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May 20 - May 26, 2020
Not only is the external realm or surface life seen clearly for what it is--a temporary state a believer has already transcended-...
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Outward Life is Melting Away
All of surface life is temporary.
earthly life is the shortest part of our life experience. In the grand scheme of things,
nothing that seemed so serious, so all-important to us now, will matter or even come to mind in Heaven (Isa. 65:17).
What you now are in the spiritual is eternal, and is unaffected by life’s various “meltdowns” (things we had ...
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The part of you that cannot be hurt by any life experience is hidden in Christ: “you are dead and your life is hid with Christ in God” (Col. 3:3).
The Holy Spirit desires to introduce you to the true you and help you recognize that other “you” as a false self—not the true you at all!
They will be drawn to the Christ in you.
“Why seek ye the living among the dead?” (Luke 24:5 KJV).
Chapter 4 What is the Source of Inner and Outer Conflict?
What is the source of conflict each of us has experienced within ourselves, and that the entire world has experienced on every level of eve...
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One of the great benefits of Christ’s death on the Cross is to bring inner peace to every part of you.
This peace arises not only from reconciliation with God--the reality of which you experienced at the new birth--but becomes more fully known in every area of your life through an inner change within the soul part of you. It is the possibility and reality of soul transformation which is the theme of this book.
Millions know peace with God through believing on Christ as Savior, but relatively few believers live in ...
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A sudden radical transformation within the souls of believers is about to emerge in the Christian community.
the lost are miserable too, and are looking for love where it cannot be found.
Before a sudden radical transformation can occur within the soul of a believer the individual must experience death in his or her soul-life.
They may actually view themselves as devout, sincere Christians because they have conformed their outward manner of life to scriptural standards, but inwardly they are yet miserable and void of Abundant Life.
“Your mind just told you that what you just heard is too good to be true, didn’t it?”
What is needed is that they identify fully with Christ and surrender their identification with self.
The promise of Jesus, of His own peace inside us, will become the normality of their life experience (John 14:27).
Had God forgotten David? How could He? He could not forget one He had chosen. Why did David accuse Him of forgetting him? David’s carnal-mind told him this, he believed it. He then suffered because he temporarily believed the lie his carnal-mind told him.
Do you feel as if the enemy is triumphing over you? He isn’t because he cannot.
No weapon the enemy “forges in the fire” can accomplish its intended purpose (Isa. 54:17 alternate rendering). But if he makes you feel that he is triumphing over you, he can “help” you sabotage yourself.
But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord. 2 Corinthians 3:18 NKJV
It is used in Romans 12:2 where Paul refers to being “transformed” through the renewal of the believer’s mind: And be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, in order to prove by you what is the good and pleasing and perfect will of God. (LITV)
In fact, nothing is a problem to Him.
The Holy Spirit has the power to radically and completely change us and give us total transformation of our souls (mind, will, emotion). Total transformation is possible in this life, prior to Heaven! This is what Paul referred to also as being “sanctified wholly” (1 Thess. 5:23).
The Holy Spirit’s goal is to make us like Jesus, the Model Son, the One with whom the Father was fully pleased--His Firstborn among many brethren (Rom. 8:29).
He wants to “bring many sons to glory” not only in the hereafter, but in the here and now as well (Heb. 2:10).
It is the self in your soul which is the false you.
It is this self which interferes with the emergence of the true you in your spirit.
This is what Jesus meant when He spoke in riddles such as to live you must die, to be exalted you must be brought low, to rule you must serve, to be first you must be last, and so on. Much that He said has never been realized by the Church throughout her long history as we tend to keep His teachings on the surface level of the mind, but what He pointed to is a deeper, spiritual reality which comparatively few believers, including Christian leaders have ever perceived, let alone have experienced.
It is those who sense their great poverty of spirit that He enriches with His Kingdom treasures.
The way of life for most Christians is a tug of war between the false self in the soul and the new life in the spirit.
the new turned old as they became more trapped in self.
for the joy now set before Him endured the Cross despising the shame
Jesus had set His joy upon His forthcoming Resurrection and reunion with His Father in the glories of Heaven. He wasn’t coming to the end as observers wrongly viewed it; He was coming to a new beginning.
Your Parts Make Up Your Whole
It is the spirit where Jesus indwells an individual who has been regenerated (born again, anew, from above). “Christ in you, the hope of glory” (Col 1:27). “Jesus Christ is in you” (2 Cor. 13:5). “Greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world” (1 John 4:4). “The Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit” (2 Tim. 4:22).
The Lord and His child are one here in the spirit realm (1 Cor. 6:17).
Yet, total transformation of the believer’s soul is possible now.
Your Spirit is the Part of You Where God Initiates His Work on Your Soul
It is the spirit of the believer that becomes “a new creation” in the miracle of salvation.
That which is born [out of] a physical body is a physical body, and that which is born [out of] the Spirit is a spirit.
It is your spirit which is born of God, has His seed remaining in it, and cannot sin:
It is your spirit where your Heavenly Father takes up residence in you, where Jesus lives in you, and where the Holy Spirit abides in you:
His work on you is primarily focused upon transforming your soul to the image of Christ in your spirit.
It is where He dwells in you, your new spirit, that He initiates all His work on and through you by causing you to desire to do His will and giving you the grace to perform the actual doing of His will in your body:
