You Search the Scriptures Looking for Me But I am right Here in Front of You

You Search the Scriptures Looking for Me But I am right Here in Front of You I had such a personal revelation of what Jesus meant when He said: "You have your heads in your Bibles constantly because you think you'll find eternal life there. But you miss the forest for the trees. These Scriptures are all about me! (40) And here I am, standing right before you, and you aren't willing to receive from me the life you say you want.” John 5:39-40 MSG Have you ever sat in the same room with a person you love and the distance between you is small, but the heart distance is the greatest distance you’ve ever felt? They’re doing their thing, writing, studying, sharing, creating new online relationships, while Jesus (in you) is sitting right there, as close as possible,… and they can’t see Him. They think there is life somewhere else and cannot see it’s as close as can be. If they could only see love. When Jesus talked about not willing to receive from Him the life that they said they wanted; He meant that life they wanted is - Love. Jesus tried to communicate with the people around Him, saying… "You are mistaken, not understanding the Scriptures nor the power of God." Mat 22:29 The people He tried to communicate with never understood what the writings were all about. They kept analyzing the writings, researching, looking, trying to find a revelation and then write about it, or preach it the next day. Nor could they understand what the power of God is about – it’s the power of love). It’s the power of love that raised Him from the ashes. He had to explain to the guys from Emmaus about Himself because they too could not see what He is all about. But when He spoke to them about Himself; when He spoke the language of love; when He revealed Himself as a Lover - their hearts were burning within them when He spoke. He revealed Himself to them and they could see themselves in Him. Luk 24:27 Then beginning with Moses and with all the prophets, He explained to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures. Luk_24:32 They said to one another, "Were not our hearts burning within us while He was speaking to us on the road, while He was explaining the Scriptures to us?" I always wondered why god gave Adam a wife as a helper. I never realized there was a reason why God told the man “it’s not good for you to be a lone”. Because God knew man needed a Mirror to look at so she could remind them who they are. He knew the woman can help keep their hearts awake. That’s why the snake attacked the woman. If she’s not there for the man, he would be alone. But if the man tries to find life/love in a book, online, or in writings, he will never find it there. He would be alone deceiving himself that there is life there. And here I am, standing right before you, and you aren't willing to receive from me the life you say you want.” “To love is to live. To live is to love. Embrace both radically and fully, and live the abundant life - full of genuine.” Mick Mooney

You are God's Star

You are My Star We're all familiar with kids coming home from school with a 'Star Student' on their shirt; and they're so excited that they were chosen to be Star Student of the week. Well, my son got a Star this week and today I was thinking about how proud God is of each and every one of His children, that He gave us a STAR. You are His Star! God put the stars up in the heaven to remind you who you are in His eyes. He wanted to show you how He is thinking about you... telling you... "YOU ARE MY STAR AND YOU SHINE SO BRIGHTLY! YOU'RE A STAR! YOU'RE A SUPER STAR! SO... SHINE!

Living in the Present is I AM

I AM - Living in the Present Have you ever asked yourself why Jesus presented himself as I AM to the religious guys, and why they wanted to stone him to death? What was so heretic in what he said? What does I AM mean? I often ask myself questions like that because sometimes things don't make sense. It's hard to see, to understand, to know what is this all about. When Moses asked God for his name, God introduced himself to Moses by the burning bush as "I will be, whom I will be" (אהיה אשר אהיה) He gave Moses a future reference. He told Moses "I will be". However, we know his name is Yehovah (Jehovah יהוה). Yehovah in Hebrew has a reference to the Now, the Present moment. That's exactly what Jesus said to the religious guys. Jesus said I AM, in Hebrew he said Jehovah. Who are you? they asked, He answered, "Jehovah" He boldly told them I AM GOD! Can you imagine what he said to them? No wonder they took stones and wanted to stone him for blasphemy. How can he a human being say that he is God and use the name of their God Yehovah? Jesus didn't have a problem with his identity. He knew who he is. He knew where he came from. He knew who his Father is. He had no problem telling his disciples "How can you ask me show us the Father? You have been with me for so long. You have seen me, you've seen the Father. They did not understand what he was saying to them. God always knew who we are, and had no problem telling Moses before sending him back to Egypt "You are God (Elohim) to Pharaoh." He had no problem expressing through David saying "I said you are God (Elohim)". The name I AM refers to the present moment, to the Now. Saying I AM is saying… I AM NOW in the PRESENT! Our being is not about who we will be in the future, "What if...?" Nor is it about the regrets of the past “If only I could…” Such is a life under the condemnation of the Law. It is a life rooted in never achieving, never obtaining or becoming. We live our life form the Present, from who we already are… I AM NOW!

Jesus challenged their belief system and yours too

Jesus challenged their belief system and yours too Jesus challenged the people's ways and belief system and introduced the Kingdom, but all the Pharisees could hear Him say is "break the law" and they thought He was a false Messiah. Their belief system says "you shall NOT drink blood, or you will be cut off" but Jesus said to them "Drink My blood and eat My flesh".They thought He was out of His mind and did not want to follow Him. NOWHERE EVER did they have ANYTHING written with what He taught. He IS the revelation of the Kingdom and brought teachings which are OPPOSITE to ANYTHING anyone has EVER HEARD! Imagine how He still challenges us today with our own belief system. Imagine when you've heard all your life about sins, continually asking God to forgive you of your sins, tithing, first fruit, sacrificing all for God, obedience, repentance, righteousness, holiness, spiritual disciplines, fasting, prayer, and how to maintain your salvation - and Jesus comes and CHALLENGES all your paradigms, and removes all these foundations so He can build new ones. Imagine He speaks to you the OPPOSITE of what you've heard all your life, and you go..... what? This is blaspheme, it's not what all churches teach. It's not what I've heard, it's contrary to........................ what I know." What if this is what God meant when He said "do not lean on your own understanding, but trust Him?"What if everything you've learnt, you need to consider as rubbish, as Paul had; and let the Holy Spirit teach you all over again? What if it's true when God said that He subjected ALL humanity under futility and WE were ALL kept in custody and raised under the law and being shut up to the faith, until faith is revealed? Gal 3:23 But before faith came, we were kept in custody under the law, being shut up to the faith which was later to be revealed. Gal 3:24 Therefore the Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, 25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor. Rom_8:20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope Be open to the Spirit and don't lean on your own understanding. You've heard it say; but I SAY, said Jesus and in their eyes, He broke their own doctrines which were written in their Bible.

I Am Your Lover not your Master because You are My Wife not My Slave

I Am Your Lover not your Master because You are My Wife not My Slave I want you to imagine a relationship between a man and a woman who are about to get married. He wants to marry a woman and He tells her what conditions she needs to fill in order to be suitable for Him. He was telling her how to pursue Him, reconcile to Him and meet the standard: “Listen, I want you to build Me a House (Tabernacle) and I will come and live in the house that you built for me. Then I want you to give Me gifts every day (offerings) and sacrifice you all for Me. I will tell you what gifts to bring Me and if I’m pleased with them”. Then He opens this huge scroll and lets her know that she HAS to love Him with all her heart, might and soul and if she breaks one of these commandments…. She cannot be with Him and has to kicked out of the house she herself built. It she doesn’t love Him with all her might and meets all His demands, she is filthy, defiled, unclean, not worthy to be with Him and she is immediately removed from Him. He tells her she has to take a shower (cleansing) to keep herself pure for Him and reconcile with Him if she wants to be with Him. Imagine how she daily has to check if she is clean enugh for Him. Imagine this woman bowing down to such a husband saying O.K, I’ll live with You in this relationship. I will do all that You’ve asked and I will obey. What woman would marry a man like this? What woman in her right mind want to be in such an abusive relationship? Only a prostitute who does not know her worth and her value would sell herself for a relationship with such a pimp who takes from her all that she has. This is what Israel said to God “We will hear and obey”. The minute they said it in their pride, thinking they could fulfill the law, God said to Moses “tell them not to come near Me and stay away from the Mountain”. After they received that law and thought they could live with God under such a marriage covenant, all they experienced was the wrath of God for EVERY failure to keep that law or meet those standards. They were never good enough. Why was that? Because God is THE Giver of ALL things. In the New Covenant it’s Him who built you a House; It’s Him who gave you gifts; It’s Him who sacrificed His life for you and gave His all for you; It’s Him who cleansed and purified you; It’s Him who reconciled you to Himself; It’s Him who came to you and pursued you; It’s Him who loved you; Jesus is a Lover. In the new marriage covenant we know God as a Lover, but in the old system man can only know Him as a Master – a distorted image of who He really is. A man and a woman who live together in a relationship and he rules over her, lords over her or treats her like a master, coming with demands… that's called an abusive relationship. Such relationship under the system of the law makes it impossible for the two who are one to celebrate one another. A marriage relationship can either be one of celebration or of toleration. We need to celebrate one another, not tolerate one another. But how can they do it if all they see is how each one is falling short? How can they do it if they do not see how equal they are and the same? How can they do it if one believes he is more than the other and she feels she can never measure up to his standard and expectations? A love relationship can never be established on such a foundation of separation. God was a Husband (Baal in Hebrew) to Israel under the old system. They did not know Him as their Lover (Ishi). Jesus established a New Covenant – a new relationship system founded on love, equality, sharing, being blind to nakedness. Lording over the wife is a curse that Eve put herself under. It was never the Lord's intention for His Beloved who is as He is to live in an inferior design, or relate to her as lording over her. They were created Ish and Isha, not Husband (Baal) and Wife. Only AFTER eating the wrong fruit Eve submitted herself to the curses of the law and “your husband will rule over you.” Your Ishi will govern you, be a master to you, own you, lord over you. Meaning “her desire will be for her Ishi and she is the one chasing after him, trying to please him and earn his love. At the same time he will lord over her. The Hebrew says you shall call me "Ishi" (my personal man - which means a Lover), and no more "my Baal" (my husband, one who lords over, one who forces, one who makes you, who demands from you, a master). This is our wonderful Jesus full of grace love and truth. He wants to be your Lover, no longer your Master. It's a Lover-Wife relationship of being equal, not a Master-Slave relationship as one is less than the other. He formed a Lover-Beloved relationship. Hos 2:16-17 NASB "It will come about in that day," declares the LORD, "That you will call Me Ishi And will no longer call Me Baali. (17) "For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, So that they will be mentioned by their names no more. Our Father wants us to know Him for who He truly is – Love and a Lover. He even created man in His image and all males in the earthly are the ones who pursue their females. We all know how a man feels about a woman when she is the one pursuing him, giving to him, trying to win him, trying to persuade him to love her or be with her. Such a woman has no worth in a man’s eyes. It’s the same with us and the Lord. He wants you to rest in all that He has done and given to you not on what you can do for Him. He wants you to be established in His love for you and not be shaken on how much you can love Him with all our might and effort. He is pleased with you, you don’t need to win His love or attention.

