IT IS FINISHED  9-25-26  VIDEO WHEN JESUS SAID

The last word spoken by Jesus on the cross. The word Use is TELTELASTAI, which means everything is now done. It is completed in full. The debt of human sin is fully paid forever. Jesus fulfilled his destiny and fulfilled scripture. Everything is now completed. When Jesus died on the cross He said it is finished. Jesus completed the works of salvation, redemption, healing, deliverance, and all that was needed to reconcile us with God to give us new life. Through one man, Adam, death and sin through the world through Jesus and the cross the fall of man was overcome.

JN 19:28 With this Jesus, realizing that all things are now fully accomplished and that what was written was to be fulfilled, said, “I thirst!”

29 There was a jar filled with vinegar in which someone dipped a sponge attached to a branch of hyssop and lifted it to his mouth.  

30 When Jesus had taken the vinegar he said, “It is finished!” He then bowed his head and handed over the spirit.  MIRROR

LUKE 23:34 Jesus prayed, “Father, forgive them; they don’t know what they’re doing.”

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Heb 9:12 He went once for all into the [Holy of] Holies [of heaven], not by virtue of the blood of goats and calves [by which to make reconciliation between God and man], but His own blood, having found and secured a complete redemption (an everlasting release for us). AMP

HEB 10:1 For the law presented to us a faint shadow, outlining the promise of the blessings anticipated in the coming of Christ, even detailing its future significance. The mere sketch however, could never be confused with the actual object that it represented. The annual sacrificial rites as shadow of the eventual object would always leave the worshipper feeling inadequate and be a reminder year after year of the sinfulness of mankind.

2 Had it been possible to present the perfect offering that had the power to successfully remove any trace of a sin-consciousness, then the sacrificial system would surely have ceased to be relevant.

3 But in the very repetition of these ritual sacrifices the awareness of guilt is reinforced rather than removed.

4 The conclusion is clear: animal sacrifices failed to remove anyone’s sinfulness or their sin-consciousness.

5 So when Jesus, the Messiah, arrives as the fulfillment of all the types and shadows, he quotes Psalm 40:6-8, and says, “In sacrifices and offerings God takes no pleasure; but you have ordained my incarnation!”

 6 None of the prescribed offerings and sacrifices, including burnt offerings and sin offerings were your request.

7 “Then I said, I read in your book what you wrote about me; so here I am, I have come to fulfill my destiny.”

8 Having said what he did in the above quote, that the prescribed offerings and sacrifices were neither his desire nor delight, he condemned the entire sacrificial system upheld by the law.

9 Also by saying, “I am commissioned to fulfil your will,” he announces the final closure of the first in order to introduce the second.  

10 So, by this fulfilled will, in the mind of God and by his resolution he declares mankind immediately sanctified through one sacrifice; the presentation of the body of Jesus Christ.

11 Every priest continually repeats the same daily rituals and sacrifices, knowing that they have always proved incapable of removing sins.

12 But now we have an exception. In complete contrast to the previous priesthood, this priest offered a single sacrifice of perpetual efficacy for sins. To celebrate the perfection of what was attained through his single sacrifice, he sat down as the executive authority of God.  

13 His seat of authority is established upon the fully realized, prophetic expectation that all his enemies would be subdued. He would most certainly stand in triumph with his feet on their necks.

14 By that one perfect sacrifice he has perfectly sanctified sinful mankind forever.  

MIRROR

PS 31:5 I’ve put my life in your hands. You won’t drop me, you’ll never let me down. MSG

LAM 3:19 I’ll never forget the trouble, the utter lostness, the taste of ashes, the poison I’ve swallowed.

20 I remember it all – oh, how well I remember – the feeling of hitting the bottom.

21 But there’s one other thing I remember, and remembering, I keep a grip on hope:

22 God’s loyal love couldn’t have run out, his merciful love couldn’t have dried up.

23 They’re created new every morning. How great your faithfulness!  MSG

EPH 2:3 We all did it, all of us doing what we felt like doing, when we felt like doing it, all of us in the same boat. It’s a wonder God didn’t lose his temper and do away with the whole lot of us.

4 Instead, immense in mercy and with an incredible love,

5 he embraced us. He took our sin-dead lives and made us alive in Christ. He did all this on his own, with no help from us!

6 Then he picked us up and set us down in highest heaven in company with Jesus, our Messiah.

7 Now God has us where he wants us, with all the time in this world and the next to shower grace and kindness upon us in Christ Jesus.  MSG

HEB 1:1 Going through a long line of prophets, God has been addressing our ancestors in different ways for centuries.

2 Recently he spoke to us directly through his Son. By his Son God, created the world in the beginning, and it will all belong to the Son at the end.

3 This Son perfectly mirrors God, and is stamped with God’s nature. He holds everything together by what he says – powerful words! The Son Is Higher than Angels

4 far higher than any angel in rank and rule.   MSG

2 COR 5:19 God put the world square with himself through the Messiah, giving the world a fresh start by offering forgiveness of sins. God has given us the task of telling everyone what he is doing.

20 We’re Christ’s representatives. God uses us to persuade men and women to drop their differences and enter into God’s work of making things right between them. We’re speaking for Christ himself now: Become friends with God; he’s already a friend with you.   MSG

ROM 6:6 We perceive that our old lifestyle was co-crucified together with him; this concludes that the vehicle that accommodated sin in us, was scrapped and rendered entirely useless. Our slavery to sin has come to an end. MIRROR

2 Tim 1:10  But we know it now. Since the appearance of our Savior, nothing could be plainer: death defeated, life vindicated in a steady blaze of light, all through the work of Jesus.

11 This is the Message I’ve been set apart to proclaim as preacher, emissary, and teacher.  MSG

1 COR 15:55 Who got the last word, oh, Death? Oh, Death, who’s afraid of you now?

56 It was sin that made death so frightening and law-code guilt that gave sin its leverage, its destructive power.

57 But now in a single victorious stroke of Life, all three – sin, guilt, death – are gone, the gift of our Master, Jesus Christ. Thank God!

58 With all this going for us, my dear, dear friends, stand your ground. And don’t hold back. Throw yourselves into the work of the Master, confident that nothing you do for him is a waste of time or effort.   MSG

GAL 2:2O Christ’s life showed me how, and enabled me to do it. I identified myself completely with him. Indeed, I have been crucified with Christ. My ego is no longer central. It is no longer important that I appear righteous before you or have your good opinion, and I am no longer driven to impress God. Christ lives in me. The life you see me living is not “mine,” but it is lived by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. MSG

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GAL 2:20 My old identity has been co-crucified with Christ and no longer lives. And now the essence of this new life is no longer mine, for the Anointed One lives his life through me—we live in union as one! My new life is empowered by the faith of the Son of God who loves me so much that he gave himself for me, dispensing his life into mine! TPT

ROM 8:15 This resurrection life you received from God is not a timid, grave-tending life. It’s adventurously expectant, greeting God with a childlike “What’s next, Papa?”

16 God’s Spirit touches our spirits and confirms who we really are. We know who he is, and we know who we are: Father and children.

17 And we know we are going to get what’s coming to us – an unbelievable inheritance! We go through exactly what Christ goes through. If we go through the hard times with him, then we’re certainly going to go through the good times with him!   MSG

ROM 5:15 Yet the rescuing gift is not exactly parallel to the death-dealing sin. If one man’s sin put crowds of people at the dead-end abyss of separation from God, just think what God’s gift poured through one man, Jesus Christ, will do!

16 There’s no comparison between that death-dealing sin and this generous, life-giving gift. The verdict on that one sin was the death sentence; the verdict on the many sins that followed was this wonderful life sentence.

17 If death got the upper hand through one man’s wrongdoing, can you imagine the breathtaking recovery life makes, sovereign life, in those who grasp with both hands this wildly extravagant life-gift, this grand setting-everything-right, that the one man Jesus Christ provides?  MSG

ISA 53:5 But it was because of our rebellious deeds that he was pierced and because of our sins that he was crushed. He endured the punishment that made us completely whole, and in his wounding we found our healing. TPT

1 COR 1:29 That makes it quite clear that none of you can get by with blowing your own horn before God.

30 Everything that we have – right thinking and right living, a clean slate and a fresh start – comes from God by way of Jesus Christ.

31 That’s why we have the saying, “If you’re going to blow a horn, blow a trumpet for God.”    MSG

Heb 13:21  Now put you together, provide you with everything you need to please him, Make us into what gives him most pleasure, by means of the sacrifice of Jesus, the Messiah. All glory to Jesus forever and always! Oh, yes, yes, yes. MSG

So now we can say. It is finished for me—Sin, Sickness, death, insecurities, weakness, failure, rejection, hurt and pain. ALL DONE.

