the intense version of the word “meditate” is also seen in one of the
most popular Old Testament scriptures where the word is used. Joshua 1:8 reads:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">“This
Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall <b>meditate</b>
in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is
written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous”</span></blockquote>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">In this
scripture the word “meditate” was, once again, literally translated from Hebrew
to the word “soliloquize”. Unlike common belief, this scripture does not simply
mean to read the word or reflect on the word every day and night. It literally
means to utter repetitively to oneself, with such a level of concentration that
the person becomes disregardful or oblivious to his or her surroundings. This
scripture was actually a suggestion for Joshua to engage in
actual meditation in order for the book of the law to be a subconscious
lifestyle for him. Doing this is what was suggested to Joshua as the way for him to make himself successful and prosperous.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Meditation
has become a practice that is almost barely used in Christianity. In fact the
world has taken meditation and trivialized it to become a worldly concept with
an almost evil connotation. However, just because the world has trivialized
meditation this does not mean it is something that should be removed from
Christianity. (The world has also trivialized music, but as we know, music is
something that was created in heaven!)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Nevertheless, believe it or not, meditation is actually used in
Christian churches more than we realize. Every time a congregation is directed
by a leader to repeat a certain phrase, especially when the people are asked to
repeat the phrase over and over again, this is a form of meditation. When a
preacher says the same phrase or idea to a congregation in more than one
different ways, this is a form of getting the people to meditate on what they
are being told. Meditation literally is the act of concentrating on and
rehashing a concept or thought in order to reach a heightened level of
awareness (almost at a subconscious level) so that the concept can
automatically come back to your remembrance whenever necessary (in times when
you're not "meditating"). </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Studying the life of David, I became curious when I read that King Saul's ashes were buried under a Tamarisk Tree after He died. So, I did research to figure out what the significance of a tamarisk tree is when used in the bible and found it's a beautiful thing to those who are numbered among God's people.</div>
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Firstly, the tamarisk tree is only mentioned four times in the bible.</div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><strong><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+21:33&version=NKJV" style="color: #651300; text-decoration: none;">Genesis 21:33</a> </strong></span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><strong><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Samuel+22:6&version=NKJV" style="color: #651300; text-decoration: none;">1 Samuel 22:6</a> </strong></span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><strong><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Samuel+31:13&version=NKJV" style="color: #b2462d; text-decoration: underline;">1 Samuel 31:13</a> </strong></span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><strong><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Chronicles+10:12&version=NKJV" style="color: #651300; text-decoration: none;">1 Chronicles 10:12</a> </strong></span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Now before I even mention the tamarisk tree's significance in the bible, let me explain the nature of the tamarisk. The tamarisk tree can pretty much be described as a "selfish tree". With extremely deep roots, a tamarisk takes in about 10</span>00 liters of water a day! This makes it hard to care for a tamarisk tree in the sense that it depletes the water supply for those in the region surrounding the tamarisk. Not only that, the leaves and branches of the tree cause for the ground surrounding it to be covered with a salty residue that disables other plants from growing around it! As if that weren't bad enough, this salt increases the risk of fire in the area where the tamarisk grows. However, the tamarisk not only survives such fires, but it also causes them to multiply being that hundreds of seeds PER TAMARISK TREE are now able to grow in a nitrogen/salt filled environment; suited for the growth of tamarisk trees. The only considerate thing that tamarisk's provide for non-tamarisk's is shade and nesting places for some species of birds.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">So you see, when I say the tamarisk is a "selfish tree" what I'm saying is that it is hard for people or other plants to dwell in an area where tamarisk's are planted/growing. Yet, the same things that make it hard for others to dwell in that area are beneficial for the growth of tamarisks. This is interesting in the sense that the first reference of the tamarisk was in Genesis 21 when Abraham planted one. This comes after Abraham had lied to Abimelech and told him that his wife was his sister. The bible says Abimelech "took" Abraham's wife and God came to him in a dream and said <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">"</span>Indeed you <i>are</i> a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken, for she <i>is</i> a man’s wife.”</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Abimelech had no idea that Sarah was Abraham's wife and it was because of Abraham's dishonesty that Abimelech had taken Sarah in the first place! Nevertheless, you see God selfishly preparing an environment for His own people to dwell seemingly having no real remorse for the lives of the people around them. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">God then says to Abimelech in the dream:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="text Gen-20-6" id="en-NKJV-502">“Yes, I know that you did this in the integrity of your heart. For I also withheld you from sinning against Me; therefore I did not let you touch her. </span><span class="text Gen-20-7" id="en-NKJV-503"><sup class="versenum" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;"> </sup>Now therefore, restore the man’s wife; for he <i>is</i> a prophet, and he will pray for you and you shall live. But if you do not restore <i>her,</i> know that you shall surely die, you and all who <i>are</i> yours.”</span></span></span></blockquote>
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Fearing his life, Abimelech follows God's orders and goes down to meet Abraham. Now 2 things should be noted here:</div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">And Abraham had come into HIS TERRITORY; not the other way around</li>
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Nevertheless, when Abimelech went down to Abraham (following God's orders), Abraham made a covenant with Abimelech and then planted the tamarisk tree. This signifies that this region is now on God's side and Abimelech (and his people) are now, by association, a part of the favored clique that is God's people. This is similar to the way the tamarisk tree provides a safe dwelling environment only for other tamarisk's and some species of selected animals. It is way better to be on the side of the tamarisks than it is to be consumed by their very presence!</div>
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On the flip side, in the last three instances where the tamarisk tree is mentioned, this is when King Saul was trying to kill future King David. First Saul is sitting under a tamarisk right before murdering all of God's priests. Then, when Saul finally dies in war His ashes are buried under a tamarisk tree (the three scriptures where this takes place are the last three scriptures listed above). As we know, Saul wasn't exactly favored by God in either of these instances. This signifies the negative aspects of being around a tamarisk tree while not being one of the tamarisks. It is not beneficial.</div>
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Saul was trying to kill David the first time he is mentioned to be under a tamarisk. The mere mentioning of the tamarisk was a symbol of the fact that Saul was not going to prevail against God's favored servant. Since Saul was no longer numbered as one of God's people, being under a tamarisk only means that damage was inevitable for him. As suspected, Saul dies in war without ever harming David. Metaphorically, he is then burned and his ashes are buried under a tamarisk! Eerie...</div>
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So the mentioning of the tamarisk tree in the bible, shows God's loyalty and <u>unmerited favor</u> towards his people and those who his people are at peace with. Remember, the bible says that no weapon formed against you will ever prosper and every tongue that rises up against you will be condemned. You can rest assured that the battle is not yours; the battle is THE LORD'S and if the King of kings is on your side, victory is assured!</div>
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You and I have never seen dinosaurs, right? Well, the reason why can possibly be explained by Genesis 1. The bible says in the beginning when the heavens and earth were created, the earth was without form, void and darkness was on the face of the deep. The word void here is not a noun and therefore cannot be defined by the noun's definition of the word; empty. It is an adjective. So we can apply the adj. definition of the word "void" to the way it was used in Genesis 1; useless, ineffectual or in vain. Meaning the earth had no purpose.</div>
