Why Two?
Introduction
This will be a teaching that will bring many of our preconceived ideas regarding the Old Testament and its relationship to the New Testament into question. I ask you to keep an open mind as I walk through with you the meaning, and the purpose of this theme. I want to ask you if the Old Testament was sufficient why did Father God need to create the New Testament?

Many people want to continue to live in the Old Testament. Don’t get me wrong I know that the Old Testament is the word of God, but its purpose was presented for many different reasons. In the Old Testament, there was a priesthood, a place of worship and rules of worship. in the Old Testament, there were no born-again Christians. In the Old Testament, God did not dwell within his people. In the Old Testament, there are no new creations as it states in the New Testament. It was a partial truth of the earthly life and mission of the Messiah Christ Jesus. Remember that scripture is progressive in nature up to the coming of Jesus and His redemptive work on calvary.
We must understand that the old man ends with the cross and the new man begins with the resurrection of Christ. It says in the scripture “if any man is in Christ he is a new creature old things are passed away and behold they are become new.” 2 Corinthians 5:17. The cross terminates the first creation and out of death there’s brought a new creation in Christ the born-again person. I truly believe we don’t understand the new creation. In the Old Testament you will never find anyone born again. In the Old Testament you’ll never find anyone where God dwells within them. In the Old Testament man had to go to the temple to communicate with God. In the New Testament God is within us. We are His temple. We communicate with Him through our spirit.

If we are in Christ then Christ comes to us by free grace without any effort on our part but is built on the solid ground a simple faith. How does this become real in our experience. This is the essence of this teaching. Recognizing who we are in Christ. Understanding that our old man is dead and we are new in Christ. Abiding in Him is realizing that God has done the work in Christ and not in us. And the all-inclusive death of Adam there is the all-inclusive resurrection in Christ.
Many people want to live in the Old Testament. The Old Testament was a tutor pointing Israel to the coming Messiah. God‘s laws were written on stone in the Old Testament and the New Testament his laws are written upon our heart. The New Testament does what the Old Testament could not do. The Old Testament showed men their sins but there was no power to overcome them because Christ had not died and resurrected yet.

Why don’t we see the teachings and the themes presented in the epistles in the Old Testament or the gospels? The reason is once again that the epistles were written to the new creation church. There are no new creations,’ born-again people in the Old Testament. There were no born-again people presented in the gospels. In fact, we found that even those who closely followed Jesus did not understand His purpose. They did not understand his plan of redemption, nor the reason why he had to be crucified. It was not until the end of gospel of Matthew that Peter had the revelation from the Holy Spirit When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, whom do men say that I the Son of man am? And they said, some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. He saith unto them, but who say ye that I am? And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. And I say also unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this Rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ. Matt. 16:13-20. So, when was this complete. It was not until the completed work of Jesus on Calvary with His death, descension into hell, His resurrection and glorification. Now He is seated at the right hand of Father God and scripture stated we are seated with Him. And all power is given us to us as His church. We are the eyes, mouth, hands, and feet on our Lord Jesus on earth.

Father God revealing His Son, Christ Jesus in the Gospels!
We can see even in the gospels we see God the Father pointing to Jesus.
In Matt. 17:1-7, “Now after six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, led them up on a high mountain by themselves; and He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light. And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Him. Then Peter answered and said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here; if You wish, let us make here three tabernacles: one for You, one for Moses (The Law), and one for Elijah (The Prophets). “While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them; and suddenly a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Hear Him!” And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces and were greatly afraid. But Jesus came and touched them and said, “Arise, and do not be afraid.”

Also, our Lord said that in the hearing of the scripture that he quoted was completed. In Luke 4:21, “He began by saying to them, “Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.” Jesus stated do not think I have come to abolish the law but to fulfill the law. What do you mean fulfill the law? Fulfillment of the law was to complete what it could not do. The Law only showed man his sinfulness but did not give him the power to overcome sin and its dominion. In His death and resurrection not only did Jesus pay the ultimate price of his death but He created a new race that never existed on the face of the earth before these are called Born Again Christians. The New Testament church should live in the epistles. You do not see in the gospels the biblical truths as stated in the epistles. The Gospels narrate the life and history of Jesus but not of the resurrected church. That is clearly expressed in the Epistles. This is why the epistles were written. It was and is written to the Resurrected Church. To those who are born again! In 1 Cor. 15:45, “And so it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being.” The last Adam (Jesus) became a life-giving spirit. His words are spirit and life. Romans 8:29. Jesus is the first begotten of many brethren.

Father God speaks through His Son Jesus Christ
God, who at various times and in various ways (many different glimpses of the truth) spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets in the words of the prophets) , has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. Heb. 1:1-4.

The Old Testament vs. the New Testament
For this reason, Christ ·brings a new agreement from God to his people [L is the mediator of a new covenant/contract]. Those who are called by God can now receive the eternal ·blessings [inheritance] he has promised. They can have those things because Christ died to ·set them free [redeem them] from the ·sins [transgressions; violations] committed under the first agreement [covenant; contract]. Heb. 9:15
God called this a new ·agreement [covenant; contract], so he has made ·the first agreement [the first one] ·old [obsolete; outdated]. And anything that is ·old [obsolete; outdated] and worn out is ready to disappear. Heb. 8:13

Then He (Jesus) said, “Here I am, O God, to do your will.” So, God does away with all the old sacrifices and puts the sacrifice of Christ in their place. Heb. 10:9
[ For] Christ did not go into ·the Most Holy Place [a sanctuary; holy things] made by ·humans [ hands], which is only a copy [model; or prefiguration] of the real one. He went into heaven itself and is there [appears] now ·before [in the presence of] God to help us [for us; on our behalf]. The high priest enters the ·Most Holy Place [sanctuary; holy things;  Holy of Holies] once every year with blood that is not his own. But Christ did not offer himself many times. Then [Otherwise; In such a case,] he would have had to suffer many times ·since the world was made [from the foundation/creation of the world]. But Christ came [appeared] ·only once and for all time [once for all; 7:27; 9:12, 26; 10:10] at the end [culmination; climax] of the present age [time; the ages] to ·take away all [nullify; abolish] sin by sacrificing Himself. Heb. 9:24-26.

