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Good day. Today's video Above the Norm is on the topic of: Above the norm is where our Lord Jesus Christ would like you to go. The Father has translated (past tense) us into the kingdom of his dear Son. He raised us up together and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. You have been transferred from a limited carnal realm into an unlimited spiritual realm. Above, you will hear a different message and walk a different path than you used to, are you willing to go there and remain there? You can view all previous videos by going to our YouTube channel Doctrine of Christ Ministry or by clicking on our archive page link above - Doctrine of Christ Ministry Archive. Have a blessed and prosperous day in Christ Jesus our Lord. Good Morning. Today's video Fiery Trial is on the topic of...Our God is a consuming fire. James 1:2-5 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. (KJV) Psalms 66:10 For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried. (KJV) Malachi 3:2-3 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap: And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness. (KJV) Not all fiery trials come from Satan. As we go on please do keep in mind, that God does not tempt or try us with evil; man is drawn away of his own lust and enticed (James 1:13-15). Think about this, our God is a consuming fire; and there are times in our walk with the Lord that God will try or prove us to bring us to a better place, a more perfect or mature place in Christ his Son. Sometimes God will prune (chasten) us like a branch on the vine, but sometimes an area of our life takes fire to cleanse away the weeds so that it will be good ground for Him to regenerate new growth in that area of our spiritual garden. 1 Corinthians 3:11-13 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. (KJV) The materials that we use, in other words what we put into our relationship with the Lord will be tried; and it will manifest if it can withstand the fiery trial, whether it be of God or a temptation from Satan. Will your faith, your trust in God withstand (endure) or will you wither under trial? Will you trust God, even if you don’t fully understand what He is doing in your life? Remember we will get out what we put into it (2 Corinthians 9:6, Galatian 6:6-7). Would you be willing to give up and walk away from what you treasure on this earth; whether it be man’s wisdom and knowledge you acquired over time, or riches, houses, wives, children, brethren, or your church to follow Christ? Or will you be like the rich young ruler, in Matthew 19:16-22, who when he asked the Lord what he must do to inherit eternal life was told to sell what he had and give to the poor, and take up his cross and follow Him, he went away sorrowful because he had great riches? Paul suffered the loss of all things and chose to count them as dung or refuse that he may win Christ. Philippians 3:7-11 But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead. (KJV) We (Greg and I) have been through our own wilderness experience these last five years; and suffered the loss of all things which were gain to us, but we also chose to count them as dung that we may win Christ, and be ambassadors for Christ holding forth the word of life in sincerity and in truth. Was our journey always easy? No, we went through the Lord’s furnace of affliction to burn off our old thoughts and ways. It has only been in the last year that the vision the Lord began us on this journey with has been speaking, and our desire is to be able to share it with others so that if the Lord calls them to a better place in their walk, they can run knowing that all things work together for the good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to his purpose. And we can truly say that we are in a better place spiritually, and moving forward to the promised land; eternal life with God our Father and with our Lord Jesus Christ. What are you willing to walk away from or let go of to inherit eternal life? God bless, and may you always being growing and maturing in our Lord Christ Jesus. Amen. You can view all previous videos by going to our YouTube channel Doctrine of Christ Ministry. Have a blessed and prosperous day in Christ Jesus our Lord. Good morning. Today's video Great Cloud is on the topic of the fact that we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works. (KJV) All scripture is given by God and is profitable unto us in every aspect of our walk through this wilderness (the world) on our way to the promised land (eternal life). We have been given a great cloud of witnesses; all those who went before us; the greatest of these being our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, the author and finisher of faith. Hebrews 12:1-2 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. (KJV) The scriptures testify of Christ from the beginning: the mystery hidden from the beginning of the world by the cloud that led Israel through the wilderness by day (given living water by the rock that followed them, which rock was Christ) and a pillar of fire by night, which lightened their way; but now it has been revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit, the cloud raining down on us the living waters through many witnesses that we might know the only true God and Jesus Christ whom he sent to be the way, the truth and the life that we are to follow after having the eyes of our understanding enlightened by the light of the glorious gospel of Christ shining in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ by us, so that those also who follow after may come to the knowledge of the truth, and remain baptized into Christ by the cloud and by fire through the wilderness of this world so that they too may inherit the promised land, eternal life in Christ our Lord. God has and continues to lead and guide his people with a great cloud and with fire. God bless. You can view all previous videos by going to our YouTube channel Doctrine of Christ Ministry. Have a blessed and prosperous day in Christ Jesus our Lord. Good morning. This week's video Book of Life Part-1 , is the first video of a two part series on the topic of keeping your name in the Lamb's book of life; in the end will your name still be written or will it have been blotted out?. You can view all previous videos by going to our YouTube channel Doctrine of Christ Ministry. Have a blessed and prosperous week in Christ Jesus our Lord. John 14:1-3 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. (2) In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. (3) And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. (KJV)
