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Hebrew for heart is “authority within”

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http://www.ancient-hebrew.org/27_heart.html

In the ancient Hebrew, heart means “authority within”.

Let His peace because he is peace (wholeness, completion) umpire your mind and heart. Hebrews see mind and heart combined. He is the Shepherd of our souls. “Authority within.” The authority could be His peace (His IS peace) over our hearts and minds from the guilt and judgment of the law. I am growing into peace in Him.

John 5:37, “I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.”

Eph. 1, “Mystery of His will” enables authority as we grow in grace and knowledge.

Peace makes the call

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Col. 3:15, “And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.” Peace, by Greek definition, is the arbitrating umpire or referee in a competition.

Competition of what? How about competition of self-imposed law versus self. Self-imposed law says, “You aren’t good enough unless you do this then you’re good enough.” It also says, “You are good enough because you did do this.” So, there is the competition. Self always looses. Chapter and verse. Okay. Romans 3:23, “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;” So, what has everyone fallen short of? The glory of God. Paul said, “No one is righteous. Not even one”, Rom. 3:10.

Righteousness is not based on presumption, assumption, speculation, a guess, good morals, good ethics, how nice someone is, or even if they are in ministry. Righteousness is partaking of the divine intrinsic nature rooted in revelation of Christ in us.

He IS peace. He made the Jew and Gentile into ONE man in Himself! In doing  so, the competition is over. Glory. Thank you Lord.

What is the point here? In Christ, I can BE. Huh? I can BE. If I can BE then I don’t have to strive to BE, but AM in Him by grace. I can BE because I partake of His grace, righteousness and peace.

Phil. 3:9, “And be found in him (BE), not having mine own righteousness (self-imposed law also), which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by (HIS) faith:”

Lifeline cut off

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What happens if my lifeline is cut off? Simple, I die. Today, I read Hebrews 3:12 in the Aramaic and it says, “So heed, my brothers, lest there be in human of you an evil heart of not trusting (or no faith) parting from the living God…”

In the Hebrew language or mind, when God said something was “good” or “evil” it meant the thing was either functional or dysfunctional. It worked as designed or did not. In the Greek, the root word for “evil” in “evil heart” means poor, great trouble or even pain. Poor means, “to toil for daily subsistence.” The Lord said, “Give us this day our daily bread.” I am not giving myself daily bread He is.

“Poor” here in the context of Hebrews is in reference to not entering God’s rest or sabbath. If my heart is toiling for daily substistence then this is dysfunctional. This reminds me of the curse of the law which our Lord has redeemed us from. Thank you Lord!

Proverbs 4:23 speaks of keeping or protecting your heart because out of it come the issues of life. If the spirit of my mind is not renewed or regenerated by the power of the Holy Spirit according to the primer of the word of truth then my mind is hostile and enmity towards God. This mind is carnal, fleshly or non-spiritual. This mind is death.

If my mind is renewed according to the revelation of Christ this ministers grace, truth, and life to my triune being. It changes me from glory to glory. My heart is protected by Him and His peace. He is our peace. This truth and light of His peace guards my heart and mind in Christ Jesus. My heart, motivation and will changes because of this truth. The change is towards functionality, or wholeness with purpose and rest.

This change is the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit. Christ is our sanctification. This sanctification is by grace unto righteousness unto holiness and glory.

My heart believes because the truth and light of Christ has been revealed. I did not suppose this knowledge or make it up, but it was revealed, unvieled, and opened up to me. It is not from me, but is me. Our true identity is hid in Him. There is rest, hope and great assurance in this spiritual substance. Faith is the “substance” of things hoped for.

Body of flesh

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Col. 2:11-12 (KJV) says, “11 In Him you were also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the sins[c] of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, 12 buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.”

The Nestle-Aland text omits “of the sins.” If this is true what does it imply, say, or mean?