Once Dead-Now Alive!
This is a very important time to understand that the people in the Old Testament were spiritually dead. There was no one born again. This is a New Testament action because Christ redemptive work on Calvary was not performed yet.

And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) and hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: Eph. 2:1-6

To you, who were spiritually dead all the time that you drifted along on the stream of this world’s ideas of living, and obeyed its unseen ruler (who is still operating in those who do not respond to the truth of God), to you Christ has given life! We all lived like that in the past, and followed the impulses and imaginations of our evil nature, being in fact under the wrath of God by nature, like everyone else. But even though we were dead in our sins God, who is rich in mercy, because of the great love he had for us, gave us life together with Christ—it is, remember, by grace and not by achievement that you are saved—and has lifted us right out of the old life to take our place with him in Christ in the Heavens. Thus, he shows for all time the tremendous generosity of the grace and kindness he has expressed towards us in Christ Jesus. It was nothing you could or did achieve—it was God’s gift to you. No one can pride himself upon earning the love of God. The fact is that what we are we owe to the hand of God upon us. We are born afresh in Christ, and born to do those good deeds which God planned for us to do. Phillips NT

And you [He made alive], when you were dead (slain) by [your] trespasses and sins. In which at one time you walked [habitually]. You were following the course and fashion of this world [were under the sway of the tendency of this present age], following the prince of the power of the air. [You were obedient to and under the control of] the [demon] spirit that still constantly works in the sons of disobedience [the careless, the rebellious, and the unbelieving, who go against the purposes of God]. Among these we as well as you once lived and conducted ourselves in the passions of our flesh [our behavior governed by our corrupt and sensual nature], obeying the impulses of the flesh and the thoughts of the mind [our cravings dictated by our senses and our dark imaginings]. We were then by nature children of [God’s] wrath and heirs of [His] indignation, like the rest of mankind. But God—so rich is He in His mercy! Because of and in order to satisfy the great and wonderful and intense love with which He loved us, Even when we were dead (slain) by [our own] shortcomings and trespasses, He made us alive together in fellowship and in union with Christ; [He gave us the very life of Christ Himself, the same new life with which He quickened Him, for] it is by grace (His favor and mercy which you did not deserve) that you are saved ([a]delivered from judgment and made partakers of Christ’s salvation). And He raised us up together with Him and made us sit down together [giving us joint seating with Him] in the heavenly sphere [by virtue of our being] in Christ Jesus (the Messiah, the Anointed One). Amplified Version.

Benefits of the New Testament

Seated with Christ
“And raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace, you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.” Eph. 2:6-9. The word SIT reveals his secrets of having a heavenly life. We can associate the word Sit means to Rest. What is the place of rest? What is a place of rest? To some it might be partying. To some it might be going to Vegas. To others it might be going a long trip. What does God mean by a place of rest? God wants us to have an abundant life without the chains that bind us. God rests is not struggling with the pressures of life that comes to all of us. Gods rest is long life in Him. God’s rest is healing, deliverance, lack or worry, peaceful and happy marriages. To be friends and enjoys each other’s company. Our rest is built on Jesus and His Word. Not just hearers but doers.

Christianity is not begin with walking it begins with sitting. It states in Hebrews 1.3 that Jesus Christ who made purification of our sins SAT down at the right hand of the Father. Equally understanding that our individual Christian life hidden in Christ is by faith and we also are seated together with Him in the heavens. Christianity does not begin with a big DO but with a big DONE. The Christian life from start to finish is based upon the principle of utter dependence on the Lord Jesus Christ and His work at Calvary.

In other words, our life, our load, our future, our everything depends on the Lord not ourselves. Our Christian life totally depends on the finished work of Christ. Our Christian life starts when we understand what Father God provided for us in Christ Jesus.

Free From the Law!
For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse; for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law, to do them.” But that no one is justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for “the just shall live by faith.” Yet the law is not of faith, but “the man who does them shall live by them.” Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”), that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. Gal. 3:10-14.
• What was the curse? Poverty, sickness, and spiritual death. Deut. 28:15-45.
• Why do some people still not walk in victory? Disobedience and lack of faith.
Who We Are in Jesus
• In Him we live, move, and have our being. Acts 17:28.
• We are His workmanship created in Christ. Eph. 2:10.
• He became sin for us, who knew no sin that we become the righteousness of God IN HIM. 2 Cor. 5:21.
• Therefore, there is no condemnation to them who are in Christ Jesus. James. 5:16.
• But we are in Christ Jesus made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification and redemption. I Cor. 1:30.
• In whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace. Eph. 1:7.
• Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of His dear son. In whom we have redemption through His blood even the
forgiveness of sins. Col. 1:13-14.

