THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD - PART 359

Why do I believe that JESUS is the Father? Simply because the scriptures declare this to be. My message to anyone who does not understand this, I ask that you stop resisting God’s Word and read the scriptures for yourself. God’s Word is coming to us. In this context, we cannot love JESUS and reject His Word. For indeed the Word of God is embodied in JESUS, who is the WORD of God manifest in flesh appearing as a Son. If God had appeared in a different fashion, then we might suggest that an alien had visited earth. But this is not the case.

On the contrary, it is us - you and I - who are the aliens. Totally alienated from God. We instead let evil captivate our imaginations rather than trust God for our blessings. But the good news is this. When JESUS' empowered His disciples to go into the harvest field of the world, commissioning them to heal the sick and to cast out demonic spirits in HIS NAME, He did so in order for you and I to return to Jesus. And then as the scriptures state, upon returning to JESUS the apostles were rejoicing declaring that even the demonic spirits were subject to the disciples in JESUS NAME. Later, we read that JESUS commissioned and empowered another 100 disciples sending them also to heal the sick and cast out demons. This was Jesus' way of showing that the Kingdom of God is near. Then Jesus instructed the disciples to deliver this gospel message - the same gospel message contained in the scriptures - and declare this very same gospel message to one and all.

Further, JESUS said at the time that it was not Him (His flesh) that was performing the miracles. Rather, it was the Father who dwells within Me - it is He who does these things. Yes, God was in the man JESUS the Christ endeavouring to reconcile the world back to Himself (God). JESUS being the SEED of the holy Spirit (and therefore God) implanted into the womb of a willing surrogate mother named Mary, whose sin prone flesh was to veil the Holy Spirit coming forth from her -- Immanuel or God with us.

Although admittedly, all bodies are sin prone, commencing from the time that Adam and Eve rejected God’s instructions. However, when they were banished from the Eden Garden, the two entered into an unknown -- an untamed natural world. But JESUS dwelt in such a sin prone body capable of sinning even as we are but never sinning. The difference being that inside JESUS dwelt the Holy Spirit. Therefore, even though tempted by sin, JESUS did not sin. God’s pure and holy spiritual humanity indwelt JESUS!

You see, JESUS did not come to dazzle us. Rather, JESUS came to save us from ourselves. Jesus came to save us from the strong delusion of unbelief that Adam and Eve experienced. The delusion of unbelief and pit of ignorance that we have fallen into, professing ourselves to be wise and instead becoming as fools. And in our ignorance declaring that dumb matter brought forth intelligent life. Is it any wonder that God winks at such ignorance on our part? Indeed, who is it that has bewitched us to this extent that we should embrace such foolishness? We ought to save ourselves from such dark nonsensical unbelief.

So, to go full circle, we need to understand that reverential fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom! Why? Because JESUS is the wisdom of God! And Jesus is the wisdom of God now being delivered to those who have hearing ears. Our Heavenly Father who is one Spirit speaks to us -- His Wisdom -- but in a Son's body. Similar to our spirit that talks through our physical bodies God who is Spirit talking to us in His own body. And this is why we read the scriptures! Peace!