REPENT  9-20-26  VIDEO REPENT

NEW TESTAMENT TERMS Repent – “to Change our mind” to Turn Unto”. A gift from God. REPENTANCE-New Testament idea of the spiritual change implied in a sinner’s return to God. The term signifies “to have another mind,” to change the opinion or purpose with regard to sin.  

1 COR 5:6  By ignoring the presence of even a small amount of leaven the whole lump of dough will soon be permeated; thus all ground for boasting in how good things seemed to have been will be lost!

7 Because Christ our Paschal Lamb has already been sacrificed once and for all, the old leaven of sin-consciousness, which was upheld by the law, has already been thoroughly removed. On that basis alone are you able to now permanently rid yourselves of the old leaven mindset of tolerating sin, which was our reasoning under the law-system! 

8 Our daily life is now the extension of the Passover celebration; feasting on sustained innocence! The old sin conscious-system, the leaven-mind set (always anticipating and tolerating sin), is replaced with an understanding of our unleavened innocence, just like when a diamond is 1scrutinized in the rays of the sun to confirm its flawless integrity.  MIRROR

1 John 1:9  Our conversation takes on a brand new dynamic when we take sides with what God believes about us. So, instead of telling God about the detail of our sin, we remind ourselves about the detail of our redemption. God doesn’t need the information, we do. God’s faithfulness and righteousness is the basis of our forgiveness and cleansing from every distortion. Jesus removed every bit of condemning evidence against us.  MIRROR

1 John 2:1 My darling little children, the reason I write these things to you is so that you will not believe a lie about yourselves. If anyone does believe a distorted image to be their reality, we have Jesus Christ who defines our likeness face to face with the Father. He is our parakletos, the one who endorses our true identity, being both the source and the reflection of the Father’s image in us. MIRROR

1 John 3:4 Distorted behavior is the result of a warped self-image. A lost sense of identity is the basis of all sin.  MIRROR

1 John 5:18 What was made absolutely clear [in the incarnate Christ] is that whoever is begotten of God cannot be a distorted image of God. Likeness begets likeness. Jesus did not come to reveal the otherness of God, but his likeness in human form. There is nothing wrong with mankind’s design, neither with their salvation. To see one’s true revealed and now redeemed genesis in God, is to treasure the person you really are by his divine engineering and to remain unstained in your thoughts by the I am not-Tree system. The idea that I am not the expression of his image and likeness can no longer attach itself to my thoughts, neither do I allow it to ignite its destructive cycle of self-righteousness or depression. The system of this world is based on a mentality of separation, which is marked by hardships annoyances and labors. It becomes an all consuming and most exhausting lifestyle of having to prove oneself in every relationship and a futile striving for recognition; with its inevitable results of disappointment, condemnation, rejection and pretense. MIRROR

1JOHN 1:7 We are invited to explore the dimensions of the same light that engulfs God; when we see the light in his light, fellowship ignites. In this light, we understand how the blood of Jesus Christ is the removal of ‘every distortion and stain of sin. MIRROR

GAL 3:1 OH, Galatians, Galatians! Have you completely lost your common sense? Can’t you see how the law bewitched you and blurred your vision to distort the revelation of what the cross of Christ accomplished in you? This was so clearly predicted in Scripture. How can you not be persuaded by the truth? MIRROR

1 COR 11:32 By discerning the broken body of Christ we can only conclude that he suffered our brokenness and distortion. This is the instruction of the Lord; what foolishness it would be to continue to place yourself and the rest of the world

under judgment when Jesus already took all judgment upon himself.  MIRROR

1 COR 15:34 Awake to righteousness, and the distortion of sin will have no further effect on you. God is not confused. What a shame that anyone should exchange what God knows to be true about us to someone else’s inferior opinion. MIRROR

1 PET 2:24 In his person he bore our sins in his own body upon the tree and thus brought closure to every distorted pattern of sin’s influence upon us; we were made alive unto righteousness; we were healed by the blows he took in his body!  MIRROR

1 PET 3:18 [From Adam till Noah to Now!] Christ died once and for all, in order to conclusively separate you from a distorted identity. Thus, restored righteousness [shared likeness] triumphed beyond the reach of any identity that is not in sync with innocence and oneness, [righteousness bringing closure to unrighteousness]— in order that he might lead you to be face to face with God; his body was murdered, but he was made alive in spirit.  MIRROR

JN 8:10 When Jesus stood up again, there was no-one there except the woman. So Jesus asked her, “Where are they? Has no-one condemned you?” 

11 She answered, “No-one Lord!” And Jesus said to her, “Neither am I condemning you – go and sin no more – never again believe a lie about yourself!” MIRROR

JN 5:9 And at once the man became whole and picked up his bed and began to walk! Now this was on the Sabbath day.

10 The Jews were immediately offended and rebuked the man for picking up his bed on a day where no work was allowed according to their law!

11 He answered them, “The man who healed me told me to pick up my bed and walk!”

12 They were very keen to know who this man was.

13 But the man didn’t know who it was who healed him since Jesus already left unnoticed and there were throngs of people around.

14 Then a little later Jesus found him in the synagogue and said, “See! You have become whole! Do not continue in your old distorted mindset; then nothing worse can happen to you!” MIRROR

Luke 24:47 Now you must go into all the nations and preach repentance and forgiveness of sins so that they will turn to me. Start right here in Jerusalem,

48 for you are my witnesses and have seen for yourselves all that has transpired. TPT

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LUKE 24:45  He went on to open their understanding of the Word of God, showing them how to read their Bibles this way.

46 He said, “You can see now how it is written that the Messiah suffers, rises from the dead on the third day,

47 and then a total life-change through the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed in his name to all nations – starting from here, from Jerusalem!  MSG

Romans 2:4 Or are you [so blind as to] trifle with and presume upon and despise and underestimate the wealth of His kindness and forbearance and long-suffering patience? Are you unmindful or actually ignorant [of the fact] that God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repent ( to change your mind and inner man to accept God’s will)? AMP

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ROM 2:4 Do not underestimate God’s kindness. The wealth of his benevolence and his resolute refusal to let go of us is because he continues to hear the echo of his likeness in us! Thus his patient passion is to shepherd everyone into a radical mind shift. MIRROR

Acts 2:38 And Peter answered them, Repent (change your views and purpose to accept the will of God in your inner selves instead of rejecting it) and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of and release from your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. AMP

Acts 3:19 So repent (change your mind and purpose); turn around and return [to God], that your sins may be erased (blotted out, wiped clean), that times of refreshing (of recovering from the effects of heat, of reviving with fresh air) may come from the presence of the Lord; AMP

Acts 5:31 God exalted Him to His right hand to be Prince and Leader and Savior and Deliverer and Preserver, in order to grant repentance to Israel and to bestow forgiveness and release from sins.  AMP

2 Corinthians 3:16 But whenever a person turns [in repentance] to the Lord, the veil is stripped off and taken away.  AMP

1 COR 10:14 My dearly loved friends! Escape into his image and likeness in you where the distorted image loses its attraction!  MIRROR

REPENT  9-20-26  VIDEO REPENT

NEW TESTAMENT TERMS Repent – “to Change our mind” to Turn Unto”. A gift from God. REPENTANCE-New Testament idea of the spiritual change implied in a sinner’s return to God. The term signifies “to have another mind,” to change the opinion or purpose with regard to sin.  

1 COR 5:6  By ignoring the presence of even a small amount of leaven the whole lump of dough will soon be permeated; thus all ground for boasting in how good things seemed to have been will be lost!

7 Because Christ our Paschal Lamb has already been sacrificed once and for all, the old leaven of sin-consciousness, which was upheld by the law, has already been thoroughly removed. On that basis alone are you able to now permanently rid yourselves of the old leaven mindset of tolerating sin, which was our reasoning under the law-system! 

