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Last night, 01/28/10, had a dream I was at a subway or airport like building. There were a lot of people there. A man was escort mean to a lower part. I purposely lost him and was able to get to a lower level closer to the entrance. I end up in a long corridor. The corridor reminded me of the second or third Matrix movie when Neo is stuck in the subway with a family. Then I notice a security guard who isn’t all human coming down into the corridor. We begin to fight. If I win I go further into the subway. Later, I realize I was looking for someone in Sheol or Hell. I think Sheol could also  represent the old man and/or primitive nature.

02/03/10, This might have been me looking for me.

Romans 8:4, “That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.”

The word ‘fulfilled’ is passive voice and subjunctive mood or the mood of possibility. Fulfilled can mean the following: to make complete in every particular, to cause to abound, to furnish or supply liberally, to flood, to diffuse throughout, to pervade, to take possession of and so to ultimately to control.

The root of ‘fulfilled’ is to satiate, or fill a boat with fish, or to be filled with emotion and wholly possessed.

In Christ, I am His righteousness by revelation and grace. His righteousness IN ME satiates my being. It fills and diffuses into me making me a new, righteous, holy creation. The knowledge of fulfillment of the righteousness of the law is fulfilled in me completely and every way in Christ by revelation and grace. I partake of Him and am in Him.

This blog builds a little on Darkness cannot comprehend Light and Truth.

John 1:5, “And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.”

1 John 1:5, “This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.”

1 Tim. 6:14-16, “Lord Jesus Christ, which God will bring about in his own time-God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable light…”

Eph. 5:8, “For ye were sometimes darkness, but now [are ye] light in the Lord: walk as children of light…”

Eph. 5:13 (NIV), “But everything exposed by the light becomes visible…”

The knowledge of His love could be light. Bearing His mercy and fruit could be light. We are the children of LIGHT!!!

Light cannot be lay hold of by darkness. Darkness is not able to lay hold of light and truth because of its inherent nature. It is incapable of doing so. Once light is in the believer this light cannot be quenched or put out because of the nature of light. The nature of light exposes all that we think or imagine could be hidden. Truth stands alone. Something real is always real. It does not shift or change. He is the truth and the truth is in Him. He is immutable and unchanging. He does not change His mind. His love never fails.

Col. 3:15, “And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.” Peace, by Greek definition, is the arbitrating umpire or referee in a competition.

Competition of what? How about competition of self-imposed law versus self. Self-imposed law says, “You aren’t good enough unless you do this then you’re good enough.” It also says, “You are good enough because you did do this.” So, there is the competition. Self always looses. Chapter and verse. Okay. Romans 3:23, “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;” So, what has everyone fallen short of? The glory of God. Paul said, “No one is righteous. Not even one”, Rom. 3:10.

Righteousness is not based on presumption, assumption, speculation, a guess, good morals, good ethics, how nice someone is, or even if they are in ministry. Righteousness is partaking of the divine intrinsic nature rooted in revelation of Christ in us.

He IS peace. He made the Jew and Gentile into ONE man in Himself! In doing  so, the competition is over. Glory. Thank you Lord.

What is the point here? In Christ, I can BE. Huh? I can BE. If I can BE then I don’t have to strive to BE, but AM in Him by grace. I can BE because I partake of His grace, righteousness and peace.

Phil. 3:9, “And be found in him (BE), not having mine own righteousness (self-imposed law also), which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by (HIS) faith:”

Christ is the Mishkan. The Mishkan that lit the Holy of Holies dwells in us now by revelation of Christ in us.

There was a difference between the temple of God which was the structure itself and the temple of God which was the dwelling place. When Jesus was accusing the Jewish authorities He said, “You have made My Fathers house into a den of thieves,” and by saying “My Father” they knew He was claiming Messianic authority over the temple, and so they said, ” what sign do you show us seeing that you do these things?” and notice what He said:

John 2:19-21 Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” Then the Jews said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?” But He was speaking of the temple of His body.

They were looking at the physical structure (Heb. Mikdash) of the temple but He said, “Destroy this temple” He used the word in Hebrew ‘Mishkan‘ which was the word used in the Old Testament of the Presence that lit the holy of holies on Yom Kippur in the tabernacle or temple. Jesus said I am the temple (Mishkan) of God. When the glory (Heb. Sh’chinah) would come down like a tornado or funnel right through the roof of the holy of holies and the Presence would manifest on the mercy seat between the cherubim after the blood was sprinkled, that was the mishkan. That Presence was what Jesus said dwelt within Him. And in fact Paul said about the church, “Know ye not that you are the temple (Mishkan) of God?” We, as the body of Christ, have the same Presence dwelling within us. God doesn’t dwell in buildings now but within His people. Rmans 10 says that If you confess with your mouth that Jesus Christ is Yaweh and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved. It’s that easy. At that point you become the Mishkan of God. When God said, “Let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them,” He literally said ‘in’ them. God’s ultimate goal has always been to dwell within His people (Jer. 31:31-33) and to put His Spirit within us. When you accept Jesus you become the Mishkan of God.¹

When the glory of the Lord came down and filled the tabernacle for the first time it must have been an awesome spectacle to behold. God was truly pleased with His people, not because of their goodness but because their sins were covered. The etymology of the dwelling or presence of God is the Hebrew word Sh’cheenah or as we pronounce it Shekinah. The term Shekinah was many times used interchangeably with the word God. In the Jewish mind it always spoke of the fact that He “dwelt in” or “rested upon” those who merited His favor, whether an individual, a community, or the entire Jewish people.

