LIFE BOOK
Principles From the
BOOK of LIFE
4 Messages on LIFE
By Tim and Theresa Early
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{1} Life and
Immortality
Who
has saved us, and called us with a HOLY calling, not according to our works,
but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ
Jesus before the world began. But is NOW MADE MANIFEST by the appearing of our
savior Jesus Christ, who has abolished death, and has brought LIFE and
IMMORTALITY to light through the gospel. 2 Timothy 2:9-10
Ah,
life and immortality, sounds like the title for a major motion picture, and for
others, it is too good to be true. But the reality is that such dimension is
already at work in us.
However, a
countless number would deem it unlikely, seeing that for many, their only
hope for living is in the hereafter. Or, if it isn't the gratifying notion that
immortality is exclusive to the other side of death, it is the wayward thinking
of many which believe that it is rather difficult to abound {John 10:10} in
this life now, while eagerly awaiting to board flight 888 for takeoff.
On
either extreme of the pendulum, we are missing out on the added value {2 Peter
1:5-11} of what the gospel really is, HERE and NOW.
For
one thing, the religious system has done far more than just blinded a few from
entering into the present truth, or what the Father is NOW saying with what he
has already said. But in all actuality, it has robbed many of the glorious
dimensions of sonship, perfection, full stature, and the manifested life of the
Father NOW, on this side of sonship. It has promised a better hope in the ultra
nebula, beyond quasars and stars, while fostering defeat in this present life.
It has been the culprit in the pulpit, accelerating the physical aging process
in many, hastening death before their time.
We must
discern what we are eating and taking into our inner dimension, and as leaders,
what we are feeding others in our assemblies. For if we bank on the frivolous
notions of church, while being deprived of our deeper walk from the hidden
dimension, we will only be satisfied with what the carnal mind has suggested
for us which is "just enough, not too much, or easy now!"
We'll
only grow {or be stunted} according to the dictates of a spurios system,
and in some instances, "that's all we can expect in this life!"
But
let me tell you, when truth comes to make you free, it may first make you
miserable. Yes, truth, which is Christ personified, and truth as the Spirit of
TRUTH will always find itself diametrically opposed by that which causes one to
veer off the righteous path. But it is not alone truth that makes you free, but
the truth that you know and become {John 1:12} which makes you free. For in our
experience over the years, we proclaimed the present truth to thousands, and
out of that cluster of hearers, some still did not believe.
Still,
some waited to believe only if they were to amazz a fortune, or to have a
serious handle on physical or temporal stuff...But how many know that plenty is
not always the promise. For Abram went to the promise, but Lot went for plenty.
It is good when God himself is plentious in his generosity for our tailor-made
expression in our life. But remember, God is not a Sugar Daddy, and we are not
Gimme, Gimme kids in the kingdom. We are maturing into the fullness of sonship
on earth, manifested sonship which reveals the Father in all that he IS and all
that he DOES...A people who know their God and is strong, doing
exploits...Daniel 11
Now,
let us continue with our message today, LIFE and
IMMORTALITY, and provide you withe 10 important principles for our
development, maturity, and continuance in well doing.
1 - In the message of life and immortality there is Zoe. Whether it is
everlasting, eternal, or endless life, it is the Life of the Father, the realm
of which HE IS. It is where God is ALL God and desires to manifest eternity
into our time. Here he knows himself within himself, for he knows only God, and
the life that springs forth from within him to others.
This
is not to suggest that we go on some rigid self-styled campaign to assure that
we are preaching and teaching life, for we must trust the Lord with what we
perceive he is giving us to speak as the Spirit quickens and makes alive.
However,
when the dominant theme of our dietary intake is biological life, or the mere
esteem of ordinary human life {at the exclusion of HIS radiant life - check
with Adam and Eve and you'll know why they were banished from the garden}, then
our perception before presentation may perhaps abound from an outer court
mentality {the sun light as oppose to the Shekinah of the most holy place}.
2 - In the message of life and immortality there is as unending existence
and incorruptibility, undecaying in essence and continuance. It is the same
used meaning in Romans 2:7 where Paul alludes to our patient continuance in
well doing seeking glory, honor, immortality, and eternal life. Here, part of
our mission and lot in life is to become infused with kingdom principles that
will not merely add years to our life, but life to our years.
For
we are not merely aging, but maturing, into the very fullness of Christ. As he
is, so are we. But are we eating what and who HE IS? Is Christ the historical
figure of our old upbringing, or is HE the quickening Spirit of our now
generation {genes, the genesis of His DNA, Divine Nature Activated}? 1
Corinthians 15:45
3 - In the message of life and immortality there is defined another
compound word meaning deathlessness, no death...For this corruptible
{perishable} must put on incorruption {same as immortality}, and this mortal
{the limitations of the flesh} must put on immortality. So when this
corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on
immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is
swallowed up in victory {triumph]. {Read also 2 Corinthians 5:1-8, mortality is
swallowed up by LIFE}
In
the message of immortality, we are given spiritual impartation of HIS life, HIS
undecaying and non-perishable life, His deathlessness in the sense of there
being no gruesome or grueling end to HIS endless overflowing life.
For
according to Psalms 118:17, I shall not die, but live and declare the works of
the Lord. I shall not weep at the willow tree but live...I shall not sit here
and die but live... I shall not let present frustrations dampen my dreams for a
rewarding future, but live...I shall LIVE and declare the works of the Lord...
