The Kingdom Where the Spirit of Truth Reigns
(Mk9:1; Jn18:33-38)
God reigns (Rev19:6).
He establishes His kingdom with truth, reigns with the Spirit of truth, and
Inherits the kingdom to those who live for it (Mt25:34).
Faith is having pride in being a people of that kingdom and
The life of this faith is edifying and expanding that kingdom, ready to suffer for it, in order to enter The eternal kingdom when Christ appears (2Th1:5; 2Ti4:1; 2Pe1:11).
A nation is a political entity with territory, sovereignty and a people, and
Its political system can be categorized anywhere between
Republic/ democracy) and autocracy, including monarchy.
While endless attempts to establish and sustain the ideal state have been made in history
The repeated rise and fall of nations show that man-made systems cannot be perfect.
Nevertheless, the Bible shows how while all kingdoms in the world fall (Rev11:15),
Only the kingdom of God cannot be shaken (He12:28) for
His throne and scepter will last for ever and ever (He1:8).
According to His covenant with Abraham (Ge17:6),
God sent Moses to Egypt to deliver Abraham’s descendants from their slavery and
Made them a kingdom of priesthood and a holy people (Ex19:6).
As such, the LORD was near them and they were ruled by the Law from God (Dt4:7-8)
As a kingdom where God went ahead, fought and won so no nation could defeat them (Dt9:1-3).
However, eventually Israel’s fall came as the result of their rejection of God as their king (1Sa8:5-7):
The kingdom divided into Israel the northern kingdom and Judah the southern kingdom,
Both of which collapsed by 722 BC and 587 BC.
The only hope for those who longed for the restoration of their kingdom was
The coming of the Messiah (Jn4:25).
Yeshua appeared and said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
He would establish a kingdom not of flesh and blood, ruled by the Law of Moses,
But of the souls of all nations, ruled by the Spirit of truth, the truth as
His kingdom is not of this world (Jn18:33-37).
Although He came as the kingdom of heaven (Mt3:2) and performed many signs,
The people did not recognize or believe Him for
No one can see or enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit (Jn3:5).
Furthermore, since He rejected their wish to make Him their king (Jn6:15) and was
Accused of being an opponent of Caesar (Jn19:12)
He was passed over to death by those who longed for the restoration of Israel (Lk19:11; Ac1:6),
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Died according to the Father’s command and offered up the kingdom to Him (Jn10:18; Ac20:28; 1Co15:24);
2) Condemned the devil the prince of this world (Jn12:31; 1Jn3:8); and
3) With His body paid the price of sin for all mankind, and with His blood gave life to souls and made them His own people (Rev5:9).
He resurrected and sat on the heavenly throne, that is,
The eternal kingdom where Yeshua reigns as Christ (2Pe1:11).
The Spirit of truth whom He sent
Came to the souls and the Church bought by the blood of Yeshua (Ac20:28), that is,
The kingdom of God had come (Mt12:28; Mk9:1):
The Church is the kingdom where Yeshua reigns as Christ,
The kingdom founded on the truth and where
The truth rules as the law and accepted as command sense.
The man of the Spirit is he who loves the kingdom where the Spirit of truth reigns.
Thus, he does not worry about life or tomorrow (Mt6:25-33; 1Co9:7-10) but
Keeps the law of this kingdom, the truth, the words of the King Yeshua (Jn12:48, 14:26, 17:17),
Lives a sanctified life (Jn3:5; 1Co15:50, Eph5:5) and
Makes the work of this kingdom his top priority, even above his family (Lk9:59-62),
Not sparing his breath or youth and enduring suffering,
To be counted worthy of His kingdom and be seated on the thrones in that day (Lk22:29-30; 2Th1:5).
O Lord,
The kingdom where the word of Yeshua rules as the law!
The kingdom where using the name of Yeshua is common sense!
Let this be done in Church of Jesus.
To be welcomed into Your kingdom in that day
Let us live, fight and die for this kingdom! Amen.
God is a living person.
He reveals through His person that He lives (Is57:19), and
He rewards each person according to the fruit of his doings (Jer32:19).
Faith is longing and loving His person and
The life of this faith is revealing His person through me, that is, through the fruit of the Spirit.
Fruit is the farmer’s wish, the tree’s mission, the branch’s survival value (Jn15:1-8), and
The tree’s harvest, glory and character
As a tree is known by its fruit (Mt7:16-20).
Deceived by the devil’s lie, Adam sinned (Ge3:4-6) and
All mankind became hellhound with the devil (Mt25:41).
While God rejoiced over Israel, whom He had delivered from Egypt,
As the firstfruits of His harvest (Jer2:3),
Because they consecrated themselves to the shameful idol and became vile (Hos9:10),
Their priest and prophet were killed in the sanctuary (La2:20),
They were punished because they turned away from God in their hearts (Jer12:2) which was
According to the fruit of their doings (Jer32:19).
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
He Himself would become the fruit that pleases the Father and
Bear fruit that pleases Him.
For he who sees Him sees the Father who sent Him (Jn12:45) and
He who sees the One who sent Him sees Him (Jn15:19), that is,
His fruit, His disciples (Jn15:8).
As He fell like a kernel of wheat and died (Jn12:24),
He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Did the Father’s will looking ahead to the fruit of resurrection (Jn10:18);
2) Judged the liar the devil (Jn8:44; 1Jn3:8); and
3) Sprinkled His redeeming blood to reap much fruit of eternal life (Jn4:36-38).
As the firstfruit of resurrection, He ascended to heaven (1Co15:20), and
The Holy Spirit whom He sent
Enters the souls born again in the blood of Yeshua and
Lets them grow into the person of God, that is, into the divine nature (2Pe1:4)
For the kingdom of God is for a people who will produce its fruit (Mt21:43).
