Good Morning Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
God, through Jesus Christ, has made us rich in all things: spiritually, materially, and physically. If you’re not experiencing this in all three areas of your life, God isn’t holding out on you. Ephesians 1:3 makes it clear we “were” blessed, past tense, with all Spiritual blessings in Christ Jesus. You have EVERYTHING you need to fulfill God’s will for you on this earth (His general will for all Believers is found in III John 2). You don’t need it in Heaven. It is for you to use here and now. How can we be a representative, an ambassador of the Most-High God, if we’re living and surviving like all the rest of mankind? Why do they need our God if we are living and surviving like them?
Colossians 1:19
For it pleased the Father that in Him [Christ] should all fulness dwell;
The Greek word for “fulness” in this verse is “pleroma” which means “fullness, filling, fulfillment, completion.” The Holy Spirit leads us to Colossians 2:10:
Colossians 2:10
And ye are complete in Him [Christ], which is the head of all principality and power:
The Greek word for “complete” in this verse is “pleroo” which means “to make full, to complete.”
Both “pleroma” and “pleroo” are from the root word “ple / pletho” which means “fill to the maximum or full in quantity.”
From Colossians 2:10, the Holy Spirit leads us to John 16:13-15:
John 16:13-15
13 Howbeit when He, the Spirit of Truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth: for He shall not speak of Himself; but whatsoever He shall hear, that shall He speak: and He will shew you things to come.
14 He shall glorify Me: for He shall receive of Mine, and shall shew it unto you.
15 All things that the Father hath are Mine: therefore said I, that He shall take of Mine, and shall shew it unto you.
In John 16:13-15 is awesome revelation to Believers. First, if you allow, the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Truth, will guide you into all Truth and show you things to come. Jesus will not keep anything from you. Therefore, the Father has not shared the date of the Rapture with Jesus. If the Father does share it, then Jesus MUST share it with us. He must share everything He knows and everything He has with you because of the blood Covenant. However, if you don’t ask, if you don’t believe, if you don’t receive, then you will not have it.
If you don’t believe Jesus MUST share everything with you, then how do you explain John 16:14-15? You can’t. That’s why you have denominations and more denominations today. Many Believers will not accept the Truth of God’s Word. They will say, “well, that hasn’t been my experience.” So, I have a choice. Believe the “experience” or believe the Word. One is a liar, and I pick the experience as the liar. God’s Word is Truth which means it cannot be a lie. If we’re not experiencing it, it is not the Word that has a problem. We have the problem of believing, decreeing, and receiving in faith. Don’t let your “experience,” if it doesn’t line up with God’s Truth, be your truth. If you do, you will live a very LIMITED life on this earth.
Let’s quickly look at John 16:14-15. I really get excited about these verses. How is Jesus glorified? When the Holy Spirit shows us what belongs to Jesus. What belongs to Jesus? Jesus tells us in verse 16, “all things that the Father hath are Mine.” What belongs to the Father? EVERYTHING!! And “EVERYTHING” is the completion or fullness spoken of in Colossians 1;19 and 2:10. Romans 8:17 tells Believers we are “joint heirs” with Christ. This means everything that belongs to Jesus belongs to us. What belongs to Jesus? “All things that the Father hath…” I really hope you are seeing this. The Holy Spirit is REQUIRED to show us everything that belongs to Jesus if we ask in faith.
In closing, why does Jesus Christ have the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Truth, showing us His things? Because He is bound by the blood Covenant to do so, and He does so because He loves you. He wants you to take of His things (you can find them in Revelation 5:12) and enjoy them while fulfilling His assignment for you. Can you use more power, wisdom, riches, strength, honor, glory, and blessing? Of course. Only a fool would say no. And The Father and The Son have an infinite supply for you. I’m going to use some street slang from the 70’s and say, “can you dig it??” It means, “do you get it” or “do you understand this?” I sure hope you do.
In closing, God never holds out or holds back from His children. He has already given you “all Spiritual blessings.” It’s now up to you to learn how to operate in the Kingdom of God to appropriate them and be a blessing to others Spiritually, materially, and physically. Please understand that we, as Believers, will give an account to Jesus of what we did with the Spiritual blessings given us. Your rewards in Heaven, which you will present to Jesus the King, will be based on this. We want to hear Jesus say of us, “Well done, good and faithful Friend; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.”
Walk mighty in His Name,
Larry