8 Our daily life is now the extension of the Passover celebration; feasting on sustained innocence! The old sin conscious-system, the leaven-mind set (always anticipating and tolerating sin), is replaced with an understanding of our unleavened innocence, just like when a diamond is 1scrutinized in the rays of the sun to confirm its flawless integrity.  MIRROR

1 John 1:9  Our conversation takes on a brand new dynamic when we take sides with what God believes about us. So, instead of telling God about the detail of our sin, we remind ourselves about the detail of our redemption. God doesn’t need the information, we do. God’s faithfulness and righteousness is the basis of our forgiveness and cleansing from every distortion. Jesus removed every bit of condemning evidence against us.  MIRROR

1 John 2:1 My darling little children, the reason I write these things to you is so that you will not believe a lie about yourselves. If anyone does believe a distorted image to be their reality, we have Jesus Christ who defines our likeness face to face with the Father. He is our parakletos, the one who endorses our true identity, being both the source and the reflection of the Father’s image in us. MIRROR

1 John 3:4 Distorted behavior is the result of a warped self-image. A lost sense of identity is the basis of all sin.  MIRROR

1 John 5:18 What was made absolutely clear [in the incarnate Christ] is that whoever is begotten of God cannot be a distorted image of God. Likeness begets likeness. Jesus did not come to reveal the otherness of God, but his likeness in human form. There is nothing wrong with mankind’s design, neither with their salvation. To see one’s true revealed and now redeemed genesis in God, is to treasure the person you really are by his divine engineering and to remain unstained in your thoughts by the I am not-Tree system. The idea that I am not the expression of his image and likeness can no longer attach itself to my thoughts, neither do I allow it to ignite its destructive cycle of self-righteousness or depression. The system of this world is based on a mentality of separation, which is marked by hardships annoyances and labors. It becomes an all consuming and most exhausting lifestyle of having to prove oneself in every relationship and a futile striving for recognition; with its inevitable results of disappointment, condemnation, rejection and pretense. MIRROR

1JOHN 1:7 We are invited to explore the dimensions of the same light that engulfs God; when we see the light in his light, fellowship ignites. In this light, we understand how the blood of Jesus Christ is the removal of ‘every distortion and stain of sin. MIRROR

GAL 3:1 OH, Galatians, Galatians! Have you completely lost your common sense? Can’t you see how the law bewitched you and blurred your vision to distort the revelation of what the cross of Christ accomplished in you? This was so clearly predicted in Scripture. How can you not be persuaded by the truth? MIRROR

1 COR 11:32 By discerning the broken body of Christ we can only conclude that he suffered our brokenness and distortion. This is the instruction of the Lord; what foolishness it would be to continue to place yourself and the rest of the world

under judgment when Jesus already took all judgment upon himself.  MIRROR

1 COR 15:34 Awake to righteousness, and the distortion of sin will have no further effect on you. God is not confused. What a shame that anyone should exchange what God knows to be true about us to someone else’s inferior opinion. MIRROR

1 PET 2:24 In his person he bore our sins in his own body upon the tree and thus brought closure to every distorted pattern of sin’s influence upon us; we were made alive unto righteousness; we were healed by the blows he took in his body!  MIRROR

1 PET 3:18 [From Adam till Noah to Now!] Christ died once and for all, in order to conclusively separate you from a distorted identity. Thus, restored righteousness [shared likeness] triumphed beyond the reach of any identity that is not in sync with innocence and oneness, [righteousness bringing closure to unrighteousness]— in order that he might lead you to be face to face with God; his body was murdered, but he was made alive in spirit.  MIRROR

JN 8:10 When Jesus stood up again, there was no-one there except the woman. So Jesus asked her, “Where are they? Has no-one condemned you?” 

11 She answered, “No-one Lord!” And Jesus said to her, “Neither am I condemning you – go and sin no more – never again believe a lie about yourself!” MIRROR

JN 5:9 And at once the man became whole and picked up his bed and began to walk! Now this was on the Sabbath day.

10 The Jews were immediately offended and rebuked the man for picking up his bed on a day where no work was allowed according to their law!

11 He answered them, “The man who healed me told me to pick up my bed and walk!”

12 They were very keen to know who this man was.

13 But the man didn’t know who it was who healed him since Jesus already left unnoticed and there were throngs of people around.

14 Then a little later Jesus found him in the synagogue and said, “See! You have become whole! Do not continue in your old distorted mindset; then nothing worse can happen to you!” MIRROR

Luke 24:47 Now you must go into all the nations and preach repentance and forgiveness of sins so that they will turn to me. Start right here in Jerusalem,

48 for you are my witnesses and have seen for yourselves all that has transpired. TPT

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LUKE 24:45  He went on to open their understanding of the Word of God, showing them how to read their Bibles this way.

46 He said, “You can see now how it is written that the Messiah suffers, rises from the dead on the third day,

47 and then a total life-change through the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed in his name to all nations – starting from here, from Jerusalem!  MSG

Romans 2:4 Or are you [so blind as to] trifle with and presume upon and despise and underestimate the wealth of His kindness and forbearance and long-suffering patience? Are you unmindful or actually ignorant [of the fact] that God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repent ( to change your mind and inner man to accept God’s will)? AMP

↓↓↓

ROM 2:4 Do not underestimate God’s kindness. The wealth of his benevolence and his resolute refusal to let go of us is because he continues to hear the echo of his likeness in us! Thus his patient passion is to shepherd everyone into a radical mind shift. MIRROR

Acts 2:38 And Peter answered them, Repent (change your views and purpose to accept the will of God in your inner selves instead of rejecting it) and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of and release from your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. AMP

Acts 3:19 So repent (change your mind and purpose); turn around and return [to God], that your sins may be erased (blotted out, wiped clean), that times of refreshing (of recovering from the effects of heat, of reviving with fresh air) may come from the presence of the Lord; AMP

Acts 5:31 God exalted Him to His right hand to be Prince and Leader and Savior and Deliverer and Preserver, in order to grant repentance to Israel and to bestow forgiveness and release from sins.  AMP

2 Corinthians 3:16 But whenever a person turns [in repentance] to the Lord, the veil is stripped off and taken away.  AMP

1 COR 10:14 My dearly loved friends! Escape into his image and likeness in you where the distorted image loses its attraction!  MIRROR

THE NEAR FUTURE by MARY DORIAN 9-13-26 VIDEO

The End Times: A Vision by Paul Cain 

Paul has had several specific burdens and prophetic expectations for the Body of Christ today and in the days to come. He has had reoccurring visions concerning the end times, which he believes are rapidly approaching. About 30 years ago the Lord gave Paul a vision that has occurred to Paul more than 100 times and still reoccurs to this day.

It is a vision of the last days when sports stadiums all over the United States are filled with thousands of people. In this vision, people are being healed and miracles are happening to thousands in the name of Jesus Christ. People are turning to the Lord in droves and the whole nation is in revival. It seemed the whole earth was turning to Christ.

Television news reporters are broadcasting stories of resurrections and miracle healings. None of the secular reporters could get near the men on the platform. They did not know who the men were. Paul described them as “almost faceless men.” He hears a TV anchorman saying, “There are no sporting events to report tonight because all the stadiums, ball parks and arenas are being used for large revival meetings and are filled with people crying, ”Jesus is Lord, Jesus is Lord.”

In these visions, Paul saw these men minister for three days and nights without food, water or change of clothing. Supernatural strength enabled them to continue for these long periods. In the vision, Paul is standing at the crossroads of life and sees a billboard that says, “Joel’s army now in training.” People are being trained to walk in obedience to Jesus. They have learned patience and endurance, have the power of God and having done all, they know how to stand against the enemy.

“They will have the mind of Christ,” Paul said. “They will partake of the heavenly calling and be a new breed, God’s dread champions.” Those ministries will be filled with such passion for Jesus and the power of the Spirit that the host of darkness will dread their impact.

Paul said in the midst of the Laodicean church age of lethargy and apathy, that God was preparing in hiddenness an army to pull down enemy strongholds, and go forth in the power of God and have pure and undefiled religion.

“He’s going to do this with a people who have stripped themselves and separated themselves from the world, the flesh and the devil,” Paul said. “They will realize the end time is here and that things are in a mess and things at the end time are different. Just as it required total sacrifice on the part of the disciples to begin this thing, it will require an equal commitment from us to complete the task in the end times. Joe’s mighty army, as described in Joel Ch. 2 is the army of God – not a wicked army, as some have thought. They are the ones with ‘feet of iron not mixed with clay’, with the wisdom of God alone, not imitators of other men of God. Some of the superstars of the Church will fall. The Lord will have an army of holy anointed vessels to usher in His kingdom so that no one man can take credit for it. It will be to the glory of God alone.”

~ This vision was printed from Grace City Report Special Prophetic Edition Fall 1989 ~ written by Terry Sullivant ~

Hebrews 10:19 And now we are brothers and sisters in God’s family because of the blood of Jesus, and he welcomes us to come into the most holy sanctuary in the heavenly realm—boldly and without hesitation.

20 For he has dedicated a new, life-giving way for us to approach God. For just as the veil was torn in two, Jesus’ body was torn open to give us free and fresh access to him!

21 And since we now have a magnificent High Priest to welcome us into God’s house, 22 we come closer to God and approach him with an open heart, fully convinced that nothing will keep us at a distance from him. For our hearts have been sprinkled with blood to remove impurity, and we have been freed from an accusing conscience. Now we are clean, unstained, and presentable to God inside and out!

23 So now wrap your heart tightly around the hope that lives within us, knowing that God always keeps his promises!

24 Discover creative ways to encourage others and to motivate them toward acts of compassion, doing beautiful works as expressions of love.

