Things learned in the Book of Romans
Part 1
Romans 7:4, "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".
Isn't this all of our dreams? Don't we all want to be all that Father created us to be? Father has drawn us into a knowing that we are not who and what we've always thought we were. Just a mere mortal man, Adam, flesh and blood is us. He has brought us into the remembrance that this flesh body is not us. This belief in us being this flesh and blood body has clouded our knowing that this is not us. Father has made us to know that we are a spirit being, that lives in this body and has a soul. We've always thought, once we came into relationship with Father, that it was Him and us living in this body. He has brought us into the knowledge that is isn't even our life that we are living, it is HIS LIFE that is being lived through us.
And I am not saying that it's an easy thing, to forget all the junk that we've been taught, it sure isn't easy!! It is a constant thing that we must keep meditating on. We've been so use to seeing faults in ourselves, as well as everyone else. The first thought that has been in us, is to judge ourselves and others. We meet someone and the first thing we think is, "Oh, she/he's nothing like I expected." Many, many times we've been so disappointed in what we see in that person. When actually, we should have been looking at the Christ in that person. Those of you who have been getting my studies for any length of time, know that Chirst is not the man Jesus. Christ is the anointing of Father. The anointing is HIS LIFE.
I say it is not an easy thing, to see Him in some people, or in ourselves, at times. But, this is a necessity, if we have any hope in Him manifesting through us! It is what we must meditate on day and night. That the clue, what we keep our focus on, is what we see. I want to just allow Father to show us some things, today.
NOW, for the kicker!! Uh-oh!! Those that have been with me for the last 5 years; if you remember, back in 2002, Father spoke to me and said that there would come a time, when we would not be able to back up everything we say, with the bible. Remember? Well, we are now in that time. It's not because the bible lies, although, we have become aware that there are thousands of mistakes that the interpreters have made. What we need to understand is that the bible tells us the it is "inspired" by the Holy Spirit. Right? Ok, let's get real, lose all religion and see things the way they really are. Think about it. It did not say that the bible was WRITTEN by the Holy Spirit, it was "inspired". It hasn't been all that long ago that we learned that we are the Christ in the earth. So, that means that the writers of the bible WAS NOT all written by the Holly Spirit. And let's stop looking at the disciples like they were some kind of gods. They were just as we are. There's absolutely no difference in them, than there is in us. WE ARE INSPIRED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT TOO!! And yet, there are thousands of doctrines out there. There's brethren fighting with brethren over what is true and of God, and what isn't. It was the same in the disciples days. The disciples argued amongst themselves; were jealous of each other, and had unwanted personalities. Temper, greed, jealousy, all of it, worked in them just as it does today in the people that Father is wanting to speak through. And that includes us, not just men behind the pulpit. He wants to speak and be seen through each of us.
Think about it. Father speaks to us, He inspires us to say or write things. And ALL that He speaks TO US is truth. But, with us thinking that we are mere mortals, we think like mere mortals. We give OUR interpretation of what Father says to us. That means, that UNLESS we are continuously in the Spirit, we pollute what He has said to us. With this natual mind we say things the way we THINK; we read the way we THINK. It's the same with the bible. Folks, it's time that we stop making an idol of the bible. Even the Holy Spirit tells us;
Rom 7:5-6, "For when we were in the flesh, the passions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death. But, NOW, we are delivered from the law, being dead where we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter."
2Cor. 3:5-6, "Not that we are sufficient of (out from within) ourselves to think any thing as of (out from within) ourselves, but our sufficiency is of (out from within) God; Who has made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter (the written bible), but of (out from within) the spirit; for the letter (the written bible), killeth (eth means continually), but the spirit giveth (is continually giving) life."
Rom.2:29, "But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is of the heart, in the spirit, not in the letter; whose praise is not of man, but of God."
There is no doubt in me, that what Jesus spoke, He spoke of this very time:
John 5:39-40, "Ye search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life; and they are they which testify of me. And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life."
