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Greetings,
I have been in Portugal for this past week, and I have had a very productive week. A couple of books are being translated into Portuguese, as well as some new video courses. I will continue to record video courses this week. I had a great time with the CCVA church I Aveiro yesterday. God is good.
Jesus came for the redemption of all men. He didn’t just come so that we could merely go to heaven when we die. Although we pretended to be alive in our bodies of self, we were already dead. Jesus came to give us life in this world and in all that is to come. He came so that those who were dead could hear God’s voice and live.
John 5:24 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life. 25 Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live.”
Eternal life is knowing God the Father and Jesus Christ His Son (Jn. 17:3). This is not merely a knowledge about them. It is intimately knowing them. This is made possible and real by our fellowship with Holy Spirit. Christ in us is the hope of glory (Col. 1:27). We can abide in God our Father and Jesus the Son when Holy Spirit abides in us. It is a matter of being loved and growing in knowing a relationship of love with God. The evidence is seen in the transformation of our hearts and minds that empowers us to love one another.
1 John 3:14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love his brother abides in death.
The testimony of Christ in us empowers us to be clothed in the good works of Christ. Those works are works of love that give life to others in our world.
John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
John 1:14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
The word became flesh and He moved into the neighborhood. We saw Him as a man of grace and truth. He was a new Adam and from Him would come a new Eve. Just as Eve came from the flesh of Adam, the Church (Eternal Eve) would come from the body of Christ to be the eternal helpmate of Jesus for the Father’s glory. Co-reigning partners in Christ would fulfill the mandate given to mankind by God.
Jesus came so that humanity could fulfill the mandate to be fruitful, multiply, fill, subdue, and have dominion. The administration of His life was one of grace. Grace was the manifest presence of the Spirit of God in His life that motivated His heart and mind in all things. He was motivated by grace and thus He was a full manifestation of truth in human form. Grace was the government of the kingdom within His heart. Of this government and this peace there was to be no end.
Isaiah 9:7 Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end, upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, to order it and establish it with judgment and justice from that time forward, even forever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.
Peace is a testimony of mercy. There is no gap between us and God. Grace is the power to reign. There is no end to the increase of this government or peace and the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of God as the waters presently cover the sea.
Blessings,
Ted J. Hanson
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