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FUNDAMENTALS OF DISCIPLESHIP
THE
TRANSFORMATION OF THE SOUL – VIII
Luke
17:21 …behold,
the kingdom of IAUE is within you.
When IAUE speaks regarding us, His creative power and His faith
fill those words; and the Spirit of IAUE is prepared to release the creative
power to bring manifestation to those words; but the Spirit is now waiting for
us. He is waiting for US to speak the
same words back to IAUE to complete the connection. Why is this?
It is because IAUE gave dominion to man over all the works of His hands
in the earth (Genesis 1:26-30). IAUE provided
to His man everything pertaining to life and godliness (the manifestation of
the likeness of IAUE…the manifestation of righteousness); but man must now
appropriate it with his own words of faith by concurring with the words of
IAUE.
Contemporary
Christianity, for the most part, resembles what Paul warned Timothy would come:
2
Timothy 3:1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
2 For men shall be…
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the
power thereof: from such turn away.
When
Paul preached the gospel he was conscious that he was representing the Kingdom
of Heaven; and as such, he needed to demonstrate the power, authority, nature
and character of the Kingdom of Heaven.
He was not trying to convince men of a new way of thinking about
life. He was not presenting a new
philosophy. He was commanding men to
repent and to align themselves accordingly with the Kingdom of Heaven that
was/is at hand.
1
Corinthians 2:1
And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with
excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of IAUE.
2 For I determined not to know anything among you, save Yahushua
Messiah, and him impaled.
3 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much
trembling.
4 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of
man's wisdom, but in demonstration of
the Spirit and of power:
5 That your faith should not stand in the
wisdom of men, but in the power of IAUE.
Romans 15:19 Through mighty signs and
wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so
that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached
the gospel of Messiah.
Paul
understood the necessity of walking in the spirit in order to experience the
release of the spirit, the release of the life and light and power of IAUE
invested within the newborn spirit. Our current study is designed to show us
how the transformation of the soul is intended 1) to transform our own lives
into the likeness of IAUE through the increasing manifestation of His righteousness
placed within us; and thereby 2) to bring a powerful demonstration of
the Kingdom of Heaven to those who are around us.
So
far, we have been discussing the transformation of the soul by building bridges
from our spirit to our body. We have
been focused upon the change of our soul from glory to glory, being changed
into the likeness of our Creator as the life and light and power of IAUE moves
through it unto manifestation in our body, acting upon our soul as it passes
through it. We have observed that this
likeness is nothing more than the fruit of righteousness that changes our
character, attitudes, thought processes…and our words and works. Our illustrations have begun with doing simple
things that we can know from Scripture are the will of IAUE. Without DOING the will of IAUE we will never experience
a release of that which is invested within our newborn spirit. Obedience to the
will of IAUE is what opens the door of our spirit. With the release of the
spirit comes a manifestation of the Kingdom of Heaven. Persistent obedience to
the will of IAUE changes the way we think, it changes our soul and enables the
release of the spirit.
If
you have been persistent over the past few weeks to consciously give thanks in
all things, to rejoice regularly throughout the day for the things IAUE has
done to and for us, and to pray throughout the day for the will of IAUE to be
known and to be done, then you most assuredly have noticed that you now think
differently. Your soul (mind, will, emotions) is far more directed toward the
spirit than to the flesh. When the enemy
speaks through the dust, you are far less inclined to listen to him; and
perhaps even moreso inclined to tell him to shut up. You may have even pondered, “What damage to my bridge building would
come from my listening to and obeying the whisperings of my flesh?” Building those bridges has become so
important and so exciting that the process simply is not worth being
compromised by catering to ideas that lead us astray from the will of IAUE. The
mind has been renewed in these areas due to persistent obedience to the word
and will of IAUE.
Today,
I want to begin to discuss more elements to this bridge building process. Last week we ended with this comment:
When IAUE speaks regarding us, His creative power and His faith
fill those words; and the Spirit of IAUE is prepared to release the creative
power to bring manifestation to those words; but the Spirit is now waiting for
us. He is waiting for US to speak the
same words back to IAUE to complete the connection. Why is this?
It is because IAUE gave dominion to man over all the works of His hands
in the earth (Genesis 1:26-30).
