Fresh Bread
      # 30

DOES GOD
CONTRADICT
HIMSELF?

               One minute you read that God loves the world, and the next thing you read may be James 4:4 which says, “…friendship of the world is enmity with God and whosoever will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.”
               Or you read 1 John 2:15b, “…If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.”
               No. God doesn’t contradict Himself. But one must read the whole Book to understand how He fits His Word all together for the sake of His children and His sons.
               Many have studied the Bible and know what these verses mean, so they don’t trip over them . But God has even higher blessings to give us as specific scriptures come to us, pertaining to current situations in our lives.
               Jesus said in Matthew 22:37, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.”
               So, with our mind we read and study His Word. Then the supernatural begins to take over. The more we read, the more TRUTH plants itself in our personal lives. Our souls, (who we are in the natural) begin to hunger and thirst for more knowledge about God.
               Through our obedience of consistently reading and studying God’s Word…the Holy Spirit begins to open our eyes to the things of the Spirit. God’s Word becomes alive in us. We recognize and accept the presence of the Holy Spirit abiding in us. Not only because the Word has spoken to our minds, but because God’s Spirit has spoken to our spirits and awakened us to a special relationship with the Holy Spirit. God has placed the Spirit of Jesus, His Son, in us.

               “And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of His Son
                Into your hearts….” (Galatians 4:6).

               Many of us are not Bible Scholars in the natural, but we hear our Father’s voice and recognize it by the Holy Spirit Who abides in us, teaching us; prompting us; bringing fresh revelations each time we fellowship with Him.

               This is the beauty I see when we have such a relationship with our Lord; that we can open His Word anywhere and know what He is talking about. Then, the Holy Spirit brings God’s Words to our remembrance just when we need them. He reveals to us how they are the answer to specific concerns in our daily lives.
               As children we are taught the Word. As sons, we become the Word. As shocking as this may sound, it is true. 
               I was shocked when I read what Paul said to the Galatians. “And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.” (Galatians 4:14).
               Then Paul said in verse 19, “My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you.” Can’t we see that this is what God wants for His children?

               The mystery of Christ in you, the hope of Glory, is explained in Colossians 1:25-27.

               Please read John 5:18-19 where the Jews sought to kill Jesus because He said that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God. They didn’t know the WHOLE story.
               Then Paul said to the Philippians in Chapter 2, verses 5-7, “Let this mind be in you, which is in Christ Jesus, Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God. But made Himself of no reputation (here is the balance), but took on Him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of man.”
               We have to read the whole story to understand.  J I’m certainly NOT saying that we are God. No one is God except God. But we are His SEED, and His seed abides in us. He is NOW desiring to manifest His sons in the earth and if we do not receive our sonship, we cannot enjoy His manifestation. We must not be ashamed to be called a son of God.
               I pray that you take these seeds of thought and use them as spurs that bring you boldly to the throne of God with the Sword of the Spirit (S/word) which is the Spirit and the Word working together. As they work together in you, God will give you your own understanding of what He desires to show you personally.
               No. God does not contradict Himself. He just wants you to hear from Him for yourself according to where you are today and according to His plans for your life.

               “He that hath seen Me, hath seen the Father.” (John 14:9).s

Lord, our prayer is that we will be able to say this about each other. Thank You for the revelations of who we are in You. Thank You for the FULLNESS of Your Love in us. Thank You for manifesting Your Son through us.