Hold Fast!
We must learn to speak success and not failure. We must understand that when we “keep our tongue for the negative confession we keep our life from problems affecting us.” Proverbs 21.23. When we don’t speak of positive confessions “we are snared taken captive by the words of her own mouth.” Proverbs 6.2. It says it that we are either justified or condemned by what we speak. Matthews 12:37. Remember that which is not of faith is sin. Rom. 14:23
Why does scripture tell us to hold fast? True belief or doubts is shown by the way in which one thinks, speaks and lives. To swerve from this would be to wander off the path to the right or the left into some error or contradiction. It is because we have an enemy Satan who will fight you every step of the way. That is his job and he is very good at it.
When Things Get Hard Speak unto that Mountain!
Problems come to all of us but unless your house is built on solid foundation it will not survive. We are called overcomers by the word of our testimony. Our words and lives must consistently declare the word of God.
• We need to declare that we are a new creation 2 Corinthians 5:17

• We need to declare that we are the righteousness of God 2 Corinthians 5:21

• We need to declare that we have been set free from the bondages of hell. Colossians 1:12–14

• We need to declare that we are not inferior or failure or frustrated. 2 Timothy 1:7

• We need declare that we redeemed from the curse of the law and we are not bound by sin sickness or spiritual death. Gal. 3: 10-14

• We need to declare that we are prosperous and have good success. Joshua 1:8.

• And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because
of[a] his Spirit who lives in you. Romans 8:11

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Believe, Speak and Act!

Introduction.

Faith is an action. Faith is Now! Faith says, I receive the answer right now. I know I have it is not hope that they get the job done it is believing that it’s done. People have said to me I believe that someday I will have my healing, that’s not faith it’s hope because it is looking to something indefinite, the future time. Faith says I have received my healing now in a modern translation of the New Testament says in Hebrews 11:1 “faith is giving substance to things hope for.” Faith is now Hope is the future. If you need healing, you don’t want it in the future you want right now especially if you’re in pain. If you’re seeking the baptism in the Holy Spirit you want to receive Him now not sometime in the future. If you need salvation you cannot put it off to the future that might be too late you need it now.

Believe, Speak, Act

This is an example of a women who suffered many years with her illness. Her faith made her whole. Not the faith of Jesus or the apostles. It was her faith that made her believe in the message of Jesus. Speak the word of faith and then she acted on what she said.

A large crowd followed and pressed around him. And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years. She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse. When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, because she said, “If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed.” Immediately her bleeding stopped, and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering. At once Jesus realized that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who touched my clothes?”
“You see the people crowding against you,” his disciples answered, “and yet you can ask, ‘Who touched me?’”
But Jesus kept looking around to see who had done it. Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell at his feet and, trembling with fear, told him the whole truth. He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.” Mark 5:25-34 (KJV)

Word of God
The Lord God confirms His word with signs and wonders.

As you go, proclaim this message: ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’ Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give. Matthew 10: 7-8 (KJV)

Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.” Mark 10:27 (KJV).

Obstacles to Growing in Faith.

We are to walk by faith not by our five senses. Our carnal mind (five senses) will always resist God. Satan uses our five senses to confuse and deceive us from following and holding on to God’s word.

For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh (controlled by our five senses), but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded (controlled by our five senses) is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. Rom. 8:5-7 (KJV)
Listen to teachings on the Battle of the Mind, Think on Purpose, Words Have Power.

Work to Rest!

The work comes from us resting in the word of God. The enemy will hit you time and again to frustrate and confuse you regarding the written Word spoken by God.

Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience. Hebrews 4:11 (KJV)
• How do we Work to enter into Rest (peace of God)? By believing and resting in His Word. Rejecting all that is false. Renew our speech, Walk according to the Law of Love & Obedience. Rom. 12:1-2. (KJV)

How you THINK, will determine how you will SPEAK. And how you speak will determine how you will LIVE.

Battle of the Mind
Introduction
Many people don’t understand that there’s a constant battle to occupy your mind. God is giving us a tremendous gift of choosing of whom we will hear and obey. As God speaks to his people to accomplish great things the enemy speaks to his people to kill, steal and destroy. Satan also speaks to the children of God to confuse them and twist the truth that they have learned. Let us look at what the word of God says and how to win the battle of the mind.

Renew Your Mind
This is a constant on-going battle to keep your mind on God.

Rom. 12: 1-2
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
2 Cor. 10: 3-6
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
6 And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.

Fight the Good Fight of Faith
You must use the Word of God to speak again the evil one.

I John 4: 4
4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
I Timothy 6:12
Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

Use the Word of God
The Word of God is your weapon to stand strong against the enemy.

Isaiah 54:17
No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.
James 4:7-9
7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. (The devil will run from us in terror). You resist with the confession of your mouth!
I Peter 5:8-9
8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Who resist steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.

Remember how you THINK, is how you will Speak. And how you speak is how you will LIVE!

The Cross Kills!
Rom. 6:7
For when we died with Christ, we were set free from the power of sin.

Talk about positional and progressive sanctification. Romans 6:7 speaks about positional sanctification being free from sin and made right with God. And progressive sanctification talks about striving to live a holy life.

I have a book in my library that I have been reading by F.J. Huegel called “Bone of His Bone”. He states the following…” The Cross Kills. The man who exposes himself to Calvary soon discovers that a hidden fire burns within his bones. The old “self-life,” so resentful, so fussy, so greedy, and so touchy, so haughty and so vain, so blind to all save its own particular lust, so ready to sacrifice the good of the many if only its own glory may be secured — the old “self-life” can no longer resist the impact of Calvary”.

