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Understanding God's Plan

George Maitland — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:46:00 GMT

In the beginning was the plan, and the plan was with God, and the plan was God.

The same plan who is God was with God in the beginning.

All things were made by this plan who is God; nothing was made without God's plan.

Living in the plan is life, and that life is understanding God and the plan who is God.

The understanding of God's plan shines into man who is ignorant of God's plan, but because man is ignorant he doesn't grasp the nature, and the significance of the plan.

Are you that man who is ignorant of the plan?

Or do you know the plan but like your plan better?

Where are you Adam (mankind, man)? (Genesis 3:9)

Are you naked (cunningly ignorant) of the plan of God who is the Word of God?

Who is it that told you the plan that you are living?

Was it God?

Who told you that you are naked?

Who?

I tell you the truth whoever it was, he was and is a lie!

God only judges according to The Word who is God, and is The Plan of God.

Jesus said "thy word is truth." (The Word is the Verity and the Reality)

What reality are you living in?

The Word of God is the planned reality for Adam (mankind, man).

God's judgment by The Word is the Tree of Life (eternal life). God's judgment is life to man. God's judgment is The Truth (His plan who is The Word, and is God)

The Scripture is not the Word. It is the witness to The Word (The Plan).

John 5:37-40

And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. You have neither heard His voice (Genesis Chapter 1) at any time, you haven't seen His shape. And you have not His Word (The Plan) abiding in you: for whom He sent, you don't believe. Search the Scriptures; for in them you think you have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.(The Word And the Plan). And you will not come to me, that you might have life.

God's judgment is a tree of life. Man's judgment is the tree that judges between good and evil. The trees in the garden represent the place where man (Adam) gets his source of life. When man gets his life from something that isn't the plan he becomes naked (cunningly ignorant, by his carnal judgment).

But who told him he was naked?

He told himself when he judged himself independent of God's judgment.

John 1:9-13

The Plan was and is the real understanding, the understanding that God intends every man to receive that comes into the world. The Plan was in the world, and the world was made by The Plan, and the world did not know The Plan. He came to those whom he made from the plan and they knew Him not. He came unto what was and is and forever will be His, and He wasn't received by what he created. But to those who did receive Him, to them He gave the fruit of The Plan, a lifestyle of the God kind. He gave it to those who believed they were one with The Plan. These are they that do not judge by flesh and blood, or by the senses, nor by their own understanding, but by the understanding that God has about His Plan.

And the Plan was made flesh and blood, and The Plan was made plain for us to see in Jesus Christ. And we beheld the finishing of God's plan, the pinnacle of God's plan, and the full weight of its manifestation. This was the only Plan that God ever had for Adam (mankind). This Plan was full of unmerited favor, unearned righteousness, and absolute truth (The Word) Surety, Verity, and Reality). For it is God himself who did the work of The Plan.

Of this Plan's fullness we have all received. We have received it by his work through his work not our own works or judgments. The law (The Condemnation) came by a man under condemnation and sin,but unmerited favor and the surety and Verity of the plan came by Jesus Christ. The only Plan of God.

And now to as many as received The Plan of God and think from The Plan of God. To them is given the lifestyle of God. To take dominion over all the physical creation of God. Man is now and in truth always has been God's image. For this is how God created him male and female one man, in God's image.

Regardless of your judgment this is who you are today through the work of Jesus Christ alone.

Amen!!!!

Stop Trying to Love God, Stop it Right Now!!

George Maitland — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:01:00 GMT

God " so "(A sense of intensity) loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that who ever believes in Him shall not perish, but have "the Life Style of God" (Eternal Life).

God loves you first. The Law says that you must love the Lord your God with all your heart soul mind and strength. Trying to fulfill this Law only leads to failure and condemnation. God does not want you condemned! That is why His Son fulfilled the Law.

Have you been trying to love God. Stop it!!! Yes I said stop trying to love God. You independently have no power to love God. God first must love you!! And the Good news is, HE DOES!!!! And only when you receive His love, are you empowered to love Him by His love.

I will say it again! Stop trying to love God by your own power! The only way to love God is by seeing He first loved you. Then love naturally springs forth without self effort. Love flows like a river from your heart effortlessly.

The Bible says that Jesus is the Son of His Love. God said that Jesus is His beloved Son.

God gave us His only Son. His Son willingly paid the price to God's justice so that we can righteously go free from the wrath of God. Jesus took "ALL" the wrath of God that can now never be laid against us. He took all judgment! He took all penalty! God's justice sees us as "NOT GUILTY." His love for us is shown in this way; with His son He will freely give you all things.

