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Monday morning, you pray. It feels good. You close your Bible and you promise yourself this is the week it finally sticks. Tuesday, the alarm goes off late. The kids are loud. Work is waiting. You tell yourself you will pray tonight and tonight arrives and you are too tired. Wednesday, you notice that you skipped and a small knot of guilt appears. You think about praying, but you feel strange approaching God after missing a day. Thursday, the knot is bigger. Now, it is not only that you skipped, it is that you have been avoiding him. And avoiding him feels worse than skipping. By Sunday, you are sitting in church singing about the presence of God and quietly wondering if he is a little bit disappointed in you.
If that is your story, even a little, I want you to hear something before we go any further. Nothing is wrong with you. You are not a spiritual failure. You are a person who has been handed a method when what you were actually offered was an invitation.
A method can get you to a chair at 6:00 in the morning. It can get you to open a book. But no method can make you love someone. Love needs a different kind of fuel.
And that is what we are going to look for. And by the time this teaching is finished, I promise you that six questions you may be afraid to ask will be answered. Not with pressure, not with guilt, but with with scripture and with some surprising words.
Chapter 2: Defining the core conflict
Here are the six questions.
One, how do I make time for God when I am busy and overwhelmed?
Two, why do I feel distant or feel like I am not being heard?
Three, I skipped days. Is God upset with me?
Four, why do I keep getting distracted? And why does it feel like nothing is happening?
Five, how do I keep this real so it does not become another routine?
And six, the one many of us are afraid to say out loud. Does God actually enjoy my company or does he just put up with me? Hold on to that sixth question because the answer is a sentence that stops you when you read it and I am going to save it for the very end.
One more thing, this is the first of two teachings on this subject. In this one, we are going to build the daily habit so that closeness with God becomes something you can actually live even on a crowded Tuesday.
In the second one, we will go deeper into the heart of it.
What it means to hear him, to behold him, and to walk in his love. This teaching is anchored in God's Presence, together with the word of God. That the call to prayer is the Father's invitation to visit with him. And then "It is the call of love to come and fellowship." Look at the verbs.
Visit, come, fellowship, not report, not perform, not earn. Sons and daughters visiting their Father.
Exodus 33:11. And the Lord spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend.
As a person speaks unto his/her friend. You do not fill out a form with a friend. You do not rate the conversation. You simply show up and talk.
John 17:3. And this is life eternal, that they might know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent to know thee.
Eternal life is not mainly a place you go when you die. It is a relationship you begin now.
And 1 John 1:3. That which we have seen and heard, declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us. And truly our fellowship is with the Father and with his son Jesus Christ.
Our fellowship is with the Father. Fellowship with the Father, not only with a church, not only with a pastor, but with Him.
So let me say what this teaching is not. It is not a challenge. It is not a guilt trip and it is not a list of rules for earning God's attention.
You already have it. Now I want to plant three small pictures in your mind. We will come back to each of them.
The first picture is a woman who was so busy serving Jesus that she missed Jesus. She was standing in the same room with him and she was the one who needed the most help. We will meet her when we answer question one.
The second picture is a breakfast. A man had failed and failed badly three times in one night. And the first thing the risen Lord did when he saw him again was cook him a meal. That is how we will answer question three.
And the third picture is a man so exhausted that he asked God to let him die. And God did not give him a lecture. God gave him sleep and a hot meal. That one will help us with question four.
Three people, one Father. And each will change how you approach him tomorrow morning.
But before any method works, we have to settle something. Why are you allowed to come close at all?
Because if you secretly believe you are not allowed, no schedule on earth will save you.
And the answers to that with two words, that most of us have never separated.
Relationship and fellowship. That is next. Let me tell you about the first prayer meeting that ever went wrong.
Chapter 3: Relationship vs. fellowship
Genesis 3:8. And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day. And Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.
Notice the first thing. God was walking in the garden in the cool of the day. It sounds like a habit, an evening walk, a visit. God came looking for company.
And notice the second thing. They hid. Genesis 3:9 and 10. And the Lord God called unto Adam and said unto him, Where art thou? And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, and I hid myself.
Where art thou? That is not the question of someone who cannot find a person. It is the question of a Father standing at the door of an empty room.
I heard. I was afraid. I hid. That is the whole story of lost fellowship in three verbs. And it is still how many of us approach him on a Wednesday. We hear his voice. We feel the knot and we hide.
But notice what God did next. Genesis 3:21. Unto Adam also, and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them. They hid, and he clothed them. The pursuit did not end in a lecture. It ended with a covering.
Now, watch what redemption was for. In relationship and fellowship, there are two great objectives in redemption.
The first is relationship.
God is working so that man may legally become his child.
The second, is to restore to man his lost fellowship. Relationship and fellowship, and the difference between them will settle half of your questions.
Relationship is what you have by birth.
John 1:12 and 13. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name, which were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
Born of God, not adopted on probation, born.
And that our relationship cannot be challenged.
It rests on the finished work of Christ, cannot be challenged. Not by your Tuesday, not by your temper, not by the skipped morning prayer. The knot you feel on a Wednesday is not a verdict. It is a feeling that has not yet met the facts.
Fellowship is different. Fellowship is what you enjoy. It is the warmth in the home. A child can come to dinner angry and silent and still be the child. He has not stopped being a son. But the conversation is cold. The relationship stands. The fellowship feels strained.
Relationship is the fact. Fellowship is the enjoyment of the fact and the Father wants both.
The whole redemptive process has been so that the Father might have children living in the closest fellowship of love and freedom with himself. Love and freedom, not fear.
So what does it take to enjoy fellowship?
I answer directly. There can be no fellowship unless a person can stand in the Father's presence without the consciousness of guilt of sin or of inferiority.
Guilt. Sin. Inferiority.
Those are the exact things that make us hide. And that is why the blood matters to your prayer life. Hebrews 10:19 and 22. Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith.
Boldness. The writer did not say once you have had a good week, he said by the blood.
Then let's ask a question that is hard to answer. Could you think of a son who could not stand in his Father's presence? Think about it. A son who could not stand in his Father's presence is a contradiction. The word 'son' would mean nothing. And here is a sentence I want you to take into this week, right here in this present world. "We may have as sweet fellowship and communion with the Father as Jesus had in his earth walk. Right here, right now, not after you die, not after you become more spiritual." Romans 8:15 and 16. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear. But ye have received to the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit that we are the children of God.
Romans 8:15–16 describes the transition from slavery to sin into adoption as children of God through the Holy Spirit. Verse 15 states that believers did not receive a spirit of bondage that leads to fear, but rather the Spirit of adoption, which enables them to cry out, "Abba, Father."
Verse 16 confirms this new identity, teaching that the Holy Spirit Himself testifies with our human spirit that we are God’s children. This internal witness assures believers of their status as heirs and their intimate relationship with God, replacing slavish fear with familial confidence.
Not the spirit of bondage again to fear. That is the voice that says 'hide.'
The spirit of adoption says, "Abba, Father," and 1 John 3:1, behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us that we should be called the sons of God. So now you know you are allowed. You are not a guest. You are a son. Father's child. And that changes how we answer the first question.
How do you make time for our Father when you are busy and overwhelmed? For that we have to go to a house in Bethany where a woman was cooking dinner for Jesus. And before we get there, I want to share something with you that is connected to exactly what we are talking about. That is next.
Chapter 4: Building a daily habit
Before we step into that house in Bethany, I want to share something with you. Today we are reading a testimony report from one of our readers, Linda from the United States. She left this review after going through the Secret Place devotional and I want you to hear exactly what she said in her own words.
If you are hungry for fellowship with the Holy Spirit and a deeper communion with him, this book will assist you. You will experience a practical means of real fellowship with the Lord. This is not just another devotional to read and forget what you read. This is a practical aid for helping you and walking with you on what to do when you are in the secret place with the Lord. You will not be disappointed. Read on.
Now, the house in Bethany, Luke 10:38. Now it came to pass as they went that he entered into a certain village and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. Martha opened her home to Jesus. Think about that. She was not avoiding him. She was serving him. Verse 39. And she had a sister called Mary which also sat at Jesus's feet and heard his word. Two women, one Jesus, and one of them was sitting while the other was working. Verse 40. But Martha was cumbered aboutmuch serving and came to him and said, "Lord, do thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? Bid her therefore that she help me?" Cumbered about much serving, the word means pulled in every direction.
Martha was not lazy. She was not carnal.
She was doing good things, and the good things had swallowed the guest. And listen to the complaint. Lord, does thou not care? That is the voice of the overwhelmed. And underneath it is a question about God's heart. Now watch Jesus, verses 41 and 42. And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful (full of cares and concerns) and troubled about many things. But one thing is needful, and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
Notice what Jesus did not say. He did not say, "Stop serving." He did not say, "Your work is worthless."
He said her name twice gently, Martha, Martha, and he told her what was happening inside her heart, 'careful and troubled' and he offered her the one thing that is the answer to your first question.
You do not need less to do.
You need one thing at the center of the day so that everything else has a place to stand.
To put it this way about the whole matter of prayer. Jesus taught prayer. Prayer is not as a slavish duty but as a glorious privilege. A privilege, not a slavish duty. If your time with God feels like one more item on the to-do list, you are not wrong to feel tired, but you have been handed the wrong picture. It is a seat at a table.
So, how do you make that time when the day is crowded? Here is the first method, and it begins the night before.
Step one, decide the appointment tonight. Not in the morning when you are foggy, but decide tonight. What time will you sit with him tomorrow? Write it down.
Ephesians 5:15 and 16. See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, redeeming the time, Redeeming the time, not finding it, buying it back on purpose.
Step two, set the table. Put your Bible, a notebook, and a pen where you will see them. And put your smartphone in another room. A guest does not compete with a screen.
Step three, protect the first block of the day. Mark 1:35. And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.
Jesus did not wait for a quiet day. He chose the first quiet hour.
Step four, guard your night. Many of us stay up scrolling because the day gave us nothing for ourselves, and the night tries to collect one more video, one more snack, then the morning appointment dies before it is born. Decide that tonight has an ending.
And please hear this. A plan is a servant. It is not a master. If tomorrow goes sideways, the plan does not condemn you. It simply tells you where to begin again.
When we constantly visit him, he will find it easy to reach us.
Constantly visiting. A friend dropping by, not an inspection. So that is question one. But here is where it gets honest.
You make the plan. And on Wednesday, the alarm does not ring. You sleep through it and the knot returns.
What do you do then? That is where the breakfast comes in and it is next. Let me take you to the worst night of apostle Peter's life.
Chapter 5: Responding to failure
John 18 18. And the servants and officers stood there who had made a fire of coals, for it was cold, and they warmed themselves. And Peter stood with them and warmed himself. A fire of coals. Remember that detail because around that fire three times Peter was asked whether he knew Jesus and three times he said no.
John 18:27 Peter then denied again and immediately the cock crew.
Luke 22:61. And the Lord turned and looked upon Peter and Peter went out and wept bitterly. Now imagine the days that follow. Peter has failed and failed in the one thing he swore he never would.
If anyone had a reason to hide from God, it was him. But listen to the message the angel gave on Easter morning.
Mark 16:7. But go your way, tell his disciples, and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee. And Peter, not just the disciples, and Peter, Jesus made sure the one who had failed knew he was still wanted.
And then John 21:9, as soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread,
A fire of coals, the same kind of fire, the same man. But now on this fire the Lord himself was cooking breakfast. Verse 12, Jesus saith unto them, "Come and dine, come and dine." Not, come and explain, not, come and account for yourself." Jesus fed Peter first. And only after the meal did he ask Peter three gentle questions, one for each denial.
John 21:15. Simon son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yay, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. Feed my lambs. Jesus gave him his work back. No probation, no waiting period.
That is the answer to your third question. Is God upset with me? When you fail, the first thing Jesus offers is not a meeting about the failure. It is breakfast.
Psalm 103:13-14. Like as a father pity his children, so the Lord pity them that fear him. For he knoweth our frame. He rememberth that we are dust. He knows our frame. He is not surprised by a Wednesday. And there is a verse about what he actually does over you. That I am saving for question six.
So here is the second method. When you miss a day, pray. When you miss a week, open your Bible. The worst response is to wait until you feel worthy. Think about it. If you can only approach him on your good days, then quietly you are trusting your good days.
Hebrews 4:16. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
And 1 John 1:9. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Come boldly, not come once you are clean. Come and be cleansed.
Now to the second question. Why do I feel distant or feel like I am not being heard? Here is something to notice. Distance is usually a feeling. Nearness is a fact.
Hebrews 13:5. For he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. And hearing is a fact too.
Psalm 116:2. Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live. Inclined his ear. That is a picture of someone leaning in, not someone ignoring you.
Think of a friend who gives you the silent treatment. And now think of a father who bends down to listen. Which one do you pray to?
Isaiah 65:24. And it shall come to pass that before they call I will answer and while they are yet speaking I will hear.
To say it plainly, when I pray the Father hears my prayer and answers me. When I pray the Father hears me. That is not a feeling. It is a position.
And a line about faith that I want you to write down. Hope is always future. Faith is always now. Now, now. Not someday. When you feel something, faith says, "He hears me now, even when the room is quiet." 1 John 5:14 and 15. "And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He heareth us. And if we know that He heareth us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of Him. "
So when you pray tomorrow and nothing seems to stir, you do not conclude that he is silent. You conclude that he is listening. But that brings us straight to question four.
Chapter 6: Removing common barriers
Because even when you believe he hears, your mind wanders. You get distracted and it still feels like nothing is happening.
For that, we go to a man under a tree, so tired that he wanted to die. And what God gave him may be exactly what you need. That is next.
He had just seen the greatest day of his ministry. Fire fell from heaven. A whole nation shouted, "The Lord, he is the God." and then a single threat from a queen and he ran. First Kings 19: 3 and 4. And when he saw that, he arose and went for his life. But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a juniper tree.
And he requested for himself that he might die. And said, "It is enough now, O Lord, take away my life." That is Elijah, a man of faith and power, so exhausted that he asked to die.
And I want you to watch exactly what God did because it is not what many of us expect. Verse 5. And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him and said unto him, "Arise and eat." And he looked, and behold, there was a cake, bacon on the coals, and a cruise of water at his head, and he did eat and drink and laid him down again. God did not give him a sermon. God gave him sleep and a hot meal. And then a second time. Verse 7. And the angel of the Lord came again the second time and touched him and said, "Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for thee," Because the journey is too great for thee.