One
becomes a new pioneering new dimension and demonstration for destiny. Our
life is no longer dictated by medical reports of a decaying end. We see the
usefulness of the trying times, even the tragedy to triumph. But death will no
longer define nor decline, deny nor defy the purpose for which you and me were
purposed, and the destiny, which we have been destined for. In this
developmental stage, we move from death to life through a change in mentality, a
change of nature, facilitating our minds with HIS endless LIFE...
Our
eyes become full of life, and so does our bodies. For we now believe the report
of the Lord. We strongly sense the mandate of our mission, and actively pursue
and become what we were born to be. We add value to our life by becoming
transformed through the renewing of our minds. We refuse to live life on the
lower level of the sixth day {the beast and creeping thing, versus man walking
in the upright image of God}...Genesis 1
4 - In the gospel of life and immortality, we no longer focus on sin
consciousness, but Christ consciousness, elevating our minds and Spirit to
Christ, living life in the ascendancy. We no longer generate an industry of
guilt and shame, but through the convicting power of HIS Holy Spirit, even the
Spirit of the Lord changes us into HIS same image from glory to glory. 2
Corinthians 3:18...
The
message then, becomes the image of God through Christ, Christ in you, not
Christ far away from you. For the image of God is the prelude and precursor to
dominion. True, the image of God really begins the dominion mandate of Genesis
1:26, 28, but it takes us from sitting on the premises to walking out the
promise. It moves us past sermonettes to Christianettes whose dietary appeal is
raisinettes! Through the image of God, the whole earth {our personal cosmos} is
full of HIS glory. Isaiah 6:3
5 - In the gospel of life and immortality we learn not to faint {Isaiah
40:31}. We become renewed to the inward life daily, living in the unseen. The
hidden life becomes the real life, which erupts from within us, spilling over
into the daily streams of our everyday living. Here, life is no longer meager,
nor merely existing, as the temporal makes way for the eternal. 2 Corinthians
4:16-18.
The
messages in the corporate anointing then, become compounded into a deeper
influence toward manifesting HIS life in all life situations. The kingdom then
becomes a lifestyle, a life-giving nature.
6 - The message of life and immortality resists the stronghold of fear. It
places and paces us into a new frequency toward fulfilling our purpose and
destiny. It releases a bold new confidence in seizing opportunities, as perfect
LOVE {1 Corinthians 13} casts out fear {1 John 4:18}. Fear is expelled through
the reality of "I can do all things through Christ, which empowers
me." No longer do we have faith in fear, as the message of life and
immortality fortifies us to move beyond all mental parameters, borders, and
boundaries. We suddenly break free from these limitations through
deathlessness, his surpassing glory, which never fades.
7 - In the message of life and immortality there is the NOW and PROCEEDING
word of the Lord {Matthew 4:4}. It is not another bible story for the catering
to our emotions, but the very declared word out of HIS mouth for us right now.
In this proceeding word, our everyday life is to accommodate and to facilitate
the now word, in personal health and wealth, in mind, motive, and mentality.
Such
rich dimension of the spoken word positions us to make radical changes if need
be, for the birthing of that proceeding word into the very manifestation of our
personal life. We may even move from mere bible trivia to spiritual travail.
For
now, our immediate life is being characterized with the proceeding word for
that very moment of time. We are getting ready for manifestation. {Romans
8:19-27 - 1 Kings 5:1-14...We are singing the Now and Proceeding word of the
Lord. We are praising God through the Now and Proceeding word of the Lord. We
are preparing to move into a new home, or to drive a new car, or perhaps to
walk again, through the Proceeding and Now word of the Lord. Our life takes on
a new level of preparedness, for to make ready the appearing of our Lord in our
personal life.
The
promise for a new mate, childbearing, or a new job, vastly approaches the
desired manifestation. We may find ourselves doing things which does not make
common sense, but spiritual sense. We are ready to move with the cloud, or
remain if the cloud remains. But one thing is for certain, the Lord has
undeniably spoken to us. It is life changing, and life giving. It will surely
come to pass. It has already begun to change our life forever.
8 - In the message of life and immortality, God talks to GOD. According to
Genesis 1:26, God said, Let us make man in our image and likeness...Here, man
is brought into being by the creativity of God, spirit to spirit. Here, we
fellowship with the appointed saints speaking God to God by empowering the
image of God to speak only who HE is, what HE does, and what HE is now saying.
We
are speaking creative things into manifestation when we only talk to God in one
another. We empower a rhythm of creative miracles, signs, and wonders through
talking to God in one another, for that is to be the true habitat for all
present truth saints. We are empowered to walk in bold new dimensions of
grace and glory, the glory of the only begotten son, the unlmited glory of the
Lord, the Lord of GLORY!
The
supernatural dimension is to become more real than the natural. Therein do we
live, move, and have our being. We feed the seed & nurture the nature. So
the next time you gather together in the corporate man, talk to God one IN
another.
Elders,
change the regular meeting schedule of your assembly and while each is standing
beside one another, talk to God, the potential of the Potentate.
Let
the rivers flow to overflowing. In time, watch a seasoned manifestation and
notable miracle take place, as God talks to his own self in the midst of us,
one through another. It may begin with who he is, what he does, and what he
says.
Speak
HIM, talk HIM, and do what HE is doing in the midst of you. In this dimension,
the entire corporate anointing is released into a new season of expectancy,
beyond the message of the week, into becoming the message, the very life of God
manifested in that local body.