Well, first off, verse 11 would read like this, “In Him you were also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ…”

If the Word became flesh, John 1:14, and we are renewed according to the original pattern or tupos, Col. 3:10. Then the flesh will become Word according the hearing of the Word. The flesh becoming Word puts off the body of flesh. The putting off of the body of flesh is by grace and the revelation of Christ in us by hearing the Word. Flesh is powerless against the Word by the circumcision of Christ. “Who shall separate me from this body of death?” Rom. 7:24, Col. 1:22. Death cannot co-exist with life. Death has lost its power. “O death, where thy sting? O grave, where [is] thy victory?” 1 Cor. 15:55. Life is more real than death. Christ said, “I am the Resurrection and the Life.” Life forever. A life that is unaware of time. Death is aware of time. Life may not be aware of time if it cannot die. Time is nullified in true life.

In Christ, we have been separated and delivered from the body of flesh! We are now, by grace, in the Spirit. In the Spirit, we have liberty. We exercise and witness righteousness through the passive effect and apprehension of the unveiling of the Word of Christ in us. We actively witness through a passive internal effect by the circumcision of the heart by the Spirit of the Living God to make us His predestined children by the Spirit of Adoption in Christ Who our elder brother and Lord. He is our peace. Peace from the effects of the judgment of the law written in our hearts.

In the Spirit, in Him, the body of flesh is put off for good. Once immersed and drowned into Christ, the new man is. Is what? The new man is. He “is” because time is nullified, or death no longer has its sting. “IS” is perfect present tense because the new man is Christ in us, Eph. 2:15. Christ sits at the right hand of the Father in the heavenlies. The heavenlies are in eternity.

One flesh

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Ephesian 5:31, “For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.”

The Greek word for ‘agree’ or ‘acknowledge’ is symphoneo. It is akin to symphony. The definition is: lit., “to sound together” (sun, “together,” phone, “a sound”), i.e., “to be in accord, primarily of musical instruments,” is used in the NT of the “agreement.”

The Greek word for ‘confess’ is homologeo and it means lit., “to speak the same thing” (homos, “same,” lego, “to speak”), “to assent, accord, agree with.”

When both man and wife are in homologeo and symphoneo they are creating their unique anointing together even in the bond of peace. Their ONE FLESH is under grace and the authority of Christ in both the man and wife. In Christ, and the revelation of Him, both the man and wife possess and grow in the same understanding (by faith), mind, and grace together in unity. Their flesh acts together or coalesces, Col. 2:19, as ONE FLESH because of the regenerative, sanctifying, empowering, liberating work of the Holy Spirit in the spirit and soul of each spouse. Their ONE FLESH is under Christ power and authority.

A previous blog, Harmony, contains more information on homologeo and symphoneo.

Is there such a thing as positive fear?

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Fear is created in us by design. It is respect, reverence and awe. The enemy perverted it with his ways and craftiness.

Hebrews 5:6-7,

As He also says in another place:

“You are a priest forever
According to the order of Melchizedek”;

Who, in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications, with vehement cries and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His godly fear,

Godly fear means Jesus knew who He was and God was while He was on earth. Ungodly fear is a fear based on self and ignorance that separates you from God. The truth sets us free, reconciles and remove the wall that separated us from God.

Verse 11 says,

“…of whom we have much to say, and hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing.”

How did they become dull of hearing? The voice of the law or legalism is not the voice of grace and truth.

Dull means ” “slow, sluggish, indolent, dull.” What is this in regard to? Two other words that are compared to and synonymous with mean “slow of heart.”

If my heart beats unhealthily slow then I am barely living. A slow heart gives very little spiritual life. A heart barely beating almost sound like I am on life support.

If I hear with my spiritual ear a religious and legal doctrine then my heart will beat slow because it will become indolent and dull. My flesh cannot fulfill the law. That is not the purpose of the law. How can my heart live and beat strong on such a doctrine when the life line at best is a narrow straw of trickling water? If the heart is like this then it is likely the mind is at enmity with God based on self-imposed law or false doctrine as Romans speaks of. The peace of God guards and keeps our hearts and minds in Christ. I bear peace because of I am made righteous in Him.

Heb. 11:7, “By faith Noah, being divinely warned of things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his household, by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.”

Noah was moved with godly fear. He was righteous man because God spoke His word to Noah and Noah heard God’s word. Faith sprung after hearing God’s word and Noah prepared the ark by faith. This faith was reckoned to Noah as righteousness. He believed God. He built the ark in obedience because he believed what he heard. He did not build the ark because of fear of the unknown. If I believe what God says in His word then I know it is true. This is how I know and why I have godly reverential fear and not xenophobia (fear of the unknown).