The absence of intimate words in marriage produces a relational wilderness

‎"The absence of intimate words in marriage produces a relational wilderness where nothing will grow. Divorce may not occur, but neither will a happy, thriving relationship. And poisoned speech—negative, sarcastic or hateful words—will kill a relationship. There are no inconsequential or meaningless words. God has given us language to produce life. To have a great marriage, a large quantity of positive, quality words are needed. God created the world with words. You are made in His image, and your words hold creative power. By words, you speak value into the lives of others, express your heartfelt needs, dreams and desires, and thereby create intimate relationships." Jimmy Evans

God is Meek ... what's that?

God is Meek ... what's that? 2Co 10:1 Now I, Paul, myself urge you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ" In Greek "meek" really means: Gentleness of spirit, It is that attitude of spirit we accept God's dealings with us as good and do not dispute or resist. So Christ's meekness means He accepted God's dealings with Him as good and did not dispute or resist. What was God's dealing with Christ? "This is My beloved Son in whom I am well pleased" James 1:21 NASB (21) Therefore, putting aside all filthiness and all that remains of wickedness, in humility (meekness) receive the word implanted, which is able to save your souls. Just accept that you are God’s beloved child and He is very pleased with you. Praǘtēs (meek) is not readily expressed in Eng. (since the term "meekness" suggests weakness), but it is a condition of mind and heart which demonstrates gentleness, not in weakness, but gentleness in power. It is a balance born in strength of character. It is an inwrought grace of the soul. 1Co 4:21 What do you desire? Shall I come to you with a rod, or with love and a spirit of gentleness (meekness)? Love and meekness are the OPPOSITE of the rod… The rod and the staff in Psalm 23 were meant for the wolves, not to beat (you) the sheep. It comforted David to know that even though he walks in the shadow of death, and all he sees is darkness, God is with him and the Lord as His shepherd will not allow the wolves (religion, accusers) to devour him or kill him. God does not come to you with a rod to beat you in the head or to break you, but in His meekness He comes with love and gentleness to comfort you. Psa 23:4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. James 3:13 NASB Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his good behavior his deeds in the gentleness (meekness) of wisdom. The meekness of wisdom is the acceptance of God’s love for you. Just accepting that you are God’s beloved child and He is very pleased with you. Psalms 34:2-4 NASB My soul will make its boast in the LORD; The humble will hear it and rejoice. (3) O magnify the LORD with me, And let us exalt His name together. (4) I sought the LORD, and He answered me, And delivered me from all my fears. God delivered him from all his fears because Go’s perfect love, which casts out all fear, was revealed to him. It his meekness (acceptance of God’s love) his soul boasted in the Lord and rejoiced. Col 3:11 "... But Christ is all, and in all (mankind). Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves (Greek: plunge into, sink into) mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, and patience. Titus 3:1-6 NASB (1) Remind them to be subject to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good deed, (2) to malign no one, to be peaceable, gentle, showing every consideration (meekness) for all men.

God is NOT a Master who makes sure all bow down to Him

God is NOT a Master who makes sure all bow down to Him The Law (old testament life philosophy) was meant to EXPOSE sin and show man how Sinful he is. This is NOT a plan God had to MAKE man find out Christ/Truth. A veil (the law) NEVER helps anyone SEE better. It just makes them more blind, as Jesus said "how deep is the darkness?". The more sin is exposed and elevated in someone's life, the deeper the darkness, blindness and ignorance - the inability to see Christ. It brings man to the END OF HIMSELF, groaning from torture and suffering. And it;s NOT God torturing him to bring him to his knees and the end of himself. It's the ONE man submitted himself to, that brings him to his end. God is NOT a Master who makes sure all bow down to Him. Human's call their man made god LORD but Jesus came to explain 'not so with you, we do not lord over one another". He revealed the true nature of God. He does NOT lord over us. He is a Lover, not a Master.The word Jehovah, in Hebrew DOES NOT means LORD, it means I AM.

Seeing God? How?

Seeing God? How? “Woman, where are those accusers of yours? Has no one condemned you?” She looked around and said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said to her, “Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more.” (Jn 8:10–11). Do you know what speaks to me here? When she looked around her and SAW NO ACCUSER AROUND.They were ALL gone!!!!And it wasn't HER who dealt with them.It wasn't HER that fought them or drove them away from her life.It was HIM!He did it!He drove them away from her life and set her free from those accusers who were about to kill her. When she looked around she SAW no accuser no one! All that remained was Jesus.Jesus said to her, I'm not one of those accusers, "Neither do I condemn you" When she looked around All she SAW was Jesus.All she saw was Light and Love.All she SAW was Christ in front of her as in a mirror.She could SEE herself more clearly when the dark cloud of accusers was gone.She was awakened to LOVE - to see herself through His eyes. “But when they were FULLY AWAKE they saw His glory” (Luke 9:32) Don't look around you in the midst of the storm, look in one direction... see Chrits,See who you are,See the love and grace,See yourself through His eyes. (12) We don't yet see things clearly. We're squinting in a fog, peering through a mist. But it won't be long before the weather clears and the sun shines bright! We'll see it all then, see it all as clearly as God sees us, knowing him directly just as he knows us! (13) But for right now, until that completeness, we have three things to do to lead us toward that consummation: Trust steadily in God, hope unswervingly, love extravagantly. And the best of the three is love. 1Co 13:12-13 Job in the midst of his suffering knew that one day he WILL SEE God with his own eyes. He knew one day his eyes will open. He was so excited about it he almost fainted: Job 19:25-27 NASB(25) "As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, And at the last He will take His stand on the earth.(26) "Even after my skin is destroyed, Yet from my flesh I shall see God;(27) Whom I myself shall behold, And whom my eyes will see and not another. My heart faints within me! Job had not only heard of God but had also seen him: ""I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear; But now my eye sees You." Job 42:1-5 NASB(1) Then Job answered the LORD and said,(2) "I know that You can do all things, And that no purpose of Yours can be thwarted.(3) 'Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?' "Therefore I have declared that which I did not understand, Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know."(4) 'Hear, now, and I will speak; I will ask You, and You instruct me.'(5) "I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear; But now my eye sees You; David asked: Psalms 42:2 AMP(2) My inner self thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and behold the face of God? [John 7:37; I Thess. 1:9, 10.] And the answer is.... LOOK IN THE MIRROR and see Him looking at you. Look around you and see Him in ALL... He is ALL and in ALL.

