The blessing of Abraham

"And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed forever." (Gen 13:14-15)

Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. (Gal 3:16) Now Christ is the seed of Abraham and if we are in Christ we are also the seed of Abraham. Thus we shall inherit the blessing. But the LORD only revealed the blessing after Lot departed. the name Lot also means "veil" in Hebrews which is "the law". Therefore the law must be departed from us to see Grace, the blessing of Abraham in us. Hear Him!

Feed on the word

"And when the tempter came to Him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. But He answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeded out of the mouth of God" (Mat 4:3-4)

Jesus was hungry after fasted forty days and forty nights, the devil used the "lust of the flesh" to tempt Jesus into making the stones (the law) into bread (food). The devil knows if man lives by the flesh (back to the law), we eat from the wrong tree (the tree of the knowledge of good and evil). But Jesus answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word (the tree of life) that proceeded out of the mouth of God. Believe in Him and feed on His word. Hear Him!

Walk in the Spirit

"For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world." (1Jn 2:16)

So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate. (Gen 3:6) These are the only three areas of temptation the devil used. If we try to overcome them by our effort (self righteousness), we will fail because our self righteousness is from the wrong tree. The only way is set our mind unto Jesus (the tree of life) and walk in the Spirit, and we shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. (Gal 5:16) Hear Him!

The two trees

"And out of the ground the LORD God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil." (Gen 2:9)

And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, "Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die." (Gen 2:16-17) What is the tree of the knowledge of good and evil? It is the law. By the law is the knowledge sin (Rom 3:20) and the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Rom 6:23). The gift is the tree of life. Don't be like Adam and Eve eating from the wrong tree. Only the tree of life shall give us life and life more abundantly. Hear Him!

The purpose of the law

"What, then, was the purpose of the law? It was added because of transgressions until the Seed to whom the promise referred had come." (Gal 3:19)

The Seed is the Son of God, our Lord Jesus Christ. God knows that we cannot save ourselves and so He gave us His beloved Son. But because of our pride, He gave us the law so that we can come to our senses that we need a Savior. Now that the Savior has come and we, who have accepted Him, do not need the law anymore. Live a life by the Spirit we shall overcome the flesh. Hear Him!

The curse of the law

All who rely on observing the law are under the curse, for it is written: "Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law." (Gal 3:10)

But Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: "Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree." (Gal 3:13) Why go back to the law and be under the curse again? Since Christ had redeemed us from the cures and had fulfilled the law for us. (Mat 5:17) Christ had accomplished everything on the cross for us when He said, "It is finished!"(Joh 19:30) There is nothing more for us to do now except to believe in Him and live a life through Him. Hear Him!

The righteous shall live by faith

"Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin." (Rom 3:19-20)

The law is not of faith and no one is justified before God by the law, because, "The righteous shall live by faith." (Gal 3:11-12) Only in Christ we find righteousness. Only by His Grace we are saved through faith. Hear Him!

Christ is the end of the law

Apostle Paul: "I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. I do not set aside the Grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died in vain." (Gal 2:20-21)

For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. (Rom 10:4) Lets not be like the foolish Galatians, having begun in the Spirit and now go back to the law. If you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. (Gal 5:18) Behold unto Jesus and let Him leads us by the Spirit. Hear Him!

Take away the stone

For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. (Rom 8:3-4)

Jesus said, "Take away the stone" and with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come forth!" and he who had died came out... (John 11:39-44) Only after the stone (the law) is removed then we see the glory of God manifested. Only by Grace we are saved through faith. Hear Him!

The power in your tongue

Jesus said: "I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven." (Mat 16:19)

For the Grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age. (Tit 2:11-12) Speak these things, exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise you. (Tit 2:15) Death and life are in the power of the tongue. (Pro 18:21) Use it well. Hear Him!

The righteousness of God in Christ

"For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him." (2Co 5:21)

To this very day, when the Law of Moses is preached, a veil covers the minds of those who hear it. (2Co 3:15) But we who embrace Grace, the veil is removed to display the glory of God. We are being transformed into the same image of God from glory to glory by the Spirit of the Lord. (2Co 3:18) Only by His Grace we become the righteousness of God in Christ and transformed into His image. Not by works that anyone can boast. Hear Him!