9 - In the message of life and immortality, we move from divine healing {30
fold}, divine health {60 fold}, into divine life {100 fold}. In this realm,
someone catches a hold of something so profound in the Spirit that the body
takes on the very substance and tangibility of the intangible. Mindsets are
restored to a new order that healing is the children's bread, and the cry of
the Spirit echoes beyond the initial need for bodily healing. Here, the whole
man dares to believe for all that he IS and all that he DOES.
10 - In the message of life and immortality, there is new vision
for fulfilling the eternal purpose of our being on earth. We develop an ongoing
that does not cease in adversity or trial. We become new things in the spirit
and the natural, as our life is no longer limited to what we naturally see,
hear, or feel
As
we pursue HIM, and embrace HIM in the fullness, we let go of the old patterns
of O well, to IT IS WELL! Our life becomes the light and life of what we now
perceive in the hidden dimension. But in truth, Christ is no longer hidden, but
made alive in us.
The
mystery Christ is becomes the revealed Christ, as we become empowered to make
our calling and election sure. So-called stumbling blocks now become
stepping-stones. Obstacles now become opportunities. Problems now become
solutions through the wisdom of the ages, the Ancient paths, the Ancient of
Days {Micah 5:2}.
A
time warp takes place, as we discover the undiscovered country {Star Trek
fans}, the place that has always been, but unimaginable and unattainable to
fickle thinking. It is our future in the now. A place that we have moved into,
and more frustrating if we were to return to the old wineskin.
Now,
we vanquish beyond and the New Year becomes a new you. Like Abraham, we look
for a city, which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God. From the
Garden of Eden to the New Jerusalem {the saints in perfection and fullness, the
glory of the Lord filling HIS temple}, we move from visitation to habitation.
But between those points is manifestation.
May
the Lord make manifest in us the fullness of HIMSELF in this life. May we
become apprehended by that which we apprehend, as Christ who is our life now
appears in us. O God, manifest yourself in the midst of your people. Let the
light of your glorious gospel of life and immortality shine forth in us to the
overflow, bringing change into our sphere of influence as well.
May
we become so infused with a vision and revelation of you, who is altogether
lovely. May the proceeding word of the Lord become the meat that the carnal man
no not of. May we ride upon the high places of the earth and eat of the
heritage of Jacob.
May
the whole earth come into the image of God, and may church as we know it change
forever. As new creations, old mentalities are passed away and becoming new are
all things. We delight in you being glorified in us.
And
in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat
things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on
the lees well refined. And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the
covering cast over all people, and the veil that is spread over the nations. He
will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from
off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the
earth; for the Lord has spoken it. Isaiah 25:6-8
Final thought…
A –
You must spiritual eat and feast upon more things that is conducive to your
purpose, progression, and divine design. If you know not of these things then
turn to Ephesians 1:17-18.
B –
A caterpillar eats about 10 times its weight prior to its transformation. The
closer you get to your destiny, the more intense the hunger and passion for
transformation takes place. Jacob became Israel through transformation. Isaiah
43:1 – Jacob was created but Israel was formed
C – Feed the Seed and to nurture HIS nature, for by divine enlightenment you are becoming what you already are. I am that I AM! – or, I AM that I AM
Dr.
Tim and Theresa Early - FAP International {Ephesians 2:20-22} -
http://www.apostlesandprophets.net timotheushouston@sbcglobal.net
{2} MORTALITY IS SWALLOWED UP IN LIFE
For
we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle [tent] is dissolved
[destroyed, demolished, dismantled, or taken down] , we have a building of God,
an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For this we groan,
earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven: If
so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked [or disembodied]. For we
that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened [sigh, have a painful
longing]: not for that we should be unclothed, but clothed upon [or not that I
want to be stripped...Moffat's: not because we want to just get rid of these
"clothes," but because we want to know the full cover of the
permanent house that will be ours...Phillip's: wishing to put our heavenly body
over it...TCNT:
rather
we would cloth ourselves afresh...Knox: but that we would be further
clothed...RSV: rather, our desire is to have the new body put on over
it...NEB], that mortality might be swallowed up of life [that our dying nature
might be swallowed up by life...Con: so that all that is mortal may be absorbed
in Life...TCNT: so that our mortal part may be absorbed into life
immortal...NEB: and have life swallow up our death...Beck].
Now
he that hath wrought [or prepared, formed] us for the selfsame thing is God,
who hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit [who has given us his Spirit
as a pledge...TCNT: who has given us His Spirit as guarantee...Wey: because He
has given me the Spirit as first installment of future bliss...Wms: when he
gave us the foretaste of his Spirit...Knox]. 2 Corinthians 5:1-5
As a people flowing out of the Utterances of God, the principles mentioned in the above passages do not find themselves fulfilled exclusively after physical death, but is rather seen and experienced as a foretaste of that which is to come as well. It is the present truth understanding of this glorious dimension at work in us, now, brought into manifestation and to light and life by the Spirit of the Lord. Further revealing, that such realm of glory began in us at the {re} birth..2 Corinthians 5:17...