25 This is not the time to pull away and neglect meeting together, as some have formed the habit of doing. In fact, we should come together even more frequently, eager to encourage and urge each other onward as we anticipate that day dawning.  TPT

Hebrews 11:1 Now faith brings our hopes into reality and becomes the foundation needed to acquire the things we long for. It is all the evidence required to prove what is still unseen.

2 This testimony of faith is what previous generations were commended for.

3 Faith empowers us to see that the universe was created and beautifully coordinated by the power of God’s words! He spoke and the invisible realm gave birth to all that is seen. TPT

Hebrews 12:1 As for us, we have all of these great witnesses who encircle us like clouds. So we must let go of every wound that has pierced us and the sin we so easily fall into. Then we will be able to run life’s marathon race with passion and determination, for the path has been already marked out before us.

2 We look away from the natural realm and we focus our attention and expectation onto Jesus who birthed faith within us and who leads us forward into faith’s perfection. His example is this: Because his heart was focused on the joy of knowing that you would be his, he endured the agony of the cross and conquered its humiliation, and now sits exalted at the right hand of the throne of God!

3 So consider carefully how Jesus faced such intense opposition from sinners who opposed their own souls, so that you won’t become worn down and cave in under life’s pressures.

4 After all, you have not yet reached the point of sweating blood in your opposition to sin.

5 And have you forgotten his encouraging words spoken to you as his children? He said, “My child, don’t underestimate the value of the discipline and training of the Lord God, or get depressed when he has to correct you.

6 For the Lord’s training of your life is the evidence of his faithful love.  And when he draws you to himself, it proves you are his delightful child.”  TPT

Hebrews 12:1 So now the stage is set for us: all these faith-heroes cheer us on; they are the 1cloud of witnesses; as it were, like a great multitude of spectators in the amphitheater. This is our moment. As with an athlete who is determined to win, it would be silly to carry any baggage of the old law-system that would weigh one down. Make sure you do not get your feet clogged up with sin-consciousness. Become absolutely streamlined in faith. Run the race of your spiritual life with total persuasion.  

2 Look away from the shadow dispensation of the law and the Prophets and fix your eyes upon Jesus. He is the fountainhead and conclusion of faith. He saw the joy [of mankind’s salvation] when he braved the cross and despised the shame of it. As the executive authority of God [the right hand of the throne of God] he now occupies the highest seat of dominion to endorse mankind’s innocence!  

3 Ponder how he overcame all the odds stacked against him; this will boost your soul-energy when you feel exhausted.

4 Would you be willing to die for your faith?

5 The word in Scripture that confirms your genesis in God addresses you as sons, “My son do not undervalue the 1loving instruction of the Lord; neither become despondent when you are corrected.”  

6 For every instruction is inspired by his love, even as a father would teach his sons with affection, though it might seem harsh at the time. Mirror

Psalm 133:1-3 How truly wonderful and delightful it is to see brothers and sisters living together in sweet unity!

2 It’s as precious as the sacred scented oil flowing from the head of the high priest Aaron, dripping down upon his beard and running all the way down to the hem of his priestly robes.

3 This harmony can be compared to the dew dripping from Mount Hermon, which flows down upon the hills of Zion. Indeed, that is where Yahweh has decreed his blessings

will be found, the promise of life forevermore!  TPT

Psalm 133:1 How wonderful, how beautiful, when brothers and sisters get along!

2 It’s like costly anointing oil flowing down head and beard, Flowing down Aaron’s beard, flowing down the collar of his priestly robes.

3 It’s like the dew on Mount Hermon flowing down the slopes of Zion. Yes, that’s where God commands the blessing, ordains eternal life.  Message

VIDEO SMITH

WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO 9-11-25

VIDEO THOUGHTS ON TRIALS  

In times of anxiety or worry, you need to be patient. We wait on God who goes before us and makes the way clear. We can count on God. We can surrender to him. He knows the way out. Keep a positive attitude. Your strength will be recovered. Be patient what God has promised he will bring to pass wait patiently. Put your expectations in God, not in circumstances.

JAMES 1:2 Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides.

3 You know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and shows its true colors.

4 So don’t try to get out of anything prematurely. Let it do its work so you become mature and well-developed, not deficient in any way.

5 If you don’t know what you’re doing, pray to the Father. He loves to help. You’ll get his help, and won’t be condescended to when you ask for it.

6 Ask boldly, believingly, without a second thought. People who “worry their prayers” are like wind-whipped waves.

7 Don’t think you’re going to get anything from the Master that way,   MSG

JAMES 1:12 Anyone who meets a testing challenge head-on and manages to stick it out is mighty fortunate. For such persons loyally in love with God, the reward is life and more life.  MSG

ROM 5:2 Jesus is God’s face to face grace embrace of the entire human race. So here we are, standing tall in the joyful bliss of our redeemed innocence! We are God’s dream come true! This was God’s idea all along!  

3 Our blissful boasting in him remains uninterrupted in times of trouble; we know that pressure reveals patience. Tribulation does not have what it takes to nullify what hope knows we have!

4 Patience provides proof of every positive expectation.  

5 This kind of hope does not disappoint; the gift of the Holy Spirit completes our every expectation and ignites the love of God within us like an artesian well.  MIRROR

ISA 40:31 But those who entwine their hearts with Yahweh will experience divine strength. They will rise up on soaring wings and fly like eagles, run their races without growing weary, and walk through life without giving up.  TPT

REV 3:10 “Because you kept my Word in passionate patience, I’ll keep you safe in the time of testing that will be here soon, and all over the earth, every man, woman, and child put to the test.

11  “I’m on my way; I’ll be there soon. Keep a tight grip on what you have so no one distracts you and steals your crown.   MSG

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REV 3:10 You have greatly valued the prophetic word which came to fulfillment in what I endured. I will also guard you with great care, empowering you to stand strong in the midst of the troubled times that are about to come upon the inhabited world to scrutinize the dwellers of the earth.  

11 Do not let tough times make me seem distant from you! I am at hand – see my nearness, not my absence. And don’t let temporal setbacks diminish your own authority either! Remember that you call the shots; you wear the crown. My crown endorses your crown.   MIRROR

ROM 12:11 So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life – your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life – and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him.

2 Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You’ll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you.  MSG

PHIL 4:6 Don’t fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns.

7 Before you know it, a sense of God’s wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It’s wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life.

8 Summing it all up, friends, I’d say you’ll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious – the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse.

9 Put into practice what you learned from me, what you heard and saw and realized. Do that, and God, who makes everything work together, will work you into his most excellent harmonies.  MSG

ROM 8:25 In the meantime our expectation takes us beyond visual confirmation into a place of patient contentment.

26 The Spirit also sighs within us with words too deep for articulation, assisting us in our prayers when we struggle to know how to pray properly. When we feel restricted in our flesh, he supersedes our clumsy efforts and hits bulls-eye every time.  MIRROR

ECC 7:8 Endings are better than beginnings. Sticking to it is better than standing out.

9 Don’t be quick to fly off the handle. Anger boomerangs. You can spot a fool by the lumps on his head.  MSG

HEB 10:35 Do not, therefore, fling away your [fearless] confidence, for it has a glorious and great reward.  AMP

GAL 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit [the result of His presence within us] is love [unselfish concern for others], joy, [inner] peace, patience [not the ability to wait, but how we act while waiting], kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

23 gentleness, self-control. Against such things there is no law.  AMP

PS 37:7 Quiet down before God, be prayerful before him. Don’t bother with those who climb the ladder, who elbow their way to the top.

8 Bridle your anger, trash your wrath, cool your pipes – it only makes things worse.

9 Before long the crooks will be bankrupt; God-investors will soon own the store.

HAB 2:3 This vision-message is a witness pointing to what’s coming. It aches for the coming – it can hardly wait! And it doesn’t lie. If it seems slow in coming, wait. It’s on its way. It will come right on time. MSG

JAMES 5:7 Meanwhile, friends, wait patiently for the Master’s Arrival. You see farmers do this all the time, waiting for their valuable crops to mature, patiently letting the rain do its slow but sure work.

8 Be patient like that. Stay steady and strong. The Master could arrive at any time. MSG

PS 62:5 God, the one and only – I’ll wait as long as he says. Everything I hope for comes from him, so why not?

6 He’s solid rock under my feet, breathing room for my soul, An impregnable castle: I’m set for life.  MSG

Israel  Ex 1:12 But the more [the Egyptians] oppressed them, the more they multiplied and expanded, so that [the Egyptians] were vexed and alarmed because of the Israelites.

Rom 8:18 [But what of that?] For I consider that the sufferings of this present time (this present life) are not worth being compared with the glory that is about to be revealed to us and in us and  for us and  conferred on us!