The man of the Spirit is he who is
Ashamed of his previous vain deeds (Rm6:15-23) and
No matter what, puts effort to bear good fruit (Lk6:43-44), the fruit of the Spirit (Gal5:22-23):
Love that spares no sacrifice (Jn13:34-35);
Joy that transcends any circumstance (Php4:4);
Peace that mediates between people (Mt5:9);
Patience like a father waiting for his child to become a man (2Pe3:9);
Kindness like a king who pities the ignorant (Lk23:34);
Goodness that shares the best (Gal6:10; 1Ti6:18; He13:16);
Faithfulness to one master, one king until death (Rev2:10, 17:14);
Gentleness that wins hearts by intentional compromise (Mt5:5); and
Self-control that governs passions, temper, tongue, and knowledge (Php3:7-9; 2Pe1:6).
This is because even now, the Lord delays time (Lk13:6-9),
Praying from the right hand of the throne (Rm8:34).
O Lord, Instead of taking us away earlier
You have kept us alive to this day…
Therefore, help us become Your fruit, Your disciples whom You left behind on this earth.
Let those who see me see Yeshua.
Lord, I want to be like Yeshua! Amen.
God is strong and mighty (Ps24:8).
He reveals Himself by His strong hand (Is8:11) and
He comes as the mighty One and rules with a mighty arm (Is40:10).
Faith is only waiting for the Lord (Ps27:14) and
The life of this faith is trusting Him and being bold (Ps60:12) for
Even in the world the bold can become anything and do anything.
All men have been plagued by fear for
Their ancestor Adam was deceived by the serpent and sinned (Ge3:4-6), and
Thus be attacked by the devil all their lives (Ge3:14).
To the Israelites who were enslaved by Egypt
God sent Moses who demanded pharaoh to let His people go.
When their toils had reached their peak (Ex2:23),
God brought them out with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm (Dt26:8).
Even the young David with a sling stone struck down the giant Goliath (1Sa17:32-37).
While the sanctuary reminded them such (Dt4:34) and
Made Israel the strongest people (Neh1:10),
They eventually forgot this and thus became a fallen nation.
Yet since the prophets spoke of the appearance of the mighty One (Ps24:7-8; Is40:10) and
The fall of the currently strong one (Jer21:5),
The temple was important to Israel especially since they were under the mighty Roman Empire.
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19),
He would become the mighty One who judges the prince of the world (Jn12:31) for
By the Holy Spirit, by the finger of God
He drove out demons, the gods of the world (Mt12:28-29; Lk11:20).
However, because He ignored the people’s expectation for him to become king (Jn6:15),
He was passed over to death.
As His hands were nailed and His arms spread out, and He hung on a cross
He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) With His strong hand fulfilled the will of the Father (Is8:11; Jn10:18);
2) With the weapon of death, His powerful sword, judged the devil (Is27:1; Jn16:11; He2:14); and
3) Took up all men’s sin, weaknesses, and sickness (Is53:5; Mt8:17).
He resurrected and sat on the heavenly throne as the Lamb.
The nail marks on His hands reveal that
The weakness of God is stronger than men (1Co1:25),
The Holy Spirit whom He sent comes with the name of Yeshua and
Chooses the weak and makes them strong (Joel3:10; 1Co1:27).
He lets them gain boldness in the gathering and
Fills them up so they speak the word of God with great boldness (Ac4:27-31).
The man of the Spirit, though exposed to all kinds of dangers (2Co11:26),
Mental, physical, financial, and social etc
Does not fear because he:
1) Believes that Yeshua lives and does not avoid evil punishment to gain an even better resurrection (He11:35);
2) Prays in the name of Yeshua and feels the power that is with him is greater (2Ki6:15-17; Ac4:29-31); and
3) Has the confidence by the blood of Yeshua and believes that the gates of heaven will open after he dies (He10:19).
O Lord, I am old, weak, and sickly…
But You have made me so strong!
Let me shame the strong in the world.
Until the end of the world, let us all cry out in the name of Yeshua and
Even if it means death, let us hold on to the blood of Yeshua! Amen.
God is the Guide.
He guides forth by the right way (Ps107:7; Pr4:11) and
He guides to the truth even to death (Ps48:14)
The children to whom He gave birth through the word of truth (Jas1:18).
Whether there is a leader or not, who that leader is, is very critical because
If someone who knows the way leads the way,
Then they will safely reach their destination.
Faith is welcoming God to be the Guide and
The life of this faith is, to be guided to the desired haven (ps107:30),
Following to death whatever the path.
Deceived by the devil, Adam the ancestor sinned (Ge3:4-6) and
All mankind would be led by deceiving spirits (1Ti4:1; 1Jn4:6) to the road to hell (Mt25:41)
As a blind leads another blind (Mt15:14).
Abraham was a sample of faith for
He left his homeland by the guidance of God (Ge12:1; Neh9:7) and
Though he made home in the promised land, he lived in tents (He11:8-10),
Showing that he was a pilgrim seeking homeland (He11:13-16).
Israel, who entered Egypt under God's guidance (Ge46:3-4),
Returned to the Promised Land after 430 years (Ex12:41).
Jehovah who led them out of Egypt (Ex3:8, 12:42)
Let Moses—the pillars of fire and clouds—the ark of the covenant
Go ahead of them (Ex13:21, 32:1; Neh9:12; Jos3:3-4) and
So they pass through the Red Sea as on dry land (He11:29) and
Led them through the vast and dreadful wilderness (Dt8:15).
