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John says in his first epistle, 1 John 3:21, “Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence toward God.”

The Greek word for “does not condemn us” is καταγινώσκω kataginōskō. It means “”to know something against”. It uses the prefix “kata-”. This means “to diffuse”. In our old nature, prior to Christ, I was unable to forgive myself. I did not know what true forgiveness was. True forgiveness does not think about itself, but the other (Gal. 5:14) and would even lay down its life regardless of the circumstances on the basis of supernatural, unconditional love, Rom. 5:8. I am continually amazed at the Lord’s goodness and love, Eph. 3:18.

The other part of the word καταγινώσκω kataginōskō is “-ginosko”. It means “to know by experience” as in sexual intimacy between a man and a woman. The word kataginōskō was also used when Paul opposed Peter in Galatians chapter two and Peter stood condemned. He stood in self-condemnation because he was caught in his hypocrisy eating with the Gentiles then with the Jews. His justification was knowledge against himself that he was reckoning for what he did rather than a knowledge after godliness through grace and faith, Titus 1:1, Rom. 3:21, 26, 8:2.

If the old has gone and the new has come then let us go on to perfection, Heb. 6:1.

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Heb. 8:13, “In that he saith, A new [covenant], he hath made the first old. Now that which (passive voice) decayeth (obsolete law, Col. 2:14; worn out; no longer applicable) and waxeth old (just plain old) [is] ready to vanish away (to cause to disappear, put out of sight).”

Col. 2:12-14, “Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with [him] through the faith of the operation (godly-life energy, Philemon 1:6) of God, who hath raised him from the dead. And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;”

Perfect love casts out fear. The Old Covenant and its judgment waxes old and is ready to vanish away out of sight, Rom. 8:1.

In Him, in the Spirit, in truth and reality, there is nothing “to know against” myself anymore or ever in Christ, Rom.5:13, 8:33; Heb. 10:2, 1 John 3:5.

Paul says in Phil. 3:13, “Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but [this] one thing [I do], forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,”

The long Greek word for ‘forgetting those things which are behind’ is epilanthanomai.

It means to intensely, willfully forget or even give to oblivion.

Confidence in 1 John 3:21 is absolute freedom in speech towards God the Father through Christ our Most High Priest according to the order of Melchizedek. Why do I have such confidence? In love, there is no fear of judgment or guilt of the law in Christ before the Father of our spirits, Heb. 4:16.

Things that fade away…

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I am realizing if I am not fearful or afraid to share my hurts, feelings, heart, mind to God or an accountability partner then what I am fearful of fades away. It is dis-empowered.

Heb. 8:13, “In that he saith, A new [covenant], he hath made the first old. Now that which (passive voice) decayeth (obsolete law, Col. 2:14; worn out; no longer applicable) and waxeth old (just plain old) [is] ready to vanish away (to cause to disappear, put out of sight).”

Col. 2:12-14, “Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with [him] through the faith of the operation (godly-life energy, Philemon 1:6) of God, who hath raised him from the dead. And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;”

Perfect love casts out fear. The Old Covenant and its judgment waxes old and is ready to vanish away out of sight, Rom. 8:1.

Source of justification

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Our thoughts and works do not and cannot justify us. Otherwise Christ died in vain, Gal. 2:21.

Romans 2:13-16, “For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God’s sight, but it is those who obey (through faith and grace, Rom. 1:5) the law who will be declared righteous. (Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law, since they show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts now accusing, now even defending them.

In the above verse, as a Gentile, I see that the old motive and nature attempts to attach to thoughts. Hence the need for transformation by renewal of the mind, Rom. 12:1-3. I believe 2 Cor. 10:5 naturally occurs through the apprehension of truth by grace through faith unto knowledge.  Colossians 3:1-3 and 2 Cor. 5:17 says who we were is dead and in the past including motive and thoughts. In Him, we have the redemption of sins through His blood and cross. Only His righteousness is reckoned to our accounts regardless of what I think or even do. Should I continue in sin that grace may abound? God forbid, because who I was is dead and His grace changes me into a new creature in Christ to do good works because of sincere willingness. And even that willingness to do good is Him in me willing it, Phil. 1:6, 2:13. I believe as my motive and mind is changed and constantly renewed it compels me to act out in faith through love or ‘faithing’ fulfilling the prophecy of Heb. 8:10-13 in the believer. As the Church grows in faithing, Rom. 1:5, Ephesians 4:13 manifests, His Body.