1 Cor 10:13  No test or temptation that comes your way is beyond the course of what others have had to face. All you need to remember is that God will never let you down; he’ll never let you be pushed past your limit; he’ll always be there to help you come through it. MSG

Phil 1:28 And do not [for a moment] be frightened or intimidated in anything by your opponents and adversaries, for such [constancy and fearlessness] will be a clear sign (proof and seal) to them of [their impending] destruction, but [a sure token and evidence] of your deliverance and salvation, and that from God.

29 For you have been granted [the privilege] for Christ’s sake not only to believe in (adhere to, rely on, and trust in) Him, but also to suffer in His behalf.

THE POWER AND PURE AUTHORITY OF THE WORD 9-6-26 VIDEO

The power and pure authority of the word of God. When the king speaks the word, it cannot be overturned. It is as good as done. When heaven touches earth. It can never be reversed. It is kingdom come. There is only one sovereign and supreme. Every word he speaks is holy. People are hungry for the word of God. I just wanted to make it clear, that absolutely no word God has spoken, and you have embraced as your own, will fail you. It will go forward to accomplish what God has said for it to do. The word of God will never fail. Jesus said that this is a generation of people that are alive now. On earth as it is in heaven. The future in times group race or family line as to the events that will unfold rapidly once they start. And this generation of believers will survive throughout history and see the return of Jesus so be it Lord.

2 COR 3:18 All of us! Nothing between us and God, our faces shining with the brightness of his face. And so we are transfigured much like the Messiah, our lives gradually becoming brighter and more beautiful as God enters our lives and we become like him. MSG

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2 COR 3:18 ‘And we all, with unveiled face, continually seeing as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are progressively being transformed into His image from [one degree of] glory to [even more] glory, which comes from the Lord, [who is] the Spirit.’  AMP

2 COR 4:2 We have renounced hidden agendas [employing a little bit of the law in an attempt to “balance” out grace]; we have distanced ourselves from any obscure 1craftiness to manipulate God’s word to make it mean what it does not say! With truth on open display in us, we highly recommend our lives to everyone’s conscience! Truth finds its most authentic and articulate expression in human life, mirrored in the face of God.   MIRROR

ACTS 4:31 While they were praying, the place where they were meeting trembled and shook. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak God’s Word with fearless confidence.   MSG

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ACT 4:31 And when they had prayed, the place where they were meeting together was shaken [a sign of God’s presence]; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God with boldness and courage.   AMP

ACT 13:44 On the next Sabbath almost the entire city gathered together to hear the word of the Lord [about salvation through faith in Christ].  AMP

LUKE 8:8 But the seed which lands in good soil, flourishes and yields a return of a hundred to one! He then cried out with a loud voice, “Now listen up with your inner ears! It is how you hear my word that makes all the difference!”  MIRROR

MATT 4:4 Jesus answered by quoting Deuteronomy: “It takes more than bread to stay alive. It takes a steady stream of words from God’s mouth.”  MSG

HEB 4:12 The message God spoke to us in Christ, is the most life giving and dynamic influence in us, cutting like a surgeon’s scalpel, sharper than a soldier’s sword, piercing to the deepest core of human conscience, to the dividing of soul and spirit; ending the dominance of the sense realm and its neutralizing effect upon the human spirit. In this way a person’s spirit is freed to become the ruling influence again in the thoughts and intentions of their heart. The scrutiny of this living Sword-Logos detects every possible disease, discerning the body’s deepest secrets where joint and bone-marrow meet.   

13 The entire person is thoroughly exposed to his scrutinizing gaze.  MIRROR

HEB 4:14 In the message of the incarnation, we have Jesus the Son of God representing mankind in the highest place of spiritual authority. That which God has spoken to us in him is his final word. It is echoed now in our conversation. MIRROR

HAGGAI 2:4 “‘So get to work, Zerubbabel!’ – God is speaking. “‘Get to work, Joshua son of Jehozadak – high priest!’ “‘Get to work, all you people!’ – God is speaking.

5 ‘Put into action the word I covenanted with you when you left Egypt. I’m living and breathing among you right now. Don’t be timid. Don’t hold back.’

6 “This is what God-of-the-Angel-Armies said: ‘Before you know it, I will shake up sky and earth, ocean and fields.

7 And I’ll shake down all the godless nations. They’ll bring bushels of wealth and I will fill this Temple with splendor.’ God-of-the-Angel-Armies says so.

8 ‘I own the silver, I own the gold.’ Decree of God-of-the-Angel-Armies.

9 “‘This Temple is going to end up far better than it started out, a glorious beginning but an even more glorious finish: a place in which I will hand out wholeness and holiness.’ Decree of God-of-the-Angel-Armies.”   MSG

LUKE 24:45 He went on to open their understanding of the Word of God, showing them how to read their Bibles this way.

46 He said, “You can see now how it is written that the Messiah suffers, rises from the dead on the third day,

47 and then a total life-change through the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed in his name to all nations – starting from here, from Jerusalem!

48 You’re the first to hear and see it. You’re the witnesses.   MSG

ACT 6:7 God’s word reigned supreme and kept spreading. The number of Jesus’ followers in Jerusalem quickly grew and increased by the day. Even a great number of Jewish priests became believers and were obedient to the faith! God’s word reigned supreme and kept spreading.   TPT

HEB 6:4 Now it may be that someone may clearly see the light (of the prophetic word)

5 and they might even begin to feast on the beauty of the Word; already having experienced the power of the age of the promise that all were waiting for.  MIRROR

JOB 23:12 I’ve obeyed every word he’s spoken, and not just obeyed his advice – I’ve treasured it. MSG

ACT 18:11 That was all he needed to stick it out. He stayed another year and a half, faithfully teaching the Word of God to the Corinthians.  MSG

COL 1:25 I am an administrator in God’s economy; my mission is to make his word known to you with utmost clarity.  MIRROR

1 THESS 2:13 And now we look back on all this and thank God, an artesian well of thanks! When you got the Message of God we preached, you didn’t pass it off as just one more human opinion, but you took it to heart as God’s true word to you, which it is, God himself at work in you believers!  MSG

2 TIM 2:9  It’s what I’m sitting in jail for right now – but God’s Word isn’t in jail!

10 That’s why I stick it out here – so that everyone God calls will get in on the salvation of Christ in all its glory.   MSG

HEB 11:3 By faith [that is, with an inherent trust and enduring confidence in the power, wisdom and goodness of God] we understand that the worlds (universe, ages) were framed and created [formed, put in order, and equipped for their intended purpose] by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things which are visible AMP

1 JN 2:14 What I have written previously will resonate with the fathers whose acquaintance with him is established in the prophetic voice from the beginning. Also the young men will find their strength endorsed in my writing, since they have the word firmly rooted within them as their permanent source and reference. They have defeated the duty-and guilt-driven system that snared them before in the futility of their own efforts.  MIRROR

1 JN 2:17 The world system with all its glamorous dreams comes and goes; but whoever engages with the poetry of God’s desires abides unchanged into the conclusion of the ages.  MIRROR

ISA 55:11 So will the words that come out of my mouth not come back empty-handed. They’ll do the work I sent them to do, they’ll complete the assignment I gave them. MSG

ISA 55:11 ‘So will My word be which goes out of My mouth; It will not return to Me void (useless, without result), Without accomplishing what I desire, And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it. ‘  AMP

REV 19:15 And from his mouth proceeds a sharp sword – the words of his utterance cuts to the core of the heart of the nations and he shall shepherd them with an iron scepter. And on his own he will tread out the winepress of the intensity of the passion of the sovereign God of the universe. MIRROR

LUKE 1:37 Nothing, you see, is impossible with God.” MSG

 MATT 24:33 So it is with you: When you see all these things, you’ll know he’s at the door.

34 Don’t take this lightly. I’m not just saying this for some future generation, but for all of you. This age continues until all these things take place.

35 Sky and earth will wear out; my words won’t wear out.

36 “But the exact day and hour? No one knows that, not even heaven’s angels, not even the Son. Only the Father knows. MSG

1 THESS 5:2  You know as well as I that the day of the Master’s coming can’t be posted on our calendars. He won’t call ahead and make an appointment any more than a burglar would.

3 About the time everybody’s walking around complacently, congratulating each other – “We’ve sure got it made! Now we can take it easy!” – suddenly everything will fall apart. It’s going to come as suddenly and inescapably as birth pangs to a pregnant woman.

 4 But friends, you’re not in the dark, so how could you be taken off guard by any of this?

5 You’re sons of Light, daughters of Day. We live under wide open skies and know where we stand.  MSG

MATT 6:9-13 With a God like this loving you, you can pray very simply. Like this: Our Father in heaven, Reveal who you are.

