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[ Created: 2010-04-03 09:44:02  Updated: 2023-02-16 08:02:23 Owner: rl ]
Title: The plan, intent or purpose of our Creator    
  
  
  
  

    

  
  
  
  


Most Christians defer to the will of the Lord.   Unfortunately, most Christians don`t know the will of the Lord.   

Instead of searchng the scriptures to find out the Lord`s will, they make assumptions based on tradition and experience.   The result is that Christians have settled for less than the Lord`s best while non-Christians are never exposed to the Truth.   

Can we really know the will of the Lord?    Yes!   

How can we know the Lord`s will?   By searching His Word, by listening to the holy Spirit, by praying in tongues.   

The most important way to know the Lord`s will is to read and meditate on His Word.   

The following scriptures tell us what the Lord will do.   
But know that the Lord has set apart him that is godly for himself: the Lord will hear when I call unto him.
Those who turn toward the Lord receive His blessings, tapping into His boundless love and Grace.

The Lord has heard my supplication; the Lord will receive my prayer.
This is a statement of faith that the Lord hears and responds to our requests.     It is where we must stand until our faith becomes sight.

The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
During the dispensation of Grace, while the enemy is extant, the Lord provides deliverance and victory.

For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, says the Lord; I will set him in safety from him that puffs at him.
In the Day Of Wrath the Lord will set things right.

For you will light my candle: the Lord my Lord will enlighten my darkness.
The light of the world has made us to be the light of the world.

Now know I that the Lord saves his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.
We all need to come to knowledge of our standing In Christ Jesus.     We are joint heirs with the Lord.

The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.

The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him; and he will show them his covenant.
What is the secret of the Lord?     It is the power of His promises in His Word.

When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up.
The Lord puts people in our lives for a space of time who we depend upon, but ultimately He sustains us.

The Lord will give strength unto his people; the Lord will bless his people with peace.
It is the Lord's will that we be strong and blessed and peaceful.     Accordingly, He provides for all our needs.

I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go: I will guide you with mine eye.
The Lord is the perfect educator.     He created us so He knows who we are and what we need.     He loves us so His teaching is in our best interest.     
If we wander from the best way His eye is upon us to help get us back on track.

Come, you children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
Honouring the Lord is the foundation of wisdom and knowledge.     

Every child needs a good foundation and the knowledge of Christ Jesus is the only true foundation.

Blessed is he that considers the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.
give and it shall be given unto you.     

The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and you will not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.
Not only does the giver receive in return but the are protected from the devourer.

The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: you will make all his bed in his sickness.
The Lord has healed us of all our diseases.

Yet the Lord will command his lovingkindness in the day time, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the Lord of my life.
His lovingkindness never fails.     His mercies are from everlasting to everlasting.

Be still, and know that I am the Lord: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
The acknowledgement of Jesus Christ as Creator, Saviour, healer and King is the solution for all of our problems.     When every knee bows and every tongue confesses Him as Creator Lord and King there will be peace.

For this Lord is our Lord for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.
Jesus is the Son and His Spirit is the Father and He will be forever.

But the Lord will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me.     Selah.
The Lord Jesus Christ is the redeemer of every person who will call upon His name.

And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.

Whoso offers praise glorifies me: and to him that orders his conversation aright will I show the salvation of the Lord.
We order our conversation aright by facing the Lord, receiving His Word and Praying In The Spirit.

Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto you: O Israel, if you will hearken unto me;
The Lord wants to speak into our hearts if we will open them up to Him and listen.

I am the Lord, your Lord, which brought you out of the land of Egypt: open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.
The Lord wants us to be filled with His Holy Spirit.

For the Lord is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
The love of the Lord for us is boundless.     He wants to give us the desires of our hearts.     

We soon find that He and He alone satisfies us.

My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
The Lord limits Himself by His Word.     

He has promoised to remember our sins and iniquities no more.

Because he has set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he has known my name.
When we turn to the Lord Jesus and not only receive His love but begin to love Him back we are delivered from every bondage, fear, sickness and disease.     

What is His name?     Jesus.

He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.

With long life will I satisfy him, and show him my salvation.
Actually, we receive Eternal Life in His salvation.