Ministry of reconciliation

"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us..." (2Co 5:17-20)

Apostle Paul: "Therefore, my brothers, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is preached to you. Through Him everyone who believes is justified from all things from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses." (Acts 13:38-39) In Christ we are His ambassadors and through Him we preach the gospel of Grace. Hear Him!

The ultimate gift

"For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Rom 6:23)

For if by the one man's offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ. (Rom 5:17) Christ is our ultimate gift, the inheritance to us to live a life in great abundance on earth as it is in heaven. Behold Jesus and through Him we live that ultimate gift. Hear Him!

Covenant of Grace

"Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life." (Rom 6:3-4)

The new covenant, the covenant of Grace has been fulfilled on the cross when Christ died, buried and resurrected. And now by Him and through Him we shall walk in this newness of life, a life of abundance, a life in His fullness. Behold Jesus and hear Him!

God is good, all the time

"I would have lost heart, unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait on the Lord ; Be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the Lord !" (Psa 27:13-14)

Trust in the Lord and do not lost heart and surely His goodness and mercy shall follow us all the days of our life. (Psa 23:6) Behold upon Jesus and let our light so shine before men, that they may see our good works and glorify our Father in heaven. (Mat 5:16) If God is for us, who can be against us? (Rom 8:31) Hear Him!

We are a new creation

"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new." (2Co 5:17)

We must no longer live like those of the world. Their thoughts don't have any purpose. They can't understand the truth. They are separated from the life of God... (Eph 4:17-18) But we who are in Christ have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to His image (Col 3:10) and though we are in the world, we do not battle the way of the world. (2Co 10:3) But we are born of God has won the battle over the world. Our faith has won the battle for us. (1Jn 5:4) Hear Him!

The word is made sweet in Christ

Now when they came to Marah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore the name of it was called Marah. And the people complained against Moses, saying, "What shall we drink?" So he cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a tree. When he cast it into the waters, the waters were made sweet... (Exo 15:23-25)

Christ loved the church and gave Himself for her, that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word... (Eph 5:25-26) Water is referred to the word of God and the tree is a picture of the Cross and Marah indicates times of difficulty. Only in Christ and His finished work at the Cross, the word is made sweet. Hear Him!

In remembrance of Me

... when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, "Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me." In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me." (1Co 11:24-25)

Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, (2Pe 1:2-3) Let us always remind ourselves of Christ and His finished work on the cross to establish ourselves in truth and live a life of abundance. Hear Him!

Set our hearts to seek God

As has just been said: "Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion." (Heb 3:15)

One thing David (a man after God's own heart) desired of the LORD and seek: That I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in His temple. (Psa 27:4) On the other hand King Rehoboam did evil, because he did not prepare his heart to seek the LORD. (2Ch 12:14) Set our hearts to seek Him everyday is the first step to keep us in victory. Remember the thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy...(Joh 10:10) Seek and hear Him!

My sheep hear My voice

"O LORD, I know the way of man is not in himself; It is not in man who walks to direct his own steps." (Jer 10:23)

To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose on earth. (Eccl 3:1) Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain. (Psa 127:1) We can plan all we want but the answer is in God. (Pro 16:1) My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. (John 10:27) Stand still, wait and hear Him!

As He is, so are we in this world

"And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him... as He is, so are we in this world." (1Jn 4:16-17)

For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. (Rom 8:5) For as a man thinks in his heart, so is he. (Prov 23:7) Now that we are in Christ, we are of the Spirit. We are to set our mind on the Spirit and not the flesh. Behold Jesus and His love for us to see the "as He is, so are we in this world" manifested. Hear Him!

