April 10th, 2012: MANIFESTING CHRIST THE LIGHT OF GOD.

PART 6C

THE STAFF AND SWORD MINISTRY

April 10. 2012

MANIFESTING CHRIST A CLOSER WALK WITH JESUS

THE LIGHT OF GOD

by Nancy-TONI Youngbrandt

In recent months, when I am in prayer, the Spirit of God ever fills my heart with the desire to be closer to Jesus and to be filled with His Presence and Light to the fullest. As I read about Moses and how the Light of God was so visibly present when he went into the Tabernacle to prayer and commune with God, and then how filled with the Light of God he was, so much so that he was asked to wear a veil, my heart yearns for that purity and closeness with God and Christ Jesus on deeper, more intimate level in this world.

Unfortunately, the more I longed for this in my heart and cried out to God, the more it seemed to stir-up my own awareness of my faults and shortcomings, which left me in a state of despair of ever being pure and holy enough to have that intimacy. It was then, when I began to despair, that I knew I had to back off and let go of this desire to God, to trust in Him to work in me regardless of my faults and shortcomings, because this I know: God is great and God is greater than little ole me — Praise the Lord!!

Following this time of personal prayer, we began the recent prayer work with the Net of Prayer, going in the spiritual realm to do battle against the enemy of our souls. Here, the prayer warriors in the Net of Prayer . joined with Chuck-JGHNEL and myself and the other prophets of the ministry, to do spiritual warfare against the Beastman of Anti-Christ and his demons attempting to break thru the Gap `in the spirit', to bring more demons into this world. The battle was fierce but we held them at bay even though we were literally face-toface. This went of for days. Chuck-JGHNEL and I knew that we needed Jesus' direct help, empowerment and intervention if we were to prevail and be able to push them back from our lines. Then the day came. Jesus Christ Himself appeared above and behind us. and filled all of His fighting prayer warriors with the Light of God, which burst forth shining forth from within all of us, out towards the demonic forces pressing against us. They were shocked and horrified – many trying to run away but unable due to the numbers stacked behind them. At last, we were able to advance and slash into their ranks – cutting them down with the Sword of the Spirit, filled anew with the Light and Power of Christ. It was truly awesome!

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As I reflected on what happened, I realized that God had answered my prayer to be filled more and more with His Light and Presence, but He answered it on His level, a spiritual level, and not in the worldly, fleshy level I was focused on earlier. This isn't the first time this has happened, as the Spirit of God showed me long ago that I can't bring God down to my level, but must rise up to His level. After all, Jesus bids us, "COME UNTO ME... " He is called us up to Himself, not the other way around.

There is no question that coming to Jesus in prayer is the answer to manifesting Christ, the fullness of God and His Spirit within us. All we need to do is look to Jesus' example in Luke

9:28-29, "Now it cane to pass, about eight da ys after these savings, that He took Peter, John, and James and went upon the mountain to pray. As He praved the appearance of His face was altered, and His robe became white and glistening."

In Matthew 17:2 it says of Jesus that He was "transfigured before them: and His face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. " This sounds very much like what we saw and experienced in the Gap, in the spiritual realm.

I find it interesting to realize that Jesus did not appear this way all the time, though He probably could have. What it does show me is the possibility of the relationship we too can have with God. However, we must be inwardly prepared in our prayer life to be able to receive and handle such a close relationship. In Moses' time, when his face shone with the Light of God, the people couldn't handle this and , although God intended all His people to have such closeness to Him, they chose not to have God so close in their lives. Instead, they had Moses put on a veil but in truth, it was the people who were putting on the veil, a veil on their hearts, to keep God at bay.

"And not as Moses, which put a veil over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished.• ... which veil is done aivav in Christ. But even unto The Apostle Paul wrote of this very thing in 2 Corinthians 3 : 13-18 —

this day, when Moses is read, the veil is upon on their heart. Nevertheless when it (the

heart) shall turn to the Lord, the veil will be taken away. Now the Lord is that Spirit. and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all, with open .face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord."

