Psalms 31:19
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"..And This Gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached to all the world as a witness to every nation, and then the end shall come." Matt 24:14
This Blog is designed by Paul G. Williams of KingdomTime Ministries to help all those who want the Jesus that they read about in the Word of God to be evident in their daily walk of faith. By understanding the Kingdom of God and how it can impact the Seven Spheres of Influence you too can experience a simple hands on walk with God, and experience victory through The Blessing!
Grace to you Kingdom citizens! Peace be unto you through the revealed knowledge of God and Jesus our Lord and Blessing.
How has the Word of God been treating you so far this year? We are well along this year and if we are not careful half the year will have flown by. We can be quickly surrounded by one thing after another not recognizing that we have not kept up our spiritual training as we should. If we are not careful we could become victims of what I call the Esau Syndrome. A syndrome is a group of symptoms characteristic of a particular problem. In other words a syndrome can be a group of symptoms all pointing to a particular problem.
Paul says to watch out for certain things that can lure us into stumbling and falling along our walk of faith. Esau fell for one morsel of meat and sold his birthright. Look at the MESSAGE translation.
"Watch out for the Esau syndrome: trading away God's lifelong gift in order to satisfy a short-term appetite." Heb 12:16
I know we have all heard this story from our many years in church but lets look at how Esau got there. If we can identify the cause of a spiritual problem we can and quarantine it and make it bow down to the king of glory!
Paul says earlier in this passage that we are to avoid becoming weary and fainting by considering Jesus the author and developer of our faith. After teaching us on the Hall of Faith in Hebrews 11 he likens us to trained athletes who are to run with patience or discipline.
"Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby." Hebrews 12:11
He goes on to say that no training is fun at first. A father who is training his child to be a champ usually places high demands on them, and puts them through paces that the child will have to overcome to be a champ. God will lead you to training that you may not like at first. You may not understand the way He is leading you. Paul says to expect this so let us look to see why this is. In the next verse he says since you are being trained, don't sit on your hands and no more dragging your feet! He says to run a clear path like a long distance runner and watch out so no one falls, rather help each other out and run for it!
Here is where the rubber meets the road. He says for us to be at peace with each other and watch out for a root of bitterness that can spring up and trouble us where many have been defiled.
"Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;" Hebrews 12:15
A root of bitterness is a slow growing nagging voice that doesn't like the training it's getting from the Lord. We have huge pine trees on our back lawn. Every so often when I walk back there I hit a root that has sprung up out of the ground. If I don't watch out it can really hurt my foot. If a lawn mower runs over it the lawn mower can be seriously damaged. If the root is allowed to grow it can pick up your house and move it's very foundation.
This damage can occur spiritually as well if you don't recognize this root in those around you who don't like the training they are getting from the Lord. They may not understand the reason they are getting trained a certain way and are bitter and defiled - contaminated!
Easu was contaminated because he didn't understand the training he was getting. He was bitter and it caused him not to see straight so he thought nothing of the birthright nor the blessing. Jacob had to leave to get away from this root of bitterness and you might have to do the same. Remember the lesson Paul was teaching here. Don't be dragging your feet and sitting on your hands because of the training. Trust God that you will need all of it for the journey you are about to face. It is a long distance race so don't allow the voices of others who are bitter to contaminate your faith walk! Declare the love of God is shed abroad in your heart by the Holy Ghost and cut the root of bitterness from off of you. Bitterness has no place in your race and it will take you off course. As I stated earlier, a root can travel a long way and cause a whole lot of damage. Lay the ax at that root in Jesus' name by pleading the blood of Jesus against its borders! Pull away from the crowd by your training and stride triumphantly across the finish line considering Jesus, the author and the trainer of your faith! Watch out for the Easu Syndrome. Be a world over-comer!
--"..And This Gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached to all the world as a
witness to every nation, and then the end shall come." Matt 24:14
KingdomTime Ministries
"The Blessing of The Doer"
By Teacher: Paul G. Williams
Grace to you child of God and peace be multiplied to you through the revealed knowledge of our Lord Jesus the Blessing to the Earth.
It has truly been wonderful to be in this age of world wide commerce and trade as well as the internet social media environment. The minister today can effectively use the tools available to them today for evangelism of the world.
"Also thou son of man the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses and speak one to another every one to his brother saying Come I pray you and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the LORD. And they come unto thee as the people cometh and they sit before thee as my people and they hear thy words but they will not do them for with their mouth they shew much love but their heart goeth after their covetousness. And lo thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice and can play well on an instrument for they hear thy words but they do them not." Ezekiel 33:30-32
Let's look at the above verse. God is saying through the Prophet that the people are speaking against you, and they are talking to one another to come and hear the "Word of The Lord." They come and sit before you and say you sure can preach, they give you MUCH LOVE with beautiful words of grandeur. They proclaim you have a pleasant voice and can really pull the points together BUT the problem is that they do them not. You see so many think they are DOING something when they are going to church. In fact a question that is raised more often than not is "What church do you attend?" "Where do you go to church?" What difference does that make? So many people don't go to church to do anything but just go. This is ignorance going to seed. This is a gross darkness over the people. This is not being a doer of the Word!
The question that should be asked is "What do you do for kingdom as the church?" We are kingdom children sent to colonize this foreign territory called Earth with the culture of heaven.
"But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed." James 1:22
When we don't do the Word we become self deceived. The blessing is on the doer. Your enemy simply wants you to not do the Word you hear. You can hear it as much as possible, you can go to all the revivals, and seminars. You can travel all around the world to attend all your favorite conventions, but if you don't do the Word you are self deceived into thinking you are actually doing something.
"Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble. The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness." Psalms 41:1
Look at this believers. Here the Word declares that when we give to the poor the Lord will deliver us from trouble and preserve us so that we will live. He will also bless us on the Earth and not allow the tactics of our enemies to succeed. Let me remind you that this is for the doer not just the hearer only. The Word goes on to declare that he will be our comforter and our healer. All this for giving to the poor. What a set of blessings laid up for the doer! Why not push for this instead of raising money to landscape the front lawn of the church? The Word declares that if we are willing and obedient we shall eat the good of the land. All the covenants from God have real estate included in them but conditions are set for our obedience for the blessings to be ours.
We don't go to the doctor's office just to go do we? We don't go to the lawyer's office just to go? We don't go to the car mechanic just to go do we? Don't we go to get results? Why then do we do that where the church meets? Let us go to get the mind of the Lord and then make it legislation and policy among the people who need the Blessing we have. We have the mind of Christ so therefore we have the mind of the Blessing. We are suppose to let the Word of Christ "The Blessing" dwell in our hearts richly in all wisdom so that we can be effectual doers of the Word to Gods glory. Lets give God glory by doing the Word and this will put pressure on His promises, and not on us. To God be the Glory!!
O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer. Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD." Psalms 31:23
This just gets better and better. Our Lord Jesus has come to bless us and to be the High Priest of our confession. Look at the blessing pronounced upon those of us who love the Lord. He preserves the faithful and plentifully rewards the proud doer!! Do you see this? This is how we are to be of good courage and to strengthen our hearts. We are to be doers of the Word expecting God to do His part. We have access by faith into this grace of being a doer where we are to stand rejoicing in intense expectation of His Glory (answered prayer.)
Copyright 2011: By Paul G. and Loretta Williams
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"..And This Gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached to all the world as a witness to every nation, and then the end shall come." Matt 24:14
KingdomTime Ministries
"Have You Received The Blessing?"
By Teacher: Paul G. Williams
Grace to you, and peace be multiplied to you through the revealed knowledge of God and Jesus The Blessing to the Earth.
It's the year 2011 and the time where so many make resolutions for the year. There is nothing wrong with a resolution, but I'd much rather be certain to be more resolute about things that I have already committed to. There is no better time to fixate ourselves on the reason Jesus came to the Earth than in the beginning of the new year.
"Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities." Acts 3:26 http://bible.is/ENGKJV/Acts/3#26
This Word says that God sent Jesus to bless us, and that blessing is still vitally important to the believer's faith walk today.
"As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: Rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving." Col. 2:6-7 http://bible.is/ENGKJV/Col/2#6
The Word Christ in this verse is the word "The Anointed One", and translated properly this verse would read that they received the anointing on Jesus the Lord. It is so imperative that we regain the value of the word Christ here and right now. Jesus was the Son of Man in the Earth and Christ was the Son of God in man. Jesus was the carrier of the Christ. Jesus made Christ legal in the earth because God gave man dominion. Most of us have received Jesus as Lord and Savior but have not received Christ The Blessing. When we do this we give God legal authority to move through us and give Him permission through prayer to interfere in our affairs. You see, without God we can do nothing, and without us He will do nothing.
Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel." John 5:19-20 http://bible.is/ENGKJV/John/5#19
Jesus was saying that He was giving the Father permission to reveal things to Him that He Himself does. This revealing was coming through the Christ in Him. Can you receive the Christ in you? Will you allow the Christ which is the Blessing of God in you to reveal what He does to you so that you can work the works of God? This will change your prayer life for the better forever! If you truly believed that you were seated with Him in heavenly places how would you look at the trouble you face today? If you truly believed that Jesus said "all things that the father has are mine, therefore I saith unto you He will take of mine and showeth them unto you," would you still wonder if Jesus would heal you? Are you asking God to do things He has already done for you? If you are not careful you will find yourself praying in doubt and wasting time.
We have allowed the word Christ to mean nothing to us except a referral to Jesus. This will strip the power of God right away from you and have you enslaved to the snares of the devil for the rest of your life reducing you to a mere "church member."
Are you asking God for strength to make it through the day when He told you to "Be strong in the grace that is in The Blessing on Jesus?
"Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus." 2 Tim. 2:1 http://bible.is/ENGKJV/2Tim/2#1
Anytime you see the phrase "In Christ Jesus" replace it with The Blessing on Jesus and you will release The Blessing which is the anointing of the Lord in the eyes of your understanding. The Blessing revealed will change your life! The Blessing manifested in your life is the whole reason for Jesus to say "I AM come to give you life and that life abundantly." The abundant life is The Blessing in you, the hope of glory!! Can you receive the Blessing? Most definitely and resoundingly YES you can! Say it aloud and say it right now. "I receive Christ, I receive The Blessing, I receive the strength in the grace that's in The Blessing in me!"
Now you can understand Paul when he declared that he gloried in his weaknesses so that the Blessing (Christ) can rest on him. Come on and get an upgrade from a church member to a citizen of the kingdom. Come on and receive your ambassadorship from God by allowing the spirit of Christ to reveal His possibilities in you and grant you your work (assignment) that He will pay you royally for! You can and must receive the Christ so that you can become a an infectious carrier of the Blessing!
"Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God; Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory." Col 1:25-27 http://bible.is/ENGKJV/Col/1#26
I trust that this Word of Faith message has been a blessing to you, and like all good things pass it on. The links in this faith letter are live and interactive with the internet for the use of the Bible.is online text and audio bible. Feel free to click these links to your further enjoyment because faith cometh by hearing:-)
Copyright 2011: by Paul G. and Loretta Williams