June 2025

#21 Deception Leads to Webs of Unbelief - June 1, 2025

>Partaking of the wrong tree

• Relying on wisdom of men
• Not knowing how to access the Wisdom of God
• Not knowing how to avail ourselves of the Power of God

>Not understanding that it is of greater importance to change hearts not merely minds

>Reluctance to seek God first in all things

>Not recognizing God's Profundity of the Power of Prayer in the name above all names, Jesus Christ

>Not recognizing the Profundity of Amen

>Not recognizing the essential aspect of Forgiving

>Not recognizing the importance of Discernment (not judgment) in the process of Sanctification (Restoration), to be set Free from the bondage of the web and webs of deception

>Not understanding the complexity of contributing factors to bondage, inclusive of but not limited to:

• Unforgiveness

• Unconfessed sins

• Generational sins

• Generational curses

• Non generational curses
• Familiar spirits

>Not understanding the importance and significance of cultivating the Gifts of the Spirit of God

>Not understanding the importance of the collaboration of the multiplicities of Gifts of the Spirit to function awesomely, wonderfully and powerfully as the Body of Christ.

#22 Primary Biblical Concepts

#23 The Uniqueness of Christianity

Christianity is truly unique. The uniqueness includes, but is not limited to:

• Knowing the manifest presence of the Spirit of Christ within, which is our hope of glory

• Knowing God's Still Small Voice

• Obeying God's Still Small Voice

• Serving God by way of manifesting His Fruit and His Gifts

• Knowing that by way of Sanctification it is possible to manifest an even greater anointing of God's Spirit as Christ is being formed in us

• Knowing the profound power of prayer in the name of Jesus Christ, the name above all names

#24 On Palm Sunday, April 13th, 2025, I pondered these things.

On this significant Day in History, the Jewish people celebrated the One who was coming to set them free from Roman bondage. They anticipated a warrior. However, He was not the kind of warrior they expected. His message was that victory does not come from the outside in—it comes from the inside out. It comes from seeking God first and His righteousness, and from praying without ceasing.

For those who would choose to believe, it was a message of Salvation: of dying to the ways of the flesh to be born anew into the ways of God's Spirit. The initial step of Salvation is certainly awesome and wonderful; however, it seems to me that the ongoing process of Sanctification is equally essential and deeply similar. It is far more than just following Him—it is allowing Him to restore us by the power of His Spirit from within. It is about dying to the ways of the flesh so that we may be renewed by the Spirit of God.

Galatians 3:3 Are you so foolish? After beginning by means of the Spirit, are you now trying to f inish by means of the flesh?

Galatians 3:10 For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse, as it is written: "Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law."

Galatians 3:11 Clearly no one who relies on the law is justified before God, because "the righteous will live by faith."

There is tangible evidence—both for us and for those who observe us—of the profound change in character when we are first "born anew." In my observation, the ongoing process of Sanctification reveals a similar transformation as, progressively and cumulatively, we are changed from the inside out. This is not merely a matter of willpower or outward conformity. It is freedom born from the heart, as we are conformed and become "new creations in Christ." We grow evermore capable of not only loving the Lord our God with all our heart, mind,body, soul, and spirit—but also of loving our neighbors and ourselves.

1 Corinthians 13:4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

The sign of the times is that we are collectively in bondage as we battle in the flesh. Many even celebrate the combative spirit of the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship). These kinds of cultural phenomena reflect a deeply ingrained win/lose mindset—echoes of an Old Testament "eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth"approach. But the world is not a better place because of it. History continues to repeat itself, revealing again and again the futility of fleshly attempts to achieve Godly objectives.

"Hosanna"

John 12:12 On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
13 Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.

Colossians 1:27 To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. 28 He is the one we proclaim, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone fully mature in Christ. 29 To this end I strenuously contend with all the energy Christ so powerfully works in me.

As the transformation continues and our hearts are changed from the inside out, we become ever more Christ-like and evermore capable of coming in the name of the Lord.

Individually,I doubt there is much we can do to change the current political and social environment. However, as a community of faith, I believe we can, in our collective togetherness, be profoundly empowered.

Ephesians 3:14 For this reason I kneel before the Father,
15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. 16 I pray that out of His glorious riches He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power, together with all the Lord'sholy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. 20 Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, 21 to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.

Ephesians 6:12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

Essentials

• Understand that any significant change comes from the inside out, as we are Sanctified and Purified.

• Understand that forgiveness is essential if we ourselves are to be forgiven.

• Collaborate as a diverse Christian culture to recognize the essentials of functioning as one body, as we individually and collectively cultivate the interdependence of the Gifts of the Spirit of God.

• Go forth in the name of the Lord, Empowered and Inspired by the Spirit of Christ within—our hope of glory. Hosanna!

Onward, Christian soldiers—not as battles have been fought in the past by the ways of the flesh, but as we are Empowered and Inspired by the Ways of the Spirit.

Hosanna!

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Matthew 7:20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
Matthew 15:8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
Mark 12:30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. 31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than thes

The intent of CRA is:
>NOT to demean other religious perspectives but to share the rationale for a better way;
>NOT to insist but to proclaim what is perceived to be a more excellent way;
>NOT to convince but to reveal the perceived Truth and allow the Spirit of God to convict the hearts and >minds of those who are receptive;
>NOT to force feed but to share
>NOT to intimidate but to encourage;
>NOT to coerce but to invite;
>NOT to argue but to dialogue;
>NOT to divide but to unite.