And
have tasted the good word of God [O taste and see], and the powers of the world
to come...Hebrews 6:5 [KJV]
And
have tasted the goodness of the word of God...Con
And
have tasted God's utterance to be sweet...Rhm
And
have realized how good the word of God is...Wey
And
have experienced how good God's message is...Wms
Have
felt the ennobling word of God...Ber
And
learnt to appreciate the beauty of the Divine message...TCNT
Who
have known the wholesome nourishment of the word of God...Phi
[and]
and
the powers of the age to come...ASV
Mighty
works also of a coming age...Rhm
and
the spiritual energies of the age to come...NEB
and
the strong influences of the coming age...Gspd
and
touched the spiritual resources of the eternal world...Phi
and
felt the mighty powers of the world to come...Tay
As confirmed by the holy scriptures, there is more to life than just existing. There is much more to life than a 9-5pm job, household chores, night school, a weekend or second job, and having babies. There is the distinct realization that life in the purest sense is "Zoe," God's life, all that he is within himself [in us], or simply, God just being HIMSELF in us... Zoe life is the divine nature of God the Father. It is the very substance [if you will] of what he is. And since he is life, then life begets life, Spirit begets spirit, and the substance of his endless life is made manifest through Christ and his corporate body [Christ the Head and Christ the Body}.
For
centuries immortality has been desired by men and women world over. Man has
tried with every effort and intention on either looking and remaining young,
returning to their [fountain of] youth, slowing down secondary aging, the
belief in Cryonics [preserving your body in some kind of deep freeze or
suspension for the future], or adherence to cultic beliefs in becoming their
own God.
Mankind
has paid top dollar to look good, even while feeling very bad inside. From
lipo-suction, plastic surgery, physical reconstruction {which may all be fine
and found in their place and setting}, to a vast array of cosmetics and
research for genetic alteration, man is at his best making every stride to
attaining perfection in the human flesh.
Now let's examine a little "Mortal and Immortality"
Mortality: The same word for Mortal in the New Testament... It comes from the Greek word "thnetos" meaning "liable to die." It comes from another Greek word meaning "to die"
Immortality: Two
important Greek words define immortality. One is found in Romans 2:7 and 2
Timothy 1:10. The word here is "aphtharsis" meaning
"incorruptibility, unending existence. This comes from another word
meaning "undecaying [in essence or continuance], not corruptible.
Now, the other word
for immortality is found in 1 Corinthians 15:53-54; and 1 Timothy 6:16 which is
the Greek word "athanasia" meaning "deathlessness."
Together, these two words define immortality, especially through context and
usage of these two terms. Now, let's look at them in scripture setting...
To them who by
patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality,
eternal life: Romans 2:7
For this
corruptible must put on incorruption [imperishable form, which can never
decay], and this mortal must put on immortality [and this part capable of dying
must put on the body that can never die, deathless form]. So when this
corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on
immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is
swallowed up in victory [or, death has been triumphantly destroyed]. 1
Corinthians 15:53-54 [read also vss. 51-57]
Who only hath
immortality [the only source of...Phi] 1 Timothy 6:16
But is now made
manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished
death, [rendered death ineffectual, has put a stop to the power of death, has
broken the power of death, has annulled death, destroyed death, made an end of
Death], and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel: 2
Timothy 1:10
Death to a Death
Mentality
Beloved,
grueling death, according to 1 Corinthians 15:26 is in one major sense an
enemy. In Revelation 1:18 our Ascended Lord has the keys of hell and death,
which also speaks of Jesus as the pattern, as He is, so are we in this world. 1
John 4:17
Death
is not God's best when you weigh the principles of the word of God to HIS plan
and purpose for a rewarding and fulfilling life. In fact, it is not even to be
the focus of believers.
According to Hebrews 9:27 "It is appointed unto men once to die..." But beloved, Jesus met or made that appointment so that we may live His LIFE abundantly. He has abolished death, the suttle or overt consciousness thereof, even a death mentality which tends to accentuate and perpetuate death in us so that we may live HIS life right here on earth...
However,
one must avail themselves to this divine conciousness instilled in us at the
re-birth, and not accept relentless death to work its work or take its toll on
us in a manner which questions whether we are fulfilling our destiny with
purpose, or moving in obedience in HIS word, or allowing certain habit forming
to become a negative habitation within our bodies and minds. And I reference
this again, habits {good or not so good}, tends to form habitations.
And right now we need to declare and decree {with our heart and mouth, and the confession of HIS faith from the 3rd Day and Finished Work of the Cross that we will not dwell in arenas of thinking which accelerates death in one another. We will not espouse or esteem such mentality, and yet sadly, many assemblies are not aware of things we hold dear to in our memories and imaginations which speeds up this proces of elimination...and the things we preach and teach which triggers and sets forth into increasing motion such gripping death-like state of being...
In
the old covenant, the patriarch's pattern of the departure from life was very
simple, "the just lived by faith and they died by faith!" In
other words, death to the old testament saints in particular was not confined
or defined to a bad diet, but by obedience to God. When their allotted portion
in life was summed up, it was simply time to go, transition into the unlimited
glory of the Lord. Like Jacob [Israel] concerning his 12 sons, he just
"gave up the ghost."
No hypertension, cancer, tumors, or diabetes, especially in what I have witnessed over the years as a kid growing up in my neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland, and no inner patterns within us to attract such devices and demise. Just a simple act of faith to depart from this life is how the patriarchs lived. When their purpose was fulfilled, they moved on to {smile} higher ground...
Yet we are so far from such pattern today, with how we eat, lack of rest, lack of exercise, disobedience to divine and governing spiritual laws, and all of the core values and beliefs which once brought many into earlier success in these things. For it is in part what the core values and beliefs are which reveals the kind of life we tend to live on earth. If we refuse to put core kingdom values into practioning usage then we stand for little or nothing, producing a faulty foundation as we let certain force factors right in the front door to wreak havoc and take a devastating toll on our very lives...
