{"id":5777,"date":"2021-08-29T11:03:52","date_gmt":"2021-08-29T16:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heavens-beauty.info\/wp-hb\/?page_id=5777"},"modified":"2025-05-08T11:28:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T16:28:22","slug":"gods-kingdom-within-scott-stanley","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/heavens-beauty.info\/wp-hb\/?page_id=5777","title":{"rendered":"God\u2019s Kingdom Within &#8212; Scott STANLEY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">God\u2019s Kingdom Within<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Study Three<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">scottSTANLEY<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">In this study we are going to be taking a look at the third foundational study entitled <strong>\u201cGod\u2019s Kingdom Within.\u201d<\/strong> We have looked at the Godhead, the issue of the Father and Son. We have looked at the Holy Spirit, and this study deals with the mechanics of salvation, or the application of what we have come to understand in the first two foundational studies. How can we make our understanding practical? What does it mean to serve God? How can we become kings and priests before God? You know, in Revelation 1, Jesus Christ has made us kings and priests. How does that take place? Well I think this study will help answer that question and I praise God for the information I\u2019m going to be giving you in this. The concepts that are contained in this are from Genesis to Revelation and again, this is something that is essential that we grasp and begin to apply in our lives if we\u2019re ever going to understand the meaning of the book.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Several years ago the Lord gave me an equation that I would like to share with you. It goes like this. Thoughts produce feelings. Feelings, actions. Actions, if done over and over and over become habits. Habits develop character. Character determines destiny. Now if we go back to the way we began this equation, thoughts produce feelings, feelings actions \u2013 even if you don\u2019t agree with the conclusion of this equation, it\u2019s the first three steps that you have to understand. Thoughts produce feelings, feelings actions. In other words every single thing that we say or do begins on the inside. Every single thing you say has to first be in your mind. Every single thing you do has to first be a thought. Thoughts produce feelings, feelings lead into actions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">If God is going to change our actions, He has got to change the way we think. Our thoughts have to be changed to be made like unto His. There is a scripture in<strong> Ephesians 4<\/strong>, that I want to share with you that you\u2019ll be hearing over and over in these studies. But in <strong>Ephesians 4, verse 13<\/strong> he says,<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Ephesians 4:13<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect [complete] man [How complete? King James has put <strong>\u201cperfect.\u201d<\/strong> That word simply means<strong> \u201ccomplete.\u201d<\/strong>], unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ:<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Now consider what the apostle Paul has just stated in this letter. <strong>\u201cTill we all come in the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man.\u201d<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">How perfect? How complete? <strong>\u201cUnto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.\u201d<\/strong> You cannot become more perfect than that. There is no such thing as being more complete than Jesus Christ, other than the Father Himself, and He is the image of the invisible God. If thoughts are what lead into actions, if it begins with thought, if you are going to walk in the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, then you must think the way He thinks. And I believe in this verse when he says <strong>\u201ctill we all come in the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God,\u201d<\/strong> I think what he is saying there, isn\u2019t knowledge about the Son of God, but the knowledge He possesses, the knowledge that is between His ears.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Until we\u2019re all coming, we all arrive in the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God. There is a way of receiving His understanding. Walking in His knowledge. Let me show you another verse.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Isaiah 53:11<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Justification comes by the knowledge of Christ. It is receiving His knowledge that makes you righteous. Now think just for a moment. Think this through. If thought is what leads to action, then sin begins in your mind. If sin begins in your mind, so does righteousness. You could say righteousness is the opposite of sin. You could say righteousness is God\u2019s thought, because you have to think it before you do it. Therefore we are made righteous by means of the knowledge of Christ. Paul repeats this concept over and over. Another way of seeing this, again when you look at <strong>Ephesians 4:13<\/strong>, <strong>\u201ctill we all come in the unity of the faith,\u201d<\/strong> this word <strong>\u201cfaith.\u201d<\/strong> All of my Christian life I was told <strong>\u201cfaith\u201d<\/strong> was an action. Faith was something I did. Faith was a verb. But if you take the time to look it up, you\u2019ll discover faith is a noun. Faith is not a verb. The verb of it is \u201cbelieve.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">In other words, we believe something and the result of what we believe is our faith. Faith therefore, another way of stating faith is <strong>\u201cunderstanding.\u201d<\/strong> When someone asks, <strong>\u201cWhat faith are you of?\u201d<\/strong> they\u2019re meaning,<strong> \u201cwhat mind set, what religion? How do you believe?\u201d<\/strong> And I think that is the way it\u2019s used in the scriptures over and over and over, yet we have been taught that faith is something we do. Yet faith is something that we have. Remember Hebrews 11:1, the definition of faith.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Hebrews 11:1<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"><strong>\u201cSubstance\u201d<\/strong> and <strong>\u201cevidence\u201d<\/strong> are both nouns. Those are nouns. <strong>\u201cSubstance\u201d<\/strong> and <strong>\u201cevidence\u201d<\/strong> is not something you do, it\u2019s something you possess. Now taking this understanding of the word <strong>\u201cfaith\u201d<\/strong> look at <strong>Galatians chapter 2, verse 16.