Put His Word In Your Mouth

God's word has much to say about believers putting His word in their mouth. Those who will participate in the promises of God are those who put the word in their mouth. Your blessing can be limited by the lack of revelation!

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Put His Word In Your Mouth

Whose Report Will You Believe?  Walking In The Revelation of His Word!

Isaiah 53:1  Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?

Will you be the one?  Blessed eyes and ears will walk in the revelation brought by the arm of God.

Isaiah 51:16  And I have put My words in your mouth; I have covered you with the shadow of My hand, That I may plant the heavens, Lay the foundations of the earth, And say to Zion , 'You are My people.'"

Isaiah the prophet of God spoke many prophetic utterances concerning the covenant of Grace.  This is but one example of God revealing His covenant of grace through His prophets.  Imagine the enormity of the truth spoken here in this one verse!  God putting His word in our mouth and covering us with the shadow of His hand! 

Romans 10:6  But the righteousness of faith speaks in this way, "Do not say in your heart, 'Who will ascend into heaven?' " (that is, to bring Christ down from above)  7  or, " 'Who will descend into the abyss?' " (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).  8  But what does it say? "The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart" (that is, the word of faith which we preach):

The word of faith which should be preached is found here in these sweet verses. You don’t have to go wondering around looking for the answers to the problems. The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart!

NOTE THE VERY NEXT VERSE - It's quoted in the "Road to salvation" often.  Put it in context of the verses above and get the full revelation:  (added by tjp as per Bruce's preaching Sunday morning)

Romans 10:9  that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.  10  For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.  11  For the Scripture says, "Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame."

It is with the heart that one believes unto righteousness.  However that is not the end of it!  We must put the word into our mouth and confession is made unto salvation!  

2 Corinthians 4:13  And since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, "I believed and therefore I spoke," we also believe and therefore speak,

The spirit of faith will put words in your mouth!  We believe and therefore we speak!

Romans 4:17  (as it is written, "I have made you a father of many nations") in the presence of Him whom he believed; God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did;

The object of Abraham’s faith was in God.  The God who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did!  We have a great big wonderful God!

Hebrews 11:11  By faith Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed, and she bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised.

Sarah received strength to conceive seed because she judged God as faithful who had promised.

Psalm 19:14  Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O LORD, my strength and my Redeemer.

What is it that you are filling your mouth with?  Do those around you know you as a one who has a praise or as one who has a complaint in your mouth?

Proverbs 18:20A man's stomach shall be satisfied from the fruit of his mouth, From the produce of his lips he shall be filled.  21  Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue; what  is it you fill your mouth with?

Psalm 104:33  I will sing to the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.  34  May my meditation be sweet to Him; I will be glad in the LORD.

I have a longing in my soul that my meditation will be sweet to God; I will be glad in the Lord.

Philippians 2:14  Do all things without complaining and disputing,  15  that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,  16  holding fast the word of life, so that I may rejoice in the day of Christ that I have not run in vain or labored in vain.

One holds fast to the word of life by the words of their mouth!  Complaining and disputing are stumbling blocks to our participation in the goodness of God.

Luke 12:31  "But seek the kingdom of God , and all these things shall be added to you.  32  "Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

God’s desire for you are high; expectation level needs to be raised to the height of God plan for you!  God’s divine order has perimeters; preeminence is seeking the kingdom.

Galatians 6:7  Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.  8  For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life.

The words of our mouth are planting a garden.  Are we partaking from the tree of life or are we partaking from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Isaiah 59:19  So shall they fear The name of the LORD from the west, And His glory from the rising of the sun; When the enemy comes in like a flood, The Spirit of the LORD will lift up a standard against him.  20  "The Redeemer will come to Zion , And to those who turn from transgression in Jacob," Says the LORD.  

When the enemy comes in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him.  The Redeemer will come to Zion and to those who turn from transgression.

Isaiah 59:21  "As for Me," says the LORD, "this is My covenant with them: My Spirit who is upon you, and My words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your descendants, nor from the mouth of your descendants' descendants," says the LORD, "from this time and forevermore." 