He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
Our Lord is compassionate upon all who call upon Him.

He has given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of his covenant.
The Lord is our provider.

The Lord has been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron.
Our Lord loves every person and has made provision for every man's salvation.

He will bless them that fear the Lord, both small and great.
no one is excluded from His Grace.     Thos who are excluded have excluded themselves by unbelief.

He will not suffer your foot to be moved: he that keeps you will not slumber.
When we commit to the Lord, He becomes our surety.     He will not fail in the trust we place in Him.

The Lord will perfect that which concerns me: your kindness, O Lord, endures for ever: forsake not the works of your own hands.

He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
Our Lord wants to give us the desires of our heart as is expressed in ,

The Lord preserves all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.
When we are In Christ we are in the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit is in us.     In this state we are eternally secure.     

Those who reject Jesus will remain in their fallen state and be cast into the Lake Of Fire as refuse.

For the Lord takes pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.
The beauty of a New Spirit being cannot be seen with our eyes.     But its glory shines for all eternity in the Holy Spirit who has begotten Him.

Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
God wants to elevate us to be His Child through His Holy Spirit and His Word.

That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.

Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever.     The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.
Jesus' Government spans Heaven and Earth and is Eternal.     For a period of time He will sit upon the literal Throne of David in the Millennial Kingdom.     But even after the New Heaven And Earth are created He will still Reign.     

The Zeal of the Lord is the Holy Spirit who birthed Jesus, filled Jesus, raised Jesus and Transformed the Body of Jesus.

He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord has spoken it.
The catching up into the clouds occurs as soon as the trumpet blasts at the Lord's appearing.     At that point, the dead in Christ rise first and all that is corruptible in the dead and living believers will be translated into incorruptible.

And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our Lord; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the Lord; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
This will be the shout of those who are caught up to Him.

In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will the Lord appoint for walls and bulwarks.
The day that Isaiah speaks of is the Day Of The Lord, also referred to as the Day Of Wrath.     

When the destruction is complete, the Lord and His translated saints will set foot on the Mount of Olives just outside of Jerusalem.

And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have kindness upon you: for the Lord is a god of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.

For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: you shall weep no more: he will be very gracious unto you at the voice of your cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer you.

Now will I rise, says the Lord; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself.

For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; he will save us.

Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your Lord will come with vengeance, even the Lord with a recompence; he will come and save you.
Christ has come and saved us so that we can stand strong without fear.

For I will defend this city to save it for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

Behold, the Lord will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.

Fear you not; for I am with you: be not dismayed; for I am your Lord: I will strengthen you; yes, I will help you; yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

For I the Lord, your Lord will hold your right hand, saying unto you, Fear not; I will help you.

Fear not, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel; I will help you, says the Lord, and your redeemer, the Holy One Of Israel.

Behold, I will make you a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: you shall thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shall make the hills as chaff.

When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue fails for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the Lord of Israel will not forsake them.

I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

I the Lord have called you in righteousness, and will hold your hand, and will keep you, and give you for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;

And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight.     These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
Our Lord Jesus Christ has brought us from darkness and death into light and life!

The Lord is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable.

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you: when you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon you.

Yes, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?

Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it?     I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

I, even I, am he that blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and will not remember your sins.
Here our Lord tells us that He will Blot Out our sins because He loves us.     Our Lord is Christ Jesus who sacrificed Himself for us.

For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon your seed, and my blessing upon your offspring:
Jesus is the Author and Finisher of our Faith by which our thirst is quenched and we are blessed with Eternal, Abundant Life.

I will go before you, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:

And I will give you the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that you may know that I, the Lord, which call you by your name, am the Lord of Israel.

And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.

Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:

I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.

And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.

Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the Lord has comforted his people, and will have kindness upon his afflicted.

Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb?     yes, they may forget, yet will I not forget you.

For the Lord will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.

Behold, the Lord will help me; who is he that shall condemn me?     lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.

For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

For you shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the Lord will go before you; and the Lord of Israel will be your rereward.

Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure kindnesses of David.

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have kindness upon him; and to our Lord, for he will abundantly pardon.

Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.

I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.

I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, says the Lord; and I will heal him.