That is a father who knows your frame. He addressed the body before he addressed the soul. Only after that, 40 days later, on the mountain, did Elijah hear God. And how did God speak?
Verse 11 and 12. A great and strong wind the mountains, but the Lord was not in the wind. An earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. A fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire, a still small voice, a still small voice. Elijah was looking for God in the loud things, and God was in the quiet.
Now apply that to your fourth question. Why do I keep getting distracted? And why does it feel like nothing is happening?
First, a practical truth. If you are exhausted, your prayer is not failing because you are unspiritual. You may need sleep. You may need to eat. Do not be more spiritual than Elijah's God was.
Second, there is a quieter reason. A chapter on some enemies of prayer. A sentence worth noticing. Some of these enemies, are very dear friends. Dear friends, not obvious sins. Good things that have been with us so long that we cannot imagine giving them up. The ministry, the endless reading, the helpful phone calls, the latest video, the good things that have quietly taken the guest's chair. And one of them is a desire, to read about the Bible and about prayer rather than to study the word and fit ourselves for it. Reading about God, listening to talks about prayer, studying methods.
These are not evil, but you can fill the whole day with them and never sit with him.
So here is the fifth method. Say no to one distraction, not 10. One. Which one is stealing your appointment with the Father?
Hebrews 12:1. Let us lay aside every weight and the sin which doth so easily beset us. And let us run with patience.
Every weight, not only sin, but weights, some are not wrong. They are just heavy.
And when your mind wanders in the middle of prayer, do this. Keep a small notebook beside you. When a task or a worry drifts in, write it down in one line and return. You have not failed. You have parked it.
Proverbs 4:25. Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
Now, the second half of the question, why does it feel like nothing is happening?
Because we are measuring with the wrong ruler. Mark 4:28, for the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself. First the blade, then the ear. After that the full corn in the ear. First the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn. Nobody stands over a field at midnight and says, "Nothing is happening. The growth is real. It is simply slow and mostly hidden."
Zechariah 4:10. For who hath despised the day of small things? So the fourth method is this. Do not despise small progress. If you cannot pray for an hour, pray for 5 minutes.
If you do not know what to say, read one Psalm slowly.
If you can only manage one sentence of thanks, say it. 5 minutes kept every day will do more than an hour attempted once. Luke 16:10. He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much.
You have your appointment with the Father. You know you can return when you fail. You know he hears. You have one distraction to remove and a small step to take.
But now a new danger appears. Not failure. Routine prayer that becomes a box you tick. How do you keep this alive? That is question five.
Chapter 7: Keeping prayer alive
Here is a surprising answer that begins with two kinds of prayer. That is next.
There is a couple who sit down to dinner every night at the same time.
They have never missed a night in 20 years and they have nothing to say to each other. That is what routine looks like. When the person has left the room, the habit is still there. The presence is gone.
So here is question five. How do I keep this real so it does not become another routine? Notice something first. Routine is not the enemy. A schedule is a good servant. The enemy is routine without presence.
And Jesus has a name for what happens when that sets in. Revelation 2 : 4 and 5. Nevertheless, I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen and repent and do the first works.
Notice the cure. Remember where you started. Do the first works. Go back to the freshness of first love. Not more effort, but more affection. So here are the last two methods and they work together.
The first is to practice two kinds of prayer. One is the scheduled prayer. The appointment, the closed door, the quiet room, the time you protected the night before. This is where you go deep.
The other is the spontaneous prayer. The short unplanned word through the day, the one nobody sees. And this is the one that keeps the first from going cold.
Look at prophet Nehemiah. Nehemiah 2:4. Then the king said unto me, "For what dust thou make request?" So I prayed to the God of heaven. He was standing in front of a king with a decision pressing down on him, and there was no time to kneel. So he prayed in the space between the question and his answer. A sentence, an arrow.
Nehemiah 2:4 records the moment King Artaxerxes asks the cupbearer Nehemiah, “What is your request?” in response to his visible sadness over the ruined state of Jerusalem. In that instant, Nehemiah performs an ejaculatory prayer—a brief, inward appeal to the God of heaven—before verbally answering the king.
This verse highlights Nehemiah's spiritual discipline and dependence on God in high-stakes situations. Key aspects include:
Immediate Prayer: Nehemiah prayed before speaking, demonstrating that he sought divine direction and favor for his dangerous petition to rebuild Jerusalem.
Context of Risk: As a Jew in the Persian court, Nehemiah risked execution for displaying unapproved sadness before the monarch, making his prayer a critical act of faith.
Outcome: This prayer preceded his specific request to return to Judah to rebuild the city walls, which the king subsequently granted with letters of authority.
First Thessalonians 5:17, pray without ceasing, not kneel without ceasing, stay in the conversation.
And Psalm 16:8, I have set the Lord always before me because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Always before me.
Let's describes the whole life of prayer this way. Prayer is a constant communion with the Father. And we are near enough to Him to breathe in His very presence.
Near enough to breathe in His presence.
That is not a distant god at the end of a long ladder. That is a Father so close that the air around you carries Him.
Here are three easy moments for those arrow prayers. At a doorway before you walk into a room, say, "Father, go with me." In a waiting moment, in a queue or a traffic jam, say, "Father, I am glad you are here." And at a decision before you reply to a message or answer a question, say, "Father, what do you think?" Ï want to think with you ,Father." 10 seconds. No special words, just company.
Now, what about the scheduled time? How do you keep that alive? Start with arrival. Before you open anything, sit for 30 seconds and say, "Father, I am here." Let your mind catch up with your body. Then talk to him the way you would talk to a friend.
Then listen, even if all you hear is quiet, then thank him for one thing and write one line. What did I notice about him today? That one line is the secret to keeping it fresh. You are not collecting prayers. You are collecting discoveries about him. And that is the second of the last two. Treasure the presence. This is what moves prayer from performance to love.
Look at Moses. God had just promised him the land. Everything was ready. And Moses said something remarkable. Exodus 33:15. If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence. Moses preferred the presence over the promise. He was saying in effect, I would rather stay in the wilderness with you than enter the promised land without you.
Psalm 42 :1 and 2. As the hart pants after the waterbrooks, so pants my soul after thee, oh God, my soul thirsteth for God, for the living God.
Thirst and it is meant to be joyful. I describe prayer as children coming joyously into the presence of a loving parent. Joyously, not nervously, not dutifully, but joyously.
Psalm 84:10. For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. That is not poetry for people with spare time. It is a reordering of what counts.
And Psalm 27:4, "One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after, to behold the beauty of the Lord." That word behold is exactly where our second teaching begins. So the shift is this. Performance asks did I do enough? Love asks was I with him.
And once you ask the second question, it is very hard to be bored. Five questions answered.
You have an appointment.
A way back when you fail.
Confidence that he hears.
One distraction removed.
Small steps kept. And a life of short prayers through the day.
There is one question left. The one many of us are afraid to ask. Does God actually enjoy my company?
And the answer is a sentence and a verse about what God does over you. That is next.
Chapter 8: God's joy in you
Now the sixth question, does God actually enjoy my company or does he just put up with me? I told you the answer is a sentence. That few of us have realized the fact that the Father's heart is hungry for the companionship of His children.
Hungry for companionship for you. And then he says something even bigger. That heart hunger, he writes, is the reason for man and the reason for redemption.
The reason for man, why were you made?
Not only to serve, not only to be useful. You were made for company. And the whole plan of redemption, the cross, the blood, the new birth was God clearing the road back to the garden so that the evening walks could begin again. Remember Genesis 3, God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, calling, "Where art thou?" He was not searching for lost information. He was looking for a friend. And Jesus said it plainly. John 4:23, "The Father seeketh such to worship Him." The Father seeketh, He is the one looking.
Zephaniah 3:17, "The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty. He will save. He will rejoice over thee with joy. He will rest in his love. He will joy over thee with singing. Rejoice over thee with joy. "Joy over thee with singing.
That is the verse I promised you. It is not a God who puts up with you. It is the God who sings over you. I say it in one short line. It is sons visiting their father. Psalm 139:17 and 18. How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, oh God. How great is the sum of them. If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand. His thoughts of you outnumber the sand.
You are not an afterthought. And remember how this whole teaching began.
"The call to prayer is the call of love to come and fellowship." The call came first. You are not chasing him. You are answering him. So here is your answer. Yes, he enjoys your company. He made you for it. And the invitation on the table tomorrow morning is not a test. It is a visit.
James 4:8. Draw nigh to God and he will draw nigh to you. And if tomorrow you feel nothing special, that is all right. Closeness grows the way friendship does through repeated unhurried time, not through intensity. If the distance feels heavy and will not lift, please also talk to a pastor you trust or a counselor. Grace and good help work together.
Now, let me gather the seven methods in one breath.
One, plan the appointment the night before.
Two, when you fail, come back the same day. Pray and open your Bible.
Three, believe that he hears you. Faith is always now.
Four, do not despise small progress.
Five, remove one distraction.
Six, practice two kinds of prayer, the appointment and the arrow.
And seven, treasure his presence and let love replace performance.
And here is a simple way to begin seven days.
Day one, decide tonight what time you will sit with him tomorrow. Set out your Bible and put your phone in another room.
Day two, when you arrive, sit for 30 seconds and say, "Father, I am here."
Then write one line about what you noticed about him.
Day three, pray three arrow prayers during the day, a doorway, await, and a decision.
Day four, read one Psalm slowly and talk to him about it.
Day five, remove one distraction from your morning.
Day six, if you missed a day, practice the return. Come back without apology and let him cook you breakfast.
Day seven, look back over the week.
Write down everything you noticed about him and thank him for it. Remember where we began. Monday morning, you pray. Tuesday, you skip. Wednesday, the knot appears. This time, you know what to do with the knot. You pick up the book and you come to breakfast. Let us pray.
"Father, thank you that your heart is open to me. Thank you that I am your son and that my relationship cannot be challenged. Forgive me for the mornings I hid. I come now without fear to visit you. Teach me to treasure your presence and to keep my appointment with joy. Let my time with you become the warmest part of my day. In the name of Jesus Christ, amen."
If this teaching has drawn you closer to the father, write this words on a piece of paper. I am in fellowship with the Father.
Share it with someone who has been feeling distant from God and because in the second teaching we go deeper. How to hear his voice, how to behold him and how to walk in his love. He is walking in the garden and he is calling your name,
Developing Intimacy With the HOLY SPIRIT Every Day (Even When You're Busy)
ولكن إلهي سيمدد كل احتياجكم حسب غناه في المجد في المسيح يسوع. كونه مقتنعًا تمامًا بأن ما وعد به، كان قادرًا أيضًا على التنفيذ.
Garman: Erstellen Sie diese Karteikarte und hängen Sie sie auf
ABER MEIN GOTT WIRD IHNEN ALLEN BEDÜRFNISSE ENTSPRECHEN, GEMÄSS SEINEM REICHT IN HERRLICHKEIT DURCH CHRISTUS JESUS. Da er völlig davon überzeugt war, dass er das, was er versprochen hatte, auch halten konnte.
Malay : Buat kad indeks ini dan letakkannya
TETAPI TUHANKU AKAN MENYEDIAKAN SEMUA KEPERLUAN KAMU MENURUT KAYA DI DALAM KEMULIAANNYA OLEH KRISTUS YESUS. DIBUAT SEPENUHNYA BAHAWA APA YANG DIJANJIKAN, DIA MAMPU JUGA MELAKSANAKAN .
Sundanese : Jieun kartu indéks ieu sarta nempatkeun eta up
TAPI ALLOH MAH bakal nyumponan sagala kabutuhan anjeun nurutkeun kabeungharan-Na dina kamulyaan ku Kristus Yesus. KUDU DIPERSUJUDKEUN NU NU DIJANGJINKEUN, MANEHNA OGE BISA NGALAKSANKEUN .
Swahili : Tengeneza kadi hii ya index na kuiweka
BALI MUNGU WANGU ATAWAJAALI WOTE HAJA ZAKO KADIRI YA UTAJIRI WAKE KATIKA UTUKUFU KWA KRISTO YESU. AKIWA NA USHAWISHI KABISA KWAMBA ALICHOAHIDI, ALIWEZA PIA KUTIMIZA .
English : Make this index card and put it up
BUT MY GOD SHALL SUPPLY ALL YOUR NEED ACCORDING TO HIS RICHES IN GLORY BY CHRIST JESUS. BEING FULLY PERSUADED THAT WHAT HE HAD PROMISED, HE WAS ABLE ALSO TO PERFORM .
BUT MY GOD SHALL SUPPLY ALL YOUR NEED ACCORDING TO HIS RICHES IN GLORY BY CHRIST JESUS. BEING FULLY PERSUADED THAT WHAT HE HAD PROMISED, HE WAS ABLE ALSO TO PERFORM .
French : Fabriquez cette fiche et affichez-la
MAIS MON DIEU POURVOIT À TOUS VOS BESOINS SELON SES RICHESSES EN GLOIRE PAR CHRIST JÉSUS. ÉTANT PLEINEMENT PERSUADE QUE CE QU'IL AVAIT PROMIS, IL ÉTAIT AUSSI CAPABLE DE L'EXÉCUTER.
Canada French : Fabriquez cette fiche et affichez-la
MAIS MON DIEU POURVOIT À TOUS VOS BESOINS SELON SES RICHESSES EN GLOIRE PAR CHRIST JÉSUS. ÉTANT PLEINEMENT PERSUADE QUE CE QU'IL AVAIT PROMIS, IL ÉTAIT AUSSI CAPABLE DE L'EXÉCUTER.
Serbian : Направите ову индексну картицу и поставите је
АЛИ МОЈ БОГ ЋЕ СВЕ ВАШЕ ПОТРЕБНЕ ПО СВОЈИМ БОГАТСТВАМА НА СЛАВИ ОД ХРИСТА ИСУСА. ПОТПУНО УБЕЂЕН ДА ЈЕ ОНО ШТО ЈЕ ОБЕЋАО, ТАКОЂЕ УСПЕО ДА ИЗВРШИ .
Spanish : Haz esta ficha y colócala.
PERO MI DIOS SATISFARÁ TODAS SUS NECESIDADES CONFORME A SUS RIQUEZAS EN GLORIA EN CRISTO JESÚS. ESTANDO PLENAMENTE CONVENCIDO DE QUE LO QUE HABÍA PROMETIDO, TAMBIÉN PUDO CUMPLIRLO.