So, I can just think crazy thoughts? Murder, adultery, lying, stealing, etc. I am not saying that, but when thoughts come we have a sure hope, an anchor for the soul, Christ, our righteousness and hope of glory, Rom. 8:2. And this hope is a passive, joyful, eager expectation that predicates on His faith and quickened, rhema word spoken to us in contrast to the expectation based on thoughts of the old nature and motive, Gal. 5:1. This knowledge changes us unto godliness, Titus 1:1.

HE is our justification, 1 Cor. 1:30.

  • By believing in the One the Father sent, John 6:29, 11:42, 12:44; 1 John 3:23
    • Acts 13:39, “Through him everyone who believes is justified from everything you could not be justified from by the law of Moses.”
      Rom. 3:24, “justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.”
  • By faith
    • Rom. 3:28, “For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from observing the law.”
    • Rom. 5:1, “Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ..”
    • Rom. 10:10, “For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.”
    • Gal. 2:16, “..know that a man is not justified by observing the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by observing the law, because by observing the law no one will be justified.”
  • By His holy, pure, sacrificial blood
    • Rom. 5:9, “Since we have now been justified by his blood..”
  • By His grace
    • Titus 3:7, “having been justified by his grace”
  • “Faithing” - faith as a verb expressed through godly love fulfilling all the law by grace in truth and action
    • James 2:24, “You see that a person is justified by what he does and not by faith alone.”
      • 1 John 3:18, “Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.”
      • Gal. 2:20, “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.”
      • Gal. 5:6, “The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.”

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Self and fear

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  • 2 Pet. 3:18, “But grow in grace, and [in] the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him [be] glory both now and for ever. Amen.”
  • Phil. 3:12, “I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.”
  • 1 Cor. 3:6, “I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.”

Today, I was walking into HEB and I felt a little anxious about some things going on in my personal life. Overall, small things, but the feeling of anxiousness is a pain sometimes. And then this thought of light came to mind, “Self brings fear and fear brings self.”

  • 1 John 4:18, “There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.”
  • 1 Cor. 13:12, “Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.”
  • Heb. 10:1, “The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming–not the realities themselves. For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.”
  • Col. 2:2, “being knit together in love, and [attaining] to all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the knowledge of the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ..”
  • 2 Cor. 10:5, “We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.”

I saw that fear brings out self and in the old self apart from Christ there is the absence of Love. I am still chewing on this, but am seeing that vain imaginations and feelings predicate on the old man and fear. If the expectation is fear-bent then it will bring more fear which is rooted in self that does not know God through His only Son Jesus. When this light came I saw 1 Cor. 13:12 and Heb. 10:1. He is reality, the image of the invisible God. Thank You Lord for Your word! Thank You. And now, we as ambassadors for Christ are growing into His image. We are flesh becoming logos or word through His quickened-life word renewing in us even daily whether we are aware of it or not. It is His growth in us, Phil. 1:6, 2 Pet. 3:18, Eph. 4:13.

  • Col. 3:9, “Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds, and have put on the new [man] who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him..”

I also saw that vain imaginations of self-resentment are just that. They are empty, futile and without purpose. He circumcises the heart not with human hands, but by the SPIRIT of the LIVING GOD. I am also seeing that Jesus NEVER stops pursuing those He loves. It is not in His nature to do so. Love never stops loving, 1 Cor. 13:8, 2 Tim. 2:13.

  • 2 Cor. 12:1, “I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord.”

