Understanding the Baptism of the Holy Spirit
· When John the Baptist baptized the Lord Jesus in the Jordan River for the repentance of sins, the Lord was submerged underneath the water. This act of submergence, and His emerging out of the water had much more significance than the simple physical act of plunging into the waters of the Jordan.
· Symbolically speaking, when the Lord was immersed in the water He portrayed the burying of humanity’s old life without God. His coming up out of the water was symbolic of humanity coming forth out into a new life free from sin, to serve the living God.
· In my case, days after being baptized into the Atlantic Ocean, I started to experience a freedom from sinful habits that I had not been able to overcome until then. The simple act of submersion and emergence from those cold February waters had an influence or effect back on me. The immersion and emergence from the waters had in a way set me free.
· The baptism of in the Holy Spirit has the very same effect on us, just in a different dimension.
· Let us look at Mark 1:8.
Mark 1:8 I
indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you( Immerse,
and submerge you) with ( Greek
grammar case of location. Not “with” but “in”; residing within a
location, or a domain, world and its sovereignty) the Holy Ghost.
· While John baptized INTO the water for the forgiveness of sins, the Lord Jesus baptizes INTO the Holy Ghost. Why is the baptism in the Holy Spirit so important? Let us look at the following verse.
Mat 26:41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into
temptation: the spirit indeed
is willing, (Greek: a “ready mind”) but the flesh is weak.
·
The world
of the Spirit is as that of a “continual ready mind” or a mind that is in
perpetual state of readiness, while the world of the flesh is weak and infirm.
Location and Instrumentality
· Biblical baptism always entails the imbuement or submersion of one object into a second object. The submergence or immersion of the first item into a second item places the first item into the location, or inside the world or domain where the second item resides.
· Once, within the sphere of the second item’s world, this latter one can now exercise its influence back upon the first one, even to the point of changing the first item to resemble it, by permeating it with its qualities and characteristics.
· The effect of the second item working its effect and influence back through to the first item as it permeates it and changes it is called the instrumentality of the second object.
·
Galatians 3:27
tells us that we are located in the sphere of the world of Christ, so that
Christ can work instrumentally back through us, by affecting us, to conform us
to His image.
Gal 3:27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ( submerged into the domain, sphere,
or world of Christ’s influence and sovereignty ) have put on Christ (now wear Christ, whom as clothes
which totally cover us, influences and affects back through us to conform us
into His image.)
· I once read an excellent example on Biblical baptism. In the days of Christ there was a recipe to create a “pickled” vegetable. It was said that a vegetable was BAPTISED into THE LOCATION or SPHERE of a vinegar solution. After awhile, the vinegar WORKED INSTRUMENTALLY BACK through the vegetable and “pickled” it.
· Tofu, likewise, acquires the taste and texture of any food that it is baptized into. We can say that with whatever food the tofu is BAPTISED INTO, it is INSTRUMENTALLY influenced back by that food to make the tofu like it.
Two More Examples of Being in the World of the Spirit
·
We have been
part of a meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico (There is link for the web site
½ down our site under (“Elijah Ministries” International House of Prayer)
for about six months. What started out
with a few couples that came to seek the presence of God, has turned into meetings
in which there has been “standing room” only, as the Lord has been setting many
free.
·
At a meeting
several weeks ago, I saw several visions of the earth, as a globe. The Lord
told me, that this was the world of the Holy Spirit, and that we need to live
in it. During the worship time I
dedicated myself to going deeper into the world of the Spirit. I suddenly saw within this world the
availability of everything, as all solutions to all human needs were place and
positioned in different places along the sides of this world.
·
By the
availability of everything, I mean that all things are possible, because all
things that pertain to humanity were positioned in God’s reconciled, whole, and
restored state. I saw that every
disease could be healed, and every problem had an answer, because there was no
disease, but only the completed healing of it, in the world of the Spirit.
2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are
passed away; behold, all things are become new.
·
In the world
of the Spirit, all things have become new.
This is why every disease is healed. This is why in the world of the
Spirit every problem has the solution. There is an answer to every disease,
because in the world of the Spirit, every disease has been made new, or
reconciled away from the state of “a disease” and back into the state of the
original order, which the Lord had for our bodies.
