Walk in the Spirit, and you will not fulfill the lusts of the flesh

Hello all of you

Yesterday morning as I got up, God spoke to me.

Gal 5:16 [This] I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
5:17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
5:25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

God simply put verse 16 in my heart. Walk in the Spirit, and you will not fulfill the lusts of the flesh.

Now before we go on, lusts in this context speaks of the works of the flesh made manifest, not only sexual lust, but all things that the flesh nature is and wants. Anything which is not the fruit of the Spirit.

The lust of the flesh comes out of the mind of the flesh, and the mind of the flesh can not submit itself unto God. This causes quite the predicament. In our hearts we carry the Spirit of God, and we want to be led by him. If we however lend our ears and minds to the preaching of the law of Moses, our minds are polluted with doctrines concerning the flesh and the mind of the flesh. This causes the sinful nature to revive, and the law causes forbidden lusts to surface and assume control of our bodies, and minds. Now the mind of the flesh can not submit unto God (Rom8:7). This means that the longer we are exposed to the law, the more we are subject to the carnal desires of the flesh, which are stirred up by the law, and causes the mind of the flesh to arise, which can not submit unto God. Rom 7:8 But sin, finding opportunity in the commandment [to express itself], got a hold on me and aroused and stimulated all kinds of forbidden desires (lust, covetousness).

So now what? The answer is clear in Galatians 5:16. We need not try to conquer our flesh nature. The flesh nature was killed 2000 years ago on the cross. We need to realise that we have died, and live who we really are, people who are devinely called. People filled with the Spirit of the Most High God. Christians, who believe in the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. We need to walk in the Spirit in stead of trying to fix the flesh first.

The answer is not in trying not to sin. Victory is not in refraining from the desires of the flesh. Victory is in walking in the Spirit. Victory is in letting the Spirit express Himself through us.

You have already been justified freely by His grace. Don't feel condemned about your sin. However great it may seem, the price Jesus paid was greater! If you had done something condemnable, the source of your fleshly deed comes from meddling with the flesh. It means that your mind had been dwelling in the law, which tells you to change the flesh, and sin used its opportunity and stimulated the desire in you, which ultimately expressed itself in a fleshly deed. The flesh was manifested. Your flesh deed does not annull what Jesus Christ did for you. What you believe is much more important. YOU ARE FORGIVEN!

If you want to live in constant moral victory, you need to really take notice of what I am saying now. Repent from yourself, your own sinfulness, your sin, your law. Turn to Christ, His salvation, His cross, His blood. Never take your mind off Him! Life is in Him. Everything you need is in Christ. You have been placed in Christ already. You have free access to Christ NOW. Turn to Him, receive His forgiveness, which has no conditions. Keep on thinking on Him. You are in Christ.

Don't try to fix what you did. Don't try to make promises. You will break them. You need to realise that Jesus loves you despite your sinfulness. That's why He died, and washed you in His blood. Thats why He made you holy. Its by His mercy, His grace, and His decision. You just get the rewards.

I don't care what you struggle with. Break away from it. Walk in the Spirit, in stead of walking in the flesh. Walk in the light, in stead of trying to make yourself better. The light is this message: His grace is there for you. You are forgiven! You are already holy. You have been made holy by Him. He loves you all the same. Forget the what if's. You are already with him. One with Him forever.

I pray that Jesus Christ will reveal Himself to you, and that you will experience His love. Forgetting what lies behind. Knowing His love for you, is walking in the Spirit.

Bless you

Your Liberty is Secure

Liberty in general is very much misunderstood. The natural mind would connect the word liberty to a general absence of problems or financial burdens, or even the absence of war or some kind of oppression. This has lead to certain philosophically defined "liberties" that is fortified in the constitutions of the "free world", which is a good thing. It is good not to be detained without a trial, or not to be punished in an inhumane way, or to have freedom of movement, thought and speech, but this is not really freedom.

People are so focussed on the defence of their liberties and their rights, that they totally abandon the actual experience of their liberty. People get so carried away with their quest to succeed, that they never enjoy what they already have.

The real issues regarding liberty and bondage has more to do with what goes on in our hearts and minds. It has a whole lot to do with how we see God, and Who we think He is. Most people aren't even aware of the fact that we can have any kind of fellowship with God. With fellowship I mean a real experience with a real Person, not imagining what we suppose to be fellowship with Him.

Our reasoning is clouded by the law, because we think that we need to do something in order to obtain something, when Christ Jesus died for us to restore fellowship with us. He died to reconcile us to God. This act of Christ has made our trying to be better in order to reach His presence totally obsolete.

2 Cor 3:15 Yes, down to this [very] day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies upon their minds and hearts.
3:16 But whenever a person turns [in repentance] to the Lord, the veil is stripped off and taken away.
3:17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty (emancipation from bondage, freedom).
3:18 And all of us, as with unveiled face, [because we] continued to behold [in the Word of God] as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are constantly being transfigured into His very own image in ever increasing splendor and from one degree of glory to another; [for this comes] from the Lord [Who is] the Spirit.

2 Cor 5:17 Therefore if any person is [ingrafted] in Christ (the Messiah) he is a new creation (a new creature altogether); the old [previous moral and spiritual condition] has passed away. Behold, the fresh and new has come!
5:18 But all things are from God, Who through Jesus Christ reconciled us to Himself [received us into favor, brought us into harmony with Himself] and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation [that by word and deed we might aim to bring others into harmony with Him].
5:19 It was God [personally present] in Christ, reconciling and restoring the world to favor with Himself, not counting up and holding against [men] their trespasses [but cancelling them], and committing to us the message of reconciliation (of the restoration to favor).

In this lies our freedom, that we believe that Christ Jesus has made us free by His dying on the cross. The Truth of all time is Jesus Christ crucified for humanity.

John 8:32 And you will know the Truth, and the Truth will set you free.
8:33 They answered Him, We are Abraham's offspring (descendants) and have never been in bondage to anybody. What do You mean by saying, You will be set free?
8:34 Jesus answered them, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, Whoever commits and practices sin is the slave of sin.
8:35 Now a slave does not remain in a household permanently (forever); the son [of the house] does remain forever.
8:36 So if the Son liberates you [makes you free men], then you are really and unquestionably free.

How are we freed from sin? By faith in Christ. We simply believe that His sacrifice included all the sin we ever committed. We believe that He redeemed us, and has restored fellowship with us by paying for our misdeads. We believe that He has forgiven us by dying for us!

There is no wall of seperation between you and God, because all your sins are forgiven. If you believe this, and not teachings of the law, which tells you to be better in order to have fellowship with Him, your sins are gone, and you will have true unbroken fellowship with Him. This fellowship is by the blood of Jesus Christ, and is sustained by His blood. His blood washed us clean and keeps us clean from all sin in all its forms and manifestation.

Those who believe do not sin. Those who believe not always sin, all their works are condemned, because they do not except the price that Jesus paid for us. In the New Testament, sin is unbelief in Christ. Sin is unbelief in the forgiveness of Christ. The moment you believe it though, that sin is also washed away by grace.

Therefore the Apostle Paul speaks truly in 2 Cor 3:17, in that where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is Liberty.