Now beloved death today has become an industry...
The local news may many times bring on its first five minute edition with violent crimes and other fatalities. The world news may even announce conditions in our economy, politics, scandals, and the threat of war. Though the media is liberal, many believers preoccupy themselves with death on a number of levels and on a regular basis. Like a frequency or signal, we tend tp pick up such signaling and adjust our thinking to what we hear and see in the external dimension, when in truth our inward man is to be renewed day by day {2 Corinthians 4:16-18}, renewed to HIS life, and the workmanship of who we are in Him.
Note
below how many become engaged in the industry of death...
1- I like to had died after hearing about that! You almost scarred
me to death when you told me so!
2- Surely someone in the family must have passed away for you to
call my house after 1:00 am in the morning..! Are you crazy? That sort of thing
scares me to death...
3- I am the official collector of dead family members antiques and
furniture! I just sit by and wait for another one to die...I have 4 living room
sets in my living room, 3 dining sets in my dining room, and a dozen bedroom
sets in my 3 bedroom house. {Coveteous and greed, killed Achan you know, and
Gehazi}
4- Daily, I look through the obituaries to see if anyone I know had
passed away! I just have a thing for reading and collecting obituaries...got a
whole bank box size of them in my downstairs cellar or basement...
5- I'm afraid of getting old or dying young. Call me sometimes to
see if I'm alive! I could be dead before then end of the day. It could happen
to you, too. Pray for me please...
6- Did you see the news recently? It must be the end of the world,
this is it, the big one, O dear, O Lord, O God! Come quickly Jesus! Or in the
words of Dr. Smith in the 1960's tv series "Lost in Space," "O
Dear, I'm too young to die!"
7- I always sense accidents every time I go traveling across the
city, state, or country! I have the gift of suspecting
death at every corner and at every turn...Hmm, someone's going to die around
here soon, I can feel it, really!"
Yes beloved, Death is an industry, a business if you will, and always have been. Even in legitimate spheres and circles of influence such as the Hospitals, Nursing homes, Mortuaries, Funeral homes, and the Coroner's office, death takes no holiday! Yet we do appreciate these venues to accomodate the loss of loved ones, and the particular care and attention these venues give in their detailed professsions and delicate tasks.
However, we must challenge and confront any death structures building root within our minds, such as through unforgiveness, open inner wounds, bearing grudges which is a desire for revenge, and more. And let's reference for a moment the words of Paul the apostle, "For this cause many are {downside} weak [30] and sickly [60] among you, and many sleep [100]. " Why? Because we don't discern the Lord's body. Whether the Lord's supper, the body of Christ, or our own physical body. 1 Cor. 11:29-30
Moving Right Along
The
principles of immortality can benefit believers now... And here's how! [Hebrews
6:5]
One important dimension of this is in the spoken word of the Lord, what HE has said, and...what He is saying NOW concerning what He has said and spoken...An important feature and earmark of this life being manifested in HIS way and in HIS design is how we create atmospheres and environments within us, as the external world is attracted to how we frame, form, and fashion our internal linguistics to speak and to respond.
We
can speak things into existence, but what is the point in this if we keep doing
things contrary to HIS focus, or if our heart is not in it?
What benefit is there to speak "Debt Cancellation" while practicing poor stewardship in the simple everyday matters of our life? Why declare a new marriage and exercise and old mindset of holding on to fears and phobias of the past, or with a slight resentment or retaliation towards your spouse now that he or she is on fire for the Lord and the spotlight is somehow taken from you, the once spiritual giant for you and your spouse combined, the so-called and unofficial voice of the Lord for everyone else? {There is a word for this, which is simply called being busy bodies in other people's affairs, nothing remotely spiritual about it...}
Am I hitting home here saints? I sense something deep in my
resonating being when I am bringing up marriages at this time...
Continuing
on, by living His life in us {Galatians 2:20}, we have the divine enabling to
transmit or transfer this same LIFE attitude [In him there is no failure,
death, fear, confusion, unbelief, etc.} into our souls and bodies, not limiting
ourselves to a baser existence of "I'm only Human, I'm just a man!"
Once we discover that it is not by our life that we live, but by the Lord's, it
will begin to put us at rest from striving in our humanity to live or attain
anything.
The
spirit of man is saved by the Lord himself... [spirit has been saved]
The
soul of man is saved by the life he lives in his spirit...[soul is being saved]
The
body of corruption puts on incorruption, mortal to immortality...[body will be
saved]
Once we have identified with what Christ has already done from the perspective of "spirit," {that which is born of the Spirit if Spirit, or literally, Spirit gives Birth to Spirit}... our soul is to be renewed to it, and our bodies will manifest the glory of it.
For
beloved, it's in the renewing of the mind as recorded in Romans 12:2...And
be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed [metamorphoo- change] by
the renewing of your mind...
Also...
The
change of nature [spirit] leads to a change of mind [soul], and body. The whole
constitution is changed and transformed from Glory to Glory, not gory to
gory...smile
We
shall be changed [to make different]...1 Corinthians 15:51
Are
changed [metamorphoo] into the same image from glory to glory...2 Corinthians
3:18
Yes
beloved, mortality is being swallowed up now by his endless life....