I am not saying to throw your bible away. But, like Paul, when we were babes we needed the bible, to learn to be brought to the Spirit. Once we mature, there comes a time when we should go to HIM, not the bible. We choose a subject and go to the bible to study it out AND THEN we go to Father. It should be the other way around; go to Father , ASK HIM what should you study, or, even IF you should at that particular time. But, foks, once we learn to hear Father's Voice, we need nothing. Didn't He tell us that the Spirit would teach us all things? He doesn't lie. Honestly, IF we simply spoke and wrote what Father speaks to us, instead of trying to put OUR MEANING to what the written Word says, we would have ONLY ONE DOCTRINE!! Think about it. And listen, there's nothing wrong in reading the bible, as long as we allow HIM to interpret it, not man, or us. The OT was to teach us sin. We would not be aware of sin, if there had been no OT. But, also, the OT was to lead us to the NT. And most stop here. But, the NT is really simply leading us to the Spirit. If the Holy Spirit speaks a thing to us, that is not INTERPRETED the man says it should read in the bible, we leave it, thinking, "well this isn't what they teach us this scripture means", and in doing so, we miss a true revelation of Father.
Sometimes we get so busy reading the bible that we THINK that we're giving Him our time. His time is with HIM, nothing else. We have our priorities so out of line. More and more I hear folks say, "well I work 10-12 hours a day, then I give time to my family, THEN if I'm not too tired, I read a few scriptures and talk to Father". And yet, we expect HIM to think we love and honor Him!! Everything first, then Him. You knwo, if anyone has to work so many hours that they are worn out and can't spend time with Him, maybe material things mean more to them than Father does. You say, "well I have to work; I have obligations, bills to pay etc. etc." Well, maybe we WANT too much. We don't NEED all that we WANT!! This too, is another hard thing to turn loose of, but SOME do. Where is our faith? Didn't He say, "Consider the lilies of the field" ? We come up with reasons why we still go on doing the way we've grown use to. This says, our faith is not in Him. I know, you disaree with this, but, take it to Him. The bible says that a man is to work, but, it doesn't say, "work so much to get what you want, and are too tired to spend time with Me." We hear everyday of people working himself/herself to death, and that's exactly what's happening when work comes before Him. We have become materialistic, with this thinking that the natural mind thinks. But, put on the Mind of Christ, and He comes before EVERYTHING! You get blessed just for what you have, you don't want more and more and more.
And I'll tell you something else. IF you spend enough time with Father, you won't want to run to every meeting you hear about, to get a truth. You won't want to run to another person, when you're tired of hearing what you've been hearing. You won't want something deeper, something that gives you direction on HOW TO; when you don't even brother to practice what you have already learned; you can get all the how tos you want, from whoever you want, but, until you spend time with HIM and practice what HE tells you, you're wasting your time and money that you worked all those hours to get! Think about it.
Another thing to think about. We've become so hooked on translating one language to another. I have been guilty of this. And then we find that one translator doesn't agree with another translater. We're encouraged to read bibles that have commentaries. And when we do, what are we getting? Someone else's interpretation of what God says! So, the remedy to all of this? Let the Spirit do the teaching. If what He teaches you doesn't agree with what someone else, including me, teaches, well then, there's no doubt Who to believe! You know, we in this Kingdom message are just repeating what we encouraged the "church system people" to do, let HIM teach you. Follow the Spirit, not man. And then when we do this, some of the teachers and preachers go into this long spill about "the Greek means this" and another says, "no, it means this" and then that's where the focus is at. And when you get right down to it, even being smart enough to translate languages, is of the natural mind. ONLY THE SPIRIT can do what the SPIRIT is come to do".
So, I've said all this to say this. What I write, in this study, if I can't back it up with scriptures, you have two choses, (1) take it to Father, (2) or leave it. We are at a pivotal time, people. We are seeing things that we've never seen before. Bodies are being changed. I know of at least 3 people who are seeing changes in their bodies. Many won't believe it because they aren't seeing changes in THEIR body, but, I'd be willing to bet, that those seeing the change are spending a lot of time with Father. We have to ask ourselves, "what's it worth to me, to spend time with Father?", "what will i gain from stopping running here and there to get His truth?" The answer is up to each one of us. And what we decide is the fruit we'll have show.
to be continued...