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You\u2019re a believer. But of what? Are you a believer of the truth which will set you free? Probably not. Sure, you like to think you are (often just to be able to fit in to the crowd you hang with) but deep down inside you doubt\u2026everything.<\/p>\n
If you have followed me for any length of time, you know that I am a \u201cgrace\u201d guy. My hope is that you will be able to come into the revelation of the grace with which each of us have been empowered with. However, I recognize how this revelation will only manifest as each of us accept the truth which is God. I also recognize how as a New Testament believer, our default understanding of God is encompassed in the standard, \u201cGod is love,\u201d which is a lofty claim that hardly any of us can understand!<\/p>\n
There are three tenets which have stood the vicissitudes of time which pertain to the nature and character of God. First, God is omnipresent; second, God is omnipotent; third, God is omniscient. Scripture validates each of these claims regardless of our doubts to the contrary. God is always present; all powerful; and all knowing. If \u201cGod is love\u201d it is only because these three tenets survive as being immoveable.<\/p>\n
The Kingdom<\/strong><\/h3>\n Jesus made a claim which, regrettably, today we simply have no clue what he was speaking about. He stated how the kingdom of God was not here nor there according to the whims of man\u2019s sight, but actually resides hidden within each of us. It\u2019s easy to parrot this truth, yet harder to live it. Why? Doubt.<\/p>\n The first tenet about God is that He is always present. A kingdom, any kingdom, only exists when and where the king resides. The kingdom moves as the king moves.<\/p>\n One of the most characteristic features of western religion is that \u201cGod\u201d is up there, out there, somewhere and it is the duty of a believer to \u201ccall God down.\u201d This is depicted in the notion that some act has separated man from God and our entire expanse of life is an attempt to get back into the presence which departed from humanity.<\/p>\n If Jesus was bold enough to claim how the kingdom of God was within us, when did people begin to believe that the kingdom had moved? Consider your own belief about this matter. Does your understanding about an omnipresent God reflect a being who is \u201capart\u201d from you or \u201ca part\u201d of you? Do you also restrict this viewpoint to just you or the entirety of the world? Are you unable to see \u201cOne\u201d as a multitude simply because one in a multitude seems so lost?<\/p>\n Have you ever considered how your ability to see restricts your spiritual development? The kingdom of God is spiritual, not material. You can\u2019t see it with your eyes, you sense it with your heart. The day God stopped being occurred when you went \u201clooking\u201d for Him. Since He is always present, everywhere and within all, to \u201clook\u201d for Him and not \u201csee\u201d from this truth is to doubt. This is probably why grace is so vital for us. It keeps us sustained in our kingdom development while we learn to walk by faith and not by sight.<\/p>\n The wise men of old announced that there would come a day when a child would be born who would be named Emmanuel, which they say means, \u201cGod is with us.\u201d I\u2019m not trying to be sacrilegious but if God is always present, doesn\u2019t this child simply affirm truth by its name rather than establish a whole new truth by its appearance? Would this not apply, too, for every child who came from the same ancestorial line before and after this child regardless of their name? Have we become so conditioned in seeing \u201cMark\u201d, \u201cFred\u201d, \u201cBetty\u201d, \u201cAnne\u201d, or whatever the name is, as an independently named and functioning \u201cbeing\u201d rather than the truth of being Emmanuel?<\/p>\n Across the pantheon of western religion, the masses have joyously proclaimed and affirmed how God is, \u201call in all.\u201d Rather than get all wrapped up in a lesson of semantics, let\u2019s take a pause, and placing it where it belongs, let\u2019s agree with truth: God is all, in all. Even the blind believes this. Can you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" You\u2019re a believer. But of what? Are you a believer of the truth which will set you free? Probably not. Sure, you like to think you are (often just to be able to fit in to the crowd you hang … Continue reading