God is clearly making His will known to His people.  This covenant of grace is the covenant by which God puts His word in the mouths of His people.  God has declared He will put His word in your mouth and it will not depart from your mouth and your descendants mouth and your descendants’ descendants.   People will say of you, "all they want to talk about is the Bible.  They just can’t talk about anything else but God!"  God’s desire is clear, come surrender to His desire.

Isaiah 60:1  Arise, shine; For your light has come! And the glory of the LORD is risen upon you.  2  For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, And deep darkness the people; But the LORD will arise over you, And His glory will be seen upon you.

Chapter headings and verses are very useful to us.  However on occasion they spilt up an idea that is continuous.  Here is one of those time.  Everyone loves the “Arise and shine for your light has come! And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you!"  However we must keep the passage in context!  We can not arise and shine without allowing God to put His word in our mouth!  You want God’s glory on you; put His word in your mouth!  Do you want to participate in all of His promises; put his word in your mouth.  Do you want to always walk in triumph; put His word in your mouth.

1 John 2:14  I have written to you, fathers, Because you have known Him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, Because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, And you have overcome the wicked one.

When the word of God abides in you, you will overcome the wicked one! 

Luke 4:4  But Jesus answered him, saying, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.'"

“Men shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.”  Put it in your mouth proclaim it, confess it, meditate upon it and you will find success!

Gods Divine Order Exclusively In The Covenant of Grace and Truth

God calls the church into divine order; divine order is found exclusively in the covenant of grace and truth.

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God's Divine Order Exclusively In The Covenant of Grace and Truth

Hebrews 12:18  For you have not come to the mountain that may be touched and that burned with fire, and to blackness and darkness and tempest, 19  and the sound of a trumpet and the voice of words, so that those who heard it begged that the word should not be spoken to them anymore.  20  (For they could not endure what was commanded: "And if so much as a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned or shot with an arrow."  21  And so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, "I am exceedingly afraid and trembling.")  22  But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels,  23  to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect,  24  to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel.

The law came at Mt. Sinai; it was bellowing with smoke there was lightning and thunder and the people begged not to hear the voice of God.  The law was given and the very sight and sounds of it brought fear and trembling even to Moses.  However that is not the Mount we have been brought to!  We have been brought to the place where the blood of Jesus speaks better things than that of Abel.  Abel’s blood spoke righteous blood has been pour out and justice needed administered.  Jesus’ blood speaks righteous blood has been poured out and sins are remitted.  Jesus blood speaks of remission of sins.  Jesus blood speaks reconciliation.  Jesus blood speaks of holiness and righteousness imputed. 

Hebrews 8:6  But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises.

There was the covenant of the law which came through Moses; Jesus however brought the covenant of grace and truth.  This greater covenant has a more excellent ministry, with a better Mediator, and it is established on better promises.  It is not the old promises updated just a bit!  The promises in this covenant are yes and amen in Jesus Christ!  Traditions that bring the law of Moses into the covenant of grace and truth bring bondage to the believer.  If the sure foundation is Jesus Christ Himself, why would you stand on any other ground?  You have been brought to better mountain.  It is Mt Zion!

Hebrews 7:22  by so much more Jesus has become a surety of a better covenant.  23  Also there were many priests, because they were prevented by death from continuing.  24  But He, because He continues forever, has an unchangeable priesthood.  25  Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.

The law of Moses had a earthly priesthood.  Jesus came with a surety of a better covenant!  Because the new covenant has an eternal priesthood, Jesus is able to save to the uttermost!  Jesus ministry today is still active; He always lives to make intersession for them that believe!  The old covenant was based on earthly ordinances.  The covenant of grace and truth is built upon heavenly ordinances.  Mixing of the two covenants can bring much false doctrine.  The law was weak because of sinful flesh; God had a plan, a divine order!  It is with His own arm He has brought salvation and reconciliation to man!

Romans 8:26  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, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.  28  And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.

The Father’s plan included the Spirit Himself making intercessions for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.  The Spirit of God making intercession for the saints according to the will of God.  This covenant has a greater foundation and better promises than what the law of Moses could offer.

2 Peter 1:2  Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord,  3  as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue,  4  by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

This covenant of grace does not depend upon human strength; instead His divine power has given us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue.  It is based upon what God has done for us that grace (divine influence) and peace (union with God) have been multiplied to us.  The great and precious promises are not elusive but real and tangible.  The intent of God is we become partakers of the divine nature!