Knowing the Lord as a Lover No Longer Call Me Baali But Ishi

Knowing the Lord as a Lover No Longer Call Me Baali But Ishi Hos 2:16-17 NASB "It will come about in that day," declares the LORD, "That you will call Me Ishi And will no longer call Me Baali. (17) "For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, So that they will be mentioned by their names no more. The Hebrew says you shall call me "Ishi" (my personal man - which means a Lover), and no more "my Baal" (my husband, one who lords over, one who forces, one who makes you, who demands from you, a master). This is our wonderful Jesus full of grace love and truth. He wants to be your Lover, no longer your Master. It's a Lover-Wife relationship of being equal, not a Master-Slave relationship as one is less than the other. He formed a Lover-Beloved relationship. Lording over the wife is a curse that Eve put herself under. It was never the Lord's intention for His Beloved who is as He is to live in an inferior design, or relate to her as lording over her. They were created Ish and Isha, not Husband (Baal) and Wife. Why is that? Because only AFTER eating the wrong fruit Eve submitted herself to the curses of the law and one of them was “your husband will rule over you.” Your Ishi will govern you, be a master to you, own you, lord over you. Meaning “her desire will be for her Ishi and she is the one chasing after him, trying to please him and earn his love. At the same time he will lord over her. This is a curse. A man and a woman who live together in a relationship and he rules over her, lords over her or treats her like a master, coming with demands… such couple live under the system of the law unable to celebrate one another. A marriage relationship can either be one of celebration or of toleration. We need to celebrate one another, not tolerate one another. But how can they do it if all they see is how each one is falling short? How can they do it if they do not see how equal they are and the same? How can they do it if one believes he is more than the other and she feels she can never measure up to his standard and expectations? A love relationship can never be established on such a foundation of separation. Jesus established a New Covenant – a new relationship system founded on love, equality, sharing, being blind to nakedness but clothed with Christ. God was a Husband (Baal in Hebrew) to Israel under the old system. They did not know Him as their Lover (Ishi). I want you to imagine a relationship between a man and a woman who are about to get married. He wants to marry a woman and He tells her what conditions she needs to fill in order to be suitable for Him. He was telling her how to pursue Him, reconcile to Him and meet the standard: “Listen, I want you to build Me a House (Tabernacle) and I will come and live in the house that you built for me. Then I want you to give Me gifts every day (offerings) and sacrifice you all for Me. I will tell you what gifts to bring Me and if I’m pleased with them”. Then He opens this huge scroll and lets her know that she HAS to love Him with all her heart, might and soul and if she breaks one of these commandments…. She cannot be with Him and has to kicked out of the house she herself built. It she doesn’t love Him with all her might and meets all His demands, she is filthy, defiled, unclean, not worthy to be with Him and she is immediately removed from Him. He tells her she has to take a shower (cleansing) to keep herself pure for Him and reconcile with Him if she wants to be with Him. Imagine how she daily has to check if she is clean enugh for Him. Imagine this woman bowing down to such a husband saying O.K, I’ll live with You in this relationship. I will do all that You’ve asked and I will obey. What woman would marry a man like this? What woman in her right mind want to be in such an abusive relationship? Only a prostitute who does not know her worth and her value would sell herself for a relationship with such a pimp who takes from her all that she has. This is what Israel said to God “We will hear and obey”. The minute they said it in their pride, thinking they could fulfill the law, God said to Moses “tell them not to come near Me and stay away from the Mountain”. After they received that law and thought they could live with God under such a marriage covenant, all they experienced was the wrath of God for EVERY failure to keep that law or meet those standards. They were never good enough. Why was that? Because God is THE Giver of ALL things. In the New Covenant it’s Him who built you a House; It’s Him who gave you gifts; It’s Him who sacrificed His life for you and gave His all for you; It’s Him who cleansed and purified you; It’s Him who reconciled you to Himself; It’s Him who came to you and pursued you; It’s Him who loved you; Jesus is a Lover. In the new marriage covenant we know God as a Lover, but in the old system man can only know Him as a Master – a distorted image of who He really is. Act 17:24-25 NASB "The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands; (25) nor is He served by human hands, as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives to all people life and breath and all things;… (26) and He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, 27 that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; 28 for in Him we live and move and exist,… Act 17:29-30 NASB "Being then the children of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and thought of man. (30) "Therefore having overlooked the times of ignorance, God is now declaring to men that all people everywhere should repent (think differently). Our Father wants us to know Him for who He truly is – Love and a Lover. He even created man in His image and all males in the earthly are the ones who pursue their females. We all know how a man feels about a woman when she is the one pursuing him, giving to him, trying to win him, trying to persuade him to love her or be with her. Such a woman has no worth in a man’s eyes. It’s the same with us and the Lord. He wants us to rest in all that He has done and given to us not on what we can do for Him. He wants us to be established in His love for us and not be shaken on how much we can love Him with all our might and effort. He is pleased with us, we don’t need to win His love or attention. Jesus knew Peter needed to think differently (repent) about Him. “Peter, you thought you loved Me with all your heart and you would die for Me. You thought you could love Me with all your heart. But Peter, it’s Me who gave My life for you and died for you. “Peter, do you love Me (agapeo) God’s love?” “No, Lord. I love you (Phileo) human love”. “Peter, do you love Me (agapeo) they way I love you?” “Lord, You know everything; I love you (Phileo) human love”. “Peter, do you love Me (agapeo) God’s love?” Peter was weeping…. Lord; I love you (Phileo) human love. Peter got it. He knew how much he was bound to the law thinking he could fulfill it and love God, give God, be for God, fight for God, and by his performance he could please God and be loved by God. This is a relationship under the old system of the law. Let the Lord reveal to you His love for you, who He is for you, what He has done for you and show you that it’s not about how much you love Him; but how much He loves you with all His heart, might and soul. Jer 32:41 NASB "I will rejoice over them to do them good and will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul. Come out from under such system because Jesus died to set you free from it and it’s curses. Living with God through DEMAND mentality means you’re living under the law. The Law demands righteousness from man, but grace gives righteousness to man. Righteousness is NOT right doing in the New Covenant. It’s your position with God and your new identity in Christ. It’s who you have become as Christ imputed to you His righteousness. It’s a GIFT you receive not something you DO. Righteousness is not earned, bought, paid for, given based on your works or how good you are. It’s a freely given gift to those who believe – by faith, not by your performance (works). The Lord said to me one day: “Elana, if you build your relationship with Me based on how much you love Me, you’re on a shaky ground. One day you love Me, the next you’re upset and no longer faithful to Me.” I said to Him “I now Lord, it’s true. If I say to You I love You with all my heart, I am a liar and a hypocrite. How do I live with You?” He said to me, “Let me build your relationship with Me on how much I love you. That will never be shaken. My love for you will never change or be removed.” “Lord, I want that relationship with You”, I said. And this is my walk with Him ever since. I’m learning to RECEIVE His love and less focus on what I need to give Him or be for Him or do for God. He did it all for me. He built me as a Temple, took away all my sins, He purified, cleansed and perfected me by His blood; He made me holy and made me complete in Him, He gave me His righteousness and made me a new creation, He gave me a new identity – now it’s Him living in me, He gave me a new address and brought me to my new Home in Heaven, He seated me in heavenly places in Him who sits at the right hand of God, All that’s left is the wedding – that’s my hope and my confident expectation for good. He already gave me the wedding gown – His most expensive robe of righteousness. There is nothing for me to do because He did it all. My part is to believe (receive). So, be loved and let Him show you and reveal Himself to you as your Lover. The Lord is awakening love because it’s time for love. Much love Elana

Jesus is the Proof of Your Worth

When you're trying to prove your worth, To prove you're right, To prove you're not this or not that, To prove that you ARE this or that, You're stuck in self righteousness... it's very dark there... How about knowing you already ARE precious, Already are justified, Already are right, Pure hearted, Innocent, Wonderful, Amazing, It requires a lot of effort to prove something,... fight for it.... an maintain it.. It requires no effort to know you have it.... it's a gift... and there is no need to try and maintain it because it will never EVER change or be taken away from you. That's rest from works... (from Cain's effort to become something he had always been). Just BEYou can already say .... I AM

What does it mean to treat the grace of God meaningless?

What does it mean to treat the grace of God meaningless? Many think that treating the grace of God meaningless means not obeying the law, not doing something I was supposed to do, not meeting God’s standard, falling short from His glory, or not being good enough; but we need to read this in context and see what it truly means. I added the parenthesis so we can see that treating the grace of God as meaningless means - thinking we're right with God by trying to keep the standard of the law. Meaning, it's submitting ourselves to the standard of the law in order to BE good enough for God, in order to please Him, or try and be Christlike. Such believe comes from seeing yourself as NOT righteous, not in the image of God, not pure and not a Son. Galatians 2:20, 21 NLT "My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. I do not treat the grace of God as meaningless (by trying to keep the law or meet a certain standard because of thinking that I'm not good enough). For (because) if keeping the law could make us right with God, then there was no need for Christ to die." It's submitting ourselves to teachings that enslave us under it to obey it. Remember? "Whatever teaching we obey, we become slaves to" said Paul. You're not slaves, you're Sons of God and whatever you do it is because you're full, complete, perfect, as God; and not because you still need to work harder to BECOME as God. "As He is you already are! It doesn't say "As you work harder and try more you WILL BE as He is." You see, submitting and believing the teachings that tell you that you're NOT YET this or that, not as God yet... IS treating the grace of God as meaningless. He says you are, because it was never by you’re law keeping,.. it's a gift and was never based on your performance... Let go of the standards... and just BE the Son that you already are. As you see yourself through His eyes, (pure, clean, righteous, holy, perfect, wonderful, amazing, beautiful, compatible spouse, not different that Him, not separated, but the same), your doing will change. It's never by effort.... it's by knowing who God says you are. You're His perfect spouse, just as He is. No, God didn't make any mistake making you, There is no mistake in love. You're not a mistake, it was His intention to have you. Just like a mother kisses her children over and over, or a husband is drawn to his wife; He kisses you over and over and is completely in love with you. you are His love dream.

What is the True Gospel?

What is the True Gospel? If you're theology is changing and you’re finding out the you believed a different gospel, and you want to know what IS the true gospel of Christ, hope this conversation helps: Charles NChrist Ademolu wrote: If you're proclaiming a message that starts with any variation of: You're a sinner... You were on your way to hell but Jesus... God punished Jesus though you deserved it... Let Jesus into your heart... In order to be saved you must... If you reject Christ, God will reject you... God loves you only because of Jesus... Jesus died for you, now you must... If you say this prayer, then you'll be saved... All you must do to be saved is believe... You were unworthy but He loved you enough... God loves you, but... It. Isn't. The Gospel. ♥ Someone asked: So what is the gospel? Elana Polinger wrote: The gospel is not what the old covenant of the law taught us... that God is a blood thirsty vampire who demanded blood (payment) for our sins. Jesus came to reveal our true Father to us.. that He freely gave us all things; NOT by payment. God is not a debt collector; collecting payment for our debt (sins). When we find the good news of our identity (the true gospel who is Christ) we find who we are..... we are as God is. God is Love and that's who we are. There is no other false man made graven image. Whatever way the world measures us, it always sees the wrong in us and tells us how to fix it. It cannot see the right in us. It cannot understand righteousness APART from performance (works). But the original design of our identity is revealed in Christ who became man (human) to show us, through His relationship with God, what our true relationship with the Father looks like. His relationship with the Father is ours. Our image is reflected in Him as in a mirror. He mirrors who we are. How awesome is this? That's the true gospel. A theology that rests its salvation on one ounce of human performance is not good news; it is bad information. It tells you, if you stand so long on a street corner, if you distribute so much literature, if you sacrifice so much of life, if you are baptized, if you contribute your money, if you pray or attend numerous meetings, then your good works and hard effort will cause God to smile on you. Ultimately when the good is weighed against the bad on the Day of Judgement, you will finally earn His favor. The result in that, I say again, is man's glory, because you added to your salvation. Grace says you have nothing to give, nothing to earn, nothing to pay. You couldn't if you tried! Salvation is a free gift. You simply lay hold of what Christ has provided. It really is finished! There is nothing you need to do to please God, or become like Him... you ARE!!!! And always have been. Just because Adam believed a lie about himself does not mean God's truth about mankind was erased. We have always been Sons even when we submitted to the doctrines of the law and saw ourselves as slaves.