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To further illustrate this let's look at the Hebrew Interlinear Bible. We know the old testament was originally written in Hebrew and was later translated into english. The literal translation of this line (from Hebrew to English) is as follows:</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: green;">and·the·earth she-became chaos and·vacancy and·darkness over </span></span><span style="color: #80c080;">surfaces-of </span><span style="color: green;">abyss</span><span style="color: green; font-family: Courier; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></blockquote>
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Here, the verse says the earth became chaos. The earth was not made to have chaos. The literal Hebrew Bible says it <b><i>became</i></b> chaos. Now, how could there have been chaos on earth if nothing was on it? We know one thing: whatever was on the earth was not fulfilling the will and purpose of God because we saw Him give the earth a makeover so whatever He did purpose for the earth would come into fruition.</div>
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Now, when God created man, He gave Him 4 assignments.</div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Be fruitful and multiply</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Subdue the Earth</li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Actually, the literal translation of the verse where God commands Adam of these things (Genesis 1:28), says be fruitful and increase, fill and subdue the earth and sway the animals. Now we automatically assume that God was telling Adam to have lots of children, but actually the word "increase" is not limited to expanding in kin. God was telling man to operate in abundance. Not just in family, but in prosperity and success. God didn't just want Adam to exist. He wanted Him to to add to the earth. He was telling man to fill and subdue the earth. Subdue means to overcome and bring under control. God did not want for chaos to abound the way it was before He created Adam. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Now God could have done this task Himself, but He created man in His own image and likeness with the ability to add to the earth and to overcome and take dominion over it. It is your and my assignment for the will and glory of God. Satan Himself is the prince of this world (John 13:40). Nevertheless, God has given you the assignment to use your God-given authority to subdue (overcome and bring under control) the work's of darkness and the things of this world. This is your purpose. You have an assignment. Don't just exist for existing's sake lest you become useless for the will of God. Walk in Your God-given purpose!</span><br />
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<br /></div>Revelation Revolutionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03314103371371193549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5267350096481515138.post-76206449518907205742012-07-07T10:00:00.002-07:002012-07-23T09:10:52.658-07:00Is it a Sin for Christians to Drink Alcohol?Is it a Sin for Christians to Drink Alcohol? This one is easy. My answer to that question, according to the bible, is a big "No". It is not a sin and here's why:<br />
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<li>Jesus's first miracle was turning <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john%202:1-12&version=NIV" target="_blank">water into wine</a></li>
<li>Paul tells Timothy in <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20timothy%205:23&version=NIV" target="_blank">1 Timothy 5:23</a> to stop only drinking water and to drink some wine because of his stomach condition</li>
<li>In <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Timothy+3&version=NKJV" target="_blank">1 Timothy 3</a> while Paul explains that a Bishop must be "not given to wine", he makes the distinction that a person in church with a lesser office (a deacon) must be "not given to <u>much</u> wine"</li>
<li>In <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+27:28&version=NKJV" target="_blank">Genesis 27:28</a> the blessing Isaac gives to his son Jacob is that God will give him the dew of heaven, the fatness of the earth and plenty grain and wine</li>
<li>Wine is promised as a blessing/gift from God many, many times throughout the book of Deuteronomy</li>
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Throughout the Bible, the only time drinking is mentioned as a sin is when a person is being referred to as drunk with wine. But is the actual act of drinking (without getting drunk) a sin? According to the bible, no.<br />
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</div>Revelation Revolutionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03314103371371193549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5267350096481515138.post-24416009777535104092012-07-07T09:10:00.000-07:002012-07-23T09:11:12.564-07:00Is it a Sin to get a Tattoo?<div style="text-align: justify;">
The only verse in the bible that actually makes mention of tattoos being a sin is Leviticus 19:28 where the word of God says:</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you: I <i>am</i> the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>.</span></blockquote>
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Although many people use this as an argument against tattoos, I personally do not. That is because in the verses before and after this one there are some laws given which we break today all the time! For example verse 27 says:</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">You shall not shave around the sides of your head, nor shall you disfigure the edges of your beard.</span></blockquote>
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Now we all know men, even preachers, who do this. Are they sinning every time they get a haircut? </div>
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This chapter in Leviticus also says we are supposed to observe the Sabbath. Christians don't do that nowadays. Unless we agree that men shouldn't shave or that we must honor the Sabbath, etc. it is hypocritical to use Leviticus 19:28 as a means of telling people not to get tattoos.</div>
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However, this is what I always tell people when they ask me if getting a tattoo is a sin (especially people who go to church). It is always going to be hard for tattoos to be accepted in church for cultural reasons. In time past, tattoos were most widely recognized as being associated with Ancient Egyptian, Ancient Greek, culture (etc.). All of which had religious beliefs and ceremonial practices that were not Christian. </div>
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Tattoos got introduced to Anglo-Saxon culture when American settlers came in contact with the culture of Native Americans. Once again, their religion was different from the Christian religion. So you can see how getting tattoos could easily have been something that passed down through Christian generations as an act of going against your own religion (and into someone else's). So even if you wanted a tattoo for innocent reasons, this is why people with traditional Christian values always saw it as being wrong.</div>
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Here's the bible scripture(s) I always tell to people who want tattoos (or who want to engage in anything that they think is not that big of a deal while others think its a sin). Paul says in 1 Corinthians 8:</div>
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<u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="text 1Cor-8-9" id="en-NIV-28537"><sup class="versenum" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;">9 </sup></span></span>Be careful, however, that the exercise of your rights does not become a stumbling block <sup class="crossreference" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-28537R" title="See cross-reference R">R</a>)"></sup>to the weak. </u><sup class="crossreference" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-28537S" title="See cross-reference S">S</a>)"></sup><span class="text 1Cor-8-10" id="en-NIV-28538"><sup class="versenum" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;">10 </sup>For if someone with a weak conscience sees you, with all your knowledge, eating in an idol’s temple, won’t that person be emboldened to eat what is sacrificed to idols? <sup class="crossreference" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-28538T" title="See cross-reference T">T</a>)"></sup></span><span class="text 1Cor-8-11" id="en-NIV-28539"><sup class="versenum" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;">11 </sup>So this weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed <sup class="crossreference" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-28539U" title="See cross-reference U">U</a>)"></sup>by your knowledge.</span> <span class="text 1Cor-8-12" id="en-NIV-28540"><sup class="versenum" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;">12 </sup>When you sin against them <sup class="crossreference" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-28540V" title="See cross-reference V">V</a>)"></sup>in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ. <sup class="crossreference" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-28540W" title="See cross-reference W">W</a>)"></sup></span><span class="text 1Cor-8-13" id="en-NIV-28541"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><sup class="versenum" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;">13 </sup>Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother or sister to fall into sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause them to fall.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Charis SIL', charis, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 0.65em;"><sup class="crossreference" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-28541X" title="See cross-reference X">X</a>)"></sup></span></span></blockquote>
