One Body One Church

The Lord spoke in my heart “There’s only One Body, One Church.”

So strongly He spoke this again in my heart.  This was His next message to impress in all our hearts.

It is not many faiths that have to come together as one.  NO NO NO.  It is One Faith, One Lord, One Body, One Church.

Jesus Christ is the Head of this church.  The Only Church. The True Church and Body of Jesus Christ.

There is only one gospel which is the good news of Jesus Christ and His Kingdom: which He has made possible for us to enter and abide in through His Blood that was shed and by the dying on that cross for the forgiveness from our sins and for the redemption of our souls, being justified through His resurrection (Romans 4:25)...Giving us the Gift of Eternal Life.

There’s other ways to say this that I’m sure you could do, yet it all comes back to this one thing:  Jesus Christ is God’s Word that was made manifest in the flesh, for the liberating of us out of death and into His Life... to be One with Him who is the Head of His Church, which is the church of the first born which is noted in Hebrews 12:23; and to become His Body which is the fullness of him that fills all in all as noted in Ephesians 1:22-23.

Ephesians 1:22-23 And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.

Grabbing a hold of this we see that He has made us His body that HE is manifested through in heaven AND in this earth.  His fullness ... His completed work of salvation... abiding In Us...each one of us that has received HIM, our Saviour, Head, and Lord.

Ephesians 5:23,30

v23 ...Christ is the head of the church; and he is the saviour of the body.

v30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

Colossians 1:18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

v19 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;

v20 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven....

Colossians 2:19 And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.

This verse is speaking in a negative, corrective form, but read it in the affirmative, positive form concerning Christ the Head and His body and how important it is to nourish one another.

1 Corinthians 10:16-17 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?

v17 For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.

The Bread of Life (John 6:26-65) v51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

Hebrews 10:20 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;

So we Eat of His Body, and Drink of His Blood...Entering into His Kingdom, and our new Life that is His.  Daily Communing together in and by the Holy Spirit, to nourish one another In Christ Jesus: the Bread of Life, so that we may grow up into the Head and increase even more with the increase of God.

God through His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, makes us One with Him, Our One and Only Head.... a new life, new identity, new head of the household...which now we have become His Body, His Church... that the world may taste of Him who is Lord over all, and Saviour for all.

Amen.

Sanctified AND Cleansed: Sons Manifesting

This message could also be called “Coming into the Measure of the Stature of the Fullness of Christ.”  (Ephesians 4:10-32) or “Press On In”

It is time for cleanup.... again...Time to go further and take the next step of Glory... entering in to the Father through the Son...eating of His Body and Drinking of His Blood... passing through His veil that is His flesh, and sitting in the Father’s presence, swallowed up of His Son’s Life which is Himself.

You have received Jesus Christ as your Savior, and are sealed with that Holy Spirit. That Holy Spirit is the testimony and spirit of Christ abiding IN YOUR SOUL.   He has now apprehended you.

Ephesians 1:13-14 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.

Philippians 3:12 ...but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus...

What may that reason be: Christ apprehending you?  Read the full verse of 12 and let’s take it to verse 13-14 also:

v12 Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect:...but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus... 

Perfect here means “teleioo” in Greek #5048. It is used in verb form and means “to perfect, complete, finish; to reach a goal, be fulfilled, completed, made perfect.

So Christ is to apprehend you so you may become a “finished work,” “a completed work,” ... a perfect work of His workmanship having reached “a goal.”   What goal?

Verse 13-14 tells us.... v13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before. v14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Goal: hitting the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus..... A SON: a member of the many membered body joined to the head that is Christ.  One Spirit, One Mind, One Head, One Body... Coming into the Measure of the Stature of the Fullness of Christ Jesus.

This comes about and is achieved only by the working of the Holy Spirit in you.  As already said at the beginning of this message... Having been sealed by that Holy Spirit whom you received after you heard that word of truth...

Now we see more as we read Ephesians 5:26-27:

v26 That he (Christ) might sanctify and cleanse it (church) with the washing of water by the word.

v27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

The Process continues.... having apprehended you so that He may clean and release you from all that old destructive, rebellious behavior and nature and spirit.  He’s already abiding in you and sealed you, but now He wants to produce His life in you and flow through you and remove from your mind the things that tries to kill, steal, and destroy your life and others.

The Lord does not want you to stay in your filth, or mess, or old mindset.  He wants you to walk in the New Life – HIS LIFE.!... more abundantly.

