Why We Must Think Rightly About God 为什么我们必须正确思考上帝

 The Church has surrendered her once lofty concept of God and has substituted for it one so low, so ignoble, as to be utterly unworthy of thinking, worshiping men. This she has not done deliberately, but little by little and without her knowledge; and her very unawareness only makes her situation all the more tragic. The low view of God entertained almost universally among Christians is the cause of a hundred lesser evils everywhere among us.

教会已经放弃了她曾经崇高的上帝观念，取而代之的是一种如此低下、如此卑鄙、完全不值得思考和崇拜人类的观念。她并不是故意这样做的，而是在她不知情的情况下一点一点地做的。而她的无知只会让她的处境变得更加悲惨。基督徒几乎普遍对上帝抱有低下的看法，这是我们各地一百种小恶的根源。

L’Église a abandonné sa conception autrefois élevée de Dieu et lui a substitué une conception si basse, si ignoble, qu’elle est totalement indigne de penser et d’adorer les hommes. Elle ne l'a pas fait délibérément, mais peu à peu et à son insu ; et son inconscience ne fait que rendre sa situation encore plus tragique. La mauvaise opinion de Dieu que l’on entretient presque universellement parmi les chrétiens est la cause de cent maux moindres partout parmi nous.

What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.

当我们想到上帝时，我们脑海中浮现的就是关于我们最重要的事情。 Ce qui nous vient à l’esprit lorsque nous pensons à Dieu est la chose la plus importante à notre sujet.

The history of mankind will probably show that no people has ever risen above its religion, and man’s spiritual history will positively demonstrate that no religion has ever been greater than its idea of God. Worship is pure or base as the worshiper entertains high or low thoughts of God.

人类的历史可能会表明，没有任何一个民族能够超越其宗教，而人类的精神历史也将积极地表明，没有任何一种宗教能够超越其对上帝的观念。敬拜的纯洁或卑贱取决于敬拜者对神的思想高低。 L’histoire de l’humanité montrera probablement qu’aucun peuple ne s’est jamais élevé au-dessus de sa religion, et l’histoire spirituelle de l’homme démontrera positivement qu’aucune religion n’a jamais été plus grande que son idée de Dieu. L'adoration est pure ou basse selon que l'adorateur entretient des pensées élevées ou basses à propos de Dieu.

For this reason the gravest question before the Church is always God Himself, and the most portentous fact about any man is not what he at a given time may say or do, but what he in his deep heart conceives God to be like. We tend by a secret law of the soul to move toward our mental image of God. This is true not only of the individual Christian, but of the company of Christians that composes the Church. Always the most revealing thing about the Church is her idea of God, just as her most significant message is what she says about Him or leaves unsaid, for her silence is often more eloquent than her speech. She can never escape the self-disclosure of her witness concerning God. 

因此，摆在教会面前的最严重的问题始终是上帝本身，而任何人最不祥的事实不是他在特定时间会说什么或做什么，而是他内心深处将上帝想象成什么样子。我们倾向于通过灵魂的秘密法则走向我们心目中上帝的形象。这不仅适用于基督徒个人，也适用于组成教会的基督徒团体。关于教会，最能说明问题的就是她对上帝的看法，就像她最重要的信息是她所说的或未说的关于上帝的事情一样，因为她的沉默往往比她的演讲更有说服力。她永远无法逃避她对上帝的见证的自我揭露。 C’est pour cette raison que la question la plus grave qui se pose à l’Église est toujours celle de Dieu lui-même, et le fait le plus prodigieux concernant un homme n’est pas ce qu’il peut dire ou faire à un moment donné, mais ce qu’il conçoit au plus profond de son cœur comme étant Dieu. Nous avons tendance, par une loi secrète de l'âme, à nous diriger vers notre image mentale de Dieu. Cela est vrai non seulement pour le chrétien individuel, mais aussi pour le groupe de chrétiens qui compose l’Église. Ce qui est toujours le plus révélateur de l'Église, c'est son idée de Dieu, tout comme son message le plus significatif est ce qu'elle dit de Lui ou ce qu'elle ne dit pas, car son silence est souvent plus éloquent que son discours. Elle ne peut jamais échapper à la révélation de son témoignage concernant Dieu.

Were we able to extract from any man a complete answer to the question, “What comes into your mind when you think about God?” we might predict with certainty the spiritual future of that man. Were we able to know exactly what our most influential religious leaders think of God today, we might be able with some precision to foretell where the Church will stand tomorrow.

 对于“当你想到上帝时，你的脑海中会出现什么？”这个问题，我们是否能够从任何人那里得到完整的答案？我们可以肯定地预测那个人的精神未来。如果我们能够准确地知道当今最有影响力的宗教领袖对上帝的看法，我们也许能够准确地预测教会明天的立场。  Étions-nous capables d’extraire de n’importe quel homme une réponse complète à la question : « Qu’est-ce qui vous vient à l’esprit lorsque vous pensez à Dieu ? nous pourrions prédire avec certitude l’avenir spirituel de cet homme. Si nous pouvions savoir exactement ce que nos dirigeants religieux les plus influents pensent de Dieu aujourd’hui, nous pourrions peut-être prédire avec une certaine précision quelle sera la position de l’Église demain.

Without doubt, the mightiest thought the mind can entertain is the thought of God, and the weightiest word in any language is its word for God. Thought and speech are God’s gifts to creatures made in His image; these are intimately associated with Him and impossible apart from him. It is highly significant that the first word was the Word: “And the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” We may speak because God spoke. In Him word and idea are indivisible.

毫无疑问，心灵所能容纳的最强大的思想就是上帝的思想，而任何语言中最有分量的词就是它对上帝的描述。思想和言语是上帝赐予按照他的形象创造的生物的礼物；这些都与他密切相关，离开他就不可能发生。非常重要的是，第一个词是道：“道与神同在，道就是神。”我们可以说话，因为神说话了。在他里面，言语和观念是不可分割的。 Sans aucun doute, la pensée la plus puissante que l’esprit puisse entretenir est la pensée de Dieu, et le mot le plus important dans n’importe quelle langue est le mot désignant Dieu. La pensée et la parole sont des dons de Dieu aux créatures créées à son image ; ceux-ci lui sont intimement associés et impossibles sans lui. Il est hautement significatif que le premier mot soit la Parole : « Et la Parole était avec Dieu, et la Parole était Dieu ». Nous pouvons parler parce que Dieu a parlé. En Lui, la parole et l'idée sont indivisibles.

That our idea of God corresponds as nearly as possible to the true being of God is of immense importance to us. Compared with our actual thoughts about Him, our creedal statements are of little consequence. Our real idea of God may lie buried under the rubbish of conventional religious notions and may require an intelligent and vigorous search before it is finally unearthed and exposed for what it is. Only after an ordeal of painful self-probing are we likely to discover what we actually believe about God. 

