Month: April 2025

You’ll know where God has set authority on earth.

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You need to live, move, and have your being in the utterances of Christ as He leads you. If you do that, you’ll eventually know where to fellowship. You’ll know where God has set authority on earth. God is restoring the church. The church is now immature, but God is moving. The church is in disarray, but God will bring order. Organized religion is most often human-organized rather than God-ordained. Much of the church operates in non-Biblical forms and rituals. The church is dragging along artifacts of apostasies and abominations that crept into the church during the first several centuries of the church’s existence. You will find it easier to spot these disorders in other churches. You’ll have trouble seeing them in your own church. You get used to disorder, and disorder gives the illusion of order if you’re accustomed to it.

Many refer to themselves as “called and ordained.” Some of them, God didn’t call or ordain. God didn’t send them. They sent themselves. And yet, God did call some, and they are walking in that calling.

God doesn’t overwhelm you. As God leads, teaches, and corrects you, He’ll continually give you little flashes of a vision of this holy body of Christ. He’ll show you what it will be when He finishes it. He’ll form it without spot or wrinkle or any such thing. It’s an unfolding revelation. As you discern this body and submit to the authority of this body, the Holy Spirit will continue to transfigure you from glory to glory.

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You need to live, move, and have your being in the utterances of Christ as He leads you.

You need to live, move, and have your being in the utterances of Christ as He leads you. If you do that, you’ll eventually know where to fellowship. You’ll know where God has set authority on earth. God is restoring the church. The church is now immature, but God is moving. The church is in disarray, but God will bring order. Organized religion is most often human-organized rather than God-ordained. Much of the church operates in non-Biblical forms and rituals. The church is dragging along artifacts of apostasies and abominations that crept into the church during the first several centuries of the church’s existence. You will find it easier to spot these disorders in other churches. You’ll have trouble seeing them in your own church. You get used to disorder, and disorder gives the illusion of order if you’re accustomed to it.

Many refer to themselves as “called and ordained.” Some of them, God didn’t call or ordain. God didn’t send them. They sent themselves. And yet, God did call some, and they are walking in that calling.

God doesn’t overwhelm you. As God leads, teaches, and corrects you, He’ll continually give you little flashes of a vision of this holy body of Christ. He’ll show you what it will be when He finishes it. He’ll form it without spot or wrinkle or any such thing. It’s an unfolding revelation. As you discern this body and submit to the authority of this body, the Holy Spirit will continue to transfigure you from glory to glory.

His Life We Are Giving

His Life We Are Giving
His life we are giving,
In peace we are living,
His glory now shineth on you and on me.

True Word now is ringing,
His love it is bringing,
This joy, everlasting we see.

Bob and Charlotte Torango

God speaks to you through the Bible and all the various methods of divine revelation mentioned in the Bible.

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You need a personal relationship with Jesus Christ in which He leads, teaches, and corrects you moment by moment in every situation. Then, He speaks to you through the Bible and all the various methods of divine revelation mentioned in the Bible. He speaks visions of hope to you personally in your innermost being. Often, these visions come as momentary flashes of light, and you say, “Wow! I never saw that before.”

God is restoring the church to its original order and pattern. However, you can’t see the Biblical pattern and order in the church today. It’s not there yet. Some theologians even try to explain away the differences by making up an extra-Biblical “apostolic age.” When God shows you something isn’t according to the pattern of Scripture, you shouldn’t argue with Him. You need to acknowledge His voice and seek His face about what you must do.

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You need a personal relationship with Jesus Christ in which He leads, teaches, and corrects you moment by moment in every situation.

HIS LIFE IS NOW FLOWING

Since we were born into this mighty kingdom,
Our Lord has saved us from all vanity within.
He bids us come to partake of His goodness,
And leave behind the fleshly night of sin.

His life is now flowing from member to member.
The Body is growing to fullness in Him.
His Love is now flowing–the Fruit of the Spirit.
This Fruit is now growing to fullness in Him.

We daily walk–the Spirit is our teacher.
And as He teaches we yield to our Lord.
We have the part, but we will have the fullness.
If we keep walking, life is our reward.

