THE JESUS GENE. THE RETURN OF THE ANCIENT DAYS WITH A SPLENDID GLORY. THE MOVE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THE LATER CHURCH. WRITTEN BY: OPALE FRANK. 1st EDITION. BY THE INSPIRATION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO: APOSTLE GRACE LUBEGA
The Scriptural references are from the Amplified Bible and also the King James Version. INTRODUCTION TO THIS BOOK. This is a Christian Book which opens our eyes to the Truth of what God is communicating to not only this generation but also to the Church of Jesus Christ which has chosen to believe Him and His Word [which is True and Spirit filled]. It helps us to look beyond what we see with the physical eye to what the physical cannot describe. DANIEL 12:3 says “And the teachers and those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the firmament, and those who turn many to righteousness (to uprightness and right standing with God) [shall give forth light] like the stars forever and ever.” God while speaking of them who turn many to righteousness was speaking of these times of the New Testament when indeed Salvation shall
be preached for the redemption of men and for their righteousness which is of faith in Christ Jesus giving them [all men] an assurance of eternal life. JAMES 5:19-20 says “My dear friends, if you know people who have wandered off from God`s truth, don`t write them off. Go after them. Get them back and you will have rescued precious lives from destruction and prevented an epidemic of wandering from God.” This means that responsibility is laid upon each and every believer in Jesus Christ to minister Salvation to the men of the world and to the saints who have wandered off from God`s Truth. It opens us to more than the words written in can utter; to what the Spirit of God will be ministering to you as read it.
This is one of the privileged times to live-in in human history. When looking at the past, from where things revolved to the present, we realize that all the history of mankind has been about the Church of Christ. It is one thing for the worldly times to be categorized in “BC and AD” meaning “Before the birth of Christ and After the death of Christ”. Looking at the history of the Church of Jesus Christ, particularly the Early Church, these men and women lived the Life which is of God as it was no more about them but God alone. Let’s consider where it all began from. In the book of LUKE 24:48-49, the Bible says, “You are witnesses of these things. And behold, I will send forth upon you what My Father has promised; but remain in the city [Jerusalem] until you are clothed with power from on high.” We clearly see from the words of Jesus Christ, that indeed the disciples had indeed witnessed
all about Him, and could narrate the beginning and the journey they have walked with Jesus Christ, however to Jesus Christ, this was not all He purposed for the New Testament Church. That is why much as they had the witness of Him, He instructed them to remain [tarry, wait on Him] in Jerusalem until they receive the power from on high [Holy Spirit] as promised by God. Remember, it has never been spoken of that the disciples of Jesus Christ healed anyone before the reception of the Holy Spirit, however in LUKE 10:1 the Bible says “NOW AFTER this the Lord chose and appointed seventy others and sent them out ahead of Him, two by two, into every town and place where He Himself was about to come (visit). Verse 17, The seventy returned with joy, saying Lord, even demons are subject to us in Your name!” In MARK 9:38 the Bible says “John said to Him, Teacher, we saw a man who does not
follow along with us driving out demons in Your name, and we forbade him to do it, because he is not one of our band [of Your disciples].” The Bible here reveals to us demons bow in reverence to the name of Jesus Christ. It should be noted this was the first of its kind in history. Let’s take a close look at the Old Testament times, it is true that the devil is revealed to us in two ways in the Old Testament; 1. In the Garden of Eden GENESIS 3:1 “NOW THE serpent was more subtle and crafty than any living creature of the field which the Lord God had made. And he [Satan] said to the woman, Can it really be that God has said, You shall not eat from every tree of the garden?” and 2. Lucifer [the fallen angel] ISAIAH 14:12 “How have you fallen from heaven, O light-bringer and daystar, Son of the morning! How you have been cut down to the ground, you who weakened and laid low the
nations [O blasphemous, satanic king of Babylon].” Remember even before the creation of the Heaven and Earth, the Glory and Majesty of God existed, the angels also existed worshipping Him, however in GENESIS 1:26 “God said, Let Us [Father, Son, and Holy Spirit] make mankind in Our image, after Our likeness, and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the [tame] beasts, and over all of the earth, and over everything that creeps upon the earth.” We see that the reason for making man in God`s likeness is for authority, that means that man ranked high next to God. Although we know that there existed hierarchies among the angels and that`s why there was a rank of an archangel [A chief angel], there was a great threat posed to Lucifer an archangel from what this mankind would be like with time from the authority vested upon him [her], that is why in ISAIAH
14:13 Lucifer said in the heart “I will ascend to heaven; I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will sit upon the mount of assembly in the uttermost north.” We see from this portion of Scripture that the authority which was vested upon man elevated his rank even above the archangels which means man was also to be accorded worship, this is why they are later on referred in HEBREWS 1:14 as ministering spirits of those who are to inherit salvation. We therefore see that to this archangel, it thought that since it came to service early, it should be given authority which was accorded to man. This Jesus made reference too in MATTHEW 20:1-16, of a worker who grumbled at the master having been given the same wage with the person who was hired last. This shows God had referred to man “the stars” even before He revealed it to Abraham [GENESIS 22:17], therefore the devil pursued this evil plan as
revealed to us in ISAIAH 14:13-14, it should be noted that there was no way the devil could reach to God before reaching out to man. ISAIAH 14:13-14 says “And you said in your heart, I will ascend to heaven; I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will sit upon the mount of assembly in the uttermost north. I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.” This Scripture reveals to us the existence of heights at this point in time that is why the devil sought firstly to exalt its throne above the one of man, then later ascend further to the heights to further exalt its throne to heights like that of God. It also shows us that the reason to as to why God is the Most High, is because He exceeds the heights, that means He stands on His own Rank, as He is the King of Kings, it is Him alone and no other or none equal to Him.