God's Love has some "THINGS" for you! Notice I said "God's Love." I did not say seek "THINGS", seek His love and "THINGS" will come. You have to go to the right address to get the package. The right address to receive things from God is His love!

Boast not in your love for God: that shows self-condemnation. But rather boast in God's love for you; this shows forth His righteousness.

I tell you the truth, you want to see someone who is condemned in their heart, it is the person who boasts about their love for God. When a person boasts about their love for God. It is a sign that they have not heard the Gospel. All mature Christians know that it is grace alone that causes a persons love for God. And grace has nothing to do with self effort, or self achievement. It has to do with God's achievement and His alone in His Son.

Seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and all things shall be added to you!

In HIM,

Apostle G. Maitland
www.hisimageministry.org
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Condemnation Blocks the Blessing

George Maitland — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 00:15:00 GMT

Mark 11:20-26 (Today's New International Version)

20 In the morning, as they went along, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots. 21 Peter remembered and said to Jesus, "Rabbi, look! The fig tree you cursed has withered!"

22 "Have faith in God," Jesus answered. 23 "Truly I tell you, if you say to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and do not doubt in your heart but believe that what you say will happen, it will be done for you. 24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. 25-26 And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins."

The word "doubt" in verse 23 --means self-condemnation-- in the Greek. The key to the release of the power of God is saying what you believe without condemnation is your heart.

Condemnation is the blessing blocker. Grace is the free gift that our Father has given all men to receive. Grace is Jesus Christ, not a doctrine. He is the Blessing and the Blessed.

Jesus is enough!! With His Son He freely gives us all things. Condemnation is erased when you see that you are not able to do anything of your own self effort. And the harder you try the more condemned you get. This was the entire reason God sent His Son, because we can do nothing independent of God. But glory be to God, He did it for us in HIM!!!

In the ages from Adam until now, man has struggled to make his own way. Even making confusion out of The Cross by mixing self effort with grace. Did you know that the word "BABYLON" means --confusion in mixing. Is it any wonder why "Babylon The Great Has Fallen" she prostitutes herself between two covenants. Hmmmmm, I wonder who this is speaking about. This Babylon sounds familiar. I'll leave that one to you and the Holy Spirit.

Grace is the Blessing, and condemnation comes from sin consciousness not Christ consciousness. "How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God! For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant."(Hebrews 9:14-15)

So today receive this abundance of grace that you my reign as a king in life.(Romans 5:17) A king reigns by His confident decree. What he say is without any self-condemnation. Be the King that you where born from above to be!!!

In HIM,

Apostle Maitland

A Completed Work For All Who Will Receive

George Maitland — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 22:30:00 GMT

Beloved,

Jesus paid the price as The Second Adam, so that we could have Eternal “Life” (life the way God has life).

Please consider this fact in all your self seeking you labor for things that have already been completed. All God wants you to do is recognize the death of the sin nature (Adam’s nature), and your inheritance of the nature of “Life” (life the way God has life) in Christ Jesus. And to live a life style that demonstrates what He demonstrated in His walk on earth. This Lamb of God has been slain for (or as) the whole world, that they might be “saved” (brought into nothing missing and nothing broken and total absence of poverty and lack in any form). So today please focus on this free gift and give it the appropriate honor, so that you may see its reward in your life and the lives of the whole world.

Isaiah 53:4-5 Verses 4 and 5 with Hebrew definitions:

Surely He has taken away our maladies, anxieties, calamities, diseases, and sicknesses. He has used His own strengths to perform the labor to bare our anguish, affliction, grief, pain, and sorrows. He was profaned, He was defiled, and done violence too for our sins, rebellion, apostasy, wickedness, premeditated breaking of God’s law, and rejection of God’s authority. He was cast down, oppressed, and afflicted to pay the penalty for our crimes, perversities, and depraved actions or iniquities, and the punishment, correction, and discipline for our wholeness nothing missing and nothing broken and total absence of lack of any kind was upon Him, and with His stripes He became the Physician that mended, cured, healed, and thoroughly made us all whole.

In HIM,

Apostle Maitland
www.hisimageminstry.org
info@hisimageministry.org

Your Goodness Is Not God's Focus

George Maitland — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:43:00 GMT

It is not your goodness that God is looking for! It is not your faithfulness that God expects from you! It is that you rely on His faithfulness and goodness!

Father, judge us today according to your righteousness in Christ! Amen!

