Things I Know to be True

 

As I have grown in faith, I have refined in what I know to be true.  It comes thru maturity.  Not that what I knew before was wrong (for the most part) but incomplete.  Knowing what I do now means I have to do something with it.  If I just live in this revelation without offering a revelation of these things I am a robber. You don’t have to accept them. I only want to open you up to everything Father wants for you.  There is so much more.

Things I know

Father God has no name.  We call him God.  Jesus is the perfect representation of Him but he has no personal name (if you have seen me you have seen the Father).  When we see the word GOD (in the beginning, God) the word is not what we think.  The words used to describe and “Name” Him are in fact definers of the fact that HE IS and He will be what he will be.  His NAME is His reputation, His trustworthiness to do what HE says he will do.  He accomplishes great things for His NAMES SAKE.  He has the name above all names and he means to keep it.  But he has no Name like Joe, Pete or Jim. Jesus is the name we best understand, but it is not His name in Heaven.  Nothing wrong with using the name GOD, but when we say DEAR GOD, there are a lot of so called deities that might answer.  Our Father in Heaven is the only ONE true God.  The Bible writers like John use the name God because it was understood who by readers. “In the beginning was the word and the word was with God”.   That however sells his Name short.  Perhaps if we moved it up a bit, “In the beginning was the word and the word was with the name above all names that can be trusted with every good and perfect gift unlike any other name”.  A bit cumbersome, but you see the point.  It is his high, lifted up and completely trustworthy name that is above every name and He does what He does to preserve and magnify his name.  

Father God owns the earth and all that is in it, on it and under it.  He however does not control it. That is in different hands.  Some is in the hands of the enemy and some not.  Father does not LOVE the earth such that he sent Jesus to die for the earth. He loved the whole world order, which is all of humanity, all political, economic, relational, governmental, and every system known to us all.  The Kingdom of God is what Jesus taught regarding HIS new world order. He sent Jesus to pay the price for this corrupted people and systems that the ruler of this world (satan) has the rights to and power over.  This redemption is for eternal life and a redeemed life on this earth.  

The Kingdom of God spoken of in the Bible is not Heaven. Heaven is Heaven.  The Kingdom of God spoken of and taught by Jesus is here on earth. It is living on earth as it is in heaven.  Yes Jesus is King and He reigns in Heaven but he also is King of all who submit to Him.  Most of the teaching you see about the Kingdom is referring to the life we can live here on earth (as in heaven).  Now to be clear, the Kingdom of God is in heaven, but there is no sin and there is perfection.  So while a high task to bring Heaven to earth, Jesus showed us the way.  

You do not die and go to heaven. You return to heaven.  You were determined before the heavens and earth were created.  He is Father of Spirits.  You were one.  You will return as one.  You were sent here for a reason. For a purpose.  On assignment. You are no accident.  Before the earth was formed, HE declared your name.  You came perfect.  You were conceived and iniquity was present, but the real you, your spirit came to earth perfect.  Every single person who lives today, who has ever lived and who will ever live was created by Father for a purpose and carries an assignment.  Of course the iniquity of our flesh leads to all sorts of decay.  The murderers from Gaza were once a pure spirit from heaven.  They were polluted by the God of this World and his evil systems.  When they die, that spirit ceases.  Dies.
 

End times teachings are so wrong, harmful and in fact damaging to the Body of Christ today.  That if people were set free from this deception, they would find real freedom and joy.  Jesus came to destroy the world system and religion that had been so damaging.  He used foreign armies to destroy the temple system that had held people in bondage.  That happened in 72 AD.  The great Diaspora was the result.  He warned about this in Mathew 24. It was obvious in his teaching that he was talking about the destruction of the Temple and the detestation to come.  He talked in terms of YOU, not some generation in the future.  His warnings were repeated in the book of Revelation which was written a decade before the destruction of Jerusalem.  Once you read all that in the context of that understanding it all becomes clear.  Every clear minded theologian and preacher I know gets this.  Unfortunately these false beliefs have caused many to gravitate to dispensational preaching rather than the truth of Scripture.  If you have time you might want to read the verse by verse explanation of the truth of all this.  The author is actually less firmly preterist than I am.  He believes Jesus will come back someday, I maintain he did and he is here with us now as he said.   I don’t expect to change anyone’s mind, but I know the truth and to skip over it would be wrong.

Healing is the Children’s bread. It comes not so much by prayer and fasting, but by declaring the truth of the healing power of Father thru Jesus blood and in that authority commanding affirming the healing.  In the name of Jesus, rise up and walk.  Jesus never prayed for the sick. Look it up.  He is our pattern.  Let’s be like Jesus.

Many pray wrongly so our prayers are weak and go unanswered.  First, know the will of the Father by knowing his promises.  Thank him that he promised to … fill in the blank.  Use scripture to support our prayer.  Paul wrote about this to the Philippians in chapter 4: …5Let your gentleness be apparent to all. The Lord is near. 6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.…   Seems like a good plan.  

Look at Jesus at Lazarus Tomb.  Jesus looked up to heaven and said, “Father, thank you for hearing me. You always hear me, but I said it out loud for the sake of all these people standing here, so that they will believe you sent me.” Then Jesus shouted, “Lazarus, come out!”

Thanksgiving before petition is the key to powerful prayer.

The gifts of the Spirit, all of them, are essential to the health of a believer and the Body of Christ.  The fullness of the Baptism of the Holy Spirit is real and non negotiable.  I know many people believe they received the Baptism of the Holy Spirit when they were saved.  That is not scriptural. The Holy Spirit indwelling is like a drink of water after salvation, but the Baptism of the Spirit is like swimming underwater in the ocean. It is that different. Total immersion.  This isn’t about heaven, this is about much much more.  I sometimes wonder how people make it without the gifts.

The power of the prophetic to give people freedom and destiny is way underrated.  My life again and again has been changed by a prophetic word given by people who operate in this gift.  You don’t need to be spooky. Just say what God says.  If God didn’t say it, don’t.  Sometimes I have to say to someone, I just don’t have anything right now.  Those who deny the power of the prophetic are picking their own pockets.