The plan of the devil was therefore accomplished at the Garden of Eden from where existed a serpent which in itself was more subtle and crafty than any living creature of the field [GENESIS 3:1], THAT means that it was a living creature made genius by God, which the devil [the archangel] used as an opportunity to accomplish its evil plans against mankind hence in GENESIS 3, the fall of both mankind and the devil, as for man was punished and the devil cursed. The results of all this was that both man and the serpent fell from their positions of appointment by God. Adam and Eve were driven out of the Garden of Eden, whereas the devil [Lucifer, fallen angels] were thrown from Heaven. Both lost their places. In GENESIS 3:14-15 says “And the Lord God said to the serpent, Because you have done this, you are cursed above all [domestic] animals and above every [wild] living thing of the field;
upon your belly you shall go, and you shall eat dust [and what it contains] all the days of your life. And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her Offspring; He will bruise and tread your head underfoot, and you will lie in wait and bruise His heel.” This curse was more of spiritual than physical, because we see that after curse of the serpent physically [among the domestic and wild animals] because it accepted to be used by the devil, it transcended to the spiritual, where the devil and woman [mother of all the living], the devil`s offspring and woman`s Offspring. This means as we know that God is the creator of all Living things, however He bestowed the power of creation [of human race] upon woman, and as we know that Living things reproduce things of their own kind [1 CORINTHIANS 11:12 For as woman was made from man, even so man is also born of
woman; and all [whether male or female go forth] from God [as their Author]]. However to the devil, it has no power to reproduce, as it just entered [possessed] what it liked, that means that the devil had to lie in wait for the Offspring of woman, Which Offspring spoken of by God was Jesus Christ, as He was born of woman [Mary], and at the cross bruised, trod and crushed the devil once and for all. Therefore in the whole of the Old Testament the devil was revealed as a tormentor, 1 SAMUEL 16:15 says “Saul`s servants said to him, Behold, an evil spirit from God torments you.” This means that the devil was restless time after time as it had to oppress anyone it thought to be the Offspring spoken of that day by God at the Garden of Eden. It should be noted that man fell immediately after eating from the tree of knowledge of good and evil that means that even before the pronouncements of
punishments upon them [Adam and Eve], they were already fallen. Therefore, to man because he had fallen before knowing his position and authority accorded to him by God before the fall, he therefore had to regard the devil supreme to him just because the devil took advantage of the ignorance in man, and the knowledge it [devil] possessed, without which [knowledge] man and woman lived in perpetual fear of the devil, therefore throughout the Old Testament man lived in compromise of the devil, that is why even to Saul`s servants spoke of the devil to be [as] one from God [1 SAMUEL 16:15], which is false as we all know that the devil was cast from the presence of God. And that is why in the story of Job in JOB 1:6 the Bible says “Now there was a day when the sons (the angels) of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan (the adversary and accuser) also came among
them.” We see that Satan was not part of the sons of God, but also came as part of them, this further shows us that Satan was alienated from what it was once part of. Therefore because man in the Old Testament could not in one way or another redeem himself from the devil, he chose to consider it as a long lasting problem which came to stay, as we know a weak man holds no authority over a stronger one. Because the devil continued to lie in wait, we saw a great number of God`s people die and lose life in the devil`s guess work of Who, Where, When, and What the Offspring would look like, as we see that very many nations were stirred up by the devil against Israel, they went into captivity, they went into slavery and lived a life of bondage after bondage, in the times of Moses` birth many young babies were innocently killed, even in the times of Jesus` birth many children lost their lives, And this I
believe was the bruising of His heel, because we know that the devil could not do anything to Jesus Christ, that is why in most cases they trembled, and waited for instructions such as “and He allowed them to go to the swine as they requested LUKE 8:32, in JOHN 1:5 darkness has never overpowered the Light. Thereafter when Jesus walks the face of this earth He tells us in LUKE 4:18-19 “The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon Me, because He has anointed Me [the Anointed One, the Messiah] to preach the good news (the Gospel) to the poor; He has sent Me to announce release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to send forth as delivered those who are oppressed [who are downtrodden, bruised, crushed, and broken down by calamity], To proclaim the accepted and acceptable year of the Lord [the day when salvation and free favors of God profusely abound.]” We see that the Scripture
reveals to us that to the Spirit of God, the preaching of the Gospel was of more importance than the release of the captives from bondage. Why? Because it was possible for them to be released from captivity but still hold the same mentality of bondage. Therefore we see the preaching of the gospel was far beyond the release of the captives [man], to their salvation [The redemption of man from the bondage of sin and liability to eternal death, and the conferring on him of everlasting happiness [eternal life]]. We also see that in one way or another the preaching of the Gospel [TRUTH] sets men free as it has its own inherent power, as 1 THESSALONIANS 1:5 says “For our [preaching of the] glad tidings (the Gospel) came to you not only in word, but also in [its own inherent] power and in the Holy Spirit and with great conviction and absolute certainty [on our part]. You know what kind of
men we proved [ourselves] to be among you for your good.” We therefore saw in the Scriptures demons which had entered into various people scream when they confronted Jesus Christ, as we know that the devil had continued as usual to torment people [man] until when Jesus Christ [the Offspring spoken of by God] came, the distinction with Jesus Christ from man is that Jesus Christ knew who He was, and yet man although fallen, if he had only known who he was would not have accepted to be enslaved by the devil, as even though both of them fell, he [was] higher than the devil in ranking and so even on earth would be the same [what is done in heaven is done on earth]. That is why with the knowledge that was in Jesus Christ He never at any time fell for the devil`s temptations [whims], HEBREWS 4:15 says “He has been tempted in every respect as we are, yet without sinning.” By the devil screaming out of people,
it meant that it finally met One above it, however this was not enough until it was finally crushed at the cross. It should not be regrettable that the great men and women of God in the Old Testament walked in a great power of God doing mighty things however none was able to cast out a demon, however thanks be to God Who through Jesus Christ crushed the devil once and for all at the cross. What did this mean to man, we now see that the coming of Jesus Christ was not only for the deliverance of man from the devil, but also for His salvation through the preaching of the gospel, Paul in ROMANS 1:16 says “For I am not ashamed of the Gospel (good news) of Christ, for it is God`s power working unto salvation [for deliverance from eternal death] to everyone who believes with a personal trust and a confident surrender and firm reliance, to the Jew first and also to the Greek,” we see that this
salvation meant the restoration of mankind to his first place from where he fell, however this time round not with the corruptible body but with an incorruptible one as 2 CORINTHIANS 5:21 says “For our sake He made Christ [virtually] to be sin Who knew no sin, so that in and through Him we might become [endued with, viewed as being in, and examples of] the righteousness of God [what we ought to be, approved and acceptable and in right relationship with Him, by His goodness].” That means by this restoration came authority upon man [us who believe, the Spirit man] as the Bible in MARK 16:17-20 says “And these attesting signs will accompany those who believe: in My name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new languages; They will pick up serpents; and [even] if they drink anything deadly, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they