Preachers, God did not save you to put you in the bondage of churches. People get saved and reflect Christ momentarily, before being put in pigeon holes for the rest of their lives, not allowing them any freedom to express their faith in God, but expected to perform according to church rules, doctrines, and structures. That is sick. Set God's people free. Let them be who they are. How will they be who they truly are? Tell them, and keep on telling them what Christ has done for them on the cross, and that He has set us free by grace and love, and stop trying to manipulate and control God's people. Stop telling them what to do to please God. God loved them before the world was made, even while they were sinners. THAT'S WHY HE DIED! All people qualify to enter God's presence if they believe that they are forgiven through Christ's sacrifice. Stop making Christ exclusive, and preach forgiveness.

The hearing of the message of Christ brings the Holy Spirit to people's hearts (Gal3:1-3) Preach what Jesus did, and the Holy Spirit will work in them. He sets them free. He changes them, not the preachers! It is the prerogative of Christ alone to change the heart of a man towards God. Just preach Christ, and liberate God to fulfill His hearts desire to set His people free!

Gal 5:1 IN [this] freedom Christ has made us free [and completely liberated us]; stand fast then, and do not be hampered and held ensnared and submit again to a yoke of slavery [which you have once put off].
5:2 Notice, it is I, Paul, who tells you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will be of no profit (advantage, avail) to you [for if you distrust Him, you can gain nothing from Him].
5:3 I once more protest and testify to every man who receives circumcision that he is under obligation and bound to practice the whole of the Law and its ordinances.
5:4 If you seek to be justified and declared righteous and to be given a right standing with God through the Law, you are brought to nothing and so separated (severed) from Christ. You have fallen away from grace (from God's gracious favor and unmerited blessing).
5:5 For we, [not relying on the Law but] through the [Holy] Spirit's [help], by faith anticipate and wait for the blessing and good for which our righteousness and right standing with God [our conformity to His will in purpose, thought, and action, causes us] to hope.
5:6 For [if we are] in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith activated and energized and expressed and working through love.
5:7 You were running the race nobly. Who has interfered in (hindered and stopped you from) your heeding and following the Truth?
5:8 This [evil] persuasion is not from Him Who called you [Who invited you to freedom in Christ].
5:9 A little leaven (a slight inclination to error, or a few false teachers) leavens the whole lump [it perverts the whole conception of faith or misleads the whole church].

According to Romans 7, the preaching of the Law, only gives power to sin, and stirs up unholy desires. Therfore, the preaching of the law, keeps people in bondage to sin, slaves of sin. The preaching of Christ, will set the hearts and minds of people free to know Him, and the fruit thereof will always be the fruit of the Spirit of God.

Liberty is only found in Christ. The preaching of Christ can never be mixed with the bondage of the Law of Moses.

Rom 11:6 And if by grace, then [is it] no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if [it be] of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.

I pray that you will truly experience the freedom of Christ, the emancipation from the bondage of the law, the freedom from the fear of death. I pray that you will experience God for Who He really is, Love, and Goodness. I pray that the veil will be removed from your hearts, so that the Spirit can truly revive you and set you free.

Bless you

Bear fruit unto God

We've all heard that we need to bear fruit unto God. We've heard that faith without works is dead, and then feel guilty and inadequite, because we don't see the fruit in our lives. The thing is, we missed the power of the concept of a tree bearing fruit. God's idea is not for us to put pressure on ourselves, trying to bear fruit, but to be whom He made us to be. I can only be myself. I can not be anyone else. If I were to try to be anyone else, I would stop being myself, and present a deceiving image to the people around me, pruducing works that does not flow out of my identity. All the works flowing out of such self effort, effort in trying to be something I am not, are false works, and as fake as a flee market gold watch. I would then be stuck in a life of pretence.

Let me put it this way. Sometimes certain fruit and vegetable grocers use fake plastic fruit as a permanent display in their shop windows. The fruit sometimes look convincingly real, but have no nutritional value. Its intention is never to give nutrition, but to look like it. If I were to be hungry, and were to take a bite from a fake banana, my teeth would hurt, and I would find no pleasure or benefit from the experience. But if I were to sink my teeth into a real banana, I would taste the sweetness of the fruit, and my body would benefit from its nutritional value.

Col 2:20 If then you have died with Christ to material ways of looking at things and have escaped from the world's crude and elemental notions and teachings of externalism, why do you live as if you still belong to the world? [Why do you submit to rules and regulations?-such as]

2:21 Do not handle [this], Do not taste [that], Do not even touch [them],

2:22 Referring to things all of which perish with being used. To do this is to follow human precepts and doctrines.
2:23 Such [practices] have indeed the outward appearance [that popularly passes] for wisdom, in promoting self-imposed rigor of devotion and delight in self-humiliation and severity of discipline of the body, but they are of no value in checking the indulgence of the flesh (the lower nature). [Instead, they do not honor God but serve only to indulge the flesh.]

Teachings with you in the centre, doctrines teaching you to modify your behaviour, have no value in checking the indulgence of the flesh. It only serves to indulge the flesh even more. It only produces a life of pretending that it's real and does work, like plastic fruit.

Sadly the church at large has become a society of pretence. Real fruit is nowhere to be seen and most people only try make a display of fruit convincing enough to look better than their neighbours. An image of what they need to become is etched in their minds, and they constantly try to pass themselves off as that particular image. The true standard of the law is also severely compromised. If we really understood what the law expects from its followers, no one would even try to fulfill it.

People in general have no idea who they are, and only have an image of who they think they're supposed to be. They then copy the behaviour of individuals whom they can see and idolise, and who present desirable images or lifestyles. One individual would do something different or inspiring, and the rest would try to pass themselves off as that person. How many people copy the hair styles, fashion and lifestyles of celebrities, and even the celebrities only show the public a fake glamorous image, the pretence that their lives are indeed picture perfect. Inside however, a lot of those people are empty and dead and are living a torturous life of trying to be someone they created in their own minds. They never get to a point where they are satisfied with who they are.

In church this also happens. A picture is painted in the minds of church goers through doctrine and preaching; a picture of who they're supposed to be. People don't think that they are notable, and think that they must become something which they are not, when in fact Christ already forgave our sins and washed them away with His own blood. This upside down mind set, makes people to pretend that they are what they think they must become. Everyone becomes actors, and no one is truly who they were made to be. This is a terrible waste of people's lives. When we go to church, we need to hear who He really is, so that He can show us who we already are. We need to hear that God is good, and that all our sins are already forgiven, so that we can understand that through His goodness, and through what He did, we are now perfect and holy. This true perception of identity will produce the true fruit, and the power of God will be demonstrated through us.

If I had a garden with a fig tree, it would be ludicrous to expect that tree to bear apples. In the same way, God does not expect of you to be someone you're not. Neither removing undesireable figs from a fig tree, nor trying to force a fig tree to bear apples will produces apples, but planting an apple tree would produce apples. Jesus Christ did pay a price, to redeem the fig trees of the world, in order for them to change in nature, and become apple trees. When we first believed, we were crucified with Christ. Our old nature died, and we were reborn. The fig tree in us was cut down, and an apple tree was planted in its stead. God changed your nature. Now it is simply the nature of the apple tree to bear apples. There is no effort involved. The apple tree is simply being what it was created (or recreated) to be. You were dead in your trespasses, but now you have been made alive by His Spirit in fellowship and union with Him (Eph2:5). It was done to satisfy His intense love for us (Eph 2:4)! Fruit comes in season, and simply out of the nature of the tree. The apple tree doesn't strain itself to produce apples. It just enjoys being an apple tree, and fruit automatically comes.