The Temple of Jerusalem built on Canaan was their most precious thing as
It reminded them that Jehovah is their Shepherd who
Led them trough the valley of the shadow of death (Ps23).
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
He would lead all mankind who became blinds to the path of salvation (Is42:16) and
Become the Good Shepherd and the Leader of all peoples (Is55:4-6; Jn10:3-11).
As such, He rebuked the Pharisees and the Scribes who were blinds leading blinds (Mt23:16) and
Said to wait for the Spirit of truth who will guide into all the truth (Ac1:4).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Entrusted His soul to the Father who guided Him to death (Ps48:14; Lk23:46);
2) Judged the devil the false teacher (Ge3:1-6); and
3) Shed His redeeming blood to raise to life the spirit of all mankind (Eph1:7, 2:1).
He resurrected and sat on the heavenly throne from which
The river of the water of life flows (Rev22:1).
The Spirit of truth whom He sent
Guides into all the truth the children of God born through the word of truth (Jn16:13; Jas1:18):
Unbeliever—> Moses (the tutor/ condemnation)—> Yeshua (grace/ redemption)—> the Church (the fount of living water)—> the world (the wilderness)—> the Father’s house.
The man of the Spirit is he who is
Led by the Holy Spirit until arriving in the desired haven.
Thus, even though he is struck with the rod of the word and
Struck with the rod of temptation,
He rather finds comfort in it
So that he may be guided by the truth to the end.
O Lord,
Those who had hurt me so much in the past were
The rods that struck me so that I would not go astray…
Do not abandon us until we die and
Lead us all to our homeland! Amen.
The Spirit Helps Us Overcome Temptation
(Mt4:1-11)
God is the God of justice (Is30:18).
He judges with justice (Job8:3),
Examines the righteous (Jer20:12) and
Rewards justly according to their conduct (Jer17:10).
Faith is acknowledging Him and
The life of this faith is by the Spirit overcoming temptations and enduring tests.
Hades in the Bible, that is, the universe, is a testing ground, and
Those who stand the test and are acknowledged as right are promised the crown of life (Jas1:12).
While temptation is given by the devil (Mt4:3),
Test is given whether to be blessed by God or not (Ge22:1), whether one fears God or not (Ge22:12).
God allows the devil to tempt (Job1:4-12) and
The devil is used as the tempter (Jas1:13).
Falling into the devil’s temptation, Adam the ancestor of all men sinned (Ge2:17, 3:4-6) and
All mankind were labeled as wicked.
Nevertheless, through the test of giving his only son as a burnt offering
Abraham was acknowledged as righteous and became a blessing (Ge12:2, 22:12-18; He11:17).
But the history of his descendants, the Israelites, is one of restless suffering (Job7:18).
For they were tested to see whether they feared the LORD or not,
The Law, the water, manna, the wilderness path, the false prophets,
The neighboring nations remaining etc (Ex15:25-26; Ps81:7; Ex16:4; Dt8:2-16, 18:22; Jdg2:21-22).
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19),
He would stand the test and establish justice on earth (Is42:4) for
His weak flesh was subjected to constant testing (He4:15):
The devil/ to eat (Mt4:3), the people/ to become their king (Jn6:15),
The disciple/ to not die (Mt16:22-23), Pilate/ I will free you (Jn19:10),
The thief/ pleaded to be saved etc (Lk23:39).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Completed all tests and committed His soul to the Father’s just judgement (1Pe2:23);
2) Judged the devil the wicked one (Ge2:17, 3:4-6); and
3) Died to redeem the sins of all men and shed His blood to be received by those who believe for a second chance to overcome tests (Mt20:28; He4:15).
He resurrected and sat on the heavenly throne and
He is the tested stone, the Lamb who has the marks of overcoming test (Is28:16; Rev5:9).
The Holy Spirit whom He sent
Helps those who became justified by the blood of Yeshua (Rm5:9)
Overcome all kinds of tests, whether in the flesh, their family, financially or socially.
The man of the Spirit is he who
Destroys conditional faith and
Watches and prays so that he does not fall into temptation (Mt26:41).
When tested by fire,
Though troubled momentarily he rejoices greatly (Jas1:2-3, 5:11),
Never complaining, resenting or losing thanks (Jn16:33; 2Co4:17), and
He perseveres and overcomes (1Pe1:7).
For no man can escape test
God will not let anyone be tempted beyond what he can bear.
But when he is tempted, God will provide a way out (1Co10:13),
So when the Lord Yeshua reappears
He would be counted worthy of the kingdom of God (2Th1:5-9) and
Receive praise, glory and honor.
O Lord,
You know the way I take…
When You have tested me, I shall come forth as gold (Job23:10)!
Let me persevere through this test like fire so
I can show to the devil that Your judgement is certainly right and not let him celebrate.
Let us all successfully escape this testing ground, the universe, in that day! Amen.
God is living.
His being is living and
His word is living (He4:12).
Faith is believing Him and
The life of this faith is keeping in step with faith (Gal5:16, 25).
No one in the world is without faith.
While self-confidence originates from men
Faith comes from God.
The Christian faith is called the faith by revelation for
The basis of this faith is the Bible (OT and NT) written by the inspiration of God (2Ti3:16).
The Bible is the story of the people of faith.
By faith they were testified as righteous:
Abel gave a better sacrifice than his brother (He11:4);
Noah, when warned about things not yet seen,
In holy fear built an ark and was saved from the deluge (He11:7);
Abraham, trusting that God is able to fulfill His promise
Left his home country, gave birth to a son at 100 and
Gave his only son as a burnt sacrifice (He11:17; Rm4:17-21);
Moses chose to be mistreated along with the people of God
Rather than enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin (He11:24-26) etc.