will get well. So then the Lord Jesus, after He had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and He sat down at the right hand of God. And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord kept working with them and confirming the message by the attesting signs and miracles that closely accompanied [it]. Amen. (so be it).” This is the authority resident in us who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, that no more do we need the authority, for we have the authority in us, therefore the manifestations of the power of God must always be evident everywhere we are. Going back to the point of reference in the first paragraph, the disciples of Jesus Christ were normal men until they received the Holy Spirit in them. ACTS 2:1-21 says “AND WHEN the day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all assembled together in one place, When suddenly there came a sound from heaven like
the rushing of a violent tempest blast, and it filled the whole house in which they were sitting. And there appeared to them tongues resembling fire, which were separated and distributed and which settled on each one of them. And they were all filled (diffused throughout their souls) with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other (different, foreign) languages (tongues), as the Spirit kept giving them clear and loud expression [in each tongue in appropriate words.] Now there were then residing in Jerusalem Jews, devout and Godfearing men from every country under heaven. And when this sound was heard, the multitude came together and they were astonished and bewildered, because each one heard them [the apostles] speaking in his own [particular] dialect. And they were beside themselves with amazement, saying, Are not all these who are talking Galileans? Then how is it that we hear,
each of us, in our own (particular) dialect to which we were born? Parthians and Medes and Elamites and inhabitants of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and [the province of] Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and the transient residents from Rome, both Jews and the proselytes [to Judaism from other religions], Cretans and Arabians too--we all hear them speaking in our own native tongues [and telling of] the mighty works of God! And all were beside themselves with amazement and were puzzled and bewildered, saying one to another, What can this mean? But others made a joke of it and derisively said, They are simply drunk and full of sweet [intoxicating] wine. But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them; You Jews and all residents of Jerusalem, let this be [explained] to you so that you will know and understand; listen
closely to what I have to say. For these men are not drunk, as you imagine, for it is [only] the third hour (about 9:00 a.m.) of the day; But [instead] this is [the beginning of] what was spoken through the prophet Joel; And it shall come to pass in the last days, God declares, that I will pour out of My Spirit upon all mankind, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy [telling forth the divine counsels] and your young men shall see visions (divinely granted appearances), and your old men shall dream [divinely suggested] dreams. Yes, and on My menservants also and on My maidservants in those days I will pour out of My Spirit, and they shall prophesy [telling forth the divine counsels and predicting future events pertaining especially to God`s kingdom]. And I will show wonders in the sky above and signs on the earth beneath, blood and fire and smoking vapor; The sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon
into blood before the obvious day of the Lord comes--that great and notable and conspicuous and renowned [day]. And it shall be that whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord [invoking, adoring, and worshiping the Lord-Christ] shall be saved.” From the above Scripture we see a great distinction from the former disciples [Scholar, pupils, learners, followers, adherents, and supporters] of Jesus Christ after they were endued with the Person of the Holy Spirit, Now they became Apostles [Unction Preachers and Messengers] of the Gospel, not as those eloquent, articulate, persuasive, impressive, and fanatical but as they working by the power of the Holy Spirit as we see that the Holy Spirit has power and not only that, it has no bounds or limitations, that is why all men from all nations, tribes and languages could be communicated to and indeed understand what is being communicated by
God. That is why at first, the disciples of Jesus Christ only intended to preach to the Jews and Greeks in the first place, which was not the plan of God, as we see His plan in JOHN 3:16 to be a universal plan, that is why they had to tarry in Jerusalem in wait for the Holy Spirit much as they were already hungry to minister Jesus Christ across the boundaries, we see that this Same Holy Spirit directs our speech [for He gives us utterance], Glory to God. We see Peter [a former fisher man, one with no education advantage ACTS 4:13] speak filled with the Spirit saying that it was just the beginning of what was spoken by God`s prophet Joel [JOEL 2:28] the days when God declared that He shall pour out His Spirit upon all mankind, and sons and daughters shall prophesy, young men see visions, old men dreams, His men and maid servants prophesy predicting future events pertaining especially to His kingdom. From this
we see that God is intentional concerning His kingdom, as we see Him willing to use mightily everyone who believes in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior, this what the Scripture talks about in HEBREWS 8:11 “And it will nevermore be necessary for each one to teach his neighbor and his fellow citizen or each one his brother, saying, Know (perceive, have knowledge of, and get acquainted by experience with) the Lord, for all will know Me, from the smallest to the greatest of them.” We see that all spirit in this mortal body will all by experience know God, and as we know that experience is personal, in that you and I and everyone shall have this experience of the Holy Spirit by not only residing in us but also working through for the glorification of God. The Bible in 1 CORINTHIANS 2:9-10 says “But, on the contrary, as the Scripture says, What eye has not seen and ear has not heard
and has not entered into the heart of man, [all that] God has prepared (made and keeps ready) for those who love Him [who hold Him in affectionate reverence, promptly obeying Him and gratefully recognizing the benefits He has bestowed]. Yet to us God has unveiled and revealed them by and through His Spirit, for the [Holy] Spirit searches diligently, exploring and examining everything, even sounding the profound and bottomless things of God [the divine counsels and things hidden and beyond man`s scrutiny]. We see that from this portion that there are things which no eye has ever seen, ear never heard and never entered into any heart of man God has prepared for those who love Him, and yet by the Spirit of God we have already been revealed to these things by the Holy Spirit, as to others it is just prepared for. What does this mean, it means that there are benefits which are granted us by the Holy
Spirit, as one of them is the freedom of access to even the profound and bottomless things of God [the divine counsels and things hidden and beyond man`s scrutiny], second is that the Spirit of God puts us ahead of time and this is the reason to as to why dreams, visions and prophesies are given us through the Holy Spirit. We also see that the revelations of the Spirit are always new or fresh, not as the man of Ecclesiastes says in ECCLESISTES 1:9 “The thing that has been--it is what will be again; and that which has been done is that which will be done again; and there is nothing new under the sun.” as to us we sound new things by the Spirit, which things need not a carnal man`s approval and that is why the writer of JOHN 3:8 says “The wind blows (breathes) where it wills; and though you hear its sound, yet you neither know where it comes from nor where it is going. So it is with everyone who is born of