It
begins in the spirit, and pours over into the soul. That is one reason why Paul
said to be renewed in the Spirit of our mind...Ephesians 4
Now...
Are
our lives living the evidence of a change of nature?
If
not, that is where the problem is! For we are living a lesser and inferior
life, abashed at the radiant glory of the ascended and higher LIFE!
It
is not always a satan issue, but a carnal mind issue!
For
your real enemy is between your ears and above your nose! satan is not the god
of my world, or yours. We have been translated into the kingdom of His dear
Son.
"You have been living in a dream world Neo!" Quote from the
character Morpheus from the movie "The Matrix."
Back
to 2 Corinthians 5:1-5
Life
begins in the Elohim...
This
same life is summed up in John 14:6 as Jesus is the way, the truth, the LIFE.
In
2 Corinthians 5:1-5 life again is spoken of, but not only to be reserved for an
after death experience. And what I am sharing here does not lend to elitism
either, unless one steward their mind to such frivolous thinking and wayward
notions.
Divine
life is not claiming immortality out of context, but it begins with the reality
of what Christ has already done, and the gradual moving into the greater
reality of kingdom principles which takes the believer past the spirit and soul
stage, into the body stage of manifesting victory in the physical man for HIS
intended and eternal purpose. Ephesians 2:1-8.
It
does not discount why people suddenly or gradually die, nor does it carry a
condenscending attitute towards others who are not measuring up to another's
expectations.
I too, came through the Manifest Sons teaching many years ago and had discovered a few proponents who exclaimed "Never die," with an air of self-importance... yet they died, most of them...So whatever dimension of grace and glory the Father is bringing us into, it must be robed in agape, humility, servant-leadership, and brokeness.
It may even be a sharp two-edge sword, but never let it become a critical spirit. If pride is the culprit in the pulpit, then just read Proverbs 6 on the destructive nature of pride, as knowledge Puffs Up, but charity "Builds Up!" Notice the distinct difference here.
The new {or "RE} birth is the beginning of mortality being swallowed up into life...2 Corinthians 5:4
A
lack of understanding of the re-birth is one main reason as to why believers do
not enjoy the benefits of The Greater and Abundant Life, for many exclaim that
it is only after death, or is impossible to live NOW in this world. This kind
of thinking spills over into other expressions of one's life, sabotaging other
distinctive ways of living, including marriage, the church, business, etc.
The new birth or in truth the re-birth is the key to unlocking the eternity and mysteries of God from within you. The change of nature called "the New Creation Man" will ultimately effect every facet of our being. 1 Thessalonians 5:23; Ecclesiates 12:13
If the RE-birth has sown the incorruptible seed of life within us, we will reap life anew as reconciliation does not stop at the redeemed spirit, but is being made manifest in all spheres of our life. God IN Christ reconciles all things unto himself. And beloved, all means all, and Christ is ALL in ALL.
The increase of himself is evident through the incorruptible seed planted in us as confirmed by 1 Peter 1:23...that seed can not sin, and that seed is the DNA {Divine Nature Activated} of God himself. Seed sown, harvest and full grown...Being born again [or, born from above...John 3:3, 7], not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which live and abide for ever.
You
are born anew of immortal, not of mortal seed...Mof
By
God's living and enduring word...Wey
God
the Father wants to increase himself in us. According to John 3;30, "He
must increase, and we must decrease." So often, we would misquote this
scripture by emphasizing our decrease first, and His increase last, but that is
not how it works. For how can you decrease without his increase?
Therefore,
we must set our affection and priority on HIM who is al-to-ge-ther lovely, his
divine ability and enablement,, his accomplishments, and not ours...
If
ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ
sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection [or mind] on things above,
not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ
with God. Colossians 3:1-3
Also,
read James 3:17 and Isaiah 9:7
But
God that gives the increase. 1 Corinthians 3;7
Increaseth
with the increase of God. Colossians 2:19
And
the Lord make you to increase...1 Thessalonians 3:12
Every
day, his life is increasing in us. Every day, his nature is unfolding from
within us. And every day, there is a new substance of the Christ made manifest
in us.
In
simple terms, it is the ever increasing nature of Christ in you, the hope
{anticipation and expectation} of glory. Colossians. 1:27
The mortality swallowed up in life is the fullness of the incorruptible seed sown in us. It is the seed sown on good ground as confirmed in the following scripture...
But
he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word
[30-fold], and understandeth it [60-fold]; which also beareth fruit [100-fold],
and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. Matthew 13:23
Yes beloved, the mortality swallowed up in life is the process of redemption he had begun in us. It is in part, the earnest of the Spirit according to Ephesians 1:13-14, as verse 14 concludes..."until the redemption of the purchased possession..." Meaning, God is after what he has started in us. Therefore beloved, let the life of Christ live through you from conception to perfection, for this is only just the beginning! Change of mind comes through a change of nature.
Free the mind and the body will follow. The light of the body is in the eye, new perception and focus, new mindset, a new mentality. Lift up your heads O you gates, and be lifted up everlasting doors, and the King of Glory will come in...Psalms 24...