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Galatians 2:16<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, &#8230;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Now if your Bible says<strong> \u201cfaith <u> in<\/u> Christ\u201d<\/strong> right there, it\u2019s wrong. It is the faith <u> <b>of<\/b><\/u> Christ. The King James got this one right. It literally is, you\u2019re justified by the faith <u> <b>of<\/b><\/u> Christ. You can compare that to <strong>Isaiah 53:11<\/strong>. We\u2019re made righteous by the knowledge of Christ. You see, basically it\u2019s the same thing. It\u2019s the same concept. Let\u2019s read this in <strong>Galatians 2:16<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified [made righteous].<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">In other words, if God wanted us to stop sinning, He could come down and just simply tie all of us to a chair and we wouldn\u2019t go sin anymore. But that isn\u2019t how He does it, is it? He changes you on the inside. He changes the way you think. How does He do that? Look at Ephesians chapter 5, reading verse 26, speaking of Christ and the church,<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Ephesians 5:26<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water [King James has put] by the word,<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">This <strong>\u201cword\u201d<\/strong> is <strong>\u201crhema.\u201d<\/strong> <strong>Rhema<\/strong> is a spoken word. Two words in the Greek that the King James has translated \u201cword.\u201d Let me say it again. There are two different Greek words the King James has translated \u201cword.\u201d One is <strong>\u201crhema,\u201d<\/strong> one is <strong>\u201clogos.\u201d<\/strong> <strong>\u201cRhema\u201d<\/strong> is a spoken word. <strong>\u201cLogos\u201d<\/strong> is a spoken concept. Both are spoken though. That\u2019s what you\u2019ve got to see. He is going to cleanse and sanctify the church by using words. In this particular verse it is a spoken word. Thoughts produce feelings. Feelings move you to action. God is not going to force anyone physically to do what He wants you to do. He gives you words.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Jesus Christ is going to cleanse and sanctify us, using words to do it. Now every denomination I have ever been in pointed me to this book, and said it is by means of reading the book that you\u2019re going to be changed. And I will admit when I read the book, changes were made in my life. But why were they made? What was actually happening to me? And what actually is the plan of salvation? Remember what we just read in <strong>Ephesians 4:13<\/strong>. <strong>\u201cTill we all come in the unity of the faith, or the unity of understanding and of the knowledge of the Son of God.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">I want to talk about a doctrine that I have simply called abiding in Christ. It\u2019s scriptural to say that. It deals with hearing the voice of God. And I would pray that you have your Bibles out and that you\u2019re ready to read these things yourselves. I\u2019ll be putting every verse on the screen for you, but I want you to be able to see this yourself. It helps if you can read this yourself. And this is something that is ever so precious. Because I see the Lord giving the prophecies in the scriptures of how this doctrine would be given to the world. There are verses that actually bring this out, that this is something that He is going to do before the second coming of Christ. This is something that will be given to the world and those people who have ears to hear, changes will be made in their lives. Let\u2019s begin by looking at <strong>1 John chapter 2<\/strong> and let\u2019s read <strong>verse 24.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">1 John 2:24<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">24 Let that therefore abide in you, which ye [you] have heard from the beginning. If that which ye [you] have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye [you] also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">There are three different English words the King James has used in this one verse to translate one Greek word. One Greek word is used repeatedly, and the King James has chosen three different words to call it. <strong>\u201cAbide, remain and continue.\u201d<\/strong> Now since they used <strong>\u201cabide\u201d<\/strong> as the first word, let\u2019s just continue with that. <strong>1 John 2:24<\/strong>, <strong>\u201cLet that therefore abide in you, which you have heard from the beginning. If that which you have heard from the beginning shall abide in you, you also shall abide in the Son, and in the Father. Let that abide in you, which you heard from the beginning.\u201d<\/strong> Now what is He talking about? The beginning of what?<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Well let\u2019s take this to the gospel of John, <strong>chapter 3<\/strong> where Christ talks about being born again. And in <strong>John 3 verse 8<\/strong> as Christ is speaking to Nicodemus, He makes this statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">John 3:8<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">8 The wind bloweth [blows] where it listeth, and thou hearest [hear] the sound thereof [of it], but canst not [you cannot] tell whence it cometh [from where it comes], and whither it goeth [where it goes]: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Now I want to read this same verse in a more literal way. I want you to see literally what these words mean; the definitions of these words. Instead of the wind blows where it listeth, it actually reads,<strong> \u201cthe spirit breathes where he desires and you hear his voice, but you don\u2019t know from where he comes and you don\u2019t know where he goes. So is every one who has received birth from the spirit.\u201d<\/strong> In other words, if you have had a born again experience in Christ, you were given life, you came alive unto God because you heard His voice. You may not have realized that\u2019s what was happening to you, but according to the scriptures, it is the spirit of God that breathes where He desires. You don\u2019t know from where He comes or where He goes but you hear His voice. So is every one who has been given life from God. You have heard the voice of God. You have come alive unto God. Now let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If that shall abide in you, you\u2019ll abide in the Son and in the Father.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">It is hearing the voice of God and learning to develop a hearing ear that this study is about. Let\u2019s turn over to <strong>1 Peter<\/strong>, reading from <strong>verse 23, chapter 1.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">1 Peter 1:23<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word [logos] of God [logos is a spoken concept], which liveth [lives] and abideth [abides] for ever.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">It is the spoken word that gave you life. Being born again by the logos of God.