2 Corinthians 5:17  Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

Divine order calls us to walk as the newly created beings we are!  Old things have passed away and behold, all thing have become new.  It is a new way of walking.  It is not taking the old nature and trying to improve upon him.  It is dying to the old nature and coming to a new beginning being made a new creation in Christ Jesus. 

Ephesians 4:11  And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers,  12  for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, 

Grace brings divine order!  This precious covenant of grace brought us apostle, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers for the equipping of the saint.  The problem has been we have been hurt by the “fivefold” ministry therefore we have resisted the plan of God.  Divine order brings the fivefold ministry by grace and truth.  Hurt occurs when the fivefold ministry operates out of the wrong covenant.  When apostle, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers operate out of the law it brings death.  Many have been hurt, wounded and maligned because the letter of the law brings death.

2 Corinthians 3:6  who also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.  7  But if the ministry of death, written and engraved on stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of the glory of his countenance, which glory was passing away,  8  how will the ministry of the Spirit not be more glorious?  9  For if the ministry of condemnation had glory, the ministry of righteousness exceeds much more in glory.

God’s divine order calls Moses ministry the ministry of death and condemnation.  Paul writes he is a minister of the new covenant.  God’s ordained ministry is walking under grace.  The fivefold is not ministers of the law but minister of grace and truth.  The greater glory is found exclusively in the covenant of grace and truth.

Hebrews 13:7  Remember those who rule over you, who have spoken the word of God to you, whose faith follow, considering the outcome of their conduct. …  13:17  Obey those who rule over you, and be submissive, for they watch out for your souls, as those who must give account. Let them do so with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable for you.

Hebrews spent 13 chapters speaking of the superior covenant found in Jesus Christ then the Holy Spirit writes to submit to the leadership.  God’s true leadership is committed to the Word of His grace.  There is safety in submitting to shepherds who have the heart of our great Shepherd Jesus Christ.  God calls us into divine order!

Galatians 4:21  Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not hear the law?  22  For it is written that Abraham had two sons: the one by a bondwoman, the other by a freewoman.  23  But he who was of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh, and he of the freewoman through promise,  24  which things are symbolic. For these are the two covenants: the one from Mount Sinai which gives birth to bondage, which is Hagar;  25  for this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children;  26  but the Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all.  27  For it is written: "Rejoice, O barren, You who do not bear! Break forth and shout, You who are not in labor! For the desolate has many more children Than she who has a husband."  28  Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise.  29  But, as he who was born according to the flesh then persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, even so it is now.  30  Nevertheless what does the Scripture say? "Cast out the bondwoman and her son, for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman."  31  So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman but of the free.

Cast out the bondwoman and her son; the son of the bondwoman shall not be heirs with the freewoman and her son.  Divine order declares you are not under law but under grace.  Walk in the liberty grace has afforded; it is the divine order of God.

Grace Changes Everything

We receive all that we have from God by grace. It is from divine influence to divine influence. Grace changes everything; victory in Jesus!

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Grace Changes Everything

John 1:14  And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. … 16  And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace.  17  For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

The Word robed Himself in flesh and dwelt among us!  We can behold Jesus; we can behold His glory.  If the church would truly turn their eyes upon Jesus it would change everything.  Jesus came full of grace and truth!  Grace begins with a new creation and brings transformation to the whole of man.  God’s desire for His children is for them to walk in wholeness. 

John 10:10  "The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

Jesus Christ came full of grace and truth; His coming was to bring abundant life to those who would put their faith and reliance upon Him.  Grace is the exclusive vehicle to live in abundant life, and there is no other vehicle.  It is an easy measuring stick.  If it is stealing, killing and destroying it is the thief; if it brings abundant life it is from Jesus.  Those who hold on to the promise of abundant life but never come to an understanding of the grace of God, walk in vicious cycles that wears them out.  At best those without an understanding of grace have moments of victory; at the worst there is a never ending cycle of highs and lows and spiritual frustration.  Grace is the teacher we need to lead us to walk in victory all of the time!

Titus 2:11  For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men,  12  teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age,  13  looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,  14  who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works.

