“Children of God Behold the Kind of Love”

The love of God is so great! We all can use a greater revelation of His great love. Behold the manner of love.

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“Children of God Behold the Kind of Love”

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1 John 3:1 Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. 2 Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.

What kind of love is it that we are called the children of God? Consider the manner of love that God bestowed up on us; a love so great it makes sinners separate from their sin and righteously can be called the children of God. What kind of power of transformation that makes the unholy holy?

Romans 5:8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. 10 For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. 11 And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.

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The greatest demonstration of love is that Jesus died for the sins of the world; however we are speaking of the love of God toward the children of God. I love Romans 5, it is the much more chapter in scriptures. If the demonstration of love is Christ dying for us while we are sinners is great, the Word declares there is a much more to this demonstration. Behold the much more love of God! The wrath of God is for the unbeliever the children of God are saved from the wrath based upon the great sacrifice of Jesus. God has no intention of pouring out His wrath on His children. It is the manner of love the Father bestowed on the children! If the Father’s love is demonstrated to the sinners by the sacrifice of Jesus there is a much more to that truth of love. If reconciled by the blood of Jesus we shall be saved much more by Jesus life! Behold the manner of love.

The children of God have the power of the endless life ministering to and for them! Let me say it again the death of Jesus was for the transformation from sinner to children. The life of Jesus is for the children to live in fullness and abundant life!

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Hebrews 7:16 who has come, not according to the law of a fleshly commandment, but according to the power of an endless life.

Hebrews 7:25 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.

Remember we are considering the love of the Father toward the children! The demonstration of the love of the Father is much more for the children.

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Romans 5:5 Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

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The love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit.

Romans 8:32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? 33 Who shall bring a charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies. 34 Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written: "For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter." 37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.

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The Father’s love is so great the word asks “Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect?” It is based on the love that the Father has for His children. We are made more than conquerors “through Him who loved us”.

Jesus death paid the sin penalty; His resurrection brings us abundant life. Behold the love of the Father. It is His desire to freely give us all things!

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Ephesians 2:13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. 14 For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation, 15 having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one new man from the two, thus making peace, 16 and that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross,thereby putting to death the enmity. 17 And He came and preached peace to you who were afar off and to those who were near. 18 For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father.

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Through Jesus Christ we have had the enmity between the Father and us put to death. There is no wrath to face because the wrath of God was poured out upon Jesus at the cross. He who knew no sin became sin that we might become the righteousness of God. Those who have come into the covenant have no need of fear. Perfect love cast out all fear. Not your perfect love toward God but the revelation of the great love of God toward those who believe. If while you were a sinner how much the more…

John 3:36 "He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him."

John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 "For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. 18 "He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

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While the wrath of God remains for those who will not believe, the correction of God is for all legitimate sons. One of the greatest signs of the love of God is He corrects His children. His love brings words of life to set you free.

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Hebrews 12:6 For whom the LORD loves He chastens, And scourges every son whom He receives." 7 If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten? 8 But if you are without chastening, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons. 9 Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live?

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Human fathers may correct their children out of wrath; however our heavenly Father corrects us out of His love. God deals with you as with sons! What a promise for those who belong to God. Let me say this strong uncommon word to you. If you are living in a life style of sin and can go on sinning without correction it is because you are not a child of God and you do not abide in His love. It is the children of God whom God corrects. The Lord chastens and scourges every son whom He receives. If you have not had the experience of God correcting you, examine yourself and see if you are in the faith. The much more love of God brings correction to every son whom He receives. If you are without correction then you are illegitimate and not sons. In fact the KJV says you are bastards. Bastards would be those without a legitimate father.

Some may say this is too strong of a word to bring! However they are far too many false conversion into the kingdom of God . All who say Lord, Lord are not necessarily children of the Father. One strong sign is, true children face the correction of a loving Father who calls them and draws them away from ungodly living.

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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.

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The grace (divine influence upon our heart) of God that brings salvation has appeared! Grace teaches us to deny ungodliness and worldly lust. Grace also teaches us what to pursue; our pursuit should be soberly and righteously ever be looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ. Yes the strong love of God we need to consider is not a love that leaves us to our own ways and devises; the strong love of God leaves us in pursuit of Him. What are you chasing? Wherever your treasure is there will your heart be also. Submission to the correction of the Father will yield a wonderful harvest of abundant life.

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2 Corinthians 5:14 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: 15 And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.

