coming in new book, Putting the Handcuffs on God

This verse is the one that prompted my making note in the margin of my bible back 40 years ago: "Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel." Psalm 78:41

I had no thought at the time of writing a book about such activity.

Yet, a couple of years ago, I was reading in Matthew chapter 13 and ran across this verse that initiated the thought of writing a book…"And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief." Matthew 13:58

Soon to be published, a book of 26 brief chapters, each a quick look at activities that Saints can engage in that limit God, putting the handcuffs on Him so to speak. One such simple thing is: a root of bitterness. Unforgiveness, holding grudges, hanging on to hurts…to the point this root of bitterness springs up. But, as always with God, there is Good News. God has a solution. Find out in "Putting the Handcuffs on God."

land of make believe

      In Christianity today there is so much teaching and preaching that encourages us to live in the land of make believe. There are even popular books (actually, most popular…best sellers) that are strictly make believe.

There is no such thing in God’s Word. We are told by God to Live in the land of BELIEVE. Not make believe. Believe God. Pure and simple. Period.

If typology doesn’t make us to believe and trust God more, then it is a form of spiritual gymnology. Good workout, but still not playing in the game.

Holy Ghost - reception of...

All Saints receive the Holy Ghost at:

·         believing God’s record of Jesus Christ

·         trusting in Christ’s payment for sin

·         instantly being Born Again

·         instantly becoming a New Creation, New Creature

·         instantly possessing God’s Holy Nature/Divine Nature

…Who IS Holy Ghost with His Holy Soul (hence the 2^nd soul in Saints)

·         instantly sealed with God’s Eternal Life

…never again in danger of being a sinner or, of committing the unpardonable sin

 

hearing the Truth

 

No one is ever the same after hearing the Truth. It may be temporarily denied, ignored, or forgotten…but we will meet it again.

 

p.s. for my own edification, I was taught long ago to always have a pen and notepad with me so I could write down good thoughts. Thoughts are so fleeting, and sometimes difficult to get back...just saying.

new book: Putting the Handcuffs on God

 

Soon to be published: Putting the Handcuffs on God. Will first be available on Amazon, then soon thereafter on Kindle (eBook form).

Stimulating connections of actions that Saints can make where the Holy Scriptures say God is limited in what He can or will do in the life of His people. Limited. Handcuffs limit. Get the connection?

Surprisingly, I wrote this title in the margin of my bible while reading Psalm 78 one day. Check that one out to see if you spot the key verse for the book!

Some will read this book and be shocked. Some will read it and be mad. Some will read it and be GLAD…to have issues revealed that have been plaguing them for years. Many years in some cases.

And each chapter gives God’s correction and remedy to remove the handcuffs!

Giving Place to the enemy

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down on your wrath: neither give place to the devil. Ephesians 4:26-27

Many are aware of this admonition from God. It is a striking warning: neither give place to the devil. I wonder how many Saints ever consider what that means, or how we can do so (besides letting the sun go down on our wrath)?

There is one way that so many Saints have no idea they are giving place to the devil. This is to function in the old mind that is in the residue of the old soul left over from our first birth. That Saints have two souls is known by very few, even though many verses tell of this fact. The problem is the parabolism of Scripture that leaves those not functioning in the Mind of God in no position to See, Know, or Understand Scripture.

It is imperative for Saints to become aware of having the Holy Soul of God as well as the old, natural soul left over at the New Birth. It is imperative for Saints to always be functioning in the Holy Soul of God.

Aware of the work of the enemy

The enemy's work began in Genesis 3:1, "Yea, hath God said...?" All attacks begin at this premise.

If the enemy can't get you to question whether God has said something or not, or just exactly what God has said...or to not believe what God has said...he will change what God has said.

And he has many willing workers today doing just that.

Let me give an example of how Saints fold under the enemy's working...some say, "God understands. He won't mind if I get angry, get a divorce, take it out on the one who hurt me." All this is based on incorrect feelings, and denying God's Words.                                                                    God has said, "Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: Neither give place to the devil." (Ephesians 4:26-27).                                                                                               And God has said, "What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder." (Matthew 19:3-12).                                                                                                                                         And God has said, "Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven." (Matthew 18:21-22).

All of this is why it is so important for Saints to always be functioning in the Supernatural Spiritual Mind of God that we possess (1 Corinthians 2:16). Jesus told us that explicitly in Matthew chapter 13. In fact, Jesus was speaking then of our hearing from God, reading what God has given in His Word, all of the parabolic teaching in the Holy Scriptures. Only Saints in the Mind of God can know and understand what God has said.

The tragedy is that too many Saints don't know they have the Mind of God, or choose to function in the devilish old mind (natural mind, carnal mind - Romans 8:6-7) still present in Saints.

Enjoying God's Grace

The Grace of God is entirely, wholly, God's Work. All of Him, none of me.

"Lord, I receive Your Grace working in me to _________________."