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Thursday, June
26, 2008
Spirit and Life
John 6:63 It is the spirit that
quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you,
they are spirit, and they are life. (KJV)
Our Lord came so that we could have life
and have it more abundantly. What our Lord considers abundance is far from
what man thinks is an abundant life, a life only found in the realm of the
Spirit. Words which are spiritual and brought life and enlightenment to the
believers were spoken by our Lord, and He is still speaking to those that
have ears to hear, seeking to hear the spiritual meaning and intention of
the scriptures where this new life is found. There is a whole new realm of
unending joy and peace, enlightening the heart and bringing life to those
that find the true meaning of what our Lord is speaking to them about and
why He spoke the things He did. Have you found this life for yourself?
Here’s a hint, you won’t find it in the old law, but rather by hearing the
law of faith, one that will build you up and bring life to those that were
once dead spiritually.
2 Corinthians 3:6 Who also hath made us
able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit:
for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. (KJV)
In order for you to be an able minister
of our Lord you have to take the time to let the Lord minister unto you
personally. Those that are chosen by our Lord to speak and teach on His
behalf are those that are operating in the new life which is in the
spiritual realm, and not according to the old laws and rituals. Those that
hold to the literal meaning of the word of God miss the mark and kill the
true interpretation of the message of Christ. You won’t find life in a
graveyard or a morgue, nor will you find it in the letter of the old law
and its rituals. In fact our Lord said that He is a God of the living and
not the dead. So anyone that continues to hold onto the old law will not
find the life God intended for them. When one takes the time to rightly
divide the word of truth and hear God’s spiritual meaning of His word then
it quickens or gives life to their inward man, while our flesh and its way
of thinking darkens the true meaning
of the message. Many think they can please a spiritual God with carnal
ordinances and they fall short of what our Lord intended for His people.
Your ability to be an effective example of the believers, whether in word
or in deed, will only be accomplished as you learn to speak words that will
bring spiritual meaning and life to those around you. Out of your belly or
the heart should be a river of living waters pouring out and bringing life;
while many others are raining bitter waters of the letter of the law which
kills any new growth.
Romans 7:1-3 Know ye not, brethren, (for
I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a
man as long as he liveth? (2) For the woman which hath an husband is bound
by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead,
she is loosed from the law of her husband. (3) So then if, while her
husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an
adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that
she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man. (KJV)
Another way of describing the letter of
the law and its ordinances is like a woman with a husband, who is bound by
an oath and commitment to that husband as long as he is alive. Once that
husband has died, then she is released from that law and allowed to
remarry. The death of the husband released her from that old law so that
she could partake of a new life, making a commitment to a new man.
Romans 7:4-6 Wherefore, my brethren, ye
also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be
married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should
bring forth fruit unto God. (5) For when we were in the flesh, the motions
of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth
fruit unto death. (6) But now we are delivered from the law, that being
dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and
not in the oldness of the letter. (KJV)
When one becomes married they commit
their life to that person and the two now become one. Someday there will be
a culmination of the marriage between Christ and the Church. So for now
while we are on this earth we need to honor our commitment in Spirit and in
truth if we wish to be true worshippers of our Lord. If you desire to do
those things that are pleasing in the sight of our Lord then it can only be
accomplished by those that worship or reverence Him in Spirit, walking in
this realm and by the truth that sets us free to do so. The children of
Israel were delivered from a terrible bondage, only at times to doubt the
Lord and wish to return back to Egypt. In essence many Christians do the
same thing. They are delivered from the law only to return back to it to
find life, like looking for the living in a morgue. Why do people still
keep hanging onto things that held them back and kept them separated from
God rather than letting go so that they can walk in a newness of life? How
many times have you seen people that were stuck in a relationship or
situation with an overbearing person and your only thought is why don’t
they just leave? How it must hurt our Father to watch His people still in
bondage to dead things when He sent His Son and made a way of escape for
them. The Lord provided our deliverance, a path that is located in the
realm of the Spirit, and only those that hear His words of Spirit and life
will find that path and walk out of Egypt.
Romans 8:2-4 For the law of the Spirit of
life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. (3)
For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God
sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned
sin in the flesh: (4) That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled
in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. (KJV)
You have a clear path, a way of escape, a
new law that trumps the old one and brings life to those that find it. A
new law of faith is in Christ Jesus bringing a spiritual enlightenment so
that you can see God’s true intention for you personally, not what He required
for those under the old law. The flesh profits nothing and is no help in
our walk, so quit following that path and get on spiritual one that brings
life.
Romans 8:4-8 That the righteousness of
the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after
the Spirit. (5) For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the
flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. (6) For
to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and
peace. (7) Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not
subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. (8) So then they that are
in the flesh cannot please God. (KJV)
It’s a crime and a shame to see what God
provided for His people only to see them revert back to their old ways and
thinking. All the evidence is provided for each and every believer in
Christ, and it all points to the spiritual realm and not the fallen fleshly
one. Where are you walking today and what path are you following? Is it one
of escape or are you walking backwards toward a graveyard? There is a God
who is bringing His people words that are Spirit and that are life; a new
life in Christ which each and every believer should be partaking of on a
daily basis. Get out of the old and get into the new.
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