As you know several years ago, I went through a very difficult surgery to correct a blockage of a much-enlarged prostate. I did not know that the poison I had running through my body was killing me little by little and my body was shutting down. I was asking the Lord why this is taking place at this time in my life when I have so much to do. I feel that He stated the following. I was not taking care of myself in regard to my annual medical check-ups so I was not aware of the problem until it was too late. Reflecting upon this I think that this is how sin works in our life when we don’t stay close to the Lord. We overlook many things that can ultimately be deadly to us. We allow those favorite sins to creep into our lives little by little until it has a strangled hold on us and can’t get away.

What are those things in your life that we find it hard to surrender to the Cross? It is lying, cheating, gambling, stealing, and taking advantage of others, lust, speaking badly about others, or criticizing? To us they may look somewhat innocent but in the long run they are our death. Sin has power. When we let it in little by little it is killing us, and we aren’t even aware of its strangled hold on us. But the GOOD NEWS is that Christ has broken the power of sin over us if we let Him. But we must be sick of our sin and turn our back on it understand that God has set us free!

What is killing you little by little?

Are you under the blood?
And they shall take the blood, and strike it on the two sides posts and the upper door post of the houses…
And the blood will be to you a token upon the houses where you are and when I see the blood, I will pass over you and the plague shall not come upon you to destroy you…
Exodus 12: 7, 12.

Many people are running around full of fear because of this new plague. I remember when we were living In Mexico the swine flu broke out across the world. People were running around very frightened buying masks and buying extra provisions.

And at that time, we were pastoring a small church from our home of about 12 people. I taught how God had redeemed us from the curse of the law which included sickness. In Colossians 1:13-14 Father God delivered us (past tense) from the power of darkness and translated us in the kingdom of His dear son Jesus. And that have we have redemption (salvation) through the blood of Jesus.

The word salvation in Greek also means deliverance, healing, completeness, and wholeness. Everything you need is found in Jesus. For those who have the Word of God firmly planted within their hearts should not fear. Fear is not of God. Fear is of the enemy. To fear, is to sin. The Epistle of Romans 14:23 says that whatever is not of faith is sin. Do not be afraid. Get under the blood. Give your life to Christ Jesus. When you do that, He has redeemed you from all the works of the enemy.

The Lord Jesus Christ will never leave you nor for sake you. Don’t believe those who say this is of God. This is not of God we are under a new covenant. We are in the New Testament. Christ went about doing good and healing all those who are oppressed of the devil.

Are you under the blood? If you are, you have nothing to fear!

Recognizing, Understanding, Abiding

Introduction
We must understand that the old man ends with the cross and the new man begins with the resurrection of Christ. It says in the scripture if any man is in Christ he is a new creature old things are passed away and behold they are become new. 2 Corinthians 5:17. The cross terminates the first creation and out of death there’s brought a new creation in Christ the second man. I truly believe we don’t understand the new creation. In the Old Testament you will never find anyone born again. In the Old Testament you’ll never find anyone where God dwells within them. In the Old Testament man had to go to the temple to communicate with God. In the New Testament God is within us. We are his temple. We communicate with him through our spirit.
If we are in Christ then Christ comes to us by free grace without any effort on our part but is built on the solid ground a simple faith. How does this become real in our experience. This is the essence of this teaching. Recognizing who we are in Christ. Understanding that our old man is dead and we are new in Christ. Abiding in Him is realizing that God has done the work in Christ and not in us. And the all-inclusive death of Adam there is the all-inclusive resurrection in Christ.
Many people want to live in the Old Testament. The Old Testament was a tutor pointing Israel to the coming Messiah. God‘s laws were written on stone in the Old Testament and the New Testament his laws are written upon our heart. The New Testament does what the old testament could not do. The Old Testament showed men their sins but there was no power to overcome them because Christ had not died and resurrected yet. Even in the gospels we see God the Father pointing to Jesus even our Lord said that in the hearing of the scripture that he quoted was completed. In Luke 4:21, “He began by saying to them, “Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.” Jesus stated do not think I have come to abolish the law but to fulfill the law. What do you mean fulfill the law? In His death and resurrection not only did Jesus pay the ultimate price of his death but he created a new race that never existed on the face of the earth before these are called born again Christians. The New Testament church should live in the epistles. You do not see in the gospels the biblical truths as stated in the epistles.
In 1 Cor. 15:45, “And so it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. His words are spirit and life.

Recognizing/ Knowing

What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Therefore, we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection, knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. For he who has died has been freed from sin. Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him. For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. Likewise, you also, [reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Rom. 6:1-11
• You must grasp that your sins have been forgiven. We are in Christ and He is in us. There is no condemnation in Christ.
• You live a resurrected life because to you resurrected with Christ.
• The finished work of Christ has gone to the root of our problem and dealt with it. He made full provision for sins rule to be utterly broken. Paul stated in Romans 6:6 “knowing this that our old man was crucified with him that the body of sin might be done away with so we should no longer be bondage to sin.”
Do you know this?

Understanding/Reckoning/Identifying

The next topic is called the Path of Progress. This path will develop as we understand/reckon/identify ourselves with what the word of God states. The apostle Paul in Romans 6:6 again stated, “knowing this, that her old man was crucified with Him.” Look at the verb structure was crucified. The problem is not many people know this that knowing is preceded reckoning. A reckoning must be based on knowledge of divinely revealed facts because without faith there’s no foundation. Once we truly understand then we take it onto ourselves. Reckoning becomes a reality because we not only identify with it but it becomes part of us.
What does Reckoning mean? Reckoning in Greek means doing or keeping accounts like book-keeping. Reckoning is not a fairy tale or myth or make-believe. Reckoning is a divine command from our Lord and Savior that the sacrifice of Christ was sufficient on all levels. “Reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Rom. 6:11.

