God says one thing; the devil says another. Only you can decide, and whatever it is that you let shape the way you see yourself determines the sum total of all you will ever be. Before the Spirit begins doing new works in and through us, His job is to first bring us up to date on the actual realities that are already ours in the spiritual realm. There is no point in reinventing the light switch. All that is necessary is to flip the switch on and one can immediately enjoy all of the modern conveniences that accompany electric light. Imagine the absurdity of someone insisting that God would have to miraculously re-create the light-switch exclusively for him alone or he would refuse to use electric light. That’s how some Christians are today.

The Work of God’s Hands

They refuse to let the Holy Spirit ‘enlighten’ them as to the spiritual realities that God has already given to them. The Bible says, ~ “Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God” (1Corinthians 2.12). From the beginning of creation, God’s intentions are clearly set forth. In the first chapter of the Bible, God is seen working and creating the entire universe. As soon as the work of creating the earth and cosmos is completed, immediately God gives everything to man. ~ “Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth” (Genesis 1.26).

What is Man?

It is important to emphasize here that the Book of Genesis is not part of the Law of Moses. Moreover, the entire Bible, every one of the sixty-six books that comprise the Bible, all teach the fact that God prospers all of His children who seek and serve Him for “the abundance of all things.” The book of Deuteronomy states outrightly that God desires His children to serve him with joy and gladness ~ “… FOR THE ABUNDANCE OF ALL THINGS” (Deuteronomy 28.47). The idea that God wants His people to live in lack or in need is preposterous and in direct contradiction to the entire word of God, which states thousands of times God’s desire for His children is to reign over all things that He has created. ~ “But one testified in a certain place, saying: “What is man that You are mindful of him, Or the son of man that You take care of him? You have made him a little lower than the angels; You have crowned him with glory and honor, and set him over the works of Your hands. You have put all things in subjection under his feet.” For in that He put all in subjection under him, He left nothing [that is] not put under him. But now we do not yet see all things put under him” (Hebrews 2.6-8).

All Things have been Given

The arguments put forth to support the theory that God does not prosper His people are simplistic and without Biblical foundation. Those who espouse these false doctrines demonstrate their ignorance of scripture and their opposition to God and His word. The Bible says that God sent His only begotten¹ Son to suffer and die on the cross, so that the Father could give “all² things” to His children. In the book of Romans, we read ~ “He [God] who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?” (Romans 8.32). It says that God “delivered him [Jesus] for us all”³ so that He could “freely give us all things.” God has gone to great trouble and has paid a great price so that He could freely give all things to His children. How it must hurt Him to see his children suffering the lack of things he has already given only because they have never learned how to receive what is theirs, what has already been bought and paid for with the precious blood of Jesus.

Spiritual Knowledge

The first step to receiving from God is to ‘know’ what has been freely given. One cannot have faith to receive something until that which is given has been plainly identified. To make sure we know with certainty all of the things that are ours, the Father has commissioned none other than the Holy Spirit. In 1Corinthians it is written ~ “Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.” (1Corinthians 2.12). Jesus said, ‘It will always be done⁴ to you according your faith.’ So, it’s up to you. Who knows better what you are than your Creator? Are you the weak, sick, limited, hideous mouse the devil has made you out to be, or are you the child created in the image of God who is destined to reign with Him forever?

Proverbs 23.7

For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.

 Notes

1. John 3.16

2. Romans 8.32

3. Psalms 23.1

4. Matthew 9.29

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Some things in the Bible are so big, so gargantuous, the mind can’t get around ‘em. It just spits ‘em out. They’re simply too far removed from finite everyday life; albeit, they are indeed true and life-changing if you sit down and let the syntax sink in. Most of us are aware of the verse “great and precious promises” (2Peter 1.4). Well, let’s see if this will fit on your plate!

Hidden in Plain Sight

Since everyone will eventually die, there is only one true escape, and that would be from physical death itself. It is an epic feat, that according to the Bible, only two people have accomplished, and it has been hidden squarely in front of the eyes of all who have embraced the New Testament. Even though, having been read by countless millions, it remains invisible to their consciousness. It is so big, so powerful, so outrageous that it cannot be admitted into the mind and spirit of the average person. Fortunately, if you have been reading this blog for more than a week — you are no average person. Take a look at the book of Hebrews… ~ “By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death, “and was not found, because God had taken him”; for before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pleased God” (Hebrews 11.5).

The Greatest Feat in History

We are considering, second only to the resurrection of Messiah, the greatest feat (miracle) recorded in the Bible, or for that matter… recorded in all of the annals of history, and it has a very important and vital connection to every believer who inhabits the earth at this present day as the prophecies of the end of the age fulfill themselves before us. For those who are not familiar with this verse, the term ‘taken away so that he did not see death’ is referring to something very similar to what many people know as ‘the rapture’ of the children of God out of the calamities of the final generation. Referring to God’s great escape plan by which He will miraculously deliver His people out of the midst of the catastrophic events that comprise the final great tribulation period (the final 3-7 years), the Bible states. ~ “For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God… hen we who are alive and remain shall be caught up…in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord” (1Thessalonians 4.16-17).

In the Twinkle of an Eye

Two mind-boggling events will occur here. First, as the aforementioned verse reveals, we’ll be ‘caught up together to meet the Lord in the air.’ Millions of true blood washed Christians will instantly disappear from the face of the earth and be translated in the twinkle of an eye into the presence of Jesus Christ ‘in the air.’ Second, their physical body will never die. The last generation who attain unto the ‘catching away’ (rapture) will never die. Their physical body will be transformed, just like Jesus’s resurrected body was. When He rose from the dead on the third day, there was no body left in the tomb because His body had been transformed into a celestial, eternal, and incorruptible body. This transformation will happen at the end of the age to every believer who is alive and called in ‘the first resurrection’ of the church, the rapture. The Apostle Paul writes about this in the book of 1Corinthians. ~ “Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep [die], but we shall all be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed [raptured].” (1Corinthians 15.51-52).

The Greatest Escape

One must be accustomed to biblical terminology to correctly understand this translation of the Bible. When it is says that ‘we shall not all sleep,’ it means we shall not all suffer the pain of physical death. The last generation will escape part or all ofthe great tribulation upon the earth as God pours out His furious wrath, and the chosen few escape death through the rapture, in an instant… as it is written — ‘in the twinkling of an eye.’ The rapture is called the ‘blessed hope’ in scripture because the child of God can rest assured that the Father has a glorious flight plan out of the darkest moment in world history. ~ “looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ” (Titus 2.13). The only thing that could be greater than this is what is mentioned in the opening lines of this blog. To cut to the chase, your Bible reveals in Hebrews 11.5 that Enoch similarly to the rapture was transported from earth into the presence of God in a heartbeat, and he never tasted death.

How Big is your faith!

What makes this totally beyond what most people can fathom is that Enoch was not raptured by divine providence like the church will be — Enoch was transported ‘by faith.’ Now, that is unquestionably the most monumental act of human faith recorded in the Bible, and it is written in the New Testament because it corresponds to you. Are you tired of waiting for the rapture? Who said you have to wait? God is no respecter of persons. (Call me crazy.) If it was written in the New Testament, Enoch’s walk of faith is your ticket outa here, whether it be before or after the rapture. As the ominous clouds of darkness begin to cover the earth foreboding of the arrival of Antichrist, God is calling His children to get serious about faith. To stop playing games with their faith, so they can escape the things that are coming upon the earth and stand in the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Mark 9.23 Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things [are] possible to him who believes.”

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