His way, His rest

"That is why I was angry with that generation, and I said, 'Their hearts are always going astray, and they have not known my ways.' So I declared on oath in my anger, "They shall never enter my rest.'" (Heb 3:10-11)

In the old covenant, God's ways were to do what is right by keeping His statutes and commandments (the law). (1Ki 11:38) Now in the new covenant, Christ has fulfilled the law (Mat 5:17) and Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. (Rom 10:4) and He said, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. (Joh 14:6) Now therefore Christ is the way, the only way for us to enter into His rest. Hear Him!

God is Spirit

"God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth." (John 4:24)

To be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God. But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His. And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of His righteousness. (Rom 8:6-10) Therefore come and draw near to God by worship Him in Spirit (in tongue) and in Truth (in Christ) and live a life of abundance. Hear Him!

By pride comes nothing but strife

"By pride comes nothing but strife, But with the well-advised is wisdom." (Prov 13:10)

Are we cheerful because we belong to Christ? Does His love comfort us? Is the Holy Spirit our companion? Has Christ been gentle and loving toward us? We shouldn't do anything only to get ahead. Shouldn't do it because we are proud. Instead, be free of pride. Think of others as better than ourselves. We should think in the same way Christ did. In His very nature He was God. But He did not think that being equal with God. Instead, he made himself nothing. He took on the very nature of a servant. He was made in human form. He appeared as a man. He came down to the lowest level. He obeyed God completely, even it led to his death on the cross. (Php 2:1-8) All these... we can never do in our own strength but only through Him we give up our pride. Hear Him!

Forgiven much, loves much

Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do." ... (Luk 23:34)

God demonstrates His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us (Rom 5:8). Let us be kind and tender to one another. Forgive each other, just as God forgave us because of what Christ has done (Eph 4:32). He who knew he was forgiven much, loves much (Luk 7:47). Hear Him!

Abide in His love

"And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him." (1Jn 4:16)

God has poured out His love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit whom He has given us (Rom 5:5) and we continue to keep ourselves in His love (Jud 1:21) and from the overflow of His love, we love one another as He has loved us. By this all will know that we are His disciples (Joh 13:34-35). By this we are empowered make disciples of all the nations (Mat 28:19). Hear Him!

The greatest is love

"And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love." (1Co 13:13)

An expert in the law asked Jesus: "Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?". Jesus replied: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is Love your neighbor as yourself." (Mat 22:35-39). Not that we love but that He loves. Hear Him!

Knowing Christ

"to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God." (Eph 3:19)

The world knows that Jesus loves but that's not it. Knowing Christ is to know His passionate love for us through the Spirit. That we're being rooted and grounded with the width and length and depth and height of His love which passes our knowledge that we may be filled with all the fullness of God. Let us offer our heart felt praises and worship Him to establish ourselves in His passionate love. Hear Him!

The Revelation Life

"To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory." (Col 1:27)

A life of revelation with Christ is the mystery revealed to us by Paul. A life in its fullness in glory through the Grace of Christ. In this end-time the Lord has predestined the Church to live this life. Knowing His Grace (His love) for you is the key to this mystery. Now we know why the book of Revelation is the last book in the Bible and only through John (the disciple whom knew of Jesus' love for him) is being revealed unto us. Hear Him!

Love not the world

"Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world." (1Jn 2:15-16)

The world is from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Therefore if any man love the world, the love of the Father which is Jesus Christ, which is the tree of life is not in him. Set our eyes upon Jesus and walk in the Spirit, and we will not fulfill the lust of the flesh (Gal 5:16). Do not try to overcome the lust of the flesh by our own strength but abide in Jesus for He is the vine in us and without Him we can do nothing (Joh 15:5). Hear Him!

I am the Alpha and the Omega

"I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End," says the Lord, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty." (Rev 1:8)

The world may be in turmoil now or whatever crisis that we may be facing... but Christ is the Alpha and the Omega. He has the final word. Be of good cheer! He has overcome the world (John 16:33). Hear Him!

Believe also in Me

"Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me." (John 14:1)

Ever wonder why Jesus said "believe also in Me"? Because many believed in God but not in Him. For He is the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Him (John 14:6). Do not be like the scribes and the Pharisees. Hear Him!