Since the Fall of mankind. God has been working to restore our relationship with Him. The Old Covenant was formed as God sought to show us a pattern to the way back to Him through Moses and the Tabernacle/Temple system. The New Covenant was formed when Jesus came and fulfilled the Old Covenant and became the living Tabernacle/Temple of

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God, fulfilling and restoring the way to God through Christ Jesus Himself. Since the people in Moses' time rejected a direct relationship with God. God led Moses to set up the Tabernacle system, with its outer court, sanctuary, and Holy of Holies. The whole point of this breakdown was to deal with sin since sin was and still is what separates mankind from God. The main, overall set-up of the Tabernacle is quite revealing and serves as a pattern for each of us in our walk in Christ.

For those seeking God and more of Christ Jesus in their lives, you are basically seeking to go into the Holy of Holies: the place in prayer where God resides. To get there you must first cleanse and purify yourself in the outer court, and then in your sanctuary, so from there you may enter the Presence of God, in the spirit, in the Holy of Holies. This is the inward way, an inner journey in prayer that Jesus took when He prayed and God's light radiated in Him visibly. And this is the Way that He became for each of us as well.

"COME UNTO ME" The way I see the Old Covenant system is this. it is an example or pattern given to us of a spiritual, inward call and instruction for coming to and relating to God. I see the outer court as being our soul, which is subject to the flesh and carnality. It is not the physical body but rather the physical body is the anima] skin that surrounded and covered the entire Tabernacle. Likewise, our physical body is the covering or house for our soul, heart and spirit to operate within while we are in this world.

The sanctuary is the heart. In the sanctuary is where the Lamp stand, the show bread and the blood for purification which enable the individual to enter the Holy of Holies — all of which Jesus Christ fulfilled and became. By purifying and cleansing our soul, then our heart, we ready ourselves to enter the Holy of Holies and God's Presence.

When we receive Jesus Christ as our Savior, when we receive of His Sacrifice of His Flesh and Blood, our spirit-man is saved and can readily commune with God in the Holy of Holies, but now we need to work out our salvation down through our heart and soul, to bring all of us into the Presence and Light of God. The call is now for us to come to Jesus: to bring our awareness in prayer into our outer court and then into our sanctuary, bringing ourselves before the Holy of Holies where Jesus resides, putting all sin in our outer court and sanctuary under the Blood Jesus and partaking of His Flesh/Sacrifice for us, to be ready to enter His Presence. We must come to Jesus, not the other way around. Too often, in our carnality, we often work to bring Jesus into our outer court with its sin, flesh and carnality; we seek to bring Jesus down to our level, we seek to bring Him down into our own desires, sins and willfulness, when we should be giving those things up, putting them under the Blood of Christ, and coming up to Jesus' spiritual level.

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"COME UNTO ME" continued In 2 Corinthians 6:16 it says: "... for ye are the temple of the living God: as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. "I point this out because here God is telling us that it is His Will and desire to dwell in us and walk in us. But to enter into this reality, we have to come to Jesus to learn How to obtain this. After all, God says "I 'ill dwell in them, and walk in them," which is future tense (I WILL), so therefore this is something to yet to be but is possible.

In the end, all roads lead back to Jesus. He is our answer to ever y thing. He is our atonement, He is the Way, He is the objective in our walk towards God. I like what it says in Colossians 2:9-10:

'For in Him (Christ) dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. Andy are complete in Him, which is the head of all pr incipality and power: Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, or of the new moon, or of the sahhath days: which are a shadow of things to come , but the body is of Christ.

In the shadow form of God's Temple/Tabernacle, a priest would minister the sacrifices and perform the washin g and purification necessary for the individual to receive forgiveness but the individual, average person was not allowed any further than the outer court. Only the priests were allowed into the sanctuary, where they in turn would be cleansed and purified to he able to enter the Holy of Holies, which back then only occurred once a year.

Then came Jesus, who God made to be the ultimate High Priest, sacrifice, Lamp stand, show bread, and blood all in one. Just see what it says in Hebrews, chapters 8-10 to fully appreciate what Jesus became for us. Here are some excerpts that really bring this home.