If grace is the divine influence upon the heart of the believer, and it is, you the believer are teachable.  The grace of God teaches us!  The divine influence of God means you are a people who belong to Jesus Christ.  You are a special people with a divine purpose.

Do you see the specifics of what grace teaches?  The divine influence of God teaches us to discern between the precious and the vile.  It teaches us to deny ungodliness and worldly lust and to love righteousness and holiness.  An evidence you are in grace is you have an expectancy, a longing, and anticipation of the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.  When you are walking in divine influence expectation rises and your attention is turned to Jesus Christ.

We are not like any other people!  We are the redeemed who belong to God.  Jesus bought you at the highest price and with the greatest commodity; His own precious blood!  Receiving the truths of grace changes everything.  When the good news of the grace message is taught the expectations of the believer can be raised to the desires that God has for them.  Do you see yourself as chosen, special, and belonging to God?  All it takes is the blood of Jesus being applied to your life and you qualify fully for the abundant life Jesus promised.

Colossians 1:12  giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light.

Grace qualifies us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light.  Coming to grace and partaking of the inheritance of grace are two different things.  Many saints have never become partakers in the abundant life found in Jesus Christ.  Do you see yourself as qualified to partake of every blessing found in Christ Jesus?  Grace changes everything.  It is the grace of God that qualifies you!

Colossians 1:21  And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled  22  in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight;

Grace teaches us how great the sacrifice of Jesus is!  Jesus reconciled you through the body of His flesh on the cross.  Great is the sacrifice that presents us to God holy, blameless and above reproach.  Grace changes everything.  Do we dare believe we will be presented to God the Father as holy, and blameless, and above reproach IN HIS SIGHT.  Put God’s mercy in full view and you will know you are a new creation.  It is one thing to be above reproach in man’s sight; it is quite another thing to be above reproach in the sight of God.  The strength of the sacrifice of Jesus changes everything.

Romans 5:18  Therefore, as through one man's offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one Man's righteous act the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life.  19  For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man's obedience many will be made righteous.

The obedience of Jesus Christ is the only source of our righteousness.  We have zero righteousness outside of Jesus Christ.  Do you believe in the strength of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ?  Do you believe in the resurrection power of Jesus Christ?  Oh how grace changes everything!

Isaiah 53:1  Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?

Who will believe the report?  Those with a revelation of the grace, found in Jesus Christ, will be the ones who are the recipients and partakers of the report found in Jesus Christ alone.  Better covenant, better sacrifice, better mediator, better promises.

Acts 20:32  "So now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

The word of His grace will build the believer up and make him a partaker of the inheritance.  Grace changes everything.  Grace brings the supernatural into manifestation allowing the believer to be a participator in the heavenly promises.

Acts 3:18  "But those things which God foretold by the mouth of all His prophets, that the Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled.  19  "Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,  20  "and that He may send Jesus Christ,

What you think about Jesus Christ determines your destiny here and now, and also in eternity.  It is the desire of God for time of refreshing to come.  This refreshing is available via the suffering of Jesus on the cross.  Will you believe the report?  Sin has been blotted out so you can live in times of refreshing?

1 Peter 2:24  who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed.

Jesus bore sin that we may bear healing, because grace changes everything.

Psalms 107:20  He sent His word and healed them, And delivered them from their destructions.

What is bringing destruction and chaos to your life?  God sent His word… grace changes everything

2 Peter 1:3  as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue,  4  by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

God has given you His divine power to make you partakers of the divine nature!  Abundant life is experiencing the great and precious promises of God.  Grace changes everything!  Do you dare believe the report of the Lord.  Abundant life is not elusive, it is living in the victory Christ provided.  God’s purpose is victory; God never intended for you to live in defeat.  We only walk through the valley of the shadow of death; God’s intent is for you to partake of His mercy and grace until you are feasting from the table of His goodness.

Jude 1:24  Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, And to present you faultless Before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy,  25  To God our Savior, Who alone is wise, Be glory and majesty, Dominion and power, Both now and forever. Amen.

Grace cause you to surrender to the keeping power of God.  Our Savior is able to keep us from stumbling and present us faultless.  Hallelujah what a Savior!  Grace changes everything.  Jesus has dominion rest in it.