Somali : Samee kaadhkan tusmada oo dhig
LAAKIIN ILAAHEY WUXUU ILAAHEY UGU JABAN DOONAA BAAHIDAADA OO DHAN SIDII MARXUUMKIISA KU WANAAGSAN YAHAY CIISE CIISE. IYADOO SI buuxda looga dhaadhiciyay in wixii uu ballan qaaday, uu sidoo kale awood u leeyahay inuu fuliyo.
Sindhi : ھن انڊيڪس ڪارڊ ٺاھيو ۽ ان کي لڳايو
پر منھنجو خدا توھان جي سڀني ضرورتن کي پورو ڪندو پنھنجي دولت جي شان ۾ مسيح جي طرفان. مڪمل طور تي قائل ٿي ويو ته هن جيڪو واعدو ڪيو هو، هو پڻ انجام ڏيڻ جي قابل هو.
Hindi : यह इंडेक्स कार्ड बनाकर लगा दो
परन्तु मेरा परमेश्वर मसीह यीशु की महिमा में अपने धन के अनुसार तुम्हारी सारी आवश्यकताएं पूरी करेगा। पूरी तरह से आश्वस्त होने के कारण कि उसने जो वादा किया था, वह उसे पूरा करने में भी सक्षम था।
Tamil: இந்த குறியீட்டு அட்டையை உருவாக்கி அதை வைக்கவும்
ஆனால் என் தேவன் கிறிஸ்து இயேசுவின் மூலம் மகிமையில் உங்கள் ஐசுவரியத்திற்கு ஏற்ப உங்கள் தேவைகளை வழங்குவார். அவர் வாக்குறுதியளித்ததை முழுமையாக நம்பியதால், அவரால் செயல்படுத்தவும் முடிந்தது.
यो अनुक्रमणिका कार्ड बनाउनुहोस् र यसलाई राख्नुहोस्
तर मेरो भगवानले ख्रीष्ट येशूद्वारा महिमामा उहाँको धनको अनुसार तपाईंको सबै आवश्यकताहरू पूरा गर्नुहुनेछ। आफूले गरेको वाचा पूरा गर्न पनि सक्षम हुनुभयो भनी पूर्ण रूपमा विश्वस्त हुनुहुन्थ्यो।
English: Make this index card and put it up
BUT MY GOD SHALL SUPPLY ALL YOUR NEED ACCORDING TO HIS RICHES IN GLORY BY CHRIST JESUS. BEING FULLY PERSUADED THAT WHAT HE HAD PROMISED, HE WAS ABLE ALSO TO PERFORM .
Indonesian: Buatlah kartu indeks ini dan pasanglah
TAPI TUHANKU AKAN MENYEDIAKAN SEMUA KEBUTUHAN KAMU SESUAI KAYA DALAM KEMULIAANNYA DI OLEH KRISTUS YESUS. SEPENUHNYA DIYAKINKAN BAHWA APA YANG DIA JANJIKAN, DIA JUGA MAMPU MELAKUKANNYA.
Bosnian : Napravite ovu indeksnu karticu i postavite je
ALI MOJ BOG ĆE SVE VAŠE POTREBNO NAMJENITI PREMA SVOJIM BOGATSTVAMA U SLAVI OD HRISTA ISUSA. BUDUĆI POTPUNO UBEĐEN DA JE ONO ŠTO JE OBEĆAO, TAKOĐEUSPEO DA IZVRŠI.
Norwegian : Lag dette kartotekkortet og legg det opp
MEN MIN GUD SKAL DYRE ALT DINE BEHOV I HENHOLD TIL SIN RIKE I HERLIGHET AV KRISTUS JESUS. SOM ER FULLSTENDIG OVERBEVIST OM AT DET HAN HADDE LOVTE, KUNNE HAN OGSÅ UTFØRE .
BUT MY GOD SHALL SUPPLY ALL YOUR NEED ACCORDING TO HIS RICHES IN GLORY BY CHRIST JESUS.BEING FULLY PERSUADED THAT WHAT HE HAD PROMISED, HE WAS ABLE ALSO TO PERFORM .
Greek:
Φτιάξε αυτή την κάρτα και ανάρτησέ την:
«Ο δε Θεός μου θα καλύψει κάθε ανάγκη σας, σύμφωνα με τον πλούτο Του εν δόξη, διαμέσου του Χριστού Ιησού. Όντας απολύτως πεπεισμένος ότι εκείνο που Εκείνος υποσχέθηκε, ήταν ικανός και να το εκπληρώσει.»
Ftiáxe aftí tin kárta kai anártisé tin:
«O de Theós mou tha kalýpsei káthe anánki sas, sýmfona me ton ploúto Tou en dóxi, diamésou tou Christoú Iisoú. Óntas apolýtos pepeisménos óti ekeíno pou Ekeínos yposchéthike, ítan ikanós kai na to ekplirósei.»
Guarani :
Ejapo ko tarjeta de índice ha emoĩ yvate
PERO CHE ÑANDEJÁRA OÑEMBOGUATA OPA PENE REIKOTEVẼ CRISTO JESÚS OÑEMBOGUAPYVA’ERÃ IMBA’E MBA’EPOTA HAGUÉPE. OÑEMBOGUAPY PUETE HAGUÉPE PE OÑEʼẼVAʼEKUE, IKATÚMA AVEI OJAPO .
Gujarati :
આ ઇન્ડેક્સ કાર્ડ બનાવો અને તેને લગાવી દો:
"પરંતુ મારો ઈશ્વર ખ્રિસ્ત ઈસુ દ્વારા મહિમામાં રહેલા પોતાના ધનમાંથી તમારી બધી જરૂરિયાતો પૂરી કરશે. તેને પૂરો વિશ્વાસ હતો કે જેનું તેણે વચન આપ્યું છે, તે પૂરું કરવા માટે તે સમર્થ પણ છે."
aa index kard banaavo ane tene lagaavee do:
"parantu maro ishwar khrist isu dwara mahimama rahela potana dhanmathi tamari badhi jaruriyato puri karshe. tene puro vishvas hato ke jenu tene vachan aapyu chhe, te purun karwa maate te samarth pan chhe."
Haitian Creole :
Prepare kat endèks sa a epi afiche l:
"Bondye mwen an ap bay tout sa nou bezwen, dapre richès li nan glwa a, pa mwayen Jezikri. Li te gen konviksyon total ke sa Bondye te pwomèt la, li te kapab reyalize l tou."
Hakha Chin : Hi index card hi ser law chiah
SIhmanhsehlaw KA PATHIAN NIH NAN HERHMI VIALTE CU KHRIH JESUH THLENG IN SUNPARNAK IN A RUAHNAK IN A KAN PEH LAI. A BIAMMI CU A TUAH KHAWH KHAWH TI TIAH THIL THLENGTE IN ZUMHNAK A SI.
English : Daily Prayers Every Christian Should Pray.
Let's pray.
"Father, thank you for revealing your heart through the prayers of the Apostle Paul.
Today, I ask you for a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of you.
Open the eyes of my heart. Help me to know the hope of your calling. Show me the riches of the inheritance you have given me in Christ. Let me truly understand the exceeding greatness of your power that is already at work within me.
Strengthen me with might by your Spirit in my inward man. Let Christ be completely at home in every area of my life. Root me deeply in your love.
Establish me in your grace. Fill me with all your fullness. Fill me with the knowledge of your will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding. Teach me to walk in a manner worthy of you. Make my life fruitful. Cause me to grow continually in the knowledge of you.
Strengthen me with your glorious power so that I may endure every circumstance with joy. Guard my heart from anxiety.
Teach me to bring every request before you with thanksgiving. Let your peace rule my heart and my mind. Help me to think on what is true, what is honorable, what is just, what is pure, what is lovely, and what is of good report. Teach me to live from the strength of Christ and not from my own strength. Father, let these prayers become more than words on a page. Let them become the atmosphere of my daily walk with you in Christ Jesus' name. I love you. Thank you for loving me first."
The overcoming Bride of Christ has the privilege of experiencing the glory of the LORD GOD ALMIGHTY.
Greetings in the mighty name of the Lord Jesus Christ to all brothers and sisters across the whole world listening to me.
Today the seventh day of the month of November 11th month in the year of 2026 according to the Gregorian calendar.
Brothers and sisters, it is so interesting for us to see what is emerging in the world after the mid-term election in United States of America where the Democrats party swept the elections both in the Congress and in the Senate. We have to wait and see.
But these are all prophetic times.
As I told you many times, not only the Europe that would isolate Israel, very soon United States of America would isolate Israel and then the next ring of fire will emerge very soon.
So brothers and sisters, while those things are happening, my message is indeed to the Bride of the Lord Jesus Christ, to no one else. I'm not a preacher. I'm not an evangelist.
I'm not a pastor or a prophet.
I'm not a kind of a messenger like that. But you know brothers and sisters, I have the anointing and the divine unction, holy anointing to communicate what the God Almighty desires for His people.
This message is exclusive and unique. It is completely directed to no one, but to the Bride of the Lord Jesus Christ. To the Bride of the Lord Jesus Christ and the true church of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Only they would understand this truth and no one else.
So at the time of the Lord Jesus Christ Jesus , many people listened to him for hours when he was presenting the truth.
Brothers and sisters, last week I started this important message, the overcoming death and the power of resurrection.
Now brothers and sisters, this is exclusive designation for no one else but to the Bride of the Lord Jesus Christ.
And it is they who would experience the power of resurrections. All the dead in Christ, all the living element would experience the total complete transfiguration of their body.
So brothers and sisters, the power of resurrection and the overcoming death is what we started last week and I highlight a few aspects of that today because there's so much of confusion among the religions and particularly Christianity denominational religions.
As I've been telling, brothers and sisters, all the religions have an object of worship.
Object means tangible thing, visible thing, touchable thing.
So they all present a tangible an object of worship.
But whereas the true called out ones need not have an object of worship and our Lord God Almighty is not an object of worship.
Now brothers and sisters some of the things I'm repeating. I have to repeat.
Now if you really understand the scriptures what apostle Paul wrote to Timothy in the 1 Timothy chapter 1 verse17, referring to the Almighty , omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, the Everlasting Father, as King eternal, no beginning, no end, Immortal and invisible,
And that's why apostle Paul said, the wise God. And that's why, brothers and sisters, the Lord Jesus Christ said in John chapter 4, to the woman of Samaria when she said, we are worshiping on the mountain, you're (Jews) worshiping in Jerusalem. Jesus said, no, no , no, none of you understand the true worship. The hour cometh , for the true worshipper shall worship the Father, in spirit and in truth.
God is a spirit. Worshippers are worshiping, must worship Him in spirit and truth.
So brothers and sisters, God is The Spirit.
The essence of God the Almighty Spirit is His Divine consciousness. That's the most precious thing in the whole universe and in the realm of God.
There is nothing more can be valuable than that.
Nothing tangible in the universe cannot be compared to that.
So divine consciousness is the essence of the spirit of God and the divine consciousness manifest divine wisdom, divine knowledge, divine understanding.
Again God's essence and then by virtue of divine wisdom, divine knowledge, divine understand, the Almighty Living God can perceive, divinely perceive. see the entire past, present and the future which He has created.
Discern, know what's going on everywhere, every nook and corner, wherever, whenever, however, whatever.
And then God Almighty, omnipotent one.
So as he fills the universe and he can conceive.
Conception is the essence of God.
He conceive; conceive not only children but conceive ideas.
Innovation, creation is conceiving. So God can conceive, divinely conceive and by virtue when you divinely conceive the our God is a living God.
And therefore He is all the time be involved in creation.
He's a creator, the only Almighty Creator. And by virtue of his creative ability, he continuously have the the power of imagination, divine power of imagination, visualisation and actualization.
So the whole universe and everything that is in it, all are imagination, visualisation, actualization of our Living God.
Then when He created this whole universe, He's sustaining it. He's governing it.
As the scientists are saying the universe came into being 26 billion years ago. I don't know how accurate that is but previous they were saying 13.8 billion but it could be 46 billion years or 146 billion years, whether the Big Bang or whatever the Bang, it doesn't matter.
So scientists very clearly attribute now the whole universe governs by the trillions of laws. Not only law of gravity, law of thermodynamics, aerodynamic and all kinds of trillions of laws.
And the scientists are saying they are like unbreakable divine orders.
Then also says there are trillions and trillions of mathematical formulas in operation, numbers involved. Our planet earth 24 hours, 365 days, to orbit around the sun.
The sun orbit around the Milky Way galaxy 2.5 million years. Now all these involves the laws and mathematical formulas. That's what the Bible says.
Psalms 119:89 forever. Oh Lord, thy word or thy law settle. So God's law is connect to his logos (in Greek). Logos is not just a thought. He's thinking.
Our Lord God Almighty continuously thinking, that you and I are also continuously thinking, humanly thinking.
Thinking the law goes. That's what this letter stand for. Yud means thinking , the logos living God.
A means the breath. The whole universe powered by the the breath of God.
Galaxies are breathing. Solar systems are breathing. Planets are breathing.
The mountains are breathing. Oceans are breathing. Rivers are breathing. Trees, plants, animals, birds, fish all are breathing and that breath come from no one but the Almighty is the source of the breath.
So, and then the whole universe, as scientists are saying 26 billion years or 46 billion, there's a destination. There's a distance to that destination.
And that's why, the third letter Way represents God's sound of the movement and the destination that He intend for His creation to move towards you.
And the finally final Hay of God, continuously communicate, and by virtue of His communication, He's intimately connected to the creation.
The union and the oneness. So that's why that's the essence of the Lord God Almighty.
So when God is talking about Himself and diversity of names , but the most unique name, El Shaddai, Elohim, Ashim, Adonai, all kinds of names are there, but the unique name that is relevant to you and me, is what He presented is the Lord Jesus Christ.
It were present to us. But he present to Moses, when Moses asked his name, his reply was " I am that I am" referring to these four letters . YVHV. Yahweh , there are no vowels in the Hebrew letters. Yahweh that's not the correct pronunciation. That's why the Jews don't pronounce God's name . But it is connected to you. He said, "I am that I am" and the "Lord Jesus Christ" identified you. Know one thing I want to tell you very clearly, The Lord Jesus Christ is not eternal God. He's not the everlasting father.
Isaiah chapter 9 that he took certain responsibility on behalf of God.
He was the express image of the invisible God. He's not God but the express image of the invisible God.