Eph 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings (all is available to us in an accomplished state because the old has passed away and the new has come) in heavenly places (but is only found as such, in the world or domain of the Spirit) in Christ
·
Looking
above at Ephesians one and three, we see the availability of every blessing in
“heavenly places” or in the world of the Holy Spirit. Nothing is lacking in the world of the Spirit, because it has
been blessed with ever blessing. The
more time that we spend submerged in this world, the more that we will find the
answers to the things that we have been seeking the Lord for.
2 Cor 3:17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the
Lord is,(Location:
sphere or domain) there is liberty.
·
Greek: There, where the Spirit is, and
ONLY within the domain and influence of the Spirit, EXCLUSIVE OF ANYTHING OTHER
LOCATIONS, DOMAINS, OR SOVEREIGNTIES, is there liberty.
·
Two Corinthians three and seventeen tells us
that only inside the world of the Spirit will we find liberty, which is the
result of the availability of all things now in the state reconciliation.
1 Cor 12:9 To another faith by ( Location: In the world, or domain of the Holy Spirit0
the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by( Location: In the world, or domain of the
Holy Spirit) the same Spirit;
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First
Corinthians twelve and nine is an extremely important verse. The King James translation is incorrect when
it teaches us that we receive the charisma or gift of supernatural faith by the
Spirit. When the Greek uses the word “
by” or “with’ it usually defines instrumentality, or the Spirit
producing faith and healing. Though
this is true, in both instances in verse nine; the Greek grammar is not one of instrumentality
but one of location. In other
words, we receive the gifts of supernatural faith and healings INSIDE THE WORLD
or domain of the Holy Spirit.
·
The more
that we dwell submerged inside the world of the Holy Spirit, the more that will
begin to experience the gift of supernatural faith, because supernatural faith,
which is the faith of God Himself, lies located within the domain of this
world.
·
Secondly,
all things are available in this world, because God has blessed the world of
the Spirit with every spiritual blessing.
·
Thirdly, not only are all things available,
but they are available in their perfect and restore state
·
Finally, all things are possible because of
the gift of God’s supernatural faith readily dwelling inside of this world.
·
The world of
the Holy Spirit is like a tree (The tree of life?) This tree is full of
what were once every disease and every human problem and need, now in its
restored state. We must submerge deep enough in the Spirit to see the exact
fruit that we need to pick, get to it, and then pick it by supernatural faith,
and by this same supernatural faith release it upon the diseased fruit in the
earthly world. If we do not submerge
deep enough, either will we not see the right fruit, or will not have the
supernatural power of God to pick it, or the supernatural faith to release it
back into the earthly kingdom.
·
I saw a
second vision of the world of the Holy Spirit.
In this vision I became submerged in this world as a diver does inside
the ocean. I found myself, being
covered over with water as I dove down into the depths of this world. The world of the Holy Spirit has at all
times the same items and circumstances, which the external world system has.
For all of us who have had opportunity to snorkel or scuba dive, the world
underneath the oceans is a surreal world of, rocks, coral and underwater hills
similar to our external word, but in a seemingly motionless, powerless, and
paralyzed state. This same effect
occurs inside the oceans of the world of the Holy Spirit. All earthly circumstances and problems, lay
powerless, and paralyzed under the influence of the Holy Spirit. The diseased fruit of this world lies
powerless, motionless and paralyzed in the world of the Spirit. We must pick it
by God’s power to see it done and then release it into the earth by supernatural
faith.
·
Thirdly, a
diver in the worlds of the oceans wears a mask through which everything looks
incredibly clear to him. I saw, that
all things in the earth, which I had seen in the world of the Holy Spirit
through His spiritual mask I now have the ability to see back through the eyes
of God.
·
Look with me
at the mode of living in the world of the Spirit as found in the relationship
between the Father, Jesus, and us.
John 14:20
At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, ( Jesus lives continually in the domain of
the Father’s world and ye in me( We
must be therefore located in the domain of Christ’s world), and I in you.(So that
Christ can instrumentality work back through us, by pervading, influencing, and
affecting.)
Where Are We Supposed To Live?
John 15:19 If ye were of the world,
the world would love his own: but
because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world
hateth you.
John 17:14 I have given them thy
word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of
the world.
·
John 17:16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the
world.