the Spirit.” To everyone born of the Spirit of God, the world cannot understand them [you] and that is why in ACTS 2:9-11 all religions could unite and meet together because they understood themselves, but when the Holy Ghost fell upon the Apostles, they could not understand them although they [Apostles] spoke a language familiar to them, they had to call them drunk. In 1 CORINTHIANS 2:24 the Bible says “But the natural, nonspiritual man does not accept or welcome or admit into his heart the gifts and teachings and revelations of the Spirit of God, for they are folly (meaningless nonsense) to him; and he is incapable of knowing them [of progressively recognizing, understanding, and becoming better acquainted with them] because they are spiritually discerned and estimated and appreciated.” This means that the carnal man [non-born again] can never comprehend the
things of the Spirit as it is only those born of the Spirit of God who can understand Him, although the carnal man can only attest to a few manifestations of the Spirit of God which is just for their sake, such as they always hear a sound [just that] and yet God wills them too to come to the knowledge of TRUTH in His begotten Son Jesus Christ, that is why even these religious people heard a sound of the Holy Spirit which later a number of three thousand [3000] souls were saved from eternal damnation. We see that for the sake of us who have believed in Jesus Christ walking in the power of the Holy Spirit, God is willing to show wonders in the sky above and signs on earth beneath, blood and fire and smoking vapor; turning the sun into darkness and the moon into blood before the obvious day of the Lord comes--that great and notable and conspicuous and renowned [day]. What does
this mean, it means that the Spirit of God is willing and can provoke God to reveal not only signs of the end but also the atmosphere of the end [sun darkening and moon turning into blood] itself just for our sake, this means that God is willing to do anything for a Believer walking in His Spirit, ROMANS 5:8-11 says “But God shows and clearly proves His [own] love for us by the fact that while we were still sinners, Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One) died for us. Therefore, since we are now justified (acquitted, made righteous, and brought into right relationship with God) by Christ`s blood, how much more [certain is it that] we shall be saved by Him from the indignation and wrath of God. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, it is much more [certain], now that we are reconciled, that we shall be saved (daily delivered from sin`s
dominion) through His [resurrection] life. Not only so, but we also rejoice and exultingly glory in God [in His love and perfection] through our Lord Jesus Christ, through Whom we have now received and enjoy [our] reconciliation.” Here we see while we were sinners God offered Jesus Christ His only begotten Son, how much more now when we righteous will He give us anything, that is why He gave us all things, yet Paul even in that liberty in 1 CORINTHIANS 9:15-19 says “But I have not made use of any of these privileges, nor am I writing this [to suggest] that any such provision be made for me [now]. For it would be better for me to die than to have anyone make void and deprive me of my [ground for] glorifying [in this matter]. For if I [merely] preach the Gospel, that gives me no reason to boast, for I feel compelled of necessity to do it. Woe is me if I do not preach the glad tidings
(the Gospel)! For if I do this work of my own free will, then I have my pay (reward); but if it is not of my own will, but is done reluctantly and under compulsion, I am [still] entrusted with a [sacred] trusteeship and commission. What then is the [actual] reward that I get? Just this: that in my preaching the good news (the Gospel), I may offer it [absolutely] free of expense [to anybody], not taking advantage of my rights and privileges [as a preacher] of the Gospel. For although I am free in every way from anyone`s control, I have made myself a bond servant to everyone, so that I might gain the more [for Christ].” We see that Paul a bondservant of God filled with the Holy Spirit, applies wisdom to know that even in his Liberties he pursues expediency. Even to this generation where the Spirit of God shall be felt like never before, we believe to see the freedom in the Gospel preached even to the preachers, as
these are the times when those with infirmities [disease, ail, illness, sickness, indisposition, malady, distemper, disorder, complaint, weakness] shall be looked for, for the manifestation of their healing, when we shall declare a word and it shall be [most especially pertaining the kingdom of God], these are the times that the whole world must be born again and it is so. Glory to God. Times when everyone is anointed and none carries the mentality of “a few notable men of God having results” as everyone shall and must have the experience of God`s hand and Spirit at work, as the Bible testifies in ROMANS 9:25-26 saying “Just as He says in Hosea, Those who were not My people I will call My people, and her who was not beloved [I will call] My beloved. And it shall be that in the very place where it was said to them, You are not My people, they shall
be called sons of the living God.” What a glory to the Church of Jesus Christ. The Question at hand remains: “But what was the mystery in the Garden of Eden that made the devil wroth at man the way it did to the extent of risking loss its position?” let us consider it once again. GENESIS 3:1-3 says “NOW THE serpent was more subtle and crafty than any living creature of the field which the Lord God had made. And he [Satan] said to the woman, Can it really be that God has said, You shall not eat from every tree of the garden? And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat the fruit from the trees of the garden, Except the fruit from the tree which is in the middle of the garden. God has said, You shall not eat of it, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.” We see from the text above that Satan was questioning the TRUTH of God. The word “really” could mean the “the actual existence”. The Greek
word to mean really is [GNESIOS] which means Legitimate (of birth), that is, genuine: - own, sincerity, true. What does this mean to us, satan, knew that once the Personality of God is put in question, then even the instructions therein will be neglected. This goes beyond the saying that God is Omnipotent, Omniscient and Omnipresent, to a situation where one deliberately chooses the way of the devil [doubting God]. At this event there was an exchange of Truth for falsity [lies or deception]. We see that originally Adam and Eve had Personality of God in them as Truth was resident in them, this is why Eve indeed truly declared what God had told them and did not in any way deceive satan, as they did not know lies. Thereafter the devil took of this truth in exchange of deception to both Adam and Eve questioning the Truth [existence] of God and this why for the first time when none had taught
them how to lie, [as the devil did not instruct them on what to tell God] they had to deceive God. As we know that God had only opened Adam and Eve to all what was good, therefore the devil wanted to open them to the realities it [satan] had opened up also which are “EVIL AND CALAMITY” as revealed to us in GENESIS 3:5, after this questioning of the Personality of God, we see that immediately Eve`s eyes were opened to world of deception Verse 6 says “And when the woman saw the tree was good (suitable, pleasant) for food and that it was delightful to look at, and a tree to be desired in order to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she gave some also to her husband, and he ate.” Verse 13 says “And the Lord God said to the woman, what is this you have done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled (cheated, outwitted, and deceived) me, and I ate.” The world of deception is one in
which everything false is received as truth and everything true received as false. It also means a world in which everything evil is considered good and everything good is considered as evil. It also means a world in which calamity is considered as blessing and blessing as calamity. The word world in Hebrew means [Cheled] meaning “life (as fleeting portion of time), age, short time. This means that the world is a land that is time bound as well as a place full of options. As we see that Adam firstly was revealed to an atmosphere without options, however the devil opened him to another world also. This means that although this world is under a timing [beginning and end], it is also governed by options for example life and death, light and darkness and many others. We see that when Adam fell [from truth], they indeed dwelt in the world of deception [darkness]. That is why in the whole Old Testament and even in