He is not his own father.
He has the beginning. He would have an ending.
You know not ending, but means the task that he's given to him.
The Lord Jesus Christ means savior and redeemer like Moses was the savior and redeemer children of Israel.
So he redeemed them and we have been redeemed by the efficacy of the the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. Efficacy of the mighty name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Efficacy of the spirit of God. Efficacy of the word of God.
So the Lord Jesus Christ fulfilled the task that was given to him by the Father. His Father, your Father, his God, your God.
No one else.
And that's why Jesus say, I come from the Father and I go back to Father. I'm in the Father and the Father in me.
If you have seen me, you have seen the Father. Not referring to the human head, human eyes, human mouth. No, God does not have a human image and even our image is different. That's why the Lord Jesus Christ to be have to be born of a virgin without sin, without contamination, without dilution, without deformity, but perfectly. Without sin. But was made sin. But he finished his task.
Almighty God cannot be born. God cannot die. God cannot rise from the dead. No, the Lord Jesus Christ, he fulfilled that task for the purpose of your salvation and my salvation. That's why I say, brothers and sisters, the first Adam, if he did not fall, there's no need of a savior. There's no need of a redeemer because God created Adam perfectly and gave him the very breath and he became a living soul.
Absolutely. Because of his failure and fall , that second Adam has to come up and the Lord Jesus Christ came as a second Adam and that's why Jesus said very clearly in John 17:3-5 , whom you have given to me, thine they were and I revealed your name to them; and I presented thy word to them.
John 17:3-5 contains Jesus’ High Priestly Prayer, defining eternal life and affirming His pre-existence. Verse 3 states: "And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent." Verse 4 notes that Jesus glorified the Father on earth by completing the work given to Him. Verse 5 records Jesus asking the Father to glorify Him with the glory He had with the Father before the world existed.
So brothers and sisters as I've been discussing this I want to really touch little bit questions people have raised about the message I presented on Thursday about the human intelligence (HI), artificial intelligence (AI), and divine intelligence (DI). Now if you look at human intelligence some people say it's human character senses. No, we have senses but the animals have better senses. If you look at the eagles, they sense things much differently. Elephants different senses.
When Sri Lanka experienced the earthquake in 2004, from the jungle all the elephants, when they can sense the earthquake far ahead, human beings all face and die, but not a single animal was dead in the jungles. Because senses but you know brother sense we also have senses but the human intelligence is beyond that. the human intelligence is relating to human consciousness.
Originally we had divine consciousness, where you are thinking with the living God but the human consciousness is self-consciousness, egocentric, selfish, and thereby , you kind of try to innovate and create things for your better life. How to improve the quality of your life? That's okay. No harm. Innovations and improvements. The humans look at human, using human senses, human wisdom, human knowledge, human understanding.
And then he begin to create things, innovate things and then he visualize things. Can imagine humanly that's where human intelligence is.
Steven Jobs created this apple computer, using human intelligence. Human intelligence see a need and they come up with a solution.
The human intelligence is that and it is because the human intelligence there are good things happen, bad things happen.
There are good businesses, good products, good innovations, good technology, good conveniences. But there are bad things. Wars are taking place. Millions are killed. Hatred, rich are becoming richer and richer. Poor are becoming poorer and poorer. Marginalization, you know, all kinds of pollution, corruption by virtue of the human wisdom. Using the human wisdom. All these guns, fighter jets A4, A47, T-56, F-35 and more, neutron bombs, all kinds of thing that you know Iranians are now trying to build and to destroy people. See what is happening in the Middle East using the human wisdom.
But you know brothers and sisters that's why Joel 3:14 says in the value of decisions you are looking at each other take decisions based on what you see what you hear what you understand you use your senses but of course you innovate something using the intelligence solutions bring in solutions intelligence human artificial intelligence is perfection of the information technology that depends and so many things are there. They say artificial will take control of the world but you know brothers and sisters artificial intelligence is the perfection of the human information technology.
They need data to showcase and interpret and highlight. So it's a information technology perfection or the information technology is the artificial intelligence.
They can tell about what happened in the past, what is happening now, but they can never ever say what is going to happen tomorrow, what is going to happen tomorrow. They can never they can say this and this this can happen this option this is possible that is possible but they can never say very accurately this is definitely at this time tomorrow at this hour this is going to happen at this time this train is going to collide with another train and thousands going to die tomorrow. If that AI is there I think we can prevent so many disasters in this If the AI is so powerful, no divine intelligence, it is essence of God come from the divine consciousness, divine wisdom, divine knowledge, divine understanding, divine discernment, perception and conception.
And that's it is relating to God's design and desire and demands connect to the past, present and the future.
It is connected to knowing the destination and the distance ahead.
And that's why apostle Paul says to King Agria, I must not disobedient to the heavenly vision. He saw it.
And that's why divine wisdom brings revelation of the mind of God, design and desire, and demands of God, the will of God, what is expected by God.
That is why, brothers and sisters, Micah 6:8 say, he has shown thee, oh man, what is good? What did the Lord expect of you? Do justly, love, mercy, walk humbly with your God. A future engagement, you know, brothers and sisters. So, having explained that to you, I want to really dwell on this aspect of worship and who our living God. I explain to you brothers and sisters our God the eternal spirit and that's why in the book of Romans chapter 1 verse, verse 17 and verse 20, it very clearly says Romans chapter 1 verse 17 therein is the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith, it is written shall live by faith.
Now this is connected to divine intelligence. They are in the righteousness of God.
Righteousness means doing the right thing, at the right time, in the right way, at the right place, according to the design and the desire and the demands of the Almighty Living God. He understand everything and that's why he says , reveal from faith to faith. Faith is not belief for miracles. It is obedience to God's design and desire and demands. It is written, the just shall live by faith. So brothers and sisters, the living people, the saints of God continuously why they are called saints. We are doing the right thing, at the right time, at the place, in the right way according to the design, desire, and demands of God.
In verse 20, for the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even the eternal power and the God is , so that they are without excuse.
So brothers and sisters, and that's what I say, our God is eternal spirit.
This universe is tangible place. Though it's tangible place, we human beings only see 4% of the universe. Despite all the advance in technology, innovation, the telescope and all kinds of satellites, all kinds of spacecraft going all over.
Despite all that, up to now, in the 6,000 years of human history, we can only see 4% of the universe. 96% we cannot see, but they are there. So this created whole universe and our God Almighty, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, King eternal, immortal, invisible, wise God is not limited to our planet Earth.
He's not limited to our solar system of 10 planets.
He is not limited to the Milky Way galaxy where we are. God fills the whole universe.
If there are 10 trillion galaxies in the universe, so be it.
If there's a life and lives in other planets and other solar system, so be it.
That's God's design. That's God desire. That's God demand.
And that's why God has created so much of angels to think with Him continuously govern the whole universe .
So then we need to understand what it means to really understand what God has given to us.
The chosen seed. Now if you understand this, the Holy Bible.
Now let me tell you brothers and sisters, we have the Old Testament and the New Testament.
Now if you really look at first of all children of Israel, using Abraham, God designed to reveal Himself, but that revelation was lost after the Adamic race, after Noah.
Noah the 10th from Adam. Adam had the revelation and he passed down to his next generation Seth, then up to Noah knew who God is. And in fact, they had the privilege of understanding how to please and worship God.
And that's why God including Adam gave a privilege to really point of repentance.
One of the glorious quality of God is, our God is grace and mercy.
And He knew very well that we were all inside Adam.
When God told Adam, " be fruitful and replenished," fruitful and multiply because we were all in Adam.
And if Adam did not fall, we would have born 6,000 years ago without sin, without iniquity, without corruption, perfect.
But that was not the case. As a result of failure and fall of Adam and the mixing with the serpent seed, the animal nature, came good and evil.
And that's why, brothers and sisters, original status of God's creation of Adam and Eve was completely tarnished, diluted, contaminated, and deformed.
So that's why the Lord Jesus Christ came as the second Adam, paid the price on the cross.
His first task is to reform us by the efficacy of the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. By the efficacy of the mighty name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
So after Noah's death, Noah's three sons dispersed all over the world and we were every human being that lives on this planet earth can trace their beginning to one of the sons of Noah.
Nimrod also descendant of Noah want to understand who God is and he have the revelation. Then he look at the glorious objects the sun and the moon and then he created the first global religion, sun worship which connected to moon worship also. And he became the representative, direct representative of the sun god and sun was the object but you cannot look at the sun.
So Nimrod said, I am representing the sun. So you need to bow down and worship me.
So he became the tangible object of God. Object of God, object of worship.
Not tangible object of God. He became a tangible object of worship. And ever since, brothers and sisters, what is prevailing in the world is tangibly, people need object to worship.
It could be a tree, it could be a stone, it could be a statue, could be a picture, it could be a human being.
All the religions including Christian religions, traditional Christianity and apart from traditional Christian denominations like Catholics and Anglicans and even Charismatics, Pentecostals and Evangelicals, all connected to the object of worship without their knowledge, they worshiping the sun and moon. They connected to that. That's why Jesus very clearly say , you must worship the Father in spirit and in truth.
So when Israel, Abraham the first two had the revelation of who God is and that's why they Abraham time it was called God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. So God revealed to him Abraham and then to Isaac and Jacob and through Jacob is the nation of Israel, 12 tribes. And they were in Egypt for 400 years as slaves. Again that revelation was taken away.
The revelation-knowledge that the Abraham, Isaac and Jacob had partially because they were only able to see as slaves.
That is when, God sent Moses to redeem them after 400 years of slavery in Egypt.
Some people are saying the pyramid of Giza was built by the Hebrew slaves. No, no, no, no. That's wrong. Pyramid is much older than that.
Pyramid is older than the floods. Pyramid was created before the flood, it is a creation of the Adamic race. Yes, the creation of Adamic race.
Everything that Canaanites and everybody built according to their own name all got destroyed.
The only piece of construction, man-made construction that lasted and went through the floods and stood is the pyramid of Giza. No, no. All the other pyramids are rebuilt models, but there's one pyramid, pyramid of Giza. It's not made by Egyptians or pharaohs.
You know, there's much bigger. It's a longer history. than 5,000 years.
So brothers and sisters, when God brought children of Israel out of Egyptian slavery, God did 10 miracles and finally crossing of the Red Sea.
Then he brought them to Sinai desert before they go to the promised land.
They were in transit lounge to get something, the ticket to go there but they couldn't really understand what it means.
And that's why as slave they begin to have object of worship, a calf. They all put their gold and make a golden calf statue. They want to have that object and they began to worship the golden calf.
Whereas Moses was spending 40 days and 40 nights in the mount Sinai, and that's why you find that God was spending time with Moses. And it's very clear the Torah, the first five books, the Torah, The first five books that Moses wrote it second time.
The first time Torah was given by God. And the Bible says, let me bring that scripture.
Exodus 32:16. Exodus 32:16 states that the stone tablets Moses carried down from Mount Sinai were entirely divine in origin, emphasizing that both the tablets themselves and the writing upon them were the work of God. The verse explicitly notes that the tablets were written on both sides, front and back, and that the inscription was engraved (or "graven") directly by God, rather than by human hands or angels.
This declaration serves to underscore the authority, perfection, and permanence of the Ten Commandments, distinguishing them from human-made legal codes. Commentaries highlight that this direct divine authorship signifies that the law is a pure expression of God's will and holiness, intended to deter rebellion and reflect His immediate presence with His people during the Exodus narrative.
Yes. And the stone tablets were the work of God and the writings were the writing of God graven upon the tablets. So God himself wrote first time and he created the two tablets of stone.
The Bible say, he wrote on both sides, he wrote with his finger. He doesn't have fingers. Tablets were a work of God. And the tablets were the work of God. The writings was the written of God gave upon the tables.
So God wrote first time.
And that's why apostle Paul says in Hebrew chapter 10 verse 16 that I will put my law my covenant into your heart. Right in your tablets of your brain, your mind.
So brothers and sisters, what God gave to Moses during 40 days and 40 nights first time the law, the commandments and statutes, exactly 613 commandments, statutes and ordinances. So that children of Israel need to follow.
It is connected to the relationship between Israel and the the living God Almighty. 365 days it is relating to the Israel's relationship with the society and the environment.
Today people are talking about the sustainability but God gave it long before, on how to look after the environment not to pollute it. It's there in the Bible.
So brothers and sisters, so it's very wonderfully mentioned what is Torah?
The Torah is God express his thinking to his people.
That is why brothers and sisters same is John is writing John 1:1. In the beginning was the word and the word was God and the word was with God.
So the Torah that God gave to Moses was the expression of his thinking, his design, his desire, his demands.
And that is the very reason God said and in fact God stopped all the miracles in Egypt many miracles , in Sinai desert , in the promised land, there were no miracles except Elijah and Elisha, very specific reason. But there are no miracles.
What is the Torah? The Torah or the logos, what the Old Testament and the rest of the books is because the children of Israel , because second time with Moses dashed the Torah at the base of the mountain when he saw they're worshiping a golden calf and the Torah was lost,
Originally from God, born divine consciousness to him. Here, the human consciousness, but that was lost and then second time God called Moses and said, okay you come up again, bring some tablets of stone from the earth, and then I will dictate , you write it. And that's exactly Moses was brought second time . And when he brought them down, people could not look at his face.
His face was gloriously shining like sun and then he covered himself with a veil.
But he told man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceed out of the mouth of God.
Now, it's very clear that man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceed out of the mouth of God.
So the Torah, the children of Israel, as long as Moses and Joshua was there, they were all right to understand few things. But subsequently, they went astray all the time. That's why no nation, no ethnic group in this world has suffered like the children of Israel. When God demanded things, they went opposite, when God told them to go right side, they went to the left side. So, Torah is the design of God, desire of God, demands of God upon us.
And Torah is connected to God's thought or the logos (in Greek) or thinking.
Thinking is a activity. That's why our God is living God.
Now brothers and sisters, when children of Israel did not really understood the Torah after Moses and Joshua were gone, God has His prophet after prophet, judge after judge, a righteous king after king, asking them to come back to the truth, come back to the word, thus say the Lord. with his Isaiah, whether he's Jeremiah, whether he's Ezekiel, all those prophets. So all the prophetic books are there and few historical books are there like Chronicles, and Kings and Esther and all these things are there. But many prophetic books are there. They all referring to the Torah, the commandments, statutes and ordinances.
So all in all, the Torah or the word is connected to the expression of God's design and desire and demands.