The Israelites were a people surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses (He12:1) and
The sanctuary where the ark was testified this (Ex25:22).
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
He would reveal that He is the Lord of faith, the perfecter of faith (He12:2).
For those who believe in God to also believe in Him (Jn14:1),
He healed the sick and saved those who did according to His word (Mk2:3-5; Jn5:5-7).
He performed signs by commanding them to obey (Lk5:1-11).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) For the joy set before Him obeyed the Father’s command and became the Lord of faith (Jn10:18; Php2:8; He12:2);
2) Judged the devil, the origin of sin (Ge3:4-6; Jn8:44); and
3) Redeemed men from the curse of the Law (Gal3:13) and gave them a chance to live under the law of faith (Rm3:27).
He resurrected and sat on the heavenly throne as
The Father perfected His faith (He12:2).
The Holy Spirit whom He sent
Lets those who believe the blood of Yeshua believe all the more (Rm5:9) about:
1) Yeshua is the only innocent Son of God (Mt27:4);
2) The works of Yeshua, His death to redeem and His resurrection, that He lives; and
3) The words of Yeshua, His prophecies and promise (Jn14:3).
The man of the Spirit is he who
Not just deciding to believe or confessing with his mouth (Rm10:10)
But also walks by faith for
Faith and deeds work together and
By works faith is made perfect (Jas2:14-26).
Beginning with simple obedience (Mt4:19-20; Lk5:4-11)
His faith is raised to simply believe
To be finally saved through faith in the end (1Pe1:9).
O Lord,
Let us all begin with simple obedience and
Demonstrate our faith, and
Grow into a faith that simply believes
By the help of the Holy Spirit! Amen.
The Holy Spirit Lets Us Know Spiritual Blessings
(1Co2:11-16; Eph1:3)
God is the fount of blessing.
Blessings come from Him and
He blesses those who fear Him (Ps115:13; Jer17:17).
While those who believe that possessing longevity, wealth, health, many children etc is blessing and
Try to possess them by prayers, ancestral worship, physiognomy, divination, charms etc,
Faith is longing for the blessing of God and
The life of this faith is in order to be blessed emptying oneself (Mt5:3).
The Bible speaks of the blessing of God.
God blessed the fish and the birds to increase (Ge1:22) and Men to be fruitful and increase in number, and rule over all things (Ge1:28), which is
Material, cultural blessing,
While the blessing that came on the seventh day and made it holy and then God rested (Ge2:3) is
Spiritual blessing.
After the ancestor of mankind sinned and was driven out of the Garden (Ge3:4-6),
All mankind became destined to toil all their life and their flesh to return to dust (Ge3:17-19)
While the spirit to go to hell with the devil (Mt25:41).
Abram who believed in the promise of becoming a blessing and left his country (Ge12:1-3),
Received the promise of many descendants, the right to possess the land of Canaan (Ge17:6-8).
Accordingly, he received a son at the age of 100 and
His son Isaac became very wealthy (Ge26:12-13).
Jacob who took his brother’s right to blessing and ran away (Ge27:4-46)
Returned home after 20 years with a large family and great wealth (Ge32:10).
Israel is the name of the blessing that Jacob received (Ge32:26-28) and
As such, the homes, the nations or wherever they went were increased (Ge30:30, 39:5, 41:53-57).
At the end of their slavery of 400 years they left Egypt with its treasures (Ex12:35-36).
Even though they went through the wilderness they lacked nothing (Dt2:7).
If they kept the decrees and commands (Dt4:40), and
Served well in the sanctuary where the name of Jehovah was (Ex23:25)
They were blessed in all their harvest and in all the work of their hands (Dt16:15).
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
He would give not the ability to produce wealth in the name of Jehovah (Dt8:18),
But the spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in the name of Yeshua (Eph1:3),
That is for the absolutely poor in the spirit (Mt5:3).
As such, He said to those who followed Him seeing the empty boat filled with fish and
The bread in the wilderness (Mt14:16-21; Lk5:5-8),
To not follow Him for the food that spoils (Jn6:26-27).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Followed the Father’s command and emptied Himself becoming nothing, laying down His most precious life for resurrection (Jn10:17-18; Php2:6-8);
2) Judged the devil the thief (Jn10:10; 1Jn3:8); and
3) With His blood purchased souls and made them His possession (Rev5:9).
He resurrected and sat on the heavenly throne and
Became the Owner of all things in heaven and on earth (Mt28:18), and
The Holy Spirit lets those who received the name of Yeshua
Know the deep things of God, the spiritual blessings in heavenly places (1Co2:12; Eph1:3).
The man of the Spirit is the blessed who
Found all blessings in Yeshua Christ and
In his joy sold all his possessions and bought the kingdom of heaven (Mt13:44-46).
Thus, he trusts only the name of Yeshua (Mt5:3) and
Has the right to possess all things, such as angels, men, life, breath etc.
O Lord,
Yeshua is not an accessory that I add to what I already have…
Rather, Yeshua is my all, my everything!
How much did Yeshua cost me? What have I lost for Yeshua?
Let me rather lose the world and gain the kingdom of heaven! Amen.
God is the Father.
Through the word of truth He gives birth to children (Jas1:18) and
He inherits the best, what is eternally new to His children (Mt7:11), that is
An inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade that is kept in the new heaven (1Pe1:4).
Faith is knowing Him and believing Him and
The life of this faith is in order to become heirs of God
Being renewed in the heart and putting on the new self (Eph4:17; Col3:9-10).
