A Christian Sci-Fi Part 7

Yesterday we established that the way back to the Father is through the Stargate of Jesus Christ. We’ll expand upon this today.

1 Timothy 1:16-17

16 But God had mercy on me so that Christ Jesus could use me as a prime example of his great patience with even the worst sinners. Then others will realize that they, too, can believe in him and receive eternal life. 17 All honor and glory to God forever and ever! He is the eternal King, the unseen one who never dies; he alone is God. Amen.

We have already established that the Apostle Paul is God’s chosen teacher. Here he uses himself as an example of how coming to belief in Christ forgives sin and allows us to receive eternal life.

How does this belief change our position?

Before knowing the truth we were ignorant of this eternal reality. Yes, there is a deep set knowledge in us and if we would begin to search and seek for truth, this inner door would be opened to us. But most people get so caught up in the world and all of it’s offerings that they don’t really seek for anything other than worldly gain.

If you remember your Bible stories it was a rich young ruler that wanted to know what he could do to gain eternal life. He wasn’t ready to put aside his worldly gain to set his sights on things above.

That doesn’t mean that you can’t have worldly possessions it just means that your priorities must be set properly.

John 12:25-26

25 Those who love their life in this world will lose it. Those who care nothing for their life in this world will keep it for eternity. 26 Anyone who wants to be my disciple must follow me, because my servants must be where I am. And the Father will honor anyone who serves me.

We do have a responsibility to live a proper life while residing in this realm of time. But we must understand that true life is not in this world but true life is eternal life. Although we reside in time we are also residing in eternity right now. Eternity exists on both sides of and encompasses the realm of time. So we are living our eternal life right now even though we are held captive in the realm of time.

1 John 1:1-4

We proclaim to you the one who existed from the beginning, whom we have heard and seen. We saw him with our own eyes and touched him with our own hands. He is the Word of life. 2 This one who is life itself was revealed to us, and we have seen him. And now we testify and proclaim to you that he is the one who is eternal life. He was with the Father, and then he was revealed to us. 3 We proclaim to you what we ourselves have actually seen and heard so that you may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. 4 We are writing these things so that you may fully share our joy.

I hope you’re catching on to this greater truth. We’ll continue our journey tomorrow.

A Christian Sci-Fi Part 6

Today we are going to look at how you can know for sure you have a desirable eternal life.

It’s time to get to the point. How do we grasp a hold of this eternal life?

John 3:14-15

14 And as Moses lifted up the bronze snake on a pole in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, 15 so that everyone who believes in him will have eternal life.

If you desire to understand all that this passage is about I’d advise you to get a Bible and study. But here’s what I want you to know for now.

Eternal life comes through faith. Faith is what you know about God. Those who know little have little faith. Those who know a lot have greater faith.

Faith comes from hearing the Word of God.

As you hear, read and understand the Word you will grow in your knowledge of eternal things. The greatest knowledge you will gain is that about Jesus Christ.

1 John 5:11-12

11 And this is what God has testified: He has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have God’s Son does not have life.

John 6:26-27

26 Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, you want to be with me because I fed you, not because you understood the miraculous signs. 27 But don’t be so concerned about perishable things like food. Spend your energy seeking the eternal life that the Son of Man can give you. For God the Father has given me the seal of his approval.”

This is hard to comprehend but eternal life is more important than the food we need to survive in this world. We must focus beyond the here and now and begin living for eternity.

John 6:60-64

60 Many of his disciples said, “This is very hard to understand. How can anyone accept it?”
61 Jesus was aware that his disciples were complaining, so he said to them, “Does this offend you? 62 Then what will you think if you see the Son of Man ascend to heaven again? 63 The Spirit alone gives eternal life. Human effort accomplishes nothing. And the very words I have spoken to you are spirit and life. 64 But some of you do not believe me.”

What if you were to witness Jesus ascending back through the Stargate? He traveled back out of time and into the heavenly realm to be with the Father for all of eternity.

We really need to come to grasp the reality of what Jesus really showed us while He was here on earth.

John 5:24

24 “I tell you the truth, those who listen to my message and believe in God who sent me have eternal life. They will never be condemned for their sins, but they have already passed from death into life.