the New Testament men still doubted the existence of God [Jesus Christ], look at the Israelites, even after the Great deliverance from bondage to the Promised Land still doubted and questioned God, just because of the seed that was deposited by satan in them that day in Eden. Therefore we see in JOHN 14:6 the Bible says “Jesus said to him, I am the Way and the Truth and the Life; no one comes to the Father except by (through) Me.” The devil`s questioning of God`s Personality was about this TRUTH “Jesus Christ the Son of God” hence the devil stirred up within Adam and Eve doubt of this Person of God concerning the Legitimacy of Jesus Christ as the only begotten Son, and this is how the both Adam and Eve fell into the deceived [corrupted] world. And when Jesus comes and walks the face of this earth He preached the Word of God, as He often said that He came to do the will of the
Father and not His own will [JOHN 5:30]. He reveals to us JOHN 6:63 “It is the Spirit Who gives life [He is the Life-giver]; the flesh conveys no benefit whatever [there is no profit in it]. The words (truths) that I have been speaking to you are spirit and life.” From this point we see that there is another realm that Jesus Christ opened up to man and this is the one of the Spirit. This Spirit is a Person of God, just as Jesus Christ is a Person of God. He tells us of this Spirit being a Life-giver, in other portions of Scripture He is called the Spirit of Truth. JOHN 14:17 says “The Spirit of Truth, Whom the world cannot receive (welcome, take to its heart), because it does not see Him or know and recognize Him. But you know and recognize Him, for He lives with you [constantly] and will be in you.” We see Jesus Christ clearly speak of this Person that the world cannot receive Him, for it does not see or
know and recognize Him. This means that before the face of the world, Jesus Christ and the Person of the Holy Spirit are like a fallacy to it, and yet He is the TRUTH spoken of before ages, as ISAIAH 42:1 says “BEHOLD MY Servant, Whom I uphold, My elect in Whom My soul delights! I have put My Spirit upon Him; He will bring forth justice and right and reveal truth to the nations.” The Bible says that this TRUTH [Jesus Christ] is resident in us forever. What does this mean to the Church of Christ? It means that the Spirit of Truth which we have received, and is resident in us will always make us enemies to the world, as this why when we got born again even our citizenship changed [s], PHILIPPIANS 3:20 says “But we are citizens of the state (commonwealth, homeland) which is in heaven, and from it also earnestly and patiently await [the coming of] the Lord Jesus Christ (the
Messiah) [as] Savior.” Hallelujah, that means we no longer live in the timings of this world, we have no option but God alone. We have been found by TRUTH, He pursued us found us and indeed called us His own. JOHN 9:39 says “Then Jesus said, I came into this world for judgment [as a Separator, in order that there may be separation between those who believe on Me and those who reject Me], to make the sightless see and to make those who see become blind.” This means that we are distinct and separate from the people of this world although we seem to live in the same world with them. Therefore the question why is it that when we receive [d] this salvation, of what good is it for us again to stay in this world? The answer is to preach to others of the goodness of God for their salvation too, to them that believe. In JOHN 17:20 Jesus prays even for them who would come to believe in Him through the word
and teaching of them that have believed as in JOHN 17:3 says “And this is eternal life: [it means] to know (to perceive, recognize, become acquainted with, and understand) You, the only true and real God, and [likewise] to know Him, Jesus [as the] Christ (the Anointed One, the Messiah), Whom You have sent.” We see that much as Jesus came to cause separation, time after time men of this world come to believe in Him for their salvation as by experience they come to see and realize the necessity of Jesus Christ in their lives. However this does not exempt the preachers of truth from persecution from them that are of their father the devil. The Bible in the GALATIANS 4:2129 gives us an account of two sons born by Abraham, one after the flesh and another born after the Spirit [Perfect will of God], one representing the Law which was given at Mount Sinai [Agar] in Arabia depicting
bondage, and that which is of the faith--the free son of the promise. We see that both of them are tagged with the name Jerusalem, however we see that the earthly Jerusalem is in bondage, however to us we are of the heavenly Jerusalem which is free. It is true that the bound son indeed persecuted the free son and the Bible tells us, cast away the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman. We see that this is a serious issue, a matter of great concern. GENESIS 21:14-20 says “So Abraham rose early in the morning and took bread and a bottle of water and gave them to Hagar, putting them on her shoulders, and he sent her and the youth away. And she wandered on [aimlessly] and lost her way in the wilderness of Beersheba. When the water in the bottle was all gone, Hagar caused the youth to lie down under one of the shrubs. Then she went and sat down
opposite him a good way off, about a bowshot, for she said, Let me not see the death of the lad. And as she sat down opposite him, he lifted up his voice and wept and she raised her voice and wept. And God heard the voice of the youth, and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven and said to her, What troubles you, Hagar? Fear not, for God has heard the voice of the youth where he is. Arise, raise up the youth and support him with your hand, for I intend to make him a great nation. Then God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water, and she went and filled the [empty] bottle with water and caused the youth to drink. And God was with the youth and he developed, and he dwelt in the wilderness and became an archer.” From the above portion of Scripture we see that indeed as it is written, the son of the bondwoman was castaway, however this did not exempt God from taking care of that son, and therein He
promised to make him [bound son] a great nation, and yet we know of only one great nation spoken of in Scripture and this is the nation of Faith in Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. That means that God would also save this seed born of flesh. Later on in the New Testament we see in JOHN 3:16 say “For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten (unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life.” This a great nation spoken by God that day with Hagar, her son was also given access to this Promise. We also see that it took the free Son [Christ from the heavenly Jerusalem] to come and redeem the bound son, by showing him [them] the Way [Himself—the author of Freedom]. This is why the Jews were shocked by the working of the
Holy Spirit even to the Gentiles, ACTS 10:2546 says “As Peter arrived, Cornelius met him, and falling down at his feet he made obeisance and paid worshipful reverence to him. But Peter raised him up, saying, Get up; I myself am also a man. And as [Peter] spoke with him, he entered the house and found a large group of persons assembled; and he said to them, You yourselves are aware how it is not lawful or permissible for a Jew to keep company with or to visit or [even] to come near or to speak first to anyone of another nationality, but God has shown and taught me by words that I should not call any human being common or unhallowed or [ceremonially] unclean. Therefore when I was sent for, I came without hesitation or objection or misgivings. So now I ask for what reason you sent for me. And Cornelius said, This is now the fourth day since about this time I was observing the ninth hour (three o`clock in
the afternoon) of prayer in my lodging place; [suddenly] a man stood before me in dazzling apparel, And he said, Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and harkened to, and your donations to the poor have been known and preserved before God [so that He heeds and is about to help you]. Send therefore to Joppa and ask for Simon who is surnamed Peter; he is staying in the house of Simon the tanner by the seaside. So at once I sent for you, and you [being a Jew] have done a kind and courteous and handsome thing in coming. Now then, we are all present in the sight of God to listen to all that you have been instructed by the Lord to say. And Peter opened his mouth and said: Most certainly and thoroughly I now perceive and understand that God shows no partiality and is no respecter of persons, But in every nation he who venerates and has a reverential fear for God, treating Him with worshipful