We have heard the Gospel, and believed it. Now we can trust the Word of God to bear fruit unto God in our lives. We need only to hear what Jesus Christ did for us. That will reveal to us who we really are, and will cause the fruit to come naturally.

John 15:1 I AM the True Vine, and My Father is the Vinedresser.
15:2 Any branch in Me that does not bear fruit [that stops bearing] He cuts away (trims off, takes away); and He cleanses and repeatedly prunes every branch that continues to bear fruit, to make it bear more and richer and more excellent fruit.
15:3 You are cleansed and pruned already, because of the word which I have given you [the teachings I have discussed with you].
15:4 Dwell in Me, and I will dwell in you. [Live in Me, and I will live in you.] Just as no branch can bear fruit of itself without abiding in (being vitally united to) the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you abide in Me.
15:5 I am the Vine; you are the branches. Whoever lives in Me and I in him bears much (abundant) fruit. However, apart from Me [cut off from vital union with Me] you can do nothing.
15:6 If a person does not dwell in Me, he is thrown out like a [broken-off] branch, and withers; such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fire, and they are burned.
15:7 If you live in Me [abide vitally united to Me] and My words remain in you and continue to live in your hearts, ask whatever you will, and it shall be done for you.
15:8 When you bear (produce) much fruit, My Father is honored and glorified, and you show and prove yourselves to be true followers of Mine.

Preachers, please, don't try to become like the preacher who has ministered to you. Sometimes preachers manifest the life of Christ and bear fruit unto God, and then others try to imitate the fruit of that preacher. The message of the Gospel has power in itself to produce fruit in your own life. This word changes you as you hear it, and the Spirit of God bears fruit in you! Fruit can never be imitated. Imitation fruit has only one function, and that is to try and convince people that the true fruit is there, but when the people try to eat the fruit, it will not benefit them.

Yes it is the Holy Spirit's fruit in your life, and yes the true works of Christ will happen through you, but the fruit is not produced by our efforts, but by the Holy Spirit. The fruit is produced by the Holy Spirit through the preaching and believing of the Gospel message! Christ died for you, and now lives inside you!

Gal 5:22 But the fruit of the [Holy] Spirit [the work which His presence within accomplishes] is love, joy (gladness), peace, patience (an even temper, forbearance), kindness, goodness (benevolence), faithfulness,
5:23 Gentleness (meekness, humility), self-control (self-restraint, continence). Against such things there is no law [that can bring a charge].
5:24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus (the Messiah) have crucified the flesh (the godless human nature) with its passions and appetites and desires.
5:25 If we live by the [Holy] Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. [If by the Holy Spirit we have our life in God, let us go forward walking in line, our conduct controlled by the Spirit.]
5:26 Let us not become vainglorious and self-conceited, competitive and challenging and provoking and irritating to one another, envying and being jealous of one another.

Hear and receive the message, and let Christ Himself reveal to you who you are. Stop trying to be like other people. Be who God made you. If you copy another preacher it will only irritate the preacher who you are trying to copy, and everyone else will see it's fake. Bear your own fruit. This is only possible by hearing and hearing and hearing the Word of God, and welcoming the Holy Spirit into your life. Let Him have free reign in your life, and let Him prompt your every move. He will then produce true fruit that will bring life to all around you, and you will be a beacon of hope to people who desperately need guidance.

I pray that the Lord Jesus Christ will reveal to you whom He has made you to be, in Christ. I pray that you will know the freedom of being who you truly are. I pray that the Spirit in you will bear much fruit, bringing life to the world!

Bless you!

Religion

Have you ever considered how utterly rediculous the whole religious setup is, that we have been exposed to for most of our lives. I mean religion in the wide sense, whether you are a religious Christian, Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim, Shintoist, Atheist, Satanist. Its all the same. All of them have certain rules that are simply compulsory and of which no deviation is tolerated. It makes idiots of men, and makes them to perform certain rites and rituals again and again without any effect or progress. All of them has unfounded thought, and no way to prove it. All of them function with fear, and apart from the occasional chastisement, the ultimate sanction of non compliance with all of them occurs after death, and it's not a pretty sight.

Everybody trapped in this paradigm is therefore too scared to take the chance of disbelieving what they are forced to accept,and is woven into a tapestry of culture and tradition without choice, and without any benefit.

From birth one is forced to subscribe to certain views, and punished if one doesn't. If one questions anything, it is regarded as heresy and sacriledge, and if one passively submits to the whole rig marole one is regarded as a good boy, even as a person of faith. It looks so noble from the outside, but all those efforts is powerless to change the storm boiling on the inside. Nothing that we had been taught throughout the history of this religious dictatorship had ever amounted to anything but utter disappointment.

If a movie is disappointing, the first few fellows who were unlucky enough to have to sit through it would write a review and spread the news. No one else would go and see it, because no one likes to be disappointed. If a car for instance would be a disappointment on the whole, no one would buy it. It would be mocked and sneered at.

The question then arises: how on earth is it possible then, for millions upon millions of people to submit for thousands of years to unfounded religious rites, rules and regulations, that never ever proves anything nor amounts to anything? Religion therefore is this never ending cycle of outward acts, which is powerless to save and which destroys countless lives, and is perpetually kept on going by those who are deceived enough to subscribe to its philosophies. Religion is a fiction created in the mind of man to give purpose to a seemingly purposeless life. A fictitious philosophy, an arbitrary train of thought to keep one busy and to give one a sense of achievement, which is always only recognised by man. This fictitious philosophy has a fictitious higher being that is invisible, never says thank you, or anything else for that matter, and never commends anyone who does back brakingly hard work to fulfill all the demands of its laws and rituals, and most of all, never pays up! This presupposed higher being filled with wrath and judgment would supposedly simply beat you to a pulp if you do wrong things. "He" would for instance send you cancer to build your character, and bring trials and temptations into our life to test you and see whether you have in fact learned anything. Yet this being is invisible, and supposedly only speaks through religious leaders and supposedly inspired scriptures. The thing is; people who don't subscribe also get cancer, and medical science has started to single out some causes of it. Cancer is not the root of bitterness in the soul as some would like to believe, neither is it caused by an individual's personal sinfulness, but it is an uncontroled growth of cells, that can spread throughout vital organs and which causes pain and in a lot of cases death.

How do we know that all the scriptures of the different religions are indeed written by devine inspiration and not demonical possession? What guarantee do we really have that Mohammed was a prophet, and that Buddha really experienced peace? How does one choose? Millions try to reach that state of Moksha or Utopia or Heaven, or Holiness. It gives them a sense of purpose. Having to spend time to chase something somehow makes this random existence on earth worth while. But they never get there, do they? It's like a donkey chasing a carrot hung from a stick in front of its face. As long as the donkey looks at the carrot, it has an unrealizable incentive to move into a certain direction, dictated by the direction in which the carrot is held. It sounds so noble, but as the donkey moves, so does the carrot. The donkey is thus mobilised for the gain of another. Its mind is pacified, and Its energy and life is utilized by another.

People are blinded by the fear of unwarrented sanction. They are blinded by their belief that their people and their culture is in some way better than others. Religion is in my mind not something to aspire to, because all things outflowing from religion ends in disaster and death.

How then is the truth distinguished from the lie and the downright pityful?

