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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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