Just throw your dead works out the window, they do not please God and they never will. He is pleased only by His own works in His Son Jesus Christ. If you have Him, you are pleasing to God.

Dont stress today try to get the blessings of God. Rather, follow the peace of the goodnews that you have received, and know that the gospel of peace is the Blessing of God. Jesus said, "Peace (My Wholeness) I bequeath to you, my own peace, the Peace that I live by." You Have His peace; now that you know that He is the only provision that God receives. Live in it!!

God Himself paid the price for your Peace (wholeness) stop paying on a debt that is not only paid but is over paid with the blood of Jesus.

Just rest in the truth that your Father has provided wholeness today Just keep the Peace in your heart by having faith in His work.

THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM, THE PEACE OF ZION, IS THE PEACE OF JESUS CHRIST. Amen!!

IN HIM,

George Maitland
www.HisImageMinistry.org
info@hisimageministry.org

God's Debt Consolidation and Cancellation Program (You Can Sign Up Today!)

George Maitland — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 16:11:00 GMT

I want to tell you plainly. You can not continue to pay for a debt that has already been paid off. If you do continue to pay for what has been already paid then it is to your own condemnation.

Stop punishing yourself. Jesus has already been punished for your failure to be perfect before God. Just believe in His work for you, and let you conscience be satisfied. God NOW considers us perfect because Jesus is our payment. All we need to do is accept this fact, and act like it is true. That is called faith in Jesus Christ. It is so simple!

God's Justice demanded our payment for not obeying Him, but God's Love (Jesus Christ) paid our Justice debt completely. Jesus paid so that we can wholesome fellowship with God without any feeling of obligation to debt or remorse. Jesus made God your Father, not your bill collector! God accepted Jesus' payment on your behalf. He is very excited that the debt is cleared so now all He has for you is the benefit of His Love. The benefit of His love is THE BLESSING.

The Blessing of God comes without a sense of remorse it comes with a sense of entitlement. We are entitled to the benefit of our debt being paid off. The heavy price of Jesus' payment satisfies all debt!!

When Jesus paid our debt we received The Blessing. What is The Blessing? It is a life of wholeness spirit, soul, and body. It is life of wholeness in the invisible realm of spirit and the visible realm your everyday life. It is empowerment to prosper in every area of life.

Here is what we have in The Blessing of Jesus Christ.

Because of Jesus' Payment. ......

These Blessings will come upon us and overtake us
God will set us high above all the nations of the earth!
Blessed shall we be in the city, and blessed shall we be in the country.
Blessed shall be our children.
Blessed shall be all that we invest our time in.
Blessed shall be our places of income.
Blessed shall be our wallets ad safes and our cupboards shall be full of food.
Blessed shall we be when we leave our house and when we come back home.
We are so blessed that when our enemies rise up against us they shall be defeated while we watch. No matter how they come out against us they will scatter away from us in many more ways!!
God himself will command a blessing on our bank accounts and all our investments.
Whatever we put our hands to shall be blessed.
Whatever we own shall be blessed.
We will be God's favorite child/children.
People will openly know that we are God's child and they will look at us with astonishment; they wont want to come against us because we are too empowered.
We will abound in prosperity in all it forms.
We will be called wealthy by all who see us.
All of God's infinite resources will be available to us.
We shall only be leaders in our field and not followers of others.

NO CONDEMNATION! NONE! JESUS CRIED" IT IS FINISHED!!!"

George Maitland — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:15:00 GMT

God is a just God. He rules by absolute righteousness. Any requirement that He set for us must be completely fulfilled or this very same justice demands full payment for the lack of its fulfillment. The good news is that though He requires the debt to His justice to be paid, He does not expect you to pay it!! In fact He never intended you to pay for it when He made His just demands of obedience in the first place. In fact before He demanded mankind obey Him as their Father He had already provided Himself as the person who would pay for our injustice to His demand for obedience. His Love for us is righteous, so He paid His righteous justice with His righteous Love for us; and set us FOREVER free from the condemnation of His Justice. BY HIS LOVE FOR US HE TOOK OUR CONDEMNATION ON HIS BODY!! All He wants from us is that we see how much He Loves us. He wants us to know that we are Loved, THAT’S IT!!!!

Jesus is God. Jesus’ death frees us from all condemnation! His blood was shed so that you could have protection from condemnation of sin! It is vitally important that all people understand this fact, because it gives us confidence that God is not holding your faults and mistakes against us. It allows us to understand that God is our Father who loves us and we are dear in His sight. HE IS NOT MAD AT YOU AT ALL. HE ONLY LOVES YOU.