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Those who have truly been touched by the Love of God are compelled and constrained by it. Consider the love of God is so great the it compels me in the right direction. The importance of the constraining factor, is not so much it is keeping us from doing evil, but instead it is compressing us to live for Christ! Consider like a tube of toothpaste if you will. When you apply pressure to the tube the paste comes out at the end. The paste is being compressed into coming out. The love of God is much like that. Once one has truly experience that love they no longer desire to live for themselves but are compelled to live for the one who died and rose again for them. The love of God is so great it brings transformation! Child of God consider the great love of God!

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“May I Please Have Your Ear?”

God wants our ear, living by the word that proceeds from the mouth of God brings sweet glorious victory. Jesus has provided eternal life.

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“May I Please Have Your Ear?”

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Jesus said it, “Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God” This word has been in my spirit for months. It seems the Holy Spirit keeps drawing me back to this precious truth.

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Matthew 4:4 But He answered and said, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.'"

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When Jesus spoke words they were always from the heart of God. One awesome passage that brings out this truth is John 1:18

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John 1:18 No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.

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When Jesus was declaring about the Father it was not some off handed second hand, he said that she said that he said. Jesus declared the truth from the bosom of the Father. It was not, "How are you today?" " Fine, and how are you?" Have you ever had someone ask you how you are and before you could get out a heart felt answer they had moved on to speak to another? God’s word is not so surface! God’s word is sharp and powerful, God’s word is intimate and speaks life to heart.

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Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

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God’s words are so powerful they get past the words of an acquaintance. His words are so powerful they move past the words of a friend! His words are words that divide between your spirit, soul and body. His word moves directly to the thoughts and intents of the heart. When you are wounded you don’t need the niceties of an acquaintance; a word from a friend may be of some help but often still falls short of dealing with the issue behind the issue, the issue of the heart! God’s words are words that affect and effect the heart.

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Luke 8:15 "But the ones that fell on the good ground are those who, having heard the word with a noble and good heart, keep it and bear fruit with patience.

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God’s word does not affect everyone the same; it is only those who give ear to His word with a noble and good heart that bring the godly and desired results. How many times does the Word of God speak to him who has an ear let him hear what the Spirit speaks? Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God! May I please have your ear? God is not asking much. He just wants an ear that will hear with a noble and good heart. At the risk of repeating myself several times, God wants your ear to hear His Word so that you may live there-by!

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Matthew 3:17 And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."

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Before Jesus began His earthly ministry the Father spoke at His baptism. The Father has spoken that Jesus has His seal of approval! What a way to get started, the Father speaking from heaven. "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!" What words of affirmation!

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John 12:44 Then Jesus cried out and said, "He who believes in Me, believes not in Me but in Him who sent Me. 45 "And he who sees Me sees Him who sent Me. 46 "I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness. 47 "And if anyone hears My words and does not believe, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world. 48 "He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him; the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day. 49 "For I have not spoken on My own authority; but the Father who sent Me gave Me a command, what I should say and what I should speak. 50 "And I know that His command is everlasting life. Therefore, whatever I speak, just as the Father has told Me, so I speak."

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Words to live by from the Father is the command of everlasting life!

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Hebrews 1:1 God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, 2 has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; 3 who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

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The Father speaks to us by His Son Jesus Christ! Jesus speaks of the purging of our sin; Jesus speaks of everlasting life!

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Hebrews 1:8 But to the Son He says: "Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your Kingdom. 9 You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You With the oil of gladness more than Your companions."

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The Father has spoken directly to the Son, “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever.” If you want to live by the words that proceed from the mouth of God you must believe that Jesus is God. The Father calls Jesus God; The Father has reaffirmed the anointing Jesus has and had came from the Father Himself!

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John 6:37 "All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out. 38 "For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. 39 "This is the will of the Father who sent Me, that of all He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day. 40 "And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day." 41 The Jews then complained about Him, because He said, "I am the bread which came down from heaven." 42 And they said, "Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How is it then that He says, 'I have come down from heaven'?" 43 Jesus therefore answered and said to them, "Do not murmur among yourselves. 44 "No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day. 45 "It is written in the prophets, 'And they shall all be taught by God.' Therefore everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to Me. 46 "Not that anyone has seen the Father, except He who is from God; He has seen the Father. 47 "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me has everlasting life.

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Jesus has declared the Father to us and has exposed us to the will of the Father. Shall we hear His Word and live? The Father has clearly pointed that the object of your faith must be in Jesus the one who has taken away the sin of the world this is the Word of life to live by.

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Everyone who has heard and learned from God the Father comes to Jesus. If one does not come to Jesus be assured they have not heard from or have been taught by God. He who believes in Jesus has everlasting life. It not just the start of your faith journey; it is the journey the just shall live by faith. What is the object of faith; always and forever Jesus Christ and Him crucified and resurrected! Nothing else can bring eternal life!