While there are institutions in the world to transform men such as
Rehabilitation centers, prisons, detention centers etc
In reality they are not the perfect answer; and yet there is no other way.
The problem is that the universe itself is a prison cell where
The origin of sin the devil is contained (Is14:12-15; Jude1:6)
Until being burned up one day (2Pe3:7), and All mankind became hell-bound with the devil (Mt25:41)
Since their ancestor Adam was deceived by the devil and sinned (Ge2:17, 3:4-6).
Although the deluge in Noah’s time covered the entire world (Ge7:21-23),
There was no way to eliminate the wickedness of men (Ge8:21; Job33:6).
To the Israelites who were enslaved in Egypt
The exodus marked the beginning of a new era of becoming God’s people (Ex19:6).
But all who grumbled about the desert life and
Wanted to go back to Egypt, to the past, all died there (Nu14:1-45).
While the sanctuary reminded that Jehovah brought them out of their slavery (Dt6:12),
As they repeated the guilt of their ancestors (Jer14:20), calamities continued.
Thus, the prophets appealed to them to renew their kingdom (1Sa11:14) and
Prayed for them to return to God and renew their days of old (La5:21).
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19),
He would tear down the old and raise the new (He10:9), that is,
When the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne, He would renew this world (Mt19:28),
Pour new wine into new wineskins (Mt9:17) and renew mankind (Ps104:30).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Sprinkled His blood in the spiritual heaven and made it new, doing a new thing (Is43:19; He9:23-24);
2) Judged the devil, the origin of sin (Is14:12-15); and
3) With His blood made a new covenant with souls (Lk22:20).
His resurrection is something new that was not there before (Ecc1:9-10, 14).
He ascended to a new heaven (Rev21:1) and
Renews all things (Rev21:5).
The Holy Spirit comes to new creation, the souls made new by the blood of Yeshua (2Co5:17), and
Leads them to wash their flesh and be renewed (Eph5:26; Tit3:5), and
Follow the image of their Creator (Col3:9-10).
The man of the Spirit is he who
Struggles to put off his old self and put on the new self, and
Lives a changed life (Rm12:2; Eph4:17-21).
By the excellence of the knowledge of the truth (Php3:8),
He is renewed in his knowledge (Col3:10) of
The universe, of life, of family, of materials, of the flesh etc (Mt6:31-33, 12:48-50; Jn11:25-26).
He lives only for the Lord’s kingdom, the Lord’s church, his own soul for
When all things in creation burn, he longs to be saved and enter the new heaven (2Pe3:7-13).
O Lord,
A new heaven!
The place filled with eternal peace, joy, and gladness!
Give us the power to change
So in that day, we can all put on new bodies and
Soar up like an eagle! Amen.
The Holy Spirit Lets Us See Heaven
(Ac7:54-56; Rev4:1-11)
God is the God of revelation.
He reveals Himself in His time and in His way, and
While He opens eyes to see
He also closes them to keep in darkness (2Ki6:17-18).
Faith is seeing the Lord in heaven (Ps123:1, 146:8) and
The life of this faith is only looking to heaven, storing up one’s most precious things there and testifying the things to come.
Because the human eye is a sensory organ that reacts to light and induces action,
Vision is extremely important.
Yet at times, people have difficulty seeing what it right in front of their nose,
While at other times they are glad to not have seen some things.
The Bible discusses visible things and invisible things (Col1:16):
The visible being — man;
The invisible beings — God, angels, souls, demons;
The visible heaven — the first heaven, the heaven of the expanse (Ge1:1, 6-8);
The invisible heaven — the third heaven, the new heaven (2Co12:2; Rev21:1) etc.
The ancestor Adam ate the forbidden fruit and sinned (Ge3:4-6) for
He fell into the devil’s temptation of opening his eyes and be like God (Ge3:5).
While all men opened their eyes to culture (Ge3:7) thereafter,
Their spiritual eyes were closed (Is6:10; Rm11:8).
Lot who chose the land that he saw as good (Ge13:10-11)
Barely escaped Sodom from the burning sulfur (Ge19:23-25).
Among the 12 spies who went into the promised land,
Those who gave an unfavorable report on the land could not step into the land (Nu14) while
Joshua, who gave a favorable report on it, in whom was the Spirit, stepped into it (Nu27:18).
Nevertheless, the countless wonders and works that the Israelites witnessed,
The commands of the LORD given to them that gave light to their eyes (Ps19:8) and
The seers (prophets), the eyes of Israel, could not keep them from their corruption because
All men since Adam became spiritually blind because of sin.
Yet there was a prophecy regarding a day when the eyes of the blind will see (Is35:5), and that
They will see their Maker, the King of glory (Is17:7, 33:17), and
The Temple of Jerusalem be strengthened (Is33:20).
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
He would open the spiritual eyes of all men (Lk4:18).
As such, He gave sight to the man blind from birth whom
He commanded to wash from the Pool of Siloam (Jn9:1-7).
In spite of seeing many signs, however, the people and even the disciples (Mt17:8; Jn12:37-40)
Did not recognized Him (Lk24:16) as their eyes remained closed.
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that:
1) Heaven opened and His spirit was received (Lk23:46);
2) He judged the devil who was blinded by vanity (Is14:12-15; Eze28:12-17); and
3) His death — redeemed all men’s sin and
His redeeming blood — cleansed the sins of all men to open their eyes (He9:22).
He resurrected and entered the true heaven (He9:24).
He sat on the heavenly throne and He is the Lamb of God who has seven eyes (Rev4:5, 5:4) for
He knows all things.