我们对上帝的看法尽可能接近上帝的真实存在，这对我们来说非常重要。与我们对他的真实想法相比，我们的信条陈述并不重要。我们对上帝的真实想法可能被埋藏在传统宗教观念的垃圾之下，可能需要明智而积极的探索，才能最终被挖掘出来并揭露其真相。只有经过痛苦的自我反省之后，我们才有可能发现我们对上帝的真实信仰。

Que notre idée de Dieu corresponde autant que possible à l’être véritable de Dieu est d’une immense importance pour nous. Comparées à nos pensées réelles à son sujet, nos déclarations de croyance ont peu d’importance. Our real idea of God may lie buried under the rubbish of conventional religious notions and may require an intelligent and vigorous search before it is finally unearthed and exposed for what it is. Ce n’est qu’après une épreuve d’introspection douloureuse que nous pourrons découvrir ce que nous croyons réellement au sujet de Dieu.

A right conception of God is basic not only to systematic theology but to practical Christian living as well. It is to worship what the foundation is to the temple; where it is inadequate or out of plumb the whole structure must sooner or later collapse. I believe there is scarcely an error in doctrine or a failure in applying Christian ethics that cannot be traced finally to imperfect and ignoble thoughts about God. 

正确的上帝观念不仅是系统神学的基础，也是基督徒实际生活的基础。敬拜是圣殿的根基；如果不充分或不垂直，整个结构迟早会倒塌。我相信几乎所有的教义错误或应用基督教伦理的失败最终都可以追溯到对上帝的不完美和不光彩的想法。 Une conception juste de Dieu est fondamentale non seulement pour la théologie systématique mais aussi pour la vie chrétienne pratique. C'est adorer ce qu'est le fondement du temple ; là où elle est inadéquate ou mal d'aplomb, la structure entière doit tôt ou tard s'effondrer. Je crois qu’il n’y a guère d’erreur de doctrine ou d’échec dans l’application de l’éthique chrétienne qui ne puisse être attribuée à des pensées imparfaites et ignobles à l’égard de Dieu.

It is my opinion that the Christian conception of God current in these middle years of the twentieth century is so decadent as to be utterly beneath the dignity of the Most High God and actually to constitute for professed believers something amounting to a moral calamity.  我认为，二十世纪中叶流行的基督教上帝观念是如此颓废，完全有损至高上帝的尊严，实际上对自称信徒的人来说构成了一场道德灾难。 J’estime que la conception chrétienne de Dieu actuelle en ce milieu du XXe siècle est si décadente qu’elle est totalement en dessous de la dignité du Dieu Très-Haut et constitue en fait pour les croyants déclarés quelque chose qui équivaut à une calamité morale.

All the problems of heaven and earth, though they were to confront us together and at once, would be nothing compared with the overwhelming problem of God: That He is; what He is like; and what we as moral beings must do about Him.  天上和地上的所有问题，尽管它们同时摆在我们面前，但与上帝压倒性的问题相比，这些问题都算不了什么：他是什么？他是什么样子；以及我们作为有道德的人必须对他做什么。 Tous les problèmes du ciel et de la terre, même s’ils devaient nous affronter ensemble et en même temps, ne seraient rien comparés au problème écrasant de Dieu : qu’Il ​​est ; à quoi il ressemble ; et ce que nous, en tant qu'êtres moraux, devons faire à son sujet.

The man who comes to a right belief about God is relieved of ten thousand temporal problems, for he sees at once that these have to do with matters which at the most cannot concern him for very long; but even if the multiple burdens of time may be lifted from him, the one mighty single burden of eternity begins to press down upon him with a weight more crushing than all the woes of the world piled one upon another. That mighty burden is his obligation to God. It includes an instant and lifelong duty to love God with every power of mind and soul, to obey Him perfectly, and to worship Him acceptably. And when the man’s laboring conscience tells him that he has done none of these things, but has from childhood been guilty of foul revolt against the Majesty in the heavens, the inner pressure of self accusation may become too heavy to bear.  一个对上帝有正确信仰的人会摆脱一万个暂时的问题，因为他立即意识到这些问题与他至多不会长期关注的事情有关；而这些问题最多不会让他长期关心。但是，即使时间的多重负担可以从他身上卸下，永恒的单一强大负担也开始压在他身上，其重量比世界上所有的痛苦叠加在一起更令人沉重。这个巨大的负担就是他对上帝的义务。它包括立即和终生的责任，即尽心尽性地爱上帝，完全服从他，并以可接受的方式敬拜他。而当一个人的良心告诉他，他并没有做过这些事，而是从小就犯下了反抗天上至尊的罪恶时，内心的自责压力可能会变得沉重而难以承受。L'homme qui parvient à une croyance juste au sujet de Dieu est soulagé de dix mille problèmes temporels, car il voit immédiatement que ceux-ci ont à voir avec des questions qui, tout au plus, ne peuvent pas le concerner très longtemps ; mais même si les multiples fardeaux du temps peuvent être soulagés de lui, le puissant fardeau unique de l’éternité commence à peser sur lui avec un poids plus écrasant que tous les malheurs du monde empilés les uns sur les autres. Ce puissant fardeau est son obligation envers Dieu. Cela inclut le devoir immédiat et permanent d’aimer Dieu de toutes les forces de l’esprit et de l’âme, de lui obéir parfaitement et de l’adorer de manière acceptable. Et lorsque la conscience laborieuse de l’homme lui dit qu’il n’a fait aucune de ces choses, mais qu’il s’est rendu coupable dès son enfance d’une révolte ignoble contre la Majesté des cieux, la pression intérieure de l’auto-accusation peut devenir trop lourde à supporter.

The gospel can lift this destroying burden from the mind; give beauty for ashes, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness. But unless the weight of the burden is felt the gospel can mean nothing to the man; and until he sees a vision of God high and lifted up, there will be no woe and no burden. Low views of God destroy the gospel for all who hold them.

Among the sins to which the human heart is prone, hardly any other is more hateful to God than idolatry, for idolatry is at bottom a libel on His character. The idolatrous heart assumes that God is other than He is – in itself a monstrous sin – and substitutes for the true God one made after its own likeness. Always this God will conform to the image of the one who created it and will be base or pure, cruel or kind, according to the moral state of the mind from which it emerges.

A god begotten in the shadows of a fallen heart will naturally be no true likeness of the true God. “You thought,” said the Lord to the wicked man in the psalm, “that I was altogether such an one as yourself.” Surely this must be a serious affront to the Most High God before whom cherubim and seraphim continually do cry, “Holy, holy, holy, lord God of Hosts.”

Let us beware lest we in our pride accept the erroneous notion that idolatry consists only in kneeling before visible objects of adoration, and that civilized peoples are therefore free from it. The essence of idolatry is the entertainment of thoughts about God that are unworthy of Him. It begins in the mind and may be present where no overt act of worship has taken place. “When they knew God,” wrote Paul, “they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.”