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">24 For all flesh <i>is<\/i> as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth [withers], and the flower thereof [of it] falleth [falls] away:<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">25 But the word of the Lord [the logos; and this word is not <strong>\u201clogos,\u201d<\/strong> by the way, it\u2019s <strong>\u201crhema.\u201d<\/strong> It is the spoken word. But the rhema of the Lord endures forever.] endureth for ever. And this is the word [rhema] which by the gospel is preached unto you. [and this is the rhema, the gospel unto you.]<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Now, the King James has put, <strong>\u201cthis is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.\u201d<\/strong> But <strong>\u201cwhich by\u201d<\/strong> and <strong>\u201cis preached\u201d<\/strong> are not in that verse. The King James put those words in there. The verse actually reads, <strong>\u201cThis is the word, the spoken word, the gospel unto you.\u201d<\/strong> Consider what I\u2019m saying. The gospel of Christ is the fact that God speaks to you and you hear it, and He gives you life. Take this same concept to James, chapter 1, verse 18.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">James 1:18<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">18 Of his own will begat he us with the word [logos] &#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">19 Wherefore [Therefore], my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: &#8230;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Swift to hear what? Swift to hear God. Notice, <strong>\u201cbe swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to wrath.\u201d<\/strong> Here we see God gave us life, by the logos of truth. Therefore, wherefore, let every man then be swift to hear. Let\u2019s combine this statement with Isaiah chapter 30. In Isaiah 30, verse 21,<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Isaiah 30:21<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">21 And thine [Your] ears shall hear a word behind thee [you], saying, This <i>is<\/i> the way, walk ye in it, when ye [you] turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Here again, we have another scripture telling us to hear the voice of God. James says be swift to hear, slow to speak. <strong>Isaiah chapter 30<\/strong> says when you start to go to the right or the left, in other words, when you start to get off track, you\u2019re going to hear a word behind you saying, this is the way. In other words, don\u2019t go that way, go this way. This is the way, walk ye in it. This is a precious truth and it\u2019s something that we really need to grasp and learn to develop in our lives, because it makes God a reality like never before.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">If I were to ask most denominational groups if there were a higher revelation of God on this planet than the Bible, probably I would be told there isn\u2019t. And yet, we believe the Holy Spirit is in us. The Holy Spirit is a higher revelation of God than the book. It is the spirit of Christ who moved on the prophets to write the book. It is the spirit of Christ that is in us. He is a higher revelation of God than for us to sit down and read the book. He is the book. In fact, if you\u2019re listening to Him, if you let that abide in you which you\u2019ve heard from the beginning, if you are swift to hear the Lord, you have the living book within yourself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Let me show you how this works. Let me continue to fine tune this for you. Look at <strong>Romans chapter 2<\/strong>. In <strong>Romans 2<\/strong>, let\u2019s start reading at verse 14.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Romans 2:14<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">15 Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and <i>their<\/i> thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">What is he saying here? He says, when we look at the Gentiles, these people who don\u2019t have the law, and yet they are living the law, they\u2019re keeping the law. They are a proof that the law is written on their heart. Their conscience is accusing or excusing what they are doing. They don\u2019t have the law, they don\u2019t have the written book and yet they\u2019re living it. It is their conscience that is accusing or excusing what they\u2019re doing. Take this over to <strong>1<sup>st<\/sup> John chapter 3<\/strong>. Let\u2019s just keep building on this.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">1 John 3:19<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">20 For if our heart condemn [condemns] us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth [knows] all things.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not [doesn\u2019t condemn us], <i>then<\/i> have we confidence toward God.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">In other words, God is greater than you are. He is greater than your heart. If you are moving in a certain direction that He does not want you to go, He can speak to your conscience loud enough that you\u2019ll know this is not right, I should not be doing this. If you aren\u2019t hearing Him say <strong>\u201cno,\u201d<\/strong> then you have confidence toward God that this is OK. Now mind you, he isn\u2019t saying at this point anything about the book. He is talking about your heart and what\u2019s taking place on the inside. If you are going to receive the knowledge of Christ to be justified, that means Jesus Christ, or the spirit of Christ has to confirm yea or nay the things that you are believing out of this book. You see, you don\u2019t discard the book. But there is no prophecy of this book, there is not a single line written in this book that is of any private interpretation. That is what Peter is talking about. Let\u2019s read this in 2 Peter chapter 1. Look at verse 20.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">2 Peter 1:20<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. [Why?]<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">21 For [Because] the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake [spoke] <i>as they were<\/i> moved by the Holy Ghost [Spirit].<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">So what he is saying is the fellows who put the book together, the fellows who were moved by God to write what they have written, were moved by the Holy Spirit. It wasn\u2019t by the will of man, it was by God. And if the Holy Spirit is the one who wrote it, the Holy Spirit needs to be the one to tell us the meaning of it. Why? Isaiah 55, verse 8. The Lord says:<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Isaiah 55:8<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">8 For my thoughts <i>are<\/i> not your thoughts, neither <i>are<\/i> your ways my ways, saith the LORD.