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<span class="text 1Cor-8-13" id="en-NIV-28541">Here Paul is saying, it is not a sin to eat meat even though many people believe so due to the old laws given in the Old Testament. However, he says a Christian who is new to the faith might not understand how and why it is not a sin. Whereby, he will follow you in eating meat, but will have a guilty conscience about it, while your conscience is free. See, Paul explains in Romans 14:23 that whoever eats meat with a guilty conscience is actually sinning because they believe it is a sin yet choose to do it anyway. He says:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">But whoever has doubts <sup class="crossreference" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-28304AI" title="See cross-reference AI">AI</a>)"></sup>is condemned if they eat, because their eating is not from faith; and everything that does not come from faith is sin.</span></blockquote>
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So even if your conscience is free because you know eating meat or getting a tattoo or working on the Sabbath or not shaving are Old Testament laws for when people were under the law, a person who does not know that will follow you. However, because they are following you thinking they are doing something wrong, their own decision to do what they think is wrong is an act of "sin" according to the bible; even if it is not really wrong! The rebelliousness against their own guilty conscience is what is judged as wrong.</div>
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So Paul puts it best in Romans 14:19-22 when he says this:</div>
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<span class="text Rom-14-19" id="en-NIV-28300"><sup class="versenum" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;">19 </sup></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace</span> <sup class="crossreference" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-28300AB" title="See cross-reference AB">AB</a>)"></sup>and to mutual edification. <sup class="crossreference" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-28300AC" title="See cross-reference AC">AC</a>)"></sup><span class="text Rom-14-20" id="en-NIV-28301"><sup class="versenum" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;">20 </sup>Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. <sup class="crossreference" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-28301AD" title="See cross-reference AD">AD</a>)"></sup>All food is clean, <sup class="crossreference" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-28301AE" title="See cross-reference AE">AE</a>)"></sup>but <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">it is wrong for a person to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble. </span><sup class="crossreference" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-28301AF" title="See cross-reference AF">AF</a>)"></sup></span><span class="text Rom-14-21" id="en-NIV-28302"><sup class="versenum" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;">21 </sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">It is better not </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">to eat meat or drink wine or</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;"> to do anything else that will cause your brother or sister to fall.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><sup class="versenum" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;">22 </sup></span><u>So whatever you believe about these things keep between yourself and God.</u> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">Blessed is the one who does not condemn <sup class="crossreference" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;" value="(<a href="#cen-NIV-28303AH" title="See cross-reference AH">AH</a>)"></sup>himself by what he approves.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Now, I don't want to be misleading. Although the nine gifts of the Spirit are how God Himself bares witness of Himself, we can tell that the Holy Spirit is present in people through a far simpler way. One can be deceived by a person who is pretending to speak in tongues, a false prophet or a person who is lying about experiencing a miracle of healing. Jesus warns of this in Matthew 7:15-20 and implies there is a far simpler way to tell when the Holy Spirit is present in a person. He says:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="text Matt-7-15"><sup class="versenum" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;">15 </sup></span><span class="woj">“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.</span> <span class="text Matt-7-16" id="en-NKJV-23333"><sup class="versenum" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;">16 </sup><span class="woj">You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles?</span> </span><span class="text Matt-7-17" id="en-NKJV-23334"><sup class="versenum" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;">17 </sup><span class="woj">Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.</span> </span><span class="text Matt-7-18" id="en-NKJV-23335"><sup class="versenum" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;">18<u> </u></sup><u><span class="woj">A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor <i>can</i> a bad tree bear good fruit.</span> </u></span><span class="text Matt-7-19" id="en-NKJV-23336"><sup class="versenum" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;">19 </sup><span class="woj">Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.</span></span><span class="text Matt-7-20" id="en-NKJV-23337"><sup class="versenum" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;">20 </sup><span class="woj">Therefore by their fruits you will know them.</span></span></span></blockquote>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Here Jesus says a good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit... Therefore by their fruit you will know them. A person who is saved and truly has the Holy Spirit bears the fruit of the Spirit. Their character is molded and shaped by the Holy Spirit who is living inside of them.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">What are the fruits of the Spirt? Galatians 5:22-23 states:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="text Gal-5-22" id="en-NKJV-29185"><sup class="versenum" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;">22 </sup></span>But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, <span class="text Gal-5-23" id="en-NKJV-29186"><sup class="versenum" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;">23 </sup>gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. </span></span></blockquote>
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When, you see people who "bear these fruits", even if they are not delivering the bound, healing the sick, speaking in tongues and prophesying you can theorize that the Holy Spirit is present in that person.</div>
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Likewise, how do you know that the Holy Spirit is in you? You bear the fruit of the Spirit. Love, peace, joy begin to manifest themselves in and through you. You don't have to try to have peace. Peace abides on its own. You do not have to try to have self-control. Self-control manifests itself when necessary. Some of you might be able to witness to the fact that when you spend time in the presence of God or when you read the Bible (which is described as the sword of the Spirit) these gifts abide in you almost effortlessly. Yet when you are away from the Word of God or you don't spend time with God or you're not engaging in the actions categorize people as "saved", it is much harder for gentleness and patience or joy and peace to effortlessly abide through you. (But, if you are not baring the fruits of the Holy Spirit that does not mean you are not saved anymore. As described in the blog post about Stirring Up the Spirit, it just means the Holy Spirit is lying dormant inside of you.)<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I hope through breaking down the 9 gifts of the Spirit or the nine ways the spirit manifest Himself you are able to understand that these gifts are how God proves to people that He is present. Otherwise we are only believing blindly that God exists and that we are saved. However, when these gifts manifest, we are now believing in something tangible. Remember Hebrews 2:4 states <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 19px;">God bears witness of himself both with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 19px;"><u>gifts of the Holy Spirit.</u> These gifts are how God bears witness of Himself.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">Understanding this concept can give us a better understanding of why the 120 people in the upper room spoke in tongues in Acts Chapter 2. God was revealing Himself to the people for the first time through the Holy Spirit and wanted it to be clear to them that the Holy Spirit was now present. Remember we said in the previous blog post about the gift of tongues that tongues is arguably the hardest gift of the Holy Spirit for Christians (especially Christians struggling in faith) to dispute within themselves. This is why Jude says in Jude 1:20 that we build up our most holy faith when we pray in tongues.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">In Acts Chapter 1 verses 4 through 8 Jesus tells those who followed Him not to leave Jerusalem until after the Holy Spirit came upon them. He then tells them after the Holy Spirit does come upon them they will receive power and that they will be able to <u><b>bear witness of Him</b></u> not only in Jerusalem, but in Judea, Samaria and all the earth. With the knowledge we have of the gifts of the Spirit, that their role is to bear witness of God (because it is how God manifests Himself through people), we understand that the Holy Spirit was not just going to come upon them without manifesting one of the nine gifts.