Gal 5:25 If we live in ( Instrumental (By)) in the Spirit, let us also walk (Greek word which is defined as “marching
in the footsteps of a soldier”) in (Instrumental (By)) the Spirit.
·
Greek
paraphrase) (It is a given that we should be living our lives not in the
present day world system, but in the domain, influence, and sovereignty of the
world of the Holy Spirit. Because we are being continually affected and
influenced by the Spirit, in that influence and effect we must march in step as
soldiers so that the Spirit’s influence can go on, deepen, intensify, and
continue interrupted.
·
In the gospel
of John we find number of instances in which the Lord Jesus tells us that we
are not of this world system.
·
In Galatians
five and twenty five, we then see the apostle Paul telling us that it is a
given that we should be living in the world of the Spirit. In Galatians five and twenty-five we find a
wonderful example of location and instrumentality. We live in the world of the Holy Spirit, and
must march as a soldier in step to the Spirit’s workings back through us as He
instrumentally influences and affect us.
·
Paul exhorts
us to live continually in the world of the Holy Spirit, so that every action of
our lives becomes permeated, influenced, affected, and controlled by the work,
power, strength, and liberty of the Holy Spirit.
·
Victory and liberty
in the Lord is found in proportion to how much the Spirit can control and take
over our every action. Victory is not
found in our trying to overcome. It is found in our being submerged deep enough
into the world of the Holy Spirit so that He can influence and affect us at
ever point. We are filled with the
Spirit, in proportion to how much the Spirit is working back through us to
influence, affect, control, and overtake our every action of ours.
·
Paul tells
us in Galatians five and twenty-five that our lives must be lived BY THE
INSTRUMENTALITY of the Spirit’s actions.
Gal 5:16 This I say then, Walk( The totality of our daily activities and the way that we
conduct ourselves in them) in the Spirit) (Instrumental (BY), and ye shall not fulfil the lust
of the flesh. (Greek double negative: and it will be impossible for you to fulfill the flesh’s strong
desire through act of your will
·
Let us now
look at Galatians five and sixteen. The Greek word for “walk” is the sum
total of our daily affairs, and the ways in which conduct ourselves in them.
·
Paul commands us TO BAPTISE every
affair in our daily life into the world of the Holy Spirit so that the Spirit
through His instrumentality can affect, influence, reconcile, control, and
overtake every one of those affairs.
· THEN, AND ONLY
THEN, shall we not fulfill the lusts of the flesh!!
Being Baptized or Located in the World of the Spirit and The Resultant Effect Back by the Spirit.
·
I would like
to share a wonderful vision that my friend Leo Lesaca, had concerning spiritual
gifts, and our being progressively influenced back by the Lord Jesus through
them, as we dive progressively deeper into the world of the Holy Spirit.
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I spent worshipping and waiting upon the Lord for Him to
operate in Visions to me. Nothing
happened and I fell asleep.
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I woke-up quite frustrated and complained before the Lord
that He was not working in my life powerfully enough. I wanted stronger visions, and not just impressions. I wanted to see “clear” pictures and not
vaguely darkened ones.
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He then told me to put my hand on my sternum and breath in
the Holy Spirit’s world and breath. The
1st thing I saw a refrigerator.
He told me to open it and I did.
He asked me then what I saw.
Expecting to see food, I saw bottles however of different colors with
different colored drinks in them as well (blue, red, green, pink, white,
yellow, orange, purple). I then saw
myself reaching for a bottle with blue liquid in it, and started to drink it
quickly. The liquid was consumed to
about half the bottle, but though I kept on drinking, it did not empty but was
always at the same half-level as before.
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I then asked what does this mean, He spoke the
interpretation:
Refrigerator - God’s
Storehouse of Plenty
Diff. Colored bottles
and drinks - Different
gifts, intensities, graces, strengths, of the Holy Spirit
Drinking 1
bottle
Only - The
Lord spoke and said “1 bottle at a time.”
I want you to finish this first bottle first, and then we will proceed
to drink of the other bottles
Blue bottle/drink - like Gatorade, soft
drink. He wanted me to start with the
“soft” drinks first
Other colored
Drinks - different
drinks with different strengths in corresponding order: Juice, Wine, beer,
champagne, gin, rum, scotch, tequila, vodka, etc.
