Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Climbing Up The Tree Of Life


The opposite of Law is Faith
If you observe the law, there will be no faith

The opposite of Work is Grace
If you work to deserve your blessing, grace stops flowing

The opposite of Flesh is Spirit
If you dwell in your flesh, you are not in the Spirit

Galatians 5:16 ~ 18 So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under law.


By now, positive confession of God’s word is already our lifestyle, and this is the wonderful proof that we have been established firm in His Grace with revelation knowledge of His righteousness. To eat from the Tree of Life is to be led by the Spirit. This is the living of Zoe life no man can teach us but the Spirit of Truth. Man can affirm and guide us and give us the principle. To execute the principle, it is still the duty of the Holy Spirit. The consequence of this Spirit leads life is discovery of the power of the Trinity in us and our rightful identity in Christ.

1 John 2:27 ~ As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit—just as it has taught you, remain in him.

Let’s have faith and believe in the word of God. If the Spirit of Him (Father) who raised Jesus (Son) from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit (Holy Spirit), who lives in you (Romans 8:11).

Jesus comes to give us life and life more abundantly. On the Cross before He gave up His life, He cried out in a loud voice, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" (Matthews 26:47) Jesus cried out loud my God, my God, so that we can call God my Father, my Father… and even we called out softy, our Father hears us because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father." (Romans 8:14~15)

Chapter 8 of the Book of Romans ends with no separation from the love of God that is Christ Jesus our Lord (again, the mention of the Person of Jesus)…

Nobody can teach us how to climb the Tree of Life except the Holy Spirit. If man can teach us, the Tree we are climbing is still the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. This is where our faith comes in to trust in the Holy Spirit's leading. Again, it is still not our own faith but the faith that comes from believing that our Lord Jesus is always good and faithful for He alone, is the Author and the Finisher of our faith.

Always have a good expectation of God and know that we are in His good hand! God's grace had been lavished through Jesus' own body, and had provided us with a new and living way, step in the new and living way, this is what His grace is for...

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