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 cause 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’ spiritual death
with natural or logical solutions.
HOPE 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, when
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 his dust-formed
body. So, since Adam came into being because of what came forth
OUT-OF-GOD, simple logic dictates that (before Adam was IN EARTH) Adam was
first IN GOD! It seems that God had been “waiting to exhale,” and at the
moment of creation God blew the very essence of Himself into that
clay-case-construction called the human body. That is, God deposited the
true essence of Adam…the GOD BREATH (PNEUMA) 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 that was
INSIDE-of-Himself into the dust that was OUTSIDE-of-Himself, humankind has been
unquestionably incomplete. And since we have 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 believes to reside 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 intended when he declared “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 OF GOD! 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
you 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 NOW 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 have been 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!
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