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">9 For <i>as<\/i> the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">If God\u2019s thoughts are different from ours, that means what is coming out of His mouth, His words are going to have different meaning than the way we would interpret them. No prophecy is of any private interpretation. Why? Because holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit and if we are going to understand the meaning of the book, we\u2019ve got to be listening to the voice of God. Look again at Deuteronomy. Turn to Deuteronomy 30 and I want you to see a scripture that actually says this very thing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Deuteronomy 30:10<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">10 If thou shalt [you\u2019ll] hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy [your] God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, <i>&#8230;.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Now look at it again real close what he just said. You listen to the voice in order to keep what\u2019s written in the book. That is why Paul wrote of a group of people, the Gentiles, which don\u2019t have the book, and yet they\u2019re living the meaning of the book. Their conscience accuses or excuses. John says, well God\u2019s greater than your conscience and if your heart is condemning you, you know God does not want you to do this thing. If your heart doesn\u2019t condemn you, then you have confidence toward God.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Now another thing I want to point out in this, if you\u2019ll remember in <strong>Romans 2<\/strong>, these fellows show the work of the law written in their heart. Where have you heard that concept before, of the law being written in the heart? It\u2019s the everlasting covenant. Now I want to read from Hebrews chapter 8 about the everlasting covenant. And this is simply taken, Paul is quoting this from Jeremiah but I want to read this in Hebrews. Hebrews 8 starting at verse 10.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Hebrews 8:10<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">10 For this <i>is<\/i> the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, [now let me read this differently. Let\u2019s key on the word \u201cI\u201d here. The Lord says \u201cI\u201d will put my laws into their minds] and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Here is the everlasting covenant and what we read in Romans chapter 2 is Paul\u2019s definition of how it works. It is Paul\u2019s definition of the mechanics of it. They are keeping the law without having it, without possessing the book. Their conscience accuses or excuses \u2013 they are showing that the law is written in their heart. Here the Lord says, I will do this, this is the everlasting covenant. Hearing the voice of God. Let\u2019s turn back again to <strong>Isaiah 55<\/strong>, and I want you to notice in <strong>Isaiah 55:3<\/strong>,<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Isaiah 55:3<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, <i>even<\/i> the sure mercies of David.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">If you do what? If you incline your ear to God, if you hear Him. Remember <strong>1 John 2<\/strong>, what we just read. In <strong>1 John 2:24<\/strong> \u2013 Let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning of your experience. You see, what I\u2019m sharing with you is not something I was taught to do in my denominational background. What I was told to do, after I had had a born again experience, I was given the book and told to read the book and after reading through the book and going through this process, I then sided in with the denomination that agreed the way I read it. And in essence, all I was doing was putting my own interpretation to the book. In other words, I was my own god; I was simply following my definitions of the book. Yet the Lord says, My thoughts are not like your thoughts. I don\u2019t think the way you do. My words aren\u2019t going to be like yours.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">So as I read the book and put my interpretation to it, I was in error. There is no prophecy in this book that is of any private interpretation. The Holy Spirit moved on these people to write this and the Holy Spirit will move on us to give us explanation. Look at <strong>Genesis 26<\/strong>. Let me show you something interesting. In <strong>Genesis 26, verse 5.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Genesis 26:5<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Abraham lived before the book was written. Abraham didn\u2019t have a book to get up every morning and turn to and read something. Neither did Sodom and Gomorrah. Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed by God. Yet they didn\u2019t possess a book either. They were not negligent to read the book. What is it, do you suppose, Sodom and Gomorrah wasn\u2019t doing right before God that would cause God to move on them and destroy them? Could it be they weren\u2019t listening to the conscience? The voice of God is speaking to every man\u2019s conscience, every man on this planet has one. He speaks to every man. And let me tell you this. It is the voice of God only that addresses you through your conscience. I want you to consider what I\u2019m saying. In other words, the adversary cannot move on you and in your conscience make you think something is OK when it isn\u2019t. The adversary can use your intellect and he can use your emotions to deceive you. But the conscience is that window that God uses to speak to you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">When this is all over and you stand before God to give an account of yourself, your conscience is the only thing you\u2019re going to possess. Your conscience is the only thing you have to justify what you\u2019ve done or haven\u2019t done. You\u2019re not going to stand there with your King James or your NIV and read a verse and say, well this is why I did what I did. Your conscience is the only thing you\u2019re going to have. And if that be true, then how could God allow the enemy to get his hands on that and still judge you fairly. Well, that would be impossible. The enemy can come at you through your intellect, through your emotions; you can become angry or lustful, whatever the emotion you want to name, and move on you to do certain things. Thoughts produce feelings, feelings actions. But never the conscience. That is God\u2019s tool to speak to you. Let me show you from the scriptures. Turn to the gospel of John chapter 10. Let\u2019s start reading at verse 1.