Chief witness part 3 - Thoughts of accusation or defense

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This blog builds on Chief witness and Chief witness part 2.

Romans 2:14-15 (NIV) says, “(Indeed, when Gentiles (non-Jews), who do not have the law (Moses 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.)”

Prior to knowing Christ and even as a Christian this has been true in my life. According to an expectation I put in my heart, I have either severely put myself down or pat myself on the back and base my spirituality on this which led to more confusion and unnecessary trials in my walk. Needless to say, I was frustrated. I was frustrated because I was partaking of ‘another’ gospel, 2 Cor. 11:4, Gal. 1:6-7.

I hope and pray that the readers of this particular blog receive the core message. To me, this revelation has changed me so much and so quickly. This message has turned my life into a new direction, dimension and spiritual consciousness I could only dream of. I am persuaded it is only the beginning and the best is yet to come! I really hope it blesses you immensely. Lord, I pray, grant a spirit of wisdom and revelation to the reader. I speak Your faith to the readers Lord. I ask you Lord, to give ears to hear. I pray Lord, unveil your Word. I pray this seed fall on good ground and bear fruit to give the Father glory by His Son. Amen.

So, what does Rom. 2:14-15 mean? To me, it tells me prior to Christ all of mankind has some sort of law written on their hearts. Even though man is fallen, he was still created in the image of God.

Also, prior to this revelation, the ‘chief witness’ or my conscience witnesses the right or wrong thoughts that are based in my heart. (God knows everyone’s thoughts. Hebrews 4:12, Luke 16:15.)

Here is an example of the conscience witnessing the law written on the heart.

Hypothetically speaking, let’s say I think of robbing a bank (which I won’t and don’t encourage or condone.)

Did I sin? Am I judged?

One answer is, “Well as long as you didn’t do it you’re okay.” That suggests dead works, “as long as you didn’t do it.” This tells me the train of thought is saying what I do justifies the doer. This is not New Covenant doctrine. This is akin to keeping the law or a law in order to not fall under judgment or condemnation.

Jesus said in Matthew 5:20, “For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.”

Huh? Is that possible? Yes, by grace through His faith in me.

Am I judged by the thought?

Yes, if your conscience has not been purged from dead works or the law.

*** No, if your conscience has been purged from dead works.

For the longest time, I wanted to purchase an Aramaic New Testament. I bought “The Aramaic New Covenant A Literal Translation & Transliteration” a few years ago. ISBN 0 963 1951 6 6.

Hebrews 10:2-4 (Aramaic NT) says, “– because now not being troubled in conscience with their sins who one time purified them: — but in them, by their sacrifices, they remembered their sins every year. For the blood of bulls and goats is not able to purify sins.”

Hebrews 10:2 (Robert Young Literal), “since, would they not have ceased to be offered, because of those serving having no more conscience of sins, having once been purified?”

Hebrews 10:2 (J.N. Darby), “Since, would they not indeed have ceased being offered, on account of the worshipers once purged having no longer any conscience of sins?”

How in the world could I not be conscious of the judgment of this thought? My conscience is not troubled or aware of the judgment of the law written in my heart because Christ’s body is the One-time-for-All offering for my sin, Heb. 10:9-10. His offering of His Body which was ‘like sinful flesh’, but wasn’t, purged or removed my awareness of the law. His will is now in me. Love is me and in me now. Love fulfills and supersedes the law. It is not against the law to love with God’s love. Who I was, died with Christ on the cross. My defiled conscience died with Him. I am a new creation in Him, the old has gone! This means I am not aware in my conscience of judgment ever, all the time!

No wonder Paul says in 1 Cor. 4:3, “I care very little if I am judged by you or by any human court; indeed, I do not even judge myself.” Why?

Perhaps, his conscience was unaware of the judgment or penalty of the law by grace and the faith of God’s Son.

I was reading Rom. 2:14-15 the other day and a crazy thought popped in my brain after reading.

