"The Church of God"

Saints- ("hagios")-most holy thing,cleansed.

In the book of Matthew 16:18 Jesus says to Peter after he recieved the revelation that Christ is the son of God: "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. " Paul says "Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular(1Cor.12:27)." The greek word "church" is ("ekklēsia") which means to be called out or called forth. The church of God is the "body of Christ" that Paul is referring too. Let's understand something about who we are people, before the ascension of Christ the revelation of who you are was hidden from all the prophets and early believers both in the old testament. The "mystery" that Ephesians and Colossians continuosly makes reference too is us!! No one ever thought that God's final dwelling place would be us! Oh yall aint know???What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost [which is] in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? 1Cor.6:19).

I have discussed this topic with you in part with my blog "Kill that old man," when I broke down the two natures but the Church is a totally different discussion. We are a called out and cleansing force in the earth. We literally serve as Christ in His absence. Col.2:9 says, "For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily." If all the "fulness of the Godhead BODILY" dwelt in Christ and we are now "the body of Christ"(1Cor.12:27) that means that all fulness dwelleth in us now. The Body of Christ together, has the capacity to supercede the work that Christ in his first body accomplished because of the size of this new body His Spirit dwells in. The church is the pillar and ground of the truth and Jesus said that He gave us power(Lk.10:19) and thereafter we were commisioned to not only preach the gospel to the world but TAKE GROUND BACK FROM THE ENEMY(satan,the accuser of the brethren, little horn, son of perdition, most unclean, or as we know him, the devil). The devil is what you would call a pathogen to the body of Christ,now I want yall to understand this I actually believe that the body of Christ has organs,tissues,cells; as well as systems that help carry the blood and that excrete waste and that fight against infection and other foreign threats. The Church is a totally new creature that is created in Christ it did not evolve from Christ but it was literally created inside Him(Eph.2:10). This body has the ability to shift and change the balance of the natural order and laws that exist inside of the earth. For example, We have the ability contact our source of life and energy at any given moment through prayer.When was the last time you saw an amoeba contact the swamp it supposedly evolved from?? We also have the ability drive out sickness and disease. It is us alone that causes the whole earth to be blessed and it is because of us that the wrath of God has yet to exacted as in was in Noah's day. We are gigantic organism given life and instruction from our head which is Christ(Eph.1:22).

There will be one final wave of God's manifested presence through His temple and that last move is a healing move you can mark my words. Bishop is not preaching on miracles and at the same time I'm hearing all this stuff from the Lord concerning healing. Its our job to believe. If the word is the blood of the body then faith has to be the plasma! Lay hands on the sick! teaching and preaching is good and profitable but people in this country rely mightily on medical advances there are great healing moves taking place in Africa and Australia and almost everywhere except here because of the medical technology we've been blessed with. Did you know in those countries that the first place they take their sick when they fall ill is the church? Anytime God has gotten ready to move He has always raised up people who would not only preach but also people who he could come and MANIFEST himself through as well. People need to see manifestation that's why Benny Hinn and Richard Roberts have such a huge following people wanna see Him!! The laying on of hands is the most practical way for God to physically be seen.

"Grace Did Much More Abound"

Romans 5:20 says, "Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound," Grace is the gift that God has given us and it is by this grace that we are positionally perfected forever. Romans 3:24 states that we have been justified freely by God's grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. The law of God was given to expose sin but Paul said this concerning sin: "For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me(Rom.7:11). So here sin is personified and takes on it's on agenda and personality when the law or any commandment is given. Therefore everytime the "good and just thing" is place before us to do it, sin "takes occasion by the commandment" and kills us with that very commandment which was for my benefit. So God knowing that sin would decieve us by using the commandment to kill us "...set forth [Jesus] to be a propitiation..(Rom.3:25)" or an atonement for our sin. Now, Jesus is 'grace given form.' John says in John 1:14 that Jesus is "full of grace and truth" and in John 1:17 he says, "For the law was given by Moses, [but] grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. "