And when the children of Israel totally did not understood and that's why God's rejection was upon him. And that's why God has raised the second Adam, the Lord Jesus Christ , he came as the lamb of God, paid the price on the cross.
I mentioned about that earlier but I want to tell you without really spending too much of time on those things directly going on to the Bride of the Lord Jesus Christ.
The Bible, the Torah, the Old Testament and New Testament.
Now in this new testament, the four gospels and the epistles all connected to the old testament also including book revelation because when the Lord Jesus Christ was standing there in the midst of the Pharisees and Sadducees and the Israelites, the leaders of church, they accused him this is a new doctrine, it's a new teaching, you are a demon. But Jesus said, read the scriptures, it is written of me. I did not come to break it (law). I came to fulfill one story, one plan, one purpose, one design. Old testament and it is a covenant of God. The old covenant, the new covenant, all the old testament is revelation of the new testament.
New Testament is the expression of the Old Testament, Old Covenant. So brothers and sisters, what is Torah?
Torah is expression of the mind of God.
And that's why, the whole universe is the expression of the mind of God.
That's why it is a reality. Nobody can change it. Nobody can add to it. Nobody can disturb it. Nobody can dilute it. Nobody can change it.
That's why in even our solar system, every planet is moving according to the direction that God has given.
Our planet earth has never changed its time to 24 to 22 or 26. No.
That's why it says forever, oh Lord, thy thought or thy consciousness.
So brothers and sisters, the Torah is connected to the consciousness of God.
The consciousness of God which has divine wisdom, divine knowledge, divine understanding.
And that's why brothers and sisters, Torah is connected to thinking of the living God, the thought continuously.
And that's why the Lord Jesus Christ said John chapter 16 verse 12-15.
Let me read that. John chapter 16. verse 12 - 15.
I have many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear it. But now the spirit of truth come, he will guide you into all truth. He shall not speak of himself, but whatsoever he shall hear that he shall speak and show you things to come. He shall glorify me , shall receive of mine and show it unto you. The Lord Jesus Christ is saying came as a redeemer but the Father gave. That's why Jesus said John 17:2 the glory which you have given to me, I have given it to them , divine consciousness.
So brothers and sisters why was it given? Let me read that.
This is also very important. John chapter 17 verse 22. The glory which thou gavest me, I have given them that they may be one as we are one.
Brothers and sisters, he says very clearly, the glory which you have given to me.
What for the glory? The Lord Jesus Christ. He's the Holy Ghost. He was the Word made flesh. That means he was the divine consciousness. God gave his divine consciousness to him like he gave to angels and God did not really lose it. God cannot lose His own conscience. He can give it to anybody, can multiply and give it.
That's why God is God. The angels, the Michael, the Gabriel, they all have divine consciousness.
The Lord Jesus Christ, Emmanuel, divine consciousness.
And that's why he said that they may be one as we are one. That's where brothers and sisters, the worship comes to take place.
Our living God is not an object. He's not tangible. He's not an image.
Now, please don't misunderstand me.
the Lord Jesus Christ.
Let me bring that scripture also, then you it' be very clear on this.
This is a very important because Actually a lot of people let me read that scripture.
Yes. 2 Corinthians chapter 5 verse 16.
2 Corinthians chapter 5:16.
Verse 16: Wherefore henceforth we know we know no man after the flesh.
Yeah. Though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth we know him. No more.
You know brothers and sisters, lot of people have pictures of the Lord Jesus Christ.
You go from place to church to church, you have different pictures. Some are short hair, long hair, different eyes.
There's a picture by Hoffman. He painted at the 633. All kinds of things are there.
But you know brothers and sisters, we don't see him in the flesh.
When Jesus said, "Emmanuel, I'm with you." Divine consciousness, the word, but I shall be in you, by virtue of the spirit of Christ. I shall be in you.
So brothers and sisters, it's so wonderful to understand this because the picture of the Lord Jesus Christ cannot be an object of worship.
A lot of people have statues of the Lord Jesus Christ, pictures of the Lord Jesus Christ here and there. Do people want object of worship? That's the reason the Lord Jesus Christ said you must worship God in spirit and in truth. In spirit and in truth. God is spirit. That's why brothers and sisters. Apostle Peter told the people who asked him, "What shall we do?" He said, "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ for the remission of sins and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit." You know brothers and sisters, Holy Spirit because in our human sinful nature we cannot worship the living God definitely you can become member of a church, can born to Christian family, or a Pentecostal or whatever the charismatic family. But we are all born in sin , sinful nature is there, so as long as sinful nature is Yeah, we have the human nature , self-consciousness.
Self-consciousness is egocentric, selfish, full of lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, and the pride of life.
That's what sin brings. The egocentric, selfishness.
So therefore, my old man has to be crucified. Like apostle Paul says, I'm crucified with Christ. Nevertheless, I live.
So the old man has to be crucified. The only way that can happen is by the efficacy of the blood of Jesus Christ.
Efficacy of the blood of Jesus Christ.
Efficacy of the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. You are from your deformed status is reformed.
And when you are reformed, you have the glorious privilege being infilled with the spirit of God.
That is why the Lord Jesus Christ when he rose from the dead came to disciple he breathed onto them and said receive the the holy spirit and then he told you receive it and the spirit of truth. He mentioned about the spirit of truth brothers and sisters.
So the spirit of truth, the very spirit of God, the spirit of Christ and when the spirit of truth comes and dwells in you like like Jesus said very clearly, he will teach you everything.
He will not hide you anything. He will show you everything that is past, present and the future.
What is him? You will not be in a valley of darkness. You'll be begin to see the things of God. That is why John said, John chapter 3, you're born of God, you'll begin to see things.
So brothers and sisters, what is the spirit of God will do?
And that's where Romans chapter 8 verse 1-9 , Romans chapter 8.
Yes, let's read that. There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ who walk not after the flesh but after the spirit.
The law of the spirit of life Jesus Christ made me free from the law of sin and death that the law could not do that it was weak to the flesh. God sending his own son in the likeness of the sinful flesh for the sin condemn sin in the flesh. That the righteousness of the law mind be fulfilled in us who walk not after the flesh but after the spirit.
For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh but they are after the spirit things of the spirit. Carnally minded is death but the spiritually minded is peace because carnal mind is enmity against God. It's not a subject of the law of God. Neither indeed can be. So they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
They are in the flesh they cannot please God.
But not in the flesh but the spirit of God but in the spirit. If so be the spirit of God dwells in you.
Now if any man have not the spirit of Christ none. Verse 10. If Christ be in you, body is dead because of the sin, but the spirit of life because of righteousness.
You know, brothers and sisters, that's a glorious privilege.
That's a glorious privilege, brothers and sisters. The spirit of truth dwells in you.
Then you begin to understand everything.
And when you begin to understand everything, that's where, brothers and sisters, we begin to have the privilege,
as apostle Paul says, no longer walking in the lust of our flesh. In the spirit, they carnally minded mind things that they want for their lustful desires and designs.
Now if you look at brothers and sisters, we have two men in the Bible in the Old Testament who did not face death.
First one is Enoch, and Hebrew chapter 11 verse 5 and 6, it mention about Enoch.
The Bible say Enoch walked with God and he was not, and God took him. You know, if you read the Genesis chapter 5, Enoch was 7th generation for Adam, and at the age of 65 years old, the call of God came to him: repent and understand who the living God is , and he begins to fulfill what Godś design and desires and demands are. And Enoch did that. It took 300 years for Enoch to fully please God.
Yes, there were so many things in him that he need to get rid of. But every time he walked with God. Every day he started this walk with God. He start his walk with God.
And every time God would show him things that he need to get rid of.
Yesterday, today is better than yesterday and the following day and kept on going on for 300 years. The Bible says very clearly he was taken off from the earth without experiencing death.
And before he was taken, he had a testimony. What is that? He pleased God.
He pleased God. He pleased God.
And then next verse says without faith impossible to please God.
Without faith it is impossible to please God.
Without faith. So to please God. So brothers and sisters, worshiping the living God Almighty, in spirit and truth, is pleasing him.
He can only see his word in you. Nothing else, his truth in you.
That's why just brothers and sisters, John chapter 14 verse 16 to 17 says the truth, the spirit of truth. Let's read that scripture also because John chapter 14, verses 16-17, he says, I will pray the Father shall give you another Comforter , and that He may abide with you forever, even the spirit of truth whom the world cannot receive because he seeth him not , neither knoweth him, but you know him.
He dwelleth with , referring to him, the Lord Jesus, I am the truth, and he was living. And he shall be in you.
Shall be in you, brothers and sisters.
And that's exactly the Lord Jesus Christ said, "Receive the Holy Spirit." John 20:22,
Acts 1:8, Luke 24:29, referring to being empowered, filled by the very spirit of God.
So brothers and sisters when the spirit of God comes, one thing that begins to take place, you begin to be illuminated, you can understand the revealed of God's design, desire, and demands.
What you need do next moment, next minute, next hour, next day and all the time. What is ahead, you need to be understand the mind of God. There and that's why Bible says, obedience. Obedience faith is nothing to do with beliefs, looking for some blessing and protection. The faith here is all together is do understanding the design, desire demands of God and be linked to it and be obedient to His plan and purposes.
That is why Micah 6:6 he has shown the man what did he do to you know he has shown the man What is good?
All the time God is showing to his people what's the best. When God created the planet earth, he said everything is good. Mankind has messed it up. Still the universe, everything is good. Our planet Earth, our atmosphere, only mankind has messed them up.
You know, brothers and sisters, there are the galaxies, there are the life. God knows what's going on there.
Brothers and sisters, so he has shown the mankind what is good. What does the Lord expect of you?
Do justly.
Do justly means same thing. Just live by faith. Just live by faith.
Just live by faith.
Just live by faith means very clearly it is you become a part of the truth or the revelation of the mind of God.
That is the reason brothers and sisters Bible talks about Romans 8:10-17.
Revelation 21:17 the inheritance of Christ.
So brothers and sisters worshiping the Almighty Living God involve pleasing Him.
I become a pleasure to the Almighty Father.
Now if you look at the Lord Jesus Christ, he pleased God, his Father all the time. Whatever he did, God said, "This is my beloved, I'm well pleased.
This is my beloved and I'm well pleased." In several occasions, he said in the midst of the disciples.
So when you and I have oneness and the union, the Lord Jesus Christ said John 17:22, the glory which You gave to me that is divine consciousness.
When you and I have divine consciousness, you begin to understand the expectations of God.
So brothers and sisters, there are certain stages that we need to understand , connected to status of pleasing our God.
So let me go through that.
Romans chapter 8 verse 25 onward verse.
So let me read from verse 26. Likewise the spirit also helped our infirmities, for we know not what we should pray for. We ought but the spirit itself make a decision. The spirit of God understand everything. You don't have to say this is my prayer, repeat our Father ..... and that you need to allow the spirit of God in you to understand everything.
And verse 27 and he that search the heart know what is in the mind of the spirit because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
You understand that intercessions in the will of God means properly understood understanding God's design, desire, and demands of God.
And we know, here it says, we know all things work together for good to them that love God who are called according... So there are no surprises for the journey of the saints.
Now brothers and sisters, I must tell you sometime people ask why this bad thing happened to me? Why this bad thing happened to me? I'm so good person. I'm going to church every day. I'm praying, praying, praying. Why God has not done anything to me? There was a story. There was a man at a nice house but yesterday there was a huge rain here. All the Colombo roads went down to water and there were floods and the government announced people in that area to vacate their houses. And all residents vacated and went to places of refuge. But this man said no, no, no. I'm not going, God will look after and the water was coming to half of this house. And then there was a boat came and said get in soon this more water is coming. He said no, no, no, God will protect and save me. So boat went away and then the whole house got submerged and he went to the roof and there was a helicopter that was sent to him. And the rescuer said, get into the helicopter because soon your house will be submerged. The man said, no, God will save. Finally house got submerged. This man died. He soaked in this water and he died. Then finally he went to the heaven.
This is a story and he said, God, why you did not assist me? I'm so pious and all this. God said, I send you a car first, you will not get into it. Second I send a boat to you. Third I send a helicopter. What can I do?
So brothers and sisters, if you are a child of God, everything that happens according to God's design, there are no accidents for the children of the living God. Accidents are people in the world. They don't know the Lord. Do you know brothers and sisters, nothing happens in this whole world without the knowledge of God?
The Bible say even as a sparrow does not fall to the ground without his knowledge.
So as far as whatever that happens, you know, you get disturbed sometimes. You think , 'God is not interested in me. I'm suffering. I'm going through this.'
But you don't know what is ahead.
There was another story which I read recently.
There was a Jewish rabbi went to a see his people in a certain town. On the way he had tar in another village and he had a donkey and he had a rooster. He had a candle and he was going there and the people say we cannot give accommodation to raise. So he did not and then he at the edge of the city the village called to a jungle he stayed there and he slept there kept the donkey, kept the rooster. Behold the morning came. Donkey is missing. Rooster is gone. Wolf has taken the donkey. Another wild beast had taken the rooster. His candle also gone. Then he was wondering what. And suddenly he saw fire at distance. To see that village is burned. Everybody in that village is killed by the enemy that came. And if the donkey was there, he would shout and then he would also got killed. If the rooster was there, rooster would have shout. Rooster also taken before.
You know brothers and sisters, sometimes we don't know the plan of God.
God always do little things.
Elijah told that woman, "What do you have in your house?" A little oil or a little can.
So brothers and sisters, sometimes we don't understand what God is going to do in our lives. So here it says according to the will of God, all things work together. That's exactly is going to happen.
Nothing to you and me happens by an accident.
Ever since the call of God come to you and me. Every little thing, every minor thing is God engineered, God facilitated.
That's why David said, "I was young, now I'm old. I never seen righteous forsaken. No, his seed be." I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread. Psalm 37:25.
So here it says Romans 8, verse 29 , for whom God foreknew, he also predestinated to be conformed to the image of his Son. That is what pleases the Almighty Father, that we all conformed in the image of him, that he might be the firstborn among the many brethren; he's the firstborn first. Verse 30. Moreover, whom he predestined them also he called. Whom he called, he justified; whom he justified also them glorified.
So you have the stage by stage, the predestinated.
That's why Jesus said John 17:22 , I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one—
John 17:6, “I have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word.
whom you have given to me, Jesus says, thine they were , past tense, thine they were, and I revealed thy name to them.
