As stated multiple times in this series, it is mission critical to
recognize, reverence and receive JESUS CHRIST, THE SOURCE OF ALL
LIFE. FOR WHOEVER TAKES THE SON…GETS EVERYTHING!
Tune in with your spirit to discern the HOPE that is always resident in
the Word:
I John 5:11-12
And this is the
record…that GOD has given to us eternal life, and this life is in HIS
SON. He who has THE SON has life; and he who has not the Son of God has
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.
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, a life that is
abundantly more than we could possibly imagine! (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, the ZOE, the very life of God) 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) DIVINITY was exhaled into the nostrils of humanity.
So if Adam came into being because of what came forth OUT-OF-GOD, simple logic
dictates that (before Adam was OF EARTH) Adam was (first of all) OF GOD!
It seems that God had been “waiting to exhale,” if you will, and, at that destined
moment, God blew the very essence of Himself into a clay-case-construction that
we know as a human body. That is, God deposited the very essence of Himself,
the LIFE OF GOD, into the
lifeless dust of the earth. No wonder Paul declared “we have this
treasure [God’s Spirit] in earthen vessels.” Nevertheless, man’s fall
from grace, we have been unquestionably incomplete. God’s Word and our
life experiences reveal that (since birth) we have existed OUTSIDE-of-GOD, and we
strive to reclaim our first estate, INSIDE-of-GOD.
Allow me to me 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! And the Apostle John
declares that we cannot experience the spiritual intimacy of AT-ONE-MENT WITH-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.” In other words, I am the WAY TO GOD; I am
the TRUTH ABOUT GOD; and, 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? God had you in mind long
before Mom and Pop met and married! Just in case you want to know who
Wayne Manning Bass really is – I am NOT (exclusively) the son of Joseph Edison
Bass and Mary Watts Bass. In the 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 already 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 declared
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 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 (or father) WAS or what he
or she has DONE!” Indeed, your parents were convenient to your
destiny…but not absolutely necessary. Your parents simply produced a TEMPORAL
BODY for an ETERNAL SPIRIT that had already been with GOD. Wow!
It is important that you understand this foundation fact because (when
viewed in this manner), the facts and circumstances of your nativity become
somewhat 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), are absolutely MEANINGLESS in the PLANS and PURPOSES of
GOD! Listen up sister…listen up brother…you are not a victim of
your DNA. You are much more than your
genes, your looks, your lips, your textured hair, or your imperfect smile.
YOU are a SPIRITUAL BEING who only LIVES IN A BODY. YOU are a CHILD OF
GOD! So WHOEVER you are…WHATEVER you are…HOWEVER you are…WHEREVER you are…YOU
can “boldly approach the throne of grace.” YOU are cordially invited TO
COME TO THE FATHER…THROUGH THE SON! FOR THERE IS LIFE…IN THE SON!
NEVER EVER 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!
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