Then shall you delight yourself in the Lord; and I will cause you to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father: for the mouth of the Lord has spoken it.

The glory of Lebanon shall come unto you, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.

Whereas you have been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through you, I will make you an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.

For I the Lord love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
The New Covenant is the best and last covenant.

For as the earth brings forth her bud, and as the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
Our Lord Jesus is Saviour to every person of every nation of every race who will receive His gift of Love and Grace.

And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
The Holy Spirit knows our needs and has already made provision for them in Christ Jesus.

As one whom his mother comforts, so will I comfort you; and you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

Then said the Lord unto me, You have well seen: for I will watch my word accomplish it.
The Word Of The Lord accomplishes its purpose.     Once the Lord has spoken, He watches it perform its purpose.     

If we look forward in Jeremiah's time line, we see men from the north and east exercising their military strength to bring to pass the prophecies.     

Men accomplish the Word Of The Lord by their words and actions.     
   → If their words echo the Word Of The Lord and their actions are actions of obedience, there is victory.     
   → If otherwise, there is defeat.

Wherefore I will yet plead with you, says the Lord, and with your children's children will I plead.

Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings.     Behold, we come unto you; for you are the Lord, our Lord.

And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon your feet, and I will speak unto you.

And I will restore to you the years that the locust has eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.
Eternal, abundant life is the gift of our Lord.

And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
This is the prophecy of our Lord's will for us:
   → to be reconciled to Him
   → to be filled with His Spirit
   → to experience eternal, abundant life through His Spirit

And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the Lord of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
In the Millennial Kingdom the Humans that live on Earth will need to be Taught so that they are able to overcome the wrong lessons from before Christ's Return.

And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, says the Lord of hosts.

And he says unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
Jesus is contrasting the menial occupation of fishing with that of accomplishing the will of His Holy Spirit for the saving of mankind.

Your kingdom come.     Your will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
The Lord's kingdom is coming.     His will is for earth to operate like heaven where there is uninterrupted life, love, joy, peace, faith and blessings.     

Heaven is the Spirit Realm from which our Holy Spirit Father issues into the Physical Realm.

And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be you clean.     And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
Never doubt the will of the Lord to save and to heal.

And Jesus says unto him, I will come and heal him.
Again, Jesus is willing to heal anyone at any time.

But go you and learn what that means, I will have kindness, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Self righteous people are dense by nature inhibiting their receiving Truth.

Whoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father who is in heaven.
Our confession of Jesus Christ as Saviour and Lord is critical for the New Birth.

Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of the Lord.
Being human does not make us children of the Lord.     

Desiring to be children of the Lord could not have made us so.     

The Holy Spirit has willed in His Plan that we be His children and has made all necessary preparations for it.     

Our part is to willingly, freely receive Him in the name of Jesus Christ and accept His Plan for our existence.     

The Holy Spirit is the character, the inspiration and the power of the Word, Christ Jesus.

All that the Father gives me shall come to me; and him that comes to me I will in no wise cast out.
Who does the Father give to the Son?     

The Calvinist believes that the Father unilaterally decides who will be saved.     

However, the Holy Spirit Father draws an individual to Jesus.     If the individual responds to the wooing of the Holy Spirit and receives Jesus, the Father gives that person to Christ.     

And this is the Father's will which has sent me, that of all which he has given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.
We are Christ's workmanship:

And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which sees the Son, and believes on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
This is an awesome statement of the love and the will of our Lord for every human being!     

This is the Gospel Truth.     

Have you seen the Son?     
   → We see Christ Jesus through eyes of faith in His Word and His Holy Spirit in us.     

Note that the Holy Spirit is Everlasting Life.

No man can come to me, except the Father which has sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
Each individual has The Measure Of Faith and each individual has the evidence of creation by which to know that there is a Creator God.     

What an individual does with these revelations determines whether the Holy Spirit can work with them to receive the message of the Gospel of Christ when they hear it.     

So, the Holy Spirit draws us when we draw to Him.     .      When we hunger and thirst for the Lord we are filled.     .     

The ball is in our court as our Lord has done everything He can do for us to be saved.

I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
Any questions?     What an awesome revelation and promise.