Then followed the worship of idols fashioned after the likeness of men and birds and beasts and creeping things. But this series of degrading acts began in the mind. Wrong ideas about God are not only the fountain from which the polluted waters of idolatry flow; they are themselves idolatrous. The idolater simply imagines things about God and acts as if they were true.

Perverted notions about God soon rot the religion in which they appear. The long career of Israel demonstrates this clearly enough, and the history of the Church confirms it. So necessary to the Church is a lofty concept of God that when that concept in any measure declines, the Church with her worship and her moral standards declines along with it. The first step down for any church is taken when it surrenders its high opinion of God.

Before the Christian Church goes into eclipse anywhere there must first be a corrupting of her simple basic theology. She simply gets a wrong answer to the question, “What is God like?” and goes on from there. Though she may continue to cling to a sound nominal creed, her practical working creed has become false. The masses of her adherents come to believe that God is different from what He actually is; and that is heresy of the most insidious and deadly kind.

The heaviest obligation lying upon the Christian Church today is to purify and elevate her concept of God until it is once more worthy of Him — and of her. In all her prayers and labors this should have first place. We do the greatest service to the next generation of Christians by passing on to them undimmed and undiminished that noble concept of God which we received from our Hebrew and Christian fathers of generations past. This will prove of greater value to them than anything that art or science can devise.

Speaking God's Word Repeatedly Rewires Your Mind

 Your mind is being programmed every day. The question is: who is doing the programming? 

In this powerful biblical teaching, we explore how the Word of God renews the mind, strengthens the inner man, and transforms the way believers think, respond, and live. Drawing from Scripture, the teachings of Romans 12:2, Romans 10:17, Joshua 1:8, and modern discoveries about neuroplasticity, you'll learn practical steps to replace negative thought patterns with God's truth.

You'll discover: 

 ✅ Why most believers struggle with mental strongholds 

✅ How faith comes by hearing the Word of God 

 ✅ The biblical connection between confession and transformation 

✅ How speaking Scripture rewires your thinking 

 ✅ The 5-step process for renewing your mind 

✅ Why consistency matters more than emotion 

✅ How to build a daily Word-centered lifestyle 

The five steps include: 

1. Be Stil 

2. Meditate on the Word 

3. Speak the Word Out Loud 

4. Anchor Scripture to Daily Habits 

5. Commit to 21 Days of Consistency

Respected reader, your mind is being programmed every single day. The question is not whether it is happening. The question is who is doing the programming, the word of God or everything else competing for your attention. 

Stay with us through this teaching because you are going to see and understand exactly how speaking the word of God repeatedly rewires your mind. Not just spiritually, but physically, too. And by the time we finish, you will never approach the Word the same way again. 

Most believers have never seriously asked that question. They assume that because they attend church, read their Bible occasionally, and believe the right things theologically, their mind is being shaped by the Word. 

But we identified something that dismantles that assumption completely. 

 Note: The church as a whole is unfamiliar with the recreated spirit. Because our spirits are undeveloped, we are powerless. We face a crisis and we panic. We face sickness and we run to the world before we run to the Father. Undeveloped, powerless, panicking. 

 Not because the Word is not true, not because God is not faithful, but because the mind, the part of the believer that interfaces with daily life, has never been systematically, deliberately, consistently renewed with the Word of God. 

Romans 12:2, "Be not conformed to this world, but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind." Transformed by the renewing of the mind, not by getting saved again, not by attending more services, by the renewing, the ongoing deliberate daily process of replacing the old programming with the Word of God until the mind thinks differently, responds differently, and produces a different life.

 And here is where something remarkable happens when you place this verse next to what modern neuroscience has discovered about how the brain actually works. Scientists call it neuroplasticity. The brain 🧠 is not fixed. It changes physically, structurally, based on what you consistently think and what you consistently hear. Every thought you repeat carves a pathway. The more you repeat it, the deeper the groove. The deeper the groove, the more automatic the response until what started as a lie  you heard once becomes a conviction you live from without questioning it. "I am not enough." "I always fail." "God might come through for others but not for me." These are not just thoughts. They are grooves carved deep by years of repetition running automatically below the level of conscious awareness shaping every decision, every prayer, every response to every situation. 

And Romans 10:17 is the verse that gives you the   counter strategy. Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God.

Faith, the governing reality of the inner man, comes by hearing, by the Word entering the ears consistently, repeatedly, persistently until it carves new grooves, new pathways, new automatic responses that come from the truth rather than the lie. 

This is identified not as a motivational technique, but as a spiritual law. 

The Word of God spoken consistently into your own hearing feeds the hidden man of the heart, develops the inner man, strengthens the spirit until it is strong enough to govern the mind rather than be governed by it. 

Today we are going to show you exactly how to do that. Five practical steps rooted in scripture and confirmed by what science now understands about the brain 🧠 that will systematically replace the old programming with the Word of God. 

Not overnight, not in a single emotional experience. But through a daily discipline that is identified as the most important thing a believer can give consistent attention to. 

 The renewing of the mind starting with step one.  

 The battle for your mind is not primarily psychological. It is spiritual. 2 Corinthians 10:4. The weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds. A stronghold is a false belief reinforced by repetition until it becomes the lens through which you interpret everything.  "Things never work out for me." "God does not hear my prayers."  "I have tried this before and it did not work." Not random   thoughts, strongholds built through years of hearing the wrong things and pulled down by the same mechanism that built them. Repetition, but this time the repetition of truth. 

John 8:32. You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. Know it in the hidden man of the heart as a governing reality. The mind has been renewed to think from. That knowing is what the five steps produce. Starting with the most underestimated one. 

Step one, be still. 

Most people skip this step entirely.  They go straight to confessing scriptures, reading the Word, declaring promises, and wonder why nothing seems   to penetrate, why the words bounce off the surface of their thinking without ever reaching the place where change actually happens. We identified the reason. 

Shut yourself in alone with your own spirit where the clamor of the world is shut out.

 The clamor of the world is shut out, not reduced, not turned down to a manageable volume. Shut out. Because the inner man, the hidden man of the heart, where the renewing actually takes place, cannot receive new programming when the outer world is broadcasting at full volume into the mind. 

Psalm 46:10. Be still and know that l am God. Be still and know the knowing comes through the stillness. The Word that is going to rewire your mind cannot get into the deep inner man while your attention is split between your phone, your fears, your to-do list, and the noise of everything competing for your focus. 

 And neuroscience confirms what scripture established thousands of years ago. When the brain is in a state of stillness, when the constant firing of anxious, distracted, reactive thought patterns slows down, it becomes far more receptive to new input. The mental grip of the old grooves loosens, and new truth has the space to land. 