Love Has No State

Love has no State, Love has no boundaries, Love is in your heart, Love is all and in all, Love is who you are! If love (you) is forgotten, it's because you felt that you were forgotten, If love is disfigured and a false distorted image appears... Then love (you) becomes limited. You (love) didn't become confined because you wanted to… Love became confined because you forgot who you are. You are love and not a distortion of love... See how limitless love (you) are! Fly and let love (you) flow out of you, despite of others who forget who they are. Love is GREATER than death! You are GREATER than end! You (love) are GREATER than anything that tries to convince you of how worthless you are. Love reminds you of your value, Love persuades you of your GREAT WORTH! Love repeats… "YOU ARE THE FIELD I PURCHASED AND GAVE MY ALL TO PAY FOR. That field had always been Mine ... but I still gave it ALL to redeem My image in you. You are worth it ALL for Me and contrary to what you’ve heard... I WILL die again for you if that what it takes to awaken you to My love for you. But death does not awaken love in you. Love awakens love. My love for you awakens love in you.

The Enemy of Low Self Esteem

The enemy of Low Self Esteem The religious Pharisees were busy fighting those who opposed and threatened their belief system (Romans), not knowing that as Sons there is no need to fight for what is already yours. No need to fight to become something or maintain their status. After all, they never became Sons by their right believing or how much they know... it was a gift given to them by God. The world (Gentiles, unbelievers) was not their enemy, but their inferior view of themselves as slaves was. They thought the Messiah would come and fight against their enemies (those who believe differently, or those who oppose to the god they followed), but He came to reveal how included the human race is, how reconciled, how accepted and innocent all mankind is. He came to redeem their identity as Sons of God, not to fight against any group or nation. God is not against Mankind, He embraced us all. He is all and in all.

Living in the Present is I AM

Living in the Present is I AM Saying I AM is saying… I AM NOW in the PRESENT! Our being is not about the regrets of the past “If only I could….” Our being is not about the future “What if…?” Such life under condemnation is a life rooted in never achieving, never obtaining or becoming. We live our life form the Present, from who we are… I AM NOW! I love what Sarah Ann Howell wrote: “living in the present is living in His presence and it’s heaven on earth.” “I'm also experiencing some truth that I've never realized I've experienced before until recently. IT IS AMAZING!!!!!!!!! It all has to do with living in the "PRESENT", and the "PRESENT" actually being HIS PRESENCE and HEAVEN ON EARTH! In His presence (THE PRESENT) is FULLNESS OF JOY. But "the present" doesn't mean "how we are feeling in this present moment" or "how things seem in this present moment". To me, "the present" is the ABSOLUTE AWARENESS of the "PRESENT", HIS PRESENCE, HIS ETERNAL TRUTH. To me, it is THAT WHICH IS UNSEEN, that which NEVER CHANGES and can NEVER BE CHANGED... There's SOOO OMUCH MORE TO THIS THAN THAT, BUT EVERYTHING ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE IS CHANGING!”

Perfect Love Casts Out All Fear

The Bible says that "perfect love casts out all fear", so it's fear that tries to remove or cast out love.

When Adam was afraid, it means he no longer believed that he is loved, accepted, and good enough to deserve to be loved. "Who told you that you are naked?" god said to him.

Who told you that you don't measure up, a nothing, weak, that you can't do it?

Who told you I don't love you and i will judge you for your shortcomings?

Who told you that you need to make an effort to be pleasing to Me so i would love and accept you?

Who told you that your failures separate Me from you?

Fears makes you blind to how much you are loved, accepted, valuable, desired, and special.

Fear makes you see how failure and messed up your life is.

It makes you feel a nothing, unworthy, and a looser, and makes you get stuck in your life.

All kinds of fears can only try to COVER our eyes from love but they can never cast it out because God who IS love, is in the heart of every human.

God can never be cast out from you. The fears block you from seeing, experiencing and believing that you are loved.

Only love revealed to you, can cast out those fears. Every bad fruit people bear and pain inflicted by them comes through their fears.

Fear causes people to do insane things but I don't believe they mean it. They just can't see love. In their way of trying to stop the fear which is rooted in not being good enough, or worthy (condemnation), they end up hurting others.

When we know these bad fruits are because of not eating the fruits of love and not believing they are good enough, we can be there for them in their pain. Blinded to love they have become prisoners of their own mindset.

May we all have a revelation of God's love. His perfect love casts out all fear that is in your mind. He will show you your worth, how precious you are to Him, how pleased He is with you, and nothing you do can ever separate you from Him. He will show you how He sees you and hold you in his arms. He is excited to reveal His love to you.

Rest in Him, he is Mr. Love

Religion thrives on two lies

Religion thrives on two lies



"Religion thrives on two lies:

The illusion of distance and the illusion of delay.

You see, religion needs paying and returning customers." (Francois du Toit)



There is no distance between God and you because He is the closest possible to you. He put His Spirit inside of you and put you in Christ. Does it get any closer? This is why He called Himself Emanuel (God is with us). Nothing can ever separate you from Him. Sin was taken away. That's the good news.



Jesus is the fullness of the prophetic word. Time is complete because He is the fullness of time.



There is also no delay - it's all done and finished. God sees you and this world from a finished works perspective. What seems "future" to you has already been done in God's eyes. He is now resting from all His works because He is convinced in what He has done and completed.

You live in Heaven, the Earthly is your past................ something to think about....

Love Covers All Sin

Love Covers All Sin



"'LOVE {who is God} covers All Sins' {PROVERBS 10:12b}

EVEN WHEN YOU THOUGHT... you were naked...

'Adam, who told you that you were naked?'" (From Ward R. Thornton)



"Adam, who told you that you sill have sin all over you?"

Adam was covered in Christ and didn't know God sees no sins in him.

How true for today that those who are still in first Adam still see sin, have a reminder of sin and consciousness of sin (Heb 10:1-3).



They need to see their true new identity in Second Adam who is Christ - Sinless, Forgiven, Clean, Pure, Holy, Righteous.......... as He is, so they are in this world.



He remembers your sins no more and keeps no account of wrong.



"So why are you still bringing your sins to the Lord and keeping an account of your wrongs? I took them all away and I see you in Christ. When I see you I see Christ".



Lord, help us to see that the blood of Jesus is far better than the blood of animals that only covered sin, but could never take it away once and for all, cleanse or perfect the worshipper (Heb 10:1).

It is for your advantage that I go, said Jesus

It is for your advantage that I go, said Jesus

"Jesus said to them, it is for your advantage that I go, because I want to surprise you with more than just My presence in My physical body. I want to surprise you with a relationship of My presence in YOUR body".

Francois du Toit

“Looking deeply into the law of perfect Liberty″

“Looking deeply into the law of perfect Liberty″

"Digging beyond the surface in order to build your foundation upon the Rock, or as James puts it, “looking deeply into the law of perfect liberty,″ is summed up in 2Cor.13:5,8, “Examine yourselves to see whether you are holding to your faith, test yourselves, do you not realise that Jesus Christ is in you? For we cannot do anything against the truth, only for the truth!



Note that the appeal is not to examine conduct but faith!



The New Testament does not reveal a new, revised set of rules in order to compromise the Ten Commandments; it is the revelation of mankind′s redeemed identity!"



From: http://www.mirrorword.net/

The God of creation canceled every definition of distance

"The God of creation canceled every definition of distance. His name Emanuel (God With Us) means exactly that". Francois du Toit

You are one with God, never to be separated from Him. How close is He to you? He put His Spirit inside of you and made you His Temple.

Thank You Lord for canceling any definition of distance from man.

We Got what Christ Has, Jesus Didn't Get What We Have

We Got what Christ Has, Jesus Didn't Get What We Have

Christ came to this world to dwell in a stinky manger but He was not worried about it because He made them as He is - clean, pure, holy and righteous. What an amazing God, He touches the leper and He doesn't get what the leper has. It;s the leper who got what He has - cleanness, purity, health, LIFE.

A Religious Mindset Search Me God and See if there is Any Sin in Me

A Religious Mindset Search Me God and See if there is Any Sin in Me


I read this word which was shared by a minister and it grieved me to see the condition of many in the church.

KEEPING CLEAN HEARTS .....
"SEARCH ME, O GOD, AND KNOW MY HEART ..... SEE IF THERE IS ANY
OFFENSIVE WAY IN ME AND LEAD ME IN THE WAY EVERLASTING". PSALM 139:23~24


I sometimes wonder, if this is the message Eve has heard and fed her husband with.
After all, the snake who came to the garden preached the law to her.

What does it mean he preached the law to her?

The ministry of the law is called the ministry of death – indeed death came upon them and upon all humanity.
The ministry of the law is called the ministry of condemnation – the snaky messenger indeed accused her of not being good enough, not meeting the standard. He basically told her she was blind and cannot see, stupid and has no wisdom and is not in the image of God (not Christlike).