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">John 10:1<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">1 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth [enters] not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth [climbs] up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Remember in Revelation 3, where we read Christ stands at the door knocking? The door. What door? It\u2019s the door of your heart. So let\u2019s just put that in here and notice what He says. Again<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">John 10:1<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">1 Verily, verily, [or Most assuredly] I say unto you, He that entereth [enters] not by the door [of the heart] into the sheepfold, but climbeth [climbs] up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">2 But he that entereth [enters] in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">3 To him the porter openeth; [and the porter or the door opener, the person who controls the door, which is yourself, you, opens] and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth [calls] his own sheep by name, and leadeth [leads] them out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Out of what? Out of confusion. If you would allow Christ to speak to your heart concerning every thing it is you believe, if you would take it to the Lord, open your Bible and you seek the Lord and you let Him impress your heart and you don\u2019t hear Him condemning the things you believe, the things that you\u2019re seeing, then you have confidence toward God. But let me tell you, as He increases the light that you have and helps you see a higher knowledge and have a deeper understanding of yourself and of God, those things will change and you will hear Him saying, <strong>\u201cOK, take the next step. Go further in your understanding.\u201d<\/strong> And you will allow, if you can allow Christ to move you into every area of your life, and do this consistently, moment by moment, where you\u2019re abiding in Christ, you\u2019ll never walk in condemnation. You\u2019ll never be walking contrary to what God\u2019s perfect will for you is, if you listen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Just as he stated in <strong>Deuteronomy 30<\/strong>, if you\u2019ll hear the voice in order to do what\u2019s written in the book. Well, Abraham did that very thing. He didn\u2019t possess a book. He simply listened to the voice of God. And Abraham is our example. He\u2019s the father of our faith, of our understanding. Let\u2019s go back to John 10. Let\u2019s continue reading this. I want you to notice in verse 3 that by hearing the voice, allowing Him to come in through the heart, He leads you out. Now in verse 9 he says,<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">John 10:9<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">9 I am the door: by me if any man enter [enters] in, &#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">So what I would like to suggest to you is that he is showing two different parables, but using the same terminology, because in the first one we just read, you come out. In the next part we\u2019re going to read, you go in. Now let me show you. Reading in John 10, let\u2019s go ahead and read verse 3 again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"><b>John 10:3<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">3 To him the porter openeth [opens]; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth [calls] his own sheep by name, and leadeth [leads] them out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">4 And when he putteth [puts] forth his own sheep, he goeth [goes] before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">5 And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Why? Strangers are coming from a different way. It has to be your intellect. It has to be your emotions. But Christ comes in through the conscience. It is the still, small voice. Where have you heard that? The still, small voice, the doctrine, the understanding given Elijah when God was not in the whirlwind. He wasn\u2019t in the fire. He wasn\u2019t in the earthquake. He wasn\u2019t in these outward things. He was in the still, small voice. The Elijah message. Let\u2019s make this connection before we go on with John 10. The Elijah message. If you\u2019ll look at Malachi with me, chapter 4 verse 5.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"><b>Malachi 4:5<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">What fathers? Our spiritual fathers. Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. He\u2019s going to turn the heart of the fathers to the children, the heart of the children to the fathers. We are the children. In other words, the heart, the direction of the mind, the way our fathers served God, the Elijah message, the message of the still, small voice is going to turn the children back to the fathers, to see, to understand the way the fathers did. And again I\u2019m telling you, that the voice they listened to was a higher revelation of God than this book. Yes, we use the book. The book is given to us to understand. But it\u2019s of no private interpretation. We can understand things more and greater than Abraham ever dreamed of because we have the testimony of God\u2019s church given us in this book. But if we\u2019re going to read the book, we\u2019ve got to let God interpret it for us as to what He means by what was written, because He is the one who moved on these fellows to write what they\u2019ve written. So let\u2019s come back to the gospel of John, verse 6.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"><b>John 10:6<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">6 This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake [spoke] unto them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Now He\u2019s changing this parable. Notice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">8 All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall [he\u2019ll] be saved,&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Now in the first part you are coming out, I say, out of the confusion. In this, you\u2019re entering in. Into what? You could say, unto the Father. Entering into more light. I am the door, you could say, to God. He is the way in, to greater light, to better understanding.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. [By me if any man enters in to the light through me, he\u2019ll be saved and shall go into the light and out of the darkness and find pasture.]<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">10 The thief cometh [comes] not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have <i>it<\/i> more abundantly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">It is Christ who leads you unto the Father. Turn with me to the gospel of John, chapter 14. And in John 14, let\u2019s start reading at verse 6.