8/6/2019 MMW the Spirit Imprisoned
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The Spirit Imprisoned
Without trying to be pietistic I believe that there are a large
percentage of Jesusfollowers who are living in prison. This is not
a physical imprisonment. It is more theentrapment of the spirit in
an environment that fails to acknowledge the truth thatfaith in
Jesus can breed a freedom that is beyond any logical
explanation.
Our Biblical history, sorry Gods History in the Bible is just
beyond any experiencethat we may be able to accept without His
enabling. This enabling is available to allbelievers if we accept
that all things are possible with God.
Of course the problem is that we have all been sold a pup that
the Bible is history ,you know it is in the past. The thing is this
is fine if we are treating the Bible as apiece of literature. But
if it is being read as Gods Word, as His Living Word, weimmediately
have a problem when it comes to the impossible events of the
Bible.
You know the ones that I am talking about; a man who has been
paralysed for 38years suddenly gets up and walks. Another who has
been dead for four days andburied in a tomb walks out at the
command of Jesus. Not to mention the stories fromthe Old Testament
like Moses being spoken to from a bush that appeared to be onfire
even though it did not get burnt up, and the lepers, who sick of
life, walked intoan enemy camp figuring they would be killed only
to find it abandoned and then wentback to the city under siege
where they had no refuge to save the inhabitants.
Father promises us so much from within His History that so often
our opposition triesto make simple faith a complex matter. Through
Jesus He has made us sons anddaughters, now think about that for a
moment. We were the reason that Jesus hadto come and minister then
finally to di e. We are a corrupted creation. God couldhave just
started over again and removed our propensity to rebel. But no, He
hadsuch love for His creation and so although it broke His heart He
let His Sonsurrender His life to enable us to be called members of
Gods family. Now logicallyyou or I would never be able to do
something like that would we?
Yet even though we can accept this truth by faith we fail to
accept that there arethings from the Bible that logic precludes.
Thomas in the upper room was told bythe master that he believed
because he saw but that others would come who wouldhave to believe
without seeing, Jesus called them (us) blessed by our faith.
The Master said some pretty amazing things really. Things that
sounded prettyimpossible at the time and probably still today. His
signs and wonders were theproof of His divinity yet in His parting
comments to the disciples, and I for onechoose to consider myself
one, said that we would do even greater things than Hinwhen Holy
Spirit came upon us.
The fact is that we imprison our spirit when we fail to take
Father, and Jesus, at His
word outlandish as some of the messages may sound. We need to be
enabled toact upon Gods Words where we are and that means
submitting our logic to Hishigher purpose. His is the power and the
grace He enables us to conquer againstthe enemy, in whatever form,
that seeks to control our faith and keep others in aprison that is
of their own making.
Father doesnt need us to act out His purpose. He chooses us to
be His agents ofchange to make a different for those around us who
are still in the dark.
Anyone know where the candles are?