I am a Christian, and I boldly proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This is however, not just another circus of religion as I was made to believe in my youth, but it is in fact the most extraordinary and real experience there is. Christian religion killed millions of people by spear, and also by doctrine. But Christianity is not religion at all. Unlike Islam and Buddhism, the whole point of the Gospel is that one turns away from one's own desire to please a higher being, and simply believe that the Loving God has made restitution for us humans in the body of His Son, paying the price Himself and ending this madness by His own hand. To top that, the reward of the Gospel is not only found in the after-life, or after death, but in your living material body. This reward is instantly given by grace and is a free gift. Thus it can be proven, unlike religion, where you simply have to take the priest's word for it. Since I believed, and met the person Jesus Christ, I have personally laid hands on hundreds of people, as He has commanded, and they were healed. Blinds eyes and deaf ears have been healed. I think that falls in the category of reality, and proof.

Christianity is a supernatural experience of the person Christ, through grace, by believing the preached Word of the Crucified Christ, and receiving the Life that He gives freely by faith. The real God is not filled with wrath, but love. All wrath against sin was poured out on Jesus Christ when He died on the cross almost 2000 years ago. He is full of love. He only has forgiveness toward you, and wants to save you.

This is a wonderful experience, one which can not be replaced by trying to be better, and trying to please a higher power that always seem to elude you. Let me present the Gospel in simplicity and power to you: Jesus Christ died for you. All your sins are forgiven.
Turn away from yourself, and your own efforts, to His love, and receive His forgiveness. There is no sacrifice to be brought. Turn away from the idol in your heart which is your law, with which you have judged yourself and others. Turn to His love. He is faithfull and true. He will change your life this day. Simply believe that you are forgiven, as opposed to trying to achieve forgiveness.

John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
3:17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
3:18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

If one doesn't believe, one retains one's own laws unto judgment. Your own law and unbelief is judging you, not God.

3:19 And this is the condemnation, that light (Jesus) is come into the world, and men loved darkness (religion) rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
3:20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
3:21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

These deeds are signs, wonders and miracles, done with the power of the Holy Spirit in us, which brings glory to the Father, and proves that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, and has died for the sins of the whole world.

If you want to see miracles happen, contact me at contact@christlife.co.za and make an appointment. I will take you to sick people and demonstrate the love of God. If you live far away, you can go to www.spiritword.org.za. They have a lot of documented miracles.

I pray that the Love of God will expose the stupidity of religion in your life, and that He will enlighten the eyes of your hearts, so that you can see the Truth of Jesus Christ.

Bless you

G

Come to the Father

Most people think that there is something that seperates us from God. Jesus Christ took away everything that is between us and God, by paying for our sins.

John 1414:1 DO NOT let your hearts be troubled (distressed, agitated). You believe in and adhere to and trust in and rely on God; believe in and adhere to and trust in and rely also on Me.
14:2 In My Father's house there are many dwelling places (homes). If it were not so, I would have told you; for I am going away to prepare a place for you.

These dwelling places are like rooms. The King James version says Mansions, which simply means dwelling places. God is not building us big houses in heaven. Neither is He going to kill you when our supposed big house is finally finished. What does He mean with preparing a place? He went in as a forerunner (Heb6:20) into the Holy of Holies. He went in with His own blood, paying for our sins, and so making restitution for us with the Father. Jesus went in with His own blood, and paved the way for us, paid our debts ahead of time, so that we can enter without guilt, and have fellowship with the Father. So we have a dwelling place in the house of the Father, which is in heaven, while we are still alive. We can have fellowship with the Father, because Jesus has reconciled us with the Father.

In John 10 Jesus said 10:9 I am the Door; anyone who enters in through Me will be saved (will live). He will come in and he will go out [freely], and will find pasture.
10:10 The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows).

14:3 And when (if) I go and make ready a place for you, I will come back again and will take you to Myself, that where I am you may be also.
14:4 And [to the place] where I am going, you know the way.
14:5 Thomas said to Him, Lord, we do not know where You are going, so how can we know the way?
14:6 Jesus said to him, I am the Way and the Truth and the Life; no one comes to the Father except by (through) Me.
14:7 If you had known Me [had learned to recognize Me], you would also have known My Father. From now on, you know Him and have seen Him.
14:8 Philip said to Him, Lord, show us the Father [cause us to see the Father-that is all we ask]; then we shall be satisfied.
14:9 Jesus replied, Have I been with all of you for so long a time, and do you not recognize and know Me yet, Philip? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say then, Show us the Father?

Jesus was sent from heaven, the Word became flesh and dwelt among us (John 1). The Son of God was manifested on the earth. He dwelt on the earth and in heaven simultaneously.
John 3:13 And yet no one has ever gone up to heaven, but there is One Who has come down from heaven-the Son of Man [Himself], Who is (dwells, has His home) in heaven.

He was one with the Father, and only did what He saw His Father doing
John5:19 So Jesus answered them by saying, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, the Son is able to do nothing of Himself (of His own accord); but He is able to do only what He sees the Father doing, for whatever the Father does is what the Son does in the same way [in His turn].

So Jesus did the works of the Father, by the power of the Holy Spirit. Jesus said: you know the way, I am the Way the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father, except through Me. People could not see the Father, but they could see the works of the Father through Jesus, and in that way, Jesus made the Father known.

John 14:10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in Me? What I am telling you I do not say on My own authority and of My own accord; but the Father Who lives continually in Me does the (His) works (His own miracles, deeds of power).
14:11 Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me; or else believe Me for the sake of the [very] works themselves. [If you cannot trust Me, at least let these works that I do in My Father's name convince you.]
14:12 I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, if anyone steadfastly believes in Me, he will himself be able to do the things that I do; and he will do even greater things than these, because I go to the Father.

If we realise that Jesus Christ is the Way to the Father, and that He is one with the Father, and that we are now one with Him and in Him, we can do all things, because Jesus is now with the Father. How do we have fellowship with the Father? Through Jesus, the Way, the Door. Through believing the cross of Christ. The Gospel is the power of God unto Salvation, and makes us able to do the works of the Father, because we have fellowship with the Father, through Jesus.

John 14:13 And I will do [I Myself will grant] whatever you ask in My Name [as presenting all that I AM], so that the Father may be glorified and extolled in (through) the Son.
14:14 [Yes] I will grant [I Myself will do for you] whatever you shall ask in My Name [as presenting all that I AM].
14:15 If you [really] love Me, you will keep (obey) My commands.

These commands are the Words of Christ. Keep them in your heart. These commands are not the dictates of the Law that one normally would try to do.

14:16 And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, Strengthener, and Standby), that He may remain with you forever-
14:17 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.
14:18 I will not leave you as orphans [comfortless, desolate, bereaved, forlorn, helpless]; I will come [back] to you.
14:19 Just a little while now, and the world will not see Me any more, but you will see Me; because I live, you will live also.

This little while is not 2000+ years. It is not the second coming. This little while is the three days of Christ's suffering, death and resurrection.

14:20 At that time [when that day comes] you will know [for yourselves] that I am in My Father, and you [are] in Me, and I [am] in you.
14:21 The person who has My commands and keeps them is the one who [really] loves Me; and whoever [really] loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I [too] will love him and will show (reveal, manifest) Myself to him. [I will let Myself be clearly seen by him and make Myself real to him.]
14:22 Judas, not Iscariot, asked Him, Lord, how is it that You will reveal Yourself [make Yourself real] to us and not to the world?
14:23 Jesus answered, If a person [really] loves Me, he will keep My word [obey My teaching]; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home (abode, special dwelling place) with him.

