THE LIFE OF FAITH AND THE GLORIOUS CHURCH - 2009
                                                       january 18th

IN THE WORD OF GOD IS THE VERY PRESENCE OF GOD HIMSELF - AND THE REVELATION OF EVERYTHING WE NEED TO BE EVERYTHING THAT WE WERE CREATED TO BE, IN CHRIST


...."Let no unwholesome [unholy] word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification [building up] according to the need of the moment, that it may give [impart] grace to those who hear"....
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Ephesians 4:29 NASB


          In these days, the Word of God MUST have preeminence in the lives of all those who are truly seeking the "fullness" of the Father's will for their life and ministry. Satan's main task and scheme against the children of God in this hour [and as it always has been] is to keep them apart from the Word. For he knows that in the Word of God is the very presence of God Himself - and the revelation of everything we need to be everything that we were created to be, in Christ. This is precisely why every child of God needs to come into that place of meditating in the Word of God "day and night". First, that they might come to know personally the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit and, secondly, to receive the necessary light and empowerment [grace] to continuously resist the schemes of the Enemy that are designed specifically to keep them in a place "far below" the fullness of their precious inheritance in Christ. The prerequisite to the life of "abiding" - and one entering into the "fullness" of their glorious inheritance in Christ - is for them to meditate in the Word of God day and night.

THE TRUE PROPHETIC AND APOSTOLIC ANOINTING ONLY "TEARS DOWN" THAT WHICH IS APART FROM CHRIST - WITH A VIEW TO ESTABLISHING ABSOLUTE TRUTH IN ONE'S HEART - AND ALWAYS ENCOURAGES [EXHORTS] AND SEEKS TO ELEVATE THAT WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED IN ONE'S HEART BY THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM AND REVELATION

The importance of words - and of us being "filled" with the Word - is extreme in this last hour! The fact is, that "whatever does not proceed from faith is sin"! So why would we desire to be a people who speak sinful [unwholesome - unholy] words? Sinful words tear down - regardless of how harmless they may "appear" to the undiscerning eye or heart of unbelief! I am not referring to the true prophetic and apostolic anointing. The true anointing only "tears down" that which is apart from Christ - with a view to establishing absolute truth in one's heart, and always encourages [exhorts] and seeks to elevate that which has already been established in one's heart by the Spirit of wisdom and revelation. I am talking about ANY tearing down of the true image of Jesus Christ being formed in the hearts of His people - through words and actions that are the result of selfish motivation [unrighteous desire] and unbelief [darkness]. What are we called to? We are called to "build" the Church, and the essence of our call to "build" is to speak the Word of God by the perfect unction of the Holy Spirit [the Spirit of Love and Truth] - in order that the necessary grace [empowerment] might be imparted, according to the need of the moment - whatever that might be, both individually and corporately.

Related Scriptures: Joshua 1:8; John 15:1-8; Romans 14:23b; Ephesians 1:17-23;


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