Saturday, May 21, 2011

Living the Paschal Mystery in the Secret Place


Reference Scripture: John 10:12-14, The Power of Believers, who follow the historical Jesus in Living the Paschal Mystery'.
The historical Jesus decided to cast aside his physical body, after explaining the meaning and central importance of his death, resurrection and glorification, the Paschal Mystery. He told his followers that God would give them another Comforter, the Holy Spirit. Jesus said that the Holy Spirit, as the Paraclete, and the Spirit of Truth would not only dwell and but also abide within true Christ-centered, Holy Spirit-based witnesses, within all religions, cultures, ethnic and secular groups. The historical Jesus revealed the fully incarnate, risen Christ of Faith as Lord and Master, within himself, all true prophets in all religions and in all Christ-centered, Holy Spirit-based true shepherds, within all our planet's faith communities, as the Way, the Truth and the Life [John 14:6, 20].
In Hebrews 13:8, the apostle Paul proclaims the Christ of Faith in the historical Jesus, in these words, “Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today and forever". The Bible declares that the Holy Spirit facilitated the gestation, incarnation, birth and full manifestation of the Christ of Faith, in the historical Jesus through his unique Jewish faith. The Holy Spirit anointed and enabled the historical Jesus to fulfill God's will and complete his saving, teaching, healing and reconciliation ministry, while in human flesh, as the fully incarnate Son of God and Son of Man, Messiah [Isaiah 61:1, Luke 4:18-19].
In the same way the Holy Spirit will resurrect, incarnate, enable, empower and manifest in all Christ-centered, spiritually awake believers, in all the world religions, cultures, ethnic and secular groups, the discernment and experience of the fuller impact, divine empowerment and authority, which the historical Jesus manifested. Followers of the historical Jesus, who are lived, died and was resurrected, can be resurrected from spiritual blindness, spiritual deafness, spiritual sleep and spiritual death. They will all again effectively proclaim the true, universal Christ-centered, Spirit-based witness of Gospel of Christ, CIVILITY, which the historical Jesus taught, proclaimed and manifested, through his unique Jewish religion, culture, ethnic and secular groups.
The mind of the flesh cannot discern and will not accept the Historical Jesus' Holy Spirit and Its revelation of the risen and ascended Christ of Faith, in the historical Jesus, nor in any other true Shepherd, with their faith communities. When the mind of the flesh is dominant within any religion, culture, ethnic and secular group, the individualized presence, Image and Likeness of God, within the spiritual body of all people. That religion, culture, ethnic and secular group will be centered in INCIVILITY. All true all true prophets, true shepherds, and all true followers of the historical Jesus, will not be accepted nor embraced INCIVILITY in any religions, cultures, ethnic and secular group.  (Romans 8:1-11). Our planet earth is now in the midst very serious Spiritual Warfare, "CIVILITY VS INCIVILITY'
Are you willing to be an effective Christ-centered, Holy Spirit-based, CIVIL witness, within your unique and vital faith community? With God’s help, are you willing the follow the historical Jesus in living the Paschal Mystery, in the Secret Place of the Most High (Psalm 91)? Living the Paschal Mystery in the Secret Place of the Most High is the only true and sure way, designed by God himself, for mankind to again know, demonstrate, teach, proclaim and manifest, the kingdom of heaven, within us and in our midst (Luke 17:20-21). It is only through seeking and serving the universal Christ of Faith, the Image and Likeness of God, in the spiritual body of every person, that any person can be born from above, center their lives, focus and leadership in CIVILITY. Spiritual awake shepherds and sheep must seek first and serve in the the kingdom of God, through the universal Christ in and through, the body of all persons  (Matthew 5:33, John 3:1-17).
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Abundant Life In Living The Paschal Mystery


Scripture text: John 10:1-10, 'The Historical Jesus, as Mankind's True Shepherd' 
Christ-centered, Holy Spirit-based believers in all the world religions, cultures, ethnic and secular groups are called by God to care for and shepherd God's people throughout our plant. In today’s Gospel reading we find Jesus' allegory and teaching about his good pastoring and good shepherding of God’s people into Christ-centered kingdom living, here on earth. Jesus calls his universal Christ-centered, Holy Spirit-based teaching and ministry good shepherding.
The historical Jesus revealed that the Christ of Faith is God’s unique presence and individualized image and likeness, in the spiritual body of the historical Jesus and every person. Jesus taught and modeled the Paschal Mystery of the Christ of Faith’s incarnate and visible ministry as mankind's universal Spiritual Pastor and Spiritual Shepherd. The risen Son of God, the Christ of Faith, is mankind's universal, inner Universal Shepherd [Psalm 23:1]. The Christ of Faith is mankind's Spiritual Pastor and Spiritual Shepherd, hidden in his spiritual body of the historical Jesus and the spiritual body of all people [Mark 8:31].
This Paschal Mystery of mankind’s actual deliverance and freedom from indwelling sin, while living here on earth. It is mankind actually passing over into the freedom of God’s love in the living Christ of Faith. The Paschal Mystery is realized only through the incarnate and invisible Good Shepherd, the Christ of Faith, in the spiritual body of the historical Jesus and all people [John 10:10, 14:6].
Christ-centered, spiritually awake believers in all religions, culture, ethnic and secular groups recognize that throughout his life, death, resurrection and ascension, the historical Jesus became the full human incarnation and manifestation of mankind’s universal, Spiritual Good Shepherd. Christ-centered, spiritually awake believers do find in the historical Jesus' teachings, the principles, guidance and power needed for repentance, healthy spiritual growth, Christ-like spiritual formation and effective apostolic action, as the body of Christ throughout our planet.


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Tuesday, May 3, 2011

The Faithful and True Witness of the Paschal Mystery


1 Peter 1:17-23, 'True Witness of the Christ of Faith'
Mankind's new life in and through the incarnation and reign of universal Christ of Faith is for all who choose to follow the historical Jesus in living the Paschal Mystery.  Spiritual blindness, spiritual deafness, spiritual sleep and spiritual death have caused human beings to lose sight of our true identity as eternal spiritual beings. Down through the ages and generations we have lost sight of the fact that like the historical Jesus, we are all going through temporary incarnate human experiences. 
Today's Gospel account of the risen historical Jesus walking along and talking with Cleophas and his companion on the road to Emmaus, highlight the universal human problems of spiritual blindness, spiritual deafness, spiritual sleep and spiritual death (Luke 24:13-25). Serious and devastating mental blocks have developed to the normal human experience of the incarnation of Christ of Faith, as mankind's indwelling Savior and Lord. Many have denied and lost sight of the universal Christ-centered spiritual mindedness, which the historical Jesus revealed, taught and modeled.
In Christ-centered spiritual consciousness, believers in all religions, cultures, ethnic and secular groups discern and experience the Christ of Faith, as the wellspring of God’s eternal light, life, love, law, grace and truth, springing up and flowing freely from the very center of one’s own being. In Christ consciousness, Abba Father, the eternal invisible Christ of Faith, and the Holy Spirit are discerned and realized as God's grace, love, fullness and glory, being made incarnate and manifested through our eternal spiritual bodies. 
The universal Christ of Faith, the Image and Likeness of God, forever dwells in the spiritual body of all people (Genesis 1:26-27). The Invisible Christ of Faith forever brings the faithful and true spiritual witness of the Holy Spirit-based appropriation needed to follow the historical Jesus in living the Paschal Mystery. Faith and humility with true repentance, surrender and obedience to the Christ of Faith are the human initiative, which God requires for human beings to know and experience the mysteries of spiritual resurrection, the born again experience, new birth and being born from above (1 Peter 1:23).
 
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