Hebrews 8:1-2 ", , . We have such an high pr iest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; A minister of the sanctuary, which the Lord pitched, and not man."

Hebrews 9:] 1-14 "But Christ being come an hr4r il p r iest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption . for us. For if the blood of h ulls and o f goats, and the ashes o f an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: How much more stall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? "

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"COME UNTO ME" continued Hebrews 9:23-24 "It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these (earthly sacrifices); but the heavenly things

themselves with better sacrifices than these. For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands,' which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself now to appear in the p r esence of God for us:" And lastly, we have Hebrews 10:19-22 "Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest b y the blood of Jesus, By a new and living way, which He

hath consecrated . for • us, through the veil, that is to say, His flesh; And having an high p r iest over the house of God; Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance offaith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience , and ourbodies washed with lure water .

As it says here, Jesus entered the holy places not made with hands but Heaven itself, to appear in the Presence of God for us, thus making a new and living way for us to enter in, through Him, as well. So our call and duty now is to do the things that Jesus did. In this case, we can now go boldly in prayer, with our sin, flesh and carnality under the Blood of Christ and washed with pure water of His Word, and with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our heart sprinkled from an evil conscience, into our own Holy of Holies and the Presence and Light of God through Jesus Christ.

I point this out because so many, the vast majority of believers out there in the Church body, are no closer to God than those back in Moses' time; they remain the outer court and go no further. The veil of the flesh remains intact and therefore serves to keep the individual away from God. Yes, they have Jesus as their Savior, but they are no closer to knowing Jesus personally because they have not sought to really "COME TO JESUS" with all oftheir heart and soul, moving beyond the veil of the flesh to know Jesus Christ personally and intimately.

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING SPIRITUALLY CLEAN Sin, flesh and carnality are dirty. Spiritually speaking, sin, flesh and carnality make us unclean and actually work to keep us from the Light and Presence of God. This is why there is such an emphasis on the importance of cleansing, washing and purification in the Old Testament, and the main significance of the Blood of Jesus Christ, for it alone makes us spiritually clean.

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THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING SPIRITUALLY CLEAN continued Some of the Scriptures I found interesting on this subject are as follows: Psalm 24:3-4 "Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands , and a pure heart,- who hath not lifted up his

soul unto vanity, no,- sworn deceitfully."

Psalm 51:2 " Wash me thoroughly . fr om mine iniquity, and cleanse nie from mlv sin. " Isaiah 1:16 " Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil ofyour doings from before

mine eyes; cease to do evil; " Ephesians 5:26-27 (Christ so loved the church, and gave Himself for it) "That He might

sancfjfj) and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word. That He alight present it to Himself a glorious Church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be hol y and without blemish.

And then perhaps the most telling of all, here is what Jesus said as He went to wash His disciples' feet in John 12:8 — "Peter saith unto Hijn. Thou shalt never wash nay feet.

Jesus answered him, I I wash thee trot thou bast no part witlr inc. " I stress this here because many believers seem to think that once they repent for their sin initially, that's all they have to do. They don't realize it is an ongoing process as the Spirit of God works in us to cleanse, purify and change us from deep within, from our spirit, through our heart and into our soul. And like taking care of a garden or house in this world, it takes constant, consistent vigilance to maintain and keep it clean. We are taught by Jesus the very importance of keeping our lamps trimmed, our vessels ever made ready for the time when Christ comes to complete His work in us— whether it be today, tomorrow, years from now, or not in our lifetime. He has made a "new and living way"for us to live and be, but it's up to us if we are willing to enter it, for to do so we have to be willing to surrender our old, sinful, carnal ways to learn a new, holy, righteous ways of being.

