We’ve had several comments on last week’s message “Compartmentalization and the struggle over Identity”. So, our message this week is a little different. As you can see by the title it’s on the “Book of Hezekiah”. There is a lot of theology base on this book. We will be looking into several verses in this book. What can we learn this old testament book? Over the years I’ve talked to many people who quote from the verses in this book. Some even base their salvation, walk with God, and belief on the Bible in what they have been told and taught from Hezekiah. Can we find the fellowship of the mystery and revelation of Christ written within it’s pages as some believe? Are the things found in this book relevant to who we are in Christ? I think some of you might be surprised just how deep many believe in the doctrines from it’s verses!. There’s more to discuss on this matter. Let’s talk about it…
This week our message is on compartmentalization and it’s use in the struggle with identity – the place we refuse to go and the person we deny we’ve become. Why is that? Is it just desensitization to the person of Christ? No, but it is the source. Compartmentalization is the means by which many attempt to escape the struggle of true identity! Many of us have very deep rooted fears and beliefs. Far too many of us continually take on more information which usually just continues to support our deep rooted fears, ideas, and belief system. And, like most humans, we strive to keep the security of our beliefs within the comfort zone. After all, we dare not forsake or question anything we’ve been told or taught concerning our understanding of the person of Christ or the truth of the gospel. This is where compartmentalization with its cognitive dissonance enters, and the struggle with identity begins. The way to end this struggle is simple – just receive fresh revelation from the Holy Spirit. Sadly, that’s not usually possible, because we’re stuck in the past, with all of our same old fears and beliefs! We want what we have always believed to remain intact. Amen for the religion we proclaim that has made us free! Jesus was asked this question in the gospel of John.
“And [some] of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also? Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.” Jhn 9:40-41.
There is more to discuss on this matter. So, let’s talk about it….
Well, here we are celebrating Easter Sunday and April fools’ Day at the same time. WOW, what a day of great contrasts. A day of conformation. You see to some Easter and the resurrection of Jesus is foolish. So, those of us who believe He rose from the dead are celebrating April Fools’ every Easter. And, of course those who have embraced Jesus’ resurrection as real and true see those who do not believe as being April Fools’ every day! OK, moving on. We want to thank all of you who sent in questions for our Q&A these part two weeks of fellowship. We trust you received some clarity and understanding in those things you were seeking. Let me say this. Most of us have an incredibly difficult time trying to reconcile body & soul identity into Spirit & soul identity and living. This type of thinking will not and cannot work. In fact it will never work! I encourage you to STOP the insanity! You are not who you were before you received the Spirit or person of Christ. You have been birthed to be another person before God the Father. He is your true Father and Only Father.
The question then is; who are you to Him? Some might say, “a child of the King” or “”a child of God” some would even say “a new creation in Christ Jesus” or “a son of God”. Those words and statements might be true but none of them has the power to transform those who use them into “another person” as “the Son of God”. Why? Because all of those statements leave room for body & soul identity and living. The don’t acknowledge “Oneness” and the identity of another person a new creation. And, that beloved is the foundation of the ongoing struggle in this world! Sadly, I know many will not come to receive and know this liberating place in our Father. A place in Himself He has opened to all of us in these last days. A place to enter into a new and fresh part of Himself in which we cannot comprehended with our current theology and doctrine. A place where the faith of the Father and the faith of the Son are ONE! Where the image of Son and Father are ONE! I also know the spirit of fear will continue to cause many to stay in his illusion, deception, captivity and delusional thinking, beliefs, and doctrines of desensitization to the person of Christ. Maybe some of you reading this email are still hanging out trying to fix your box and suitcase identity. Still dealing with sins of the flesh. Trying to be obedient. Trying to please God (the one of the old testament). Maybe trying to be like Jesus. Which is the ongoing dilemma in the two person gospel of me and Jesus. That fits the correction of body-soul identity. Fear will cause us to fight the simplicity that is in Christ! The Father and you are one! Who are you to Him?
If no one else in the body of Christ or the church receives this but you, then you’ll be the only Son with an intimacy of love no one else has but you! Again, I would encourage you to let go of your past! Union must give way to Oneness and Oneness will yield its intimate fruit of identity as the Son of God! Many of you are stuck asking and looking for something and someone that you already posses. Again, STOP the insanity and let go of your past! No matter how precious or wonderful it appears. Today at this very moment it is your weakness to Sonship.
