Look Up!

“Look at what is before your eyes. If any one is confident that he is Christ’s, let him remind himself that as he is Christ’s so are we” 2 Corinthians 10:7

“If you have been raised with Christ, you set your mind on the things ABOVE not on the things on the earth” Colossians 3:1-3

But those who refuse to come to Jesus, have the old mind of the fallen first Adam’s nature and manner of life, as all the “nations” are now DECEIVED by sorcery (Revelation 18:23), drinking the old “wine” and calling it “good” (Luke 5:37-39); drinking the “koolaid” spiked with very harmful pharmakeia designed to steal your life in Christ, kill you, and destroy your lives with terrible side effects, infected with unclean spirits, under the influence of “the god of this world” who blinds minds of unbelievers so you can’t see the true Light of the Glory of Risen Christ the EXACT likeness of God the Father (2 Corinthians 4:1-4).

This present dark world system of “mystery babylon” or darkness disguised as light, or woke darkness with hidden evil planned and purposed by servants of satan who disguise themselves as servants of righteousness (2 Corinthians 11:13-15), make slaves of you and prey upon you (11:20). What they put forth as “good” is true evil, and what they say is “evil” is really the true Goodness of the Word, the Life and Power of God’s Spirit that we can taste and see and become when we come to Christ, giving Jesus our burdens, yoking to Risen Jesus’ easy and light Yoke, learning Christ; putting off the old nature and former manner of life and putting on the new nature created in the image and likeness of Risen Christ in TRUE righteousness and holiness (Ephesians 4:20-24); made a kingdom and priesthood of believers, a chosen new race, a royal holy new creation, God’s Own people now who once were not His chosen people (Revelation 5:9-10; 1 Peter 2:9-10; Romans 9:24-26); “sons of the Living God” (Romans 9:26);

your purified soul implanted with the Living and Abiding Word of God, the imperishable Seed of Jesus fulfilled, growing, maturing, fruiting, flourishing into a tree of life (1 Peter 1:22-23; James 1:21; Matthew 13:3-35); your mind renewing the new formed in you (Galatians 4:19) transforming, transfiguring, changing you by the Holy Spirit fire light and fire power, for our God is a consuming fire (Hebrews 12:29); shaking all that can be shaken in you, grateful for receiving the kingdom of the Son of God that cannot be shaken within you, worshiping God in Spirit, in Truth in Christ, in reverence and awe and wonder (12:22-28) when you do not refuse Him who is speaking (12:25), listening to the True Shepherd, the Risen Lamb of God on the Throne (1 Peter 2:25; Revelation 7:17, 17:14).

What the unrepentant, unredeemed world system calls “evil” is the Risen Lamb of God and those with Him who are called and chosen and faithful to the Lamb, the Lord of lords and King of kings (Revelation 17:14) making war on the “faithful” pure betrothed bride to her One Husband (2 Corinthians 11:2b) making war against the Risen Lamb, the God of Peace Himself, by those who have given their mind and authority to the beast (17:13); those who refuse Jesus’ Words, Saying, Teachings, and deny His death, burial, resurrection, ascension, and glorification on the Throne with His Father who sent Jesus; the Creator, God our Father through Jesus who gave Risen Jesus Christ the Name above EVERY name that can be named in heaven AND on earth, so Jesus can give His New “Married” Name to His pure “churches” who hear what the Spirit is saying and do it, giving all the glory to God (Revelation 2:17, 3:12; Isaiah 62:4-5).

Now BOTH Jews and Gentiles are under the power of sin WHEN they do not believe Jesus, as the Father HAS NOW manifested the righteousness of God apart from the law, although the law and the prophets BEAR WITNESS to it, but the RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD is through FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST for ALL who BELIEVE; there is now no distinction since ALL have sinned and fallen short of the glory, so that those still OF the world, not born again of God of His Spirit of His Living Water from Above, are still living in sin (Romans 3:9-26).

“All [unbelievers] have turned aside [away from Jesus; led astray as in John 6:66, marked by the beast instead of the seal of God marked by the Holy Spirit so not harmed when the hour of trial comes upon the whole world, Revelation 3:10, 7:3, 9:4], together they have gone wrong…their throats are an open grave, using their tongues to DECEIVE [they suppress the Truth,Romans 1:18-32; Risen Jesus is the Word of Truth and the Spirit of Truth]…Their mouths are full of curses and bitterness. Their feet swift to shed blood [instead of the one final sacrifice of Jesus, whose shed Blood was once for all, ransomed for God out of EVERY tribe, tongue, people, and nation, Hebrews 10:1-14; Revelation 5:9-10], in their paths are RUIN and MISERY, and the Way of Peace [Jesus] they do not know”