Whoso eats my flesh, and drinks my blood, has eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
Thank you Jesus!

And it shall come to pass in the last days, says the Lord, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
The Lord Jesus Christ wants every person to believe on Him and receive His Holy Spirit.     

The manifestation of the Holy Spirit is powerful to the receiver and to the body of Christ.     

He enables us to walk in Newness Of Life as Sons Of The Holy Spirit.

Who will render to every man according to his deeds:
A person who is not In Christ will be judged by the deeds done in his body.

And be not conformed to this world: but be you transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of the Lord.
What is wrong with the world that we should not be conformed to it?     
   → it is lost and confused
   → it is filled with sickness and disease
   → it is filled with violence
   → it is filled with greed
   → it is filled with hate
   → it is filled with death
   → it is hopeless
   → it is apart from the Lord

Conformity is good when it is to the Word and the Holy Spirit.     Otherwise it is evil.     

In order for the New Spirit being to manifest in our flesh, we must be transformed in mind, emotions and will (our soul).     

When we are transformed we receive the wisdom and power of the Lord to do the work of Christ Jesus in our mortal bodies.     

What is the good and acceptable and perfect will of our Lord?     
   → It is that none perish ,
   → it is that all be healed ,
   → it is that all prosper .     

How is the Lord's will proved?     
   → By the manifestation of evidence.     
What evidence?     
   → salvation, healing and prosperity.     

Hence, the only thing holding us back from experiencing the best that the Lord has for us is our minds.     

Let the Mind Of Christ be in you.     -

And what agreement has the temple of the Lord with idols?     for you are the temple of the living Holy Spirit; as the Lord has said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their Lord, and they shall be my people.
One can take this exhortation and read into it that we should become clannish and not associate at all with unbelievers.     But, if we did, how would they receive the Gospel?     

We must associate with them because of the love of Christ as light to their darkness for the purpose of their salvation.     But we must be in charge of the relationship.

Wherefore come out from among them, and be you separate, says the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
In the Old Testament there was no power to resist evil except by force of human wlll and physical separation from it.     

Under Grace, not only do we have power over evil but we have the knowledge of the Lord in our hearts, not just our minds.     This enabled Paul to go into hateful jewry and into pagan gentile cities and preach the Gospel with power and authority.     

We are received by Grace Through Faith in Christ Jesus - not by any action in the Physical Realm.

!insert Cor 6:18
Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of the Holy Spirit Father:
The 'Who' is the Lord Jesus Christ - our God.     

We are delivered from this present evil world while we are yet in it by the authority of the Word and the power of His Holy Spirit who places us in Himself.     

Our Lord does not just deliver us from something, He delivers us into something.     
What is that something?     It is the will of the Holy Spirit
   → that all men be saved
   → that we be Born Again of the Word
   → that we be filled with the Holy Spirit.     
   → that we be transformed by the renewing of our minds

When we are Born Again, Spirit Filled and Word transformed we experience what it means to be In Christ and fully equipped to serve Him.     

Newness of life is what the Lord delivers us into.     
Be all that you can be in Him.     

Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
The Lord did not create the heavens and the earth without a plan.     The essence of His plan was and is to raise up children unto Himself.     He created us in His image - specifically with Free Will, the ability to choose.     

So, His plan predestined us to be His children by virtue of our exercising our gift of Free Will to receive His person, Jesus Christ, as Lord and Savior.     

If we were predestined with no choice in the matter, the whole timeline of human existence makes no sense as those predestined to be His children was already fixed just as those who were predestined to damnation was already fixed.     

Wherefore be you not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
What is the will of the Lord?     
   → specifically and
   → the New Covenant in general.

Being confident of this very thing, that he which has begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
We are His workmanship and He will perform His work until He returns to complete our redemption.     

So, we can live in peace and joy and love knowing that at His appearing, corruption will put on incorruption and so we shall ever be with the Lord .     

For it is the Holy Spirit which works in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
Your will is a part of your soul.     It is that part of you which opens and closes doors.     

When you open your heart to the Lord Jesus Christ, you enable Him to recreate you in the New Birth.     

As you submit your will to His Holy Spirit you enable His will to manifest in you.     