May
we continue to enjoy mortality swallowed up in LIFE as we renew our minds to
the Word of LIFE! In him was LIFE, and that life becomes the Light of men. The
light shines in darkness, and the darkness does not seize, possess, or take
eagerly such LIGHT of LIFE...John 1:5
Let
your light {and your divine enlightenment, the eyes of our understanding being
enlightened "photizo"...Ephesians 1:18} shine before men...bringing
glory to the Father...For you will light {and already has lit} our candle Lord,
you will enlighten our darkness {Hebrew - Chosek - "misery,
destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness, night, obscurity, darkness"}...Psalms
18:28
I shall not die {living in a death consciousness, necro-mancing, killing, destroying, having a need to slay others with my tongue, living in a downward spiral or a rut which is a grave with both ends kicked out, a living nightmare}, but {to} live {revive, make alive, nourish up, quicken, recover, repair, restore to life, save, be whole} and declare {to score with a mark as a tally or record, to enumerate, recount, celebrate, commune, reckon, speak, talk, tell, write} the works {the action, transaction, business, occupation, operation, etc.} of the Lord...Psalms 118:17
Apostolic
Blessings, Feed the Seed and Nurture HIS nature for by divine enlightenment you
are Becoming what you already are.
Dr.
Tim and Theresa Early - servant leadership, available for ministry...
FAP
International {Foundation of Apostles and Prophets International} Ephesians
2:20-22
{3} Living From The Unseen
For
this cause we faint not {not become weary}; but though the outward man perish
{to rot thoroughly, ruin, decay utterly, corrupt, and destroy}, yet the INWARD
man is renewed {to renovate} day by day. For our light affliction {pressure,
tribulation, anguish, trouble, burden, and persecution}, that is, but for a moment,
works for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. While we look
not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the
things, which are seen are temporal but the things which are not seen are
eternal 2 Corinthians 4:16-18
A
great part of our life is lived in the dimension of soul and body, though that
is a part of our whole constitution. However, many have not begun to live the
hidden life, the life of the shekinah {most holy place}, but rather, by the
glory of the sun {outer court} and the golden candlesticks {holy place}.
Meaning, it is rather possible for many to abound largely in the soulical and
bodily dimension, as if this is the only basis, bedrock, and foundation for our
earthly existence.
For
millions, life is in the domain of the senses. Many lives begin in the morning
with sensations… {Mmm! Smell that coffee brewing!...busted!, lol},
or {Gotta have that cup before I can get started on my way!}. Yet, for
others it goes something like this...
"Can't
end the day without my sweets! I feel a sugar fit coming on!"
"Gotta
have me some TV to keep my sanity!"
"My
house must remain 100% fresh & clean 23 hours and 56 minutes a day, or I'll
lose my mind up in here, up in here!"
"How's
Arthur doing?" O, you know, my arthritis is coming along just fine and
thanks for asking!"
"It's
magnificent and marvelous Monday folks! O yeah {says another}, what's so
marvelous about it? It's still raining outside, my new car is become dirty due
to the weather conditions! My new shoes got a scuffmark on them! And my husband
fixed breakfast this morning, burning the toast, overcooking the eggs, while
serving frozen sausage links that remained frozen on my plate. So you tell me,
what's magnificent and marvelous about that?"
"Ah,
someone brushed against my shoulders in the elevator at work. I feel like this
could by the dream love of my life, for the scent of their perfume {or cologne}
remains with me all day! Surely this must be my new mate, the one I have been
fasting for in the last six years {R.I.P.}! Yep! I'm certain that this person
is the one, because they always wear the scents that I like to smell! Always
fresh and clean, and you know what that means? Like attracts like, right!
For
many, the physical sensory realm dominates their life. Surely senses are a big
part of our physical man, and add a touch of un-renewed soul to it, and you've
got a normal, average, and mundane level of living. However, without
denigrating the soul and the body, let us put things into its proper context
and perspective. For the soul renewed in the ascendancy of the spirit unto God,
and the body reinforcing the life given nature of the soul' expression of the
hidden spirit, can be a powerful force in one's life.
So
from here, we shall take a brief look at the dimension of the Unseen, Living
from the Unseen!
In
the case with Mary and Martha, Martha was never considered a bad person for
wanting to get or have things done on the domestic scale while in the company
of the Lord {I could have said "Presence," but}. The concern was, she
did not focus on what was most important at the moment, nor seizing and
maximizing the moment. It was not the time to remain incumbered with daily
chores although she had a legitimate right to express herself in this wise.
However, it was time to lay at the feet of the Lord, to worship the King if you
will.
That
is why there is in one sense no such thing as TIME Management, rather, PRIORITY
Management, and that stems from the Priority of the King and HIS Kingdom. We
can potentially get into a rut {a grave with both ends kicked out} with our
routine, expending a lot of physical and mental energy doing, doing, and doing,
while failing to see the importance of quieting ourselves in the presence of
the Lord to become, become, and to become, which is to simply BE YE, for I
AM...
Again,
it is a matter of priority. And with this in mind, the life of the overcomer is
not largely about binding and loosing from the 2nd day dimension, where the
emphasis is placed on devils. But in the 3rd Day, Binding and Loosing is "I
bind you to the Kingdom of God, and I loose you to Go forth into HIS purpose,
plans, mind, will, and the divine intention of God and Destiny for your life"},
well, something on those lines, lol}.
LIFE
in HIM who is altogether lovely is characterized largely in an intimate
abiding, a yielded LIFE. The Bind and Loosing then, is covenantal, and not from
the dispensational slant. Binding and Loosing then, from the 3rd Day, is connected
to the SON, and not the man of SIN {Consiousness} in the temple
{Naos}...Simply put, there is more beloved...let the river flow...