Once again Jesus is declaring the greater truth. The only way back to the Father is to believe in Jesus Christ His Son.

We’ll journey even deeper tomorrow.

A Christian Sci-Fi Part 5

Today we are going to find that we must be careful about choosing our teachers and leaders.

I hope you are coming to grasp that you have come from God and you will be returning to Him. I hope these writings are awakening your inner being to the hidden knowledge that was planted in you before entering this realm.

I, like you, have had to learn how to survive here on this planet called earth. It has been a great challenge but I have been surrounded by many people willing to teach me the customs and habits of this planet. But where are all the teachers that will inform us about the truth of eternity?

These teachers are few and far between. Some may be led to the church to find these teachers. I must tell you that even within the church there are only a few teachers that will lead you to eternal understanding.

Matthew 7:15

15 “Beware of false prophets who come disguised as harmless sheep but are really vicious wolves.

Ezekiel 22:27-28

27 Your leaders are like wolves who tear apart their victims. They actually destroy people’s lives for money! 28 And your prophets cover up for them by announcing false visions and making lying predictions. They say, ‘My message is from the Sovereign LORD,’ when the LORD hasn’t spoken a single word to them.

Acts 20:28-31a

28 “So guard yourselves and God’s people. Feed and shepherd God’s flock—his church, purchased with his own blood—over which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as elders. 29 I know that false teachers, like vicious wolves, will come in among you after I leave, not sparing the flock. 30 Even some men from your own group will rise up and distort the truth in order to draw a following. 31 Watch out!

So what are we to be watching out for?

If a church leader is trying to help you gain and attain this world, they are a wolf. If they are trying to gain for themselves power, position, riches, self-glory, or trying to teach you how you can have all of this now, they are a wolf. You must be careful and find leaders that will lead you to eternal life not just teach you how to have a better life now.

2 Corinthians 11:13-15

13 These people are false apostles. They are deceitful workers who disguise themselves as apostles of Christ. 14 But I am not surprised! Even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. 15 So it is no wonder that his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. In the end they will get the punishment their wicked deeds deserve.

As an alien, stranger and foreigner to this planet, I am surprised at how well received I have been by my fellow inhabitants as long as I don’t try to awaken them to truth.

I came through the Stargate and in time was awakened to the reality of my inner knowledge. I am now on mission to inform people about the eternal realm and how they can get back home to God. This information has dealt quite a blow to my acceptance. Some now think I’ve lost touch with reality. Actually I’ve been awakened to it.

We’ll look deeper into what we must do to inherit this eternal life tomorrow.

A Christian Sci-Fi Part 4

We finished yesterday trying to grasp this thing called eternal life.

Today we are going to look a bit deeper into the reality of eternal life.

We have come to learn that we have some hidden knowledge that was given to us before we left eternity and journeyed through the Stargate into the realm of time.

Your mind must be awakened, at some point, to the reality of truth. What I mean by this truth is not just learning all the stuff you are taught about your present world and how to survive in it. These, so called truths, are principles or ways of living that are negotiable and maybe even optional in the world. These, facts of life, are information that is needed to survive within the culture of this realm. But there is a greater truth.

Once you are awakened to the greater truth your understanding of these worldly truths will change also because you will be living for the greater truth. You will be living eternally and not just for a set amount of time.

There is a truth that comes from the Creator God. Until you are awakened to this truth you will be bound to this world and all of its ways. To the person bound in this world they do not see, know or understand a truth beyond the facts or principles they are taught by the inhabitants of this realm.

The greater truth is an awakening to the understanding of eternity. It’s coming to the knowledge of something that encompasses time and yet exists outside our present realm of time.

John 3:3-12

3 Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, unless you are born again, you cannot see the Kingdom of God.”
4 “What do you mean?” exclaimed Nicodemus. “How can an old man go back into his mother’s womb and be born again?”
5 Jesus replied, “I assure you, no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit. 6 Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life. 7 So don’t be surprised when I say, ‘You must be born again.’ 8 The wind blows wherever it wants. Just as you can hear the wind but can’t tell where it comes from or where it is going, so you can’t explain how people are born of the Spirit.”
9 “How are these things possible?” Nicodemus asked.
10 Jesus replied, “You are a respected Jewish teacher, and yet you don’t understand these things? 11 I assure you, we tell you what we know and have seen, and yet you won’t believe our testimony. 12 But if you don’t believe me when I tell you about earthly things, how can you possibly believe if I tell you about heavenly things?