obedience and living uprightly, is acceptable to Him and sure of being received and welcomed [by Him]. You know the contents of the message which He sent to Israel, announcing the good news (Gospel) of peace by Jesus Christ, Who is Lord of all--The [same] message which was proclaimed throughout all Judea, starting from Galilee after the baptism preached by John--How God anointed and consecrated Jesus of Nazareth with the [Holy] Spirit and with strength and ability and power; how He went about doing good and, in particular, curing all who were harassed and oppressed by [the power of] the devil, for God was with Him. And we are [eye and ear] witnesses of everything that He did both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem. And [yet] they put Him out of the way by hanging Him on a tree; But God raised Him to be manifest (to be plainly seen), But God raised Him to life on the third
day and caused Him to be manifest (to be plainly seen), Not by all the people but to us who were chosen (designated) beforehand by God as witnesses, who ate and drank with Him after He arose from the dead. And He charged us to preach to the people and to bear solemn testimony that He is the God-appointed and God-ordained Judge of the living and the dead. To Him all the prophets testify (bear witness) that everyone who believes in Him [who adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Him, giving himself up to Him] receives forgiveness of sins through His name. While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all who were listening to the message. And the believers from among the circumcised [the Jews] who came with Peter were surprised and amazed, because the free gift of the Holy Spirit had been bestowed and poured out largely even to the Gentiles. For they heard them talking in
[unknown] tongues (languages) and extolling and magnifying God…” We now see it truly come to pass that everyone in the world irrespective of anything that seems to form difference can be saved through the preaching of the Gospel of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for firstly their forgiveness of sins and also reconciliation to the Family of Faith--the heavenly Jerusalem. This also means that a great and effectual door has been opened up by Jesus Christ for all who believe in Him for their salvation. Still speaking of the bound son, ROMANS 10:20 says “Then Isaiah is so bold as to say, I have been found by those who did not seek Me; I have shown (revealed) Myself to those who did not [consciously] ask for Me”. ROMANS 11:17 stills speaks of this people saying “But if some of the branches were broken off, while you, a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among them to share the richness [of
the root and sap] of the olive tree.” This could look too simple however to serious, imagine with me how people live in this world [which is time bound] make destructive choices which costs them more than even what they could ever give or offer, to the perishing of their souls. One man once said that when one commits an offence [breaking these earthly laws], they are indeed imprisoned and thereafter serving their sentence “seem to be forgiven” and yet even the ones who convince him or her that they are now free and forgiven also have to give an account before God. What I am seeking to say is that reformation of people can only be found in Jesus Christ, and not in systems built by men. The Bible says in JOHN 8:36 “So if the Son liberates you [makes you free men], then you are really and unquestionably free.” Indeed this is the same freedom Jesus pronounced even to the Gentiles. We also note that men have gone
further to establish religions, structures and systems that seek to prove men unworthy to reach out to God, and that they are to be communicated too as mediators between God and them [the ignorant people]. This is not true, if we profess Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior we need to give ourselves to Him alone, what I am seeking to say here is not the issue of submission [for submission is Spiritual], but on the issues where men in religion have bound people just like the devil did, as all religion is one and the same; for they know the Truth [that Jesus Christ is Lord] but deliberately choose to destroy people with false doctrines. Imagine with me, how someone [flesh and blood] can tell another that their sins are forgiven them by virtue of them pronouncing it [sins] to them. The times are changing and have changed, men`s eyes will and have opened like never before, as they shall individually seek God
and read the Scriptures themselves. As we know that Religion cannot demonstrate even an inch of God`s power yet luring people that they serve God yet instead starving them to death without even the understanding of the Scriptures. Change is come when these places shall be depopulated like never before. Dr. TL. Osborn once said “religion will pound us on the heads from now till doom`s day, religion came to play and pray on people, when God wanted to build a bridge to get back [reconcile] with the people, religion jumped in and said, we will be the voice--we will organize, we will ordain, we will send up the big ones, and they will speak with authority, and they will bring down the boom, and they will threaten and scare the people and they will make them pay, and we will get richer for them, and we will tell them we are the connection.
Religion says “God” is not available, you have to come through us [religion], you have to pay us, bring the offering to us, give us the money and we will handle it, we will tweet for you to “God” meanwhile, you are unholy and not good, keep it cool baby or “God” will curb you.” TL. Osborn says that he has preached to all major religions but all have one thing in common—“keep “God” big and unapproachable and people worthless and down” and yet we know God is precious, good, and wonderful, and loving, and kind, and helping, and life giving, and up lifting and His is not mad at the world, He made us, we are His idea, He just wants to come to people but religion blocks the way.” This is the reason why religion will always seek to oppress the ministers of Truth. In LUKE 13:34 the Jesus said “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who continue to kill the prophets and
stones those who are sent to you! How often I have desired and yearned to gather your children together [around Me], as a hen [gathers] her young under her wings, but you would not!” we clearly see that indeed it has always been that the One from the heavenly Jerusalem seeks to set free or liberate the ones of this earthly Jerusalem which is and has always been bound, however this Jerusalem as it has always been doing, keeps killing those who are sent with Truth which is liberating to them. Religion in itself can do anything to protect its sanctity, even though it means killing it can do it, just for its security, in other words religion is insecure. Looking at the people religion has killed in seeking of its justification, Look at Stephen, innocent as he is, religion sheltered itself that he had blasphemed God and the Law [ACTS 7:1…], look at James who was slain just because of preaching the Truth
[ACTS 12:2] as the rulers [Leaders] were and are still influenced by the deception of religion, this they and have always done to many saints, remember they did it even to Jesus Christ, saying that He had blasphemed God and Moses. What does this show to us, remember throughout all the Scriptures Jesus was bitter at religion and religious leaders, this means that they have another god they are serving and not the Living God, because they could boldly crucify Him just because He had blasphemed their god, and not the Living God. It is a choice for one to choose either to walk in this blindness or believe in the Living God and Him alone. We see that when the Holy Spirit came as promised by Jesus Christ to His disciples, persecution was sparked off like never before, however thanks be to God that they had a boldness to stand it and go through it. I often