• How is this possible?

Our Christian life is to be lived progressively by faith applying His word to our lives. The Devil main object is always to doubt the divine fact stated in God’s Word. We must understand that we are not saying that our sinful nature is rooted out or removed. To say such would be false doctrine. Sin the old master is still about but the slave who served him is dead and no longer ruling. The gambler is no longer gambling. The alcoholic is no longer addicted. Addictions are overcome and lives are changed. Our members are no longer used for unrighteousness but for righteousness.
This deliverance is so real in our lives because the new birth, the new creation and its nature is no longer practicing a sinful life. I Jn. 3:9. So how do we keep this behavior going?
We must believe that God’s Word id true. Jn. 17:17. So we can see it is an act of choice. We must choose whom we will serve.
We must not resort to our sense-knowledge to discover the truth. We must resist and reject anything the contradicts God’s word. (Sense Knowledge versus Revelation Knowledge)

Abiding

Once again we must understand that we were crucified with Him and raised with Him. We do not look for ourselves but we look for the Lord Jesus Christ is our Savior and King. We are very familiar with the words of the Lord Jesus who said abide in me and I and you. We are not told to get there, we are there; but we are told to stay where we have been placed. It was God‘s own who put us in Christ and we are to abide in him.
We are not told to associate with him. The scripture say that we were quickened, raised, and set apart by God in the heavenly‘s with Him and that we are complete in Him.

“knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be [a]done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin.” Rom. 6:6

“even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,” Eph. 2:5-6

“and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power. Col. 2:10

The scriptures state that this has been done for us in Jesus. This is the legal side of Father God. It is done. It is not going to be done. It has been completed. Jesus is the foundation for every point of a journey with Him. We know what God has done on his side the legal side but is another thing to experience it on our side. This is called experimental knowledge. Our spiritual history is concerned with the journey but we must not be stuck there. We can allow it to dominate our thinking. God has done all and his son, and he has included us in him; we are incorporated into Christ.

How does this come about? We confess what God says who and what we have in Jesus. Doing this makes room for His resurrection power to work in us and through us. As we stand fast in what the Word of God says it become experiential true in us. So, in our walk with Him our attention is fixed on Him on Him.

Faith makes the objective facts (Legal Facts) on Father God’s side makes those facts true subjectively (Experiential) for us and is us and we walk in faith and not by our five senses.

Remember as you think, you will speak and as you speak you will live!

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La Epístola a los Efesios.
Introducción.

Vamos a estar mirando en la Epístola a los Efesios escrita por el apóstol Pablo. Los capítulos 1 al tres tienen que ver con nuestra posición en Cristo. Esto se basa en consideraciones doctrinales.

La segunda parte será una experiencia práctica en este mundo. Los capítulos 4-6.9 tienen que ver con nuestra vida en este mundo. Y los capítulos 6:10-24 tienen que ver con nuestra actitud hacia el enemigo.

Las palabras clave en Efesios son las siguientes.
Nuestra posición en Cristo – Siéntate. Y Dios nos levantó con Cristo y nos sentó con él en los reinos celestiales en Cristo Jesús. Efesios 2:6.

Nuestra vida en este mundo – Camina. Como prisionero del Señor, entonces, los insto a vivir una vida digna del llamado que han recibido. Eph. 4:1.

Nuestra actitud hacia el enemigo – Permanecer. Ponte toda la armadura de Dios, para que puedas tomar tu posición contra los planes del diablo. Eph. 6.11.
La vida del creyente siempre presenta estos tres aspectos: a Dios, al hombre y a los poderes satánicos. Para caminar de acuerdo con las obras de Dios en nuestras vidas debemos ser plenos y comprender adecuadamente nuestra posición, nuestra vida y nuestra guerra.

Santificación sentada-posicional.
Para que el Dios de nuestro Señor Jesucristo, el Padre de gloria, os dé el espíritu de sabiduría y revelación en el conocimiento de Él, iluminando los ojos de vuestro entendimiento; para que sepáis cuál es la esperanza de Su llamamiento, cuáles son las riquezas de la gloria de Su herencia en los santos, y cuál es la grandeza extraordinaria de Su poder para con nosotros que creemos, según la obra de Su gran poder que Él obró en Cristo cuando lo levantó de entre los muertos y lo sentó a Su diestra en los lugares celestiales, muy por encima de todo principado y poder y poder y dominio, y cada nombre que se nombra, no sólo en esta era sino también en la que está por venir. Efesios 1:17-21.

“Y nos levantó juntos, y nos hizo sentarnos juntos en los lugares celestiales en Cristo Jesús , para que en los siglos venideros Él mostrara las riquezas extraordinarias de Su gracia en Su bondad para con nosotros en Cristo Jesús. Porque por gracia, habéis sido salvos por medio de la fe, y eso no por vosotros mismos; es don de Dios, no de obras, para que nadie se gloríe”. Efesios 2:6-9.