His life is now flowing from member to member.
The Body is growing to fullness in Him.
His Love is now flowing–the Fruit of the Spirit.
This Fruit is now growing to fullness in Him.

Bob and Kathy Stenson, Freeware. Use it freely.

His Life is Now Flowing

When you read the Bible, God is speaking.

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The [physical human] body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one [physical human] body. So it is with Christ. ~ 1 Corinthians 12:12

When you read the Bible, God is speaking. I hope you’re listening to Him and thanking Him. In 1 Corinthians 12:12, God says the human body is a unit composed of many parts. Then, He says, “So it is with Christ.”  He DOESN’T say, “So it is with THE BODY OF Christ.” He says “So it is with Christ.”  Christ is the Head in heaven joined to the many-membered body here on earth.

When you discern the body of Christ, you see Christ in all the members of the body of Christ. You see gifts of the Spirit, ministries, offices, and orders. When you recognize and submit to the authority of gifts, ministries, offices, and orders, you recognize and submit to Christ. You carry the authority of the body of Christ everywhere as a member of this body. If I could, I would go into detail on the ways the nine gifts of the Spirit, ministries, offices, orders, and government of the Church work. Suffice it to say God has a pattern for His Church. It’s all in the Bible. We can’t deny those parts of Scripture that tell us about the pattern. The pattern of Scripture is different from what most churches follow. Change is hard, but changes will come. God has already revealed much, and the church has much that it must walk into.

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The [physical human] body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts.

The [physical human] body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one [physical human] body. So it is with Christ. ~ 1 Corinthians 12:12

When you read the Bible, God is speaking. I hope you’re listening to Him and thanking Him. In 1 Corinthians 12:12, God says the human body is a unit composed of many parts. Then, He says, “So it is with Christ.” He DOESN’T say, “So it is with THE BODY OF Christ.” He says “So it is with Christ.” Christ is the Head in heaven joined to the many-membered body here on earth.

When you discern the body of Christ, you see Christ in all the members of the body of Christ. You see gifts of the Spirit, ministries, offices, and orders. When you recognize and submit to the authority of gifts, ministries, offices, and orders, you recognize and submit to Christ. You carry the authority of the body of Christ everywhere as a member of this body. If I could, I would go into detail on the ways the nine gifts of the Spirit, ministries, offices, orders, and government of the Church work. Suffice it to say God has a pattern for His Church. It’s all in the Bible. We can’t deny those parts of Scripture that tell us about the pattern. The pattern of Scripture is different from what most churches follow. Change is hard, but changes will come. God has already revealed much, and the church has much that it must walk into.

 

HIS ABIDING PRESENCE IS SO SWEET

His abiding presence is so sweet.
Let us gather now at Jesus’ feet.
Standing in His presence sets us free,
And His abiding presence is so sweet.

His abiding presence is so sweet.
He alone is able to complete
All that He began to do in me,
And His abiding presence is so sweet.

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His Abiding Presence Is So Sweet

What’s this transfiguration?

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But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord. ~ 2 Corinthians 3:18

If you see it right, you see the body of Christ as God sees it. Only one Scripture identifies the veil, and the veil is a symbol of the flesh. It refers to the fleshly nature that blinds you so you can’t see reality as it really is. You can’t hear God’s voice, not even when you’re reading Scripture because of the veil of the flesh. Christ removes the veil from your face and you can see.  All you did was to focus on Him. You look as if looking into a mirror. You see the glory of the Lord in that image. And then, you’re transformed. The word translated as “transformed” is the Greek word “metamorphoo,” which means transfigured. It’s the same word used to describe the transfiguration of Jesus on the mountain. However, your transfiguration isn’t sudden. Rather, it goes from glory to glory by the Spirit of the Lord.

What’s happening? What’s this transfiguration? The fleshly veil is disappearing. Every stronghold of the fleshly veil is toppling. God is removing this veil like pealing back the layers of an onion. God removes a layer of lies. You feel like you’re finally seeing things right, but then God starts working on the next layer of the onion. At the same time, the Holy Spirit is sowing Christ into your heart. God speaks and the Holy Spirit sows Christ into your heart.