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">If the Holy Spirit came without manifesting Himself how would the disciples have really known that He was there. It's not like nowadays where we have a New Testament that tells us the Holy Spirit comes upon every one who follows Jesus Christ. This was the first time the Holy Spirit came after the departure of Jesus so the gift of tongues was manifested as a means of the Holy Spirit bearing witness of Himself so the people would know He was now inside of them.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">However, in Acts 2, speaking in tongues didn't only allow the Holy Spirit to bear witness of His presence to the 120 that were there in the upper room. As prophesied by Jesus, it bore witness of God to those in Jerusalem as well! The scripture states that the people in the region (Jerusalem) were shocked because some of the men and women who were speaking in tongues were supernaturally speaking in foreign languages that the unbelievers could understand. knowing that it takes months, sometimes years to learn a language and the followers of Jesus were speaking another language instantly by the Holy Spirit, it made them believe that God was present. Human beings, on their own, could not do such a thing.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><b>Is the Gift of Tongues the Only Gift the Spirit Uses To Manifest Himself When People Are Saved?</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">The gifts of tongues isn't the only gift that manifests when people receive Jesus and consequently receive the Holy Spirit. For example in Acts 19, there were a group of twelve people who were saved who had never even heard of the Holy Spirit (now we know this still happens in our time!) and Paul laid hands on them and the Holy Spirit began to manifest Himself and bear witness of His presence through two of the gifts of the Spirit. Acts 19:6 says: </span></span><sup class="versenum" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;"> </sup>And when Paul had laid hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied. Here, we see the gift of prophesy as well as the gift of tongues operating in order for the Holy Spirit to manifest His presence to those twelve people who did not even know He existed much less that he was dwelling inside of them. (Refer back to the "Stirring up the Spirit" blog post to understand that the Holy Spirit can be present in people without being manifested.)</span></div>
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Another instance where a gift of the Spirit, besides tongues, is manifested in people who are saved is in Mark 2 when a paralytic goes to Jesus for healing. Jesus says to him "your sins are forgiven" meaning the man received Jesus and became a "Christian". Then the gift of healing manifests in the man's life and Jesus tells Him to pick up His bed and walk. Here the gift of the Spirit, healing manifested as a means of God bearing witness of Himself. Jesus even explains, anyone who can believe that God is able to manifest Himself and heal is also able to believe that God can manifest Himself and save.</div>
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It does not always happen that the Holy Spirit manifests one of His gifts through a person who is saved. Like the group of twelve in Acts 19, the manifestation of a gift can come afterwards. Or like the man in Mark 2, it can come instantly. However, the fact that it can come at any time shows that the Holy Spirit is always there on the inside as Jesus promised in John 14.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Prophesy is the
first of the three Spoken Gifts of the Spirit. The literal definition of
prophesy is to foretell by divine inspiration. 2 Peter 1:21 says “prophecy
never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by
the Holy Spirit”. This is seen many times throughout the bible. As we looked at
earlier in the book of Ezekiel. When men prophesy, the words they speak about the future are
given to them directly by God.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Tongues is the second of the three Spoken Gifts of the Spirit. Mark 16:17-18 says “these
signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they
will speak with new tongues”. The gift of tongues was first seen in the bible
in Acts chapter 2 when the Holy Spirit came swiftly into the room where one-
hundred disciples were gathered. Acts 2:4 says “they were all filled with the
Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them
utterance” (this passage will further be explained in the next Holy Spirit Blog Post).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Although most of the times, the words being
uttered through the gift of tongues cannot be understood by men, we can be
assured that what is being said is of the Holy Spirit. Therefore whatever is
being spoken is sure to be within the will of God. Romans 8:26-27 describes
tongues as the Holy Spirit making intercession for us through “groans” that we
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">26- Likewise the Spirit also helps in our
weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the
Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be
uttered. 27- Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is,
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">One of the benefits of the gift of tongues is
that although we may not know how to design our own prayers to always be for
what the Father planned specifically for our individual lives, the Holy Spirit
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Another benefit of tongues is that it builds our
faith. It is arguably the hardest of all the gifts for a person to dispute within themselves. If a person who just
starting out in faith receives a word of prophesy, a word of knowledge or
wisdom, the interpretation of tongues, discernment or faith from the Holy
Spirit it can be very hard for them to differentiate whether it is the Holy
Spirit or their own imagination that generated the thoughts, ideas and words.
Sometimes, even when the Holy Spirit performs a healing or a miracle, the human
mind thinks so logically that we can tend to sometimes question the science
behind what was done to determine whether it was truly the Holy Spirit or just
a rare coincidence. However, when a person receives the gift of tongues it is
extremely evident to them that the Holy Spirit is present. To be extremely descriptive
here, the person literally is able to feel their tongue and mouth moving;
knowing that they themselves are not moving it! For this reason, there are a
lot of people who still don’t ever believe a person is filled with the Holy
Spirit unless the person speaks or has once spoken in tongues! It is extremely
hard to dispute that gift, especially from the perspective of the person who
receives it. So much so, Jude 1:20 says that when we pray in the Holy Spirit we
build up our most holy faith. (According to the book of Corinthians, praying in
the spirit means speaking in tongues. See in context 1 Corinthians 14:15-16)</span><span style="font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of Healings and the Working of Miracles</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">As stated in the "Stirring Up The Spirit" blog post, faith, healing and working of miracles are the three gifts of the Spirit that inspire supernatural change. They are not spoken gifts or revelation gifts, but they are gifts that cause people to be healed or cause miracles to happen. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Faith from the Holy Spirit is by and large
what prompts the manifestation of healings and working of miracles. This is
seen on countless occasions throughout the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and
John and in the book of the Acts of the Apostles. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">In the bible,
healings and miracles from God’s Spirit are seen many times manifested in those
who received knowledge of God’s power and consequently began to stand in faith.
Consider the number of times Jesus is quoted
as telling people who heard of Him and believed in Him that their faith
resulted in a miracle: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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“Be of good cheer, daughter; your faith has made you well.” -Matthew
9:22</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> § Then He touched their eyes,
saying, “According to your faith let it be to you.” -Matthew 9:29 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> § Then Jesus answered and said
to her, “O woman, great is your faith! Let it be to you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour. -Matthew 15:28 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> § And He said to him, “Arise,
go your way. Your faith has made you well.” -Luke 17:19 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The bible says in Hebrew 2:4 that God bears witness of himself both with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and <u>gifts of the Holy Spirit</u>. So although, these gifts of the Spirit can be used to benefit others (for example healing the sick), their purpose is to allow God to "bear witness of Himself", according to the above verse. Remember, the manifestation of the Spirit comes through these 9 gifts. This is how God manifests his presence to people.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">This gift is the last of the three revelation gifts (gifts that
reveal). It is the ability to differentiate, through knowledge given by the
Spirit, whether a person is operating through promptings of the Holy Spirit, an
evil spirit, or the flesh. (Malachi 3:18 describes one use of this gift as being able
to “discern between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God
and one who does not serve Him”.)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">This is seen in the bible in the book of Acts
