The Way
Pastor J. R. Wilhite, author
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We are saved from death and wrath by the blood of Jesus. 13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. Rev 19:13 (KJV) 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. 1 John 1:7 (KJV) 14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: Col 1:14 (KJV) 13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. Eph 2:13 (KJV) 7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; Eph 1:7 (KJV) 9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, 1 Thess 5:9 (KJV) Then we are connected to God Who is a Spirit; 24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. John 4:24 (KJV) By His Holy Spirit.
26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
John 14:26 (KJV)
27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
1 John 2:27 (KJV)
Christ is a Greek word that means anointed. Anoint means to cover in, on, and through with what ever substance you are using for to anoint.
18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
Luke 4:18 (KJV)
So Jesus came in the flesh.
14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
John 1:14 (KJV)
13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
Rev 19:13 (KJV)
When we devour the Word of God we are eating the flesh of Jesus.
He saved us from death, the grave, and wrath...
Then we are connected via the Holy Spirit to God.
All God wants is a relationship with us. The word comunion means:
English Word: Comunion
Usage Number: A-1
Part of Speech: Noun
Strong's Number: 2842
Greek Word: koinonia
Usage Notes: "a having in comon (koinos), partnership, fellowship" (see COmUNICATE),denotes (a) the share which one has in anything, a participation, fellowship recognized and enjoyed; thus it is used of the comon experiences and interests of Christian men, Acts 2:42; Gal. 2:9; of participation in the knowledge of the Son of God, 1Cor. 1:9; of sharing the realization of the effects of the Blood (i.e., the Death) of Christ and the Body of Christ, as set forth by the emblems in the Lord's Supper, 1Cor. 10:16; of participation in what is derived from the Holy Spirit, 2Cor. 13:14 (RV, "comunion"); Phil. 2:1; of participation in the sufferings of Christ, Phil. 3:10; of sharing in the resurrection life possessed in Christ, and so of fellowship with the Father and the Son, 1John 1:3, 6, 7; negatively, of the impossibility of "comunion" between light and darkness, 2Cor. 6:14; (b) fellowship manifested in acts, the practical effects of fellowship with God, wrought by the Holy Spirit in the lives of believers as the outcome of faith, Philem. 1:6, and finding expression in joint ministration to the needy, Rom. 15:26; 2Cor. 8:4; 2Cor. 9:13; Heb. 13:16, and in the furtherance of the Gospel by gifts, Phil. 1:5. See COmUNICATION, CONTRIBUTION, DISTRIBUTION, FELLOWSHIP
14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the comunion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.
2 Cor 13:14 (KJV)
Comunion, relationship, partnership with, that is what we come to when the Holy Spirit takes up residency in us. He connects us to the Father.
Here is a verse to help you understand that God wants a relationship,
24 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
Gen 5:24 (KJV)
God did not create us to be robots just to worship Him; He created us for fellowship.
We should worship Him because He is worthy. He deserves it, but also because in worship of Him Satan does not stand a chance against us.
16 For God so loved the world, that He gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved.
John 3:16-17 (KJV)
How many of us could give our first born up for another? If God just wanted robots that would just follow Him and worship Him blindly, He could have created them and saved Himself a lot of hassle, and death.
God is love, and He loves you and me. All He wants is to love us and for us to love Him, to have a relationship of love.
We are no more than children. We think we know a lot, and we get caught up in law, legalism, but we are just children. Would you not die to save your child? He did for His children, us.
So here it is in a nutshell. Eve was deceived. Adam sinned. From the sin of Adam all who would be of the seed of Adam (which is everyone) would be cut off from God in the Spirit. Remember God told Adam in Genesis 2 if he ate of the fruit he would die. We know he lived physically, so what died was his spirit, or spiritual connection.
So God has to find people to help Him get the word (John 1:14) into the earth. To do so He (God) used those He could and if you read the old testament, there were not very many. Think about it, we had Noah, Abraham, Isaac, and the list is not as long as it should be. Because God was fortunate to find at least one man per generation He could use and on rare occasions He would find 2. So after hundreds and hundreds of years of getting His word into the earth via a man of God, He finally had one who would agree with it.
38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.
Luke 1:38 (KJV)
Mary agreed due to all the years that the word had been delivered into the earth by men of God, so she could hear enough to believe and agree with it.
Now that she agreed Jesus was conceived in her. And in about 30 years Jesus would go forward sharing about the Father, healing people, and to be crucified.
Then on the third day He arose and with Him many of the saints.
52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
Matt 27:52-53 (KJV)
Who were these saints? The ones who believed in God, followed the law and died and went to paradise (Abraham's Bosom). When Jesus died He must have preached to them and some must have not believed or just chose to stay in what would be left (HELL). But they went and appeared to many.
9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Romans 10:9 (KJV)
So now we have a raised Lord and Saviour. What happened next is important; He sent the Holy Spirit the Spirit of God to man to re-connect us to Him (God).
5 For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
Acts 1:5 (KJV)
It is like a phone. Jesus is the path and way of the phone. He paid the price for the phone for us so we never would have to again. Then the Holy Spirit is the receiver in us and the phone line runs to God on the other end.
With out the receiver and the line there is no connection, no way to truly worship God or receive forgiveness.
All we have to do is believe and allow our faith to grow and when we make a mistake to ask forgiveness and to try our best not to do it again. Of course we are to forgive others as He forgives us. That means forget what you are forgiving as soon as you forgive it.
I know that last part can be hard. How do you forgive someone who murders or rapes?
Is it better to forgive and have eternal life with that loved one lost or hurt and with God or to allow that unforgiveness to grow until one day it cuts us off from God? Imagine someone kills a loved one, and you do not forgive, and it ends up cutting you off in the spirit and you go to Hell, but the murderer finds the Lord and is forgiven and goes to life eternal with the Lord. Seem hard to understand? Well, remember you have an enemy and he will do anything he can to cut you off. That is not what God wants. God offers a way out, and that is forgiveness. Allow God to handle the revenge. A person who does a terrible act like murder or rape can find the Lord, but it usually is very hard for them to accept the forgiveness for it; they are haunted by their past in most cases.
Allow the Holy Spirit to dwell in, on, and through you. Spend more time listening in prayer than talking. Get your spiritual ears open and trained to listen on a constant basis. Walk, talk, and listen with God on a second by second basis and I will see you on the other side.
God Bless you in the name of Jesus.