Isaiah 30:15, "In returning and rest shall ye be saved, in quietness and confidence shall be your strength." 

 Quietness and confidence, not straining and striving. Quietness, the deliberate creation of inner stillness as the prerequisite to receiving what God wants to deposit. So the first step is the simplest and the most costly. 

Every day before the world gets the first word, you stop, you sit, you turn off the noise and you give the hidden man of the heart the one thing he cannot develop without space, silence, your undivided attention. 

Step two, meditate on the word. Biblical meditation is not what most people think it is. It is not sitting quietly in peaceful reflection. It is not emptying the mind. It is not a passive spiritual experience. 

The Hebrew word for meditate in Joshua 1:8 is hagger. It means to mutter, to speak softly, to rehearse, to repeat. It describes the sound a lion makes over its prey, the couping of a dove, the process of a cow chewing its cud, eating, bringing it back, chewing again, extracting every particle of nourishment. 

Joshua 1:8. This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein. For then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. 

 Notice where it starts, not in the eyes, in the mouth 👄. This book shall not depart out of your mouth. Biblical meditation is vocal. It is the active, deliberate, sustained speaking of the word into your own ears until it moves from the surface of your thinking into the governing center of your inner man. It can be described this way. The Word of God must become flesh in you, not information about God stored in the mind. The Word itself becoming a present  living governing reality in the spirit through the sustained practice of meditating until it drops from the head  into the heart. 

Psalm 1 verse 2 and 3. Blessed is the man who meditates on the word day and night. He shall be like a tree planted by rivers of water. His leaf shall not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.

 A tree planted by water does not struggle to find nourishment. It does not panic in drought because its roots reach a constant deep source of life. And meditation plants the Word  deep in the inner man. So when the crisis comes when the old groove tries to fire, automatically the truth that has been meditated deep into the spirit rises faster. Not because you worked hard in that moment to believe.  Because you meditated consistently in the ordinary moments before it. That is step two and it is the mechanism through which the rewiring actually happens. 

Step three, speak the word out loud. This is the step that separates believers who experience transformation from believers who only experience information. 

Romans 10:17.  Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Word of God. 

Not faith comes by reading. Not faith comes by knowing, by hearing. And you hear yourself more than you hear anyone else. Every word that comes out of your mouth enters your own ears first before it reaches anyone around you. 

Which means the confession of your mouth is not just what you say to others. It is what you are constantly saying to yourself. And what you consistently say to yourself becomes what your inner man eventually accepts as governing reality. 

Let us pressed this point into our spirit with everything we have.  "Man's faith is measured by his confession. His joy is measured by his confession. One does not enjoy more of the reality of spiritual truth than he confesses. One does not enjoy more than he confesses." Which means the ceiling on your spiritual experience is not what God has provided. It is what you have been saying. And what you have been saying has been forming the grooves that govern how you think, how you pray, and how you respond to every situation in your life. 

Proverbs 18 verse 21. Death and life are in the power of the tongue. 

 Not some death and some life. Death and life, the full weight of both in the power of the tongue. Your words are not neutral. They are not just sounds that evaporate into the air. They are either carving grooves of truth into your inner man or carving grooves of defeat, lack, fear, and unworthiness. 

And every morning you choose which grooves get deeper. So what does this look like practically? 

You take the verse you are meditating on and you speak 🗣️ it out loud into your own👂🏽ears👂🏽. Not once, not as a formula you rush through, but deliberately with the full understanding that you are   issuing a programming command to the inner man. 

If the lie running on repeat is "I am not enough", the truth you speak is Philippians 4:13. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Not I hope I can. Not l am trying to believe l can. I can,  present tense, spoken with authority into your own hearing. 

If the lie is " l am unworthy of God's blessing", the truth you speak is Romans 8:1. There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus.

If the lie is " nothing ever changes for me", the truth you speak is 2 Corinthians 5:17.  If any man be in Christ, he is a new creation. Old things are passed away. All things are become new. 

Speak it in the morning. 

Speak it when you are driving. 

Speak it when the old groove tries to fire. 

Speak it before you sleep. 

Let your own voice become the preacher that your inner man hears most consistently. 

Step four, pick one verse and anchor it to your daily habits. 

This is where neuroscience and scripture converge in the most practical way. 

 Scientists call it habit stacking. 

 Anchoring a new behavior to something you already do every day. The new habit piggybacks on the existing one until it becomes as automatic as the original. 

   And the application to renewing your mind is immediate. Tape your verse to the bathroom mirror. Speak it while brushing yourteeth. Make it your phone wallpaper. Speak it every time you unlock your screen. Write it on a card and put it on your desk. Speak it before you open your laptop. Keep it in your car. Speak it at every red light. The goal is not to create a rigid ritual. 

    The goal is to make the Word unavoidable, to engineer your environment so that the truth you are meditating on keeps entering your ears at the moments when the old grooves are most likely to fire. 

Deuteronomy 6:6 and 7. And these words which I command you this day shall be in your heart, and you shalt teach them diligently. You shalt talk of them when thou sitest in thine house, and when thou walst by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. When you sit, when you walk, when you lie down, when you rise up. The Word was never designed to be confined to a 30 minutes devotional in the morning. It was designed to be woven into the fabric of daily life, spoken, heard, rehearsed at every natural transition of the day. That is not a burdensome religious discipline. That is the engineering of an environment where the truth gets more airtime than the lie. Where the groove of God's Word gets deeper every day, while the groove of the enemy's voice gets shallower from neglect. 

Pick one verse, anchor it to what you already do, and repeat. 

Step five, commit to 21 days of consistency. 

      This is the step that turns everything we have covered from a good idea into an actual transformation. 

  Because the rewiring does not happen in a single powerful morning. It does not happen in a week of intense devotion followed by two weeks of inconsistency. 

    It happens through sustained consistent daily repetition over a long enough period that the new groove becomes deeper than the old one. Neuroscientists have identified that it takes approximately 21 days of consistent repetition to begin breaking an old neural pattern and establishing a new one. 

21 days for the brain to start treating the new input as the default rather than the exception. And scripture had already established this principle long before neuroscience caught up. 

   Daniel 10:verses 12 and 13. Daniel prayed and fasted for 21 days. For the first 20 days, nothing visible happened. No answer, no breakthrough, no external confirmation that the prayer was working. But on the 21st day, the angel arrived and said, "From the first day that thou did set thine heart to understand thy words were heard from the first day." The answer was released from day one. But the manifestation came on day 21 because some things require consistency over time, not just sincerity in a moment. And that is precisely what renewing your mind requires. Sincerity in a moment is not enough. One powerful Sunday is not enough. 3 days of intense confession followed by 3 weeks of silence is not enough. 21 days minimum of waking up and creating the stillness before the noise starts. Of taking the one verse and meditating on it, speaking it slowly, letting it sit in the spirit, of speaking it out loud throughout the day, of anchoring it to the habits that structure your daily life, of lying down at night with the Word still in your mouth. 