13. Here Paul is able to discern the unspoken of evil intentions of a man.
Verses 8-10 say: </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">8 But Elymas the sorcerer (for so his name is translated) withstood
them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith. 9 Then Saul, who also
is called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him 10 and
said, “O full of all deceit and all fraud, you son of the devil, you enemy of
all righteousness, will you not cease perverting the straight ways
of the Lord?</span></blockquote>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Here
Paul was able to discern through the Spirit the evil prompting a person’s actions. The
gift of discerning of spirits can give people supernatural knowledge from the
Holy Spirit that determines if a person is demon-possessed, filled with the
Holy Spirit or just operating “in the flesh”. Read the full story about Paul using the gift of discernment in Acts 13.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> A word of knowledge is given
by the Spirit to supernaturally impart information to us. It is similar to a
word of wisdom except it is more arbitrary. A word of wisdom is usually given
when a person needs to make a decision. On the other hand, a word of knowledge
is given to inform people of spontaneous facts about people, places, things,
situations, etc. The information given by the Holy Spirit through words of
knowledge is not confined within the boundaries of our own human knowledge. It
is infinite and supernatural.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">For example, in the book of Acts, the multitude
was said to share everything they had with each other for the sake of being of
one heart and one soul. However, in Acts 5 there was a man named Ananias who
kept back part of his goods for himself and his wife, but the Holy Spirit
supernaturally revealed this fact to Peter. Verses 2 and 3 says,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">“he kept back part of the proceeds, his wife
being aware of it, and brought a certain part and laid it at the apostles’
feet. But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the
Holy Spirit and keep back part of the price of the land for yourself?”</span></blockquote>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Once again, we see Peter had no natural way of
knowing Ananias kept back part of the goods for himself. However, notice the
term Peter uses: “why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit”. It
was the Holy Spirit, One who knows everything, that supernaturally revealed
Ananias’ lie to Peter. If we look at the entire passage we would see that Peter
had no way of using his own knowledge to come to that conclusion.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The Holy Spirit’s ability to reveal facts to man
through words of knowledge is also seen in Luke 2:25-27. The bible says:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">25 And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose
name was Simeon, and this man was just and devout, waiting for the Consolation
of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. 26 And it had been revealed to him
by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s
Christ. 27 So he came by the Spirit into the temple.</span></blockquote>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Here Simeon is told about his future and destiny
through a word of knowledge from the Holy Spirit. (We also see the Spirit
reveal a word of wisdom to Simeon which prompted him to make the decision to go
to the temple in verse 27.)</span><span style="font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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When the Spirit gives a word of
wisdom it supernaturally aids in helping us make a decision. It is not our own
wisdom that we rely on. Instead it is a portion of the wisdom of God; which we
know is infinite. Just as a word is a fragment of a sentence, so is a word of
wisdom a fragment of God’s unlimited wisdom. A word of wisdom is given by the
Spirit to help us know, beyond our own wisdom, the most beneficial things to
say, do or perform. Some describe this gift (as well as the gifts of discerning
of spirits and a word of knowledge) as briefly being able to see the world from
the perspective of God; who knows everything.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jesus speaks about the Holy Spirit’s ability to
give a word of wisdom in Mark 13:11. He says to the disciples, “When they
arrest you and deliver you up, do not worry beforehand, or premeditate what you
will speak. But whatever is given you in that hour, speak that; for it is not
you who speak, but the Holy Spirit”. Here, Jesus is referring to the Holy
Spirit’s perfect ability to give people the right things to say.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The wisdom of the Holy Spirit empowers us to make
advantageous choices that will be of the best benefit to us. In this scripture,
Jesus specifically tells the disciples not to depend on their own wisdom or
understanding, but to rely on the unlimited wisdom of the Holy Spirit. The Holy
Spirit knows everything and uses supernatural wisdom to lead us to the right
place at the right time while giving us the right understanding needed to say
and do the right things in order to get the best results possible. His wisdom
is boundless in comparison to our own wisdom which is limited. We can assume
the most logical things to do and say in order to get the best results, but
because our wisdom is not infinite like the Holy Spirit’s the results will not
be as perfect.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Let’s take 1 Kings 18:12 for example: In this
scripture Obadiah finds Elijah who King Ahab had been looking for and is worried that if he leaves Elijah will be led by the Holy Spirit to a hiding place where no one will be able to find him. So Obadiah says to Elijah “it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from you,
that the Spirit of the LORD will carry you to a place I do not know; so when I
go and tell Ahab, and he cannot find you, he will kill me”. Here, Obadiah is
acknowledging the Holy Spirit’s ability to reveal to Elijah a place unknown to
him. Elijah, by his own wisdom, would not have been able to know what hiding places he can go that are
known or unknown to Obadiah. However, Obadiah knew that if the Spirit of the
Lord guided Elijah to a hiding place it would be so perfect that no one would
be able to find him.</span><span style="font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4e1b1a;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Stirring Up the Spirit</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #343434;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Even if a person is
saved, sanctified and receives the Holy Spirit, if they want to see Him move
supernaturally in their life they must call on Him and seek after Him for
the <u>manifestation</u> of His presence.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Take into
consideration, the young disciple in the bible named Timothy. In the beginning
of Acts 16, the Apostle Paul meets Timothy and takes him to help spread the
gospel in different cities. Now, although Timothy already received and was
filled with the Spirit, Paul told Him to still seek after and call on Him when
necessary. Paul says to Timothy in 2 Timothy 1:</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">“I remind you to stir
up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands. For God
has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound
mind.”</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: #343434;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Based on the way this
scripture is phrased, we see here that the gift from God Paul was referring to
was the Holy Spirit. (We can also use Acts 19:6 to understand that Paul was
referring to the Holy Spirit because in this account the scripture says, “Then
when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them.”)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Even though Timothy
already had the Holy Spirit, Paul was telling him to “stir” the Holy Spirit up.
The Spirit was already present inside of Timothy, but Paul was telling him to
not let the Spirit lay dormant. He was telling Him to stir up the Spirit,
because if he did the Spirit would manifest his “power, love and sound mind”.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #4e1b1a; font-size: large;">Spirit of Power</span><span style="color: #343434;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Paul further explains
the power of the Holy Spirit in 1 Corinthians while telling of the Spirits
gifts. (Disclaimer: a lot of times when we see people operating in the gifts I
am about to mention we say "Pastor Bob has the gift of prophesy. It is
important to understand that is not the case. The correct way to put is
"Pastor Bob has the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit has the gift of
prophecy)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The 9 gifts of the
Spirit, or the Holy Spirit's gifts are mentioned in chapter 12:7-11 of 1
Corinthians when Paul says to the church at Corinth,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">7 But the manifestation
of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: 8 for to one is given
the <u>word of wisdom</u> through the Spirit, to another the <u>word
of knowledge</u> through the same Spirit, 9 to another <u>faith</u> by
the same Spirit, to another <u>gifts of healings</u> by the same
Spirit, 10 to another the <u>working of miracles</u>, to another <u>prophecy</u>,
to another <u>discerning of spirits</u>, to another <u>different
kinds of tongues</u>, to another the <u>interpretation of tongues</u>. 11
But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one
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<span style="color: #343434;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Here Paul lists nine
supernatural gifts of the Spirit and says when these gifts are worked through
men; this is how the Spirit manifests Himself. That is why, even though Timothy
already had the Holy Spirit, Paul was telling him to stir Him up. It is one
thing to have the Holy Spirit with you, but it is another thing to have the
Spirit manifest Himself through you. Paul was telling Timothy to stir up a
manifestation of the Spirit that was already inside of him.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">When the Spirit of God
manifests Himself through His gifts there is no disputing whether it was the
strength of man or the Spirit of God at work. Take Ezekiel, for example.
