LIFE IN THE SON - Part V

LIFE IN THE SON - Part V

As stated multiple times in this series, it is mission critical that we make a complete commitment to JESUS CHRIST, THE SOURCE OF ALL LIFE and THE AUTHOR AND FINISHER OF OUR FAITH.  Whoever gets THE SON…GETS EVERYTHING!  

I John 5:11-12   And this is the record…that GOD hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in HIS SON.  He that hath THE SON hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

Ephesians 4:13-15   Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.  That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; but speaking the truth in love may GROW UP INTO HIM in all things, which is the head, even CHRIST.

Consider this.  SIN always results in SEPARATION ISSUES, which invariably breed SEPARATION ANXIETIES. (Isaiah 59:2) When Adam sinned and entered the pathway of spiritual death, the very first thing he did was to try to find something to cover-up his problem.  However, you cannot save a DYING MAN with a bandage of DYING LEAVES! (Genesis 3:7)  Adam attempted to apply a leaf poultice to a terminal condition.  But you can’t ‘TREAT’ death; it’s a bit late for that!

Nevertheless, tune in to see the HOPE that is always resident in the Word:

Romans 8:28-29   And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.  For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

Despite our origins, we are PREDESTINED FOR LIFE, and that more abundantly! (John 10:10)  The scriptures inform us that GOD “has chosen us IN HIM before the foundation of the world.” (Ephesians 1:4)  For example, as God created Adam, He blew into him His BREATH (the PNEUMA of life) and man became a living soul.  To wit, it was neither the DAY that God made Adam, nor the WAY that God shaped Adam, that made Adam “ADAM!”  Adam become a living soul when (and only when) DIVINE BREATH was exhaled into the nostrils of dust-formed Adam.   So if Adam came into being because of what came forth OUT-OF-GOD, simple logic dictates that (before Adam was IN EARTH) Adam was (first of all) IN GOD!  It seems that God had been “waiting to exhale,” if you will, and at the moment of creation God blew the very essence of Himself into a clay-case-construction called a human body.  That is, God deposited the true essence of Adam…the GOD BREATH (the PNEUMA of life) into the lifeless dust of the earth.  No wonder Paul declared “we have this treasure in earthen vessels.”  Nevertheless, ever since the Creator blew the Spirit INSIDE-of-Himself into the dust OUTSIDE-of-Himself, humankind has been unquestionably incomplete.  And ever since we discovered that we are OUTSIDE-of-GOD, we have been trying to get back to our first estate, INSIDE-of-GOD.  

Allow me to break it down like this: Anyone can hang AROUND God, or speak OF God, or offer praises TO God, or even preach ABOUT God, but no one can truly UNDERSTAND God or TRUST God or LOVE God…until one resides IN God!  The Apostle John declares that you cannot get INSIDE-THE-FATHER any other way than THROUGH THE ENTRY DOOR, JESUS CHRIST.  That’s what Jesus was getting at when he said “I am the WAY, the truth and the life.”  I am the WAY TO GOD.  I am the TRUTH ABOUT GOD.  I am the LIFE OFGOD!  You simply CANNOT get to The FATHER, unless and until you (faith-fully) pass THROUGH THE PORTAL OF HIS SON!

Are you listening with your spirit?  My friend, God had you in mind long before Mom and Pop met and made each other glad!  Just in case you want to know the real deal about who Wayne Manning Bass really is – I am NOT (exclusively) the son of Joseph Edison Bass and Mary Watts Bass.  In an ultimate sense, in the eternal sense, I am a son of GOD!  For long before my father, Joseph, or my mother, Mary, appeared on the scene of human history, GOD had created and fellowshipped with Wayne in the halls of eternity!  If that is difficult for you to wrap your mind around, allow me to prove it in the Word.  God to Jeremiah:  “Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.” (Jeremiah 1:5)  I KNEW YOU long before you were INSIDE your mother’s womb!  And the way I knew you before you were INSIDE your mother’s womb is simply this: Before you were at your Mom’s side, you were at MY side!  You came THROUGH your mother, but you didn’t come FROM your mother!   Here’s a Rhema Word for someone: “STOP focusing on who your mother WAS or what your mother DID!”  Your mother was convenient to your destiny…but not absolutely necessary.  Your mother simply produced a BODY for a SPIRIT that had already been with GOD.  Wow!

It is important that you understand this revelation of truth because, when we view yourself in this manner, the facts and circumstances of your nativity become irrelevant or meaningless!   Let me lay a life-liberating truth on you: It doesn’t really matter HOW you CAME or WHERE you CAME FROM!  What matters is HOW you are COMING OUT!  Therefore, your birth status, your social situation, your heredity, your looks, your wealth, your health, (or lack thereof), mean absolutely NOTHING in the PLANS and PURPOSES of GOD!   Listen up sister…listen up brother…you are not a victim of your DNA because you are much more than your genes, your looks, your lips, your kinky hair or your crooked teeth.  YOU are a SPIRITUAL BEING who only LIVES IN A BODY.  YOU are a CHILD OF GOD!  So…WHOEVER I am…WHATEVER I am…HOWEVER I am…WHEREVER I am…I can “boldly approach the throne of grace.” (Hebrews 4:16)  I am cordially invited TO COME TO THE FATHER…THROUGH THE SON!   FOR THERE IS LIFE IN THE SON! (John 14:6 – I John 5:11-12)

NEVER FORGET: WHOEVER TAKES THE SON…GETS EVERYTHING!  

Sisters and brothers, be continually blessed, and please (above all else) MAKE SURE YOU ARE READY TO MEET OUR SOON COMING KING.  Maranatha!