Williams New Testament Translation of John 14:1-3 1. "Stop letting your hearts be troubled; keep on believing in God, and also in me. 2. In my Father's house there are many dwelling places; if there were not, I would have told you, for I am going away to make ready a place for you. 3. And if I go and make it ready for you, I will come back and take you to be face to face with me, so that you may always be right where I am. Many times these verses have been read and quoted as something that is going to take place after we leave this earth, but if you notice the end of verse 3 we see the statement made that where I am, there you may be also. When reading these verses we need to realize that this place that was prepared for us is available now, today. The Lord has prepared a place for us and made access so that we could come before the throne of God with our requests and hear where He would have us operate in the body of Christ. The more you stay in the realm of the Spirit the less you will be pulled back into the fallen realm of this world and its fallen ways. Williams New Testament translation of Philippians 3:20-21 20. But we are citizens of the republic in heaven, from which we are eagerly waiting for our Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ. 21. He will so change the outward appearance of our lowly bodies that they will be like His glorious body, by the exertion of the power He has to subject everything to Himself. Philippians 3:20-21 For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: (21) Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself. (KJV) The word conversation refers to citizenship, or residence; and as we see in the above verses it is something that is available now. When you meet someone from another country, or even a different part of your own, you can tell they are different by the way they talk and act, different manners and customs that distinguishes them from your own. Those that are in Christ should be distinguished and different from those of this fallen world, people that have risen to a higher standard of life by giving ear to the message delivered by Christ. Someday there will be a total transformation for the true believers in Christ, who will exchange these temporal vile bodies for a glorified one that will last for eternity, but be assured that the transformation needs to begin today by the renewing of your mind. Ephesians 2:4-6 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, (5) Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) (6) And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: (KJV) How are you going to hear a heavenly message being delivered by Christ unless you go personally to the source, today, right now; don’t wait for someday in the sweet bye and bye. The more you sit still and know who God is and what He is asking of you the more you will be a citizen of a heavenly place and not stuck in a fallen hell hole. The reason God sent His Son and delivered us from our death sentence is so that He could raise us up; up to a heavenly standard to live by which is pleasing in His sight. How much time do you spend quietly, first and foremost in a day to hear a personal message of faith for you so that you can walk the path the Lord chose for you to walk before the foundation of the world? You know, if you were called to a corporate meeting with the head of the company and he wanted to implement some changes and policies that would make things run smoother you wouldn’t get up in the middle of the meeting and walk out to do something else, or have a TV on in the middle of the message. When you come before the Father through Jesus Christ you have entered a heavenly place even though our physical body is still here on earth, and are now considered a resident and citizen of His kingdom, so start acting like it. Many people watch the Olympics and see how athletes represent their countries, how well trained and prepared are you to represent your heavenly kingdom? Ephesians 1:3-5 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: (4) According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: (5) Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, (KJV) If you were a citizen of one country and were adopted by a family into another one, you would have to learn the customs and language of the new one in order to live. The same holds true with our heavenly Father; you have been adopted into the family of God by the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, and now it is time to learn His word and how do those things that are pleasing in His sight. If you desire a spiritual blessing then you need to go to a spiritual source in order to obtain it; which is available right now, this moment. The peace of God; the confidence of knowing we are one of His; understanding His perfect love which casts out all fear; is priceless and eternal. While the so called blessings of this realm are temporal, short term and a temporary thrill; like watching a popular game show where people get all worked up and excited over physical prizes and things they consider blessings. So which realm are you operating in today; and what is your desire; to sit with Christ and partake of His kingdom, or are you still looking for peace and contentment in this fallen one? You know, the more you stay seated in your heavenly place that our Lord has prepared for you the less likely you will get entangled and all wrapped up with the affairs of this world. Hebrews 9:24 For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us: (KJV) Williams New Testament translation Hebrews 9:24 24. For it was not a sanctuary made by human hands, a mere copy of the true one, that Christ entered, but it was into heaven itself that He went, in order now to appear for us in the very presence of God. Mankind has built buildings and organizations that they claim are a sanctuary, a safe haven to go and find comfort in time of need. The Lord has prepared a place for you in the heavenly realm with an open door to the Father through Christ. With all that is available to us this day, right now, why would you settle for anything less? The Lord has prepared a place of you in His body of believers so that you can partake of His heavenly gift. Now the question is, ‘are you in the right place to receive it’? God bless and have a prosperous day in Christ Jesus our Lord. Colossians 3:3-4 For ye are dead, and your life hid with Christ in God. (4) When Christ, who is your life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. (KJV)
Let me ask you, do you look to appear there with Christ now…or some day in the future? I hoped you answered, now; for that is the key, to realize that we are there with Him now, not some day in the future. Today is the day of salvation, now is the accepted time. Your old life is hid by the blood of Christ as you continue to decrease (dying daily to the wants and desires of the flesh), and continue to increase in Christ who is your life, being raised a Spiritual being, appearing also with him in glory. Colossians 3:1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. (KJV) John 14:2-3 In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. (3) And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. (KJV) John 17:24 Father, I will that they also, who thou has given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. (KJV) You see here in the following verses God’s fulfillment of Jesus Christ’s prayer to Him… Ephesians 2:4-7 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, (5) Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved); (6) And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: (7) That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. (KJV) This being the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man which availeth much. His great love in which He loves us; a place prepared, ready for occupation by those who seek to appear with Him in glory. Acts 7:55-56 But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, (56) And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God. (KJV) Are you standing there; in your rightful place that has been given you in Christ? You are a child of God, so why not? Why wait when you can in all things grow up into Christ who is your life and appear with Him in glory, right now, today. He prepared a place for you didn’t He? So continue your appearance with Him in glory, today and forever more. And so my beloved brethren, knowing this, let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatsoever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ giving thanks to God and the Father by him… Romans 8:18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. (KJV) |
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