There are 9 billion people now living. There are 6 billion dead and gone. But out of them , probably, very few in numbers that Jesus said dying they were, we were lost in Adam , and the second Adam gave life eternal to us because by virtue of his sacrifice on the cross, paid the blood sacrifice, pay the price, it is finished, my God , my God why has Thou forsaken me, he died, buried, and resurrected alive , went to heaven and release all the Old Testament saints like Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Daniel, all once and for all.
And the secondly, you and I in Christ means from the time of the Lord Jesus Christ redemption plan, the people who have the efficacy of the blood of Jesus Christ.
So brothers and sisters we have been predestinated.
Having predestinated then we have been called. I was born into Buddhist background. My call came to me from the Father almost 50 years ago when I was 20 years of age. In light who he is, God has predestinated me.
That's why he told Jeremiah, Jeremiah 1:5 , The verse reads: “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
Before you came into your mother's womb I knew.
Before you came into your mother's womb I knew you and your mother's womb for 9 months I sanctified you, justified, sanctified you, so that prepared the ownership and after you came out of your mother's womb, I anointed you, justification.
The just shall live by faith, anointing, divine unction, divine consciousness.
So brothers and sisters, after justification, what do you have? Glorification.
Glorification means that we have a union and the oneness with the Almighty.
You know that's what Jesus said, the glory which You have given to me, that is God's divine consciousness, that was given to the Lord Jesus Christ , I have given to them , to all of us by virtue of receiving the spirit of God.
You know brothers and sisters , we are the living temple of the living God. God dwells in us because we are the living temple of the living God to mean holiness unto God, a living sacrifice.
So brothers and sisters, the union and the oneness of the Father , based on my responsibility, based on my predestination, my calling, my justification and thereby brothers and sisters, my glorification is I have the divine consciousness.
The divine consciousness is upon me. That is why it's called glorification.
Glorification means I am one with the Father, of the union. Holy communion means I'm not thinking about God.
I'm not thinking about God. I am thinking with the living God.
Jesus said very clearly, John chapter 6, John chapter 10, John chapter 14, John chapter 16, 15 and all this.
He said, I am the living bread that come down from heaven. Unless you eat my flesh and drink my blood, you have no life. He that eat my flesh and drink my blood dwelleth in me. I in you.
So the Bride of the Lord Jesus Christ, the called out ones, the predestinated ones, justified ones, glorified ones with the divine consciousness is no longer reading this.
He's eating it, digesting it. That's why the Lord Jesus Christ told, When disciples ask when shall be your coming, first of all , it's coming to the Bride of the Lord Jesus Christ, very private arrival by the Lord Jesus Christ. to take the Bride, you and I, and present the Bride to the Father in heaven.
Jesus said as a lightning coming from the east unto the west, in other words, there's going to be illumination, there's going to be enlightenment. They're going to be mighty revelation from one end to the other end. Then the eagles, he said, mention eagle, the Bride. Eagles are eating, eating the Word, eating the flesh. So when you are eating, you're one.
That's oneness, that union.
That's why, brothers and sisters, that oneness, that union is the most glorious things.
And that's why, brothers and sisters, we were deformed.
We were contaminated, we were diluted, we were corrupted.
And that's why apostle Paul says, flesh and blood will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Then by virtue of the efficacy of the blood of Jesus Christ we were reformed originally . Genesis 2:7, God formed properly beautifully without any corruption, without any dilution, perfectly. Now we are reformed by the efficacy of the blood Jesus Christ.
Then brothers and sisters, Yes, we are now transformed by the spirit of God. The spirit of Romans 12:2 and we have been transformed and then we pass next stage. Romans 12:2 instructs believers to reject societal conformity and undergo internal transformation through the renewal of their minds, enabling them to discern God’s will.
What is transformed? Translated.
Colossians chapter 1:13 means translated.
Colossians 1:13 declares that God has rescued believers from the dominion of darkness and transferred them into the kingdom of His beloved Son. This verse highlights a completed spiritual rescue, emphasizing that deliverance from the authority of Satan is an accomplished act through Christ’s work.
The passage underscores two primary actions:
Rescue: God actively saved individuals from the power and jurisdiction of darkness, which is identified with Satan's rule.
Transfer: Believers were moved into the kingdom of Jesus, characterized by redemption and the forgiveness of sins mentioned in the following verse.
Key translations reflect this consistent message, such as the King James Version ("Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness...") and the New International Version ("For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness..."). Theologically, this signifies a permanent change in allegiance and citizenship for the believer, moving from spiritual death to life under Christ's reign.
That is mean we are sanctified for perfection.
That is why brothers and sisters, apostle Paul says in Hebrew chapter 10, verse 14.
Hebrews 10:14 declares that by one offering [Jesus] has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified. This verse highlights the finality and efficacy of Christ's singular sacrifice, contrasting it with the repetitive animal offerings of the Old Covenant.
The text establishes a dual reality for believers:
Positional Perfection: Christ’s completed work has fully justified and perfected believers before God, securing their eternal standing.
Progressive Sanctification: Believers are currently in the process of being made holy and set apart for God’s purpose.
This single sacrifice accomplished what the Law could not, providing permanent redemption and access to God without the need for further atonement.
By one offering, by one offering, verse 14, yet perfected forever, forever them (believers) that are sanctified. Forever perfect. Now, brothers and sisters, that's why it says very clearly, perfected forever.
That's where we need to understand.
1 John 3:9 states that individuals born of God do not habitually or continuously practice sin because the divine nature, referred to as "God's seed," remains within them. Translators vary in their emphasis: the ESV notes that believers "make a practice of sinning," while the KJV and NKJV state that they "do not sin" or "cannot sin."
Key theological interpretations include:
Habitual Sin: Most scholars agree the verse prohibits a lifestyle of deliberate, ongoing sin rather than claiming believers are sinless in every action. The NIV and NLT clarify that believers "will continue to sin" or "make a practice of sinning."
Divine Nature: The "seed" is understood as the Holy Spirit or the new nature imparted at conversion, which inherently opposes sin and prevents the believer from remaining in it.
Identity: The verse serves to distinguish children of God from children of the devil, asserting that a true believer’s new nature makes a life dominated by sin impossible.
But John says 1 John 3:9 the seed, he that is born of God does not commit sin because the seed of God means the word , the word means divine consciousness, word means divine logos .
Psalms 1:3 talks about the man who has God's law in his consciousness. Proverb 3:1-8 says again the divine consciousness.
Psalm 1:3 describes the spiritual stability and prosperity of a righteous person who delights in God's law. The verse states: "He is like a tree planted by streams of water, that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers."
This imagery signifies:
Constant Nourishment: Like a tree with a reliable fresh healthy water source, the believer is sustained by God's Word.
Timely Productivity: Fruit is produced "in its season," indicating consistent, appropriate spiritual growth and good works.
Endurance: The leaf does not wither, representing resilience during hardships or droughts.
Overall Success: The individual prospers in all endeavors, defined by eternal perspective and faithfulness rather than merely material wealth.
Proverbs 3:1–8 is a foundational biblical passage offering parental wisdom and instructions on trust, obedience, and reverence for God. It emphasizes that adhering to divine commandments brings long life, peace, and prosperity, while complete reliance on God rather than human understanding ensures guided paths and holistic health.
The text is structured around three main themes:
Obedience and Character: Verses 1–4 instruct the listener to keep God’s commands in their heart and let love, faithfulness, and truth define their character, resulting in favor and a good reputation before both God and people.
Total Trust in God: Verses 5–6 command believers to trust in the Lord with all their heart and not lean on their own understanding, promising that submitting to God in all ways will result in Him directing their paths.
Reverence and Health: Verses 7–8 advise against self-importance, urging instead to fear the Lord and shun evil, which is promised to bring healing to the body and strength or refreshment to the bones.
Key translations vary slightly in terminology, such as the NLT using "loyalty and kindness" and the ESV using "steadfast love and faithfulness," but the core message of faithful trust and divine guidance remains consistent across versions.
So brothers and sisters when you are in the divine consciousness stage because when God gave the Torah to Moses 40 days 40 nights , two times, he was there.
Then God told Miriam and Aaron; with Moses I'm face to face.
When you are having divine consciousness , the spirit of God in you. That union will enshrine the Almighty God before you face to face.
Also, God told Miriam and Aaron; with Moses, I speak to him mouth to mouth.
Numbers 12:8 , face to face.
The phrase "face to face" in Numbers 12:8 describes God’s direct, clear communication with Moses, distinguishing him from other prophets who received messages through dreams or riddles. The number 128 is unrelated to this biblical verse; it is primarily known in modern contexts as the dimensionality of facial recognition vectors or as a number with various numerological and spiritual meanings.
Biblical Context: Numbers 12:8
Direct Communication: God states, "I speak with him face to face, clearly and not in riddles," emphasizing an intimate and transparent relationship with Moses.
Unique Status: This direct access sets Moses apart as a unique covenant mediator, unlike other prophets who communicated through visions or symbolic language.
Theological Significance: The verse highlights the extraordinary intimacy God grants Moses, allowing him to see the form of the Lord and speak to Him as one speaks to a friend.
Numerical and Technical Context: 128
Facial Recognition: In computer science, a human face is often represented as a 128-number vector (embedding) in a high-dimensional space. Systems calculate the Euclidean distance between these vectors to match faces with high accuracy and speed.
Numerology: The number 128 reduces to the master number 11 (1+2+8=11). It is associated with spiritual awakening, intuition, and prosperous progress, combining the energies of leadership (1), partnership (2), and abundance (8).
Mathematical Properties: 128 is 2 square of 7 , (2x2x2x2x2x2x2) an even composite number with divisors including 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, and 128. It is significant in computing as a power of two.
There is no direct textual or thematic link between the biblical verse Numbers 12:8 and the number 128; they represent distinct concepts from theology and mathematics/technology, respectively.
The Exodus 33:11 mouth to mouth , that's why Moses came and says man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceed from the mouth of God.
In Exodus 33:11, the text states that the LORD spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend, establishing a unique level of direct, clear, and intimate communication. This phrase is synonymous with the "mouth to mouth" description found in Numbers 12:8, which contrasts Moses with other prophets who typically receive revelation through visions or dreams.
Scholars interpret "face to face" and "mouth to mouth" as idioms for clarity and directness, not literal physical interactions. This distinction emphasizes that Moses received plain, unambiguous divine instruction without the symbolic obscurity often associated with prophetic dreams, while Exodus 33:20 clarifies that Moses did not see God's essential face or full glory, which would be fatal.
With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses? Numbers 12:8 KJV
And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. Exodus 33:11 KJV
We can't lose anything that God present to us, the Lord Jesus Christ never lost anything, whatever You have given to me I've done it. Mouth to mouth, nothing lost directly from Him to me. That's why Jesus said, unless you eat my flesh and drink my blood, you have no life.
So you have to obtain from the very revelation of the mind of God into you.
Then finally Corinthians chapter 2:16 and Philippians 2:5 says , mind to mind.
Face to face, mouth to mouth, mind to mind. That's why brothers and sisters, we talked about that union, that oneness, face to face, mouth to mouth, mind to mind.
That union, that oneness , and that oneness is the expression of worship.
There's no iniquity , there is no sin. Because the bible say, if I regard iniquity.
If I regard iniquity, God will not hear.
There is no way that there is holy common union, the oneness, the union.
Like Jesus said, "the Father in me." That is only possible, brothers and sisters, not only being cleansed and purified, washed, but brothers and sisters, so that, I'm before Him face to face.
God sees me through my condition, my status. I overcome sin because I can only overcome sin in Christ Jesus, by the efficacy of the blood of Christ.
There's no iniquity because I have divine consciousness. I'm not thinking about God. I'm not thinking about myself.
I'm continuously thinking with Him.
And that union bring pleasure to God.
Whatever that bring pleasure to God is an act of worship.
Abel offered the right thing and it pleased God. Cain offered bananas and pineapples, didn't please God.
How can we please God?
If I regard iniquity means unequal status.
If I regard iniquity, I cannot please God.
So holy communion with the Father is relating to that union, to that oneness and that divine consciousness.
When I have the divine consciousness, I have the divine wisdom, divine knowledge, divine understanding, divine perception, divine discernment, divine conception and divine imagination, visualization, actualization.
And then I have the glorious power of thinking with my living God all the time and there is no room for sin.
That's why John said 1 John 3:9, he that is born of God does not commit sin. Why?
His seed is active in his body, soul and spirit. In every atom of his body, every molecule, cell and all the 248 organs, 600 muscles totally immersed.
That's why, brothers and sisters, Roman chapter 8 verse 14.
Romans 8:14 states that all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. This verse establishes that being guided by the Holy Spirit is the defining evidence of one's status as a child of God, distinguishing believers from those under a "spirit of slavery" to fear (Romans 8:15) : ( For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship, by whom we cry, Abba! Father!)
Key theological implications include:
Assurance of Identity: The leading of the Spirit confirms that an individual has received the "Spirit of adoption" and can confidently cry out "Abba! Father!" (Romans 8:15).
Active Dependence: Being "led" implies a continuous, dependent relationship where the Holy Spirit guides believers, often in the context of putting to death the deeds of the body (Romans 8:13).
Universal Application: This promise applies to all who are guided by the Spirit, regardless of their age, strength, or education, marking them as genuine sons and daughters of God.
They are led by the spirit , they are the sons of God.
The spirit of God leading means you need to have the spirit of God in you, divine consciousness.
And that's again 2 Timothy 1:17 says, God has not given tous a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and sound mind, means the agape.
God gives to us everything by virtue of His agape. His consciousness is not my, he lend it to me with a responsibility he gave it to me. I'm accountable to return to so that everything what I do will please Him. Bring pleasure to God. That's the point of worship.
Worship Me in Spirit and Truth.
Everything, what I do bring pleasure to God.
You can go and spend hours fast in the brain doesn't bring any pleasure to God.
When you are directly connected to His consciousness, divine consciousness and then you begin to think with the living God.
That's why brothers and sisters, Daniel 12:3 says the bride of the Lord Jesus Christ continuously shine at the brightest stars.
They continue to shine. Daniel 12:3 shine illuminated and their manifestation and the expression or the beauty of God's holiness.
(Men who have had wisdom will then shine like the firmament, those who have brought many to be righteous will shine like the stars, forever and ever.) Daniel 12:3.