This is the greater truth. Jesus is trying to inform Nicodemus of this greater truth. Coming to the knowledge of this greater truth is much like being born again or reborn into another realm of understanding.

It’s like stepping through a gateway that leads to another realm. All of the sudden you see that everything you have been taught has been lacking in its content. There is more to the story than just living life on earth from the day you are born until the day you die. There is a reason for this realm and it’s a good thing to know. Without the knowledge of eternity you are blind to the greater truth.

The Apostle Paul wrote in the Scriptures that we have come to know as the Holy Bible…

Titus 1:1-3

This letter is from Paul, a slave of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ. I have been sent to proclaim faith to those God has chosen and to teach them to know the truth that shows them how to live godly lives. 2 This truth gives them confidence that they have eternal life, which God—who does not lie—promised them before the world began. 3 And now at just the right time he has revealed this message, which we announce to everyone. It is by the command of God our Savior that I have been entrusted with this work for him.

The Apostle Paul is a chosen teacher of this eternal truth. Before we can have the confidence of eternal life we must come to belief or place our faith in the One who can give us this eternal life.

We’ll continue to search deeper tomorrow.

A Christian Sci-Fi Part 3

Yesterday we discovered that God knew us before we were born. He sent us through the Stargate into this world. We also came to understand that we had knowledge imparted into us before our journey through the Stargate and into this realm of time. Before our journey God had set knowledge of eternity in our hearts.

The journey into this realm of time is a difficult one. The transition from eternity to time is a bit mind boggling. Recalling this deep set knowledge and understanding that was planted in our hearts can take many years.

I have found this hidden knowledge is brought to the surface through great amounts of meditation, analysis and even some dreams and visions. But the main way this knowledge is revealed to us is through a great deal of study in a book the people of this realm call the Holy Bible.

John 5:39-40

39 “You search the Scriptures because you think they give you eternal life. But the Scriptures point to me! 40 Yet you refuse to come to me to receive this life.

Long before we are able to reach this stage of knowledge retrieval we must grow and mature in our new environment.

See, everyone who enters this realm comes in the form of an infant child.

Now, before you enter the Stargate you are a living soul. This living soul must have a host body to be able to survive in the atmosphere of this new world of time. So, the living soul is imparted into an infant child before the process that is known to the inhabitants of earth as birth. This is where God, as the Scriptures put it, knits us together while still in the womb.

God is at work imparting a pre-existent living soul into the forming body of a soon to be birthed infant child.

Psalm 139:16

16 You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.

Once born, you have to begin a process of learning. Your body must go through a great deal of growing and changing. You must learn the customs and habits of the realm of time. You must learn how to survive in this earthly environment. There is a great deal of education and learning that must be developed for you to exist on this planet.

But there is something missing. Just because you learn to survive and get along in the world, there is still that inner knowledge that is trying to awaken you to eternity.

Isaiah 43:13a

13 “From eternity to eternity I am God.

Romans 1:20

20 For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God.

If you’re having trouble with all of this wild and outrageous science fiction stuff, maybe you need to ask the following question…

Matthew 19:16

16 Someone came to Jesus with this question: “Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?

What you are about to learn is you don’t need to do anything to earn eternal life. You already have an eternal existence. The proper question is how can I have an eternal existence with God, in heaven, and be assured that eternity will be desirable?

I hope you’re hooked. I’ll reveal some deeper understanding tomorrow.

A Christian Sci-Fi Part 2

The Stargate idea has grown greatly as I ponder the thought.

Today I would like to look at my entrance though this portal into the realm of time.

I made my way through this portal on what is known to be June 29, 1960 a.d. In actual time, according to the Jewish calendar, it was the year 5721. I have been stuck here on this planet called earth ever since I made my journey through the Stargate.