Throughout the book of Ezekiel the Holy Spirit manifested the gift of prophesy
to the people through him. We know there is no way in the natural that man can
tell the future. However, the gifts of the Spirit are all super-natural. This
allows for there to be no confusion on whether the Holy Spirit is truly
present; hence the term “manifestation of the Spirit” used by Paul when
describing the gifts. We know there are certain things men simply just cannot
do! So when we see these supernatural things, like the gift of prophesy, being
worked through men we know it is actually the Holy Spirit at work.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Another example of the
supernatural manifestation of the Holy Spirit through His gifts is seen in the
story of Samson. There is a story where Samson broke out of the ropes he
was tied up in because the Spirit of God weakened the ropes' solidity. Judges
15:14 states:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Then the <u>Spirit of the LORD</u> came
mightily upon him; and the ropes that were on his arms became like
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<span style="color: #343434;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">In this account, we
see the supernatural gift, <u>working of miracles</u> at work. Samson
could not have charred the ropes on His own because he was tied up. We know the
Spirit of God was at work because there was no one who could have weakened the
ropes for Samson. As the scripture states, the ropes only weakened when the Spirit
of the Lord manifested Himself through His gift of the working of miracles.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The
gifts of the Spirit are all supernatural. (This even includes the seemingly
natural ones. Which will further be explained in the next post in this Holy
Ghost blog series.) These nine gifts can be broken down into three categories;
gifts that supernaturally reveal facts that don't necessarily need to be
spoken, gifts that are spoken by the Holy Spirit, and gifts that empower
impossible change:</span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">1<a href="http://arevelationrevolution.blogspot.com/2012/06/holy-spirit-who-is-holy-spirit.html" target="_blank">. Who is the Holy Spirit</a></span></div>
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</div>Revelation Revolutionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03314103371371193549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5267350096481515138.post-39669955810251596602012-06-29T07:34:00.003-07:002012-07-23T09:13:24.493-07:00Receiving the Holy Spirit<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Now, this is a controversial topic in the sense that not many radical Christians believe a person has the Holy Spirit unless they see the person speaking in tongues. However, that concept is negated by the fact that many of those same Christians constantly say to others, "You are not supposed to fornicate because the bible says your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit." and they would even say this to believers who have never spoken in tongues before! For obvious reasons those two concepts alone are an obvious contradiction. Nevertheless, it is not my desire to tell you what is not the truth as much as it is my desire to tell you the truth. So here it goes:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Everyone who receives Jesus Christ also receives God and whereby also receives His Holy Spirit. Refer back to part 1 of this Holy Spirit blog series where we stated there is one God who exists in three forms and that God's Spirit is Himself in a different form (just like your "spirit" is yourself in a different form: She has a <u>meek spirit</u>). The same way we do not separate the spirit of a person from their actual state of being is the same way we do not separate God's Spirit from His actual state of being. Once you receive God- once you receive Jesus, you receive the Holy Spirit. What I'm trying to say is this: They are ALL THE SAME GOD! There is only One God! ...who is manifested in 3 ways. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">You will further understand this concept once you understand the purpose of the Holy Spirit. The reason we have the Holy Spirit is because Jesus, anticipating His death, did not want to leave the people without a teacher, advisor, & form of God. Jesus' name Emmanuel literally means "God With Us" (God in Heaven is now with us- Notice that Jesus' name Emmanuel is literally saying that Jesus is God; the form of God that is with us). So after Jesus died, does that mean God is not with us anymore? No. Jesus took care of that potential problem in John 14:16-18 when He promised the Holy Spirit. Here, a little while before His crucifixion Jesus says: </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="text John-14-16" id="en-NKJV-26685"><sup class="versenum" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;">16 </sup></span><span class="woj">And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever—</span> <span class="text John-14-17" id="en-NKJV-26686"><sup class="versenum" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;">17 </sup><span class="woj"><u>the Spirit of truth</u>, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but <u>you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you</u>.</span> </span><span class="text John-14-18" id="en-NKJV-26687"><sup class="versenum" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: top;">18 </sup><span class="woj">I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.</span></span></span></blockquote>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Let us first pay particular attention to the last line, verse 18. Jesus says, I will not leave you orphans. Up until the coming of Jesus Christ the only way God communicated with His people was through prophets, high priests & God's appointed leaders such as Moses. However after Jesus/Emmanuel came God became present, dwelling with all His people (not just appointed leaders); God with us. Jesus knowing He was leaving the earth said, "I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you". Here again, you see the forms of God being used interchangeably. Jesus is referring to HIMSELF as the Holy Spirit, saying "I will come to you". He is saying that "God With Us" will still be with the people, but this time not in the form of a man. He will be with us through the form of the Holy Spirit.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">In verse 17 Jesus refers to Himself as the Holy Spirit again when He says "for He dwells with you and will be in you". Examine this line carefully. Do you notice that the Holy Spirit technically wasn't dwelling with them at that time? The Holy Spirit technically did not come until the day of Pentecost in Acts 2. So why did Jesus say He dwells with you (present tense) and WILL BE in you (future tense)? Jesus was saying I AM WITH YOU NOW and will come back to dwell in you through the form of the Holy Spirit. This is why He then says, "I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you". </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">(This concept can be confusing to grasp because of the fact that Jesus refers to Himself interchangeably as the Holy Spirit throughout this passage. Nevertheless, please take time to read these verses over so you can see what I am attempting to explain. </span>Also, read over John chapters 14-16. These chapters contain Jesus' promise of the coming of the Holy Spirit and will further show you the purpose of the Holy Spirit and why Jesus wanted the people to have the Spirit.)</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">So now we see, the Spirit of God was not promised so that people can prophesy or speak in tongues or have power. These are benefits that are inevitable to manifest among people who have the Holy Spirit because this is the Holy Spirit's character. Nevertheless the purpose of the Holy Spirit is for God's people to have God dwelling with them even though Jesus Christ/"God With Us" is not here anymore. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">This is why teachers of the Word can tell Christians that once they become saved the Holy Spirit is dwelling in them. Just because the Holy Spirit isn't speaking in tongues, prophesying, working miracles through you doesn't mean you do not have the Holy Spirit. </span><br />
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</div>Revelation Revolutionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03314103371371193549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5267350096481515138.post-83082846623554943852012-06-29T06:15:00.002-07:002012-07-23T09:13:35.824-07:00Who is the Holy Spirit<br />
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Most of the bibles accounts of God on earth refer to Him being present
in the form of His Holy Spirit. It is seen that whenever the bible talks about the
Holy Spirit on earth or in the presence of man, He is always there to perform a
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">God's Spirit is first mentioned as being present on earth in Genesis 1.
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Verse one mentions God and gives no specification of whether The Father, The
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universe in six days. Consider the fact that the Spirit was the form of God said to
be present on earth before the earth's content was created. We can therefore
conclude that when God spoke the Word and commanded the elements of the
earth to be made; it was the Holy Spirit that actually created them.
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says the Holy Spirit is the One who completed the task of creating the world's
elements. So, we will use another scripture in the bible to further show this was
the Holy Spirit's role during the formation of the earth's content. In the book of
Isaiah, there is a mention of God in the beginning when the earth was created.
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Here we see Prophet Hezekiah telling Isaiah that God's Spirit does not need
anyone to give Him counsel because He is the one who created the foundations
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The Holy Spirit is literally the Spirit of God. When referring to people
</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">on this earth, we've all heard a phrase like: “She has a meek spirit”. Here we see
</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">the personality and spirit of a person being referred to separate from their actual
physical body. This is the same way we can think about God and His Spirit.
</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">When we talk about the Spirit of God we are referring to God's state of being
</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">that is separate from the actual person we perceive as God the Father.
