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Restoration part 4

03/10/2017 17:23

One of the biggest things Jesus came to do was to restore things. To bring it--all of creation, including you and me--back to how it was originally intended to be. He did so by dying, and rising again. The Messianic rebirth of the world. The new birth of a New Man. And when that New Man (the Son(s)...

Restoration part 3

03/09/2017 16:58

When I started this Rant series, the verse I kind of had in mind was Joel 2:25, "And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you." But more specifically, the idea of God restoring our...

Restoration part 2

03/08/2017 17:37

Jesus came to restore creation to the way it was in the beginning. He came to bring heaven to earth. Because, as we see in Revelation 2:4, "Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love." And, just for the record, our FIRST love is HIS love. "We love him, because...

Restoration part 1

03/07/2017 17:04

I want to focus on something very important for this Rant series. One of the (many) things that Jesus came to do on His earth walk, and completely finished in His death, burial, and resurrection--also known as the cross. I want to focus on the idea of restoration. And really, there's no better way...

Perfecting part 5

03/06/2017 16:47

In the Kingdom of God (the Kingdom of Love) it is never about GETTING. Because love IS giving. And we have already been given the gift of God. It is, instead, about UNDERSTANDING. Knowing and believing what we have. Knowing and believing who we are. So that's why the Bible talks about perfecting...

Perfecting part 4

03/05/2017 12:51

Perfecting something (someONE) who is already perfecting is NOT about getting something you haven't got. It's about understanding what you HAVE got. It's about Jesus revealing your perfection, which is HIS perfection, to you, and in you, and through you, and as you. And here's the deal: Perfection...

Perfecting part 3

03/04/2017 12:09

The first picture we looked at was a house. And the carpenter (Jesus) built the house, and furnished it how HE wanted it to be. The house was perfect, but some things didn't fit inside it. The second picture we looked at was a garden. And the gardener (Jesus) planted it, and pruned it how HE wanted...

Perfecting part 2

03/03/2017 19:33

What does it mean to be perfected, in the sense that we are already perfect? Well, in the picture of us as the house that God lives in, it means "complete furnishing." Where the carpenter Jesus tore down the old house (old man) and raised up the new house (New Man) and decided what fit inside and...

Perfecting part 1

03/02/2017 17:17

I preach this all the time, because I think it's so very important to understand: We ARE complete in Christ. It's not a junior Jesus living in us. He is complete in us. Speaking of Jesus, Colossians 2:9 says, "For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily." And He lives in us. So in US...

Levels part 5

03/01/2017 16:48

I might be able to quote more Bible than you (actually, my memory is pretty bad. So I probably can't. But even if I CAN), that doesn't make me any better than you. Not even a little bit. And when I think it does, that's when I really get off base. When I think I'm on a higher level than you, that's...

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