The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of revelation (1Co2:9-10) who
Lets those who restored their spiritual vision by the blood of Yeshua
See heaven, Him who sits on the throne, and the gates of heaven open
(Mt16:18-19; Ac7:55-56; Rev3:8, 4:1-2).
The man of the Spirit sets his mind on things above, not on earthly things (Col3:1-2),
Putting to death his earthly nature (Col3:5).
He testifies the resurrection of Yeshua Christ and His kingship like he saw, and
Through the open doors of heaven (Rev3:8, 4:1), that is, the church (Mt16:18-19),
He stores up all his precious treasures in heaven (Mt6:19-21)
So that he would surely return to the Father’s house.
O Lord,
Open my eyes to always see heaven and
Let my thoughts always be on heavenly things! Amen.
The Spirit Lets Us See the Glory of God
(Jn16:13-14; Ac7:52-60)
God is the God of glory (Ac7:2).
All glory comes from Him and returns to Him, and
He brings those who give glory to Him into glory (1Pe5:10).
Faith is knowing His glory and
The life of this faith is doing all for the glory of Yeshua Christ (1Co10:31) for
Even in the world people without hesitating
Lay their life down for the glory of their nation or even of their family.
The Bible speaks of the glory of God:
God reveals His glory and lets creatures glorify Him for
He does not yield His glory to another (Is42:8).
Although he was created for God’s glory (Is43:7),
Adam, a living being, was deceived by the devil and sinned (Ge2:17, 3:4-6), and thus
All men became demoted to being servants of the angel (2Pe2:19) to follow him to hell (Mt25:41).
The devil is Satan, the fallen angel from heaven to Hades (Is14:12-15; 2Pe2:4), who
Challenged the throne prepared for the Son of God (Col1:16; He1:2).
To the Israelites, the people in whom God would display His glory (Is49:3),
He displayed His glory in various ways:
Destroying the Egyptian army in the Red Sea (Ex14:4, 15:6-11);
Sending manna in the desert (Ex16:4-7); the fire and the clouds on Mount Sinai (Ex16:10-20);
The radiant face of Moses (Ex34:29-33);
The cloud above the tent of meeting and the atonement cover (Ex40:34-35);
The fire that burned up sacrifice (Lev9:23-24) etc.
In spite of this, those who tested God 10 times fell in the wilderness and died (Nu14:21-23).
The sanctuary where the name of Jehovah and the ark of God was (1Sa4:22)
Reminded them of the glory of the LORD and it was the glory of Israel.
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection and the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
He would reveal the Father’s glory with His own glory (Jn17:5) for
He is the glory of the only begotten Son, the incarnate Word (Jn1:1, 14).
While the people did not recognize Him, the devil and demons did (Mt4:3; Mk1:24), and so
He displayed His glory through signs (Mt9:8, 15:31; Mk2:12; Lk7:14-16).
However, since He did not seek to be glorified by men but rather only by the Father (Jn12:21-24),
He was put to death by the Jews who considered Him to be blasphemous.
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Laid down His life willingly according to the Father’s command and glorified the Father (Jn10:17-18; Php2:6-11);
2) Judged the devil who tempted to fraud glory (1Jn3:8); and
3) His death — paid the price of sin for all men and set them free from sin, death and the devil;
His blood — redeemed all men who were slaves, in order to be brought into the glory of the children of God (Rm8:21).
He resurrected and received the crown of glory and
Entered eternal glory (Rev21:24-26), where He receives glory for ever and ever (Rev5:11-13).
The Holy Spirit who was sent from there
Lets the glory of Yeshua Christ be known (Jn16:14):
That is, Yeshua is God, the Messiah.
The man of the Spirit is he who,
For his lowly body to be transformed into a glorious body like that of the Lord
On the day Christ returns (Php3:20-21),
Whatever he does, he does it for the glory of Christ (1Co10:31):
Through prayer (Jn14:13), through his transformed life (Mt5:16; 2Co3:18; 1Pe2:12),
By rejoicing in hardship (1Pe1:7-9) and
Also when insulted because of the name of Yeshua (Ac5:41; 1Pe4:14) for
He longs to sow in dishonor to be raised in glory (1Co15:43).
O Lord,
In every moment of our life
Let us live for the glory of Yeshua Christ and
Even as we die whenever or wherever,
Let us give You glory (Ac7:55-60)! Amen.
God is the true God (Jer19:19; 1Th1:9).
He only speaks the truth (He6:8; Rev19:9) and
The Son and the Holy Spirit who come from Him also speak the truth.
Faith is hearing the truth and believing it.
The life of this faith is, in order to receive the true life in the true heaven (1Ti6:19; He9:24),
Only speaking the truth and living according to what one speaks.
Human society is a language society.
Through language, humans convey their ideology and intentions, and induce actions.
As such, the history of mankind is intertwined with language.
A man’s life is determined by whose words he listens to and
A man’s worth is determined by whether he speaks truth or lies.
Nevertheless, the Bible indicates that only God speaks the truth for
Everyone is a liar (Ps116:11; Rm3:4) and this is due to the fact that
The ancestor of all mankind Adam was deceived by the father of lies and sinned (Ge3:4; Jn8:44).
The exodus of Israel testified that the word of God is true as
What God promised Abraham was fulfilled in 400 years (Ge15:13; Ex12:41).
The commandment given to them treated
Lying as a grave sin (Ex20:6; Lev19:11) and
The sanctuary where these commandments were inscribed on stone tablets of
The ark of the covenant law (Ex25:22) were
Reminded them that God speaks the truth (1Sa15:29).
However, the emergence of the false prophets who
Said those who would live would die and those who would die would live (Eze13:6, 19) was
The result of the people disliking the word of the LORD and liking to hear lies (Is30:9-10; Jer14:14).