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">It is important to understand that for the most part when a person seeks
after the presence of God or Jesus on earth it is His Spirit they are asking for.
</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">This is the case even if they don't make mention of the term “Holy Spirit”.
</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Remember, there is One God who exists eternally in three forms; The Father,
Son and Spirit. When men and women call on the Father for something, it is
generally the Spirit that is sent down to the earth. This is similar to the way God
created the heavens and the earth, but sent His Spirit to actually create the
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">We can also infer that when people call on Jesus, it is generally not the
case that they are expecting Him to come as a physical human body in front of
them. However, when we hear people </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">proclaim in churches “He's in the room”
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were not calling on the Spirit, but called on Jesus or the Father. Remember
again, there is one God who exists in three forms. Whatever form He comes in,
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">7<a href="http://arevelationrevolution.blogspot.com/2012/06/gifts-of-spirit-explained-faith-healing.html" target="_blank">. Gifts of the Spirit Explained: Faith, Healing & Miracles</a></span><br />
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</div>Revelation Revolutionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03314103371371193549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5267350096481515138.post-24188481974466050332012-06-28T11:38:00.001-07:002012-07-23T09:13:50.199-07:00How to Receive HealingFor these next few days, I am taking part in prayer for those desperately in need of healing. As a person who has experienced the miraculous healing power of God first hand, I believe that there is no ailment too hard for God to rectify.<br />
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<b><u>1. Healing Comes Through Faith</u></b></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-size: x-small;">"I tell you, you can pray for anything, and if you believe that you've received it, it will be yours." -Mark 11:24</span></i></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The miraculous and profound things of God are actually way more simple than most realize. The Bible says, God uses the foolish things to confound the wise. This being said, the Bible shows time and time again in all the healing miracles that every person who was healed simply believed that they would be healed and that is why they received healing.</span></div>
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<b>2. Things that Cause People to Doubt</b></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-size: x-small;">"Truly I tell you, whoever says to this mountain, be lifted up and thrown into the sea and does not doubt at all in his heart, but believes that what he says will take place, it will be done for him." -Mark 11:23</span></i></div>
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Here are some interesting facts about the Kingdom of God & the Kingdom of Heaven:</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">1. </span><b>The Kingdom of God and the Kingdom of Heaven are actually THE SAME THING! </b>The only difference between the two is that Mark, Luke & John used the phrase Kingdom of God in their gospels while Matthew was the only apostle to refer to it as the "Kingdom of Heaven".</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">A1-<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> </span>Matthew 13:31<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: red;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: red;"><b>kingdom</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: red;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: red;"><b>of</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: red;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: red;"><b>heaven</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: red;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: red;">is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:...</span></span></blockquote>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">B1- Matthew 8:11 <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><b>kingdom</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><b>of</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><b>heaven</b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> ...</span></blockquote>
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Notice that whenever the phrase Kingdom of Heaven is used in the gospel of Matthew, the phrase Kingdom of God appears in the other gospels.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">2.</span><b> The Kingdom of Heaven is NOT HEAVEN:</b></div>
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If I said you are a Child OF God, that would imply that you are not God, but you belong to Him. If I said you are a Student OF Life that would imply that you are not life, but that you are a product of it. Likewise, the term Kingdom OF Heaven is not another name for the term Heaven. It is a reference to Heaven's ruling or governing on the earth: The kingdom that is a product of heaven --- The Kingdom on earth that belongs to heaven. Remember: Jesus said when you pray, pray saying When your kingdom comes your will will be done on earth as it is in heaven.</div>
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The Kingdom of Heaven is the reference to Jesus Christ's coming to the earth and ruling over the church (becoming the head of the church). It is Jesus Christ's kingdom which He has been made the head of. Hence, the reason John the Baptist cried out prior to Jesus' coming "Repent, the kingdom of heaven is at hand!". He was referring to the fact that soon Jesus was coming. He was not referring to the the fact that soon people would die and go to heaven or hell. He was advising the people to change their ways so they could follow Jesus Christ; which is the same thing as becoming a part of the Kingdom of Heaven/body of Christ. </div>
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Notice that prior to Jesus' ministry the Kingdom of Heaven/Kingdom of God is referred to in the future tense. Then when Jesus began to minister the Kingdom of Heaven/God is referred to in the present tense. (Compare <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%203:2&version=NIV">Matthew 3:2</a> with <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2018:1-4&version=NKJV">Matthew18:1-4</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial;">)</span></div>
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Do you remember the story in Matthew 18:1-4 when the disciples asked Jesus who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? Jesus said <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2018:1-4&version=NKJV">whoever humbles himself as little children will be greatest in the kingdom of heaven</a>. In this passage, the disciples are asking Jesus which of all the disciples in ministry are the greatest or are regarded the most highly. Jesus says those who humble themselves as children will be referred to as the greatest of the kingdom.</div>
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This is a scriptural picture of the fact that those who prophesy, work healing miracles and even speak in tongues in the kingdom of God/body of Christ are those who humble themselves by dying to flesh and yielding to the Holy Spirit. Those who put aside their own knowledge, understanding and know-how and depend on God with child-like faith are the ones who tend to be used to work the greatest miracles... here on Earth! (Not in heaven.) </div>
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Furthermore, in Matthew 19: 23 (also found in the other gospels) Jesus says it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than it is for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven. Does this mean that rich people don't go to heaven? No. Once again, this is a picture of the fact that those who depend on the things of this world and are reliant on flesh-like things are rarely ever used greatly by God here on earth in the body of Christ. Once again, those who are dependent and not self-reliant, but are like children, these are the greatest in the kingdom. There are many rich people who work great miracles and are considered to be great in the kingdom of God. However, these people must have more faith in God than they do in their possessions.</div>
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Consider this parable about the kingdom of heaven in Matthew 13:45-46:</div>
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Here again, the kingdom of heaven is shown as being so valuable that a person who truly becomes a part of it gives up all that they have: metaphorically referring to their own abilities, will, works etc. They give all of this up to solely depend on God and His kingdom because they understand the value of the kingdom is far greater than the value of their worldly possessions.</div>
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So, the kingdom of God and the kingdom of heaven is referring to the "kingdom" on earth where God is manifested to and through His people. People enter into the kingdom of God when they become saved and those greatest in the kingdom are those who humble themselves in the presence of God in order for God to lift them up.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">“Blessed are the poor in spirit, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven."</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ead1dc;"> </span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d5a6bd;">-Matthew 5:3</span></i></span><br />
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</div>Revelation Revolutionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03314103371371193549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5267350096481515138.post-38303618064499443022012-06-25T11:17:00.001-07:002012-07-23T09:14:45.395-07:00Though He Slay Me, Yet Will I Trust Him: Should We Really Say This?<div>