La palabra SIT revela sus secretos de tener una vida celestial. Podemos asociar la palabra Sit con Rest. ¿Cuál es el lugar de descanso? ¿Qué es un lugar de descanso? Para algunos podría ser fiesta. Para algunos podría ser ir a Las Vegas. Para otros podría ser un viaje largo.
¿Qué quiere decir Dios con un lugar de descanso? Dios quiere que tengamos una vida abundante sin las cadenas que nos atan. Dios descansa no está luchando con las presiones de la vida que viene a todos nosotros. El descanso de Dios es larga vida en Él. El descanso de Dios es sanidad, liberación, carencia o preocupación, matrimonios pacíficos y felices. Ser amigos y disfrutar de la compañía del otro. Nuestro descanso está construido sobre Jesús y Su Palabra. No solo oyentes sino hacedores.

El cristianismo no comienza con caminar, comienza con sentarse. Dice en Hebreos 1.3 que Jesucristo que hizo la purificación de nuestros pecados se sentó a la diestra del cuero. Igualmente entendiendo que nuestra vida cristiana individual escondida en Cristo es por fe y también estamos sentados junto con Him en los cielos. El cristianismo no comienza con un gran HECHO, sino con un gran HECHO. La vida cristiana de principio a fin se basa en el principio de la dependencia total del Señor Jesucristo y H es obra en el Calvario.

En otras palabras, nuestra vida, nuestra carga, nuestro futuro, nuestro todo depende del Señor, no de nosotros mismos. Nuestra vida cristiana depende totalmente de la obra terminada de Cristo. Nuestra vida cristiana comienza cuando entendemos lo que Dios Padre proveyó para nosotros en Cristo Jesús.

El alcance de la obra terminada de Cristo

No somos sólo pecadores salvados por gracia. Somos su pueblo lleno del Espíritu Santo. Estamos llenos de Él. Estamos muertos al poder del pecado y su dominio.
Por lo tanto, fuimos sepultados con Él a través del bautismo en la muerte, para que, así como Cristo resucitó de entre los muertos por la gloria del Padre, así también nosotros debemos caminar en vida nueva. Porque si hemos estado unidos en la semejanza de Su muerte, ciertamente también estaremos en la semejanza de Su resurrección, sabiendo esto, que nuestro viejo hombre fue crucificado con Él, para que el cuerpo del pecado sea eliminado, para que ya no seamos esclavos del pecado. Porque el que ha muerto ha sido [b] liberado del pecado. Ahora, si morimos con Cristo, creemos que también viviremos con Él, sabiendo que Cristo, habiendo resucitado de entre los muertos, ya no muere. La muerte ya no tiene dominio sobre Él. Romanos 6:4-9

Caminar-Santificación Progresiva.

Entendemos que el Señor Jesús ha hecho todo por nosotros, pero no termina aquí. En nuestra vida natural, como nuestra vida espiritual, caminar sigue a sentarse. Nuestro caminar es nuestra respuesta a lo que ahora recibimos. Es nuestro resultado práctico de nuestra posición celestial aquí en la tierra. Esto se llama santificación progresiva. ¿Estamos actuando como cristianos o estamos actuando como los hijos de Dios llenos de amor? En todas y cada una de las situaciones que enfrentamos debemos preguntarnos ¿qué quiere Dios de nosotros? ¿Qué podemos aprender como Sus hijos?
Como prisionero del Señor, entonces, los insto a vivir una vida digna del llamado que han recibido. Sé completamente humilde y gentil; Sean pacientes, soportándose unos a otros en amor. Efesios 4:1-2
Por lo tanto, les digo y los animo en el nombre del Señor a no vivir más como otras personas en el mundo. Sus mentes están puestas en cosas sin valor. Efesios 4:17
Pero no aprendiste acerca de Cristo de esta manera, si es que realmente lo has escuchado y has sido enseñado por Él, como la verdad está en Jesús: que te despojes de la antigua forma de vida en la vieja naturaleza, que es corrupta según los deseos engañosos, y seas renovado en el espíritu de tu mente; Romanos 4:21-23
Y caminad en amor, así como Cristo también os amó y se entregó por nosotros, una ofrenda y un sacrificio a Dios como un aroma fragante. Efesios 5:2
Porque alguna vez fuiste oscuridad, pero ahora eres luz en el Señor. Vivan como hijos de luz, porque el fruto de la luz[c] consiste en toda bondad, rectitud y verdad, tratando de aprender lo que agrada al Señor. Efesios 5: 8-10

Relaciones Cristianas-Amor Fraternal

El Antiguo Testamento decía ojo por ojo diente por diente.
Has oído que se dijo: “Ama a tu prójimo” y “odia a tu enemigo”. Pero yo os digo: Amad a vuestro enemigo y orad por los que os persiguen, para que seáis como vuestro Padre que está en los cielos, ya que él hace que el sol salga sobre malos y buenos, y envía lluvia sobre justos e injustos. Porque si amas a los que te aman, ¿qué recompensa tienes? Incluso los recaudadores de impuestos hacen lo mismo, ¿no? Y si solo saludas a tus hermanos, ¿qué más haces? Incluso los gentiles hacen lo mismo, ¿no es así? Así que, pues, sed perfectos, como vuestro Padre celestial es perfecto. Mateo 5:43-48.
Nada hace más daño cuando nosotros, como cristianos, tratamos de exigir nuestros derechos a los demás. El principio de la cruz es el principio de nuestra conducta. El secreto es entender que Él, Cristo Jesús, nos ha dado todas las cosas que pertenecen a la vida y a la piedad. 2 Pedro 1:2-11
Sean amables y compasivos unos con otros, perdonándose unos a otros, así como en Cristo Dios los perdonó. Efesios 4:32
Todos enfrentamos desafíos. Todos nos enfrentamos a personas y situaciones difíciles. El Señor nos prometió que en este mundo tendremos obstáculos, pero descansaremos en Él porque Él ha vencido estas cosas. ¿Cómo lo superamos?
Ahora a aquel que es capaz de hacer inconmensurablemente más de lo que pedimos o imaginamos, de acuerdo con su poder que está obrando dentro de nosotros, Efesios 3:20.
Con este fin, contendré vigorosamente con toda la energía que Cristo obra tan poderosamente en mí. Colosenses 1:29

¡Redimiendo el tiempo!