God looks at you and calls you righteous because all you faults and mistakes were punished already on the Body of Jesus Christ. Jesus took ALL OF GOD’S JUDGEMENT AGAINST MANKIND; ALL OF IT, PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE! IT IS INDEED FINISHED.

Does God care about me? Come see!!!

George Maitland — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 16:50:00 GMT

God cares about you so much that He gave His son's life to show you that there is nothing He won’t freely give you!

Why did He give His Son? He gave Him so that you would know that God doesn't want anything from you that He won’t give you the ability and strength to do. He wanted you to know that He has made a way so that you can have power over circumstances just because you believe He will take care of it. He gave us the strong evidence of this in that He gave the thing that was most important to Him; His son.

When God gave you His son, the Son of God freely did the will of His Father. Jesus (the son of God) did this because He fully understood the gift God was giving to mankind. He saw that it would be a good thing for all men to know the Father's love for them through His death, burial, and resurrection. He was happy to do the will of our Father because He was sure of how much He (the Father) loved Him.

See the word “Father” has lost its meaning in today’s society. Jesus the Son of God, new the full meaning of the word “father” and He wanted you to know that it means! So He (Jesus, the Son of God) demonstrated its meaning – it means source of everything that you need to exist. The word “father” in Hebrew means source and supply.

God want us to see Him in His true light as source of everything, everywhere. He wants to share all that He is and has with and for us. He wants us to function how He designed us in the first place. He wants us to rule and reign as kings in the physical world through His power in us. He does all of this just because He is the definition of Love. He loves you so much!
I have to ask you a question, will you receive the gift? All you have to do is say I receive the Gift of your Son proving that You loved me and want to take care of my needs. That’s it! If it seems like a good deal to you just do it.

When You now know the truth about God and that truth will set you free! Free because you receive His strength to rule your life by the power of His Love.

In HIM

George Maitland
His Image Ministry
www.hisimageministry.org
info@hisimageministry.org

Is God holding my sins against me? Am I a sinner?

George Maitland — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 20:30:00 GMT

God is not holding your sins against you. He did hold them against His son Jesus. If He holds your sins against you then He in not just (righteous), because He states in the bible, over and over that Jesus is the sacrifice that take away the sins of the World.

Jesus was made sin, (The "noun" not the verb, all sin of mankind past, present, and future) we were made God’s righteousness because He took the whole penalty for sin. If God is holding your sin against you then He has no faith in what Jesus did.

It is grace (unmerited favor) that abounds over sin. It wins every time! In fact it does not just abound, in the Greek it says that it super-abounds and then abounds again. (Romans 5:19:21) Grace causes us not to sin (the verb), because we are dependent upon Jesus, and not own efforts. Sin comes when we try to be independant of God. It comes when we judge by "the knowledge" ( Independant knowlege, our own) of good and evil and not "discern" (dependant understanding) our judgement from God's Spirit inside us.

Fp more information on this topic.read the Book of Romans, and Ephesians, these book speak very painly about the grace of God toward mankind.

In HIM,

George Maitland
His Image Ministry
www.hisimageministry.org

The Five Goals of Jesus Christ

George Maitland — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:50:00 GMT

Jesus mission on earth consisted of five clear-cut goals:

He came to reintroduce the Kingdom of God on earth to mankind
He came to reinstate the righteousness of God to mankind
He came to reinstate the Holy Spirit and power in man.
He came to retrain mankind in leadership through a governing body called His Church
He came to re-establish the Kingdom Ruler-ship of God on earth through mankind, and to return government of God’s Kingdom to His earthly kings and priests.

Think about it!

Apostle, George L Maitland
His Image Ministry
www.hisimageministry.org

What's God's desire for my life? Why am I here? What is my purpose?