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<span style="color: black;">Everyone always refers to this infamous phrase as a quote that shows Job's alleged faithfulness towards God. Yet rarely anyone refers to Job 38-39 when God spent two entire chapters chastising Job for this state of mind that he had. There was one problem with Job's tenacious quote: Job said Though <u style="color: purple;"><i><b>HE</b></i></u> slay me, yet will I trust Him. That would have been an altogether wonderful statement had it not been for the fact that Job accused God of being the one who was slaying Him; when in fact it was Satan who the Bible states was the one slaying him. So for two complete chapters in the Book of Job, God chastises Job for accusing Him of being unjust.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><b style="color: red;">NOTE 1: </b>One thing we should note about the Bibles depiction of who God is, is that God is a fair and just God. Meaning, if someone does not deserve affliction he will not afflict them and if someone deserves punishment, punishment must ensue. By the Bible's logic, Job should not have received any kind of punishment from God because he did not do anything to deserve it. In Job 1:1, this is how the Bible introduces Job's character:</span><br />
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So, according to God's righteousness, Job was not deserving of any kind of extreme punishment from Him. <br />
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One commonly overlooked factor that can be noted here is that Satan told GOD to slay Job. God accepted Satan's challenge to prove that Job would never curse Him. Yet He refused to take Satan's advice and slay Job Himself. He told Satan he could do it, saying to him:<br />
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God did not compromise His righteousness by slaying Job without him deserving to be slayed. Instead He gave Satan the authority to do it (even giving Him a restriction).<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">NOTE 3:</span></b> One conclusion we can draw here is that God will never forsake those who are righteous (David says in Psalms 37:25- I have been young, and now am old; Yet I have not seen the <b>righteous</b> <b>forsaken</b>, Nor his descendants begging bread.) God will never inflict punishment on those who are not deserving of it. God was not the one who harmed Job. Satan was. This is the problem there is with Job's statement, "Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him".<br />
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<b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">You are righteous like Job:</span></i> </b>Now, Romans 3:22 describes those who are saved as "the righteousness of God through Christ". Those who are saved are just as righteous as Job, in the sight of God, and equally as undeserving of punishment. Why? Because Jesus received the punishment that God's people deserved and through the shedding of His blood there was remission of our sins. So, like Job, it would be an unjust thing for God's now righteous people to be punished without deserving it. For us to say of God "Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him" we are doing the same wrong thing God accused Job of; blaming God of being unjust and criticizing Him of causing afflictions on people who don't deserve it.<br />
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<b style="color: red;">SIDENOTE:</b> We are therefore able to conclude that it is Satan who causes affliction. With this knowledge we can be glad for the Christ-Given authority to overcome the enemy. Revelation 12 describes Satan as being the accuser of the brethren. It later says that we have <u>overcome Him through the Blood of the Lamb</u> and through the word of our testimony. Therefore we know we have dominion over the enemy to overcome Him when He tries to accuse and inflict punishment to God's people when they don't deserve it.<br />
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However, half the battle is knowing this: that all that is good and perfect comes from above. Things that are bad and imperfect come from the enemy. Don't blame God for what the devil does. Doing so, you neglect to take authority over the enemy, perishing from a lack of knowledge.<br />
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The Bible says resist the enemy and he will flee. However, if you are not resisting the enemy because you are too busy blaming God for what he is doing then the enemy will not flee. Notice that Job never resisted the devil. Whereby his afflictions continued.<br />
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There is one Old Testament Bible story I have in mind where a prophet told Hezekiah he was going to die. But Hezekiah resisted the bad news, turned his back to the prophet then pleaded with God to spare his life. He did not blame God for the affliction (even though it was God's prophet who sent him the news!). Instead he just refused to accept it. In doing so, God appeared again to his prophet (who had already reached the outer courts) and told Him to return to Hezekiah and tell him He would add 15 more years to his life (This story is found in 2 Kings 20).<br />
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Here Hezekiah resisted pain and death, whereby changing his situation from a negative one to a positive one. Notice Job did not do this. Job simply accepted that it was God's will for him to suffer when in fact it wasn't! So, the moral of the story of Job should not be to be tenacious and faithful to a God you are accusing of being unjust. Instead it should be to resist the enemy and understand that God does not give punishment to those who don't deserve it!<br />
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</div>Revelation Revolutionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03314103371371193549noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5267350096481515138.post-47588693627834282152012-06-22T14:06:00.001-07:002012-07-23T09:16:02.102-07:00Why Worship at the Feet of Jesus<div style="text-align: justify;">
Although Jesus' enemies have been made His footstool, His feet are depicted throughout the Bible as being bruised by the enemy when fighting to redeem us. This metaphorically is a picture of the fact that Jesus did not just come into the world and defeat the enemy without suffering, but He paid a price and suffered on our behalf before gaining victory over the enemy. So when the Bible shows Jesus as having "bruised" or "fire-emblazoned" feet, this is the picture that the Word of God is painting.</div>
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<b style="color: red;">EXAMPLE 1-</b> In Genesis 3 Satan is punished for tempting Adam and Eve and causing them to sin. His punishment, shown in Genesis 3:15, tells that God will send a Seed (Jesus) whose heel Satan will "bruise", but He let's Satan know that ultimately he will be placed under the Seed's feet:</div>
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We know this scripture is referring to Jesus as the Seed because any noun in the Bible that is written with a capital letter is used to represent God, Jesus or some other form of God. (We also know Jesus to be the seed that God promised as a descendant of Abraham: <span class="text Gen-22-18" id="en-KJV-566">And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=genesis%2022&version=KJV">-Genesis 22:18</a>). </span></div>
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Here Jesus, the Perfect Son of God, is once again seen as having flawed feet. This time His feet are described as being burned in a furnace. This metaphorically paints the same picture that Jesus suffered on our behalf, considering he went to hell after dying and before raising from the dead. Hence, the reference towards being burned. Jesus' feet are depicted as burned in reference to the suffering He went through for us after His death.</div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">EXAMPLE 3-</span></b> The idea that the enemy will be placed under Jesus' feet poetically means that they will be below Jesus or that Jesus will be above His enemies. This is why Jesus' feet are the part of Him that is shown as being at war with the enemy:</div>
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<b style="color: red;"> EXAMPLE 4-</b> So why worship at the feet of Jesus? A person who truly knows the value of Jesus' sacrifice for them metaphorically would appreciate Jesus' feet. It is Jesus feet that are portrayed almost as the weapon that defeats the enemy, being bruised in the process.</div>
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If you read the story in <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%207:37-50&version=KJV">Luke 7:37-50</a> when a woman who is publicly known as a sinner begins to wash Jesus' feet with her tears, dry His feet with her hair, kiss His feet and anoint His feet with oil, this is not merely an act of humility. It is an acknowledgement of the fact that (metaphorically speaking) Jesus' feet are bruised because of HER; because she is a great sinner and Jesus' feet were bruised on behalf of our sinfulness. So much so, as a religious man stands nearby and questions why Jesus has a sinner tending to His feet, Jesus answers and says, This woman loves me much because she knows she is forgiven much. Her actions at His feet showed that she had been made aware of Jesus' purpose to come into the world and die on behalf of the unrighteous.</div>
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SO why worship at Jesus feet? Had we been perfect, it would not have been a battle for Jesus' enemies to be made His footstool. But because our sins could not go unpunished Jesus had to suffer before allowing us to reap the benefits of a person who has no sin; healing, prosperity, peace, etc. Jesus had to suffer in order for us to redeem those rights and in order for His enemies to efficiently be placed under His feet for our benefit. There was a mighty sacrifice and price that needed to be paid on our behalf. For this reason, we worship at Jesus' feet........... because we know we are FORGIVEN MUCH!<br />
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