Just so you know it is now late in the year 5770.

The journey through the Stargate is a very difficult experience. The trip strips you of all your past memories as well as most of the knowledge you acquired before entering the gate.

I know, or at least I believe, that you are not sure that you existed before you were born into this realm.

Jeremiah 1:5

5 “I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb. Before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as my prophet to the nations.”

Isaiah 49:5

5 And now the LORD speaks—the one who formed me in my mother’s womb to be his servant, who commissioned me to bring Israel back to him.

Psalm 139:13-16

13 You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. 14 Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it. 15 You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. 16 You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.

As you can see we were known before we journeyed through the Stargate to be born into this world.

Now, there is some deep set knowledge that does not get erased during your transition. This deep set knowledge can take many years to recover. You will always have a sense that you know more than you are able to retrieve and articulate to those around you, but it takes years to surface this deep set knowledge.

Ecclesiastes 3:11

11 Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end.

Deuteronomy 32:6b

Isn’t he your Father who created you? Has he not made you and established you?

1 John 2:14

14 I have written to you who are God’s children because you know the Father. I have written to you who are mature in the faith because you know Christ, who existed from the beginning. I have written to you who are young in the faith because you are strong. God’s word lives in your hearts and you have won your battle with the evil one.

As you read these passages you must understand that there is a deep set knowledge that exists in us, that was given to us, and it must be resurfaced as we live in the realm of time.

Ecclesiastes 11:5

5 Just as you cannot understand the path of the wind or the mystery of a tiny baby growing in its mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the activity of God, who does all things.

That’s enough for today. Tomorrow we’ll learn that we were living souls that needed a host body to dwell on the planet earth.

A Christian Sci-Fi Part 1

I enjoy Science Fiction movies and tv shows. Most of the time they are pretty extreme but reality can be rather outrageous also.

Earlier this year I had the opportunity to visit the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in Seattle, Washington. I had a blast!

When you start thinking about things like time travel, parallel universes, differing realms of existence, separate dimensions and the possibility (I don’t believe this) of life on other planets your mind can think up some strange ideas.

There are those who wrote the Twilight Zone, One Step Beyond, Outer Limits and similar shows. There are programs like Sliders, Quantum Leap, Back to the Future, Time Changer and a new series that’s really a remake V which stands for visitors. And then one of my favorites Stargate.

Stargate was a great idea in the first movie but if you want to see how an idea can leap to extremes the many different series collections end up a bit over done.

Now that you know my mind a little better, what happens when you take a minister of God’s Word and distort his mind with a great amount of science fiction. You end up with a story about time traveling through a portal like the Stargate from one dimension to another. The story is laced with Scripture to make it very plausible.

I hope you will enjoy “A Christian Sci-Fi”. I will be breaking it up into many parts so it will last a couple of weeks. If you happen to have read the other version found in the pages (it has been removed) menu, this one is much better. Have fun!

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I have been doing a great deal of thinking about the Biblical idea of being in the world but not of it. I have tried to picture this idea like it were the theme for a Science Fiction novel.

One of the ideas that prompted my thought process was the “Stargate” movies and tv programs.

I want you to imagine what it would be like to step out of the realm of eternity through the Stargate and into the realm of time.

On one side of the Stargate is the Creator God in His realm of timeless eternity and on the other side of the gateway is the earthly realm of time that we know and presently reside in.

John 1:1-5

1 In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He existed in the beginning with God. 3 God created everything through him, and nothing was created except through him. 4 The Word gave life to everything that was created, and his life brought light to everyone. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it.

Genesis 1:1-5

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep waters. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. 3 Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 And God saw that the light was good. Then he separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light “day” and the darkness “night.” And evening passed and morning came, marking the first day.

Romans 1:19-20

19 They know the truth about God because he has made it obvious to them. 20 For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God.

As you can see by these passages God was before all else. He is the Creator of this realm and it should be evident to us by all that we see.

Although we are in this realm God is paying attention to what is going on here.

2 Chronicles 30:27

27 Then the priests and Levites stood and blessed the people, and God heard their prayer from his holy dwelling in heaven.