1 Corinthians 1:4  I thank my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given to you by Christ Jesus,  5  that you were enriched in everything by Him in all utterance and all knowledge,  6  even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you,  7  so that you come short in no gift, eagerly waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,  8  who will also confirm you to the end, that you may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.  9  God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Your faith in Jesus Christ will cause you to count God as faithful.  Jesus will confirm you to the end!  What a difference grace makes!  Grace is all about walking in fellowship with Jesus!

2 Thessalonians 3:3  But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one.

Counting God is faithful can not be understated.  Discouragement is derived from doubting the faithfulness of God.  God will establish you and guard you from the evil one.  Oh, that the church would begin to put these precious promises in their mouth!

Ezekiel 34:25  "I will make a covenant of peace with them, and cause wild beasts to cease from the land; and they will dwell safely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.  26  "I will make them and the places all around My hill a blessing; and I will cause showers to come down in their season; there shall be showers of blessing.  27  "Then the trees of the field shall yield their fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase. They shall be safe in their land; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke and delivered them from the hand of those who enslaved them.

Dare you believe that God wants to shower you with blessing!  Dare you believe the blessing are yours for the taking? Dare you believe Jesus Christ has brought you into this covenant of peace that brings only good gifts.  Dare you believe that God’s blessing make rich and He add no sorrow to it?  Grace changes everything!

Transformed by Grace

Grace is the transforming power that raises our expectation of the Father!  What are you expecting from God? When I ask the 'what are you expecting from God?' one might shutter at the answer "I don't know". How can faith be actived if we expect nothing from our heavenly Father? Jesus said it!  You can have what you say! Be transformed by the power of His grace!

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Transformed by Grace

Acts 22:3  "I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, taught according to the strictness of our fathers' law, and was zealous toward God as you all are today.  4  "I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women,  5  "as also the high priest bears me witness, and all the council of the elders, from whom I also received letters to the brethren, and went to Damascus to bring in chains even those who were there to Jerusalem to be punished.  6  "Now it happened, as I journeyed and came near Damascus at about noon, suddenly a great light from heaven shone around me.  7  "And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?'  8  "So I answered, 'Who are You, Lord?' And He said to me, 'I am Jesus of Nazareth , whom you are persecuting.'  9  "And those who were with me indeed saw the light and were afraid, but they did not hear the voice of Him who spoke to me.  10  "So I said, 'What shall I do, Lord?' And the Lord said to me, 'Arise and go into Damascus , and there you will be told all things which are appointed for you to do.'  11  "And since I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of those who were with me, I came into Damascus .  12  "Then a certain Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good testimony with all the Jews who dwelt there,  13  "came to me; and he stood and said to me, 'Brother Saul, receive your sight.' And at that same hour I looked up at him.  14  "Then he said, 'The God of our fathers has chosen you that you should know His will, and see the Just One, and hear the voice of His mouth.

Step into the early church’s shoes.  Here was the man Saul murdering and persecuting the Christians.  God divinely intervenes.  Here is the Apostle Paul ’s own testimony in Acts 22.  After God knocked Saul off his horse he gave him direction to wait for a man Ananias to show up.  Ananias was a man with an ear for the voice of God.  God tells him to go to Saul and speak the will of God.  What would our reaction be?

God’s way is not our way.  When it looks impossible God wants to work His plan!  Verse 14 reveals the will of God for Saul (We know Him as the Apostle Paul )  1^st you have been chosen by God!  2^nd God wants you to know His true will and plan for your life!  3^rd God wants you to see the Just One Jesus the Messiah!  Finally God wants you to hear the voice of Jesus Christ the Righteous One.

What does it take for a transformed life!  It take the grace of God changing your mindset and direction!  It takes a revelation of Jesus Christ and a hunger to hear His voice!  Think of how great the transformation of Saul the murderer to Paul the apostle of Jesus Christ.  Nothing is impossible with God.  He can take the greatest of sinners and give them the great revelation of the gospel of grace!  What mountain do you need moved in your life; you serve the God of the impossible!  Do you suppose there were many Christians in Saul day praying for his salvation?  We may never know, however we know there was one obedient man Ananias who spoke life to Saul.  Ananias' obedience changed the course of history for the Gentile world.