10 Set the world right; Do what’s best – as above, so below.

11 Keep us alive with three square meals.

12 Keep us forgiven with you and forgiving others.

13 Keep us safe from ourselves and the Devil. You’re in charge! You can do anything you want! You’re ablaze in beauty! Yes. Yes. Yes.  MSG

THAT’S NOT ME 8-30-26 VIDEO
This is a message to remind us of the reality of how God sees us. How He has created us to be. The real us. Sometimes we get a wrong image about ourselves and then we act accordingly. But remember you are more than your actions. You are more than your behavior or misbehavior. You are a Spirit being and the real you needs to be made manifest. Things you have done in your past that were not from God that was not you not the real you.
NABUCHADNEZZER
DAN 4:32 You will be driven out of human company and live with the wild animals. You will eat grass like an ox. The sentence is for seven seasons, enough time to learn that the High God rules human kingdoms and puts whomever he wishes in charge.”
33 It happened at once. Nebuchadnezzar was driven out of human company, ate grass like an ox, and was soaked in heaven’s dew. His hair grew like the feathers of an eagle and his nails like the claws of a hawk.
34 “At the end of the seven years, I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked to heaven. I was given my mind back and I blessed the High God, thanking and glorifying God, who lives forever. “His sovereign rule lasts and lasts, his kingdom never declines and falls.
35 Life on this earth doesn’t add up to much, but God’s heavenly army keeps everything going. No one can interrupt his work, no one can call his rule into question.
36 “At the same time that I was given back my mind, I was also given back my majesty and splendor, making my kingdom shine. All the leaders and important people came looking for me. I was reestablished as king in my kingdom and became greater than ever. MSG

PRODIGAL SON
LUKE 15:15 He signed on with a citizen there who assigned him to his fields to slop the pigs.
16 He was so hungry he would have eaten the corncobs in the pig slop, but no one would give him any.
17 “That brought him to his senses. He said, ‘All those farmhands working for my father sit down to three meals a day, and here I am starving to death.
18 I’m going back to my father. I’ll say to him, Father, I’ve sinned against God, I’ve sinned before you;
19 I don’t deserve to be called your son. Take me on as a hired hand.’
20 He got right up and went home to his father. When he was still a long way off, his father saw him. His heart pounding, he ran out, embraced him, and kissed him.
21 The son started his speech: ‘Father, I’ve sinned against God, I’ve sinned before you; I don’t deserve to be called your son ever again.’
22 “But the father wasn’t listening. He was calling to the servants, ‘Quick. Bring a clean set of clothes and dress him. Put the family ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. MSG

PETER LUKE 22:56 And a servant-girl, seeing him as he sat in the firelight and looking intently at him, said, “This man was with Him too.”
57 But Peter denied it, saying, “Woman, I do not know Him!”
58 A little later someone else saw him and said, “You are one of them too.” But Peter said, “Man, I am not!”
59 After about an hour had passed, another man began to insist, “This man was with Him, for he is a Galilean too.”
60 But Peter said, “Man, I do not know what you are talking about.” Immediately, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed. AMP

ACTS 2:14 But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them: “Men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, let this be explained to you; listen closely and pay attention to what I have to say.
15 These people are not drunk, as you assume, since it is [only] the third hour of the day (9:00 a.m.);
16 but this is [the beginning of] what was spoken of through the prophet Joel: AMP

ACTS 4:8 Then Peter, filled with [the power of] the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers and elders of the people [members of the Sanhedrin, the Jewish High Court. AMP

MOSES ACTS 7:27 The one who had started the fight said, ‘Who put you in charge of us?
28 Are you going to kill me like you killed that Egyptian yesterday?’
29 When Moses heard that, realizing that the word was out, he ran for his life and lived in exile over in Midian. During the years of exile, two sons were born to him.
30 “Forty years later, in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, an angel appeared to him in the guise of flames of a burning bush. MSG

EX 14:13 Moses spoke to the people: “Don’t be afraid. Stand firm and watch God do his work of salvation for you today. Take a good look at the Egyptians today for you’re never going to see them again.
14 God will fight the battle for you. And you? You keep your mouths shut!”
15 God said to Moses: “Why cry out to me? Speak to the Israelites. Order them to get moving.
16 Hold your staff high and stretch your hand out over the sea: Split the sea! The Israelites will walk through the sea on dry ground. MSG

DAVID BASHSHEBA
1 SAM 13:14 But now your kingdom shall not endure. The Lord has sought out for Himself a man (David) after His own heart, and the Lord has appointed him as leader and ruler over His people, because you have not kept (obeyed) what the Lord commanded you.” AMP DR EBY GOD CANNOT SEE SIN
SAMAUL IS HISTORY ACCOUNT CHRONICLES IS PRESTLY
DAVID AND BATHSATBA – COUNTING THE PEOPLE CHRONICLES LEAVES IT OUT
1O MAJOR STORIES APPEAR IN SAMAUL BUT OMISSION IS SIGNIFICANT

JUDGES 6:12 The angel of God appeared to him and said, “God is with you, O mighty warrior!”
13 Gideon replied, “With me, my master? If God is with us, why has all this happened to us? Where are all the miracle-wonders our parents and grandparents told us about, telling us, ‘Didn’t God deliver us from Egypt?’ The fact is, God has nothing to do with us – he has turned us over to Midian.”
14 But God faced him directly: “Go in this strength that is yours. Save Israel from Midian. Haven’t I just sent you?”
15 Gideon said to him, “Me, my master? How and with what could I ever save Israel? Look at me. My clan’s the weakest in Manasseh and I’m the runt of the litter.”
16 God said to him, “I’ll be with you. Believe me, you’ll defeat Midian as one man.” MSG

SLATE CLEAN COL 2:14 His body nailed to the cross hung there as the document of mankind’s guilt; in dying our death he cancelled the detailed hand-written record which testified against us. Every stain on our conscience, reminding of the sense of failure and guilt, was thus fully blotted out. MIRROR

HEB 10:17 This is final: I have no record of your sins and misdeeds. I cannot recall them. MIRROR

1 JN 2:12 The reason of my writing is to remind you to live your lives in the innocence of an infant! The name Jesus means that you can rest assured in your salvation from sin’s harassment! MIRROR

1 COR 11:28 To see oneself associated in Christ’s death and declared innocent in his blood is the only worthy manner in which to examine one’s own life in the context of the new covenant meal. MIRROR

1 COR 4:4 even though I know of nothing against my conscience, I am not thereby acquitted. The point is not how self righteous I appear in my own eyes; the Lord’s judgment is the only valid reference to our innocence. MIRROR

1 THESS 3:13 The dominion of the Christ life establishes you in blameless innocence, face to face before our God and Father, in the constant awareness of his presence in our mutual togetherness with all the saints! MIRROR

1 COR 10:31 Live your life overwhelmed by God’s opinion of you! Your eating and drinking is certainly a constant reminder that you are his glory. Every meal proclaims the fact that the life of your design is redeemed again in Christ; salute life! MIRROR

1 JN 1:6 This is the real deal! To live a life of pretense is such a waste of time! The truth has no competition. Truth inspires the poetry of friendship in total contrast to a fake, performance-based relationship! Light is not threatened by darkness! Why say something with darkness as your reference?
7 We are invited to explore the dimensions of the same light that engulfs God; when we see the light in his light, fellowship ignites! In this light, we understand how the blood of Jesus Christ is the removal of every distortion and stain of sin!
8 To claim innocence by our own efforts under the law of personal performance, is to deceive ourselves and to deliberately ignore the truth. The truth about us, does not mean that we now have to go into denial as if we haven’t done anything wrong! The light of the gospel does not reveal sin; it reveals our freedom from it!)
9 Our conversation takes on a brand new dynamic when we take sides with what God believes about us! So, instead of telling God about the detail of your sin, you remind yourself about the detail of your redemption. God doesn’t need the information, you do! God’s faithfulness and righteousness is the basis of our forgiveness and cleansing from every distortion. Jesus removed every bit of condemning evidence against us! MIRROR
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1 JN 1:7 But if we [really] walk in the Light [that is, live each and every day in conformity with the precepts of God], as He Himself is in the Light, we have [true, unbroken] fellowship with one another [He with us, and we with Him], and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin [by erasing the stain of sin, keeping us cleansed from sin in all its forms and manifestations]. AMP

2 COR 5: 17 Now, in the light of your co-inclusion in his death and resurrection, whoever you thought you were before, in Christ you are a brand new person! The old ways of seeing yourself and everyone else are over. Acquaint yourself with the new!
18 The idea of mankind’s co-inclusion in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is entirely God’s doing! To now realize that God has indeed brought final closure to the old and for us to see everything and everyone in this new light is to simply see what God has always known to be true about us in Christ; we are not debating human experience, opinion, or their contribution; this is exactly what God believes. In Jesus Christ, God exchanged equivalent value to redeem us to himself. He went to the highest extreme in this act of reconciliation to persuade us of our original worth! This, God has given us as the mandate of our ministry. MIRROR

