The Three L's part 3
There's a truth here that I think is important to grasp. And I guess you could call it the inheritance factor. What is passed down from Father to Son. And before we even get into it I want to say that an inheritance cannot be earned. It has nothing to do with what you do, and everything to do with who you are. So we need to get out of, and stay out of, the idea of "earning our Spiritual bread by the sweat of our brow." Labor and works don't work. It's all about receiving and releasing what we have already been given. Fighting the good fight of faith and laying hold of eternal life. God gave it to us, we experience and enjoy it by believing that we have it. Ok. So look at John 5:26-27 (I go indepth on these verses in episode 8 of my Jesus Rant podcast, so check that out when it's released!), "For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man." The life of the Father--the abundant, everlasting, eternal, Resurrection life of love--handed down from Father to Son. Every good and perfect gift coming down from the Father of light. And, by the way, He is the Father of light because WE are the light and He is our Father! Jesus described both Himself and us as the light of the world. It's the same light. Now look at John 1:4, "In him was life; and the life was the light of men." Life. Light. Love. All the same thing. All the same God. All the same GIFT of God. He has given us that life. That light. That love. And with those Three L's... the authority to give as it has been given to us. That's what executing judgment is all about--it's about being a witness. Sharing your experience. What you have seen and heard. Telling people what God has done for you, with the expectation that He can, and will, do it for them. God is no respector of persons. He loves us all the same. We are--collectively and individually--the apple of His eye. I'm His favorite, and so are you. He wants the best for us. That's why He gave the best to us. Gave us His only begotten Son. So that we might not perish but experience and enjoy HIS life as He lives it in us, and through us, and as us. His life is the light of men. His life is what allows us to see things clearly. The life of the Father passed down to the Son. And when that light is shining, what we see clearly... is love. In the beginning it was dark out. Then God said, "Let there be light." He injected Jesus--love--into the situation. And that changed everything. For the better. We were blind, but now we can see. We were dead, but now we can walk in newness of life. We were looking for love in all the wrong places, but now we can go to the source. We can come boldly to the throne of grace to find grace in times of need. Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. Because he knew where to look for it. Because he knew where it was. We don't have to run FROM our heavenly Father in fear that He will punish us. We can run TO Him with the assurance that He will lead us, and guide us, and direct us, and protect us! God is not moved by what we do. He moved because of who we are. Nothing can separate us from His love. It doesn't matter what we do. He loves us anyway. Because of who we are... and because of who He is. A Father loving His Son. A Father giving His Son everything He has and everything He is. So that we can have something... to give. We are blessed to be a blessing. We are filled so that we can fill ourselves to overflowing. It's all about receiving and releasing that love of God. Letting what's inside come out by knowing and believing that it's in there!