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Matthew 17:1 Now after six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, led them up on a high mountain by themselves; 2 and He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light. 3 And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Him. 4 Then Peter answered and said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good for us to be here; if You wish, let us make here three tabernacles: one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah." 5 While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them; and suddenly a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Hear Him!"

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So many are not living by the words that proceeded out of the mouth of God; yet here on the Mount of transfiguration the message is clear from the Father. While Peter was suggesting a tabernacle for Moses and Elijah and Jesus the Father spoke this is my beloved Son hear Him!

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So many are still busy trying to build a tabernacle for Moses and Elijah. Moses pointed to the coming Messiah and said hear Him Elijah taught us by life experience to hear the still small voice of God! It is all about Jesus and hearing His voice. He spoke, "My sheep know my voice and another they will not follow." Those who are living by the words that have proceeded out of the mouth of God are tuned to the voice of Jesus. His voice is still speaking today; His blood is still speaking today. Indeed His voice will speak yet once again and all that can be shaken will be shaken. All that is in the grace and divine influence found in Jesus Christ alone will remain and walk in victory. Can God have your ear?

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Sermon notes missing for 10-24-2010

Dear family and friends:

I sent no sermon notes out this week; my wife and I lost a very precious friend Sister Linda Conklin. She passed away about 1:30am Tuesday morning. My wife and I spent much time at the hospital in the last several days.

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Linda was ready to go home to the Lord. In the last few weeks Sister Linda shared with me “I still believe the report of the Lord”. Even as lay on her death bed she was encouraging others. Telling family and friends how much God loved them. At one point I heard her tell her daughter “Never, never give up!" On Sunday afternoon before she lost consciousness she lead us in a song service right there in the hospital room. One of the songs she chose was “Rejoice in the Lord Always”. At a couple of points she declared she could see angels in the room with us; The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear Him.

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Linda was a prayer warrior who always had soul winning on her mind. The few words I offer here could never do justice to how God used her to touch the lives of many. She is indeed a pillar of righteousness planted by the Lord. There are no wasted prayers as Revelation teaches us God stores up the prayers of the righteous; there are prayers Linda has sent up to the throne room yet be pour out upon the alter of God.

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Please pray for Linda Conklin’s family as the grieve their loss.

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God bless,

Bruce

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God the Father loved you first

Jesus is faithful

Bruce A Brown

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“God’s Will Concerning You”

God's will concerning you; God longs for you to posesss your vessel in sanctification and honor!

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“God’s Will Concerning You”

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1 Thessalonians 4:3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you should abstain from sexual immorality; 4 that each of you should know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor, 5 not in passion of lust, like the Gentiles who do not know God; 6 that no one should take advantage of and defraud his brother in this matter, because the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also forewarned you and testified. 7 For God did not call us to uncleanness, but in holiness. 8 Therefore he who rejects this does not reject man, but God, who has also given us His Holy Spirit.

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When I hear “This is the will of God” my attention is peaked. I have heard so many say I just don’t know the will of God for my life. The scripture is replete with the will of God for the believer. What is it God desires for us? Can His desire for our lives be trusted? Does God’s desire for our lives bring fulfillment?

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Learning to possess your vessel in sanctification is God’s desire for your life. In our society many have no concept of what sanctification is. In God’s economy if He has sanctified something or someone it has been set apart as special and belonging to God. God wants you to have the knowledge to possess your own vessel in sanctification and honor. Abstaining from sexual immorality and not living in the passion of lust should be the lifestyle of every Christian. The will of God is your sanctification; this is what God has given to the believer. To reject this truth is very dangerous ground.

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God indeed has not called us to uncleanness but in holiness!

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Ephesians 4:24 and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.

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One who has been born again was birthed with righteousness and holiness in their very nature.

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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.

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The will of God for every believer is to learn to walk in that newly created being. If you are a believer you have a new nature which has been enable by the power of Christ in you. Your victory over sin is not a stronger will power of your own. It is learning to trust in the finished work of the cross in your life.

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Romans 6:9 knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him. 10 For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. 11 Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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There is the foundation of grace. Jesus has brought us into the covenant of grace; Jesus indeed has faced the punishment of our sin. Jesus is the Lamb of God that has taken away the sin of the world. Many have misinterpreted freedom from sin as freedom to sin. Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound, God forbid. How shall we who have died to sin live any longer there in!