We receive the Word, so that the Word can become flesh in us. We receive the Holy Spirit by believing the message of the Gospel (Gal3:1-3). He has sent the comforter, and we start experiencing that by the Holy Spirit Who comes when we believe the Gospel.

14:24 Anyone who does not [really] love Me does not observe and obey My teaching. And the teaching which you hear and heed is not Mine, but [comes] from the Father Who sent Me.
14:25 I have told you these things while I am still with you.
14:26 But the Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, Strengthener, Standby), the Holy Spirit, Whom the Father will send in My name [in My place, to represent Me and act on My behalf], He will teach you all things. And He will cause you to recall (will remind you of, bring to your remembrance) everything I have told you.
14:27 Peace I leave with you; My [own] peace I now give and bequeath to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. [Stop allowing yourselves to be agitated and disturbed; and do not permit yourselves to be fearful and intimidated and cowardly and unsettled.]

John 15:1 I AM the True Vine, and My Father is the Vinedresser.
15:2 Any branch in Me that does not bear fruit [that stops bearing] He cuts away (trims off, takes away); and He cleanses and repeatedly prunes every branch that continues to bear fruit, to make it bear more and richer and more excellent fruit.
15:3 You are cleansed and pruned already, because of the word which I have given you [the teachings I have discussed with you].
15:4 Dwell in Me, and I will dwell in you. [Live in Me, and I will live in you.] Just as no branch can bear fruit of itself without abiding in (being vitally united to) the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you abide in Me.
15:5 I am the Vine; you are the branches. Whoever lives in Me and I in him bears much (abundant) fruit. However, apart from Me [cut off from vital union with Me] you can do nothing.
15:6 If a person does not dwell in Me, he is thrown out like a [broken-off] branch, and withers; such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fire, and they are burned.
15:7 If you live in Me [abide vitally united to Me] and My words remain in you and continue to live in your hearts, ask whatever you will, and it shall be done for you.
15:8 When you bear (produce) much fruit, My Father is honored and glorified, and you show and prove yourselves to be true followers of Mine.

We need to realise that we are in Christ. 2 Cor 5:17 says 5:17 Therefore if any person is [ingrafted] in Christ (the Messiah) he is a new creation (a new creature altogether); the old has passed away. Behold, the fresh and new has come!

The Old is the law and the Prophets that Testify about Jesus Christ. Jesus came and fulfilled it. The New is the new life in Christ, in the Holy Spirit, and the Spirit in us, which is a life full of the works of the Father, that we can only do by the power of the Holy Spirit in the Name of His Son Jesus Christ.

We need to realise that we have died with Christ, and have been resurrected with Him (Rom6). We need to realise that if we believe the Word, we dwell in Him and He in us. If He dwells in us, we can do all things, because we have fellowship with the Father.

Revelation 21:3 Then I heard a mighty voice from the throne and I perceived its distinct words, saying, See! The abode of God is with men, and He will live (encamp, tent) among them; and they shall be His people, and God shall personally be with them and be their God.
21:4 God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more, neither shall there be anguish (sorrow and mourning) nor grief nor pain any more, for the old conditions and the former order of things have passed away.
21:5 And He Who is seated on the throne said, See! I make all things new. Also He said, Record this, for these sayings are faithful (accurate, incorruptible, and trustworthy) and true (genuine).
21:6 And He [further] said to me, It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I [Myself] will give water without price from the fountain (springs) of the water of Life.
21:7 He who is victorious shall inherit all these things, and I will be God to him and he shall be My son.

Rom 8:37 Yet amid all these things we are more than conquerors and gain a surpassing victory through Him Who loved us.

1John 5:4 For whatever is born of God is victorious over the world; and this is the victory that conquers the world, even our faith.
5:5 Who is it that is victorious over [that conquers] the world but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God [who adheres to, trusts in, and relies on that fact]?

Rom8:14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
8:15 For [the Spirit which] you have now received [is] not a spirit of slavery to put you once more in bondage to fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption [the Spirit producing sonship] in [the bliss of] which we cry, Abba (Father)! Father!
8:16 The Spirit Himself [thus] testifies together with our own spirit, [assuring us] that we are children of God.

We are God's children. We are the sons of God. We are those that conquer through faith in Him. He lives in us. We show Him to the world through His works that are done in us. We have access to the Father, to the Holy of Holies, through the blood and the broken flesh body of Christ. Our fellowship with Him, with His love, make us to be able to do all things.

Heb10:17 He then goes on to say, And their sins and their lawbreaking I will remember no more.
10:18 Now where there is absolute remission (forgiveness and cancellation of the penalty) of these [sins and lawbreaking], there is no longer any offering made to atone for sin.
10:19 Therefore, brethren, since we have full freedom and confidence to enter into the [Holy of] Holies [by the power and virtue] in the blood of Jesus,
10:20 By this fresh (new) and living way which He initiated and dedicated and opened for us through the separating curtain (veil of the Holy of Holies), that is, through His flesh,
10:21 And since we have [such] a great and wonderful and noble Priest [Who rules] over the house of God,
10:22 Let us all come forward and draw near with true (honest and sincere) hearts in unqualified assurance and absolute conviction engendered by faith (by that leaning of the entire human personality on God in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness), having our hearts sprinkled and purified from a guilty (evil) conscience and our bodies cleansed with pure water.
10:23 So let us seize and hold fast and retain without wavering the hope we cherish and confess and our acknowledgement of it, for He Who promised is reliable (sure) and faithful to His word.
10:24 And let us consider and give attentive, continuous care to watching over one another, studying how we may stir up (stimulate and incite) to love and helpful deeds and noble activities.

I pray that the Lord Jesus Christ will show Himself to you. I pray that you will realise that you are in Christ, and that Christ is in you, and that you are therefore in the Father, and the Father in you.

John17

17:19 And so for their sake and on their behalf I sanctify (dedicate, consecrate) Myself, that they also may be sanctified (dedicated, consecrated, made holy) in the Truth.
17:20 Neither for these alone do I pray [it is not for their sake only that I make this request], but also for all those who will ever come to believe in (trust in, cling to, rely on) Me through their word and teaching,
17:21 That they all may be one, [just] as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be one in Us, so that the world may believe and be convinced that You have sent Me.
17:22 I have given to them the glory and honor which You have given Me, that they may be one [even] as We are one:
17:23 I in them and You in Me, in order that they may become one and perfectly united, that the world may know and [definitely] recognize that You sent Me and that You have loved them [even] as You have loved Me.