Scholars have always seen a striking connection between the concept of the Shekinah and the idea of Logos “The Word” which Philo introduced into Jewish philosophical thinking. Of course a much greater emphasis was placed upon the word Logos when the apostle John introduced his gospel account of the life of Jesus with these suggestive words:¹

Christ being the Priest, Tabernacle and Sacrifice enables us by His blood to enter the Holy of Holies which i the presence of God the Father. Our body and the Body of Christ is the Tabernacle by which His Logos and Shekinah glory dwells by revelation. The Way, His flesh, has been made to the Father in us by revelation of Him according to His grace and faith. Also, to the Hebrew mind, a word can be a thing or become a thing, substance or creation. We are becoming Logos substance through Him in the Spirit.

Why does traveling at the speed of light slow down time?

“Everything that we see, we see it because of light that is reflected from it. light travels at 186,000 miles per second. So when we travel faster than the light can reflect, things will slow down and eventually stop when we reach the speed of light.”

Revelation of Christ in me makes it seem as if I were inside a spacecraft going the speed of light. If we are becoming logos, godly energy then are we becoming light? Likely. We are children of light growing in the grace and knowledge of Jesus Christ, 2 Pet. 3:18. If I am becoming light or have knowledge of light then do I have knowledge of its nature? Yes, because God is light, 1 John 1:5, 1 Tim. 6:16. He is and dwells, resides and lives IN light. He is light. The revelatory knowledge of Light metamorphosis’s the vessel in which it dwells. The vessel partakes of the nature of light. In Christ, we partake of His divine nature by hearing the word of truth. This knowledge changes us unto godliness evermore, Titus 1:1.

This blog builds on two previous blogs:

• Arbitrator – How is our motive changed?
• Need for approval

Here is the content of the blog Need for approval.

The need for approval has the potential to create vain imaginations. If I fail to meet approval then an idea must be created to counter the failure to approve. Vain imaginations can potentially entangle us, but the just shall live by His faith in them. Vain imaginations are not real and substantial. They cannot save. I cannot save myself. Otherwise, Christ’s death was in vain.

So, why is there a need for approval? How about MOTIVE. What motivates me to have the desire for approval? Hmmm, what arbitrates¹ motive in me and everyone in mankind? The wonderful conscience. Needless to say, God knew what He was doing when He created man and his conscience in His image.

Now, let’s turn the table. In Christ, our conscience does not value the difference between right and wrong. It has been purged from dead works. Dead works manifested because of motive. The conscience is the arbitrator of motive. An non-purged or defiled conscience IS aware of the difference between good and evil and motivates dead works. Dead works do not justify us before God the Father. Only His Son, our High Priest in the order of Melchizedek, can justify, sanctify and make righteous. He Himself takes away our sins once for all. He said, “Shelem” or “It is complete and fulfilled in every way” on the cross. Shelem crossed time, space and all of creation.

Since our conscience is no longer aware of the judgment and penalty of the law our motive is purified. Wow, that is amazing and life changing. Please read that at least three times. When we are baptized, immersed or literally drowned into Christ at salvation. We are drowned until we die. Then we resurrect in newness of His life and faith in us by grace and revelation. The motive of the dead person who drowned in the water is dead as well. The motive of the old man is dead in Christ. This is what Paul says in Philippians 3:9, “And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:” And in Col. 3:3, “For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.” Who is dead? The old man and its nature to constantly try ‘to be’ based on self-imposed law. Its motive was based on the starving need for approval. The approval is no longer required. We are predestined to the the adoption of children in Christ according to the good pleasure and will of the Father. My sons do not require my approval for me to love them. Love is not self-seeking and keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not change its mind. Perfect love casts out fear and torment.

Motive is purified. Now, my thoughts are renewed according to hearing the word. Titus 3:5, “Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing (bathing by the word of truth, Eph. 5:26) of regeneration (ever-constant renewal in present pluperfect tense by revelatory word or logos), and renewing of the Holy Ghost;”

Col. 3:10, “And have put on the new [man], which is renewed (ever-constant renewal in present pluperfect tense by revelatory word or logos) in knowledge (revelatory word) after the image (Christ the original pattern) of him that created him:”

So, how does Phil. 4:8-9 occur? Motive. Motive. Motive. The power of positive thinking does not save you. Grace enabled motive and a purified conscience do. John 1:16, “And of his fullness have all we received, and grace for grace.”