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">John 14:6<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">6 Jesus saith [said] unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh [comes] unto the Father, but by me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">7 If ye [you] had known me, ye should [you would] have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye [you] know him, and have seen him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">8 Philip saith [said] unto him, Lord, shew [show] us the Father, and it sufficeth [will suffice] us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">9 Jesus saith [said] unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou [have you] not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou <i>then <\/i>[how do you say then], Shew [Show] us the Father? [Now look at verse 10 closely.]<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in [is in] me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me [abides in me, that dwells in me], he doeth [is doing] the works.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">He says He is in the Father. And the Father is in Him. Let me ask you a question. If you want to get into somebody, if you have ever used that phrase, you\u2019re talking about getting into the way they think, getting into the mind. And how do you do that? You ask them questions. You seek them for their understanding. And when they speak back to you and answer your questions, their thoughts, their ideas are coming into you. Hence, you are in them and they are in you. Now He just made the statement, <strong>\u201cDon\u2019t you understand, don\u2019t you know, I am in the Father and the Father is in me. The words that I speak I speak not of myself. It is the Father doing the works.\u201d<\/strong> In other words, as He lived on this planet as a man, He had given His heart totally to His Father, understanding of course the concept of abiding, and what it meant to let God dwell in His heart. And He had given His very tongue to His Father, so that every word spoken was confirmed by God in the conscience whether to say it or not to say it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">That is why Christ is the Word of God. He is the Logos of God. Because He only moved, He only spoke, He only did as the Father moved Him to do it. That is why He could say, <strong>\u201cIf you\u2019ve seen me, you\u2019ve seen the Father. Don\u2019t you understand I am in Him, He is in Me? The words I speak, I speak not of Myself.\u201d<\/strong> Turn back to <strong>James, chapter 3 again<\/strong>. And in James 3, starting at verse 1,<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">James 3:1<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">1 My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">2 For in many things we offend all. If any man offend[s] not in word, the same <i>is<\/i> a perfect man, <i>and<\/i> able also to bridle the whole body.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Now what did he just say? No one can tame his tongue. Well, Jesus Christ tamed the tongue, by abiding in the Father. James says, listen again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">2 [If any man doesn\u2019t offend in word, the same is a perfect and able also to bridle the whole body.]<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">If we begin with the tongue, it will bring into control the whole body. Notice what he says as his example in verse 3.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">James 3:3<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">3 Behold, we put bits in the horses\u2019 mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">There is a picture of how we control an animal. We can control a horse by putting a bit in his mouth. God can control us if we give Him the mouth. If we can just simply give Him our tongue. What do I mean by that? Go to the Lord, and promise Him you will not speak except He confirm what you say. Go to the Lord and give Him your tongue. In other words, before you share with anyone, before you open your mouth, you weigh in your heart, should this be spoken or not. You be swift to hear, and slow to speak your own words \u2013 should this be spoken? <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">And you wait for His confirmation in your heart, so that you can say like Jesus, <strong>\u201cThe words that I speak, I speak not of myself. It is the Father in me doing these works.\u201d<\/strong> And when you learn to develop a hearing ear and not be moved by your emotions, but you learn to listen, swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath. See, there\u2019s that emotion. You will be walking even as Christ walked. It takes time to develop that hearing ear and to stay in this mind set. But if God is going to have a people walking in the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, they are going to be in the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God \u2013 complete.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Jesus Christ is our door to the Father. There is only one God. And He is speaking to us through His Son. And the Son is our mediator, helping us understand the ways of God, helping to bring us that communication. In the gospel of John, looking at John, chapter 16, speaking about the Holy Spirit, which is simply Christ, the risen Savior, notice what it says in verse 13.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">John 16:13<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, <i>that<\/i> shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">In other words, even now the risen Savior is not speaking of His own free will, just saying what He wants. He only speaks to you what He is hearing His Father say to speak to you. He is the mediator. He is our mediator. And He is bringing to us, helping us possess the understanding of God and God\u2019s perfect will for us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">I want to shift gears for the conclusion of this study. And I want to bring in the meaning of the sin nature. And I want to help you understand something that, for me, it was a tremendous revelation and I think, that it\u2019s something that we desperately need to grasp. And I would pray as you go through this section of the study with me that your heart is open to hear God. That He will confirm what I\u2019m saying to you; that you\u2019ll know in your heart this is accurate, this is true. There is a prophecy about John the Baptist in Luke chapter 1, reading verse 15.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Luke 1:15<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">15 For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost [Spirit], even from his mother\u2019s womb.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">This prophecy that John the Baptist would be filled with the Spirit while still being in the womb helps us understand a tremendous truth. If you\u2019ll take this prophecy, if you can see the fulfillment of it, still reading in the same chapter, let\u2019s start reading at verse 39,<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Luke 1:39<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">39 And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda;<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">40 And entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">41 And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost [Spirit]:<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">42 And she spake [spoke] out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed <i>art<\/i> thou [you] among women, and blessed <i>is<\/i> the fruit of thy womb.