That LIFE is the Life that produces LIFE: Righteousness, holiness, love, peace, joy, kindness.... the FRUIT of HIS SPIRIT as in Galatians 5:22, and Not the fruit of the flesh (carnal spirit/mind) that is spoken of in verses 19-21.  So He Sanctifies you by Himself being your righteousness and then begins to FREE YOU from all those things that are not HIS CHARACTER. 

The Lord sends His Gifts to be His hand in bringing each of us into the MEASURE of the STATURE (Character/Maturity) of the FULLNESS (Completeness, Perfect One, Maturity) of Christ Jesus (SON/LAMB of GOD). (Ephesians 4:12-16)

So God’s plan is being worked in each of us as it is our appointed time to come forth in Him.  He draws us to Himself through His Son, who is the Door to our New Life and Blessings!  ...receiving His Life so that we may live life more abundantly.

The Holy Spirit in us begins to write upon our hearts and puts in our minds the blood covenant of Jesus Christ.  God’s Seal of His Holy Spirit in us is declaring His Righteousness in His Blood that was poured out on our behalf through and by His Son Jesus Christ:  God’s Lamb – God’s Soul.  He is our Approval, Blessings, Benefits and Inheritance of the First Born that is the Word and Law governing us.

The Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus working in us has freed us from the law of sin and death (Romans 8:1-4).

That Holy Spirit is the witness and record of God revealing Christ Jesus to us, and as we allow Him time to speak to us and reveal His Son, we are “changed”.... “transformed” into the image of Himself.  Jesus Christ is the Power and Wisdom of God removing our burdens... daily if we will allow Him to appear and make himself known to us. (John 14:20-23).  Acknowledge Him in all our ways....

Philippians 3:21 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.

And in 2 Corinthians 3:16-18: Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the veil shall be taken away. Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.  But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

It is God’s plan....

It is God’s plan that through His Son Jesus Christ we are not just Sanctified and left to continue in our filth.... BUT SANCTIFIED AND to be CLEANSED from that body of the sins of the flesh.  To walk in Newness of Life... His Life.  Amen!

Hallelujah!!!!

Romans 7:24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?

Paul already said that he had not yet obtained perfection but he was forgetting all behind that he may apprehend that for which Christ had apprehended him.  This was noted in Philippians 3 which is earlier in this message. Please reread if necessary.

But verse 25 he gives the victory cry: I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.

Paul hadn’t obtained that victory yet, but by faith pressed on... so must all that still find a war within themselves wanting to do as God would have them do, yet, find themselves still opposing God’s will.  And also for them that love the Lord and spend time daily, but still find manifestations of carnality.... to you press on and in.

But we have the ASSURANCE and ANCHOR already established in our souls DECLARING HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS on our behalf. !!! Hallelujah!

Now PRESS IN and ON ... Allow the Holy Spirit to BRING YOU THROUGH THE SON... and RELEASE You from the body of the sins of the flesh.  Forgiveness is Eternal now. 

Sin has ceased and can no longer hurt you since you have received Jesus, but why carry around the affects and weight of it: wounds, scars, bitterness, anger, adulteries, fornications, idolatries...  Let God REMOVE the weight of the body of the sins of the flesh.... 

GRACE ABOUNDS for this reason.  You have the victory. Period.  Now use that Victory to ENTER THE PROMISED LAND.  The Lord has given us His Word.!!.  Allow the Lord to cut OFF the hinderances of the character of that old nature... circumcise you in heart and mind.

Only the death of Christ is needed in your remembrance: mind and thoughts...the Blood Covenant – Eating of His Body and Drinking of His Blood until He appears... until the Resurrection and Life appears – the One who is without sin comes for you... Have you received Him?  Has He knocked on the door of your heart and you said Yes you are my Savior, Please forgive me of my sin and be my Lord and Savior.  Come in to my heart, Lord.  Haven’t you already done this?   Then Jesus Christ is come for you to redeem you unto Himself.

Now allow Him to continue His clean up in you and open your eyes and ears to behold Him and be changed into His Identity and Divine Nature.  He works this pressing in a little at a time for us; otherwise, it would be too overwhelming for us all at once.  Yet we are anchored and have all assurance of our salvation that has already been purchased for us through the blood and body of Jesus Christ.

You have God’s WORD (in you) that you have the Victory. Now ENTER INTO the PROMISED LAND.  Hallelujah!!!