He is the Lamb that was crucified before the foundations of the earth. Even when I give up on myself, consider it or it feels like it, it doesn’t matter because He does not change. His will, love, hope, grace and truth are always constant. Revelation will come by grace. His Body will grow unto the full stature by Him who causes it to increase. When truth is revealed it coalesces with other truth and grows into reality and liberty. I believe this is the Hope of glory in us, Christ. He is more real than the air I breathe or blood I bleed.

  • Acts 17:28, “‘For in him we live and move and have our being.”

I am seeing more and more this verse clearer,

  • Heb. 8:10, “I will be their God, and they will be my people.”

It is a heart to heart relationship. Always has been and always will be into eternity. I believe God desires to have us spend eternity getting to know Him. That was the Garden and Heb. 8:10.

Empowering motive

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Today, I am reminded of:

  • Gal. 5:19, “Now the works of the flesh are manifest..”
    • Why? Because of motive. Gal. 5:18
  • Rom. 7:15, “I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.”
    • Why? I do not have knowledge of His will. Eph. 1:9
  • Rom. 7:16, “And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good.”
    • Why? Eph. 4:17-18
  • Heb. 4:7, “Today if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.

I am seeing through my experience that by “faithing”, or living out faith through love and grace, my motive to sin or manifest flesh dissipates. It is dis-empowered. If my heart is hardened this motive or desire to sin is empowered. If my heart is softened to Him, His Spirit, His word, His love, His Church then fear is lessened if not removed. Perfect love casts out fear and the torment of fear. The expectation upon my heart of condemnation is removed. This frees my heart and motive to be, live and love with His love in truth. A heart that is set free is not fearful and is not compelled to grab on to the flesh. We are spirit beings living in “earth suits”. In the Garden, prior to the Fall, the flesh was not empowered. Christ is the Word made flesh. Now, by revelation of Him in us, the flesh is becoming word. This word is His perfect will in us. This will, His will, is our motive as new creations in Christ. Peter said, “To grow in the grace and knowledge of Jesus Christ.” To grow in His will, motive, desire. His love, motive fulfills all the law. There is no law against the motive to bear His nature or fruit. The revelation of His will makes us just as righteous as Christ by grace through faith and not by works motivated by a hardened heart or ignorance.

What time is it?

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“Adam created the fallen (eventually sinful) nature and time itself at the Fall in the garden of Eden.”1

After reading this two years later, it seems that Adam in his willingness to knowingly eat the fruit from the knowledge of good and evil (functional and dysfunctional) he willingly separated himself from Life and was unable to redeem himself. His blood was not pure after not living by faith. He walked with the Messenger of our faith in the Garden. His blood was not able to purify his own conscience or wife’s conscience from the guilt and judgment he brought upon himself. He attempted to manage their image with hand-made fig leaves, but his conscience was still defiled and corrupted. Prior to the Fall, his conscience was pure. Him and Eve were not ashamed. Now the chief witness, his conscience, was on the witness stand making him constantly aware of his failure. Adam was scrambling for redemption, but unable to possess it. He could not afford redemption. He sold it for the cost of him and his wife’s life.  What a horrible feeling that is. To be under the guilt and judgment of the law or self-imposed law, self-accusation and have no hope. I testify to that every time I do the tango with religion or law. I experience that when I try to keep a small part of the law. Then according to Moses, I am obligated to keep it All. I have a potential to become neurotic with that at times.

When Adam separated himself from Life, he introduced fear (perfect love casts out fear) into this creation. This fear or lack of love is the curse Isaiah speaks of on this planet and the second heaven. This introduction of fear brought corruption. Both his and Eve’s immortal flesh began to slowly corrupt along with their way of thinking. They were no longer “knowing” through faith, but living from what they remembered in the Garden. Their hair eventually became gray. Wrinkles formed and death of the flesh eventually came.