look at the life of Paul, that this man was in prison [chained] all his life, he was caned all his life, and all manner of evil things were done to this man, but he continued to preach the Gospel, we read the New Testament and are blessed and graced by the writings of these men who went through the persecution as even to bloodshed but still did not give up. Men like John boiled in boiling water as an experiment to see what could kill him, men like Peter crucified upside down not because they wanted but for the sake of the Gospel they lost everything even their dear lives for the sake of it. Many people enjoy reading and speaking the life that was lived by the Apostles, however as we know that the Gospel is for men and women who have lost their lives, only to find them in Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ boldly says in MATTHEW 10:16 “Behold, I am sending you out like sheep in the midst of wolves; be wary
and wise as serpents, and be innocent (harmless, guileless, and without falsity) as doves.” This means that we ought to have a wisdom on how to respond to the attacks of these wolves [those opposed to the Gospel of Jesus Christ], and this is only by the working of the Holy Spirit in us, it was never reported anywhere in Scripture that Paul abused them that persecuted him, he instead prayed for them. Why did he do this? Couldn’t he fight them? Couldn’t he call fire from heaven? This praying was by the prompting of the Holy Spirit, as we know how flesh and blood responds to situations, as it is always opposed to the way the Spirit does its things. This means that the more the persecution arose, the more the Gospel was preached and penetrated the hearts of men. Glory to God. By the working of the Holy Spirit, it was evident that men [believers] were not beside themselves as they had indeed
had an encounter with God. All manner of miracles were done through them by the working power of the Holy Spirit, the blind saw, the lame walked, the deaf heard, the dead were risen to life, infirmities were cured, many souls were won to Christ and many received the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, everything they decreed came to pass [ACTS 11:28], and many others things. This means that the same Jesus Christ Who walked the face of this earth indeed resided in these men and women. JOHN 12:24 says “I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains [just one grain; it never becomes more but lives] by itself alone. But if it dies, it produces many others and yields a rich harvest.” As we know according to the laws of seed and harvest, seeds reproduce their kinds, therefore having us been born again not of the corruptible seed but of the incorruptible
seed which is the Word of God that lives and abides forever. We are reproduced with the same nature of Jesus Christ. This Seed has a multiplier effect as it blossoms anywhere and it withstands the test of fire, water, storms and time, Glory to God. With this nature of God, Jesus says that we shall do even greater things than He did [JOHN 14:12]. HAGGAI 2:9 says “The latter glory of this house [with its successor, to which Jesus came] shall be greater than the former, says the Lord of hosts; and in this place will I give peace and prosperity, says the Lord of hosts.” We have seen that after the lives of the Apostles of Jesus Christ who lived in a glorious glory, the period of 1860 to the early 2000, there lived great women and men of God who truly tested and walked in the glory spoken of by the Scriptures and doing greater things as Jesus Christ indeed spoke of [these being believers]. May be to
mentioned but a few as this is not conclusive to all as this period was indeed characterized by men who set a pattern to this living generation; firstly, greatly appreciating the Author of God`s Generals Books, Roberts Liardon for the great work of his writings which have indeed kept records of the walk of the great men and women of God which has indeed inspired many people. Unction ministers like A.A Allen, William Branham, Oral Roberts, John G. Lake, Kathryn Kuhlman, F.F Bosworth, Smith Wigglesworth, Marie Woodworth Etter, Lester Sumrall, Billy Graham, George Jeffreys, Benny Hinn, Bp. Benson Idahosa, William Seymour, Kenneth E. Hagin, T.L. Osborn, Charles Parham and very many others. These servants indeed knew what they spoke about, if it was about the healing power of God, they walked in it, if it was teaching about the Word of God, they taught it. Most of these men are long gone
as they are at home with God, and yet up to now there works still stand. In the periods of the early 2000 to date, God has been faithful and has continued to use His servants and some include, however this is not conclusive as God knows all and all the parts of the body play an equal part in the body of Christ and that is its edification, nothing else. Men like Reinhard Bonkee, Pr. Chris Oyakhilome, Dr. Maurice Cerullo, Dr. Myles Munroe, Ap. Grace Lubega, Joseph Prince, Andrew Wommack and many others. These men have lived a patterned life. However the question at hand is that when these are long gone what next for the Body of Christ. We have seen situations where once strong ministries fade with the sleeping of the mantle carriers, the Holy Spirit which is at work with these men and women seeks to work in you too like never before, He seeks to do a new thing in you. Not because God is unable to
raise people with special anointing’s, He so intentional about your life, for you carry the very life which is of God and He speaks of this Spirit that He came to stay for eternity you and I. The Old Testament Prophets, and Priests had this Spirit rest upon them for just moments and yet even in that short time with the Spirit did great and mighty exploits, however to us the Father has made Himself an abode in us. And for this, how can we live as normal men, I personally I am spirit and not a man. I have over time studied my Spiritual Father Apostle Grace Lubega, that the Spirit of God in him, stirs up the inside of the listeners to hunger for God like never before not that they do not have Him, but because they seek to have an experience upon experience with God. This is the same Spirit of God that has stirred up the young generation in schools, universities, homes, and all around the world, testifying of
the Person [Grace] of God upon man. And all these men indeed have always walked with results. Looking at the spirit Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, these Saints have day in day out ministered the Gospel and great and enormous results have been manifested in their lives, and yet the Spirit of God is willing to do a new thing in you and I. And this why I believe that these are the times when the Spirit of God shall be experienced by everyone irrespective of their age, education background, status quo, beauty and many other things that men things that men have built as standards for the Gospel. Talking about money, born again Saints have always had a worldly mentality that Gospel is dependent on money and that without money there can be no prosperity in Gospel, in other words they think that the Gospel is dependent on money, what a belittling of the Gospel!!! This is a timid view about God, for we know of
a God Who Authors and finishes what He starts. Jesus Christ in His walk on the face of this earth was never in any way conscious of money. There is a great deception that has and is creeping into the Body of Christ, that we see even saints themselves seeking to build Net Worth’s just as the men of the world do. What does the Bible say, MATTHEW 6:20-21 says “But gather and heap up and store for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust nor worm consume and destroy, and where thieves do not break through and steal; For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” The question is how are our treasures heaped up in heaven? The answer is by walking in the will [definitive purposes] of God upon our lives, this the Bible says that there our heart will be also, we ought to be Kingdom minded [Souls, Souls, Souls]. The Bible tells us that for God so loved the world;
this means that in the world was His treasure, this is why His heart was mercifully and graciously poured out to the people in the world. We see that He died for us His treasure and also came and resided into us [our hearts], this is why because we are His treasure, He choose to seat us in the heavenly places where He is. Indeed a Kingdom mind is all we ever needed, this is why the Bible says that we have the mind of God, to execute Judgment, for we know where to set our hearts. GENESIS 47:1317 says “And [there was] no bread in all the land; for the famine [was] very sore, so that the land of Egypt and [all] the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine. And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh`s house. And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the