Bless you

Baptised into His death

When asked the question if we should keep on living in sin, now that we know that the grace of God is so great, and without condition, this was the answer of Paul the Apostle in Romans 6:2

"Certainly not! How can we who died to sin live in it any longer?
6:3 Are you ignorant of the fact that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?
6:4 We were buried therefore with Him by the baptism into death, so that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious [power] of the Father, so we too might [habitually] live and behave in newness of life.
6:5 For if we have become one with Him by sharing a death like His, we shall also be [one with Him in sharing] His resurrection [by a new life lived for God].
6:6 We know that our old (unrenewed) self was nailed to the cross with Him in order that [our] body [which is the instrument] of sin might be made ineffective and inactive for evil, that we might no longer be the slaves of sin.
6:7 For when a man dies, he is freed (loosed, delivered) from [the power of] sin [among men].
6:8 Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him,
6:9 Because we know that Christ (the Anointed One), being once raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has power over Him.
6:10 For by the death He died, He died to sin [ending His relation to it] once for all; and the life that He lives, He is living to God [in unbroken fellowship with Him].
6:11 Even so consider yourselves also dead to sin and your relation to it broken, but alive to God [living in unbroken fellowship with Him] in Christ Jesus.
6:12 Let not sin therefore rule as king in your mortal (short-lived, perishable) bodies, to make you yield to its cravings and be subject to its lusts and evil passions."

Paul also wrote to the Galatian church and said:

Gal 2:20-21
"2:20 I have been crucified with Christ [in Him I have shared His crucifixion]; it is no longer I who live, but Christ (the Messiah) lives in me; and the life I now live in the body I live by faith in (by adherence to and reliance on and complete trust in) the Son of God, Who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
2:21 [Therefore, I do not treat God's gracious gift as something of minor importance and defeat its very purpose]; I do not set aside and invalidate and frustrate and nullify the grace (unmerited favor) of God. For if justification (righteousness, acquittal from guilt) comes through [observing the ritual of] the Law, then Christ (the Messiah) died groundlessly and to no purpose and in vain. [His death was then wholly superfluous.]"

The question he asked was: Are you ignorant of the fact that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? If you know this fact, and really trust that you have died with Christ, and were raised with Him, by the Holy Spirit, you can know eternal life right now, right here on earth. You don't have to wait for death of your physical body to be set free from the sinful nature dwelling in your natural body. You can die now, and be resurrected with Christ, and be seated with Him in heavenly places, right now (Eph2:6)

How does it happen? How do I get there? Believe in Jesus Christ. Believe that He died for you. And as a physical manifestation of what you believe, get baptized, to manifest the fact that you died with Him on the cross of Golgotha, and that you were raised with Him to the newness of life.

Rom 8:11 says: "And if the Spirit of Him Who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, [then] He Who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also restore to life your mortal (short-lived, perishable) bodies through His Spirit Who dwells in you."

Realise this. You have been made alive by the Holy Spirit. Realise that you have died to sin, this will make your body inactive to sin.

Let Christ rule in your body, now that you are truly and unquestionably free. If someone is truly free, it means that he can decide to submit himself to bondage again, but is also free to submit himself to new life in Christ. So let Christ rule in you. You have been baptised into His death, and raised to the newness of life. Gal 5:1 says "IN [this] freedom Christ has made us free [and completely liberated us]; stand fast then, and do not be hampered and held ensnared and submit again to a yoke of slavery [which you have once put off]."

Freedom is not stepping out from under all authority, and becoming your own God. Freedom is being loosed from death that reigned over us, and stepping into Christ Who is life, and who justifies you with His grace!

Why try to better yourself, when you can die to sin altogether? Watchman Nee writes in his book "The Spiritual Man" that God's way of dealing with sin is completely different than man's way. Man tries to justify himself by trying to change his behaviour, while God removes the sinner from the scene of action. It is only in dying that we truly live!

We know that Christ died for our sins. We know that He became sin for us, to that we could be made the righteousness of God. Why then is it so difficult for us to understand that we too have shared in His death, and resurrection, and have died to sin once for all. Receive this by faith, in other words, believe that this is true, and experience the bliss of knowing that your sins are altogether atoned for and you are justified by the Living God!

Bless you!

The Word of God is near you, in you heart and on your lips

Rom 10:8 But what does it say? The Word (God's message in Christ) is near you, on your lips and in your heart; that is, the Word (the message, the basis and object) of faith which we preach,
10:9 Because if you acknowledge and confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and in your heart believe (adhere to, trust in, and rely on the truth) that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
10:10 For with the heart a person believes (adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Christ) and so is justified (declared righteous, acceptable to God), and with the mouth he confesses (declares openly and speaks out freely his faith) and confirms [his] salvation.
10:11 The Scripture says, No man who believes in Him [who adheres to, relies on, and trusts in Him] will [ever] be put to shame or be disappointed.
10:12 [No one] for there is no distinction between Jew and Greek. The same Lord is Lord over all [of us] and He generously bestows His riches upon all who call upon Him [in faith].
10:13 For everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord [invoking Him as Lord] will be saved.
10:14 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?
10:15 And how can men [be expected to] preach unless they are sent? As it is written, How beautiful are the feet of those who bring glad tidings! [How welcome is the coming of those who preach the good news of His good things!]
10:16 But they have not all heeded the Gospel; for Isaiah says, Lord, who has believed (had faith in) what he has heard from us?
10:17 So faith comes by hearing [what is told], and what is heard comes by the preaching [of the message that came from the lips] of Christ (the Messiah Himself).

The Word of God is alive and active. It is the person Jesus Christ Himself. The Word became flesh and dwelt among us. How wil we really speak the word of faith? How will the power of the Word of Faith tuly dwell in our heart?

The Word became flesh in the Body of Jesus Christ. Jesus said that those who have his teachings and keeps them are the ones who really love Him, and He will come and abide with them (John14:21-23). In John 15 Jesus said:
15:3 You are cleansed and pruned already, because of the word which I have given you [the teachings I have discussed with you].
15:4 Dwell in Me, and I will dwell in you. [Live in Me, and I will live in you.] Just as no branch can bear fruit of itself without abiding in (being vitally united to) the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you abide in Me.
15:5 I am the Vine; you are the branches. Whoever lives in Me and I in him bears much (abundant) fruit. However, apart from Me [cut off from vital union with Me] you can do nothing.

If the Word of God dwells in us richly (Col 3:16), the person Jesus Christ abides in us. He is the Word. Then this same word abides in us, and becomes flesh in us. Just as Jesus was born from above, we are then also born from God (John 1: 13) and we can do whatever He did and even greater (John 14:12).

Now, if the Word of God dwells richly in our hearts, there is an abundance of Word in us. In Matt 12 Jesus speaks to the Pharisees:
Matt 12:33 Either make the tree sound (healthy and good), and its fruit sound (healthy and good), or make the tree rotten (diseased and bad), and its fruit rotten (diseased and bad); for the tree is known and recognized and judged by its fruit.
12:34 You offspring of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil (wicked)? For out of the fullness (the overflow, the superabundance) of the heart the mouth speaks.
12:35 The good man from his inner good treasure flings forth good things, and the evil man out of his inner evil storehouse flings forth evil things.

It will have only have religious value to take the Word of God on your lips and confess it mechanically. Do you want to be religious and miserable, or do you want the power? The power lies in when we receive the Word into our hearts. When the Word becomes flesh in us, when He dwells in us, our hearts have abundance of Word. Out of that abundance we habitually speak, and whatever we say we shall have.

Mark 11:22 And Jesus, replying, said to them, Have faith in God [constantly].
11:23 Truly I tell you, whoever says to this mountain, Be lifted up and thrown into the sea! and does not doubt at all in his heart but believes that what he says will take place, it will be done for him.
11:24 For this reason I am telling you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe (trust and be confident) that it is granted to you, and you will [get it].