If we “sin” in our dreams then do the same types of thoughts condemn us if we are awake?

I believe the Holy Spirit was ministering this Word to me again from another facet.

The answer is “no” if my conscience is purged.

Oh, so you’re saying, “I can think any thoughts I want to and I won’t be condemned.” My answer to those is if you really understand what I am writing then you wouldn’t waste selfish thoughts based on fear and not love. This is what Jude preached against, “Turning the grace of God into lasciviousness.” The grace of the Lord teaches me to say “no” to ungodliness and live in newness of life, Titus 2:11-12, Rom. 6:1-23.

The brother or sister who ministers “greasy grace” is like the Loadicean church. Lukewarm. “Greasy grace” is not true grace. It too is “another gospel” that does not minister life or godliness. Greasy grace doctrine is a selfish doctrine about ‘me.’

Also, Paul says, “Use not your liberty as an occasion to the flesh.” In doing so, you will reap corruption, God is not mocked. You will be miserable because only Christ gives life.

I am speaking of Hope to those who worship the Father in Spirit and in truth.

I am speaking of Hope to he or she who is thirsty. Rev. 21:6 (NIV).

I am speaking of forgiveness, redemption, power and life in Christ by His finished work.

In regard to the activity in the spirit of the mind, I am reminded of this scripture.

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.”

The “taking captive of every thought” is not possible in the flesh. That is ridiculous. As His love diffuses my person, by the revelation of Him, the knowledge and awareness of Him, consumes, apprehends, and passively arrests me. In this maturation process, every thought is being taken captive passively through osmotic revelation and truth by grace. By grace, His will, not my works, supernaturally sprouts in me desiring not think the way I used to because I sincerely don’t want to. This compelling desire of not wanting to is not me. It is Christ, the Last Adam, in me.

It’s not my block!

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Today my sons were cleaning their rooms. They each have these over sized lego toys. The older son was arguing with the younger over one block. The conversation went something like this,

Older brother, “It’s not my block!”

Younger brother, “Yes, it is!”

Older brother, “It’s your block!”

I went and told my older son, “Give me the block.” He gave it to me. I walked away. Their argument completely and instantly dissipated. I removed the core object of the argument. Then the thought dawned on me, “He removed the partition between the two”, Eph. 2:14. The partition, was the Mosaic Law. In Eph. 2:15, the partition is referenced to as enmity, the cause of enmity or hostility. The partition condemned one and potentially enabled self-righteousness in the other.

I believe the Word and revelation of the Word, that is Christ, imparts grace that enables me, or Christ in me, to forgive and give the Lord the block.

When the block is removed it is made obsolete.

Hebrews 8:13 says, “By calling this covenant “new,” he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear.”

One day, I believe my sons will realize the block is not really that important and I won’t need to remove it because in their minds it will be obsolete.

God-willing, they will grow in their motivation by His love in them.

Galatians 5:6, “For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.”

He keeps me

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1 Pet. 1:5, ” Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.”

“Keep” means to guard, protect by a military guard, either to prevent hostile invasion, or to keep the inhabitants of a besieged city from flight.

Phil. 4:7 says Christ’s peace keeps my heart and mind in Him.

* HE KEEPS ME. I don’t keep myself. I am kept by Him. Christ and His peace (He IS peace) keeps me!

What does this imply? Rest (Heb. 4:9) from me trying to keep myself anymore which is a dead (Heb. 6:1, 9:14), tiresome, self-maintaining work of the flesh and not the Spirit by grace and faith. This power of God passively KEEPS US. Christ and His beautiful finished work on His cross motivated by the love and will of the Father (John 3:16) is the power that keeps us. This same power will reconcile all things unto Himself in one as Ephesians and Hebrews declares.

This same power is in us and keeps us if we fall, stumble, miss it, don’t think we’re good enough, miss a tithe, miss a Sunday service, loose our temper, and the like. There is limitless grace unto righteousness by His faith in us unto holiness and godliness to grow in these areas as well. In spite of our shortcomings and failures, the point is He keeps us by His enabling power through His faith that comes by hearing and hearing His word.