land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bead: for why should we die in thy presence? For the money faileth. And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail. And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread [in exchange] for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread for all their cattle for that year.” What does this show us, it shows us that money failed, and will always continue failing and yet we know that Jesus [the Bread of Life] never failed, therefore why attach failure to the Gospel. It is true that money is necessary for the running of the activities of God, however that should not be the excuse for manipulating or coercing people into funding Church activities, as we all know that God provides by His own way and not the worldly or man`s way. Because of this mind
also certain men have deliberately opened up Churches not with the intention of building the Kingdom but seeking to satisfy their own lustful cravings. The Word of God never fails and never will it ever fail, for it overcame all things just as we overcame the world. The man of God Andrew Wommack once narrated of a situation where he had been struggling with financial issues, to the extent he and his newly married wife could not afford anything to eat for over two weeks yet pregnant [the wife], and the only financial solution was in the conference he attended from where books were displayed for sell and had a price tag which he could not afford and yet these very books were offering financial guidance to that problem. What does this mean, it means that Gospel of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ should by all means be made free for access to everyone because these are the very people Whom Jesus
Christ freely died for. Because of this I see a liberty in the re-definition of things in the Body of Christ, men will boldly move everywhere [in streets, lanes, hospitals,…] lead by the Spirit of looking for the lost just to minister to them and this is the move of the Holy Spirit in this generation, as not only will the Church of Christ be feared but it will also be a place of refuge to the whole world [which is lost] as Jesus Christ is indeed a mustard seed which grew and nests all kinds of birds, and shelters all kinds of animals [LUKE 13:9]. There is something about knowledge which cannot be fully expressed by words, however by God`s grace, with elaboration it will be expressed. The Hebrew translation of the word knowledge is written below: H3045 עַדָי yâda‛
yaw-dah' A primitive root; to know (properly to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively instruction, designation, punishment, etc.): - acknowledge, acquaintance (-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, [un-] awares, can [-not], certainly, for a certainty, comprehend, consider, X could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be [ig-] norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to, let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have [knowledge], (be, make, make to be, make self) known, + be learned, + lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, X prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have [understanding], X will be, wist, wit, wot.
In both the Old Testament and the New Testament knowledge is one of the most emphasized truth as it appears most, this means that it is so fundamental to the Body of Christ which is you the reader and I. Why Knowledge? Let us define it as per the Hebrew meaning. As seen above we shall extract a few words, knowledge means: Awareness, Certainty, Comprehension, Advise, Discernment, Instruction and also being learned. Looking at all these interpretations, we see that the similarity in all of them is that they refer one to the spirit of humility as humility precedes knowledge. PROVERBS 4:1 says “HEAR MY sons, the instruction of a father, and pay attention in order to gain and to know intelligent discernment, comprehension, and interpretation [of spiritual matters].” This means that one firstly has to honor the Instructor [which is in this case God] before the instructions are understood. ROMANS 10:14 says “But how are people to call upon Him
Whom they have not believed [in Whom they have no faith, on Whom they have no reliance]? And how are they to believe in Him [adhere to, trust in, and rely upon Him] of Whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without a preacher?” From this portion of Scripture we see the order of things that the preacher must preach God, and that the people must believe the God preached before His Words find application in their lives. With this mind the Bible says that He replaces the hearts of stone with one of flesh in these who have believed Him through the Son [JEREMIAH 31:31], for the heart of flesh is for submission to truth, that means that there is no way one will be resistant to TRUTH, as it is truth that brings about awareness, certainty, comprehension, discernment and instruction. Therefore the question is where does the problem come from that makes people hesitant and resistant to truth, and the answer is that it originates from preachers who were not sent in
the very first place [ROMANS 10:15 And how can men be expected to preach unless they are sent.], and because of this, the listeners become indifferent to the things of God. However to us who have believed the True God and His Son Jesus Christ the Bible says in ISAIAH 33:5-6 “The Lord is exalted, for He dwells on high; He will fill Zion with justice and righteousness (moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation). And there shall be stability in your times, an abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge; the relevant fear and worship of the Lord is your treasure and His.” This Scripture indeed talked about the times we are in; the times when Jesus Christ is preached for the salvation of men, then thereafter gain the stability [maturity] by wisdom and knowledge of the Son hence our stability for we become learned, and we take heed to instruction, and have the Spirit of discernment because of the Word resident in us which is sharper than any two edged sword and
a discerner of all things--how won`t our times be stable?. These are the very times from where God instructed Daniel saying “But you, O Daniel, shut up the words and seal the Book until the time of the end. [Then] many shall run to and fro and search anxiously [through the Book], and knowledge [of God`s purposes as revealed by His prophets] shall be increased and become great.” These are the last times of the world where the knowledge that was hid [concealed] by Daniel under instructions of God profit. And the Bible says in PROVERBS 3:20 “By His knowledge the deeps were broken up, and the skies distill the dew.” That means that by the Knowledge of God, indeed the Understanding of the Books of Daniel and Revelations shall be; to the edification of this Glorious Later Church. These are the times ISAIAH 11:9 “They shall not hurt or destroy in all My holy mountain, for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.” On the face of it, this means that
a great wave new converts to salvation is come just because of the knowledge of His grace in this generation, and because of this, peace shall be established everywhere on this earth for the Spirit of God is in Control. The Knowledge of God in the Earth. If anyone wants to receive salvation, you can speak out these words believing in your heart that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, say: Dear Lord Jesus, I believe in my heart, that You are the Son of God, and that You died for my sins, and rose again for my justification, I receive You as my Lord and Savior, and I declare that I am Born Again. Amen.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR. Opale Frank is a son to Ojame Okiror Robert and Tino Ketty. My Spiritual Father is Apostle Grace Lubega. The moment I learnt of the Grace God from Phaneroo Ministries I then found purpose in this life that live on earth, and for it, I therefore a purposeful life and urge everyone God to make a choice now of Living a purposeful life as you are on earth for a vacation holiday, but God. PLOT. This book opens us to the realities of the life of a new creature as there must be a visibility of the working power of Holy Spirit in the lives of the believers. This book study`s the life lived by Jesus Christ, the Apostles, and His major notable servants of the past generation and also this generation, and the communication of the Holy Spirit to you and I about His readiness to work mightily in you. For more information: email opalefrank94@gmail.com Of I live by not for
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