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">43 And [from] whence <i>is<\/i> this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">44 For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy [your] salutation sounded in mine [my] ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Now consider what we\u2019ve just read. The prophecy was that John the Baptist would be filled with the Holy Spirit while still being in the womb. When Mary gives her salutation, this is the first time John, the baby in the womb, has heard the voice of Mary. But the babe leaps in the womb and it says that Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. When we talk about this word \u201cjoy,\u201d and you apply that to a baby in the womb, a baby who hears the salutation yet, the baby has no vocabulary, it doesn\u2019t know the meaning of words. And we see the baby experiencing joy. How could it have joy, having never heard this voice before, having no understanding of the meaning of words, except that the mother being filled with the Holy Spirit. It is the emotion of the mother that John the Baptist felt. Consider what I\u2019m saying. The prophecy is that John the Baptist will be filled with the Holy Spirit in the womb. And yet it says, <strong>\u201cand Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.\u201d<\/strong> That baby was experiencing the emotions of it\u2019s mother. Every baby does that. Every child in the womb experiences the emotion of the mother.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Take that back to Cain and Abel and let\u2019s look at Adam and Eve. I\u2019ve often wondered about this sin nature and exactly how this was passed on to humanity. And I think in giving us this in Luke, the Lord is answering that question. The difference between Cain and Abel being born after sin entered the world as compared to before sin entered the world, is the emotions the parents passed to those children in the womb. That\u2019s the only difference. What emotion did they have and why am I including the father now? Because the father has a major effect on the mother and the way she feels on the inside. And remember now, if sin begins in the thought, and God is going to eradicate sin, then when you read the book, it has inward application. It is a book to help you understand inwardly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">So let\u2019s look at Eve, and let me ask you, how do you think she felt after having sinned, being cast out of the garden, cherubim put at the gate with a flaming sword? Death enters into the world. How did she feel inwardly during that time? Do you think it\u2019s possible that she felt rejection of God? I\u2019m not saying God rejected her, but He did drive her from the garden, and not allow her to come back in. There\u2019s a reason for that which we\u2019re going to cover in future studies. But right now, understand how she must have felt to have this take place. And also realize how it is stated Eve is the mother of all living. What she passed to Cain and Abel, she has passed to all humanity. Why? Because if you are a babe in the womb without a vocabulary, and you are receiving the emotions of your mother, there is now way for you to understand the feelings that you have. You don\u2019t develop a vocabulary until after you have been birthed a year. So those feelings and emotions are in there wrapped up \u2013 have never been dealt with. And you are carrying that your entire life and how you deal with that is a major player in the type of person you become.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">When you look at Cain and Abel, each man dealt with it differently. Let me tell you that every human being possesses in their heart a feeling of being \u201cless than\u201d in God\u2019s eyes. It is a rejection of God. If I were to ask you, and I challenge you, go into any room of people, and ask, \u201cdoes anyone in this room feel as valuable to God as Jesus Christ is? Does anyone feel as important to God? Does anyone feel that God loves them as much as He loves Jesus?\u201d And I doubt if you\u2019ll see anyone raise their hand, that really feels it. They might intellectually assent to it, but they don\u2019t <b>feel<\/b> it in their heart. It isn\u2019t something that they posses naturally. Yet if Jesus Christ is the price paid from the Father, then we must be as valuable to Him as Jesus. That is the price paid for us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">It\u2019s important that we understand this. Because it gives us a handle on the foundation of the sin nature. It helps us understand what that is. And if we can understand what it is, it can be eradicated. It can be dealt with so that we are set totally and completely free, to walk in the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man \u2013 the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ. Now let\u2019s take this thought and understand that the entire world, the foundation of who they are starts right there. It is a rejection of God. That\u2019s why it\u2019s so easy to believe some of the doctrines that we have been told in our denominational experience. It\u2019s so easy to see this angry God and Jesus has to step between us and the Father or we\u2019re going to be wiped out \u2013 He has to die at Calvary to spare us. Someone has to die. The law says if you sin, you die. So the Son of God has to go through this because God \u2013 He is standing between us and this wrathful, vengeful God. And we can see ourselves, head hung low, and Jesus protecting us from the Father. And I pray as we go through the studies that a different picture begins to emerge for you. But right now, turn to Psalms 24. Reading from verse 1,<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Psalm 24:1<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">1 The earth <i>is<\/i> the LORD\u2019S, and the fulness thereof [of it]; the world, and they that dwell therein [in it].<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">2 For [or because] he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">What is the sea?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Isaiah 51:10<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">10 <i>Art<\/i> thou [Are you] not it which hath [has] dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath [has] made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">This word,<strong> \u201cthe waters of the great deep,\u201d<\/strong> this word <strong>\u201cdeep\u201d<\/strong> is [8415] in the Strong\u2019s Concordance in the Hebrew. The Greek equivalent to this is the word <strong>\u201cabyss.