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transformed is metamorphoo is transfigured

But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord. ~ 2 Corinthians 3:18

If you see it right, you see the body of Christ as God sees it. Only one Scripture identifies the veil, and the veil is a symbol of the flesh. It refers to the fleshly nature that blinds you so you can’t see reality as it really is. You can’t hear God’s voice, not even when you’re reading Scripture because of the veil of the flesh. Christ removes the veil from your face and you can see. You. All you did was to focus on Him. You look as if looking into a mirror. You see the glory of the Lord in that image. And then, you’re transformed. The word translated as “transformed” is the Greek word “metamorphoo,” which means transfigured. It’s the same word used to describe the transfiguration of Jesus on the mountain. However, your transfiguration isn’t sudden. Rather, it goes from glory to glory by the Spirit of the Lord.

What’s happening? What’s this transfiguration? The fleshly veil is disappearing. Every stronghold of the fleshly veil is toppling. God is removing this veil like pealing back the layers of an onion. God removes a layer of lies. You feel like you’re finally seeing things right, but then God starts working on the next layer of the onion. At the same time, the Holy Spirit is sowing Christ into your heart. God speaks and the Holy Spirit sows Christ into your heart.

HERE WE WALK IN THE INTERIM

HERE WE WALK IN THE INTERIM

Here we walk in the interim
Between the promise and the full possession.
Let us walk on with God. Let us go on with Him.
Walk on with God in the way that He has chosen,
Step by step into the light ’till that morning so bright,
When the next step on our path is resurrection life.

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Here We Walk in the Interim

When God speaks and you listen, He gives you a vision of reality.

Seeing the Vision

When God speaks and you listen, He also gives you a vision of reality. In each moment, God reveals Himself. It’s as if you’re looking at a mirror.

For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror, and after observing himself goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so—not being a forgetful hearer, but an effective doer—he will be blessed in what he does. ~ James 1:23-25

It’s like a spiritual mirror. You look into God’s perfect law of liberty. Since this is a spiritual mirror, you don’t see the natural. You see the spiritual. You have a fleshly nature, but you don’t see this flesh in yourself. Each of your brothers and sisters has a fleshly nature, but you don’t see this flesh in them. You only see Christ. As you walk, you see more clearly because of the maturity that comes with walking. You’re less easily fooled by the deceitful and desperately wicked fleshly mind. You more easily recognize what comes from Christ.

So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh. Although we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. ~ 2 Corinthians 5:16

He shows you who you are in Christ, how you fit into the body of Christ, what is and isn’t part of the body of Christ, and what He wants you to do right now. Your responsibility is to hear and yield your will to Him. Then, He will say His words and do His acts through you.

Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. ~ 1 Corinthians 13:12

It may seem as if we can hardly see or hear in the Spirit, but keep walking. As you walk, you will mature. The Holy Spirit will form Christ in you more completely. Your rebellious sinful nature will die away. Believe God that He will complete His work in you.

Beloved, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when He appears [phaneroo], we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is. ~ 1 John 3:2
You are already the children of God. However, God hasn’t yet unveiled the fullness of what He has in store for you. However, as He becomes visible, you’re transfigured to be like Him because you see Him as He is.

The Greek word “phaneroo” means “becomes visible,” and Christ is becoming visible to you and visible in you. You see Him as you discern the body of Christ. You see what is and is not part of the body of Christ. Although some theologies put this Scripture off to the future, it’s for you right now. As Christ becomes visible to you, you shall be like Him for you see Him as He is. How is He? He’s a Head in heaven and a multi-membered body walking in submission to His righteousness on earth.

Here in my heart, create a holy zeal

Here in my heart, create a holy zeal
For Thy great Kingdom and show me what is real.
Test all my thoughts and actions now with fire.
Lord let Your Kingdom be my one desire.

Error and sin, Lord, You can conquer these.
They fight the Spirit just like a dread disease.
O’r all that hinders, take authority.
Lord, hush my ranting mind. I must hear Thee.