And here is where the morning and night routine becomes the most powerful tool in this entire process. 

   Neuroscientists call it the alpha state. 

    In the first 30 minutes after waking and the last 30 minutes before sleep, the brain operates at a frequency that makes it significantly more receptive to new input. The conscious defenses that filter and evaluate information are partially lowered. New truth has easier access to the deeper layers of the mind.    Scripture identified this long before science did. 

Psalm 63:1.  Oh God, thou art my God. Early will I seek Thee.

 Early, before the day starts, before the world speaks, before the phone is checked or the news is consumed or the demands of the day begin competing for your attention. Early when the mind is most open, you give the Word . The first word. 

Psalm 16:7. My heart instructs me in the night seasons. 

The night seasons, the last moments before sleep, when the mind is moving toward its most receptive state, are not wasted on entertainment, on scrolling, on rehearsing the worries of the day. 

They are given to the Word, to the verse you have been meditating on, to the truth you want to be. The last thing the inner man hears before the  subconscious takes over during the hours of rest. 

Deuteronomy 6:7. Talk of the Word when you rise up and when you lie down 

FAMILY & MESSAGE OF THE HOUR

 Cultivating A Family of God 

Cultivating A Family of God

Cultivating A Family of God

Cultivating A Family of God

Cultivating A Family of God

Cultivating A Family of God

    a Family of God and Walking in the Message of the Hour

In today's world, building a family that reflects the love, grace, and truth of God requires intentionality, commitment, and walking in alignment with God’s Word. 

A family of God, and one that walks in the Message of the Hour, doesn't just attend church but one that lives out their faith in every aspect of life, parents and children. Parents have a special responsibility to ensure that they not only teach their children about God but also model a Christ-centered life that is consistent, accountable, and rooted in love and truth.

Steps for Fathers and Mothers to Cultivate a Godly Family

Let's go through a few things that we have to make sure are in place. These principles are at the core of ensuring your family has a strong foundation you are able to build from.

1. Establish Christ as the Center

1.1 The foundation of any godly family starts with placing Christ at the center of everything. This means prioritizing time with God both individually and as a family through daily prayer, worship, and cultivating an atmosphere the Holy Spirit is pleased to dwell. If you have rock music constantly playing in the home, do not be suprised if there is tension in the home or your children are dealing with anxiety. The atmosphere in the home is affected by things like music and movies. Establishing Christ as the center is not just reading the Bible, but paying attention to the atmosphere of the home. However, we should also set time aside for time in the Word. Deuteronomy 6:6-7 (KJV) reminds us, “And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.”

1.2 Make family worship a regular part of your routine. Create time for praying together, reading Scripture, and discussing what it means to walk in Christ, and walk in the Message of the Hour—the present truth that God has revealed for this time.

2. Foster a Strong, Godly Marriage

2.1 A strong and godly family begins with a strong marriage. Parents must prioritize their relationship with each other before their children, seeking to reflect Christ's love in their marriage. Children see this, and it has a positive effect when Mom and Dad are strong in their relationship. Ephesians 5:25 (KJV) says, “Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it.” When parents love and respect each other according to God's design, they create a stable and nurturing environment for their children.

2.2 Be open with your spouse, pray together, and hold one another accountable in your walk with God. A godly marriage sets the tone for the entire household and provides a model of faithfulness, love, and commitment for children to follow.

3. Model Authentic Faith, Avoid Hypocrisy

3.1 One of the most damaging things to children is seeing parents say one thing and live another. Accountability is key. Parents must ensure they live out the values and principles they teach. If children see hypocrisy—parents telling them to live for God but not doing so themselves—it will imprint on them, often leading to rebellion or a superficial faith.

3.2 James 1:22 (KJV) instructs us, “But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.” Your children will notice if you’re just going through the motions or if you are genuinely living for the Lord. Make sure your life aligns with your teaching, and be quick to admit when you’ve fallen short. Humility and repentance in front of your children demonstrate true godliness.

4. Encourage Personal Relationships with Father God

4.1 Children need to understand that their relationship with Father God is personal. It’s not enough for them to simply follow their parents to church or participate in family devotions; they need to experience Father God for themselves. Encourage your children to pray, read the Bible, and seek Father God independently, even from a young age.

4.2 Philippians 2:12 (KJV) says, “Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.” Help your children understand that they are responsible for their walk with God and that they must develop their own relationship with Him, built on their own faith, not just the example of their parents.

5. Teach Respect for Church and the Lord

5.1 While developing their own personal relationship with God is essential, teaching children to respect church, the Word of God, and the leaders God has placed in their lives is also vital (Ensuring your church leadership is accountable to the Word as well). Hebrews 13:17 (KJV) instructs, “Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account.” Show your children that attending church and listening to the Word is not about fulfilling a duty but about growing in their relationship with Christ.

5.2 At the same time, ensure they know that their faith isn’t just about rules and rituals but about walking in the Message of the Hour and obedience out of a servant's heart. They must learn to walk with God personally, not simply out of obligation.

6. Create an Environment of Accountability and Grace

6.1 Accountability is a key component of a godly home. Parents need to hold themselves and their children accountable to the Word of God. Create a culture where honesty, repentance, and forgiveness are regular practices. Proverbs 27:17 (KJV) says, “Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.” If a family is accountable to one another, the members will grow spiritually and be more united.

6.2 However, accountability should always be paired with grace. When mistakes are made, offer correction in love, not in anger. Ephesians 4:15 (KJV) teaches us to speak “the truth in love,” which helps the family grow in both character and spiritual maturity.

7. Lead with Intentional Discipleship

7.1 Discipleship is not just for the church; it starts in the home. Make it a priority to teach your children about God’s Word, the Message of the Hour, and how to live it out in their daily lives. Proverbs 4:1 (KJV) says, “Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.”

7.2 Have intentional conversations about Scripture, faith, and moral decisions. Equip them to handle the world’s temptations and challenges through a biblical lens. Let your home be a place of learning, love, and spiritual growth.

8. Involve the Entire Family in Ministry

8.1 Cultivating a family of God involves serving others. Find ways to get your entire family involved in ministry—whether through serving in church, helping the community, or encouraging others in their walk with God. 1 Peter 4:10 (KJV) says, “As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.” When your family serves together, it not only strengthens your bond but also reinforces the importance of living out your faith in practical ways.

The Impact of Consistency and Faithfulness

Parents, remember that children will mirror what they see more than what they hear. If your walk with the Lord is inconsistent, your children will likely adopt the same attitude. However, if you are faithful, authentic, and accountable, your children will be much more likely to grow in their faith and develop their own personal relationship with God.