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The
drinks ascended in strength, therefore having a corresponding “buzz” or
“drunkenness.” The “more drunk” you
are, the sooner you start to see visions, sights or hallucinations.
Conclusion:
The Lord revealed to me that I
must “drink one drink at a time”, so that I can get my vessel used to His
Glory, but in “ascending” levels. He
said if He gave me too strong a drink from the start, it could hurt me
eventually or my wine skin could burst.
This hurt may not necessarily be on the start but later on. The phrase came to mind “The higher they go,
the harder they fall”. He then said
that just as Fathers may introduce drinks to their sons, they do it gradually
knowing that their bodies and brains can’t take too strong a drink in the
beginning.
You must be able to drink
moderately and still maintain your composure or ability to partake of the
drink. I don’t want you to be a
“slobbering drunk” or one who has become a “castaway” eventually because he
could not “manage or keep under” his body, life or even ministry.
And as you ascend in ability
and grace to partake of stronger “spirits”, I will give you more!
1 Cor 9:27
27 But I keep under my body, and
bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to
others, I myself should be a castaway. (KJV)
John 1:33 And I knew him not: but he that sent me to
baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit
descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with (Greek case of location: into the domain, world, and sphere of)
the Holy Ghost.
·
The baptism
of the Holy Spirit is simply our ticket into the oceans of the Spirit. The
baptism of the Spirit will not become a reality unless we dive deeper and
deeper into these oceans on a daily basis.
2 Cor 2:17 For
we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as
of God, in the sight of God
speak we in Christ.(prophetical speech must be done in the domain or
sphere of the Spirit.)
Acts 2:4 And
they were all filled (by being baptized into the world of
the Holy Ghost) with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak( not just the content of what is
being said, but mainly the utterances or the expressions used) with other
tongues, as the Spirit gave
them(The instrumentality of the Spirit now working back through them
as they were “located and filled inside the domain of the Spirit”, to give them
prophetic utterance) utterance.
(The language of prophets, ecstatic speech, miraculous verbal impulses, the
oracles of seers)
·
The Holy
Spirit not only gives to us, the content of our speech, but the expressions and
utterances used to manifest it. The
deeper our lives are in the realm of the Spirit, the clearer will the content
of what we must speak prophetically, and the stronger will be the verbal
expressions and utterances through the which it is manifested.
·
The
prophetic flow of speech, or what the Old Testament calls prophesying the
oracles of the Lord, is a flow of God’s speech, which bubbles up in our
spirits. As we are filled with the Spirit of God, the bubbling of God’s speech,
which rides on the surface of the waters of the Spirit, as He progressively
fills us up with them, arises higher and higher upon these rising waters until
it reaches the level of our mouths and flows out.
·
Let us look
at a few more examples of the Spirit’s ability in giving us both the content
and the expressions and utterance of prophetical speech.
John 12:49 For I have not spoken of myself ( LOCATION: (Jesus is located within, or
submerged into the Father) I absolutely have not uttered anything from my
independent and exclusive self); but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment (The
instrumentality of the Father working back through Jesus), what I should say, and what I should speak. (So
permeated Jesus the Father, as to give to Him both the utterances and
expressions of speech, and the content of the speech carried by them)
John 8;28 Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have
lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he ( I am) , and that I do nothing of myself (and that from my independent
and exclusive self I do nothing); but as my Father hath taught me( but as the Father has
instrumentally penetrated, affected, and influenced me) I speak these things (these things I utter and express
prophetically, by that divine influence which has permeated me.)
Mat 10;19 But when they deliver you up, take no thought ( don’t try to figure out or speculate) how or what ye shall speak (how the expressions and
utterances of prophetic speech will come out, or what their content will be):
for it shall be given you in that same hour(
in the very moment that you need it) what ye shall speak.(what you shall
speak prophetically)
for it is not ye that speak (For it is absolutely not you expressing
and uttering forth out by your own strength) , but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in (instrumental BY)
you.(But the
Spirit of your Father expressing Himself back through you)
1 Cor 12:3 Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by(both the domain, location, and sphere, of
the world of Christ and the instrumentality or influence of its working back
through us) the
Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the
Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.