Though
we have not stated it yet, one of the principle reasons why you have been able
to build a bridge of thanksgiving, rejoicing and prayer is because you have acted
on the Word of IAUE; and in the process, you have spoken the Word of IAUE back
to Him. He commanded you to give thanks
in all things, so you have in essence (or literally) responded by saying,
“Father, it is written. You have
commanded me to give thanks in all things, rejoice evermore and pray without
ceasing; so I obey your command.” You
have spoken back to IAUE what He has spoken to you. In so doing, you have established the
connection upon which the process of building the bridge has begun. You can imagine that connection as the
blueprint upon which the bridge shall be built. You have agreed with IAUE on
the design and upon the end product.
If
you will do a word study in the Scriptures regarding what it says about
thanksgiving, rejoicing and praying, and then speak IAUE’s words back to Him,
you will accomplish several things. You will
build your own faith, because faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word
of IAUE (Romans 10:17). This will increase your confidence in the process
until, as Paul said of Abraham, you become “fully persuaded” (Romans 4:21).
Secondly,
the parable of the sower teaches us that the Word of IAUE is sown in our
“heart” not in our head; so you will erect a harmonious pillar in the heart
upon which the bridge will be supported.
If there isn’t a foundation of the Word of IAUE in the heart, the bridge
will not be adequately supported. This
will lead to confusion because you will not experience the release of the
spirit while your belief is only in your head.
You must believe in your heart.
Notice
this transaction that Paul uses to explain what produces salvation.
Romans 10:6 But the
righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall
ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Messiah down from above:)
7 Or, Who shall descend into the
deep? (that is, to bring up Messiah again from the dead.)
8 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in
thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;
9 That if thou shalt confess with
thy mouth the Master Yahushua, and shalt believe in thine heart that
IAUE hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
10 For with
the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth
confession is made unto salvation.
Belief in the heart
brings forth the righteousness of IAUE; but the confession of the mouth is what
completes the transaction and results in our deliverance. What does it mean to confess? This word in the Greek is “homologeo,”
and it means “to say the same thing as another;” in other words, saying the
same thing IAUE says. So, we need to plant in our heart the Word of IAUE until
it produces the image inside of us of that which we hope to see manifest on the
outside of us…then we confess it. We say
what IAUE says about it.
As the people of
IAUE, we should constantly be speaking back to Him that which He says about
us. We should be doing what He says we
are to do. We should behave as He
instructs us to behave; and we should believe in our hearts and be fully
persuaded regarding everything He says about us; and one of the things He says
about us is that the Kingdom of Heaven is within us. We have only mentioned thanksgiving,
rejoicing and praying so far in our discussion; but ultimately, we are going to
be talking about the total release of the spirit.
Yes, the soul will be
transformed through every phase of the process, as our mind is renewed point by
point, and our obedience to the Father’s will continually builds the bridges
necessary to manifest the Kingdom of Heaven in our lives; but we have virtually
unlimited resources invested by IAUE into our newborn spirit that we are to
manifest in our lives; and most of Christendom has remained ignorant of it for
centuries. Remember what the Scriptures
said of Paul making his presentation of the gospel ALWAYS with signs and
wonders and in the power of the Holy Spirit?
There was absolutely NOTHING different invested into Paul’s newborn
spirit than that which is invested into ours.
We simply have not understood it was there, or that it was possible to
access it. We may have thought we had to be worthy of it, or called to it, or
receive some special anointing to access it.
Wrong teaching and the traditions of men have turned the gospel into a philosophy…the
wisdom of man’s words; but the Scripture says the gospel is the POWER of IAUE
unto salvation unto all men.
The Holy Spirit earnestly
desires to aide us in the release of the wondrous treasure that is contained within
us. We have simply been too enamored
with the flesh to take notice. If you
have been obedient to the will of IAUE over the past few weeks to give thanks
in all things, rejoice evermore and pray without ceasing, you have become aware
of a whole new way of living that awaits you. The flesh has never seemed less
interesting to you. What a difference simple obedience can bring!
Next week we will
delve more thoroughly into this role of confession, of saying back to IAUE what
He says.
Kingdom
heart: a heart that offers no resistance to the
performance of the will of IAUE.
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