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2 Timothy 2:19 Nevertheless the solid foundation of God stands, having this seal: "The Lord knows those who are His," and, "Let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity." 20 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay, some for honor and some for dishonor. 21 Therefore if anyone cleanses himself from the latter, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified and useful for the Master, prepared for every good work. 22 Flee also youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

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If you name the name of Christ, God calls you to depart from iniquity! Believer’s themselves determine what kind of vessel they will be in the kingdom. Shall you be a vessel for honor or a vessel for dishonor? The measurement is defined by your pursuit. Your pursuit determines the type of vessel you are and will be for the kingdom of God .

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2 Corinthians 4:7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us.

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We are the earthen vessels that God desires to work through? The power is of God working through us.

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Ephesians 3:20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

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What an awesome God, He has chosen to allow His power to work in us! To be a vessel of honor causes us to be useful for the Master. To possess our vessels in sanctification means we can affect and effect others around us. Our lives can be used to the glory of God and we can help other participate in the abundant life Jesus provides us.

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Ephesians 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

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God has prepared you for good works to walk in; it is those who have learned to possess their vessel in sanctification that will fulfill the destiny and purpose of God’s will for their life.

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Sign Post of Authentic Believers

The Scritures have declared that even satan believes and trembles; however genuine believing, as God has called us to, is faith in Jesus Christ and the work He accomplished at the cross. Satan believes by knowing the facts that Jesus is Lord. Believers believe by surrendering to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. Authentic believers have lived the signpost set in God's Word.

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Sign Post of Authentic Believers

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Genuine faith in Christ Jesus and the work He accomplished at Calvary is the only way to salvation. Jesus came to save His people from their sin!

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Matthew 1:21 "And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name JESUS, for He will save His people from their sins."

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John 8:34 Jesus answered them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, whoever commits sin is a slave of sin. 35 "And a slave does not abide in the house forever, but a son abides forever. 36 "Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.

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Whoever commits sin is a slave of sin; however if the Son makes you free you are free indeed! This is not an elusive promise of God! Slaves do not abide in the house forever but a son abides forever! This freedom from sin is to the true believer. Do we dare believe that Jesus makes us free from the bondages of sin? Some believers have never experienced this total freedom. Some who call their self believers have never had an authentic conversion. One of satan’s greatest ploys is to convince a sinner he has become a saint. It is proper to examine oneself and see if you are truly in the faith. The measuring stick is found by the Word of God. The Word has clearly defined those who have an authentic salvation experience.

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John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 "For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. 18 "He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 "And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 "For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. 21 "But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God."

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Genuine faith in Jesus Christ eliminates the condemnation; those who do not truly believe in Jesus are condemned already. What you believe about Jesus Christ determines your destiny. Jesus Himself brought great clarity to authenticity of faith. Everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light. He who comes to the light has shown his deeds that have been done in God. Men who glory in their own works, done in their own strength, remain in darkness. Those whom the Son has sets free, their deeds are clearly seen as they have been done in God. Genuine faith in Jesus brings great change to the man who believes in the completed work of Christ in His death burial and resurrection. He who believes in Jesus is not condemned; he who does not believe is condemned already. True authentic believing brings such transformation the believer comes to the light. If you claim to believe in Christ and continue in darkness your faith is not authentic.

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Romans 6:6 knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. 7 For he who has died has been freed from sin.

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True believers have died to self. The old man being crucified with Christ was in order that the body of sin might be done away with. One who is saved has died to the sin nature that he was born with! That which was inherited from the first Adam is put to death. That is why verse 7 declares he who has died has been freed from sin! There is not uncertainness in this truth. If you have been born again you past the sign post and died to self rule and surrendered to Jesus authority of setting you free.

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Romans 6:11 Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord. 12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts.

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Many believers have never been taught to reckon themselves dead to sin and alive unto God! Many believers have walked in sin because they allowed sin to reign in obeying its lust. It's time for the believer to be settled in the word of grace. As Christ died to sin once and for all but the life He lives is unto God, likewise the believer dies once and lives his life unto God.

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Romans 6:8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, 9 knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him. 10 For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God.

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1 John 2:15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world; the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life; is not of the Father but is of the world. 17 And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.

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True believers will love what God loves and hate what God hates. It is the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life which are all centered in self will. It is sin itself that we need to hate. John, the beloved, pulled no punches, he who does the will of God abides forever! Some who call themselves believers and are in full pursuit of the things of the world will not abide forever! The sign post of the Word of God says if you are truly in the faith your life pursuit is doing the will of the Father.

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2 Corinthians 5:14 For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died; 15 and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.