If He keeps me then He is not leaving me either. I am eternally kept under a New everlasting, eternal Covenant with Christ the Testator (Heb. 9:16-17) and High Priest (Heb. 3:1).

If He keeps me then I am not fearful of abandonment, loneliness, or an overwhelming sense of self-keeping because He keeps me by His enabling power and ability not mine.

I am kept, guarded, and protected from my old nature because He nailed it to this cross. That nature is dead in Him and powerless, Rom. 6:6-7, 7:24-25, Gal. 2:20, Col. 1:20, 2:14.

He is peace, Eph. 2:14. This powerful peace keeps me from the ‘hostile invasion’ of the judgment or penalty of the law.

Out to get me

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I had a dream last night that my wife and I were out of town going on a date (no kids). It seemed like a Saturday or Sunday and we were in a town somewhere in Texas I guess. At one point in the dream, we arrive somehow in a rural part of town with a lot of trees. My wife and I are walking up a hill scattered with trees and in the distance is an old house. A man comes out of this house making accusations at me. I believe the accusations were directed towards an alleged altercation or comments I said about on of his peers. I responded to him with a  surprise, “What are you talking about? That’s no true.” It was something to that effect. Then this man starts throwing rocks at me. Reminds me of a type of penalty in the Old Covenant. Well, instinctively, I started throwing rocks back at him. This did not last very long. He stopped and said he was going to get so-in-so to come after me. I’m thinking to myself, “What is this guy’s problem?”

My wife and I retreat after this man’s threat. We go back into the city and loose this other man now who was chasing us. He had a gun. I think it was a rifle. The man was a large man about 6′5″ and weighed around 300 lbs. We run to a store and see this man around the corner. We run again and loose him. We some how find a family who becomes our refuge. They feed us some food and I wake up from the dream and get my son ready for school.

Here is my interpretation of the dream.
My wife and I are spiritual sojourners on earth, Ex. 2:22. Our citizenship is in the Kingdom of heaven, Phil. 3:20. The old house on the hill is the Old Covenant, Ex. 40:18 (reference to the O.T. tabernacle). The house in the dream was no longer part of the mainstream culture, but secluded away seemingly deserted. This typifies the rules and regulations of  the Old Covenant (keep in mind love fulfills All of the Mosaic Law). The accusatory man coming out of the house is the schoolmaster or law, Gal. 3:24-25. My instinctive response of throwing rocks and defending myself was the power of the law attempting to manifest the old nature out of me. The power of sin is the law, 1 Cor. 15:56. I will always lose when fighting with the law. It will always win apart from Christ. I was trying to argue or combat with this man with the power of the law or Old Covenant in my hand, Rom. 16:17.

I see the large man with the rifle as the judgment or penalty of the law which under the Old Covenant can be death. The law kills, Rom. 7:11. My thought, “What is this guy’s problem?” reflects the impartial judgment of the law. It judges all apart from Christ, Rom. 3:23.

The law cannot kill or judge a dead man. I am dead in Christ.

In Christ, I serve in a new way of the Spirit in newness of life by revelation of Christ. This large man was also in relentless pursuit. The schoolmaster never stops or looses energy. It is like the terminator. It only loses to One person, John 19:30, Col. 2:12-15. This victorious Person lives in me, 1 John 4:4.

The episode of throwing rocks at each other also reminds me of Gal. 5:17. Once entangled in the yoke of bondage, or under the law, there is only One way out and that is the Way, John 14:6. He is peace. Peace from the guilt and punishment of the law in my conscience, Heb. 10:2.

The house of refuge is many things. It is the Church of Eph. 4, 5 and other Pauline epistles. It is the revelation of His Body or Him.

Galatians 5:1-2 “Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.”

John 8:7-11. Jesus was the only one who could have condemned the woman caught in adultery, but He didn’t. He didn’t condone it either. He said, “Go and sin no more.” i don’t know if the woman still continued in adultery or not, but I wonder if her motive in her heart changed because of receiving the power of forgiveness from Christ. The Lord put His grace, mercy and love on the woman against which there is no law, Gal. 5:22-23. The law is powerless against grace, mercy and love. His love keeps no record of wrongs. There is therefore now no condemnation in Christ.  His love fulfills all the law.

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