She looked at herSELF, believed the message and doctrines he preached to her, ate the lie and went to feed it to her husband telling him he was naked (cunning, sly, shrewd – in Hebrew).
When god came to talk to Adam he asked him “who told you that you are naked?” Of course it was his bride who was a bearer of bad news making sure to tell him what she believed “You’re not good enough, you’re not meeting the standard of God, you’re not measuring up, - YOURE NOT RIGHT WITH GOD.

The snaky messenger of the law had preached to her the law and condemnation, not measuring up to its standard and being RIGHT by WORKS. He preached to her how to MAKE it RIHT with God. She believed being RIGHT is by how well she performs (law teaching) and took that bad news to her husband who came into agreement with her and it was DONE – the ministry of death had killed them and their children. A separation from God had come upon humanity who until now believes that being RIGHT is by right doing; not knowing that RIGHTEOUSNESS is a gift not dependant on ANYTHING you have done or could ever do, and not by how well you meet the standard of the law or certain requirements. It’s ONLY by RIGHT BELIEVING (faith).

I believe it’s time to discern the Word and follow the truth of the gospel which Paul had preached. It’s a Gospel (Good News) which he received by a revelation and not from men or through men.
As heirs, we all grew up with guardians and managers until a time appointed by the Father (Gal 4:1-2). It’s a time where we no longer need the Law as our Tutor –Nanny. Now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor. Why? Because we are sons by FAITH, not by WORKS. It’s by right believing, not by our right doing. Man is made righteous by faith apart from his law keeping.

Galatians 3:24-26 Therefore the Law has become our tutor to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith. (25) But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor. (26) For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

Romans 3:28 NASB For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the Law.


ü So, if God had already made us a new creation in Christ by taking away all our sins and casting them in the depth of the sea;
ü And if He had canceled the certificate of debt (sins) with charges against us, took it out of the way and nailed it to the cross;
ü And if He had cleansed us from all sin once and for all and we are clean,
ü And if He had perfected us by the blood of His son Jesus,
ü And if He said there is no consciousness of sin or reminder of sin (Heb 10:1-3)
ü And if He had done such a perfect work of removing sin from us and said it is finished;
ü And if He had resurrected as the evidence of our righteousness with God,
ü And if He gave us a new heart and a new Spirit
ü And if he had built us as a new creation, new temple made by His hands, pure, holy, beautiful and complete in Christ,
ü And if He clothed us with His righteousness – not our own by how well we perform….

Then…..

Why do we still hear the snake preaching the law to us telling us our heart is filthy and needs to be cleansed? Wasn’t Jesus works on the cross and His blood good enough to perfect us once and for all?

Why do we still hear the ministry of condemnation telling us we’re not good enough, not measuring up to the standard of God, not meeting the requirements of the law? Didn’t Jesus come to meet that standard - which NO MAN could meet - for us?

Why do we still hear the ministry of death preached to us about not being qualified? Didn’t Jesus qualify us by His blood? Do we have any qualification of our own? Then we should boat in it. But we boast in what He has done, not in what we can do for God.

Why do we still hear the message of men and the works and performance, traditions and customs and laws of men who share with us a man-made image of a god; a god carved by man’s hands and by his own imagination and thoughts?

Are we following the a man made image of god, or who God Himself says He is? If God keeps NO account of wrong, why are we to keep short accounts?
Does God keep short accounts with us?
Does His forgiveness come in installments?
Is this a daily kind of forgiveness as in the Old covenant of the law?
Will God only forgive you until the next sin?
Are we trampling the blood of Jesus who had TAKEN AWAY ALL OUR SINS?


Is God still dealing with sin? So, it’s not finished? It’s not paid in full?

Are we sacrificing Jesus for our sins daily instead of receiving His once and for all sacrifice?

Are we still asking God to pay our debt (sins) when it had already fully been paid on the cross?

“Lord, forgive me for my SINS today – means “Lord, forgive me for my DEBT today”.

What debt was left unpaid?

What certificate of debt are you still holding on to when Jesus nailed it to the cross and it was taken out of the way. All you debt (sins) were cast into the depth of the sea. Do you think Jesus is going to dive daily into the depth of the sea to bring back the debt (sins) and then pay for it (forgive) daily by dying again?

Forgive my sins, means pay my debt!!!! It was fully paid for, so REST in HIS finished works. After He finished his works, he sat down at the right hand of the Father and you are in Him. He is resting from all His works which He has done, so rest in His finished works – you ARE clean!


Let me share with you the GOOD NEWS OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD, not the bad news of the kingdom of men who bring the same message eve had heard and died.


The GOOD NEWS and the most AMAZING NEWS of God’s Kingdom is “THERE IS NO MORE ANY DEBT. IT HAD BEEN PAID IN FULL WHEN JESUS WENT TO THE CROSS FOR YOU AND WAS PUNISHED FOR YOU. HIS PUNISHMENT WAS THE PAYMENT OF YOUR ENTIRE LIFE OF DEBT. YOU ARE RECONCILED TO GOD AND HE KEEPS NO ACCOUNT OF ANY WRONG AND REMEMBERS YOUR SINS NO MORE AND SEEs NO INIQUITY OR PREVERSION IN YOU. HE HAS CLEANSED YOU FROM ALL SIN BY THE BLOOD OF HIS SON AND MADE YOU NEW WITH A NEW CLEAN PURE HEART AND A NEW HOLY SPIRIT. YOU ARE CLEAN NOT BECAUSE YOU BEHAVED WELL. YOU ARE RIGHTEOUS NOT BECAUSE YOU HAD MET ANY STANDARD OF THE LAW OR OF MEN. YOU ARE HOLY NNOT BECAUSE YOU ARE MODEST OR DO RIGHT. THE GLORY WILL NEVER GO TO MAN AND WHAT MAN HOW WELL MAN HAD WORKED, DONE OR PERFOMED. THE GLORY BELONGS TO HIS SON WHO HAD DONE IT ALL FOR YOU. IT’S BY HIS WORKS, NOT YOURS. IT’S BY HOW MUCH HE LOVED YOU, NOT HOW MUCH YOU LOVE GOD. IT’S BY HIS FAITHFULLNESS, AND OBEDIENCE, NOT YOURS. IT’S BY WHO HE IS, NOT WHO YOU’RE NOT. LIVE BY FAITH. LIVE BY BELIEVING THAT HE HAS DONE A GOOD ENOUGH WORK AND YOU ARE RIGHT WITH GOD APART FROM YOUR PERFORMANCE. LIVE BY BELIEVING THAT GOD NO LONGER SEES YOU, BUT CHRIST IN YOU.


So, why do men preach their own gospel and keep pointing to YOU and who your NOT and how much you still need a clean heart and a new spirit? Because they see the flesh, they don’t see the new creation you are in Christ.

When the accuser comes to preach works to you (law) and his messengers point to YOU, all you need to do is point to CHRIST who is in you.


When he says “you’re blind, sick, incapable, mentally challenged, stupid, not good enough, not measuring up to the expectations, need to do more, study more, love more, be more” – point to Christ and say:


”Look! Jesus Christ the resurrected One, the Beloved of the Father – this is who I am. He is my glory and I am complete in Him. I am he righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. I have no righteousness of my own. It’s not longer I who lives, but Christ who lives in me. Christ in me is my hope, not who I am not. My old nature was crucified with Christ, died and buried. My Father sees Christ in me when He looks at me. I could not meet the standard of God, so Jesus met it for me. He is my standard, He is my measurement, He is my righteousness and He had met all the requirement of the law for my righteousness. Christ is not stupid or blind, He is my wisdom and light and life. He is everything that I am. This is my new identity. He imputed to me His identity, His purity, His beauty, His glory and all that He is - and as He is so am I in this world. I live by faith not by what I see when I look at my failing flesh old identity. I don’t look at who I used to be it’s buried and I was raised up as a new creation. My flesh is not who I am. I don’t look at who I am not with a “Me Me SELF, who I am, mentality”, but at who CHRIST IS, this is who I am. It’s who He is in me, living for me and through me. I’m a new creation in Christ and this is my true identity.


The more you know who Christ is, the more you know you’re identity. But if you see Moses, follow him and abide in his teaching….. you’re following the law and the ministry of condemnation, and you think it’s who Christ is. The ministry of the law has to decrease so the ministry of the Spirit will increase. The ministry of death has to fade away, so the ministry of life and liberty will be revealed in its glory.

It’s not sin that hardens men’s heart. Sin is a fruit. Sin begins with how we think and perceive and it is rooted in wrong believing. The bible teaches that the STRENGTH of sin is the LAW.
In simple language, what gives sin power is the law – that standard you believe you still need to meet in order to please God or be right with God. The bible also teaches that the law increases sin.

It’s the law and walking under the old covenant and its doctrines and teachings (the old leaven) that increases sin.

So, it’s not sin that hardens men’s hearts, it’s the leaven they are fed with, it’s what they believe about themselves, God, and who God says they are. It’s all about eating the right doctrines (food).

The fall from grace is by eating the wrong teachings. Therefore coming back to the Kingdom is by eating the truth – right believing which we call faith.

Whatever you believe, you become.


Here are some scriptures for you to meditate on that truth:


Ezekiel 20:25-26 NASB "I also gave them statutes that were not good and ordinances by which they could not live; (26) and I pronounced them unclean because of their gifts,…

Galatians 3:12 NASB However, the Law is not of faith; on the contrary, "HE WHO PRACTICES THEM SHALL LIVE BY THEM."