2 TIM 1:3 I love the constant thought of you; I am aware of our union in Christ 24/7. Prayer is such a permanent thing when we discover God’s grace-echo in our worship! Our conscience celebrates our pre-creation innocence before God! MIRROR
ROM 8:20 Every creature became subject to a frustrating life of vanity and futility, because of a lost identity. Creation involuntarily fell prey to a mindset imposed upon everyone. Yet within this stark setting, hope prevails.
21 With eager expectation, every creature yearns to be released from its slavery to this wearisome, perishable existence; trapped within a fragile time frame of fading glory, into the glorious freedom of discovering their true sonship. They are indeed children, and not mere ‘creatures’ of God. MIRROR

1 COR 15:49 Just as we have borne the image of the earthly [the man of dust], we will also bear the image of the heavenly [the Man of heaven]. AMP
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1 COR 15:49 Just as we were once defined by the flesh [our earthly image] we are now defined by our spirit [our heavenly] image. MIRROR

GET READY FOR THE JOY OF THE LORD PT 2 8-23-25 VIDEO
From the very beginning of creation till now, it was always God‘s intention that we would be Spirit like He is. To be in the Spirit means you are more conscious of God and the things of God and His presence rather than the things of this world. Just like our creator, we are Spirit and where the Spirit is there is freedom. John was able to receive by the Holy Spirit Divine revelation beyond ordinary perception. John received revelation light. Living light in the Spirit. He was no longer on Patmos, but translated into heaven. Through the Spirit we do not sin. It was the Holy Spirit, who came up upon Mary to make her pregnant with the very life of Jesus. Jesus was filled with the Holy Spirit.
Neh 8:10 Then [Ezra] told them, Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet drink, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. And be not grieved and depressed, for the joy of the Lord is your strength and stronghold. AMP
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NEH 8:10 He continued, “Go home and prepare a feast, holiday food and drink; and share it with those who don’t have anything: This day is holy to God. Don’t feel bad. The joy of God is your strength!” MSG JOY-rejoicing: – gladness,
STRENGTH-a fortified place; a defence: – force, fortress, rock, strong (hold).

ESTHER 9:22 as the occasion when Jews got relief from their enemies, the month in which their sorrow turned to joy, mourning somersaulted into a holiday for parties and fun and laughter, the sending and receiving of presents and of giving gifts to the poor. MSG

JOB 8:21 God will let you laugh again; you’ll raise the roof with shouts of joy, MSG

PS 4:7 More joy in one ordinary day Than they get in all their shopping sprees.
8 At day’s end I’m ready for sound sleep, For you, God, have put my life back together.
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PS 9:2 I’m whistling, laughing, and jumping for joy; I’m singing your song, High God.
3 The day my enemies turned tail and ran, they stumbled on you and fell on their faces.
4 You took over and set everything right; when I needed you, you were there, taking charge. MSG

PS 19:8 The life-maps of God are right, showing the way to joy. The directions of God are plain and easy on the eyes. MSG

PS 46:4 God has a constantly flowing river whose sparkling streams bring joy and delight to his people. His river flows right through the city of God Most High, into his holy dwelling places. TPT

PS 68:3 When the righteous see God in action they’ll laugh, they’ll sing, they’ll laugh and sing for joy. MSG

PROV 15:13 A cheerful heart brings a smile to your face; a sad heart makes it hard to get through the day. MSG

ISA 55:12 For you will leave your exile with joy and be led home wrapped in peace. The mountains and hills in front of you will burst into singing and the trees of the field will applaud! TPT

LUKE 6:21 You’re blessed when you’re ravenously hungry. Then you’re ready for the Messianic meal. You’re blessed when the tears flow freely. Joy comes with the morning. MSG

JN 8:29 The One who sent me stays with me. He doesn’t abandon me. He sees how much joy I take in pleasing him.” MSG

LUKE 2:10 The celestial messenger immediately calmed them and said, “You have no reason to fear! Listen! I have the most wonderful announcement to make – this will lead to the great encounter of the most joyful bliss for every single person on the planet! MIRROR

ROM 8:25 But the longer we wait, the larger we become, and the more joyful our expectancy. MSG

Ps 47:1 O CLAP your hands, all you peoples! Shout to God with the voice of triumph and songs of joy! AMP CLAP-To become bondsman by handclasping: To “strike” one’s hands in praise or triumph or “shake hands” on an agreement To “strike” the hands in an agreement was a surety or guarantor of the agreement.

Ps 97:11 Light is sown for the [uncompromisingly] righteous and strewn along their pathway, and joy for the upright in heart [the irrepressible joy which comes from consciousness of His favor and protection]. AMP

Ps 107:22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving and rehearse His deeds with shouts of joy and singing! AMP

Ps 111:2 God’s works are so great, worth A lifetime of study — endless enjoyment!
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John 15:11 “I’ve told you these things for a purpose: that my joy might be your joy, and your joy wholly mature. MSG

JN 15:11 I have spoken these things unto you so that my joy will continuously infuse you – you don’t have to invent your own if you can tap into mine! This is the ultimate bliss! MIRROR

HEB 12:2 Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this race we’re in. Study how he did it. Because he never lost sight of where he was headed – that exhilarating finish in and with God – he could put up with anything along the way: cross, shame, whatever. And now he’s there, in the place of honor, right alongside God. MSG

GETTING READY FOR THE JOY OF THE LORD 8-21-26  VIDEO

From the very beginning of creation till now, it was always God‘s intention that we would be Spirit like He is. To be in the Spirit means you are more conscious of God and the things of God and His presence rather than the things of this world. Just like our creator, we are Spirit and where the Spirit is there is freedom. John was able to receive by the Holy Spirit Divine revelation beyond ordinary perception. John received revelation light. Living light in the Spirit. He was no longer on Patmos, but translated into heaven. Through the Spirit we do not sin. It was the Holy Spirit, who came up upon Mary to make her pregnant with the very life of Jesus. Jesus was filled with the Holy Spirit.

1 COR 15:51 But let me tell you something wonderful, a mystery I’ll probably never fully understand. We’re not all going to die – but we are all going to be changed.

52 You hear a blast to end all blasts from a trumpet, and in the time that you look up and blink your eyes – it’s over. On signal from that trumpet from heaven, the dead will be up and out of their graves, beyond the reach of death, never to die again. At the same moment and in the same way, we’ll all be changed.

53 In the resurrection scheme of things, this has to happen: everything perishable taken off the shelves and replaced by the imperishable, this mortal replaced by the immortal.

54 Then the saying will come true: Death swallowed by triumphant Life!

55 Who got the last word, oh, Death? Oh, Death, who’s afraid of you now?

56 It was sin that made death so frightening and law-code guilt that gave sin its leverage, its destructive power.

57 But now in a single victorious stroke of Life, all three – sin, guilt, death – are gone, the gift of our Master, Jesus Christ. Thank God!

58 With all this going for us, my dear, dear friends, stand your ground. And don’t hold back. Throw yourselves into the work of the Master, confident that nothing you do for him is a waste of time or effort. MSG

1 THESS 4:13 And regarding the question, friends, that has come up about what happens to those already dead and buried, we don’t want you in the dark any longer. First off, you must not carry on over them like people who have nothing to look forward to, as if the grave were the last word.

14 Since Jesus died and broke loose from the grave, God will most certainly bring back to life those who died in Jesus.

15 And then this: We can tell you with complete confidence – we have the Master’s word on it – that when the Master comes again to get us, those of us who are still alive will not get a jump on the dead and leave them behind. In actual fact, they’ll be ahead of us.

16 The Master himself will give the command. Archangel thunder! God’s trumpet blast! He’ll come down from heaven and the dead in Christ will rise – they’ll go first.

17 Then the rest of us who are still alive at the time will be caught up with them into the clouds to meet the Master.

18 Oh, we’ll be walking on air! And then there will be one huge family reunion with the Master. So reassure one another with these words. MSG

1 THESS 5:9 God didn’t set us up for an angry rejection but for salvation by our Master, Jesus Christ.

10 He died for us, a death that triggered life. Whether we’re awake with the living or asleep with the dead, we’re alive with him!

11 So speak encouraging words to one another. Build up hope so you’ll all be together in this, no one left out, no one left behind. I know you’re already doing this; just keep on doing it.  MSG

ROM 5:6 Christ arrives right on time to make this happen. He didn’t, and doesn’t, wait for us to get ready. He presented himself for this sacrificial death when we were far too weak and rebellious to do anything to get ourselves ready. And even if we hadn’t been so weak, we wouldn’t have known what to do anyway.