Romans 6:6  Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

Colossians 2:11 In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:

Circumcision of Christ is God’s WORD... that two-edged sword... that is spirit and life (Hebrews 4:12, John 6:63)... cutting away the flesh of the heart and mind.

Circumcision of Christ is God’s WORD... that washing of the water by the word spoken of in Ephesians 5:26, for the cutting away of the flesh of the spirit and mind.

God’s Word is Spirit and Life (John 6:63)...God’s WORD IS Jesus Christ.  God’s Word that Is His Will for us... to liberate us, Wash us, Cleanse us from all sin and its affects and wounds, and decay.  Death is no more.  Once Christ is in us, we live forever without sin and death.  That is what Jesus has done for us.  He walked on this earth after the resurrection without sin as the first one to do that, so that we may follow Him in this glorious walk... on earth as it is in heaven.  Oh Hallelujah!

Some fight this to their own defeat, only because they refuse to see God’s truth here... so they have no understanding. 

In John 11:25-26 Jesus says “I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?”

Press On and In to the Promise Land that is Jesus Christ in the Father.  He has apprehended you for this purpose... (Read John 14:20-23 for insight.)

So that you may have Eternal Life and Abide in Life Eternal Today. (1 John 5:11-13, 1 John 5:20)

1 John 5:20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

No More Delay... Today is Your Day of Victory... Jesus Christ is Come... In You.... Without Sin... To Redeem you and bring You into Himself... where He is... Today.   It is a process.

Jesus Christ is our present day truth... the Spirit of Truth working In Us... His Body... made manifest on earth as it is in heaven... God’s will being done.... Setting His creation free... as the manifestation of the sons of God come forth.

Romans 8:18-21 v18-19 ...glory which shall be revealed in us. For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.

John 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

Press on for the high calling of God in Christ Jesus....

Ephesians 5:26-27

That he might sanctify and cleanse (you) with the washing of the water by the word... present (you) to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

Having been sealed by His Holy Spirit, who is the first (earnest) of His Life and Heritage revealed, now allow the fullness of His Life to come forth...

Continue on and allow the Lord to birth more of His Divine Life forth...as your new life in Him... Sanctified and Cleansed.

Amen.

New Heaven and New Earth

New Heaven and New Earth: Where God dwells

Hebrews 13:14 For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.

Wow.  THEY, that were living in the earth near the time after Jesus’ ascension and the end time of that generation had declared that they had no continuing city.   They were believing in the arriving of the new heaven(s) and new earth and the establishing of God’s kingdom in the earth. There was a new world to come.

Hebrews 6:5  And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come.

2 Peter 3:13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.

Was this to be a natural dwelling place that is seen with the natural eye..... or was this to be the heavenly or rather spiritual place where Jesus is now, and our heavenly Father is too.

OHHHHH there is so much to see in what was just said.

Hebrews 11:13-16

These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.  For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country..... But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.

They looked for a new city that would be filled with God’s righteousness.  He prepared a place for them... (John 14:2-3 to carry this message further and deeper).

Revelation 21:1-2 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.  And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

The New Heavenly Jerusalem filled with God’s Righteousness.

The old Jerusalem was symbolic of what was happening in the spirit realm of God’s kingdom and true city.  It was our example of heavenly things.  The earthly temple and ordinances, etc.... were a shadow of what was to be.

But our All Wise Father was working His Plan in heaven AND earth.... 

He was about to restore the kingdom and remove all unrighteousness... out of His heaven AND His dwelling place in the earth.  A new king and priest were coming... and this one would be an eternal, forever King and Priest over all... ALL things in heavens and earth.

Jesus Christ His only begotten Son came into the world.  This was and is God’s Word and Will manifested and revealed. This was for the setting free of all creation from the one... that disobedient spirit that sinned from the beginning.  The devil sinned from the beginning.  He was given rule over man.  But now in Christ Jesus, that ruler is removed and judged guilty.  Now thrown into the lake of fire where he will be forever.  A new King/Priest and Kingdom was and is established in heaven and in the earth forever.

Clean up had begun.  And Jesus FINISHED THAT WORK.  His Throne was set up and He sat in it.  The Work was done.

Now His Kingdom and City and all that dwelled within were filled with HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS.  He subdued it to the Father. And the Father released and established it in the earth.... so that now, heaven and earth are in Christ, who reigns forever more... in heaven and earth... visible and invisible.

Verse 3 says And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.

Ohhhh my and Praise the Lord!!!!!  Hear and See what the Lord has done!!!

So this new city where God dwells..... is His tabernacle that is made up of His people.