Falling from grace is not when we fail in performance (sin), it when we seek to be right with God by our law keeping – by how good we are, how well we perform, how obedient and faithful we are, how we manage to meet the standard:

Galatians 5:4 NASB You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.


You are right with god not because of your obedience, but HIS obedience. The purpose of the law was to INCREASE sin (yes, you heard it right):

Romans 5:19-20 NASB For as through the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the One the many will be made righteous. (20) The Law came in so that the transgression would increase; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,

Titus 3:4-5 NASB But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, (5) He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,

Job’s friend who didn’t believe he was right with God (righteous) had a false belief that God forgives only PART of your sins (until the next sin):

Job 11:4 MKJV For you have said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in Your eyes. .. 6 (I wish God would) show you the secrets of wisdom! (because you’re stupid like Eve and think you are clean and believe right) For sound wisdom has two sides. Know then that God forgets a part of your iniquity.
(Meaning, God took away only SOME of your sins and He still sees your sins, keeps an account of your wrong, and remembers your sins – you are not clean, believe wrong, a sinner, and not righteous).

Job 14:15 "You will call, and I will answer You; You will long for the work of Your hands.
Job 14:16 "For now You number my steps, You do not observe my sin.
Job 14:17 "My transgression is sealed up in a bag, And You wrap up my iniquity.


It’s not sin that blinds us to truth… it’s the LAW that veils us to the truth. Whenever Moses is read there is a veil over the heart and it is hardened and there is blindness to truth. This is the truth, and not what messengers of the law taught us.

2 Corinthians 3:14-15 NASB (14) But their minds were hardened; (because) for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains unlifted, because it is removed in Christ. (15) But to this day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their heart;



There is only ONE sin a believer in Christ can commit and this is the sin Israel had committed: UNBELIEF – not believing the truth of God’s love and grace which he extended to you. Not believing that His forgiveness of sins is NOT the same temporary forgiveness in the old covenant of the law. It is ETERNAL REDEMPTION , an eternal forgiveness of sins and an EVERLASTIG righteousness, not a temporary one based on your performance – that’s a shaky ground.

Believe the truth because the new covenant in Christ is founded on the forgiveness of sins – eternal forgiveness of sins, not temporary, not partial, not until the next sin. But the sins of your ENTIRE life were taken away and God made you knew, sinless, pure, holy, righteousness, clean, and complete in Christ.

Do you believe this?

What do you believe?

If Paul said the Galatians believed in another gospel and a different Jesus, will you be asking God which gospel do you believe and was preached to you? Don’t follow the messengers of the law, follow Christ and His Spirit who teaches us all things.



This was "word" that stirred me to write to those who want to hear the voice of their Shepherd. If you still like the voice of the law, please ask the Lord to reveal His true gospel to you which is the glory of Christ.


~~ KEEPING CLEAN HEARTS .....
"SEARCH ME, O GOD, AND KNOW MY HEART ..... SEE IF THERE IS ANY
OFFENSIVE WAY IN ME AND LEAD ME IN THE WAY EVERLASTING". AMEN.
PSALM 139:23~24

~~ SIN HARDENS HEARTS, BLINDS US TO TRUTH AND BREAKS RELATIONSHIPS.
DEALING WITH SIN ACCORDING TO BIBLICAL PRINICPLES KEEPS HEARTS SOFT
AND RESPONSIVE TO THE HOLY SPIRIT. THE SCRIPTURES TEACH US THE
IMPORTANCE OF THE FEAR OF THE LORD, GIVING UP RIGHTS, HAVING A CLEAN
CONSCIENCE, KEEPING SHORT ACCOUNTS, AND HUMILITY.
WE MUST GO BACK TO THESE FOUNDATIONS, BEING DILIGENT TO KEEP OUR
HEARTS RIGHT WITH GOD AND OTHERS.


~~ " MY CHILDREN IS YOUR HEART CLEAN ?? Who is this father who is speaking?
MY CHILDREN ARE IN SIN WITH A HARDENENED HEART ?? This is NOT my Father and not the voice of my Shepherd.
MY CHILDREN ARE YOU BLIND TO THE TRUTH?? Sounds like the snake, speaking to Eve
MY CHILDREN ARE YOU IN RELATIONSHIPS WITH A HARDENED HEART?? I have a new heart and Christ lives in me, he is not a stone, but LOVE lives in me.



"My sheep hear My voice and a stranger they do not follow. don't follow the Nanny Law she is only a hireling. follow your Shepherd and believe Him. He is love.


Much grace, love and truth,


Elana

Walk as a Much Loved Bride

Walk as a Much Loved Bride


When a man says “Let’s be Friends” what he’s REALLY saying is: “I’m selfish. I like having you, but I don’t care enough about you as a person or respect you enough to be with you or be committed to you.”


It’s nothing more than just a creative way of telling you that he wants to keep his options open in case someone better comes along.


You need to realize that you are WAY TOO AMAZING to be some guy’s second choice!

You are far more precious than settling for a few minutes of his day, or having him call you at the end of the day, invite you in the last minute, not care about your feelings or treat you as obvious.


I say, NEVER show disrespect for yourself by treating yourself like you are some sort of commodity that can be traded for love and security. You deserve much better than that… but you must demand it for yourself before you expect anyone else to offer it to you.


I recommend freeing yourself up to recognize how truly special you are.


Taking care of yourself NOW will save you lots of heartbreak in the future.


The right man is one who will want to share EVERY part of his life with you, be with you, call you, show interest in you - so don't settle for crumbs.
If he is not, it means you're NOT in his mind or his heart. He might just like you and want you as a friend, but not as his special woman.


Remember you are special, beautiful and priceless and if the man with you does not recognize this, he is risking losing you.


A woman who respects herself will not settle for crumbs like the Canaanite woman whom the Lord called a dog. Dogs beg for attention, they beg to receive something, they beg for love. But a true Bride knows who she is. She knows her worth and knows there is NOTHING she needs to DO in order to be loved. He either loves her, or not. He either shares his life and love for her, or he doesn’t. If she sees her worth, she will attract those who see her as such, and treat her as a woman, not a worthless slave girl.


Your identity is NOT found in who the Law says you are (never good enough), or who people say you are, or how you see yourself. Your identity is found in who God says you are, and who He has created you in Him – BEAUTIFUL in His sight.


This is how a True Man and a Lover would see you. Do you see yourself like that?
The Lover of lovers has no problem sharing his heart for her. This is the love you deserve.


Song of Solomon 4:7-11 NASB (7) "You are altogether beautiful, my darling, And there is no blemish in you. "Come with me my bride, May you come with me. Journey down from the summit, From the dens of lions, From the mountains of leopards. "You have made my heart beat faster, my bride; You have made my heart beat faster with a single glance of your eyes, With a single strand of your necklace. "How beautiful is your love, my bride! How much better is your love than wine, And the fragrance of your oils Than all kinds of spices! "Your lips, my bride, drip honey; Honey and milk are under your tongue, And the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.


What a Lover and how beautifully He shows and expresses His love.


Song of Solomon 1:15 NASB (15) "How beautiful you are, my darling, How beautiful you are! Your eyes are like doves."


Abraham knew the beauty of his wife:

Gen 12:11 It came about when he came near to Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, "See now, I know that you are a beautiful woman; 12 and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, 'This is his wife';


I believe when women know their worth and no longer settle for crumbs, the men with them will respond accordingly – either as lovers or just friends. They might even walk away. Don’t settle for friends, it’s not what you want anyhow. And if he doesn’t respond after you express what you want, it means you’re not his woman anyhow and he doesn’t think you are the one to share his life with. You don’t need Baal, but Ishi.


Hosea 2:16 NASB "It will come about in that day," declares the LORD, "That you will call Me Ishi And will no longer call Me Baali.


What the lord is saying in Hebrew is, “you will no longer call Me “My Husband” (My Baal, My Master, My Owner – as a slave), but “My Ishi” (My personal Man = My Lover – as a Beloved).


How you see yourself is so important. See who you are the way the Lord sees you. Learn to respect yourself and don't settle for crumbs, but only for the BEST.
You're not cheap - Christ died for you and gave His all for you.


Walk as a Bride and a much loved woman.



Love,


Elana

Use Your Weapons of Righteousness Against any Darkness

Use Your Weapons of Righteousness Against any Darkness

"Attack anything that makes you feel unworthy, inadequate, hopeless, powerless and useless. That is the evidence of the enemy. All those things need to be attacked with joy, with peace, with love and grace, with mercy, with kindness and the goodness of God." Graham Cooke

You might ask, but how? How can I come against bad mood, negative feelings or emotions, or thoughts, storms, situations, oppression and darkness?

We fight the good fight of FAITH - of what we believe; of what we're persuaded about. We stand on what we believe. Just make sure what you believe is true.

"The law was given by Moses, BUT Grace and TRUTH was revealed through Jesus Christ."

Pay attention that the word TRUTH is no the side of Christ, and NOT on the side of Moses - the law giver.

"The Law is not of faith" Gal 3:12

In other words, we do not want to follow what's not of faith. If you follow God through the law you reject the work Christ came to do - which is to take us OUT from under such system. It's bringing back what He had buried already. We are dead to the law, it no longer has any power, or authority over us - unless we subject ourselves under it as slaves.

So, how do we fight the fight of our faith, if the law is not of faith?

With the weapons of righteousness:

2 Corinthians 6:7 AMP By [speaking] the word of truth, in the power of God, with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand [to attack] and for the left hand [to defend];

The law will always declare you as not meeting its standard - as Sinner.