That brings me to our message for this Sunday in fellowship, “one blood all nations of men”. If you listen to men, every group has it’s own blood. Every ethic group and culture is trying to preserve it’s unique identity in their box. Is there just “one blood for all men”? What are they or even some of us who call ourselves Christians (I use this word sparingly) missing? There are some crazy things going on the wold today. Does everyone bleed the same? Is there a new blood covenant? Are we washed in the blood? Is everyone sustained and kept by the blood of Jesus? Is He still bleeding for humankind? Let’s talk about it….
This week in Sunday Fellowship we will be doing something different. A panel of several fellowship members, including me, will answer and discuss questions you have concerning the teachings and messages we’ve shared with you. So, please send your burning questions to this email ASAP, hopefully, by this Friday. No names will be use to identify your questions, unless you want your name mentioned. This is not to find out who is “right” or “wrong” about those things some might not understand. I am looking forward to this time of fellowship. It should be fun and different!
Thank you in advance for sending us your interesting and important (or even silly) questions! Let’s talk about it…
This week in Sunday Fellowship we will be doing something different. A panel of several fellowship members, including me, will answer and discuss questions you have concerning the teachings and messages we’ve shared with you. So, please send your burning questions to this email ASAP, hopefully, by this Friday. No names will be use to identify your questions, unless you want your name mentioned. This is not to find out who is “right” or “wrong” about those things some might not understand. I am looking forward to this time of fellowship. It should be fun and different!
Thank you in advance for sending us your interesting and important (or even silly) questions! Let’s talk about it…
Sonship is not a place or destination. It is Personhood. It is the end of our illusions and the beginning of our reality as the Son of God! This week in fellowship we will conclude the message from last Sunday on “The Greatest Exchange ever made known”. As I said last week this was the source of our “Great Exchange.” The Greatest made the Great possible. I will continue with the diagrams to explore this God idea. There is a depth in the Spirit to learn concerning this subject. I am trusting the Father to reveal something in Himself many of us might not have seen or known before. Let’s talk about it!
This week in fellowship one more message on “Exchange”. I received a text this week from our dear sister Rhonda about last week’s message. It very encouraging and inspiring. What came to me was the source of our “Great Exchange.” It was the Greatest Exchange Ever made Known! The Greatest made the Great possible. My intent is to use a diagram one more time to explore this God idea. There is a lot to learn concerning this subject. I am trusting the Father to reveal something of Himself many of us might not have seen or known. Let’s talk about it…
Identity reveals and tells us who we are to ourselves and to others. It is our “True” self-expression which flows out of a fixed and complete and absolute foundation. For us to know and understand who we are in Christ we must know and understand the “Great Exchange”! There are many cases of an “illusion of explanatory depth” when it comes to our identity in Christ. Why is that? Because many believers today are caught in the illusion of mistaken identity by receiving and placing their identity in husbands, wives, children, churches, (such as denominations, institutions, organizations, and buildings with many deep rooted on-going belief systems) having right-wing or left-wing earth-bound ideology. These are all outer identities according to flesh and blood logical thinking. By living in this type of thinking, we are deceived and held captive, and will never leave our mistaken or false identities. Sadly, desensitization to the person of Christ and the sensitization to our flesh and blood outer identities leave far too many never knowing and understanding the power of the “Great Exchange”!
We continue this week with who the Father is to each of of us who has ears to hear what the Spirit is saying! I often hear believers and avid church goers use the phrase, “I’m so glad I am free of religion”. Maybe you’ve uttered these sincere and meaningful words. It seems religion is something to be avoided! But what is religion? Can anyone be really “FREE” of it? If you listen closely to what many declare about religion, it is something others have and not them. Several years ago I was listening to a preacher of a large denominational church talk about another denomination as being religious. I smiled, because it sounded like the pot and kettle analogy. Why does it appear almost everyone wants nothing to do with religion? Yet they are no further from religion than when they first started. That being said, many who are declaring they are “FREE” of religion are held captive in the “illusion of explanatory depth”. I know that’s a pretty strong and bold statement. Let me ask you a question, as I conclude this email. Do you think, feel or believe everyone who calls themselves “Christian,” really is? Jesus answered this question in the Gospel of Mathew chapter 7. The answer to the question is “no” they are not. If the answer were “yes” then salvation would be subjective. Does everyone declaring to be “FREE” of religion mean they are? No! Their problem is simple – It’s Spiritual! Four factors many have failed to see with their eyes, hear with their ears, or comprehended with their minds. Let’s talk about it…..