When the world says “peace” and “security” then sudden destruction (1 Thessalonians 5:3) but those in Christ are not in darkness, brethren, for that day to surprise you as a thief. For you are sons of light and sons of the day IN CHRIST and CHRIST in you (1 Thessalonians 5:4-5) in the one Body and one Spirit of God with Christ given Headship over you (Ephesians 4:4-24, 5:23-32); Risen Christ made your Head, coming to fullness of life in Him (Colossians 2:9-15); giving Christ dominion over you, proven by tests of faith and crowned with glory under His Many Crowns, sharing His death in your body, your body of flesh circumcised, buried with Christ, raised with Christ, made alive together with Christ, therefore always led in triumph in Christ (2 Corinthians 2:14; Colossians 2:6-15; 1 Peter 4:7-5:11); Christ as Head governing you by His Holy Spirit, thankful for receiving the kingdom that has no end (Isaiah 9:6-7; Hebrews 12:28); made a kingdom through the Blood of Jesus (Revelation 5:9-10); led by God’s Spirit (Romans 8:14) walking by the Spirit with the desires of the Spirit, fruiting the Spirit, living by the Spirit (Galatians 5:16-25); belonging to Christ by having His Spirit (Romans 8:9); walking in the light, in the True Light of Risen Christ Jesus (John 1:9; 1 John 1:5; Luke 11:33-36; Matthew 5:14); a NEW creation (Galatians 6:14-15).

The Holy Spirit is given to those born again of God, born anew from Above (John 3:3-8), to FIRST convict you of sin (John 16:7-11) so you can give it all to Jesus, die to sin and come alive to God IN CHRIST, where the Holy Spirit convicts you of His righteousness so you can seek FIRST the kingdom of God and His righteousness, so you can have all things of Risen Christ Jesus given to you (Matthew 6:33), all that the Father gave to His Son Jesus (Romans 8:32). Abba Father gives to those who come to Jesus and put their faith and total trust in Him, commit to Him so He can act (Psalm 37:3-5), the God of Peace Himself who is able to sanctify you wholly, keeping your spirit and soul and body sound and blameless for the Day of Christ (1 Thessalonians 5:23-24); the Day of Christ that is terrible for the “weeds” (Matthew 13:37-42; Revelation 14:15-20) when Jesus sends His reaper angels to remove all evildoers and all causes of sin (Matthew 13:41), but the Day of Christ is absolutely GREAT for those in the NEW creation in Christ and Christ in you, because all evil and darkness is removed from the kingdom of the beloved Son, where you are transferred/translated when you asked and received Christ in you, to teach you to abide in Christ (1 John 2:27), delivered from the dominion of darkness and transferred into Christ (Colossians 1:13) from darkness into His Marvelous Light (1 Peter 2:9; Acts 26:18; Ephesians 5:8-14) as “members of His Body…two become one flesh. This mystery is a profound one, and I mean in reference to CHRIST and the church” (Ephesians 5:30-32).

“For by a SINGLE Offering Jesus has perfected for ALL TIME those who are sanctified. And the Holy Spirit is our Witness and bears witness to us” (Hebrews 10:14-15) so we can bear witness to Risen Christ Jesus (Acts 1:8) and the finished work of the Cross, hearing and obeying Jesus’ Words that make us clean (John 15:3), to abide in Him and He in you (15:5), His Words abiding in you (15:7), doing His works (14:12-14) as He defeated the works of the devil (1 John 3:8) and returned to our Father (John 14:12) giving born again believers the Spirit of Truth that the world cannot receive because they can’t see Him or know Him (14:17). Therefore, come OUT of the world system and come IN the one Body and one Spirit of Risen Christ.

“NOW the righteousness of God HAS BEEN MANIFESTED apart from the law… for all who BELIEVE…justified by His grace as a Gift, through the redemption in Christ Jesus…the expiation by His Blood RECEIVED by faith…God passed over former sins…justifying those who have faith IN JESUS” Romans 3:21-26

Through Risen Jesus the Christ, we HAVE passed over, HAVE crossed over from sin to righteousness (1 Peter 2:24); through the NEW and LIVING Way of God through Jesus (Hebrews 10:19-20), passed over from death to sin, to life, crossed over from death to alive to God in Christ (Romans 6:11; Colossians 2:13); a NEW creation in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17); the riches of glory of Christ in your earthen vessel (4:6-7).

Look up and see the glory of Risen Christ Jesus on the Throne! “Come and see” (Revelation 4:1-5:13) when you listen, hear, and obey what the Spirit says to the churches (Revelation 2:7,11,17,29, 3:6,13,22).

“Beholding the glory of Risen Christ Jesus with unveiled faces, we are changing into His likeness from one degree of glory to another; for this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit” 2 Corinthians 3:18

“As Christ is now, so are we to be in this world” 1 John 4:17

“Therefore, if any one is in Christ you are a NEW creation, the old has passed away, behold, the NEW has come” 2 Corinthians 5:17

“The much more receiving the abundance of grace and free gift of righteousness to reign in life THROUGH JESUS” Romans 5:17b