Ten mucho cuidado, entonces, de cómo vives, no como imprudente sino tan sabio, aprovechando al máximo cada oportunidad, porque los días son malos. Por lo tanto, no seas tonto, sino entiende cuál es la voluntad del Señor. Efesios 5:15-17.
Debemos entender que esta escritura está hablando de nuestro resultado práctico de nuestras vidas aquí en la tierra. Sí, hay tiempo y la cosecha es rica y realmente necesitamos movernos en nombre del Señor predicando el evangelio. Necesitamos estar listos para predicar el evangelio en cada situación. A medida que el Señor abre las puertas en diferentes lugares en el trabajo, en diferentes reuniones familiares, en la escuela donde estamos estudiando, en los ministerios que el Señor nos ha dado. Aprovechamos al máximo el tiempo que tenemos con los prisioneros en la prisión que estamos ministrando. hablamos con las oficinas que están allí, los prisioneros y cualquier otro personal que podamos sobre el Señor Jesucristo. Fácilmente tenemos abundante suministro de pistas y libros cristianos como regalos para diferentes personas. La presencia del Espíritu Santo en nuestras vidas es que nos da poder para alcanzar a las personas. Tenemos que ser sabios y cómo tratamos de acercarnos. No debe ser una arrogancia, sino en amor entendiendo verdaderamente que esta es la voluntad del Señor para que nadie perezca. Siempre es cuestión de tiempo porque muchos de nosotros perdemos mucho tiempo en cosas innecesarias.
Ponte de pie, no le des lugar al diablo. Nuestra actitud hacia el enemigo.
Finalmente, sean fuertes en el Señor y en Su gran poder. Ponte toda la armadura de Dios, para que puedas tomar tu posición contra los planes del diablo. Porque nuestra lucha no es contra carne y hueso, sino contra los gobernantes, contra las autoridades, contra los poderes de este mundo oscuro y contra las fuerzas espirituales del mal en los reinos celestiales. Por lo tanto, ponte toda la armadura de Dios, para que cuando llegue el día del mal, puedas mantenerte firme, y después de haber hecho todo, mantenerte firme. Permanezcan firmes entonces, con el cinturón de la verdad abrochado alrededor de su cintura, con la coraza de la justicia en su lugar, y con sus pies equipados con la prontitud que proviene del evangelio de paz. Además de todo esto, toma el escudo de la fe, con el que puedes extinguir todas las flechas llameantes del maligno. Toma el yelmo de la salvación y la espada del Espíritu, que es la palabra de Dios. Y orar en el Espíritu en todas las ocasiones con todo tipo de oraciones y peticiones. Estén alertas y sigan orando siempre por todo el pueblo del Señor. Efesios 6: 1018

Estamos en guerra.

No estamos involucrados solo en un partido de fútbol, un videojuego, un juego de baloncesto o un patio de recreo. Estamos comprometidos en una guerra. ¡Estamos en guerra y el campo de batalla es tu mente! Satanás quiere controlar cada uno de tus pensamientos. Nuestra responsabilidad es luchar contra esos pensamientos de maldad y pensar en Cristo. Lleva tus pensamientos a la obediencia a Cristo. Nuestras armas son poderosas a través de Dios. Es la Biblia, la oración y a través de nuestra entrega al poder del Espíritu Santo. ¿Cómo piensas? ¿Qué pasa por tu mente? ¿Qué o quién está controlando tus patrones de pensamiento? Una persona cristiana debe mantener su mente en las cosas de Dios. Debemos estar en el nombre de Jesús y hacer retroceder el reino de las tinieblas. Somos vencedores y necesitamos descansar en la victoria realizada por Cristo Jesús. Cristo ya ha conquistado a Satanás, pero debemos oponernos a sus ataques contra nosotros y contra aquellos que Dios ha puesto delante de nosotros.
Tenemos el Nombre de Jesús. Tenemos la Palabra de Dios. Tenemos la unción del Espíritu Santo. ¿Qué te ha llamado Dios Padre a hacer? Dios nunca te llamará a hacer algo y no te ha dado la gracia para hacerlo.
La vida cristiana consiste en sentarse con Cristo, caminar junto a Él y estar de pie en Él.

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Jericó, Altares, y el Mundo

Como ciudad con sus murallas destrozadas es el hombre que no se sabe dominar. Prov. 25:28.

Es mejor ser paciente que poderoso; mejor es dominarse a sí mismo que conquistar una ciudad. Prov. 16:32.

¡Tú guardarás en perfecta paz a todos los que confían en ti, a todos los que concentran en ti sus pensamientos! Isa. 26:3.

Somos humanos, pero no luchamos como lo hacen los humanos. Usamos las armas poderosas de Dios, no las del mundo, para derribar las fortalezas del razonamiento humano y para destruir argumentos falsos.  Destruimos todo obstáculo de arrogancia que impide que la gente conozca a Dios. Capturamos los pensamientos rebeldes y enseñamos a las personas a obedecer a Cristo.