Faith comes by hearing (Rom10:17). We need to hear the Word and receive it in our hearts. That opens our spiritual ears, and we are able to hear the Word, the Person Jesus Christ who abides in us. We can then follow His promptings. We can then be led by the Spirit, and do what He prompts us. That will result in us having power, and the Word which is in us will be spoken in authority.

You can not change your amount of faith. You can not will the power of God. It abides in you. It is only received by receiving the Person, Who is the Word. That Word speaks in us, and tremendous faith is released. The more we hear and receive the Word of Faith, the more faith will dwell in us, and the more we will have what we say. It's all about Jesus Christ.

You can't change what you produce, but you can change what you hear. Hearing the Word, will produce faith and goldy works in your life. It will produce and intimate experience with the Person Jesus Christ Who is the Word.

Rom 12:2 Do not be conformed to this world (this age), [fashioned after and adapted to its external, superficial customs], but be transformed (changed) by the [entire] renewal of your mind [by its new ideals and its new attitude], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God, even the thing which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His sight for you].

Bless you

What happened next?

This post goes with the previous one, so read the previous one first...

I went back to Mamelodi yesterday. I printed out 66 sermons of Prophet Kobus van Rensburg, had it bound, prayed over it, and anointed it with anointing oil. This 450 page book is full of teaching material of the prophet, scripture upon scripture. The pastor from Zambia asked if he could get material, and I decided to bring him enough to feed his hunger for the word. He was really blessed to receive it. I also gave him a big crucifix.

He then testified about what happed right after I left the day before. He got a message from the Council. They had just had a meeting in which they decided to give him a piece of land, fenced with palisade fencing, which also has a building on it. The land has enough space to hold a decent crusade, so its quite big. All the paperwork is being done, and he could get occupation immediately. The school next door approached him an hour later and said, although they declined his application to come and minister to the children, they just decided that they want him to come and minister to the children in the school. He was practically begging them for months and they said no. All of a sudden they approached him and asked him to come.

This is the grace of God! This man's life was not only changed in an instant, but he got a major breakthrough. When I met him yesterday, he said: "I have to be strong now, I feel again like I felt yesterday when you prayed for me." I just walked into his house.

I took Thea with me to show her miracles, so we couldn't leave until someone was healed. I prayed for a guy with bad sight, and he saw properly. He could even read my car's registration number from about 50m away. Another man's back pain was healed. Thea prayed for a barren lady who had constant abdominal pain. The pain left instantly, and the lady was healed and blessed. She just wanted to know when we're coming again. Then a couple of other people wanted to know if I could pray for them just for a blessing.

The people who have nothing are open to the Gospel of Jesus Christ like you can't even imagine. I challenge everyone reading this, who obviously have a higher income and livestyle, having access to electricity, and the internet: Open your heart to the Gospel. This is your primary need. There is nothing more important in your life than hearing the Word of God. There is no higher priority than experiencing the presence of God. He is with you, just let Him show you who He is.

Let the Word of God dwell in your hearts richly!

Bless you!

A life changed in an instant

I go to Mamelodi Township in the east of the Pretoria Metropolitan Area, South Africa, and I go there often. Today I went there with Vihann, with no particular plan, but to bring life. The Lord Jesus Christ showed me in a vision that He is the Tree of Life. The fruit of the Tree of Life is His Word. John6:63 says "The flesh has no benefit, but the Words that I speak unto you are spirit and they are life." I have feasted on the Word of God for the past 8 years. What the Lord also showed me, was that the effect of eating the fruit of the Tree of Life, is change. If I eat His Word, I become a tree that bears the same fruit. Ps 1 says: Blessed is the man who walks not after the council of the ungodly, nor stand in the circles of the scoffers, or sit in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the Word of the Lord. He shall be like a tree planted by the living waters! I went with the vision in my heart of being a tree of life to the people there.

I met a pastor from Zambia, who was completely confused by what he had heard from theological studies at UNISA. It bothered him a lot. I just started speaking, and the Lord spoke right into his heart. I told him that the Gospel is Good News, not complicated laws. There is a distinct difference between the Gospel of Christ, and the laws of accusation and condemnation preached in some places. Law and grace can never mix. The old and the new is set apart from each other.


I told him that there are two messages. One is what we must do in order to please God. This is not the Gospel. The other is what Jesus Christ did for us on the cross. This is the Gospel. If someone boasts in revelation, and that revelation is not the Cross of Christ, that is no revelation at all, but human reasoning. There is no revelation of God, apart from the Crucified Christ. Any other revelation is no revelation at all. There is much to reveal about the Cross of Christ. We will still receive revelation on what He did on the cross for all eternity! Paul writes in 1 Cor 2:2 I want to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified, verse 6 "Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:
2:7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, [even] the hidden [wisdom], which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
2:8 Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known [it], they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
2:10 But God hath revealed [them] unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

He was set at peace, and felt a great burden leave him. I prayed for him and he felt the power of God moving through him. Then I started telling him about Acts 19

I Acts 19:11-12 cloths that just touched the body of Paul was taken to the sick, and they were healed. The woman with the issue of blood just touched the hem of Jesus' garment (Matt 9:20-21 etc.), and she was healed. So I told him that the anointing of Christ, the physical manifestation of His presence, the power of God can come upon material things like a cloth.

I received a prayer talith from a good friend a couple of years ago. This cloth went with me to all the anointed services I went to. I went through the bath of bethesda (at Spirit Word Ministries, Stilfontein, South Africa - Prophet Kobus van Rensburg) scores of times with this cloth. I was anointed hundreds of times wearing this cloth. The cloth was anointed by the prophet, by another prophet, Marnes Nel, Potchefstroom, and I had very strong real and powerful experiences with God while praying with this cloth. Last week God told me to cut it into pieces, and hand it out to hungry people. So I cut it into 32 pieces, anointed each one with oil I have been praying over for months, also mixed with oil Prophet Kobus prayed over, and oil of Marnes Nel. As I anointed each cloth, I felt the power of God very strongly. On Sunday I started handing out the cloths to people. I had one in my pocket this morning.

I took it out, and told the pastor, that the power of God is on that cloth, and that the spiritual substance of the anointing is resting on that cloth. I explained the scriptures and the reality of it to him. When I gave him the cloth, he fell out under the power like a bag of potatoes. When he came to, he was shaking like a leaf. His whole body was pins and needles. He felt the anointing of God come upon his life. I told him to keep the cloth close to him, and enjoy the experience of the presence of God. Immanuel. God is with us! He couldn't even stand properly. He wanted to walk us back to the car, but couldn't. A hungry heart was touched by the reality of Jesus Christ!

To our Lord Jesus Christ be all glory and honour!

Love

This is the grace of God. That He knew you beforehand, loved you and gave Himself up for you before you even knew anything about it. He knew everything that you were ever going to do. Al the mistakes, all the trouble. Jesus loved you so much that He was moved to become a man. His own people received Him not. They rejected Him, the cursed Him, they crucified Him. Then Gospel went out first to the very ones who crucified Him. As they crucified Him, He said, Father Forgive them, they know not what they do. 1John 4:10 says: "In this is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation (the atoning sacrifice) for our sins." He was moved with love for you.

How much does He love us? Song of Solomon
1:2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love [is] better than wine.
1:3 Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name [is as] ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.
1:4 Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.