For they were children of a liar since their ancestor and
God put a lying spirit in the mouths of the prophets (1Ki22:22-23).
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19),
He would reveal that He is the One who speaks the truth (Jn5:31-32) for
He is the Word at the beginning who was with the Father in His bosom (Jn1:1, 14, 18),
Sent by the Father (Jn7:28-29, 8:13-18) and
Spoke only the Father’s words (Jn3:31-34).
But the Jews considered Him a liar for saying He was Christ, God (Jn7:26-27, 10:30-33), so
He was passed over to death.
As Yeshua died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Through His death as the last Adam, testified that the Father’s word that commanded the first Adam that He would die was true (Ge2:17; 1Co15:45);
2) Condemned the devil the liar (Ge3:4-6; Jn8:44); and
3) Redeemed the sins of all men and by His blood gave them a chance to come to life again (Eph1:7; 2Co5:17).
His resurrection testified that His word is true and
He entered the true heaven (He9:24; Rev21:1) and
Sent the Spirit of truth to the church (Jn14:17, 15:26, 16:13) and
The church declares only the true words, the words of Yeshua.
The man of the Spirit is
He who was once deceived but now is no longer deceived or deceiving (Tit3:3).
He only listens to the truth and speaks the truth, not lying (Pro30:6; Ac26:25; Rm8:1), and
He does what he speaks because
Those who say, “Lord, Lord,” but have no fruit of actions
Cannot enter the kingdom of heaven (Mt7:13-27; Jas1:22) and
All liars will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur in the end (Rev21:8. 27, 22:15).
O Lord,
Am I really saved?
For this most important thing,
Let us not deceive ourselves.
Let us choose the narrow gate and
By continuing the rough road
Let us daily confirm whether our path is towards heaven or not.
Let us only speak the truth at home, work or wherever and
Do according to the truth! Amen.
The Holy Spirit Is He Who Prays
(Rm8:26-28; Eph6:18)
God is merciful (Ps59:7).
He has mercy on the weak and
He has mercy on those who love His name (Ps119:132).
Faith is knowing one’s own weakness (Ps119:25) and loving the name of God.
The life of this faith is seeking in accordance with the will of God by
The help of the Spirit (Rm8:26-28),
As religiosity is praying to even an unknown god (Ac17:23).
While prayer is the act of speaking with and asking the transcendent and
It is something that all religious people do,
The Bible says that God does not listen to just anyone’s prayer for
He has mercy on whom He has mercy (Ex33:19).
The Law instructed to show no pity to the foreigners, the worshippers of other gods,
The murderers etc and destroy them (Dt7:16, 13:8, 19:11-19).
While God did not spare angels when they sinned (2Pe2:4),
He showed mercy on Adam when he sinned (Ge3:4-6, 24)
For he is a living being, attached to a lump of dust (Ps103:14, 119:25).
When Cain had sinned and pleaded regarding the punishment he would face
God gave him a mark so he would not die (Ge4:13-15);
To the Israelites who cried out in their slavery of 400 years,
God sent Moses to deliver them (Ex2:22-24).
Nevertheless, even for the Israelites who received God’s compassion (Dt30:3)
The window for praying to God was limited:
The people cried out to Moses and Moses prayed to God (Ex15:23-25; Nu11:1-2).
The sanctuary where the name of Jehovah and the censer of incense was (Lev16:12-13)
Reminded them of this order of prayer for generations so
Anyone challenging this order was punished even to death (Nu12:10-15, 16:1-50).
Consequently, the people asked the prophets,
“Pray to the LORD your God” (1Sa7:8-9, 12:19; 2Ki19:4).
However, Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19),
He would abolish the intercession of the prophets and
Give the name of Yeshua to believers to pray directly (Jn14:13-14).
So He taught how to pray (Mt6:5-13; Lk11:1-2):
To your heavenly Father,
From Yeshua’s intercessory prayer (Jn17:1-26) —> the Lord’s Prayer (Mt6:9-13) —>
Yeshua’s prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane (Mt26:39),
Summarized as, to deny one’s own will and seek in accordance to the Father’s will.
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Fulfilled the Father’s will (Jn10:18);
2) Judged the devil (Is14:12-15; Eze28:12-17); and
3) Shed His redeeming blood and show mercy on all mankind (He8:12).
He resurrected and sat on the heavenly throne.
He is the Lamb who eternally has the scars of God’s mercy.
The Holy Spirit who came in the name of Yeshua (Jn14:26)
Helps believers in their weakness (Rm8:26-28)
By teaching them what to ask for.
The man of the Spirit is he who
Loves the name of Yeshua
So unlike the religious
He cries out to the Father in heaven on top of his lungs (Mt23:9; Rm8:15-16) and
Prays sincerely for the success of the Father's kingdom (Mt6:33),
For the Father’s will to be done (Jn6:29, 39-40),
To be content with daily bread and
Live this day not be shameful of his daily bread (Jn4:34).
O Lord,
Father~~~ Yeshua~~~
For one more tongue to confess Yeshua is Lord and
For one more knee to bow before the name of Yeshua (Php2:9-12)…
This is my prayer until my last breath! Amen.
The Holy Spirit is a Personal God
(Ac1:3-5; Rev3:20-22)
God is a personal God.
Through the person He reveals His existence and
Through the person He makes relationship.
Faith is making a personal relationship with Him and
The life of this faith is being intervened and governed by that person.
The persona is the social face an individual presents to the world externally and
It is a function for reflecting myself and interacting with the world around me.
A “personal god” is a person with unique intelligence, emotions, and will,
A deity who is not only the cause of matter and a supreme being
But also an independent individual being.