Come, topple all the strongholds in my mind.
And any theory that makes my eyes go blind.
Cause me to see, and have a willing ear.
Traditions, I now renounce, so I may hear.

How many forms and doctrines can there be.
The mind is an idol as is theology.
Let Your light shine on all I think I know.
Set me on Your foundation, there to grow.

Lord let me go where You would have me go.
Open Your Word by the Spirit’s mighty flow.
Let me discern the gifts and ministries.
O, give the eyes of faith that I might see.

Bob and Kathy Stenson, Freeware. Use it freely.

Here in My Heart

Your walk always begins with God leading.

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God is leading you by His Spirit. When He speaks, He speaks a vision touching all your spiritual senses. You hear Him, you feel Him, you smell Him, you taste Him, and you see Him. You aren’t mature yet, so your spiritual senses aren’t fully developed, but you’re learning to hear His voice, see His vision, and yield in submission.

You say you’re walking in the Spirit. If you’re walking, you’re going somewhere. You’re on the Way, and this Way is Jesus Christ. He is the Way, Truth, and Life. You could compare your moment-by-moment progress as you travel on this Way to taking a physical step on a path. A single step seems like nothing. However, each step is important since each step brings you closer to your goal of God’s Kingdom.

Your walk always begins with God leading. Since Christ guides you, trains you, and corrects you moment by moment in every part of your life, you can choose to listen or you can choose to ignore Him.

How does He lead you? He speaks to you through Scripture. He also speaks to you through all the means of divine revelation God shows you through Scripture. He speaks to you directly through a still small voice. He speaks through a word of knowledge or a word of wisdom. He speaks through dreams and visions. He leads through those members He sets in offices of authority in the Church. And He leads through every member as you build each other up in love.

Therefore I inform you that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit. ~ 1 Corinthians 12:2-3

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God is leading you by His Spirit. When He speaks, He speaks a vision.

God is leading you by His Spirit. When He speaks, He speaks a vision touching all your spiritual senses. You hear Him, you feel Him, you smell Him, you taste Him, and you see Him. You aren’t mature yet, so your spiritual senses aren’t fully developed, but you’re learning to hear His voice, see His vision, and yield in submission.

You say you’re walking in the Spirit. If you’re walking, you’re going somewhere. You’re on the Way, and this Way is Jesus Christ. He is the Way, Truth, and Life. You could compare your moment-by-moment progress as you travel on this Way to taking a physical step on a path. A single step seems like nothing. However, each step is important since each step brings you closer to your goal of God’s Kingdom.

Your walk always begins with God leading. Since Christ guides you, trains you, and corrects you moment by moment in every part of your life, you can choose to listen or you can choose to ignore Him.

How does He lead you? He speaks to you through Scripture. He also speaks to you through all the means of divine revelation God shows you through Scripture. He speaks to you directly through a still small voice. He speaks through a word of knowledge or a word of wisdom. He speaks through dreams and visions. He leads through those members He sets in offices of authority in the Church. And He leads through every member as you build each other up in love.

Therefore I inform you that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit. ~ 1 Corinthians 12:2-3

HEAVEN IS WITHIN AND IT’S AT HAND

Some folks think that heaven is a place that is afar.
Some folks think it’s hidden high above the highest star.
They have not been able to define it so it seems,
For heaven is within and it’s at hand.

Let’s not push God’s blessing to some future time and place.
Let us enter fully in the power of His grace.
He tells us to enter and His promises embrace,
For heaven is within and it’s at hand.
We’re seated now with Jesus in the mighty heavenlies,
Mortal eyes won’t see it ’til our bodies are redeemed.
Called out saints take hold of heaven’s high authority,
For heaven is within and it’s at hand.

Many a skilled painter tried to visualize a dream.
Many theologians have devised their clever schemes.
They have not been able to define it so it seems,
For heaven is within and it’s at hand.

Let’s not push God’s blessing to some future time and place.
Let us enter fully in the power of His grace.
He tells us to enter and His promises embrace,
For heaven is within and it’s at hand.
We’re seated now with Jesus in the mighty heavenlies,
Mortal eyes won’t see it ’til our bodies are redeemed.
Called out saints take hold of heaven’s high authority,
For heaven is within and it’s at hand.

