May 2001

[Part 144]

“Issues of the heart”

[Part Sixty-two]

Hope For the Fearful Heart! [TT]

“WHO CAN I TURN TO?”

“Behold the Lamb of God who taketh away the sin of the world.” (Jn 1:29)

                In our last episode of this series, the Anointing fed us strong meat concerning the identity of the Lamb of God. He revealed that Jehovah, Who is the “I AM THAT I AM” (Ex 3:14), is able to manifest Himself in any of the limitless facets of His glorious Nature without compromising, constraining, contradicting, compartmentalizing or cleaving Himself into a plurality of Beings! He is able to express Himself as Father and Son and Spirit, without diminishing or dissevering Himself in the least! Rather, He emphatically maintains that He is the “Holy ONE” (not “Holy TWO” or “Holy THREE”) of *Israel!” (Isa 43:14) [*Israel lit. means: “All who rule with God”.] A spirit has no limitation by time or space just like the air that fills all parts of the earth- even its inhabitants! God’s Spirit can pour Itself out into as many containments as suit His Purpose and not relinquish or diminish any measure of His Spirit. He fully retains His Breath of Life even as it permeates all Creation, and as it flows in and out of all living beings! This is the miracle of His Omnipresence- which means that God’s Presence is everywhere at the same time!
               The mind of flesh only thinks in terms of its own mortal boundaries; but, in His Wisdom, our creator knew this as He formed us from the dust of the earth, This is why Scriptures are rife with symbolism, to serve as a Stumbling Block for the man of sin! When carnal-minded man reads of the Father, Son and Spirit, He envisions three separate flesh-defined forms! Father is seen as a very old man in white robes with white hair and beard sitting on a huge white throne in the clouds! The Son is seen as a natural Babe, then Boy, then Man, called Jesus Christ who walked the earth and was crucified and rose from the dead. The Spirit (God’s own Spirit of Love and Holiness) is most often seen as a dove which is a small pigeon. Whatever configuration one uses to typify the Father, Son and Spirit; it must be remembered that there is still only ONE GOD!!
               A fragmented people of flesh- each going his own way, each with his own self-will, each with his own selfish agenda, each with his own insatiable lust for gratification, and each considering his neighbor as stranger under suspect- cannot comprehend a UNITED PEOPLE OF SPIRIT!! It is inconceivable to carnal minds that “GOD MAY BE ALL IN ALL!” (1 Co 15:28) But such is the miraculous Nature of Spirit! The Son of God, a Man of Spirit, knew this Truth; for He declared,

“I AND MY FATHER ARE O-N-E!!“ (Jn 10:30)

                The universe pivots around two realms: natural and spirit! All creation must manifest both; but “First comes the natural; and then the spiritual!” (1 Co 15:46) God says, “In the Beginning... the Word was God...all things were made by Him (The Word); without Him, nothing was made!” (Jn 1:1-3) God spoke the Immortal Word of His Christ (Anointing) and Jesus (Salvation) into the mortal flesh of a virgin body! The Fruit of her womb embodied God’s Anointed Word of Salvation that would redeem His world! Before this, man’s flesh has to play out its sin-drama to the fullest. Then in God’s foreordained time, His Christ-Seed of Jesus [lit. Anointed Seed of Salvation] comes alive in us (Lk 8:11) and we are born anew to our true and eternal Life of Spirit! To receive this Life means we become the Bride of the Lamb of God! When these two become ONE, their ONENESS makes her co-heir to ALL HE IS! It also means this soul (intellect, emotion, will) becomes a full partaker of her spirit-husband’s “Lamb-life” which is to become Love’s Pure Sacrifice of SELF on the altar of Christ! This is the total disinheriting of the flesh and his kingdom of sin and death! Till this is accomplished, the soul cannot share in her full inheritance of the Kingdom of Spirit! It is time NOW to forsake all and “Seek first that Kingdom of God and His Righteousness!” (Mt 6:63)

[TO BE CONTINUED]