However, natural theists, deists, atheists reject a personal god who intervenes and governs life.
The Bible says that God is personal, not an impersonal force, and
The world created by His intelligent design,
His beginning of conversation with Adam, the eternal personal being, the living being (Ge2:17),
His lament, distress, love, anger, and will etc all speak of this.
The Israelites are a people who received
The decrees and laws from the LORD, the I AM (self-existent) (Ex3:14, 18:20).
When they obeyed His commandments and called (Ps77:1)
God answered because He had a personal relationship with them.
Yet Israel feared God (Rm8:15) for if anyone mishandled the ark called by His name (2Sa6:6-7) or
If anyone approached the sanctuary where His name is, they would be put to death (Nu1:51).
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
He would make an everlasting personal relationship with all mankind for
The very nature God came as man, in the person of a servant (Mt20:28; Php2:6-7).
He came to His own but His own did not receive Him (Jn1:11), and
Though He was mocked, despised, ridiculed and shamed
He endured them all (He12:2).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Offered up His life according to the Father’s command and pleased Him (Jn10:17-18);
2) Condemned the devil who misused his person (Is14:12-15); and
3) Sprinkled His redeeming blood on the souls of all men so they become new creation (2Co5:17).
After His resurrection and before His ascension,
He commanded the disciples to wait for the promised Holy Spirit (Ac1:3-5) and
Only the 120 people who waited in constant prayer for 10 days received Him.
The Son of Man is God’s unilateral greatest gift to all mankind and
The Holy Spirit is God’s greatest gift given to those who ask, that is, the answer (Lk11:13).
The Holy Spirit enters as the person of the King (Mk9:1)
Into the souls who receive (Rev3:20-22).
He is the person of God who has intelligence to know lies (Ac5:3) and deep things (2Co2:10),
Emotion to groan (Rm8:26) and rejoice (Lk10:21), and
A will in accordance with the Father’s will (Rm8:27).
The man of the Spirit is he who
Honors the Holy Spirit as the highest, the maximally great person.
He is willingly intervened and governed by the person of the Holy Spirit (Rm8:5-9).
Therefore, he does not grieve the Holy Spirit (Eph4:22-32),
He does not go against the Holy Spirit (Gal5:16-21),
He does not quench the Holy Spirit (1Th5:19), and
He does not blaspheme the Holy Spirit (Mt12:30-32).
O Lord,
The God whom those famous intellectuals rejected
I enthusiastically welcome and welcome You!
Holy Spirit, inspire me, intervene and govern my life!
Let my person which is worse than that of an animal be changed
So the person of Christ be revealed through me! Amen.
God has free will.
He is self-existent (Ex3:14) and
The will He makes He carries out Himself.
Faith is acknowledging Him and
The life of this faith is being bound in the Spirit and pressing on to take hold of that for which Christ Yeshua took hold of me (Php3:12).
Being “bound” refers to
Being put under obligation as in marriage or slavery, that is, in bond or bondage.
The happiness or the misery that results depends on the relationship.
Since Adam the ancestor of all mankind disobeyed the word of God and
Rather listened to the devil’s word (Ge3:4-6),
All mankind became prisoners in invisible iron chains (Ps107:10),
Bound for hell with the devil (Mt25:41).
This was visualized by the slavery of Israel in Egypt:
While they were groaning from the hard labor of 430 years (Ex2:23-24),
God fulfilled the promise He made to their ancestors by
Sending Moses to bring them out from under the yoke of Egypt and became their God (Ex6:7) and
Then the people of Jehovah following the pillars of fire and of cloud (Ex13:21-22).
The feasts (the Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks) and
The sanctuary (Ex12:14, 17; Dt16:10-12) reminded Israel for generations that:
1) We were slaves in Egypt (Dt15:15);
2) Jehovah brought us out of our slavery in Egypt (Lev26:13).
Those who should have been glad to be servants of Jehovah (Ps113:1)
Grumbled against God and stirred up to return to Egypt, and so
All fell and died during the 40 years in the wilderness (Nu14:3-38).
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
He would set all mankind free from the bondage of Satan (Lk13:16)
For He came as the Son of Man and spoke and did, not by Himself
But only to fulfill the will of the Father who sent Him (Jn5:19, 7:17-18)
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Laid down His life according to the Father’s command, of His own accord and pleased the Father (Jn10:17-18; Php2:6-8);
2) Condemned the devil who deceived all mankind and enticed them (Ge3:4-6; 2Pe2:19); and
3) Tore His flesh and released all mankind from the chains (Lk13:16; He2:14-15).
He resurrected and sat on the heavenly throne with a golden sash around His chest (Rev1:13) and
It is a symbol of His eternal bond with the Father.
The Holy Spirit whom He sent
Holds on to the souls born again in the blood of Yeshua
Not by holding the hand of the flesh,
But by binding the spirit (He8:9-10).
The man bound in the Spirit is he who
Though knowing that persecution, trouble, poverty, and danger face him (Ac2:23, 21:11-14),
Does not turn back to elementary principles (Gal4:9) and
Does not return to the world (1Ti1:18-20; 2Ti4:10; 2Pe2:20-22; 1Jn2:15-16).
Forgetting what is behind (Php3:13)
He presses on to take hold of that for which the Lord Christ Yeshua took hold of him (Php3:12),
For he fears to shrink back to destruction (He10:38) and be abandoned on earth
When the Lord Yeshua appears in the air.
O Lord,
Even if the world chases behind us
No matter what trial lies ahead of us
We cannot go back!
The world behind me, the cross before me…
No turning back, no turning back! Amen.