Daniel 12:10 draws a sharp distinction between the faithful and the wicked during the end times, stating that "Many will be purified, made spotless, and refined, but the wicked will continue to act wickedly." The verse emphasizes that none of the wicked will understand the divine plan, whereas those who are wise will understand.
This passage serves as a theological explanation for why trials and persecution occur, suggesting that these events are a necessary process to purify and refine the character of God's people. It implies that spiritual discernment and wisdom, rooted in faith, are required to grasp the significance of these prophetic events, while persistent rebellion leads to spiritual blindness.
And that's why again Daniel 12:10 says the wise shall understand the shall see everything beyond hear everything beyond not what I see what the ear see beyond that and that's what the Bible say I have not seen, ear nor has he gone the heart of man what God has prepared for them.
So brothers and sisters, that is the same thing that apostle Paul says, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.
So brothers and sisters, what is true worship? That please the Father?
Worship is not going and adopting certain rituals, certain practices, observing certain teachings. No.
And our Almighty Living God is not an object. He's not object. He's not tangible. He is not object of worship.
Worship is union with the Father. That's what the Lord Jesus Christ said.
I come from the Father. I go back to the Father. I'm in the Father and the Father in me.
And the Father all the time recognized and said this is my beloved son. This is my beloved son. This is my beloved son. I'm well pleased.
So the true act of worshiping the living God is when you bring pleasure to God continuously.
The only way that you can bring pleasure to God, brothers and sisters, when you're full of divine consciousness.
You cannot have divine consciousness if you regard iniquity and the sin and you have self-consciousness, human consciousness, ego-centricism. No.
If you are to think with him, you cannot think about yourself and think about it. Think with God.
There's no room for iniquity and no room for sin.
And whatever you doing, it bring pleasure to God because you are pleasing the heart of God.
That is why Bible says Hebrew 11:5, without faith it is impossible to please God.
And Enoch for 300 years pursued, overcame all the challenges connect to lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes and the pride of life. All of them he overcame them and he walked with God.
Thinking with God . The Bible say, "How can two walk together unless they be agreed?"
Yes, that's what Micah said. Micah 6:8, he has shown thee, oh man, what is good. What does the Lord expect of you?
Do justice, love mercy, and work humbly with your living God. Walk humbly.
That divine consciousness walk, that union with the Father. And that's what Jesus said, that they may be one as we are one. That's the point.
That's the point. The glorious union. That's what Jesus said.
John 17:22, "The glory which You have given to me, I given to them that they may be one."
Yes indeed, brothers and sisters, your body is the living temple of the Living God. You are the redeemed of God.
You are cleansed, purified, washed by the efficacy of the blood of Jesus Christ. Efficacy of the mighty name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Because you are the living temple of the living God. You have been filled with the spirit of God.
And when you are filled with the spirit of God, it's just not to lay like that.
No, there is a living thing. Bible say my God is a consuming fire.
The Living God, loving God, thinking God. So that's why I say , apostle Paul said, offer your body as a living sacrifice, to the Living God, living sacrifice.
Every second, every moment that I need to bring pleasure to God.
Not once a week, on Sunday I bring pleasure to God, and Monday I forget about God. Or once a day, once a week, no, every second counts. Every minute count, every hour, every day counts.
Every minute, every second I need to bring pleasure to God and God need to be pleased about me.
That's what brothers and sisters, all things work together for good to them that love Him.
We are predestinated. We are called. We are justified.
Now we are glorified here. Our glorification is going to come there. It's going to happen here. That's why apostle John wrote Revelation 21:7 that overcome will inherit everything.
Revelation 21:7 declares that those who overcome (or conquer) will inherit all things, establishing a permanent covenant where God will be their God and they will be His sons (or children).
This verse serves as a pivotal promise within the context of the new heaven and new earth, contrasting the eternal inheritance of the faithful with the "second death" described in the subsequent verse for the cowardly, unbelieving, and sinful.
Key translations highlight the core message:
King James Version (KJV): "He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son."
New International Version (NIV): "Those who are victorious will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children."
English Standard Version (ESV): "The one who conquers will have this heritage, and I will be his God and he will be my son."
Theologically, this verse signifies the final realization of adoption, where believers share in Christ’s sonship and reign, fulfilling the Davidic covenant promise found in 2 Samuel 7:14.
2 Samuel 7:14 is a key verse in the Davidic Covenant where God promises a unique father-son relationship with David’s royal successor. The verse states: "I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commits iniquity, I will discipline him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the sons of men."
The text establishes two main theological points:
Divine Sonship: God adopts the Davidic king as His son, indicating a special covenantal bond and royal authority.
Conditional Discipline: While the relationship is intimate, the king is not exempt from correction. God promises to punish wrongdoing using human means ("the rod of men"), distinguishing this earthly discipline from the complete rejection suffered by King Saul.
Christian tradition often interprets this verse as having a double fulfillment: initially referring to Solomon (who built the Temple and was disciplined for his sins), and prophetically pointing to Jesus Christ, whom the New Testament (Hebrews 1:5) identifies as the ultimate Son of David who reigns forever.
So brothers and sisters, God is not object of flesh but He gave the privilege to His chosen seed to have His divine consciousness.
When you have His divine consciousness, you have the glorious privilege of thinking with Him. Not think about Him.
Not think about yourself. When you are thinking with Him, there is absolutely no room for iniquity or sin and it bring pleasure to God. You're thinking with Him and union and oneness.
Let's pray. Wonderful Holy Father, we are indeed thankful to your grace and your mercy.
Let this message go forth in power and glory to your people across the whole world. Pray in Jesus' name. Amen.
The essence of God the Almighty Spirit is His Divine consciousness
Quick Answer
The concept that God's essence is Divine Consciousness is a prominent interpretation in mystical and integral Christian theology, which posits that God is Spirit and Spirit is Consciousness.
Integral Christian View: Theologians like David Bentley Hart and Richard Rohr argue that God is not a separate superior being but Infinite Consciousness or the Mind of God. In this view, Holy Spirit is synonymous with this divine awareness, and humans are localized Infinite Consciousness.
Mystical Perspective: Thinkers like Meister Eckhart and Peter Russell identify God as the all-permeating consciousness of the universe, where being and consciousness are identical.
Traditional Theology: Classical definitions (e.g., Westminster Catechism) define God’s essence as infinite, eternal, and unchangeable Spirit. While traditional theology emphasizes God’s personality (intellect, will, emotion) and self-consciousness, it distinguishes between God’s unknowable essence and His communicable energies or grace, rather than explicitly equating His essence solely with consciousness.
Thus, while consciousness is central to understanding God’s omniscience and spiritual nature, it is often viewed as an attribute or mode of God’s personal being rather than the entirety of His divine essence.
How does God's consciousness differ from human awareness?
Differences between divine and human consciousness
The distinction runs along several axes that span both classical and modern theology:
Scope and unity. Human awareness is successive and partial — we focus on one thing at a time, forget much of our past, and are unconscious of our future. Thomas Aquinas argues that God knows all things in a single, simple act of intellect with no need for separate faculties or sequential reasoning. Gregory of Nyssa describes the divine life as "an eternal act of knowledge and love, in which the God who is infinite being is also an infinite act of consciousness."
Subject-object structure. Paul Tillich makes a key point: human consciousness is subject-over-object — I am conscious of something. If God were conscious in that sense, He would occupy one side of a relation and become finite. Tillich's answer is that God is "consciousness transfigured" — not less than conscious, but more; He is the ground from which consciousness, personhood, and meaning arise, without being trapped in the subject-object frame.
Finitude vs. infinity. The apophatic (negative) tradition — Pseudo-Dionysius, Tertullian, Augustine — insists that any positive description of God is inadequate. Human consciousness is bounded by space, time, and the senses; God's consciousness is unconditioned, unchanging, and without any unconscious. As Augustine put it: "To comprehend him, however, is totally impossible. The infinite cannot be contained in the finite."
Conditioned vs. unconditioned. Human awareness is shaped by culture, memory, desire, and judgment. In contrast, divine consciousness is described as unconditioned — it recognizes what is without the distortions of self-interest or partiality. In the mystical tradition, this is experienced as a shift from a consciousness of becoming (striving, lack) to one of being (fullness, peace).
The key caveat: across all these traditions, the consensus is that human language only analogically reaches toward the divine. We can say God is conscious, knowing, loving — but every such word points beyond itself. The gap between the two is not merely a matter of degree but of kind: finite, structured, mediated awareness vs. infinite, simple, unmediated self-presence.
How does divine simplicity affect God's knowledge of time?
Analyzed divine simplicity and God's knowledge of time
Divine simplicity is the metaphysical engine behind the classical doctrine of divine timelessness. The chain of reasoning runs like this:
From simplicity to timelessness. If God has no temporal parts — no "earlier self" and "later self" — then there is no succession within God. As the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy puts it: "Because God is simple, he cannot have parts and so cannot have material or temporal parts." Without temporal parts, there is no change, no before-and-after, no passage. God is therefore atemporal — not outside time in the way a rock is outside a room, but in a different mode of existence altogether.
From timelessness to the eternal "now." Boethius draws the conclusion in the Consolation of Philosophy: since God's knowledge is "measured by eternity," it "dwells in the simplicity of its own changeless present," embracing all of time as a single, undivided act. There is no "foreknowledge" in the ordinary sense — no looking ahead to something not yet present. As Boethius puts it, it is "not a foreknowledge as of something that is to come, but rather a knowledge of a never-failing present."
Aquinas sharpens the link. Thomas Aquinas makes the dependence explicit: God's eternity is a correlate of divine simplicity. In the Summa Theologica (I, q. 46, a. 2):
"God sees all things in His eternity, which, being simple, is present to all time, and embraces all time."
The simplicity of God's eternity is what allows a single, undivided act of knowing to comprehend every moment — past, present, and future — without any internal succession. As Kevin Staley puts it in a recent defense: "Because his knowing is simple and partless, real succession in the object known does not give rise to succession in God's knowledge of the known."
The paradox this creates. If God is simple, immutable, and timeless, how can He know contingent, changing things? A simple being cannot "update" its knowledge. The classical answer is that God knows all things in a single, eternal act — not by knowing them successively, but by knowing His own essence, which is the cause of all things. Moses Maimonides articulates this clearly: God knows the particulars of human experience "by knowing His own essence and by knowing that His own essence is the cause of everything."
The modern challenge. This is precisely where the debate gets heated. William Lane Craig and proponents of theistic personalism argue that a simple, timeless God cannot genuinely know what is happening now in a way that is responsive to human freedom. Alvin Plantinga famously argued that divine simplicity renders God unable to have distinct properties (knowing, loving, willing) and thus undermines the very notion of a personal God who responds. Open theists and process theologians go further, denying atemporality altogether and insisting God experiences genuine novelty.
The classical defenders (Aquinas, Boethius, and contemporary Thomists like Scott Hahn and Brian Davies) reply that the difficulty is a product of our temporal perspective, not a genuine incoherence: a simple, timeless act of knowing is not less knowledge, but a different kind of knowledge — one that is not successive, not partial, and not conditioned by the very time it comprehends.
How does divine simplicity differ from divine simplicity in process theology?
The question contains a false symmetry: process theology does not offer a rival version of divine simplicity — it rejects the doctrine outright. The contrast is between classical simplicity and its deliberate replacement by dipolarity.
Classical divine simplicity (Aquinas, Augustine, Maimonides, the Fourth Lateran Council's simplex omnino) holds that God has no parts of any kind — no matter-form, essence-existence, or potency-act composition. God does not have goodness, wisdom, or power; He is each of them. All attributes are identical with His single, undivided act of being (*ipsum esse subsistens*). This entails immutability, impassibility, and atemporality as logical consequences.
Process theology's rejection (Whitehead, Charles Hartshorne) replaces this with a dipolar God who has two genuinely distinct natures:
- A primordial nature — eternal, abstract, containing all possibilities (the closest analogue to the classical "simple" pole)
- A consequent nature — temporal, concrete, *constituted by* God's experience of the world, changing as new actual occasions emerge
This is not a "modified simplicity" but an affirmation of internal complexity. God has parts — or at least aspects that are genuinely distinct from one another. As Hartshorne framed it, this is "dual transcendence": God is unsurpassable in richness and abstract necessity, yet *grows* through interaction with finite actualities.
Why process theology rejects simplicity. The motivation is relational: a simple, immutable God cannot genuinely *respond*, *suffer*, or be *affected* by creation. Whitehead's "fellow-sufferer who understands" is a direct repudiation of both simplicity and impassibility. In process thought, divine simplicity is incompatible with genuine relationality, because God's consequent experiences introduce real novelty and change.
The stakes. As the comparison tables make clear, the rejection of simplicity is not an isolated tweak — it cascades into redefining or denying immutability, impassibility, aseity, and even creation *ex nihilo* (process theology holds that "creativity" is fundamental and coeternal with God). Classical defenders regard this as a wholesale departure: if God is not simple, He is composed; if composed, He can change; if He can change, the classical God is gone.
The Metaphysical Structure of Each Position
Classical simplicity is not "God has few properties." It is the claim that there is no real distinction of any kind within God — not between essence and existence, not between being and its properties, not between God as subject and God's acts. God is ipsum esse subsistens: subsistent being itself. When we say God is good, we are not saying God has goodness as a property; we are saying God is goodness, and that goodness is numerically identical with God's existence, which is numerically identical with God's wisdom, which is numerically identical with God's power. There is one act, one reality, one esse.
This has a radical consequence that is often missed: God's self-knowledge and God's knowledge of creatures are the same act. God does not first know Himself and then, as a second act, know the world. His single, simple act of self-presence is His knowledge of everything, because everything that exists exists only insofar as it participates in that one act. The simplicity of the knower entails the simplicity of the knowing.
Dipolarity is not "God has two properties." It is the claim that God has two genuinely distinct natures that are not reducible to one another. Whitehead's formulation: "Any instance of experience is dipolar, whether that instance be God or an actual occasion of the world." The primordial nature is God's conceptual prehension of all eternal objects — His envisagement of every possibility, ordered by value, as the initial aim or "lure" offered to each actual occasion. It is permanent, abstract, and unaffected by the world. The consequent nature is God's physical prehension of the world as it actually becomes — His concrete, temporal experience of what creatures are doing, feeling, and deciding. It changes with every new actual occasion.
The critical asymmetry: in classical theism, the one act contains all distinctions without any being real. In dipolar theism, the distinction between primordial and consequent is ontologically real — the two natures are genuinely different in kind, not merely in our conceptual description.