But Christ came to abolish the enmity which is the law with its commandments, and by His righteousness He made us righteous as He is. He gave us His identity.

In Adam we had the identity of Sinners, but in Christ as a new creation we have a new identity of Righteous.

Romans 5:19 NASB For as through the one man's disobedience (Adam) the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the One (Christ) the many will be made righteous.

So, it’s by His obedience, not my obedience to the law of works, that I became righteous.

But what are those weapons of righteousness?

The weapons of unrighteousness is presenting the members of our body to sin (Noun) – it’s a mistaken identity. We are to consider ourself dead to sin but alive in Christ.

Romans 6:11-14 NASB

(11) Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
(12) Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its lusts,
(13) and do not go on presenting the members of your body to sin as instruments (weapons) of unrighteousness; but present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead, and your members as instruments (weapons) of righteousness to God.
(14) For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under law but under grace.

When we do not consider ourself alive in Christ we let sin reign in our body and this is how we obey it’s lusts. The members of our body are not weapons of unrighteousness, but weapons of righteousness when we are alive in Christ.

When we present our body to the nature of sin (Noun) we use the weapons of unrighteousness. We do not see ourself dead to sin and resurrected as new creation, but we see our old nature of sin (Noun) as if we are still sinners.

When we present ourself to the nature of righteousness we use our body as a weapon of righteousness, knowing we are dead to sin, resurrected, a new creation, having a new nature of righteousness and we’re no longer sinners, but righteous and alive in Christ.

How can we present our members as weapons of righteousness to God?

By knowing and believing we are no longer under law and therefore sin which gets its power from the law is no longer our master. Grace is our Lord and Master. I’m inside Righteousness (noun), no longer inside Sin (noun).

• So, when we want to use the weapons of righteousness we need to know and believe our identity in Christ, no longer Sinners but righteous by grace. We do not belong to Adam, but to Christ.
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• Knowing and believing the finished works of Christ – is our weapon of righteousness.
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• Knowing and believing who Christ is in us is our weapon,
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• Knowing and believing who Christ has made us as a new creation is our weapon.
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• Knowing and believing who God says we are, not who the law says we aren’t – is our weapon.
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• Knowing and believing our position in Christ as sons, not slaves to the law – is our weapon.
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• Knowing and believing we were raised up with Christ and we’re dead to sin – is our weapon.
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• Knowing we have met the standard of the law is our weapon,
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• Knowing and believing we have met the standard of God is our weapon.
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• Knowing we have been redeemed with an eternal redemption (forgiveness) is our weapon.
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• Knowing our redemption (forgiveness) is not temporary but forgiven once and for all – is our weapon.
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• Knowing it’s no longer you who lives, but Christ lives in you and through you – is your weapon.
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• Knowing God no longer remembers your sins is your weapon.
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• Knowing God no longer keeps any account of your wrong is your weapon.
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• Knowing the certificate of debt (sins) with charges against you was cancelled, taken out of the way and nailed to the cross is your weapon.
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• Knowing you have been perfected already by the blood of Jesus is your weapon.
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• Knowing God loves you because He made you new in Christ is your weapon.
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• Knowing you have already been sanctified (set apart for God) by His one sacrifice is your weapon.
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• Knowing God sees no blemish in you is your weapon.
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• Knowing you are beautiful and pleasing to God because Christ is, - is your weapon.
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• Knowing and believing God loves you – is your weapon.

All these are your weapons of righteousness.

The more you see Christ, and no longer YOU or the weak corrupt SELF – the more you can practice using those weapons of your right standing with God in Christ. 

When Judas and his cohorts came to Jesus in the garden and they were holding their weapons; what do you think was the weapon Jesus used against them? 

The weapon He used was His identity. He knew who He is in God, the oneness He has with His Father and how much His Father loves Him. 

Jesus lead them to ask Him about His identity “Who are you seeking?” After all, He knew they came looking for Him and could have asked them “What do you want?” or “Why did you come with weapons?” but TWICE He asked them “Who are you seeking?” “Jesus of Nazereth” they answered. This is when Jesus used His weapon “I AM” – the weapon of His identity and His oneness and right standing with His Father. He answered them with the weapon of His identity as God Himself standing in front of them “I AM”. They sought for a MAN from Nazereth, but He kept revealing His true identity twice: “I AM”. He made sure they knew who He is. Even the Holy Spirit testified of his identity making sure they knew who He is as they all fell back to the ground, in subjection to Him who is the Lord. But they did not know who He really is. They walked in the flesh and saw a man, not God in Him.

Joh 18:3 Judas then, having received the Roman cohort and officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, *came there with lanterns and torches and weapons.  Joh 18:4 So Jesus, knowing all the things that were coming upon Him, went forth and *said to them, "Whom do you seek?"  Joh 18:5 They answered Him, "Jesus the Nazarene." He *said to them, "I am He." And Judas also, who was betraying Him, was standing with them.  Joh 18:6 So when He said to them, "I am He," they drew back and fell to the ground.  Joh 18:7 Therefore He again asked them, "Whom do you seek?" And they said, "Jesus the Nazarene." Joh 18:8 Jesus answered, "I told you that I am He; so if you seek Me, let these go their way," 

These weapons of righteousness are powerful and destroy strongholds (false mindsets), reasonings, and man’s logic which comes against the knowledge of God. These weapons help us to take captive any false thought to the obedience of the Truth who is Christ.  

2 Corinthians 10:3-7 NASB
(3) For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh,

(4) for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses.

(5) We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ,

(6) and we are ready to punish all disobedience, whenever your obedience is complete.

(7) You are looking at things as they are outwardly. If anyone is confident in himself that he is Christ's, let him consider this again within himself, that just as he is Christ's, so also are we. (Consider this: you are ALREADY Christ like, in his image and form. They looked to their flesh and could not see Christ in them, but SELF and it’s corruption and thought that this is who they are. They saw a false identity)

I'm learning to use my weapons of righteousness and the Holy Spirit convicts and reminds me of my righteousness in Christ. At times when I struggle with feelings and emotions, negative thoughts or anything dark and ugly, I find it difficult to focus on Christ in me, on how much I am loved and accepted, of the oneness and no separation I have with God in Christ, of His great and deep love for me and the beauty He sees in me. Because what I feel seems so real.

But I want the truth that I know to be more real to me. The truth of God’s love for me is my reality, and not what my flesh feels or thinks. 

I wake up sometimes in the morning with a negative mood, and it feels so real. It's so oppressing it makes you want to just run away to a place where there is sunshine and joy, peace and rest. But the Lord always reminds me that what I feel is not who I am.

I don't want to follow negative feelings, emotions or thoughts because these are NOT mine. It's like someone vomiting on you and telling you that this yucky vomit is yours and it’ s who you are. No, it's NOT yours and it’s NOT who you are.
  

“It’s not about who you’re NOT, but who I AM”. This is what the Lord kept telling me many times over and over as I was deeply walking under the accusations of the enemy who used people and myself to tell me how not good enough I am, and how I do not measure up to the standard and requirements of the law of God or any man made laws and regulations.

I don’t live my life by trying to meet any standard of any law. I already know I cannot. The minute you bring yourself under any man made laws you are subject to them and put a yoke over yourself to fulfill it. You become a slave to any law you are trying to obey. We do things out of the freedom we have, not because we have to or there is a demand. I already know Christ my Savior has met all the standards of the law for righteousness for me. So, He is my Standard and I am Righteous (meaning in Greek: have met the standard of the law, have met the standard of God), apart from my performance Rom 3:28. 

Yea, I have already met God’s high standard for righteousness – my new identity is Righteous and I have done nothing to achieve it!!!!! Thank You my wonderful Lord and Father for who You have made me in You. I love my new identity which is YOU who is in me. 

What you feel or think and has any negative in it - is NOT who you are.

What people see, think or say about you – is also not who you are in Christ.

They either see YOU, or CHRIST in you. They either see in the Spirit your real identity in Christ which is the truth, or in the flesh your old identity was died and buried with Jesus.
  

Flesh manifests daily in corrupt and ugly ways from fear, doubt, accusations, greed, jealousy or lust. 

Learn to separate who you are in Christ, from what you feel, see, think or do.

Learn to separate who god says you are, from who YOU SEE (the fleshy you).

The fleshy you is not who you are anymore. It’s just a manifestation of who YOU think you are.
 The more you behold (see) Christ, the more you will manifest Christ in you.

It’s what you believe that manifests through you.

When the Accuser vomits on me and tries to stick my old identity on me and I see my flesh, instead of who Christ IS in me, I speak to the Lord and literally say this (or whatever comes to mind about my true identity in Christ): 

"Lord, I don't care what I feel right now, it's not who I am in Christ. These feelings, or thoughts, or manifestation of my flesh are not mine, and not my new identity. Christ lives in me and therefore I am filled with life, joy, peace and every good thing inside of me. The Spirit of the Living God dwells in me and I am one spirit with Him - and He is all Love, Grace and Kindness. I am as He is. I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus and this is my new identity”.

Awaken to righteousness and do not sin by unbelief, as some do not knowledge God.

  1Co 15:34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God:

  Romans 13:11-12 Do this, knowing the time, that it is already the hour for you to awaken from sleep; for now salvation is nearer to us than when we believed. (12) The night is almost gone, and the day is near. Therefore let us lay aside the WORKS of darkness and put on the armor (weapons) of light. (which is your righteousness with God in Christ, apart from your works Rom 3:28)

   

Prayer (talking to God):

Lord, help me to use the weapons of my righteousness in Christ and overcome by the blood of Jesus paid to redeem me from myself, my old identity as a Sinner, and my corrupt flesh. Holy Spirit convict me of my righteousness in Christ daily to help me overcome by my faith – by believing who You say I am, not who I think I am. Show me more daily of my new identity in Christ and who Christ is in me, and how You see me. I want to know the power of Your resurrection which is the power of Your great Love for me.