Folks have tried to get there by most every human means.
Some claimed secret knowledge that they thought would be the key.
They have not been able to define it so it seems,
For heaven is within and it’s at hand.

Let’s not push God’s blessing to some future time and place.
Let us enter fully in the power of His grace.
He tells us to enter and His promises embrace,
For heaven is within and it’s at hand.
We’re seated now with Jesus in the mighty heavenlies,
Mortal eyes won’t see it ’til our bodies are redeemed.
Called out saints take hold of heaven’s high authority,
For heaven is within and it’s at hand.

Heaven’s height is not a height that natural eyes can see.
Heaven is a place in God of high authority.
Jesus won it for us, and God gives it to us free,
For heaven is within and it’s at hand.

Let’s not push God’s blessing to some future time and place.
Let us enter fully in the power of His grace.
He tells us to enter and His promises embrace,
For heaven is within and it’s at hand.
We’re seated now with Jesus in the mighty heavenlies,
Mortal eyes won’t see it ’til our bodies are redeemed.
Called out saints take hold of heaven’s high authority,
For heaven is within and it’s at hand.

For heaven is within and it’s at hand.

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Heaven is Within and Its at Hand

You must yield. That’s your part. That’s your responsibility.

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God intends to transform you, to transfigure you from one level of glory to the next, into the image and likeness of Christ. How? By grace, which is through faith. Faith comes by hearing and hearing comes by God’s rhema, or utterance. As God leads you, He speaks His Rhema or Logos into you. Keep in mind that this Logos is Christ Himself. That’s why Jesus is the Author and Finisher of your faith. God’s faith gives you access to God’s grace. God’s grace does God’s works through you as you yield to His gift of righteousness.

You must yield. That’s your part. That’s your responsibility. Your responsibility is to stop fighting against God. That’s what yielding to God is. It’s not fighting God. As you yield to the point of obedience by the power of the Holy Spirit, the Logos transfigures you a little bit with each new willing submission to the Logos. God is doing two things. First, He’s purifying you by removing the fleshly nature. The flesh can’t be reformed. It must die. Second, He’s forming Christ completely within you. You are purified, and you are edified or built up in Christ. The Holy Spirit does this incrementally as you yield to Him. That’s what holiness is. It’s Christ formed in you and the fleshly nature purified from you.

You could condense that. God leads you. You follow. As you yield to Him in willing submission, the Holy Spirit changes you a little bit each time.

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Heaven and Earth Are Passed Away

Heaven and earth are passed away,
It’s the completion of an age.
Where grace did abound,
Now righteousness found,
And we sing, for we are His new Day.

Bob and Charlotte Torango

You probably wouldn’t bother reading this post if you were among those who were at ease in Zion.

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Many choose the middle ground. They don’t want to be hot or cold. They stand between totally depending on God and depending on intellect, emotions, and the culture. They are religious and may even be radical. Instead of following Christ, they follow doctrines, organizations, persuasive leaders, or something else other than Christ. We are fast approaching a day where it won’t be possible to be lukewarm. No one will be able to stay on the fence. Everyone will have to make a decision.

Woe to those at ease in Zion and those secure on Mount Samaria, the distinguished ones of the foremost nation, to whom the house of Israel comes. ~ Amos 6:1

Today, Zion refers to the church. It’s possible to settle into complacency in the church and be at ease in Zion. Many know about the promises in Scripture but have no desire to partake of the authority and power Jesus purchased on Calvary. You probably wouldn’t bother reading this post if you were among those who were at ease in Zion.

The Lord’s abiding presence, His parousia, is coming in His people. This isn’t the bodily return of Christ to the earth but the conclusion of God restoring His church after the great falling away from God’s patterns and ways. Saints from every denomination and division of God’s people are learning to discern God’s voice from all others. They’re turning from their double-mindedness and their favorite sins. They’re turning from idols such as entertainment, human intellect, pleasure, and possessions. They’re turning from religiosity to the living Christ: Christ in you the hope of glory.

So let us know—let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth. ~ Hosea 6:3

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