2 Cor 13:3 Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me,(Location; domain, sphere)
which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in
you (Instrumentality: The greatest display of Christ’s power and
prophetical speech as He is located within us, is in His ministry through us to
others.)
1 Cor 12:8 For to one is given through the Spirit ( Agency) the (A)
word of wisdom; and to another the ( A) word of knowledge, according( reference, respect to, or in
relationship) to the same Spirit:
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A word of knowledge,
or wisdom, is a mode of prophecy. The King James is incorrect in calling it “the”
word of wisdom or knowledge. It should
be “a” word of wisdom or knowledge.
In other words, the word (of wisdom and knowledge), which is
given to us by the Spirit of God, is a type of word, which has a “wisdom or
knowledge content”, exclusively of being made up of any other contents.
Because it is one specific logos word, with a specific content, it is in fact a
rehma word.
·
We have
studied location and instrumentality. I
would not like to discuss with you agency. The agent of action, or agency, in grammar, is the
vehicle through which the second item is able instrumentality work back to
affect the first item, which had been baptized into it. In other words when we immerse ourselves
into the world of the Holy Spirit, the Spirit works back through us. However the Spirit needs a vehicle or agent
THROUGH which He can work back to affect us. As we will study later on, the
Spirit of God uses on many occasions, our mouths and hands as an agent to work
back through.
·
1Cor 12:8
tells us in this case the Spirit of God is the agent or vehicle by which the
word of prophecy works itself back through us as we are immersed in the Spirit
of God. It would go to say, that the
more that we immersed into the world of the Spirit, the greater will be the
ability for prophecy to flow through us, in that the Spirit Himself, is the
vehicle for prophecy to flow through.
·
The second
term of significance is the preposition “according or according to”. Defined, this means: “With reference or
respect to, limited to, in relationship to, or bounded by.”
·
In other words, only the portion of the
prophetical word, which is done in, and by the Spirit of God, will be accurate.
Once again, we can see from this example, the importance of living as much and
as deeply as possible in the world of the Holy Spirit.
·
Let us look
at a few examples of agency, or the vehicle, which the Holy Spirit uses to work
through and back to us. Without an
agent the Holy Spirit has no channel through which He can affect us as we
submerge ourselves into His world.
Luke 1:70 As
he spake by the mouth
of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:
·
Because the
gift of prophecy is a verbal manifestation of faith and the mouth is THE AGENT
through which the Holy Spirit affects the world back through us, we must open
our mouths with just a word or two. We
will find that our steps of faith will allow the Spirit to give to us more as
the process of prophecy goes forth.
Acts 5:12 And by the hands of the
apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were
all with one accord in Solomon’s porch.
Acts 19:11 And God wrought special
miracles by the hands
of Paul:
The Power of the World of the Spirit
Mat 8:8 The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am
not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only By a word, or by the instrumentality of a
word. The word itself healed the servant),
and my servant shall be healed.
·
Herein we
see the power of the world of the Spirit.
The Greek tells us, “speak by a logos word,” not the
logos word, but “a” logos word, making it into a specific word with
a content of healing, or a rehma word.
·
“By” a logos word” tells us that it is the
word itself influencing and affecting the situation, causes the healing. Jesus did not heal the servant. The rehma word of God working through Jesus
is the one, which healed. Jesus’ life
was so submerged in the Spirit of God, that He lived in the domain of
supernatural faith found within this world.
Secondly, He lived in the world in which all is new and reconciled to
God, and all is available. The faith
released through Him inside the word that He spoke, caused the word itself to
heal the servant.
Hebrews 4:2
For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word
preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith ( The word “mixed” is defined
as the beating, melting, or tempering together of equal measures of two alloys,
the rhema word and faith, to create the element termed as the power of God)
in them that heard it
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Let us look
at a few more examples the rhema word, tempered or beat in every instance with
an equal measure of faith as found in the domain of the Spirit, to create a
“word” itself which heals, or casts out a demon.
Matthew 8:16 When the even was
come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits
with his word (By the instrumentality of the word; Jesus did not cast out the
devils, but the word of God operating in Him), and healed all that were
sick:
Luke 4:32 And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with (Instrumental)
power.(His word had the “instrumentality of authority”; The word
itself, in the domain of the Spirit, exercises God’s jurisdiction over the
works of the enemy in the same way that a state trooper exercises jurisdiction
over the interstate highways.