The power of positive thinking is witchcraft. Yep, it is. Is Christ pre-eminent in positive thinking? At the root, “No.” It is rebellion against grace. Rebellion is as witchcraft according to the prophet Samuel.

So, what does the conscience perceive in positive thinking? “You better be positive. Be a good person. You must think positive. Why aren’t you thinking positive?” Doesn’t sound like pure motive to me. Only the holy blood of Christ can purify the conscience from the guilt, judgment and penalty of the law. In turn, motive is purified, thoughts are renewed by revelation. Once again, “The just shall live by His faith in them.” His faith comes by hearing and hearing the word, revelation. Faith deposits, diffuses into wisdom, knowledge and understanding and becomes you. We inherit His righteous nature. This nature comes by hearing the word. The triune person: spirit, soul, body; is sanctified by revelation of Christ in them. Sanctification unto righteousness, unto holiness, unto eternal life now in this life and the life to come.

Our thoughts seem to come from what we hear mixed with motive. Faith comes by hearing. If not faith then I am hearing the prince of power of the the air, the enemy. It is either one or the other. The old nature is fallen and influenced by the deception of the enemy.

In summary, the purged conscience motivates with godly purity. The renewed mind in Christ navigates us as sons of God walking in the Spirit, Titus 1:1. This all occurs naturally and effortlessly in His rest.

I believe our conscience is the arbitrator of motive.

ar⋅bi⋅trate

–verb (used with object)
1. to decide as arbitrator or arbiter; determine.
2. to submit to arbitration; settle by arbitration: to arbitrate a dispute.

–verb (used without object)
3. to act as arbitrator or arbiter; decide between opposing or contending parties or sides.
4. to submit a matter to arbitration.

The blood of Christ has purged our conscience from dead works based on law and self-imposed law. Now, in Christ, we have been predestined unto the adoption of children to do good works. Good works come from a pure motive.

Where does motive come from? What arbitrates motive? Our conscience.

In Christ, our conscience is no longer aware of the judgment or penalty of the law. It has no value of right and wrong. The caveat is our mind does. Our mind remembers. Reference blog, No wonder I keep remembering. Even though our mind remembers and knows, there is no condemnation in Christ in the Spirit. This does not give license to sin. Even though in Christ the conscience does not know what sin is. Motive has changed. If missing the mark or manifestations of the flesh do occur then it could be due to a number of reasons: willful ignorance, ignorance, unregenerate thinking, lack of foundation, no discipleship, unhealthy doctrine, law has been put on the individual, witchcraft, stubbornness, rebellion, fear, self-willed opinion, vain imaginations.

Blogs about the conscience being purged:

• Chief witness
• Chief witness part 2
• Chief witness part 3 – Thoughts of accusation or defense

Paul says, “To put into oblivion those things which are behind” in Phil. 3. How? Those things which are behind are those things that are attached to the old man and nature. The old nature predicates on the law or self-imposed law. Anything based on self-imposed law is behind and irrelevant. It truly is dead.

The “how” is receiving revelation of a purged conscience and the complete work of Christ. This is why the function and office of the apostle and prophet are important in the Church. They testify and witness the resurrection of Christ. They share the logos or word. They minister sound doctrine. They diffuse and impart power, grace and peace to whosoever. All of this is unto the full stature of Christ.

If I do not have revelatory knowledge of a purged conscience then how will I partake in good works? This revelation gives faith, knowledge, confidence and assurance to whosoever that their conscience is pure. The knowledge has a profound life-changing affect on the recipient. That is what was prophesied in the prophets and restated in Hebrews 10:16, “This [is] the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them.”

Today, 01/17/10, my son Aaron’s birthday and interesting thought came to mind, “Love does not change its mind.” John 3:16, “For God so loved the world that He sent His only begotten Son..” So, has the Father or Jesus changed their mind since? Nope. He never will either. How could I make such a claim. Read Romans, 1 Corinthians 13. Due to the intrinsic DNA, essence and nature of love it is incapable of being wishy-washy or indecisive.

What is the proof of such love? The Father sent His only begotten Son into time. Mary conceived Jesus through the Holy Spirit. Jesus was born of a woman, under the law, grew in wisdom and grace. He became a man. He became filled with the Spirit. He began His ministry. He called the apostles. He was became a curse for all our sin, was without sin, was a sacrifice without blemish, crucified, shed His blood, went and preached Himself in Sheol, ascended out of Sheol, resurrected, was witnessed by over 500 people at once, ascended on High, was glorified and sat down at the right hand of the Father. He did this while we were still in our sins. Why? God is love. In Christ, was the fullness of the Godhead bodily. Christ was and is love. He is love become flesh. John says He is the word become flesh. He is the revelation of love in bodily form. He is more than that.

In all of this, He did not hesitate or change His mind one time. He said in Heb. 10:7, “Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.”