A HOLY, ROYAL PRIESTHOOD In 1 Peter 2:5 and 9 it says

— "Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a .spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ_ ... But .ye are a chosen generation, a royal p r iesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should show forth the praises of Him who hath called you out of darkness into His marvelous light, "

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A HOLY. ROYAL PRIESTHOOD continued I believe this speaks to all believers in Jesus Christ, who seek to be like Christ and walk as fully in Him as possible. This speaks to us of our call and opportunity, what God's Perfect Will for His people is. This is also why I believe it is important for us to understand what Jesus fulfilled for us in relation to the Old Covenant Tabernacle/Temple system. It is part of who we are and what we are called to do and he. We, as Christians. all have the call to holiness and purity in Christ to be part of God's Holy Priesthood. To me, it begins with Jesus calling us to deny ourselves, take up our cross, and follow Him. From there, He beckons us closes- to Him, to "COME UNTO ME", and then to partake of Him by eating of His Flesh and drinking His Blood. Each step is taking in more and more of Jesus and all He has obtained for us spiritually, but this is no easy, one-time task.

To be a true priest of Christ, patience is required. Why do I say that? Because of the depth of our sin and carnality. As 1 was reading the Books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy, I was struck by the repetition and complexity ofthe whole atonement process, which brought me to ask in prayer, "Why? Why all the elaborate, repetitive sacrifices detailed over and over in the Bible?" Then I knew. God was trying to show mankind the depth of our sin, and that it was and is not to be taken lightly. It was so serious that God had to send His Son to take on our sins, to be our sacrificial lamb, even though He had no sin, to die for us, because, on our own, we would never be holy or righteous.

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To better explain the pattern of the Tabernacle to our relationship with Jesus, here is a diagram to help you picture what I am talking about. When we first turn our inward focus to God through Jesus Christ, we are taking our awareness away from the world and into the outer court of our soul, directing our soul towards Christ. From there, we turn our hearts towards Jesus, further closing the distance between us and Him. Lastly, we reach the Presence of God through Christ in our inner spiritual man, in the Holy of Holies, whether we are aware of it or not.

Sounds simple enough, and it is, however, difficulty arises because to fully enter in and be in the Presence of God through Jesus Christ, all sin must be dealt with by putting it under the Blood of Christ. No sin can tolerate the Presence of God's Light. The more one is full of sin, the more they

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WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE PRAY TO DRAW CLOSE TO JESUS? continued cannot bear the Light. In order to bear the Light, one must become a vessel for the Light.

Just read what Paul wrote in 2 Corinthians 4:3-7.

"But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ. who is the image of God, should shine unto them. ... For God, who commands the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face ofJesus Christ. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellenc y of the power may of God, not of ourselves. " I share this Scripture because it shows that God's Light through Jesus Christ, does not just shine on anyone. Those that are lost, those whose mind has been blinded by the "god of this world", which is Lucifer, these cannot receive of God's Light because if they do, then they will have no cloak for their sin, and they will be exposed. Well, to a lesser degree, sin, flesh and carnality have a similar effect on believers. Since we are born into sin before we are saved, that sin can keep us or hinder us from really walking in the Light of God. However, God is greater than the darkness and His Light can and will shine forth in us, as we yield to the power of God in our lives.

It is important, to receive of God's Light and Presence, that we become a new vessel, a new creature in Christ, letting the old sin nature die away to receive of the new life, the new spiritual way of living Jesus has for us. Jesus told us this in Luke 5:36-39.

"And He spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new

garment upon an old; if otherwise, theca botli the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreetlr not with the old. And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the tzew wine will burst the bottles, and he spilled, and the bottles shall perish. But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved. No rain also having drunk old wine

straightway desireth new: for he suit/I, The old is better. " The warning here is clear: we cannot put God's "new wine" or "new garment" onto and into an old one. In other words, we cannot put His Spirit and Presence into our old, carnal, sinful, fleshy heart and soul because it cannot hold it, but rather it will burst and both will be lost. Instead, we must put God's "new wine" into a new wineskin - a heart and soul made new by the Flesh and Blood of Christ and His Sacrifice for us. Through His Death and Resurrection, we can be born again - made anew by the Spirit of God into a vessel able to hold and minister God's new wine'. The interesting thing that Jesus warned that the "old wine" will be initially be preferred. After all, it is what we are used to, but in truth, it is the `new wine' that is better.