7 We can understand someone dying for a person worth dying for, and we can understand how someone good and noble could inspire us to selfless sacrifice.

8 But God put his love on the line for us by offering his Son in sacrificial death while we were of no use whatever to him.

9 Now that we are set right with God by means of this sacrificial death, the consummate blood sacrifice, there is no longer a question of being at odds with God in any way.

10 If, when we were at our worst, we were put on friendly terms with God by the sacrificial death of his Son, now that we’re at our best, just think of how our lives will expand and deepen by means of his resurrection life!  MSG

ACTS 3:28 You have acquainted me with the paths of life; there is nowhere on this road, where you are absent! I am in such ‘a happy frame of mind –  am satisfied with joy in this face to face place! MIRROR

COL 3:2 Don’t shuffle along, eyes to the ground, absorbed with the things right in front of you. Look up, and be alert to what is going on around Christ – that’s where the action is. See things from his perspective. MSG

Ps 5:11 But you’ll welcome us with open arms when we run for cover to you. Let the party last all night! Stand guard over our celebration. MSG

Zeph 3:17 The Lord your God is in the midst of you, a Mighty One, a Savior [Who saves]! He will rejoice over you with joy; He will rest [in silent satisfaction] and in His love He will be silent and make no mention [of past sins, or even recall them]; He will exult over you with singing. AMP

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Zeph 3:17 Your God is present among you, a strong Warrior there to save you. Happy to have you back, he’ll calm you with his love and delight you with his songs.  MSG   

HAB 3:18 I’m singing joyful praise to God. I’m turning cartwheels of joy to my Savior God.

19 Counting on God’s Rule to prevail, I take heart and gain strength. I run like a deer. I feel like I’m king of the mountain! (For congregational use, with a full orchestra.)

I’m singing joyful praise to God. I’m turning cartwheels of joy to my Savior God. MSG

MK 6:12 Then they were on the road. They preached with joyful urgency that life can be radically different;

THE ABIDANCE OF GRACE 8-16-26 VIDEO
God is quite prepared to go beyond anything we could imagine or hope for. Grace is the much more or the abundance of God. The abundance of grace is not just a small measure of unearned favor, but it is the abundance of it. God has given the abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness.
ROM 5:17 Death no longer has the final say. Life rules! If the effect of one man’s crash-landing engaged mankind in a death-dominated lifestyle how much more advantaged is the very same mankind now that they are the recipients of the boundless reservoirs of grace, empowering them to enjoy the dominion of life through the gift of righteousness because of that one man, Jesus Christ. Grace is out of all proportion in superiority to the transgression.
18 The conclusion is clear: if one offence condemns the entire human race; then in principle, the righteousness of one vindicates the entire human race.
19 The disobedience of the one exhibits mankind as sinners; the obedience of another exhibits mankind as righteous.
20 The presence of the law made no difference, instead it merely highlighted the offence; but where sin increased, grace superseded it.
21 Death provided sin its platform and power to reign from; now grace has taken over sovereignty through righteousness to introduce unthreatened life under the Lordship of Jesus Christ over us. A simple equation: We were not made sinners by our own disobedience; neither were we made righteous by our own obedience. The same humanity represented in the one man Adam, is triumphantly represented in the one man Jesus Christ! Adam’s transgression no longer holds the human race hostage. MIRROR ↓↓↓
ROM 5:18 Here it is in a nutshell: Just as one person did it wrong and got us in all this trouble with sin and death, another person did it right and got us out of it. But more than just getting us out of trouble, he got us into life! MSG

EPH 1:5 Long, long ago he decided to adopt us into his family through Jesus Christ. (What pleasure he took in planning this!) MSG

Luke 4:22 And all spoke well of Him and marveled at the words of grace that came forth from His mouth; and they said, Is not this Joseph’s Son? AMP

LUKE 11:13 So, if you, even within the confines of an earth-bound, performance-based religious society, know to give your children excellent gifts that will only advantage them, how much more certainly will your Father give the Holy Spirit out of his limitless, heavenly resources to everyone who asks him! MIRROR

LUKE 12:24 Ponder rather, how carefree the crows are! They do not sow or reap; neither do they have secret store chambers or granaries – God indulges them. Now, compared to birds, to what greater lengths do you think, would God be prepared to go for you, in order to nurture you? MIRROR

LUKE 12:27 Walk into the fields and look at the wildflowers. They don’t fuss with their appearance – but have you ever seen color and design quite like it? The ten best-dressed men and women in the country look shabby alongside them.
28 If God gives such attention to the wildflowers, most of them never even seen, don’t you think he’ll attend to you, take pride in you, do his best for you? MSG

2 COR 3:9 If the Government of Condemnation was impressive, how about this Government of Affirmation?
10 Bright as that old government was, it would look downright dull alongside this new one. MSG

HEB 9:14-15 think how much more the blood of Christ cleans up our whole lives, inside and out.
15 Through the Spirit, Christ offered himself as an unblemished sacrifice, freeing us from all those dead-end efforts to make ourselves respectable, so that we can live all out for God. MSG

PS 67:1 God, mark us with grace and blessing! Smile! MSG

PS 145:9 God is good to one and all; everything he does is suffused with grace.

ISA 30:19 Oh yes, people of Zion, citizens of Jerusalem, your time of tears is over. Cry for help and you’ll find it’s grace and more grace. The moment he hears, he’ll answer. MSG

ISA 61:2 I am sent to announce a new season of Yahweh’s grace and a time of God’s recompense on his enemies, to comfort all who are in sorrow,
3 to strengthen those crushed by despair who mourn in Zion— to give them a beautiful bouquet in the place of ashes, the oil of bliss instead of tears, and the mantle of joyous praise instead of the spirit of heaviness. Because of this, they will be known as Mighty Oaks of Righteousness, planted by Yahweh as a living display of his glory. TPT

MAL 3:12 “You’ll be voted ‘Happiest Nation.’ You’ll experience what it’s like to be a country of grace.” God-of-the-Angel-Armies says so. The Difference Between Serving God and Not Serving Him. MSG

MATT 11:29 Walk with me and work with me – watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you.
30 Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.” MSG

ACTS 4:33 The apostles gave powerful witness to the resurrection of the Master Jesus, and grace was on all of them. MSG

ROM 5:2 And that’s not all: We throw open our doors to God and discover at the same moment that he has already thrown open his door to us. We find ourselves standing where we always hoped we might stand – out in the wide open spaces of God’s grace and glory, standing tall and shouting our praise. MSG

ROM 5:20 The presence of the law made no difference, instead it merely highlighted the offence; but where sin increased, grace superseded it.
21 Death provided sin its platform and power to reign from; now grace has taken over sovereignty through righteousness to introduce unthreatened life under the Lordship of Jesus Christ over us. MIRROR

2 COR 4:15 Every detail works to your advantage and to God’s glory: more and more grace, more and more people, more and more praise!
16 So we’re not giving up. How could we! Even though on the outside it often looks like things are falling apart on us, on the inside, where God is making new life, not a day goes by without his unfolding grace.
17 These hard times are small potatoes compared to the coming good times, the lavish celebration prepared for us.
18 There’s far more here than meets the eye. The things we see now are here today, gone tomorrow. But the things we can’t see now will last forever. MSG

2 COR 12:9 Finally it dawned on me that grace is God’s language; he doesn’t speak “thorn-langauge”! He said to me, “My grace elevates you, to be fully content.” And now, instead of being overwhelmed with a sense of my own weakness, he overwhelms me with an awareness of his strength! Oh what bliss to rejoice in the fact that in the midst of my frailties I encounter the dynamic of the grace of God to be my habitation. MIRROR

JAMES 4:6 And what he gives in love is far better than anything else you’ll find. It’s common knowledge that “God goes against the willful proud; God gives grace to the willing humble.” MSG

1 PET 3:7 The same goes for you husbands: Be good husbands to your wives. Honor them, delight in them. As women they lack some of your advantages. But in the new life of God’s grace, you’re equals. Treat your wives, then, as equals so your prayers don’t run aground. Suffering for Doing Good MSG

2 PET 1:2 God’s desire is that we may now increasingly be overwhelmed with grace as his divine influence within us and become fully acquainted with the awareness of our oneness. The way he has always known us is realized in Jesus our Master. MIRROR

HEB 12:24 You’ve come to Jesus, who presents us with a new covenant, a fresh charter from God. He is the Mediator of this covenant. The murder of Jesus, unlike Abel’s – a homicide that cried out for vengeance – became a proclamation of grace. MSG

REV 22:21 The grace of the Master Jesus be with all of you. Oh, Yes! MSG