\u201d<\/strong> And that is the word used in <strong>Revelation that they have translated the bottomless pit<\/strong>. Let\u2019s make the connection. Bottomless pit, the abyss, the waters of the abyss. Waters are a symbol of thought. Waters of the abyss. Our minds are infinite. What do I mean by that? Your mind can never be full. It is infinite. Our minds will never stop growing. Twenty million years from now, you\u2019ll still be able to continue learning. You\u2019ll never receive your last thought because your mind is full. That will never happen to you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Your mind is infinite. And when Adam and Eve fell into sin, they lost control of infinity, of what was between their ears. And it is a downward plunge that is bottomless. There is no bottom to it. In other words, the wickedness of mankind will only continue to grow. The wickedness of humanity will only get worse and worse and worse and worse and worse. You know, when I was a child, it was safe for me to walk the streets, to play outside, to ride my bike all over town. And yet it isn\u2019t so today. Man continues to degenerate in his thinking, in his wickedness. He is learning to perfect it. But notice, by the same token, if I can plunge down, I can go up. I can ascend out of this thing, as God gives me understanding. And if I go to heaven and spend millions of years with Him, and my mind never being full, but continuing to grow, I can be more like God every day. And fifty million years from now, be more like Him than I was at twenty million years \u2013 because I\u2019m infinite.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">The wickedness of man will only worsen. The only thing that is going to stop it is God. God will put an end to this thing. But He has made you infinite. And when He allowed Eve to feel the way she did, He was creating in her what was to be passed to us. He was allowing her to feel a certain thing. I\u2019m calling it rejection of God. And she passed that to every human being on this planet and it has only increased over the thousands of years. The sea in <strong>Isaiah 51:10<\/strong> is the water or the thoughts of the abyss, that bottomless pit. Now remember in Revelation where he says, \u201cI saw a new heaven and a new earth, and there was no more sea.\u201d This is something Christ will dry up. He will change that for us. And as we read in <strong>Isaiah 51<\/strong>, the sea, the waters of the abyss, this is the way He makes a way for the ransomed to pass back over. It is coming back through that thing, getting a handle on it, understanding, coming back to God. Remember in Revelation 20:1, there is a angel with the key of the abyss and a chain in his hand. And he binds the adversary with that. That is something we\u2019re going to cover in the Revelation studies. Right now understand, when I read Psalms 24,<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Psalm 24:1<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">1 The earth <i>is<\/i> the LORD\u2019S, and the fullness thereof [of it]; the world, and they that dwell therein [in it].<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">2 For he hath [Because he] founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">The next verse.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place? [Who shall ascend out of it and go into the hill of the Lord and stand in his holy place?]<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">You see this word <strong>\u201cstand?\u201d<\/strong> That is the Hebrew equivalent <strong>\u201cto abide\u201d<\/strong> in the New Testament. Who is going to abide? Who is going to stay in the temple of God? Who is going to ascend out of this worldly foundation of feeling that rejection of God and stand, enter into the hill of the Lord? The hill. In the Old Testament, in the Hebrew, hill and mountain are the same word. The mountain of the Lord. What is the mountain of the Lord? Look at <strong>Joel 3:17<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Joel 3:17<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">17 So shall ye [you] know that <strong>I <i>am<\/i> the LORD your God<\/strong> dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: &#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">So the question is, who\u2019s going to ascend out of the foundation the whole world stands on? Ascend, go to a higher place, into the mountain of God, into Zion. Turn to Revelation 14. Look at verse 1.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Revelation 14:1<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion [Zion. Here is Christ], and with him an hundred forty <i>and<\/i> four thousand, having his Father\u2019s name written in their foreheads.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">It doesn\u2019t say, in their foreheads is Father, Son, Holy Ghost. They have ascended into Zion with the Lamb out of the earthly foundation, you could say, the sea is dry. They are standing from the mountain of God, the kingdom of God. In prophecy, a mountain is a symbol of a kingdom. And here we have their most forethought is the Father of the Lamb. They are in the kingdom of God. Two verses before we close. <strong>Luke 17<\/strong>. Look at<strong> verse 21<\/strong>. Let\u2019s read <strong>verse 20<\/strong> with this.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Luke 17:20<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">20 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not [doesn\u2019t come] with observation: [or outward observation]<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">That word actually is <strong>\u201cwithin.\u201d<\/strong> In your margin it may say <strong>\u201camong.\u201d<\/strong> You look the word up in the Strong\u2019s Concordance. It actually is <strong>\u201cwithin\u201d<\/strong> you. The kingdom of God is within you. It is between your ears. And compare that to <strong>Colossians, chapter 1<\/strong>. Let\u2019s start reading at verse 12.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Colossians 1:12<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath [has] made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">13 Who hath [has] delivered us from the power [authority] of darkness, and hath [has] translated <i>us<\/i> into the kingdom of his dear Son:<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">You\u2019re not waiting to be translated. You are translated \u2013 spiritually \u2013 into the kingdom, the mind of the Son of God. He is your doorway into the Father because as the Father speaks, the Son speaks only what He hears the Father say. And as you enter into the mind of the Son, you\u2019re receiving the thoughts of God. As you seek the Son for His understanding, He is giving you the understanding of our heavenly Father. He is the messenger at the gate. He is the Savior. 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