“Through Jesus We Receive The
Promise Of The Spirit”
Galatians 3:10-14
10) For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it
is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are
written in the book of the law to do them.
11) But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is
evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
12) And the law is not of faith: but, The man that
doeth them shall live in them.
13) Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse
for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
14) That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus
Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
Preface
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this point, we have lived largely a fictitious salvation that we have found not
to work. As time has progressed and the people of God have found themselves
unable to meet His requirements, an elaborate “game” has been developed. We
continue to do as we’ve always done, with no evidence of “change.” Now that we
know that this is not acceptable, our hope is that God will be “lenient,”
“blind” or just simply a “fool” and allow us “in” no matter how we have lived.
We
cannot escape the fact that salvation is the “absence of self” One thing that
should make it clear to us that living saved will be done only through Jesus is
the fact that all that the human being does is about self This makes it
necessary for the presence of One in our lives Who can deliver us from
ourselves.
Main Thought
The
promise of Jesus is delivered to us through faith—for it is Jesus Who came and
Jesus Who gave His life for us. Most churches teach that Jesus gave His life
for us and indeed, most of us were taught this before salvation. The question
after salvation is “How does this benefit us?”
How
is it that the death of one Man, for all time, could free all men from the
stain of sin? The answer is that just as the sin of one man could infect all
men who would ever be, so the death of the Man Jesus Christ is enough to impute
the dcath of sin to all men willing to accept the death of Jesus.
Much
of the confusion and inconsistency present in the Church, today, has been
caused ignorantly because of a lack of knowledge. You see, the truth of
salvation has been missed because Man’s concept of salvation has been based
upon and perpetuated by the mind of
For
those sensitive to Him, never has the time been more “ripe” for the reception
of truth. There is virtually nothing that the Lord has either not revealed or
is not willing to reveal.
With
this revelation either comes liberation or
condemnation. If one is blessed enough to be operating with clear direction
from the Lord, at this point in time he has heard God’s purpose for Man in
these Last Days. This man, no doubt at some time expressed a hunger to know and
follow the Lord. This man, while being able to have a clear goal, also becomes
responsible for the revelation.
We
have been a people used to making excuses for ourselves, based upon what we
didn’t know or what someone hadn’t told or what someone hadn’t told us. Well,
now it appears that the Lord has determined to “pull” those excuses from us by
opening Himself to us completely. Therefore, at this point, those of us in this
ministry have been blessed to have “all” of God—and “cursed” by becoming
responsible for it.
Now
that the truth of salvation has been fully revealed, we can finally get some
“relief” This relief is of the type that is granted only through one being
wholly at peace with his God.
“Peace
with God” is impossible outside of sinlessness. The Word of God informs us that
only “...he that is dead is freed from sin.”
Part
of what makes man prone to sin is his thinking. His thinking is the way that it
is because of his mind. Therefore, it is the mind which must be changed from
the mind of the flesh, to the mind of the Spirit. You see, as long as we think
as human beings, we will do those things common to humans.
In
that the human mind is unable to receive anything that is spiritual, Man does
what he can to “approximate” salvation. When he finds himself unable to carry
it out, he simply begins to profess it and make up his own “rules.” Soon, these
rules are “reinforced” by preachers who preach that “nobody’s perfect,” making
man feel that he then, is free of the requirement.
In
an attempt to make things “easy” on himself, Man,
would like to be able to learn something that would make him “better.” You see,
what one is “taught” does not necessarily change him, but what he learns does.
If
one would receive “the promise(s) of the Spirit” he will have to be liberated
from self When one s focus is himself then he will be partial to himself This focus makes it impossible to accept anything from the Lord
The
“mystery” of the promises of God is that they can be received by a people not
brought into existence until centuries after they were made Why?
Because all of God s promises are spiritual—meaning that there are no “natural”
components to any of them, so therefore God neither expects nor needs any
assistance from us.
The
devil is managing to keep many from their rightful “inheritance” in the Lord.
As time is “winding down” to His return, he is particularly determined to
“divert” the attention of our young people. He has fooled them into believing
that their “issue” with being saved is simply a matter of not wanting to dress
a certain way or being prohibited from going to certain places. The truth of the
matter is that the devil is a liar. There is not legitimate reason for one not
to want to be saved. There is no such thing as God “depriving” us. What the
enemy would hide from us is that in exchange for our lives, God meets all needs
and satisfies in all things.
Those
who are young and saved enjoy a distinct advantage over many of us. How? By being able to avoid the certain heartache and disappointment
that was not avoided by those of us who grew up outside of salvation.
All
of us are being called upon to make choices and declare allegiances. What we are having to face is that the relationship we have “made
up” between us and the Lord is not necessarily the relationship that He wants
with us. If we really want to be happy and effective in salvation, we will have
to embrace all of Jesus. We have nothing to lose and everything to gain, for
“through (Him) we receive the promise of the Spirit.” n