Proverbs 20:7 (KJV) reminds us, "The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him." A family that walks consistently with the Lord, led by parents who are accountable to God and each other, is a powerful testimony to the world and a blessing to future generations.

A Family Walking in the Light

Building a family of God that walks in the Message of the Hour takes dedication, intentionality, and a commitment to accountability. Parents must model a life lived for the Lord, not just in words but in action. They must foster strong, godly marriages and create an environment where their children are encouraged to develop personal relationships with God.

When each family member—father, mother, and child—has a genuine relationship with God, the entire family becomes a powerful force for His Kingdom. The home becomes a reflection of God’s love, grace, and truth.

Let your family be one that not only respects the Lord and His Word but knows Him deeply, walks in the Message of the Hour, and lives out the truth in every aspect of life.

The Message of the Hour

Walking in the Light of God's Word

Understanding the Message of the Hour is crucial because God’s Word is not stagnant; it moves and fulfills His purpose in every age. As believers, we must be in step with what God is doing at the time in which we live. 

For example, look at Noah who had a message from God in his time: build an ark to save his family and the world from a coming flood. That was God's Word for Noah's time. 

But Moses couldn't have followed Noah's message. By Moses' day, God was doing something different, calling Moses to deliver His people from bondage in Egypt. 

Neither would it work for any of the apostles to have followed both Noah and Moses' message, because Jesus Christ had come and given what God was doing in that day.

 Similarly, today, we must walk in the light of what God is doing now—through Christ's message for this day.

So what is that Message that God has given His church today?

Prophets: God's Chosen Vessels to Speak His Word

Throughout Scripture, we see that God has always used prophets to deliver His Word to His people. Prophets serve as His chosen vessels to bring clarity and direction for a specific time and season, speaking the Word that fits precisely what He is doing in that moment. The Bible is filled with examples of this, where God raised up prophets not only to communicate His plan but to call His people to walk in the light of what He was doing in their day. Deuteronomy 18:18 (KJV) clearly states: “I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.” From Moses to Elijah, Isaiah, and John the Baptist, Apostle Paul and beyond, God has consistently communicated His will through men He has chosen, anointed, and sent with His message for that specific time.

As Amos 3:7 (KJV) declares: “Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.” When God is about to do something new, He sends a prophet to announce His Word, to warn, to prepare, and to lead His people into His plan. Prophets are God's mouthpieces, delivering the message that the people need to hear to remain in step with Him. Hebrews 1:1-2 says, "God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;". God was speaking through the Apostle Paul. So the Spirit of God was bringing His Word through Paul, the messenger to the people. To reject Paul's "message" would be rejecting God.

In the New Testament, Paul speaks about being entrusted with the message of the hour for his generation. Paul, called by God and given direct revelation from Christ, preached the gospel to the Gentiles and defended the truth of the gospel, warning against deviating from it. Galatians 1:10-17 (KJV) highlights Paul’s insistence that the gospel he preached came through divine revelation: “For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.”

Paul’s message was specific to the age of the early church, calling people out of Jewish traditions and into the grace of God through Jesus Christ. As Paul says in 2 Timothy 1:13 (KJV): “Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.” His teaching was the present truth for that time, and the people were called to hold fast to it, recognizing that Christ is the Word, and to follow His Word is to walk in the light. As 1 John 1:7 says, "But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin."

A good example of this is found in Acts 19:1-5. This passage describes how Paul encountered disciples who had been baptized by John the Baptist's baptism of repentance, and after learning about Jesus (The Message of the Hour), they were then baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. They heard the voice of God speaking through Paul, and moved forward with what God was doing. They were following Christ's Message for their day.

The Message of the Hour Today

If there was a message all down throughout history, is there a different one today than when Paul spoke?

Yes.

Malachi 4:5-6 says that "before the great and dreadful day of the Lord" another messenger would come.

Malachi 4:5-6 (KJV): "Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse." Then in Revelations 10:7 we find right before the end time, "But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets."

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Just as in Paul’s day, there is a message for this time. The Message of the Hour in our day is the voice of God calling His Bride to a restoration of the pure Word of God. God is calling His people to return to the original teachings of Scripture and to be filled with the Holy Spirit, preparing for the rapture. The message today is not about creating denominations or doctrines of men but about pointing people to Christ Himself.

We believe that if you say someone is a prophet, you should see it prophesied in Scripture, and their message will align with the Written Word. There have been so many people claim to be this "end-time" messenger, but their message doesn't perfectly fit with the Scripture. The Mormon church believes in their prophet, the Catholic church believes in the Pope, but all haven't aligned with the Word of God.

We believe that there was one that met all the requirements that Jesus and the Apostles said would be there. Today, as in the past, God has a message for this hour, and He has raised up a prophet to deliver that message. 

We believe William Marrion Branham, born in 1909 and died in 1965, meets the qualifications outlined in Malachi 4:5-6 and Revelation 10:7 as the prophet for this time. His message was not about drawing people to himself, a denomination or creating a new system of belief. His message was to bring people back to the pure, written Word of God and to point them to Christ.

That's a big statement. If you Google "William Branham" you will find people that call him the devil, a deceiver, all the way to people who worship pictures of him. What we must look for is not a vindicated man, but a vindicated Message. All God's prophets, including Paul, were a little strange, often unqualified men. What made Elijah qualified? It wasn't the man, it was that God chose him and vindicated the message he brought to the people . God showed that to be true on Mount Carmel by consuming his sacrifice. We don't look for William Branham to be qualified, we look for a vindicated Message, and what William Branham taught was perfectly aligned with Scripture.

“Now, the very essence of the message that was sent - that He is risen from the dead - we, his beneficiaries, we who share the resurrection with Him, draw benefits from this, by proving to the world that He is alive. We cannot do it by word only. We cannot do it by some tradition of man. We only reflect exactly what we're pointing to. I’m afraid today that too many of us are not getting people to Christ. We’re getting them to a church, to a theory. But we must get them to Christ. He is the only One, and the only One that has Life. ‘He that has the Son has Life.’ And if the life of a man that’s dead be projected in you, you will live the same life he lived.” (65-0418M - It Is The Rising Of The Sun)

In a time when there are almost 33,000 denominations, and the Methodist faith believes this take on the Word, the Lutherans believe that take on the Word, seminaries teach all manner of historical theory and thought on the Scripture, it is more mass confusion rather than clarity. When the Bible says in Romans 3:4, "Let God be true but every man a liar."

The message of this time is to get people to Christ, to the Word, because Christ is the Word. Just as Moses couldn't follow Noah's message, and Paul couldn't follow the law of the Old Testament, we must walk in the light of what God is doing today. As 1 John 1:7 (KJV) says: “But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.”

It is not another denomination we teach, it is not a man that we lift up, it is not a cult we fabricate. It is Christ, and Him crucified, Christ in you the hope of glory (Colossians 1:27).