For
a moment let's look below at some important observations of the treasure of the
heart, and where many focus in on in one degree or another...
1
- All of Mount Zion is in Jerusalem, but all of Jerusalem is not in Mount Zion.
See the difference! {Many are called, few are chosen: strait is the gate and
narrow {Holy of Holies} is the way. Few of course find it.}
2
- Many people have a house to live in, but it is not a home at all. Get it! The
early Greeks believed that a home was the place where you really wanted to be.
3
- Too many of us are adding years to our lives, but are not adding LIFE to our
years. Do you see the bigger picture? We sometimes tend to age sooner than
others of our very own age. But is it merely about aging, or are we to start
maturing in the eternal purposes of God for a bold new destiny? Do we live by
the temporal or the eternal, the seen or the unseen? Is chronology the
determining factor, or is life perceived from the hidden dimension of 2
Corinthians 4:18?
4
- A number of saints are into extreme debt through extravagant spending, not
giving their money a vision, a mission, an assignment, and a purpose while
preparing to pray witchcraft prayers over the collectors and credit reporting
agencies. Some have even prayed that the Holy Spirit would erase their derogatory
credit report, and to put misery and shame on the credit collectors, perhaps
kill them for attemmpting to collect a debt.
Such
reasoning concludes that others are overwhelmingly against them, seeing that
they themselves have overextended their credit card limit and expect the Lord
to work miracle wonders among them. But what you have here is not a lack of
cash at all, but a lack of control. A lot of our problems come from the way we
steward or manage our goods. In most cases it is not a direct opposition of the
enemy, though he is an author of confusion... rather, the person living above
our nose and between our ears: the person we really care not to confront
inside.
Yet,
in these and other countless examples is it impossible to live life from the
unseen, amid the drastic and dramatic changes of one's life? Is there a hope to
the hurried and abundant grace for the worried? Can the saints really live life
from the realm of the unseen, or is there nothing else to see?
Now
what I'm about to say may ruffle a few feathers, but in all honesty, many
believers spend a lot of time investing in Christian books on how to empower
and preserve the human nature, how to empower mere self. In fact, book sales
are skyrocketing on the practical application of becoming a better person, a
better human being, and that's cool in one sense. However, there is a divine
restlessness, a divine discontent if you will, a birth of desire, and a tsunami
rumbling from beneath the surface and appearence of things...
This
coming forth if you will is in part the coming and appearing or the revealing
of the Lord in HIS body {and I am speaking from a corporate collective
dimension here}...Christ in you the hope or expecation and anticipation of HIS
glory {Colossians 1:27}, the breaking forth of the hidden man amid the throes
and woes of the day. For this life has nothing to do with empowering the first
Adam, for he was made a living soul. However, this life has to do with the last
Adam, the quickening Spirit, who is the Lord from heaven. Notice below these
observations...{1st Corinthians 15}
Turkeys - Eagles
Saul - David
Adam {Living Soul} - Christ {Quickening Spirit}
First man of the earth, earthy - Second man, the Lord from Heaven
Cain - Abel
Diotrephes - Demetrius
Works Mentality {Me, myself, and I} - Rest in the Lord {Abiding with Christ}
Bound on earth, bound from heaven - Loosed on earth, loosed in heaven
The Mount of Esau - Mount Zion {Saviors of Obadiah}
The
above category simply reveals where our priorities lie. And it also confirms
the treasure of our hearts, either on earth where moth and rust corrupt, or in
heaven {the heavenlies}, where thieves cannot break in and steal...Matthew 6,
Kingdom living, receiving and releasing the King and his kingdom...
Continuing
in the Unseen dimension...
But
now is made manifested by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who has
abolished death, and has brought life and immortality to light through the
gospel. 2 Timothy 1:10
The
gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ brings to light life and immortality, the very
substance of the Spirit, the tangibility of his eternal presence, the very pure
nature of Jesus Christ, the WORD becoming flesh and dwelling among us. Yes
beloved, in the midst of hell and high water, the Lord is revealing himself,
for HE, the Lord, is in the midst of us!
In
the toughest situation hard for the mind to grasp or to fathom, and in times of
uncertainty, fear, apprehension, and hopelessness the Lord is making known
himself as the Most High God of the Most Holy Place.
In
the affirmation of Melchisedec, there is the king-priest ministry, the Lion and
the Lamb, the Word and the Spirit as he blesses Abram {who became Abraham} as
the possessor of heaven and earth {both realms belong to the overcomer}. This
very substance of the confirming and living TRUTH went into Abram, into Sarai
{Dominate} to Sarah {Noble Lady}, all the way into the womb of Mary in the New
Testament. {Jesus - possessor of heaven and earth - Matthew 28:18}, multiplied
in Christ his body, the last Adam and quickening Spirit, the Corporate Christ
and Many membered SON...
Therefore
beloved we must take heed that in all of the plans of our day, challenges, and
the most desparate of times there is an active life-force, a resurgence of
deeper depths, a foundation to support the highest skyscraper, and a realm of
life that is not defined {nor confined} by the temporal at work in us.
There
is, beloved, the life of Acts 17:28, as we live, move, and have our being in
HIM. There is the release of the Spirit crying out in the broad streets, the
Wisdom of God crying out in the chief places to the ones who love simplicity {"I
don't want to grow up, I'm a toys for us kid"}, and to the fools that
delight in their scorning. {Proverbs 1:20-33}
Ah, don't you sense another dimension at work here in you beloved?