To the extent that you work out your Soul Salvation through the submission of your will to His, you will see the Holy Spirit perform holy acts through your life.     

It is the New Spirit being that you are, which you allow to manifest, which is in sync with the Holy Spirit, which directs your will and actions.

For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that you might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
Spiritual understanding comes by revelation of the Word by the Holy Spirit.     We are to be filled with this knowledge which clarifies the will of the Lord in wisdom.     We ought to pray for all Christians to attain this level of connection with the Lord.

For this is the will of the Lord, even your sanctification, that you should abstain from fornication:
We are sanctified by the will of the Holy Spirit and the work of Christ Jesus.     But we also sanctify ourselves by self-discipline.     In this case, it is abstaining from fornication.

In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of the Lord in Christ Jesus concerning you.
Everything is either a direct blessing or an indirect blessing.     
   → A direct blessing is one that is good from the onset.     
   → An indirect blessing is one which is realized in victory over an attack of the enemy.     

When we are able to give thanks in every thing we are fulfulling the will of Christ as we walk by faith.

Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
There are no exceptions - all men.

If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:
We bear His reproach so we can reign with Him.

And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever.     Amen.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart as Paul did.

Saying, Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you.
The word 'surely' is interpreted as the Lord swearing to keep His promises.

For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a god, and they shall be to me a people:
We are Spirit Soul And Body .     
Our Sin Nature was destroyed and we were born of the Holy Spirit as New Spirit beings with Eternal Life .     

When instructed by the Word our minds and hearts are transformed to the point where we do not consider sin, we consider Christ .     

To be In Christ is to be one with Him - He in us and we in Him.     We are of the same spiritual DNA as the Holy Spirit, our Heavenly Father .     

What is the 'house of Israel'?     
It is not the genetic descendants of Jacob, it is the spiritual descendants of Abraham by faith.     

The Lord does not unilaterally script people's hearts and He is not a respecter of persons.     Accordingly, those who receive Him by receiving His Word and His Holy Spirit are made New Spirit beings who are one with Him, and in so being, they know His heart and manifest His values.

For I will be compassionate to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
The Holy Spirit willed for us to be reconciled to Him.     
In Christ Jesus He has forgiven all sin for all time for all humanity .     

But until a person receives the Holy Spirit they are separated from Him .     

And the only way to receive the Holy Spirit is by Grace Through Faith In Christ Jesus .     

When we receive Christ Jesus, we receive His Word and His Holy Spirit and become New Spirit beings .     

There is no other way to be reconciled to the Lord .     

This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
We see how most believers do not have the Mind Of Christ perfected in them.     The Spirit wars against the flesh and the flesh wars against the Spirit.     At His return, our soul and body will be redeemed and made new just as our Spirit was in the New Birth.

And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
The Holy Spirit willed it.     Christ paid for it.     And this is the reality of those In Christ.     We are Accepted In The Beloved.

Let your life as a citizen be without covetousness; and be content with such things as you have: for he has said, I will never leave you, nor forsake you.
A Christian should enjoy the blessings that fall on others knowing that the Lord has blessings in store for them.     There is no shortage of blessings in Heavenly Places.     

Our source is in us.     He is the Spirit Of Christ, the Holy Spirit.     
He will always be with us because the gifts of our Lord are never taken back.

Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
We are saved because the Holy Spirit loves us.     He desired us, created us, redeemed us, filled us and has made us Accepted In The Beloved.     

Note that we are born of the Word and the Holy Spirit.     
   → the Word is what Jesus said and who He is
   → the Holy Spirit is the inspiration and essence of Jesus.     
   → we are begotten of the Holy Spirit as New Spirit beings on the authority of what Jesus has accomplished for us.

Draw near to the Lord, and he will draw near to you.     Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double minded.
It is the Lord who draws us to Him by His Holy Spirit but that is just a tug.     We must respect His wooing by turning to Him and desiring Him.     

Sinners can only cleanse their hands by repenting, turning to Christ and receiving His cleansing blood,

Christians can only purify their hearts by deciding to believe the Word Of The Lord exclusively.     Otherwise, they are Double Minded which yields confusion, fear, unbelief and weakness.