God’s Message Is Always Timely and Specific

In every age, God sends a timely message, and the people are called to follow that Word. 

In Noah's time, obedience to God's Word meant building an ark and trusting Him in the midst of impending judgment. 

In Moses' time, obedience meant leading the people out of Egypt and establishing them in God's covenant. 

In Paul’s time, obedience meant receiving the gospel of grace and moving beyond the law.

Today, God’s message is calling His Bride to separate from the world, to be filled with the Holy Spirit, and to live in preparation for the soon coming of Christ. 

Malachi 4:5-6 (KJV) speaks of the prophet God would send before the great and dreadful day of the Lord, and Revelation 10:7 (KJV) prophesies that in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, the mystery of God would be finished. 

That message has come, and now is the time to respond to it, walking in the light of this present truth. Its responding to the voice of God calling out to you personally.

Conclusion: Walking in the Light of God's Word

Understanding the Message of the Hour is essential for every believer. It isn't something you sign your name to, it isn't something you buy, it isn't something any church can give you. 

It is knowing the person of the Lord Jesus Christ in an individual relationship and being filled with His Spirit and walking in the Word.

God does not leave His people in darkness but sends His Word through prophets to guide and prepare them for what He is doing. 

The message is clear: God is calling His Bride back to the pure, written Word, pointing them to Christ, the same yesterday, today, and forever. 

The Message of the Hour is the voice of God calling to His true church (Spirit filled believers) in these last days, calling them unto Himself.

Just as in the days of Noah, Moses, and Paul, God is speaking today, and the question is, will we hear and follow His Word for this hour? The call is to walk in the light of what God is doing now, to be part of the Bride prepared for Christ’s return.

If you would like to know more about what God is doing in this day, reach out to us with questions . We pray God speaks to you.

REVELATION CHANGES YOU

 Stop Confessing Defeat & Renew Your Mind NOW

  Beloved, the greatest tragedy in the church today is not that men have rejected Christ, but that multitudes have received HIM and yet have never known what really took place when they were born again. They have eternal life in their spirits, but they are living as though redemption were still a hope instead of a finished reality. 

 They have been made new creations in Christ Jesus. 

 And yet they still think, speak, and act as though they were the old men whom God crucified with Christ. 

 This ignorance has robbed the church of its power, its authority, and its joy. 

The believer's failure is not moral weakness. It is mental darkness. 

His spirit has been recreated, but his mind has never been renewed. He has been born from above, but he still judges himself by the testimony of his senses. 

 He sees weakness. He feels failure. He hears defeat. And he accepts these things as facts, not knowing that the Word of God has declared another reality. Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature. The old things are passed away. Behold, they are become new. 2 Corinthians 5:17. 

   God did not say they are passing away. He said they have passed away. Yet the unrenewed believer still talks as though the old things were alive and ruling him. When the church lost sight of revelation-knowledge, it substituted effort for faith and discipline for identity. 

 Men began trying to be what God had already made them. They prayed for righteousness when God had already declared them righteous. 

  They begged for power when the Holy Spirit already dwelt in them. They asked God to do something about sin and weakness, not knowing that God had settled the sin problem and recreated the human spirit in Christ. 

  The tragedy is that they are trying to obtain by prayer what belongs to them by birth. The scripture tells us plainly that my people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Hosea 4:6.  It does not say they are destroyed for lack of sincerity or lack of prayer or lack of consecration. 

  They are destroyed because they do not know. Knowledge here is not sense-knowledge. It is revelation-knowledge. 

   It is the knowledge of what God has done in Christ. The believer who does not know his place in Christ lives under condemnation, fear, and weakness. Not because God wills it, but because he has never seen what redemption has accomplished. Many believers honestly suppose that humility consists in confessing weakness and unworthiness. 

 They say, "I am only a poor sinner saved by grace." Not knowing that such a confession denies the very purpose of redemption. 

 God never calls the believer a sinner. He calls believer a new creation. He calls believer righteous. He calls believer His child. 

 For ye received not the spirit of bondage again unto fear. But ye received the spirit of adoption whereby we cry, "'Abba, Father." Romans 8:15. 

 Yet the unrenewed believer still approaches God as a servant trembling before a master instead of as a son standing in the presence of his Father. 

 This divided life, redeemed in spirit, defeated in experience, is the fruit of ignorance. The believer has life, but he does not know he has it. He has authority, but he does not dare to exercise it. He has been made complete in Christ, but he still seeks completeness in feelings, experiences, and human approval. Apostle Paul declared, "Ye are complete in HIM." Colossians 2:10. 

Not someday, not after growth, but now. 

 Yet many believers live their entire lives trying to become what God says they already are. The mind of the believer has been trained for years by the five senses. 

 It has learned to reason from appearances. It says, "l am sick because I feel pain. I am weak because I fail. I am defeated because circumstances oppose me. But the Word of God reasons from redemption." It says, "By His stripes you were healed." 1 Peter 2:24.  It says, "Greater is HE that is in you than he that is in the world." 1 John 4:4. It says, "There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus." Romans 8:1. Until the believer learns to accept the word as the final authority, he will remain a spiritual child tossed about by every sense testimony. God never intended the Christian life to be a struggle for victory. 

Victory was obtained in Christ.  God never intended the believer to live conscious of sin and failure. He intended him to live conscious of righteousness and sonship.  If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. 1 John 2:1. 

 The advocacy of Christ was not given to keep us sin conscious, but to keep us fellowship conscious. Yet the unrenewed believer magnifies his failures and minimizes Christ's work. This ignorance has filled the church with prayers that God cannot answer because they deny what He has already done.  

Men pray for faith when faith comes by hearing the Word. 

They pray for power when the Spirit already indwells them. They pray for healing while confessing disease. They pray for victory while confessing defeat. 

The Father is not withholding. 

He is waiting for His children to know who they are and to take their place. If ye abide in me and my words abide in you, ask whatsoever you will and it shall be done unto you. John 15:7.

 The tragedy is that His words have never been permitted to abide in the believer's consciousness. Beloved, Christianity without revelation becomes  religion, and religion always produces bondage. But revelation produces rest. 

 When a man sees that he is a new creation, that his old life was crucified with Christ, that he has received God's nature, and that he stands before the Father as a son, fear loses its hold, condemnation is broken, and faith rises naturally. 

 Identity is the foundation of faith.  Until you know who you are in Christ, you will never know what you can do in His name. This message is not to condemn you. It is to awaken you. God is not disappointed in you. He is waiting for you. 

 The tragedy can end the moment light comes. When you see what and who you are in Christ, you will stop struggling to live the Christian life and begin living it. 

 The word was given to put you over, not to keep you hoping. Truth is not given to admire. It is given to act upon. And when the believer's mind is brought into harmony with his recreated spirit, the new creation life becomes a living reality. 