2 Chronicles 7:15-16

15 My eyes will be open and my ears attentive to every prayer made in this place. 16 For I have chosen this Temple and set it apart to be holy—a place where my name will be honored forever. I will always watch over it, for it is dear to my heart.

This was an Old Testament passage. If you have been reading the posts over the past couple of weeks you know by now that we, the believers in God, are temples of the Holy Spirit. Our prayers are heard because Jesus made a way for us to come boldly to God’s throne.

Imagine having the ability to communicate with the Creator who exists outside our realm of time and space.

Hebrews 4:16

16 So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.

Check back tomorrow for a deeper look into the Stargate.

This Is Not My Home

In the “Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” Merry was conversing with Treebeard.

Treebeard says to Merry, concerning the impending war, “We Ents cannot hold back this storm. We must weather such things as we have always done.”

Merry angrily responds, “How can that be your decision?”

Treebeard says back to Merry, “This is not our war.”

Merry then asks a question we all need to answer, “But you’re part of this world, aren’t you?…”

Well, are you a part of this world?

Your answer will determine how you look at the world. It will determine how you make your decisions and it will determine the course you take through this world.

According to Scripture a Christian is not a part of this world.

John 17:14-19

14 I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world. 15 My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. 17 Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. 18 As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. 19 For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.

What does this mean?

I know that I am in this world but Scripture says I am not a part of this world. This must mean that I am a part of something else. Although I am here in the world I belong to something other than this world.

I am in this world but I am a part of the Kingdom of God. What effect does this have on my life lived in this world?

1 John 2:15-17

15 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For everything in the world—the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does—comes not from the Father but from the world. 17 The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever.”

Now, we know that people don’t live forever here on earth. So, their must be life after we pass from this realm. The Scriptures teach us that Jesus went away to make a place for us and that he is coming back to take us to be where He is.

We know that Jesus is no longer here and we are taught that He went to a realm known as heaven. So our home is not here. We are just passing through.

Back to the “Lord of the Rings the Two Towers”…

Frodo seems to be wearing out on his journey to destroy the ring of power. He says, “I can’t do this, Sam.”

Sam responds, “I know. It’s all wrong. By rights we shouldn’t even be here. But we are. It’s like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger, they were. And sometimes you didn’t want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it’s only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something, even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn’t. They kept going. Because they were holding on to something.”

Frodo then asks, “What are we holding onto, Sam?”

Sam answers back, “That there’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo… and it’s worth fighting for.”

I believe this is true but we must be careful what war we fight and how we fight this good fight.

2 Corinthians 10:3-5

3 For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. 4 The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. 5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

We, as Christians, are not trying to control or manipulate this world. We, as those who trust in Christ, know that the world needs to know Jesus Christ so they can be saved out of this world.

Far too many Christians are fighting the world war instead of the good fight. The good fight is taking Christ to those who need Him. We are not trying to conquer or eliminate our opposition. We are trying to reveal truth to those who hate us because they don’t understand the truth and have not been born into the Kingdom of God.

Since we cannot change the way of this world we need to be informing those who are perishing of the way out.

Let’s fight the good fight.

Finding What’s Lost

I have recently completed reading Dan Brown’s latest novel “The Lost Symbol”. (It’s an exciting read)

This book matched with the “National Treasure” movies ought to help bring new life to the Masonic Lodge. They should also win an award from the Washington D.C. Chamber of Commerce for tourism.

Aside from all that, the ancient mysteries have failed once again to deliver the knowledge that is desired by those who are seeking it.

The mysterious knowledge that has been coveted by so many is not really secret and it’s not really hidden.

The precious stone that is so sought after has been offered to the whole world.

This precious stone is a living stone. It is the finish stone. It is the capstone as well as the cornerstone. It is the stone the builders have rejected and it is the stumbling block to all who overlook it.

To all those who fall upon this stone they will be broken to pieces but for all those the stone falls upon they will be crushed.

This stone is the Beginning and the End. It is the Alpha and the Omega. It is the First and the Last.

The true Rosetta stone that unravels the mystery is the sacred stone that was carved out by God Himself.

This stone is a tested stone. It is a quality stone. It is a high-grade stone. It is a dressed stone.