2:1 I [am] the rose of Sharon, [and] the lily of the valleys.
2:2 As the lily among thorns, so [is] my love among the daughters.
2:3 As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so [is] my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit [was] sweet to my taste.
2:4 He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me [was] love.
2:5 Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I [am] sick of love.
2:6 His left hand [is] under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
2:7 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake [my] love, till he please.
2:8 The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
2:9 My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.
2:10 My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.

4:7 Thou [art] all fair, my love; [there is] no spot in thee.
4:8 Come with me from Lebanon, [my] spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards.
4:9 Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, [my] spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.
4:10 How fair is thy love, my sister, [my] spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!
4:11 Thy lips, O [my] spouse, drop [as] the honeycomb: honey and milk [are] under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments [is] like the smell of Lebanon.
4:12 A garden inclosed [is] my sister, [my] spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
4:13 Thy plants [are] an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,
4:14 Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:
4:15 A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.
4:16 Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, [that] the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.

You are His undefiled one. He washed you in His own blood to purge you from sins. You're not supposed to feel guilty, but to be drunk with love! Do not refuse Him. He does not come to judge you, but to love you. He comes to you. He seeks after you! Don't deny Him. Love seeks after you, a burning love that devours all other thoughts. God loves you dearly. He pours over you. He's awake for you. He longs for you!

Your sins have been forgiven! Your iniquities have been washed. Your unrighteousness have been taken away! You are spotless, pure and beautiful! Do not let the lie and deception of condemnation dwell in your hearts. Do not let the accusing voice lead you away from the Love of you heart. Do not be turned to yourself because of the accusing voice. There is one that accuses, even Moses. Christ is the end of the law. The Devil was a liar from the beginning. He is the accuser of the brethren. He uses the law, which was meant for Christ, and testifies about Christ, to condemn you before God. He was a liar from the beginning. There is no condemnation for you. He loved you while you were yet a sinner. He loved you before you were born. His love for you moved Him to finish all that was written about Him in the Law and the prophets on the cross!
Sin is condemned. Sin is overcome. Sin is broken. Death is defeated. The ruler of the law world has been cast out. The accuser has been cast out of heaven. God will earnestly remember your sins and iniquities no more! (Jer31, Heb8, Heb10) You are truly free.

The experience of condemnation comes from the law. It is a wicked person trying to lead you astray, away from the love of your Holy Husband. The School Master (Law) has gone, The Groom came! We are the Bride of Christ, the Lambs wife. All that remains for us is to eat the fruit of the Tree of Life, and Live. All that remains, is the blissfull fellowship with the One we love! O come on Bride! Open your hearts. Let the Love of Christ flood your senses. Let Him love you.

These are the words to a song that blessed me so much

Kiss me with the kisses of you mouth
Your love is better than wine
Call me with the voice of rushing waters
Call me, and I will run with you.

Jesus, how wonderful you are to me!
Jesus How wonderful you are to me!

I pray that His love will just overtake you and bless you. The intimate love with which He loved us before the foundation of the earth!

Testimonies

Today I got in my car and drove to Mamelodi East. There I met a lady I had prayed for a couple of times. She came with me and lead me to her family in Mamelodi West. Her niece (as far as I can remember) was very sick and weak. I prayed for her and she was really touched by God. I will keep you posted on her condition. For reference sake, her name is Pinky.

Then we went across the road and I prayed for her mother. She had a lot of stress related problems, arthritis, high blood pressure and sugar diabetes. All her pains left her body. She testified that she felt movement in her head when I laid my hands on her head, something flowing in a circular motion. She then described it as steam coming of hot water. All her pains left instantly, and she now has peace and joy. She said that she now has so much energy, she can run to Silverton!

Another lady (the great grandma) had terrible pain in the feet, and pretty much all over her body. She was totally healed instantly. She felt energy and vitality and all the pains left her body. She was very happy.

Another lady (they're all family - I remember her name as Nomsa) had pain in the lower back, feet and she also had the flue. After I laid my hands on her, she also testified that she felt something move into her. Her feet was healed instantly. She experienced a little back pain. I told her to twist her back, and I heard a crackling noise. The pain left instantly and she bent over made a lot of movements without any pain at all! The flue simptoms were also gone.

Then I prayed for the origional lady's son who suffers from epilepsie. I will keep you posted on his condition.

Back in Eastern Mamelodi. I prayed for a business to prosper about a month ago. The shop is now well stocked, and the lady testified that the business kept on growing since then.

To God be all the honour and glory. He is good, and wants to bless His people!

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Did you know that you are forgiven already?

You probably never heard this, but restitution has already been made. Your sins are already paid for, you are already forgiven, even before you were born. Nothing you ever do can change the love with which Christ loved you and gave Himself up for you on the cross almost 2000 years ago. He knew you before you were created. He knew all things you were to do wrong in your life, and still He was made manifest on the earth in human form and died a horible death so that your sins might be forgotten.

Nothing you ever do can change what He already did. The thing is, this will never benefit you untill you believe it. You will not receive any benefit of His actions, untill you believe it actually happened, and that He is the Truth. His Spirit witnesses in your heart that this is the Truth, and is ready to change the effect the world has had on you since you were born.

We've all been affected by the world, and the law of this world. This world functions by law, not necessarily written law, but it's governed by law, to which you need to subscribe in order to survive. Law of morality, law of society, law of religiocity, law of friendships, law of business, law of etiquette etc. There is a constant expectation of you to conform to behaviour that is adopted by every person in that particular group who subscribes to that set of norms. If you fail to conform, you are confronted with a definite sanction against you, whether it be social sanction, like people shunning you for a while, or confrontation, or even total rejection of your person.

That is the way the world works. We constantly make the erroneous assumption that it works the same way with God. It simply doesn't. Who do you know other than Christ, that would give himself up for you, pay all your debts, knowing beforehand that you would deny him and turn against him? Who do you know that keeps on loving you without condition, even though you may never respond to that love? The truth is no one. No person, no matter how lovable he is, will be like that in his own character.

Christ loves you with an undying love. He does not expect anything back. All He wants is for you to know how He feels about you. He wants you to thoroughly understand how much He loves you, how much He wants to bless you, and how much He wants to fulfill your every desire. He knows you in and out. He doesn't judge your wrongs, that why He was judged for the world on the cross in the first place. He knows your every liking, because He put it there. All He wants is that you know how much He loves you. You do not know the complete picture. The image you have of Christ is broken and deceitful. He wants to restore your image of His character, so you may realise that He is just there to love you and bless you.

The only reason why people around the world suffer, is because they do not know how much He loves them. The only reason why there is suffering, is because His love is not made manifest by people towards other people. He can not be seen, other than be seen in us. If we know Him, people can see Him in us. He can not help the world other than through us. If we yield to Him, He can rule out all the terrible things happening in the world around us. When you cry, He cries with you, unable to help you until you yield to Him, and His love.

God is sovereign over us. That is the truth, but that is not the reality. When we yield to the Truth, God can be sovereign in reality in our lives. That makes God to be able to rule through us on the earth. Before He made man He said: Let us make man in our image, and let them have dominion. We have the dominion. He will never usurp our authority in earth, yet we yield our members to evil and darkness and blame God for the result.

God forgave your every wrong. He loves you without reserve. Yield to His love, receive what Christ did on the cross for you, and taste and see that the Lord is good! Your live will never be the same. You will only experience the bliss of knowing Him, and being associated with Him. In knowing Him, you are hidden from evil, and inaccesible to danger. God is love. Love never fails!

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