I believe now we are born like the first Adam and when we receive salvation our spirit is made alive Again with All redemption because the Last Adam is a quickening Spirit. He quickens and gives His life (energy) over and over again by grace and revelation through His love. Our spirit is begotten again from above. The Father sends the Spirit of His Son into our hearts whereby we cry, “Abba, Father.” We cry relationship again and forever with Him. The word says, “And I will be their God and they will be my people.” His dwelling place will be with mankind again for eternity. Thank You Lord!

I believe everything we see is eternal, but corrupting and changing. All creation longs for the manifestation of the sons of God. I believe this manifestation is the believer partaking in the resurrection power of Christ and glory unveiled within us.

So, does time exist? I think the measure of corruption creates the perception of time. Peter says this life is a vapor compared to eternity. Physics says one over infinity approaches zero. Our lives compared to eternity is not a comparison because there isn’t one. I think the expectation of death and the guilt of the law can also create the perception of time as well. I wonder if Jesus was aware of time or even considered it like us? He said, “I am the Resurrection and the Life.” Why would He? If that is true and He is revealed in us now then why should I? Faith is always Now. Faith doesn’t dwell on the past, but expects good things constantly for the future. It doesn’t get disappointment. Love is always faithing.

Image management

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Recently, I joined a Step Study at Celebrate Recovery. In CR, they have a process called “open share”. In these gender specific groups, individuals share their hurts, habits and hang ups. They have the opportunity to pour their hearts out and put it All out there. No judgment or condemnation is reciprocated. Only mercy, love and understanding. No one is alone. All have fallen and come short of His glory.

At first, when I went to the open shares I would be angry when I left and didn’t understand why?

When I share I am brutally honest. That is what some have told me. The caveat is I didn’t realize I embarrass myself. What is happening is the self-image that I have carried and created over the years is being confronted and I don’t like it. I believe this image is false humility, religion, hypocrisy at times and pride. It is the image I am comfortable with. I have labeled it me as a Christian even. Not good. In these open shares, real intimacy is experienced. This freaks me out. It means they will know me. Christ told Jeremiah, “I Knew you before you were in your mother’s womb.” Paul says, “That I might know Him.” He also says, “I know Whom I have believed.” Something happens when my relationship with God goes from managing an image, dead works, religion, to a Person to person relationship. Paul speaks of the fellowship of the mystery, fellowship with the Spirit and the fellowship of His sufferings. John says to make their joy complete to have fellowship with the Father, His Son and with us (the Church).

James says the word is like a mirror. Paul says, “That God might reveal His Son in me.” I believe knowing Him is knowing me. Colossians says our lives are hid in Christ.

I have seen a vague image of myself lately that I carry. It is heavy. I believe fear, the past, hurts, hang up, resentments and the like attach to this thing through the heart. Paul says, “We have the true circumcision. That is of the heart not made by human hands, but by the Spirit of the living God.” Paul says, “Who shall separate me from the body of this death? Thanks be to God for Christ Jesus our Lord!” Galatians say, “Be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.”

In Him, we have redemption and have been bought back because we were originally His. In Him, He has set me free through His Body and Blood, in His forgiveness. I have head-knowledge and am praying for heart knowledge. Jesus sets me free from me. A brother told me, “What I (him) need to do is get our of God’s way.” Very true. His love, truth, grace and revelation of Him and His glory pushes me out of me into the real and true me. This true me is at rest and peace. He does not strive to be, but just is because Christ IS. He said, “I am that I am.”

When I manage an image I am not being. I am striving to manage in the hopes of not failing to justify myself before me towards God when in reality I am the righteousness of God apart from anything I could ever accomplished. Paul had a lot of image management that he considered dung that He might have the excellency of knowing Him more and more in this life and the life to come.

Father, I pray separate, sanctify, renew and change me into Your Son’s image to give you glory. You are worthy Lord. Thank you for worthying me into the Kingdom of Your dearly loved Son. Open the eyes of my understanding and heart. Thank you Father.

What is hope?