I love you Abba – you are the BEST!!!!

   Elana Polinger

  

Are You Living Under the Law and You Do Not Know It?

Are You Living Under the Law and You Do Not Know It?






Walking under the Law of the Old covenant means living your life by trying to meet the standard of the Law by your right-performance (works).



It’s seeing how incomplete YOU are (flesh) and therefore there is an urge to complete and perfect yourself by your own effort.



It’s thinking, “I need to meet the standard of the Law in order to be right with God”. Not knowing that Jesus IS your Standard. He IS the standard by which God measures you in Him. No longer by how well you meet the standard of the Law, but how well Jesus has met it for you.”

Since he met the standard for righteousness for YOU, then you ARE righteous with God by His righteousness; not your own. This is why righteousness is a gift, and not earned by works.





Check out the word Righteous in Greek. Among all other definitions it says "HAS MET THE STANDARD OF THE LAW; HAS MET THE STANDARD OF GOD".



You HAVE met any standard of man or laws or requirements because Jesus imputed His righteousness to you, while ALL your sins, faults, mess, old nature, old identity as sinner - was imputed to Him. There was an exchange of identity on the cross. He became you, and you became Him.





Such mindset of the Law and seeing your old identity in Adam, comes from not seeing the finished works of Christ on the cross and his resurrection. It is seeing yourself in Adam and not in Christ.



It’s an identity Crisis of being veiled by the Law from seeing the finished works of Christ and who he has made you in Him.



It’s believing that what Christ has done is NOT good enough and therefore, YOU by YOUR performance need to add to what He has already done and finished.





The language of the Law is DO, but the language of Grace is DONE, FINISHED.





Walking under the Law is seeing the old man you USED to BE in Adam before Christ was resurrected. It's seeing yourself as righteous by your performance, and how well your flesh performs; it's not seeing the new creation Christ made you.



It's still seeing your sins, blemishes, faults, wrongs and having the old identity in Adam as a Sinner.



Walking under the Law is seeing YOU instead of seeing Christ who is in you. It's beinf SELF conscious instead of Christ conscious.

It's still seeing your sins, and having the old identity in Adam as a Sinner.



Walking under the Law is seeing YOU instead of seeing Christ in you. It's focusing on SELF and not on Christ who is your new identity.



Who you are IS Christ who gave you His identity. He made you already as a new creation in His image and in His form.



So, Elana, why doesn't it manifest? Why am I still failing in my performance?

Meaning, “I am still not in the image of God”, “I am not Christlike”, I need to perform right in order to BE Christlike”.



Really???



Being made complete in the image of God who is revealed in Christ is by YOUR WORKS?

It’s by how well YOU PERFORM?



No, this deception of an unfinished works has to be removed.



AS the temple of God Christ HAS build you complete in Him. Like Eve who was built from Adam, you had NO PART in this finished works. God built you perfect in Christ, now your part is to BELIEVE IT. Believe that He did the job for you and it’s not by your own works and effort that you ARE complete.



Man cannot have ANY part in the building of the New Temple – the new creation in Christ.

It’s Christ’s works and His alone and He finished the work and now He rests.

So, rest in His finished works by believing who He has already made you.



Psalms 92:4-6 NASB

(4) For You, O LORD, have made me glad by what You have done, I will sing for joy at the works of Your hands.

(5) How great are Your works, O LORD! Your thoughts are very deep.

(6) A senseless man has no knowledge, Nor does a stupid man understand this:







Why is your new identity in Christ not manifesting yet?



Because the more you SEE who you ARE in Christ, and not who you're NOT - the more you see Christ in you. Whatever you focus on - lifts up. If you focus on YOU and your faults, and your old self, you will only see SELF and your walk will be trying to perfect your flesh.



If you behold Christ (see Him who is in you) you will be transformed into who He has already made you. Transformation and manifestation of Christ in us, is by beholding Christ, not beholding SELF.



Focus on negative, your old self in Adam, who you're not, your faults, sins, mess - will blind you from seeing who Christ has made you as a new being.



Focus on Christ, who He is, His identity which you HAVE, His righteousness, His finished works, who He made you, how complete He sees you in Him, and how perfectly He has removed all your sins from you - means you walk in the Spirit.

It means you don't walk by who YOU see yourSELF, but who you ARE as a Spirit Being.



See yourself the way God sees you in Christ, not the way the Law sees you in Adam.





The Law says "purify my heart Lord and give me a right Spirit", but the finished works of Christ says "I have already purified your heart and gave you My Spirit whithin you. I gave you a new heart and a new spirit and this is ho I made you a new creation. See who you ARE, not who you used to be. In other words, do not walk under the Law which defines who you are, walk in Who Christ has made you by His blood.





We’ve been perfected by His blood and His works, not by self effort or ANYTHING we have done or can ever do.



Hebrews 10:14-15 NASB “For by one offering He has perfected for all time those who are sanctified. And the Holy Spirit also testifies to us;”





Don’t live your life like the religious guy who lived under the Law and wanted eternal life by his law keeping.



He asked Jesus how he could get eternal life. Jesus pointed to his law keeping to get him to the end of himself, so he would see how much He needs a Savior. Because by our law keeping we would only find how much we CANNOT keep the demands of the Law.



The guy in his pride thought he had already kept all the commandments, so he focused on something else he needs to DO in order to obtain eternal life. This is when Jesus said to him: “if you wish to be COMPLETE… go and do this and that”. Jesus showed us through that conversation that desiring eternal life means wishing to be complete.



Jesus added to the law another unwritten law. And the guy could not admit he cannot DO it. He could not admit he needs a Savior.


Matthew 19:16-21 NASB And someone came to Him and said, "Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may obtain eternal life?" (17) And He said to him, … if you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments." (20) The young man *said to Him, "All these things I have kept; what am I still lacking?" (21) Jesus said to him, "If you wish to be complete, go and sell … and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me."


If you notice, Jesus did NOT tell this man that he can have eternal life if he sells all his good. He just told him after you DO this, come and follow Me. Because eternal life is Him. He is eternal life. Eternal life was given to man because Christ HAS PERFECTED US by His blood, and not by ANYTHING we can ever do right. It's not by man's works or doings. Its a gift given to man by what Christ has done and finished.


Tyre saw herself perfect not by what God has done, but by the perfecting of the flesh – by self effort, by believing that His finished works was not good enough and man needs to add to what God has done.


Ezekiel 27:2-7 NLT

(2) "Son of man, sing a funeral song for Tyre,

(3) that mighty gateway to the sea, the trading center of the world. Give Tyre this message from the Sovereign LORD: "You boasted, O Tyre, 'My beauty is perfect!'

(4) You extended your boundaries into the sea. Your builders made your beauty perfect.

(5) You were like a great ship built of the finest cypress from Senir. They took a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.

(6) They carved your oars from the oaks of Bashan. Your deck of pine from the coasts of Cyprus was inlaid with ivory.

(7) Your sails were made of Egypt's finest linen, and they flew as a banner above you. You stood beneath blue and purple awnings made bright with dyes from the coasts of Elishah.

Ezekiel 27:10-11 NASB

(10) "Persia and Lud and Put were in your army, your men of war. They hung shield and helmet in you; they set forth your splendor.
(11) "The sons of Arvad and your army were on your walls, all around, and the Gammadim were in your towers. They hung their shields on your walls all around; they perfected your beauty.

The Galatians had wrong doctrine about the finished works of Christ:
Galatians 3:1-3 NASB

(1) You foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified? (the old identity in Adam was gone, it died!!!)

(2) This is the only thing I want to find out from you: did you receive the Spirit by the works of the Law, or by hearing with faith?

(3) Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?

The resurrection of Christ is the evidence that the working of God was made complete and therefore we WERE raised up with Him already circumcised from the flesh old nature. Our old self is dead and was removed by the Spirit. Not by man’s hands.


Colossians 2:9-12 NASB

(9) For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form,

(10) and in Him you have been made complete, and He is the head over all rule and authority;

(11) and in Him you were also circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, in the removal of the body of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ;

(12) having been buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also raised up with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.



We have been perfected by the unity Jesus brought. We ARE one spirit with Him already by the new Spirit He gave us and put in us. We’re in Him and He is in us already.

Joh 17:23 I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity,


1 Corinthians 6:17 NASB (17) But the one who joins himself to the Lord is one spirit with Him.




A question:

Wouldn't we be liars if we said nothing is negative. How could our God lift us out of negative things if there is no acknowledgment of them to come out of?



My answer:


This world is in darkness and doesn't know the light. We're not of this world and we're not to look at who the world says we are. We look to Heaven, our true Home where we already live and citizens of. That's the struggle between the Spirit and the Flesh, Grace and Law, Works and Faith we all go through. But we're learning in our walk to walk free - not by doing, but by KNOWING who are are in Christ. As for our identity, indeed we ARE complete in Christ, new beings which He built. There is indeed no blemish in us. If we look to the flesh (which died with Christ) we will SEE all the blemishes and try to perfect dead flesh. But when we look to Christ we will SEE Christ in us; His righteousness - no longer our own through the perfection of our dead flesh. we're not worshippers of the dead, but of the Living One who is in us and made us complete in Him. How? He perfectly removed and took away all our sins. That’s how He cleansed us once and for all. Your sins have been completely removed and you are a new creation, beautiful, perfect in His eyes. We just need to SEE who He has made us.




Much love and grace,



Elana