2 Cor. 10:3-5.

Introducción

Creo que el mayor problema que tenemos como cristianos es que nuestra lealtad está dividida. Es porque estamos en una guerra. Sé que he cometido muchos errores en mi vida y si me dieran la oportunidad haría las cosas diferentes. Pero una cosa que sé es que no puedo vivir en el pasado. Debo mirar mi situación actual y preguntar qué es lo que está deteniendo las bendiciones de Dios para mí. Necesito mirar profundamente en mi corazón y ver lo que necesito hacer para poner las cosas en orden con Dios. Debo ser rápido para perdonar, rápido para amar, rápido para olvidar.

¿Cuál es tu Jericó?

“Y cuando partieron de Jericó, una gran multitud lo siguió”.  Mateo 20:29

Jericó es un lugar muy significativo en la Biblia. La mayoría de los profetas y reyes se enfrentaron a sus enemigos en Jericó. Israel no pudo entrar en la tierra prometida hasta que Jericó fuera destruida. ¿Sabías que Jericó puede ser un lugar muy diferente para diferentes personas?  Jericó puede ser un lugar donde tienes una debilidad en alguna área de tu vida. Tu Jericó podría ser una tentación sexual. Es posible que tu Jericó no esté caminando en amor agape. Tu Jericó podría estar hablando de otros a sus espaldas. Tu Jericó podría estar gastando de más y comprando cosas que no necesitas. Tu Jericó podría ser no estar dando a los demás. Tu Jericó podría estar superando el alcohol, las drogas, el tabaquismo, etc. Cualquiera que sea Jericó en tu vida, es un lugar en el que DEBES superarlo con la fuerza de Dios a través de la santificación progresiva. ¡Hasta que no superes tu Jericó con el poder de Dios, no entrarás en tu tierra prometida!

Jericó puede ser un lugar muy solitario en el que nadie entiende tu situación. Y no es importante que los demás entiendan siempre y cuando tú entiendas lo que obstaculiza el poder de Dios en tu vida. Debemos llegar a ser MUY SERIOS para deshacernos de aquellas cosas que obstaculizan el poder de Dios en nuestras vidas. Pero cuando entreguemos esas cosas secretas a Dios, entonces veremos que el poder de Dios cobra vida en nosotros. La escritura anterior establece que cuando se fueron (Jesús y Sus discípulos) Jericó, entonces las multitudes lo siguieron.  Debemos dejar atrás a nuestro Jericó y luego las personas podrán ver el poder de Dios en nuestras vidas. Luego seguirán porque ven a Dios obrando en nosotros y a través de nosotros.

¿Cuál es tu Jericó? ¿Qué está obstaculizando a Dios obrando al máximo en tu vida? Deja atrás esas luchas y tentaciones y entrarás en esa tierra prometida de paz, gozo y vida abundante.

Altares rotos-

“Él reparó el altar del Señor que estaba roto”. I Reyes 18:30.

Antes de que Elías decidiera reconstruir el altar que estaba roto, tuvo que limpiar el cepillo a su alrededor.  También necesitamos limpiar el pincel en nuestras vidas antes de que Dios pueda comenzar a mejorar el hogar. Ese pincel podría ser para algunos de nosotros orgullo, resentimiento, ira, falta de perdón, celos, envidia, pornografía, mentir o robar. Cualquiera que sea el pincel en tu vida, necesitas pedirle perdón a Dios, para que la reconstrucción pueda comenzar.  Dios te dará fuerza para deshacerte de ella. Dios se compromete a ayudarte si estás verdaderamente cansado de esas cosas en tu vida que te separan de Él.

¿Cómo reconstruimos el alter de nuestro corazón? Necesitamos tomar una posición limpia para Jesús.  Hasta que lo hagas, permanecerás tan frío e insensible como una piedra.  No importa lo que haya roto el altar, edúcalo.  Recuerda que Dios te ama. Él está de tu lado. Él quiere lo mejor para ti. Él quiere que tengas éxito, pero tiene que ser Su camino o de ninguna manera. ¡Tú decides!

¡No ames el mundo y sus influencias!

 “No ames al mundo ni a nada en el mundo. Si alguien ama al mundo, el amor por el Padre no está en ellos. Porque todo en el mundo —la lujuria de la carne, la lujuria de los ojos y el orgullo de la vida— no viene del Padre sino del mundo.  El mundo y sus deseos pasan, pero quien hace la voluntad de Dios vive para siempre”.  I Jn. 2: 15-17.

Debemos aprender a controlar nuestros cuerpos. Debemos ser disciplinados en nuestros pensamientos, nuestra habla y nuestra vida. El primer uso tiene que ver con el universo material, el mundo bajo el dominio de Satanás. El segundo uso tiene que ver con las personas no salvas. No aman a Dios. Son enemigos de la cruz. El tercer uso tiene que ver con el sistema mundial gobernado por Satanás. Satanás es el creador del mal y la resistencia a todo lo que es santo en todos los niveles. Incluyendo la educación secular impía, la política, la música tanto secular como supuestamente sagrada que está llena de dudas, etc. Debemos preguntarnos: “¿Cómo está afectando esto mi relación con Dios Padre?”

1. Lujuria de la carne: apetito sexual, gratificación física.
2. Lujuria de los Ojos: nuestra naturaleza pecaminosa, gratificación mental o placeres.
3. Orgullo de la vida: vacío, jactancia, cuán vana es la vida.

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