March 10th Truths

March 10th

Wow, What an outpouring of the Holy Spirit on Saturday. We GATHERED  together to talk about the FINISHED work of Jesus, at the cross, where everything was poured out for you and me.  We were sharing how God is working in our lives, since we are under GRACE and not Law.

Remember, That God found fault with the Law. See Hebrews 8:7-10 AMP ⁷For if that first covenant had been without defect, there would have been no room for another one or an attempt to institute another one.     ⁸However, He finds fault with them [showing its inadequacy] when He says, Behold, the days will come, says the Lord, when I will make and ratify a new covenant or agreement with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.     ⁹It will not be like the covenant that I made with their forefathers on the day when I grasped them by the hand to help and relieve them and to lead them out from the land of Egypt, for they did not abide in My agreement with them, and so I withdrew My favor and disregarded them, says the Lord.     ¹⁰For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will imprint My laws upon their minds, even upon their innermost thoughts and understanding, and engrave them upon their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
The first covenant was between God and the people, and God calls this the ministration of death and condemnation. This is found in 2 Corinthians 3: 7-10 AMP  Now if the dispensation of death engraved in letters on stone [the ministration of the Law], was inaugurated with such glory and splendor that the Israelites were not able to look steadily at the face of Moses because of its brilliance, [a glory] that was to fade and pass away,     ⁸Why should not the dispensation of the Spirit [this spiritual ^[b]ministry whose task it is to cause men to obtain and be governed by the Holy Spirit] be attended with much greater and more splendid glory?     ⁹For if the service that condemns [the ministration of doom] had glory, how infinitely more abounding in splendor and glory must be the service that makes righteous [the ministry that produces and fosters righteous living and right standing with God]!     ¹⁰Indeed, in view of this fact, what once had splendor [^[c]the glory of the Law in the face of Moses] has come to have no splendor at all, because of the overwhelming glory that exceeds and excels it [^[d]the glory of the Gospel in the face of Jesus Christ].

But God so loved us that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. (John 3:16)

So, God shows us that this new covenant is between God the Father and God the Son.  Man was the weak link, so God took man out of the picture.   And now when God sees us, he sees the finished work of Jesus through the Blood of the cross.

Romans 5: 8- 10 AMP  But God shows and clearly proves His [own] love for us by the fact that while we were still sinners, Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One) died for us.     ⁹Therefore, since we are now justified (^[f]acquitted, made righteous, and brought into right relationship with God) by Christ's blood, how much more [certain is it that] we shall be saved by Him from the indignation and wrath of God.    ¹⁰For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, it is much more [certain], now that we are reconciled, that we shall be saved (daily delivered from sin's dominion) through His [^[g]resurrection] life.

So, as Mom was sharing about John 9:31 AMP  We know that God does not listen to sinners; but if anyone is God-fearing and a worshiper of Him and does His will, He listens to him.

We do not need anyone to lay hands on us, or pray for us.  We just need to pray and stand in faith that God HAS made us accepted in the Beloved.  Ephesians 1:4-13 AMP ⁴Even as [in His love] He chose us [actually picked us out for Himself as His own] in Christ before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy (consecrated and set apart for Him) and blameless in His sight, even above reproach, before Him in love.     ⁵For He foreordained us (destined us, planned in love for us) to be adopted (revealed) as His own children through Jesus Christ, in accordance with the purpose of His will [^[b]because it pleased Him and was His kind intent]--     ⁶[So that we might be] to the praise and the commendation of His glorious grace (favor and mercy), which He so freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.     ⁷In Him we have redemption (deliverance and salvation) through His blood, the remission (forgiveness) of our offenses (shortcomings and trespasses), in accordance with the riches and the generosity of His gracious favor,     ⁸Which He lavished upon us in every kind of wisdom and understanding (practical insight and prudence),     ⁹Making known to us the mystery (secret) of His will (of His plan, of His purpose). [And it is this:] In accordance with His good pleasure (His merciful intention) which He had previously purposed and set forth in ^[c]Him,     ¹⁰[He planned] for the maturity of the times and the climax of the ages to unify all things and head them up and consummate them in Christ, [both] things in heaven and things on the earth.     ¹¹In Him we also were made [God's] heritage (portion) and we obtained an inheritance; for we had been foreordained (chosen and appointed beforehand) in accordance with His purpose, Who works out everything in agreement with the counsel and design of His [own] will,     ¹²So that we who first hoped in Christ [who first put our confidence in Him have been destined and appointed to] live for the praise of His glory!     ¹³In Him you also who have heard the Word of Truth, the glad tidings (Gospel) of your salvation, and have believed in and adhered to and relied on Him, were stamped with the seal of the long-promised Holy Spirit.

Remember, Romans 4:13 AMP ¹³For the promise to Abraham or his posterity, that he should inherit the world, did not come through [observing the commands of] the Law but through the righteousness of faith.

So we received from God a revelation:

1.      There is nothing wrong with God.

2.      There is nothing wrong with His Word.

3.      And, There is, by the Blood of Jesus, there is nothing wrong with you!

Remember Jack and Mom were doing the puzzle this past week.   Then Jack dumped the pieces out. And Mom asks Jack, “How are you going to put the puzzle back.” And Jack says, “Ann Henkle, All I have to do is put Jesus in the middle, and all the pieces will fall into place.”
We can learn a lot from children.

May Grace and Peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our loving Lord and Savior! 2. Peter 1:2.