This stone is the One Stone that has become the stumbling stone to all mankind.

You can find this stone spoken of throughout the entire Holy Bible. Many people miss the Stone and once overlooked they cannot decipher God’s Word properly.

Acts 4:11-12

11 For Jesus is the one referred to in the Scriptures, where it says, ‘The stone that you builders rejected has now become the cornerstone.’ 12 There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved.”

The Stone and the Name have now been revealed to you. This name is your portal to the next realm.

“Sometimes a change of perspective is all it takes to see the light.”

What will you do with this great knowledge?

I do have one warning for those who read the book. Don’t fall for the horizontally powered, mystical, earth based, new age garbage that declares all religions equal. God is offering you a vertical reality that is beyond this world and it’s only available to those who find the Stone of Revelation.

1 Peter 2:4-8

4 You are coming to Christ, who is the living cornerstone of God’s temple. He was rejected by people, but he was chosen by God for great honor. 5 And you are living stones that God is building into his spiritual temple. What’s more, you are his holy priests. Through the mediation of Jesus Christ, you offer spiritual sacrifices that please God. 6 As the Scriptures say, “I am placing a cornerstone in Jerusalem, chosen for great honor, and anyone who trusts in him will never be disgraced.” 7 Yes, you who trust him recognize the honor God has given him. But for those who reject him, “The stone that the builders rejected has now become the cornerstone.” 8 And, “He is the stone that makes people stumble, the rock that makes them fall.”
They stumble because they do not obey God’s word, and so they meet the fate that was planned for them.

Living With Christ In You: Part Three

God has made a promise to all those who would come to Him.

Ephesians 1:9-14 N.L.T.

9 God’s secret plan has now been revealed to us; it is a plan centered on Christ, designed long ago according to his good pleasure. 10 And this is his plan: At the right time he will bring everything together under the authority of Christ—everything in heaven and on earth. 11 Furthermore, because of Christ, we have received an inheritance from God, for he chose us from the beginning, and all things happen just as he decided long ago. 12 God’s purpose was that we who were the first to trust in Christ should praise our glorious God. 13 And now you also have heard the truth, the Good News that God saves you. And when you believed in Christ, he identified you as his own by giving you the Holy Spirit, whom he promised long ago. 14 The Spirit is God’s guarantee that he will give us everything he promised and that he has purchased us to be his own people. This is just one more reason for us to praise our glorious God.

Living with Christ in you will bring forth praise, it will bring forth the fruits of the Spirit, it will bring forth lives that resemble the Spirit that is indwelling them. The Spirit of Christ in us gives us the ability to overcome this world.

1 John 5:1-5

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well. 2 This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands. 3 This is love for God: to obey his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, 4 for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. 5 Who is it that overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.

What are the promises for those who overcome?

Revelation 2 & 3

7 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.

11 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes will not be hurt at all by the second death.

17 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to him who receives it.

26 To him who overcomes and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations— 27 ‘He will rule them with an iron scepter; he will dash them to pieces like
pottery’— just as I have received authority from my Father. 28 I will also give him the morning star.

5 He who overcomes will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out his name from the book of life, but will acknowledge his name before my Father and his angels.

12 Him who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will he leave it. I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on him my new name.

21 To him who overcomes, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I overcame and sat down with my Father on his throne.

Revelation 21:6-8

6 He said to me: “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To him who is thirsty I will give to drink without cost from the spring of the water of life. 7 He who overcomes will inherit all this, and I will be his God and he will be my son. 8 But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”

I hope that the picture is clear. I hope you understand what has been said over this collection of posts. I hope that you understand that the only way to overcome this world is to have the power of God in you. This power is only available to those who would come to God through Jesus Christ. It’s the only way God allows and it’s the only way we can have the guarantee which is Christ living in us.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 N.I.V.

19 Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.

Are you ready yet to sell your soul to God and allow the Holy Ghost to possess your body?

I will be presenting this series of Holy Spirit messages to our congregation at the First Church of God during the next four Sunday morning services. (Starting yesterday) If you would like to listen to the audio versions of these messages Check out…
http://www.firstchurchofgod.info