Newness of Life

God's word comes to us as a seed. Seeds are powerless if they are not planted in good soil. Man’s religion can be very good at amassing  the seed of God’s word, but because there is no true faith in it, the seeds never germinate.  Religion will amass the "seed" of God's word, study it, memorize it, talk about it, but the seed is never watered with faith and therefore does not germinate into experience.  Religion is like a group of people studying a map of Europe but never going to visit, or reading a menu yet never expecting dinner to be served. Man's religious beliefs and traditions don't really expect to experience God-nor do they actually need God.  In fact, the mark of all false Christian religious systems is a disdain for the power of God. Often, this lukewarm attitude towards experiencing God is even viewed as faith, as in, "I believe God so much that I don't have to see Him do anything." True, our faith must proceed experience. Jesus sa...

How do we labor to enter His rest?  T he word tells us that the kingdom of God suffers violence, and the violent take it by force. They seize it. Have you ever noticed that the people who received miracles from Jesus were very desperate? They pushed through crowds, threw off their cloaks, risked humiliation, and many cried out above the din of voices literally stopping Jesus in his tracks. Oh, he loves desperate sick folks.  God's love is all-consuming. His love is compared to a mighty rushing river and unquenchable fire. He have given everything for love, and He seeks the same love in return.  Many false teachings are perverting the truth that Jesus has done it all,  (He has) and won it all, (He has) to cause us to sit back in a spiritual stupor while Satan makes off with all of our inheritance. Jesus purchased our rest, but  we must labor to enter into it.  J esus said that we have to eat his body and drink his blood in order to experience eternal li...

"And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him. And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth. And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath day, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace. And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other." Mark 3:2-5 Jesus was angry because they misunderstood the nature of God. They viewed God as a legalist who was more concerned about observing a religious law than relieving suffering and Satanic oppression. We still have our Pharasitical doctrines today. They teach that the precious gifts of the Holy Spirit, healing, and miracles were only needed to establish the church and get things going; now that we know the truth, poof! No more need of supernatural ...