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If the love of God has truly touched our lives it puts us on a journey of living for Jesus. Authentic believers spend the remaining of their lifetime living no longer for self but for the one who died for them and rose again.

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Romans 12:9 Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good. 10 Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another;

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Love with out hypocrisy is to abhor what is evil! That is stronger than hate. Let the evil be detestable to you and cling to what is good! God help us hate evil the way God does. Genuine believers are moved to abhor the evil; pseudo believers have no problems putting evil before their eyes.

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1 Peter 2:1 Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, 2 as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby, 3 if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.

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Authentic believers crave the pure milk of the word; those who have tasted that the Lord is gracious have a hunger and desire for God’s word.

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1 Peter 4:1 Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, 2 that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.

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Galatians 4:6 And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, "Abba, Father!" 7 Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

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True children walk in the freedom Christ has provided; true children can cry out Abba Father!

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Strengthened In Our Inner Man

"Strengthened in our inner man" God not only wants us to walk in love; God has given us the wherewithall to walk in the strength of His love. What a good God we serve

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Strengthened In Our Inner Man

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Eph 3:14 For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, 16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, 17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height; 19 to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. 20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, 21 to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

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The apostle Paul had a way of praying for the saints of God. When you see Paul ’s prayers for the saints there is an unveiling of the will of God by hearing the anointed Spirit lead prayers of Paul . Paul here is praying for each believer to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man. The inner man is the newly created being God made you. If any man be in Christ he is a new creation; the old is gone and the new has come.

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We are a triune being; we are made of spirit, soul, and body. The inner man is where you have been connected to God spirit to Spirit! What we need is a touch from God; a touch from the riches of His glory in our inner being. We need strengthened with His might in our inner being or our new man. When we have been touched to such a degree we are established in the love of God. God’s power will be at work in us above all that we ask or think. It is the Father’s will that you are rooted and grounded in love! A touch from God’s glory brings a greater revelation of His love!

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May the saints know the love of Christ which passes knowledge! To comprehend the width and length and depth and height of the love of God is not an intellectual experience. It is the touch of God through His Spirit that fills you with all the fullness of God! When walking in the comprehension of the love of God fear is gone, the power of God is able to flow through us.

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To God be the glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Many believers have struggled with burdens so heavy to carry. God never intended for you to bear that burden! We, the saints of God, need a greater revelation of God’s love.

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1 John 4:8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. 9 In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. 10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

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The greater revelation of His love the greater we can love one another. The source of our love must always be from Jesus is the propitiation for our sins. The foundation of love is God and the way He shed His love abroad in our hearts is the source of our confidence.

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1 John 4:15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 16 And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him. 17 Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love. 19 We love Him because He first loved us.

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Your burden bearing should not involve fear and torment. God has called us to know and believe the love that God has for us! When we are strengthened in our inner man fear is cast out and we walk in confidence with the love of God.

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If the fear is tormenting and the burden is to heavy it is time to receive the Word of deliverance. Take the thoughts and ideas that torment you and bring them into the obedience of Jesus Christ. Many believers want to cast out the devil but will not allow the Spirit of God to change their mind. God wants to change our mind set. Jesus said come! Your deliverance is not in a prayer line; your deliverance is in receiving the Word of God.

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Matthew 11:28 "Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 "Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 "For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."

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Many have passed over Jesus' words. Jesus said learn from me. If you come to Jesus Christ and refuse to learn from Him, in essence you have not truly come to Him. It is the goodness of God that leads to repentance; the apostle Paul started with a rebuke before he gave them the truth of God’s goodness leads to repentance. Because they heard and responded to the rebuke they found a clearing and justification.

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Oh that the church will be strengthened in might through His Spirit in the inner man. The love of God does not allow the believer to walk with an angry spirit, a spirit of complaint, or a spirit of criticism. We have not walked in the rest of God or in the revelation of His love because we have allowed the small foxes to spoil the vine.

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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.

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God is calling His children to come to walk in His love and His rest. We must hold fast to the truth and do all things without complaining and disputing. The enemy wants to bring the church to complaining and disputing! It is time to be aware of satan’s devices. Walk in the strength of the love of God by being strengthened in your inner man! Put off the old man put on the new man who is created in true righteousness and holiness. Hold fast the word of life!

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Ephesians 4:22 that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, 23 and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, 24 and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness. 25 Therefore, putting away lying, "Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor," for we are members of one another. 26 "Be angry, and do not sin": do not let the sun go down on your wrath, 27 nor give place to the devil.

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The width and length and depth and height of the love of God is so great; your provision is found in the love of Jesus Christ.

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Romans 8:37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. 38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 39 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.

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