So let's look at this, Jesus is FULL OF GRACE AND TRUTH; He literally has IT flowing through His very being. Rom.5:1-2 has just been turned up louder because of Jn.1:14: Romans 5:1-2 says, "Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. " We are now as I speak "standing in grace" and we got to that point through faith. We are positioned in God's grace through Jesus Christ who is "FULL OF GRACE AND TRUTH"...(I hope yall shouting..lol). So in conclusion when we sin the grace that we stand in is not disturbed because to be in grace is to be in Christ through faith in His gospel because He is as I have said before, FULL OF GRACE AND TRUTH and He is impervious to sin. So this system is set up by God to cause "grace to abound toward us in all things(2Cor.9:8)" because of the unrighteousness of sin. The more sin that we commit the more "grace abounds toward us," notice that grace abounds toward us and not from us we are not full of it, Jesus is.So picture it like this: We are standing in a vat of grace that is continually being filled and everytime we sin the flow of grace toward us is increased by Christ so that anywhere sin abounds in our lives grace will abound over it!!! So sin can and will never outdo grace. This is how God can never see our sin, it is through this system of abounding grace toward us from Chris Jesus.Abounding Grace's job is to overcompensate for the times when we come short so that forgiveness can be overabundantly given because of the overflow grace that is Christ "wherein we stand(Rom.5:2)." So this is for our understanding because the enemy throws all these thoughts of God's rejection everytime we mess up......God can't see what grace has abounded over because grace is Jesus and God won't look pass His answer for sin. Sin is not hid by Jesus its washed away FOREVER. GOD DOESN'T SEE YOUR SIN HE ONLY SEES HIS GRACE AND WE ARE STANDING RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT WITH CHRIST(SHOUT!!!!!!!.)

BE BLESSED

."The Foolishness of Preaching"

1 Corinthians 1:18-21 reads, "For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us it is the power of God.For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of the world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it PLEASED GOD BY THE FOOLISHNESS OF PREACHING TO SAVE THEM THAT BELIEVE." Now this is evident that thinkers won't understand the gospel and those that are perishing are too smart for their own good.("Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools.."Rom.1:22).

I thank all of you for your words of encouragement and edification. I love you all and will continue to pray for you all that you increase in wisdom and in all spiritual undersanding. I'm back on my blog mission with Min.Draper Wright bringing and broadening your already vast and solid understanding in God's word. We preach and teach not because you don't know but, BECAUSE YOU DO!! We say we are ministers but you all are too. God has chosen us all to preach this gospel to the world. but they all don't seem to see it do they ? 2Cor.4:3-4 says "If our gospel be hid it is hid to them that are lost; In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. " See those that don't believe have been blinded by Satan because of their unbelief. God is not hiding His gospel but Satan who is the "god" of this present evil world does have the preeminence over them who believe not. They belong to him and are in darkness with him.

They don't understand the power of our gospel! It has pleased God by something as foolish (to them) as preaching "to save them that BELIEVE." Preaching is as simple as counting numbers and the simplest form that God has chosen to make men's righteousness appear in Christ has been rejected by them who do not believe. But to us this "foolishness" is the "power of God unto salvation to EVERYONE THAT BELIEVETH"(Rom.1:16). This gospel has the power to literally quicken the BELIEVER'S spirit and cleanse it of all guilt. Jesus said it like this: "It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. (Jhn.6:63)" Jesus' words and His gospel are both spirit and they are life. This Gospel is eternal life to all those that believe. Let the world look at us and call us crazy,call us fools, call us emotional hereticks; This gospel is hid to them "lest the light of the gospel of Christ who is the image of God should shine unto them." Its up to us to be "fools for Christ" and preach this "foolishness" to the world so that they won't be wise. And cause there wisdom to be brought to nothing through God's foolishness. Paul said it more like this, "Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain. (1Cor.3:18-20). Let's be wise in Chrtist Jesus and preach the power of God unto salvation, even God's gospel of Christ. But, Let us also be fools to those who don't believe thatthe foolishness of preaching might confound the world into faith in Christ.Let him who has ears to hear,hear.

Be blessed.
Josh