Hartshorne's Specific Arguments Against Simplicity
Hartshorne did not reject simplicity on a single ground. He mounted a multi-front assault:
1. The argument from divine relativity. This is his most powerful and most widely cited argument. If God knows contingent states of affairs — say, a woman listening to a bird sing at a particular time and place — then there must be contingency in God. For if the object of knowledge could be otherwise (the woman not listening), then the knowledge itself could be otherwise (God knowing that she is not listening). But a simple God, in whom nothing could be otherwise, cannot know anything contingent. As Hartshorne put it: "We can totally exclude contingency from God only by denying God any knowledge of anything contingent, a step that not even traditional or classical theists wish to take."
The classical reply is that God knows contingents in His necessary act of knowing His own essence, and that this does not introduce contingency into God's being. Hartshorne considers this a category error: it conflates the object of knowledge (which is contingent) with the act of knowing (which, in his view, must share the modality of its object).
2. The aesthetic argument. Hartshorne held that classical theism was "as defective from an aesthetic point of view as the traditional philosophy of nature." A God who is absolutely simple, with no internal complexity, variety, or differentiation, is trivially simple — the opposite of the "ultra-complexity" that beauty demands. "The beauty of the world is in its partly unprogrammed spontaneities," he wrote. A God who embodies only one pole of every contrast (active but not passive, necessary but not contingent, being but not becoming) is, aesthetically, a monopolar and therefore incomplete conception. True divine perfection requires the "double extremes" — the unity of opposites held in tension.
3. The argument from personal character. A simple God, in whom all properties are identical, cannot have a character in the ordinary sense. Character requires a stable pattern of dispositions that are distinct from one another — courage is not the same thing as compassion, even in a single person. If God's love, justice, mercy, and wrath are all numerically identical with His one act of being, then there is no real distinction between them, and the rich moral language of scripture (God's "anger" vs. His "mercy") becomes mere metaphor. Hartshorne's dipolar God, by contrast, has a stable character (the primordial nature) that is expressed through genuinely distinct states of experience (the consequent nature), making divine personality intelligible.
4. The argument from the problem of evil. A simple, omnipotent, immutable God who is the sole cause of all that exists makes the problem of evil intractable. If God's one simple act is the cause of everything, then God is the cause of evil as such. The dipolar God, who persuades rather than coerces and who is genuinely affected by creaturely choices, provides a more coherent account: God offers the best possible aims, but creatures make their own decisions, and God's consequent nature is shaped by what they actually do.
The Classical Defense in Detail
Classical defenders do not merely assert simplicity; they offer specific responses to each challenge:
Against the relativity argument. The Thomist response is that God's knowledge of contingents does not introduce contingency into God's being because the act of knowing is identical with God's essence, which is necessary. What is contingent is the object known, not the knower. The analogy: a mirror reflects contingent images, but the mirror's reflective nature is not thereby contingent. More precisely, God knows all things by knowing His own essence, which is the formal cause of all things. The contingency is in the things, not in the divine act.
Against the aesthetic argument. The classical reply is that simplicity is not triviality. Aquinas argues that God's simplicity is the highest possible richness — a simple being contains all perfections without the limitation that comes from composition. A being composed of parts is limited by those parts; a simple being is not. The "ultra-simplicity" Hartshorne dismisses is, for the classical theist, precisely the condition of infinite perfection.
Against the personal character argument. The classical theist distinguishes between real distinction and distinction of reason. God's love, justice, and mercy are really distinct in their objects and their effects in the world, even though they are not really distinct within God. The distinction is "of reason" (distinctione rationis) — it is a feature of our finite intellect's way of apprehending the one divine reality, not a feature of God's being. This is the same move Aquinas makes with the divine attributes generally: we speak of God as loving, just, and merciful, but these are not three things in God; they are three ways in which we finite minds grasp the one, simple act of being.
Against the problem of evil. The classical theist holds that God is the cause of evil only as the permissive cause — He does not will evil as such, but He wills the order of creation in which evil is a privation (the absence of a good that should be present). God's one simple act is the cause of the order in which privations occur, not the cause of the privations themselves. This is the standard Augustinian-Thomistic account, and it is considered adequate by its proponents.
The Cascade of Consequences
The rejection of simplicity is not an isolated move. It cascades through the entire attribute set:
OmnipotenceAbsolute power; God can do anything logically possibleRedefined; God persuades, not coerces; "C-omnipotence" (ideal power within metaphysical constraints)
OmniscienceTimeless, exhaustive knowledge of all facts including the futureGod knows all actuals; the future is genuinely open and unknowable in principle
ImmutabilityGod never changes in any respectGod's character is immutable; God's experience changes in the consequent nature
ImpassibilityGod is unaffected by creationGod is genuinely affected; "the fellow-sufferer who understands"
AseityGod depends on nothing; self-existentDenied; God and world are correlatives — neither exists independently
Creation ex nihiloYes; God creates from absolute nothingNo; "creativity" is fundamental and coeternal with God; God shapes a pre-existing world
Relation to timeTimeless/eternalTemporal in the consequent nature
The last row is perhaps the most consequential. If God and the world are correlatives — if the world is "in God" (panentheism) and God is "in the world" (the consequent nature) — then the classical notion of a God who exists prior to and independent of creation is abandoned. This is not a minor tweak; it redefines the very meaning of "creator."
Mediating Positions
Not everyone accepts the stark either/or. William P. Alston, a student of Hartshorne's, attempted a mediating position: he agreed with Hartshorne that God has real relations to creatures and that the classical picture of total impassibility is untenable, but he held that creation ex nihilo is fundamental to theism and that God's necessary existence is not compromised by His having contingent properties. David Bentley Hart and John Milbank have attempted to recover a form of divine simplicity that is not "monopolar" by drawing on the Trinitarian dimension: the simplicity of God is not a bare, abstract unity but a relational unity — the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are distinct in relation, not in essence, and this internal relatedness is itself simple (not composed). This "relational simplicity" is an attempt to have both: the partlessness of classical theism and the genuine otherness that Hartshorne demands.
The debate remains live. The classical defenders (Aquinas, Augustine, Maimonides, the Fourth Lateran Council's simplex omnino, and contemporary Thomists) regard dipolarity as a wholesale departure from the God of revealed theology. The process theologians regard classical simplicity as a Hellenistic import that distorts the biblical picture of a God who is genuinely in relationship with the world. The gap between them is not a matter of degree but of first principles: whether the divine is ultimately one act or an ordered series of experiences.
The Metaphysical Structure of Each Position
Classical simplicity is not "God has few properties." It is the claim that there is no real distinction of any kind within God — not between essence and existence, not between being and its properties, not between God as subject and God's acts. God is ipsum esse subsistens: subsistent being itself. When we say God is good, we are not saying God has goodness as a property; we are saying God is goodness, and that goodness is numerically identical with God's existence, which is numerically identical with God's wisdom, which is numerically identical with God's power. There is one act, one reality, one esse.
This has a radical consequence that is often missed: God's self-knowledge and God's knowledge of creatures are the same act. God does not first know Himself and then, as a second act, know the world. His single, simple act of self-presence is His knowledge of everything, because everything that exists exists only insofar as it participates in that one act. The simplicity of the knower entails the simplicity of the knowing.
Dipolarity is not "God has two properties." It is the claim that God has two genuinely distinct natures that are not reducible to one another. Whitehead's formulation: "Any instance of experience is dipolar, whether that instance be God or an actual occasion of the world." The primordial nature is God's conceptual prehension of all eternal objects — His envisagement of every possibility, ordered by value, as the initial aim or "lure" offered to each actual occasion. It is permanent, abstract, and unaffected by the world. The consequent nature is God's physical prehension of the world as it actually becomes — His concrete, temporal experience of what creatures are doing, feeling, and deciding. It changes with every new actual occasion.
The critical asymmetry: in classical theism, the one act contains all distinctions without any being real. In dipolar theism, the distinction between primordial and consequent is ontologically real — the two natures are genuinely different in kind, not merely in our conceptual description.
Hartshorne's Specific Arguments Against Simplicity
Hartshorne did not reject simplicity on a single ground. He mounted a multi-front assault:
1. The argument from divine relativity. This is his most powerful and most widely cited argument. If God knows contingent states of affairs — say, a woman listening to a bird sing at a particular time and place — then there must be contingency in God. For if the object of knowledge could be otherwise (the woman not listening), then the knowledge itself could be otherwise (God knowing that she is not listening). But a simple God, in whom nothing could be otherwise, cannot know anything contingent. As Hartshorne put it: "We can totally exclude contingency from God only by denying God any knowledge of anything contingent, a step that not even traditional or classical theists wish to take."
The classical reply is that God knows contingents in His necessary act of knowing His own essence, and that this does not introduce contingency into God's being. Hartshorne considers this a category error: it conflates the object of knowledge (which is contingent) with the act of knowing (which, in his view, must share the modality of its object).
2. The aesthetic argument. Hartshorne held that classical theism was "as defective from an aesthetic point of view as the traditional philosophy of nature." A God who is absolutely simple, with no internal complexity, variety, or differentiation, is trivially simple — the opposite of the "ultra-complexity" that beauty demands. "The beauty of the world is in its partly unprogrammed spontaneities," he wrote. A God who embodies only one pole of every contrast (active but not passive, necessary but not contingent, being but not becoming) is, aesthetically, a monopolar and therefore incomplete conception. True divine perfection requires the "double extremes" — the unity of opposites held in tension.
3. The argument from personal character. A simple God, in whom all properties are identical, cannot have a character in the ordinary sense. Character requires a stable pattern of dispositions that are distinct from one another — courage is not the same thing as compassion, even in a single person. If God's love, justice, mercy, and wrath are all numerically identical with His one act of being, then there is no real distinction between them, and the rich moral language of scripture (God's "anger" vs. His "mercy") becomes mere metaphor. Hartshorne's dipolar God, by contrast, has a stable character (the primordial nature) that is expressed through genuinely distinct states of experience (the consequent nature), making divine personality intelligible.
4. The argument from the problem of evil. A simple, omnipotent, immutable God who is the sole cause of all that exists makes the problem of evil intractable. If God's one simple act is the cause of everything, then God is the cause of evil as such. The dipolar God, who persuades rather than coerces and who is genuinely affected by creaturely choices, provides a more coherent account: God offers the best possible aims, but creatures make their own decisions, and God's consequent nature is shaped by what they actually do.
The Classical Defense in Detail
Classical defenders do not merely assert simplicity; they offer specific responses to each challenge:
Against the relativity argument. The Thomist response is that God's knowledge of contingents does not introduce contingency into God's being because the act of knowing is identical with God's essence, which is necessary. What is contingent is the object known, not the knower. The analogy: a mirror reflects contingent images, but the mirror's reflective nature is not thereby contingent. More precisely, God knows all things by knowing His own essence, which is the formal cause of all things. The contingency is in the things, not in the divine act.
Against the aesthetic argument. The classical reply is that simplicity is not triviality. Aquinas argues that God's simplicity is the highest possible richness — a simple being contains all perfections without the limitation that comes from composition. A being composed of parts is limited by those parts; a simple being is not. The "ultra-simplicity" Hartshorne dismisses is, for the classical theist, precisely the condition of infinite perfection.
Against the personal character argument. The classical theist distinguishes between real distinction and distinction of reason. God's love, justice, and mercy are really distinct in their objects and their effects in the world, even though they are not really distinct within God. The distinction is "of reason" (distinctione rationis) — it is a feature of our finite intellect's way of apprehending the one divine reality, not a feature of God's being. This is the same move Aquinas makes with the divine attributes generally: we speak of God as loving, just, and merciful, but these are not three things in God; they are three ways in which we finite minds grasp the one, simple act of being.
Against the problem of evil. The classical theist holds that God is the cause of evil only as the permissive cause — He does not will evil as such, but He wills the order of creation in which evil is a privation (the absence of a good that should be present). God's one simple act is the cause of the order in which privations occur, not the cause of the privations themselves. This is the standard Augustinian-Thomistic account, and it is considered adequate by its proponents.
The Cascade of Consequences
The rejection of simplicity is not an isolated move. It cascades through the entire attribute set:
Attribute
Classical Theism (with simplicity)
Process Theology (with dipolarity)
Omnipotence
Absolute power; God can do anything logically possible
Redefined; God persuades, not coerces; "C-omnipotence" (ideal power within metaphysical constraints)
Omniscience
Timeless, exhaustive knowledge of all facts including the future
God knows all actuals; the future is genuinely open and unknowable in principle
Immutability
God never changes in any respect
God's character is immutable; God's experience changes in the consequent nature
Impassibility
God is unaffected by creation
God is genuinely affected; "the fellow-sufferer who understands"
Aseity
God depends on nothing; self-existent
Denied; God and world are correlatives — neither exists independently
Creation ex nihilo
Yes; God creates from absolute nothing
No; "creativity" is fundamental and coeternal with God; God shapes a pre-existing world
Relation to time
Timeless/eternal
Temporal in the consequent nature
The last row is perhaps the most consequential. If God and the world are correlatives — if the world is "in God" (panentheism) and God is "in the world" (the consequent nature) — then the classical notion of a God who exists prior to and independent of creation is abandoned. This is not a minor tweak; it redefines the very meaning of "creator."
Mediating Positions
Not everyone accepts the stark either/or. William P. Alston, a student of Hartshorne's, attempted a mediating position: he agreed with Hartshorne that God has real relations to creatures and that the classical picture of total impassibility is untenable, but he held that creation ex nihilo is fundamental to theism and that God's necessary existence is not compromised by His having contingent properties. David Bentley Hart and John Milbank have attempted to recover a form of divine simplicity that is not "monopolar" by drawing on the Trinitarian dimension: the simplicity of God is not a bare, abstract unity but a relational unity — the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are distinct in relation, not in essence, and this internal relatedness is itself simple (not composed). This "relational simplicity" is an attempt to have both: the partlessness of classical theism and the genuine otherness that Hartshorne demands.
The debate remains live. The classical defenders (Aquinas, Augustine, Maimonides, the Fourth Lateran Council's simplex omnino, and contemporary Thomists) regard dipolarity as a wholesale departure from the God of revealed theology. The process theologians regard classical simplicity as a Hellenistic import that distorts the biblical picture of a God who is genuinely in relationship with the world. The gap between them is not a matter of degree but of first principles: whether the divine is ultimately one act or an ordered series of experiences.
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