Luke 7:7 Wherefore neither thought
I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say in a word( By a word or by the instrumentality of a word. The word itself healed the servant),
and my servant shall be healed.
Luke 11:20 But if I with the finger of God(By the instrumentality of the Spirit;
Jesus did not cast out the devils. The rehma word originated in the Spirit and
operating through Jesus, cast out the devil) cast out devils, no doubt the
kingdom of God is come upon you.
Doing Nothing From Myself
John 7:17 If any man will do his will( If any one out of His own will desires to
do God’s will) he shall know of the doctrine( Instrumental: teaching), whether it be of God, or
whether I speak of ( from
the edge of; the idea of separation or departure from) myself.( exclusively and independently from
myself as a source and from none other.)
·
Jesus never
did or spoke anything, which originated from Himself. Everything He did, originated
from the Father, and was revealed to Jesus through the Holy Spirit. Secondly, Jesus never did anything that was exclusively
His ideas, agenda or timetable.
Everything, which he planned and carried out, was inclusive of what the
Father desired. Finally every action,
which He took, and every word, which He spoke, was in dependency to the
workings of the Holy Spirit within Him.
The Lord Jesus never acted independently from the Father.
·
This was the
key to the Lord’s supernatural faith and miracle working power. The fact that
while on the earth, the Lord lived dependent, inclusive, and originated
everything with the Father, shows us the depth of Jesus life in the world of
the Holy Spirit.
·
This is what
Jesus means when he tells us that He does nothing from Himself.
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To the degree
that we do not seek ourselves as the ones from whom anything originates, and
then carry it out independently and exclusively from God, will automatically
live in the teaching of the Father.
18 He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory:
but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no
unrighteousness is in him.
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They that
speak independently, selfishly, and exclusive, of the Spirit of God, seeks
their own glory…(but
they which from the world of the Spirit, allowing for the Spirit to permeate
and work back through them, will be seeking the glory of God, and will speak
ecstatically, prophetically, and under divine impulse, as oracles of God that
will bring forth His glory.)
John 8;28 Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have
lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he ( I am) , and that I do nothing of myself (and that I do nothing
independently and exclusively from the Father); but as my Father hath taught me( but as the
Father has instrumentally penetrated, affected, and influenced me) I speak these things (these things I utter, express, and
speak prophetically, by that divine influence which has permeated me.)
John 12:49 For I have not spoken of myself ( LOCATION: (Jesus is located within, or
submerged into the Father) I absolutely have not uttered anything
independently and exclusively from the Father); but the Father which
sent me, he gave me a
commandment (The instrumentality of the Father working back
through Jesus), what
I should say, and what I should speak. (So permeated Him the
Father as to give Him both the utterances and expressions of speech, and
the contents of them)
John 6:28 ¶
Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?
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Jesus
answered and said unto them, This
is the work of God (The Father works His works back through the disciples, as He
affects and influences them in proportion to how much he or she submerges into
the world of the Spirit.), that ye believe on him (Greek “INTO”; location, domain, submerging into)
whom he hath sent.
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To glance in the Spirit, not particularly with
understanding, at what the Father does within us, gives us the ability
to externally minister with identicalness to the Father. This is because ministry is initiated by
faith without understanding. Much
ministry can be initiated with a spiritual glancing at what the Father does
within us to allow us to minister it externally with identicalness. Please look with me at the following verse.
John 5:9Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I
say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth (To habitually glance at what the Father
does in the Spirit. This is not
discernment with understanding) the Father do: for what things soever he
doeth, these also doeth
the Son likewise. (
Greek word “homos” )
·
Glancing in
the Spirit to what the Father does, gives us that momentary instinctive
knowledge, which on many occasions, is enough for us to step out in faith and
do with identicalness what we have acquired instinctively in our spirits.
·
Our right to do so is based on the fact that
we have an equal inner spiritual nature to that of the Father, giving us
identity with Him in our outward actions.
We are responsible to work with identicalness to what we see on the
Spirit. This is what the term “homos”
means.
· Sometimes however, prophecy, and probably with more of the type, which involve visions, and of more detailed and intricate ministry, requires more than a simple glancing in the Spirit. It requires spiritual vision with discernment, and