Beloved, there are two kinds of knowledge contending for the mastery of the believer's life. And upon which one rules him depends the quality of his faith, his joy and his victory. 

One kind of knowledge comes to us through the senses.  It is gained by seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, and feeling. The five senses. It is the knowledge taught in our schools and universities. It is useful within its sphere, but it is utterly helpless when it comes to the things of God. 

It cannot discover the human spirit. 

It cannot explain the new birth.  

It cannot know what happened when God recreated a man in Christ. 

Since sense-knowledge judges everything by appearance, it says, "If I can see it, feel it, or reason it out, then it is real." 

But God declares realities that cannot be discovered by the senses. For we walk by faith, not by sight. 2 Corinthians 5:7. 

Faith is not blind. It simply rests on a higher kind of evidence. 

Revelation-knowledge is God's knowledge unveiled to man through the Word. It tells us what God has done, what man is, and what belongs to him in Christ. 

The tragedy is that sense-knowledge has gained supremacy in the church. The church was never meant to be governed by the senses. It is a spiritual body to be ruled by the Word and led by the Spirit. 

When sense-knowledge rules the believer, miracles seem unreasonable. 

Righteousness seems unattainable and victory appears to belong only to a favoured few. 

   Sense-knowledge always asks, "How can this be?" Revelation-knowledge answers, "God has said it." 

Jesus rebuked sense-led thinking again and again. When Peter looked at the wind and the waves, he sank. When he looked at the Word of Jesus, he walked on the water. 

The waves were real to the senses, but the Word was real to faith. The senses never crucified Christ, never put away sin, never conquered Satan. All the great acts of redemption were accomplished in the unseen realm and they can only be known by revelation. 

  Apostle Paul tells us that the natural man receiveth not the things of the spirit of God for they are foolishness unto him and he cannot know them because they are spiritually judged. 1 Corinthians 2:14. 

 The natural man is the sense man. He may be educated, cultured, and religious,  utterly ignorant of his place in Christ.

 Until the believer learns to refuse the testimony of the five senses where it contradicts the Word, he will remain a  spiritual babe. 

Sense-knowledge will always magnify the problem. It magnifies sin, weakness, sickness, and failure. 

 Revelation-knowledge magnifies Christ and His finished work. 

Sense-knowledge says, "I am trying to overcome." Revelation-knowledge says, "l am more than a conqueror through HIM that loved me." Romans 8:37. 

 Sense-knowledge says, "I hope God will do something." 

Revelation-knowledge says, "He hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ." Ephesians1:3.

 Here is the battleground of identity. 

  If you judge yourself by what you feel, you will always come short. If you judge yourself by what God says, you will rise to your place. The Word declares, "As he is, even so are we in this world." First John 4:17. 

 Sense-knowledge says, "That cannot be true. Look at yourself." 

Revelation-knowledge says God cannot lie. 

One will make you a beggar, the other will make you a son. 

Beloved, God never intended revelation-knowledge to be theoretical. It is to dominate the believer's thinking. It is to become the final authority in his life. 

1When revelation-knowledge takes the throne in the heart, faith ceases to be an effort. Confession becomes natural. The Word becomes a living thing.  

The words that I have spoken unto you are spirit and our life. John 6:63. 

 The believer begins to see himself as God sees him. And that vision transforms conduct without strain. The church has sent forth philosophers searching for reality. But reality is not found in human reasoning. 

  Reality is found in Christ. 

Jesus said, " I am the way and the truth and the life " 1 John 1:46.  He did not say he would show the truth. He said he is the truth. When a man knows Christ, he has arrived at reality. When he knows what Christ has made him, confusion ends and  faith begins to act. This is why the renewing of the mind is essential. 

The spirit has been recreated, but the mind must be re-educated. 

 It must be trained to think God's thoughts after him. It must learn to reject sense evidence when it contradicts the Word. As long as sense-knowledge rules, the believer will live beneath his privileges. 

 When revelation-knowledge rules, he will live in the liberty of a son. 

Beloved, this battle for identity will be settled by one question. Which word will you accept as final? God's word or your senses? The word reveals what you are in Christ. The senses reveal what you were. 

 You cannot live in both realms at once. 

When you choose revelation-knowledge, you choose life, authority, and rest. 

 When you choose sense-knowledge, you choose struggle, doubt, and delay. 

 God has spoken. The issue is not whether the word is true, but whether you wil believe it and act upon it. 

Beloved, if you are ever to live the victorious life that God planned for you, you must know with certainty what took place when you were born again. The new birth is not a reformation of the old life. It is the creation of a new life. It is not God forgiving a sinner and leaving him as he was. It is God imparting His own nature to the human spirit. 

Of His own will begat He us with the Word of truth. James 1:18. That Word begat means birth. 

Christianity begins with a miracle. The miracle of a recreated spirit. The church has too often treated the new birth as though it were merely a change of conduct or a decision to live better. 

 But God never improves the old man. He crucifies him. Knowing this that our old man was crucified with HIM. Romans 6:6. 

Not will be crucified, not should be crucified, but was crucified. God did not attempt to salvage the old creation. He ended it in Christ. 

When Christ died, you died. 

When he was buried, you were buried. 

When he was made alive, you were made alive together with HIM. 

Paul declares, "Even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ." Ephesians 2:5. 

 This was not forgiveness alone. This was resurrection. The sinner was spiritually dead, separated from God, without His nature. 

 At the new birth, God recreated the human spirit by imparting eternal life.

16:42 Eternal life is not merely life that never ends. It is the very life and nature of God. He that hath the Son hath the life. 1 John 5:12. 

The believer has the Son, therefore he has the life. This is where the church has missed it. Men have been taught that eternal life begins when they die. The Word teaches that eternal life begins when they are born again. The believer is not waiting for life. He possesses it. The new creation is not weak, sinful, or defeated. It is righteous because it has  God's nature. For if by the trespass of the one, death reigned through the one, much more shall they that receive the abundance of grace, and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, even Jesus Christ. Romans 5:17. 

 Righteousness is a gift, not a reward. 

 When you were born again, God did not give you a portion of his nature. He gave you his nature. 

 He did not give you a fragment of righteousness. He made you righteous. 

17:58 Him who knew no sin, he made to be sin on our behalf that we might become the 

18:05 righteousness of God in him. 2 Corinthians 5:21. 

18:10 This is not a legal fiction. It is a spiritual reality. The believer does not have righteousness. He is righteous in Christ. The new creation is more than forgiven. He is justified.  Justification means that God declares the man righteous and treats him as though sin had never existed. 

 Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Romans 5:1.  Peace with God is not emotional calm. It is the end of enmity.  The believer no longer stands before God as a criminal seeking mercy, but as a son enjoying fellowship. Beloved, the moment you were born again, the Holy Spirit took up his residence in your body.