For so is the will of the Lord, that with well doing you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
Satan is not impressed with well doing.     He was not impressed with Jesus and he isn't impressed with our well doing.     Foolish men (under the influence of the spirit of Anti Christ) will make up a lie when there is no truth to back their agenda.

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
The Holy Spirit is love and His love is manifest in Christ who made it possible for us to be born of His Holy Spirit and so be In Christ.     

But, He gives us the choice between life and death.     When a person receives Christ Jesus they receive Eternal Life.     When a person rejects Christ Jesus they enter into Eternal Death against the Lord's will.     

This verse totally undermines the false doctrine of Extreme Sovereignty.     We do not see all men coming to repentance so the Lord's will is not done with respect to every human being.

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
It will happen suddenly with everyone seeing Him and that which is impure will be consumed with the Word of His mouth.

He that has an ear, let him hear what the Holy Spirit says unto the churches; To him that overcomes will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of the Lord.
Note that it is the Holy Spirit who speaks through Christ Jesus to the churches.     

Everyone is encouraged to hear the message.     Overcomers will be rewarded with the Tree Of Life.

Fear none of those things which you shall suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that you may be tried; and you shall have tribulation ten days: be you faithful unto death, and I will give you a crown of life.
Persecution will come but those who stay true till death will wear a Crown Of Life.

He that has an ear, let him hear what the Holy Spirit says unto the churches; To him that overcomes will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knows saving he that receives it.
The Spirit is the Holy Spirit of Christ Jesus.     

We must overcome to receive the blessings and rewards of heaven by Christ Jesus.

And he that overcomes, and keeps my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:
These overcomers who honor the finished work of Christ will rule and reign in His kingdom.

And I will give him the morning star.
More of the Lord comes to us through faithfulness,

He that overcomes, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
What is it that we overcome?     unbelief.     
Every evil thing proceeds from unbelief just as every good thing proceeds from faith.     

Jesus forgave all sin for all time for all people and it has been said that in so doing every man's name was written in the Book Of Life.     Those who receive Christ Jesus as Saviour and Lord and are faithful unto the end will never have their name blotted out of that book.     Those who reject Him immediately or eventually deny Him will have their names blotted out.     

To have Jesus speak on our behalf before His Holy Spirit Father is everything.     For that privilege we must confess Him before men.     -

Him that overcomes will I make a pillar in the temple of the Holy Spirit, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of the Holy Spirit, and the name of the city of the Holy Spirit, which is new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from the Holy Spirit: and I will write upon him my new name.
What do we overcome?     
   → the Great Tribulation which is Satan's attempt to get us to deny the Lord Jesus Christ.     

The name of the Holy Spirit is Jesus.     

The New Jerusalem is the Body Of Christ which is defined by the Holy Spirit of Christ Jesus.     

So we have written upon us: Jesus and Holy Spirit.     

When we are translated at the appearing of the Lord Jesus Christ, His new name, reflective of the fact that He is King Of Kings and Lord Of Lords will be written upon us.

Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
The fact that this statement is addressed to the church at Laodicea implies that they have shut Christ out of their operation.     It is in fellowship with Christ by His Spirit according to His Word that we sup with Him.     

Who is it that stands at the door knocking?     He is the Holy Spirit of Christ Jesus.

To him that overcomes will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
What do we overcome?     
   → Our self-worship and lack of trust in the Lord.     

How do we overcome?     
   → By making our relationship with Christ paramount.     
   → By being His hands, feet and voice in the world.     

Jesus submitted to His Holy Spirit overcoming His human tendency for self-worship.     

What does it mean to sit in the Father's throne?     
   → It means to exercise His power.     
   → As we submit to the Lord He empowers us.

  • Jonah
    • Setting
      • 8th century
      • Jeroboam 2 (c.786-746 BC)
      • Northern kingdom - Israel
      • reluctant and non-compassionate prophet
      • nineveh - assyria - East bank of Tigris - fell in 612 BC
      • Tarshish (Tarsus), Joppa (modern Tel Aviv)
    • The command -
    • Reaction
      • Jonah`s Reaction - diobedience -
      • God`s Reaction - judgment -
      • Sailor`s Reaction - rejection -
    • The Results
    • Obedience
    • Jonah`s testimony -