Revelation 21:9-10 reveals the Lamb’s wife/bride, which is that great city, the holy Jerusalem.

Then from 11-27 the scriptures speak of such city and that God and the Lamb are the temple as well as the light in it.... Now catch this... the city are the people.

Verses 12-14 describes the apostles and tribes in it.  As John 14:2-4 tells us that in the Father’s house are many dwelling places.  Do you see the many places?

Yet there is the place of the Son and His Church.....  John 14:2-4 I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.

Ephesians 2:5-6 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:

The Bride is ready and has joined unto the Lamb ... for He has made her ready....

How? Ephesians 5:25-27 ...even as Christ loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word. That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing: but that it should be holy and without blemish.

So as He is Received by us, He establishes His rule and righteousness in your spirit, soul, and body.  He begins to wash you and free you from the affects of sin and death, while releasing His Liberty and Life in you as Your New Heaven and Earth....  now submitted to the Father.

NOW, that day has come for you, and John 14:20-23 is become your reality.

John 14: 20-23 At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you..... and will manifest myself to him... and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

God’s New Heaven(s) and Earth established, and You are either already established in Him... or you are in the process of entering His New Jerusalem and Temple, and being placed in that special place prepared just for you...

Hebrews 12:22-24, and through 29.

v18 For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,...

v22 But ye are come unto mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels.

v23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,

v24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.

You are come.... It didn’t say “will come”... it says “are come” meaning “Now”.... you are come to the new heavenly Jerusalem that now dwells in heaven And the earth...

But yet you only see Jesus at first.  In Hebrews 2:8-11 *8-9 it shows us this: “...Thou has put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him. But we see Jesus,...

Then as He washes you and you press on in, you begin to see clearer and understand more of His Kingdom and experience your New dwelling place... in Him.

And you may enter in to your place prepared for you, but ONLY if you Come Through The Door, and He washes you in His Blood and His Word (John 3:3-5 being born again).

Hebrews 12:27-29

v27 And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.

v28 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:

v29 For our God is a consuming fire.

His New Heaven and New Earth Is Come...

Now each of us in God’s order and divine timing are entering in to the place He has prepared for us...Reconciled by His Son (Colossians 1; 1 Corinthians 15:19-28; and many other scriptures) and all unrighteousness is being consumed by God who is that consuming fire.

Press on...that you may apprehend that for which also you are apprehended of Christ Jesus...forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before... press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 3:12-14)

God’s new heaven and earth is come... behold and enter in to your place that He has prepared for you in His Son, Jesus Christ.

Amen.

WITHOUT the Law

Romans 3:20-22 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;

Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:

This passage of scriptures from verse 20 to 31 of Romans 3 is a treasure house of God’s Blessings!

From the fulfilling of the law of sin and death, and then to establish the law of faith is an abundance of God’s wealth towards us.  It is the establishing of a new law... the Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus which has made us free from the law of sin and death. (Romans 8:1-4)

To walk Now WITHOUT the law and to walk Now WITH the Spirit of Life that is in Christ Jesus....  How Awesome This Is for us!

Grace is abounding while Faith is working, declaring the Righteousness of Jesus Christ within our souls.  Now we may walk in and enter into the Father’s domain.  Receiving of Him as we are receiving of His Son:  an awesome relationship between them, and now including each of us... as we are receiving His Kingdom (Hebrews 12:21-29 *27-28; John 14:10-11, 20-23).

Romans 3:28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.

“Move over works of the flesh... for the Works of Faith, and faith in God and in the Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus IS COME.”  Now this new law is working and is established in our hearts and souls declaring the righteousness of Jesus Christ for our consecration, sanctification, justification, redemption, and resurrection.  Wow!  This is God’s Wisdom and Power for us and IN us.  Oh grab a hold of this! This is your Liberty!  Jesus Christ is Come in you, to receive you unto Himself (John 14:3; Hebrews 9:28)

Romans 8: 1-4 v2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. v3 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: v4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past through the forbearance of God; To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. Romans 3:24-26

Walking by the Works of the Spirit, and not the flesh.... is what you have just read about.  The Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus declares His Righteousness on your behalf.... your debt of sin paid up in Him.

Be Free today.... Submit to the Son Jesus Christ, having received your forgiveness of sin, and be free from the decay of sin and its affects in the world.  Receive Him and the new law that is the (works of the) Spirit of life in Christ Jesus.  Receive Him and walk in the blessings and benefits of His Heritage and Kingdom.

Amen.