Thursday, March 6, 2008

Finding Jesus in the Nasty Here and Now

Once we come to know the God of the bible, the Christ Jesus whom is our savior, we have no time or need to waste time on worry about the “sweet by and by”-the heaven. We rather need to focus on help for our selves and our brothers in the nasty here and now. We point them to Christ. We do this because we have learned that He is the provision of all.

The help we then offer is both spiritual-deliverance from evil, and physical- meeting the need in this world. This is not just slapping the needy on the back and saying, “be blessed and go your way in peace”. This is providing for others what they cannot. In all the lack of this world, Your peace is most needed. But there is no peace outside of love. No, there is no peace outside of God’s grace. There is peace, only in the kingdom.

If anyone wants to help others, it must be done through kingdom reality in their own lives. That is to say righteousness, peace, and joy, in the spirit is your provision for all the needs of this world. However, this will always eventually mean helping in physical means as well.

The spiritless church is of little help to anyone. It offers a psychological anemic quagmire, as an alternate to clear powerful truth. When Jesus said that he is “the way, the truth, and the life”, he meant it. If we offer anything to others but God’s truth, God’s provision in all things, we are just part of the Quagmire.

The poor we will always have with us. We will provide for them as Father allows. But that is Spirit led and provided.

The greatest need in this world is Jesus, His Spirit of Truth. If we possess Him, we can share Him. If not we will not have the power of God unto salvation.

For all its processes, the other gospel has no power to bring man to peace.

Do you possess the spiritual power of Truth? Then be not ashamed. It is given to you, for deliverance for you and the world. It is time for your release into this day’s need. How else will they know Him?

Rom 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. 1Pe 1:5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

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