John 1:14  And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. … 16  And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace.  17  For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

The law came through Moses but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.  Jesus came full of grace and truth!  Of His fullness we have received from God.  Christ in you the hope of glory.  There is one exclusive way to receive from God and it is through the grace of Jesus Christ!  Paul ’s conversion is one of the greatest pictures of grace. Just because man see it as impossible does not make it true!  Hear the voice of Jesus!

Mark 10:27  But Jesus looked at them and said, "With men it is impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are possible."

Hear the voice of Jesus!  Nothing will be impossible for you!  There are many mindsets that need the word of God applied!  Jesus said with God all things are possible!  “With God all things are possible.”  Jesus can not lie!  He spoke with the authority given to Him by God the Father!  What is it in your life that needs redeemed?  What is it in your life that needs transformed by the divine influence and power of God?  Let your expectations be raised to the desire of God’s heart for your life.

Jeremiah 29:11  For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.  12  Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.  13  And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.

The transformed life comes from a transformed mind!  Do you see the desire of God to bring you peace, a future, and a hope?  Some do not seek God because they have no revelation of His goodness.  Paul, the transformed by grace had this to say, “the goodness of God leads to repentance.”  Yes, the sinner needs a revelation of the goodness of God; however the church also needs a revelation of the goodness of God.

James 1:17  Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.  18  Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.

The Father brings good and perfect gifts and there is no shadow of turning with this truth.  Oh, the church traditions have done their best to cast a dispersion upon the goodness of God.  It is time we, the church, cast off the lie of traditions and believe He is a good God.

Proverbs 10:22  The blessing of the LORD makes one rich, And He adds no sorrow with it. 

I know some of the tradition we have taught have been drawn from the covenant of the law; however we are of the covenant of grace and we only receive grace for grace!

Hebrews 8:6  But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises.  7  For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second.

The Father sent Jesus as a minister of the new covenant.  This covenant has a more excellent ministry than the law of Moses.  This covenant has a better Mediator than the covenant of the law.  This covenant has a better and greater sacrifice!  This covenant has been established on better promises then the first covenant.  Better promises bring transformation.  Better promises brings a Mediator that saves to the uttermost!  We need to have sweet meditation upon the truths of the better covenant and our minds will be transformed!  We are transformed by the divine influence upon our heart!  We have received from Jesus Christ’s fullness, and grace for grace!

Can you see yourself healed, whole, and completely set free from every yoke of bondage?  When you get a picture of grace it give you a revelation of liberty found exclusively in Jesus Christ!

Only by grace can we enter and there is no other entrance into the favor and influence of God!  The grace perspective leaves one trusting in the transforming power of Jesus Christ.  The law mentality is little more than a behavior modification of the old man and it will never work!

Who shall believe our report?  Your expectation of God can be raised at the hearing of the gospel.  The Father sent Jesus as the perfect spotless lamb to bear the sins of the world so that we might be saved.  Jesus healed the sick and raised the dead, cast out the demons, and all who were sick were made well.  He is the same Jesus and He offers you His grace!

Hebrews 10:5  Therefore, when He came into the world, He said: "Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, But a body You have prepared for Me.  6  In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin You had no pleasure.  7  Then I said, 'Behold, I have come; In the volume of the book it is written of Me; To do Your will, O God.'"  8  Previously saying, "Sacrifice and offering, burnt offerings, and offerings for sin You did not desire, nor had pleasure in them" (which are offered according to the law),  9  then He said, "Behold, I have come to do Your will, O God." He takes away the first that He may establish the second.  10  By that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.  11  And every priest stands ministering daily and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.  12  But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God,  13  from that time waiting till His enemies are made His footstool.  14  For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.

One perfect offering was the will of the Father.  Jesus was and is that offering!  The terms of this covenant include we the believer in Jesus are sanctified once and for all!  This one offering has done a perfected work in our spirit forever!

2 Corinthians 5:17  Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

You are who God says you are!  You can have what God says you can have.  Put His word in your mouth and it will be brought to pass!  God’s desire for you was demonstrated in the sacrifice of Jesus; God’s blessing power is demonstrated for you by the resurrection of Jesus!  That power is at work with in you!  Let His grace transform you day by day in the glory of Jesus Christ.

Galatians 2:20  "I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

When God’s grace is revealed and received it fulfills its purpose every time, without exception!