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Rom. 5:2, ” hope of the glory of God”

Rom. 8:24, ” saved by hope”

1 Cor. 9:10, “partaker of his hope”

1 Cor. 15:19, “hope in Christ”

2 Cor. 1:7, “hope of you [is] stedfast”

2 Cor. 3:12, “Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:”

2 Cor. 10:15, “Not boasting of things without [our] measure, [that is], of other men’s labours; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly,”

Gal. 5:5, “For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.”

Eph. 1:18, “hope of his calling”

Col. 1:5, “hope which is laid up for you in heaven”

Col. 1:23, “and [be] not moved away from the hope of the gospel”

Col. 1:27, “which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:”

1 Thess. 5:8, “and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.”

2 Thess. 2:16, “Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given [us] everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,“

1 Tim. 1:1, “Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, [which is] our hope;”

Titus 2:13, “Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;”

Titus 3:7, “That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.”


Forgivness

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Colossians 3:13, “Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.”

Tonight the Lord told me, “When you try to be perfect you expect others to be the same.” After hearing this, I said, “I forgive myself for not being perfect.” I felt a weight lifted from my heart. Thought it would be good to write about. For years I have thought failure is not an option. Especially, if it is in public. Can you say hypocrite? I learned a new term recently, “image management.” I fire myself then. Lol. I think that happened at my baptism into Him at salvation. Who I was is dead in Him. I was drowned and rose in newness of life at resurrection with Christ by grace through His faith working inside. This perfect image stuff is for the birds. It is very difficult to forgive myself if I am not perfect because in doing so I have to admit I am not. Pride then can get in the way of allowing myself to forgive myself. I believe pride is a form of idolatry and self-strength. How can I truly offer forgiveness to others then?

That is why I like Col. 3:13. In order to offer forgiveness I need to experience His true forgiveness. I believe that is why He said, “Peace I leave with you and peace I give unto. I do not give unto to you as the world does.” He is the free gift. His forgiveness gives me Him and He is peace. Otherwise, I have the opportunity to chase my tail like Gal. 2:18 and experience insanity, wasted energy and time. Redeem the time, Eph. 5:16. By His complete work, He gives me a new life and now time is on my side in Him.

Why should I trust you?

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Hebrews 10:1, “For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with these same sacrifices, which they offer continually year by year, make those who approach perfect.”

I realized today when I trust someone I tend to expect ONLY honesty in return. This is not trust. I have trusted like this because I don’t want to get hurt, but end up getting hurt anyways because of this expectation. I am trusting based on my past hurts. These past hurts cloud my expectation of trust. This is not trusting. It is control. The past hurts alter my motive to trust. My motive to trust then becomes selfish based on my expectation. In the long run, this expectation is rooted in fear and the end result is hurt and pain. This is a deception and a unnecessary cycle of emotional heartache. In my life, I have expected this in family, church, police, medical, government and the list goes on. I also see when the world betrays me I have even tried to blame God! In reality, He has not fallen off the throne or changed. His ways and thoughts are not ours. That is for sure. People will always fail me, but He won’t. That is amazing. He is truth and truth does not lie or change.

If I expect others to be honest or trustworthy towards me then truly how can I trust them? With this perspective, I can’t really trust anyone. The greater the expectation of trust the greater the betrayl. Those in authority posses more responsibility and accountability. It is easier for me judge someone in authority if they are supposed to know better. So, the tendency for me is to earn that trust. If I earn their trust then I value myself on their trust and opinion of me. If I make choices based on their opinion then I am a slave to their thoughts. I am reminded of Galatians 4. Christ has set me free from this judgment of myself and others. He could have judged and condemned me, but desires a relationship with me that will grow in trust (on my part). So, what does He do? He enters into this world and becomes like me, dies for me, preaches peace in Sheol (hell), comes back to life, preaches more, ascends into heaven, is glorified and sits down forever as my High Priest granting me free access to have an eternal relationship with Him and the Father of our spirits. It doesn’t get any better. God is love. Knowing this love gives me everything I ever desired. His love surpasses all knowledge.

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