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THE OUTER COURT-THE SOUL In our walk in Christ, as we seek to be made suitable vessels for the Spirit of God and Jesus Christ, our first main area to deal with is our outer court — the soul. Our soul is the part of us farthest from God initially, and most subject to the uncleanness in our lives before receiving salvation. This is where we encounter our flesh and carnality first, and our inward struggle often begins. In I Peter 2:11 it says to "abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against your soul. " The war or struggle comes down to the battle between the flesh/carnality and the Spirit of God — these two are at enmity with one another — so it is up to us to choose which will operate in and therefore dominate within our soul. Jesus told us in Luke 21 :l 9 to possess our souls in patience. This means it is up to us to give it direction, to take responsibility for its thought, words and deeds, and to turn it to Christ, to receive and enter into God's Spiritual life He has for us.

I have heard it said that our physical body is the outer court but from what the Spirit of God has shown me, I don't believe that is the case. As I wrote earlier, the physical body is just the case or animal skin surrounding the Tabernacle, a way of operating in this world.

In Scripture, it is tied to the word "flesh" but even flesh is tied Scripturally more with the soul than our physical body. Our soul and physical body were formed in this world at the same time and are closely tied to one another, but they are separate.

In reading the New Testament, the Apostle Paul wrote extensively about the flesh and what is and how it operates. For example, in Romans 13: 14 he tells us, "But put ye on the

Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to thereof"

fulfill the lusts

Then in I Corinthians 15:50 he explains, "Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and

blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, 1ncorruption.

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Paul then went on to explain in Galatians even more. In Galatians 5:17 he wrote, "For the

flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the . flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other-; so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. " Then in verses 19-21 he went into a lot of detail as to the works of the flesh by listing them as follows: Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkness, and revellings.

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THE OUTER COURT — THE SOUL continued Paul then clarified the fruit of the Spirit, as it is through prayerful introspection that you will be able to see what is at work in you. In Galatians 5:22-23 he shares that the fruit of the Spirit of God is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness and temperance. Then in verse 24 is the heart of what we're talking about here: "And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.

This goes back to Jesus' call to all of His disciples: "If any man will cone after Me, let him deny himself (his/her self-life, flesh/carnality), and take up his cross, and

follow me.

For whomsoever will save his life ( with its self-life and flesh/carnality) shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life (give up the flesh/carnality) .for My sake shall

find it (one's spiritual life in Christ.)

For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a marl give in exchange for his soul?" ( Matthew 16:24-26) This contrast between flesh and Spirit is further clarified in Romans 8:1-8. Those most of you are probably well familiar with what it says, I think it bears repeating here.

"There is now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after- the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hash made n7e free from om the law of sin and death. For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh. God sending His own Son in the likeness of s1nful flesh, and , for our sin, condemned sin in the , flesh: That the righteousness of the late might be ful f lied in us, who walks not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For they that are

after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. For to be carnal/' minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is lie and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God... So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God " This is literally a choice between peace or condemnation; between spiritual life or death, between being a friend and son of God or being His enemy.

The wonderful news is that Jesus became sinful flesh for us and paid the ultimate Sacrifice to atone for our sin and restore our relationship with God. This is why it is important to understand and appreciate why the Scriptures teach us such treasures as: "And the Word was made flesh. and dwelt among us. "(John l :14) It is also why it is important that we learn to partake of and take within our every part of being the flesh and blood of Christ. Jesus tells us this in John 6:47-54:

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THE OUTER COURT — THE SOUL continued John 6:47-54 "Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that believeth on me Iiutli

everlasting life. I am the bread of life. Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. This (Jesus Christ) is the bread which cooreth clown

from heaven, that a man eat thereof, and not die. I am the living bread which came dower , from lieu veil: if arty mart eat of tlris bread, Ire slzallliveforever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of'tlte world. ... Wlzoso eateth my flesh, and drinkedi my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day."

This is the key to moving through our own inner Tabernacle as well. If we keep our focus upon our own self and its desires, troubles, needs and wants, we in turn remain in our outer court, subject to our flesh. When we put our sin and flesh under the Blood of Christ, and partake of His Flesh by denying our selves and taking up our cross, we can move out of that state and into the sanctuary, which gets us closer to the Holy of Holies, where the Spirit of God resides. It is when we move back and forth between the Spirit and our flesh that fatigue, confusion, wearying in well doing, and all kinds of turmoil caused by negative, unclean feelings and thoughts can assault us.

Jesus spoke of this very thing to Chuck-JOHNEL back in 1994, at the time of one of our prayer warfare operations. Jesus told Chuck-JOHNEL this: "...HUMANLY SPEAKING, WHEN YOU BEGIN TO FEEL OR THINK. THAT YOU ARE BEING OR BECOMING OVERWHELMED, KNOW THAT YOU ARE MOVING OUT OF BEING LED BY MY SPIRIT PERFECTLY; BEING IN THE SPIRIT, TO BEING MOVED INTO THE FLESH. IT IS THIS SHIFT BACK AND FORTH WHICH CONTRIBUTES TO WEARYING IN WELL DOING ... IT IS TIME MY PEOPLE LEARN TO WALK WITH ME IN THE SPIRIT, ON A MOMENT TO MOMENT DAILY BASIS, TAKING ONE STEP AT A TIME WITH A VISION OF FOCUS UPON ME AND MY PERFECT WILL FOR YOU. THIS IS THE WAY TO WALK IN THE SPIRIT AND TO BE IN THE SPIRIT, EVEN TO DOING SECULAR AND MANUAL WORK. THIS IS HOW MY KINGDOM WILL MANIFEST, HOW I WILL MANIFEST ... PEOPLE WILL EITHER NOW LEARN TO OVERCOME IN CHRIST OR TO BE OVERCOME." Let's go over this Word. First Jesus is sayin g that we are, humanly speaking, beginning to fee] or think that we are being or are becoming overwhelmed in life or in the spiritual battle, that the fatigue or doubts are entering because we are moving our focus away from

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THE OUTER COURT — THE SOUL continued being led by God's Spirit through Jesus Christ perfectly. When we do this we are going from being in the "Holy of Holies", which is God's Spirit, to being in our outer court and our flesh. It is this shift back and forth that wears us out.

Jesus then tells us that it is time God's people learn to walk in the Spirit, on a moment to moment DAILY basis. And this is done by taking it one step at a time with a vision of focus upon Jesus Christ and His Perfect Will for us. It isn't hard or complicated. You don't have to intellectually understand every bit of your soul and what is at work in it. All it does take is directing you soul, possessing your soul, and putting your focus and faith upon Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is greater than anything at work in you. No problem, no hang-up, no trouble is too big for God. And the beautiful thing is that this can done any time, any where, whether working in the ministry or in secular and manual work. As Jesus said, THIS IS HOW MY KINGDOM WILL MANIFEST, HOW I WILL MANIFEST."

TO CONCLUDE THIS REPORT... I will wrap it up here and move into the area of the heart/sanctuary in the next article. For now, the main insight I would leave you with is this: Each of us inwardly is a Tabernacle or Temple for God and His Son to inhabit. We all have an outer court, sanctuary and Holy of Holies, which we are called to cleanse, wash and purify through Christ Jesus. The outer court is our soul, our sanctuary is our heart, and our Holy of Holies is where our spirit-man in Christ resides. To enter a closer relationship with Jesus Christ and Father God, we are called to make our inner being clean and pure so that we may move from our outer court, through our inner court to abide in God's Light and Presence in the Holy of Holies, a spiritual place and relationship with Jesus Christ and God the Father. In our outer court, we are subject to the sins of the flesh and carnality, so this is the first area I dealt with here. However, since Jesus took care of the sins of the flesh, these do not need to be an obstacle for us, but it often is, and awareness of it at work in us is i mportant. Once identified, it is that much easier to deal with in Christ Jesus. So next time you pray, pray to put all of your sin under the Blood of Jesus and to receive the His Sacrifice of His Flesh into your heart and soul, and pray to see yourself moving closer to Ham. Don't be afraid to come to Jesus.

Pray to see yourself in His Presence.

He will not condemn you.

He will welcome you with open arms!!

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