George Maitland — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:39:00 GMT

God’s original purpose for our lives was to extend His ruler-ship to earth through mankind; His will is that our physical world here on earth would reflect His spiritual "Glory" (the full weight, or the fullest manifestation of a thing) in the heavenly realm. It has always been God’s plan to have the Kingdom of Heaven on earth; this was and is His immutable (unchanging) intent. Jesus came to continue that intent that our Father had from the beginning; In fact it was the only purpose for Him to come. And he himself was called the Word that was from the beginning. He was the embodiment of the original intent of God our Father. (John 1:1-17)(I John 1:1-7)(I John 2:24)

Jesus preached the gospel of the Kingdom of heaven, but His message had nothing to do with going to heaven. The truth is He preached the opposite. Jesus preached that heaven was coming to earth and was in fact all ready here on earth; He came to restore it to mankind. Jesus told us that this is why He had come, to bring us the understanding of the Kingdom of Heaven on earth, so we could overcome the world. Not be rescued from it. He emphasized this message when He taught His disciples to pray” This is how you should pray: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed by the name, Your Kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”(Matthew 6:9-10)

Notice in this message that He didn’t tell His disciples to pray that they would go to heaven; He told them to pray that the Kingdom of God would come from heaven to earth. He was clear that our focus was not to get to heaven, but to have heaven’s power in our daily lives here on earth. That is what is so cool about His message. We have the Kingdom now. We don’t have to wait until we go to heaven to have health, wealth, and liberty from this worlds system. It is inside of us right now!! (John 16:33)(I John 4:4)(I John 5:4-5)

It is very clear by the over 100 direct references to the Kingdom in the four gospels that this was Jesus’ sole purpose in coming, and it was the message that He left for us to preach!

Preach Born Again, or Preach the Kingdom of God?

George Maitland — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 17:01:00 GMT

Did you know that Jesus never preached that you must be born again? I know what you’re thinking; you’re thinking I’m crazy! The biblical truth is that Jesus only taught an old man, around 2:30AM, about being born again in relation to the Kingdom message. (John 3:1-7) He never preached to the multitudes about being born again. The only message He preached was the Kingdom of God, not born again.

The entire heart of Jesus’ preaching was not about being born again; He went about preaching that the Kingdom of God and that had been restored to man. He rarely spoke about the cross or many other things that the church today preaches to the multitudes or includes in our outreaches. Wait one second before you flip out -Jesus did teach those things to those whom came to seek more knowledge about the Kingdom of God- but teaching and preaching are two different things. You “preach” to those whom don’t know about the Kingdom of God, and you “teach” to those whom do. This is our example, I wonder what would happen if we really decided to follow Jesus’ example? Hmmm, we would probably have a lot more success with evangelism! We would actually answer the needs of the world! We would actually demonstrate the power of the Kingdom of God, and change lives forever, not just entertain them with our stage presence! Pray about it, and think about it!

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Jesus preached only one message His entire life, and that is the messages of the Kingdom of God.

George Maitland — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 23:22:00 GMT

Jesus preached only one message His entire life, and that is the messages of the Kingdom of God. That is the only gospel that He preached. Therefore, as far as we are concerned if we are to be followers of Christ then we must follow Him in the same message. The gospel of the Kingdom is the only true gospel. The gospel of the Kingdom is a gospel of grace and righteousness, but they are all tied up in the Kingdom of God. There is no other good news than the life changing and powerful news of the Kingdom of God. This message is the only legitimate message we have to communicate to the world.

What is the gospel of the Kingdom? It is the truth about man’s power of blessing to dominate this earth, here and now by the spirit that is within us once we accept Jesus’ work on the cross ,grave, and resurrection.

This gospel of the Kingdom of God shall be preached in the whole world and then the end will come. How do we know that it hasn't been preached in the whole world? The end has not come. This is the final word of Matthew 24:14; read it, and begin to commit to its message today!

God bless you, and we here at H.I.M. hope to hear from you soon!!

Thinking and acting like kings in the Kingdom of God

George Maitland — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:35:00 GMT

Kingdom thinking means that we must recognize that we do not have to resign ourselves to live in poverty, pain, suffering, and calamity here and now until Jesus rescues us in rapture. What we must do as Kingdom citizen is claim and assert our dominion authority now, as sons of the King. It is God’s plan for us to experience the victory in the here and now, not only in the hereafter.

Jesus first public address was Matthew 4:17 where He restates the original mission statement found in Genesis 1:28-31. He says, Change your mind about everything, the power (dominion) over all your circumstances is here and available to you right now. After 3 ½ years of preaching this message commissions his disciples to preach the same message; that the power of dominion authority (the power of kingship) is restored to man. Man now has the power to overcome every adversity and reign in life as kings. Paul tells us in Romans 5:17 that through an abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness we are to reign as kings in life. Let’s stop waiting for God to do something about our situation when he already has given us the power to reign over them. Let’s bring heaven will into our life and live the life more abundantly today (John 10:10)!

The Kingdom that we preach is not only word but true power

George Maitland — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 15:08:00 GMT

Jesus preached the Kingdom in word and in power. He proclaimed boldly that everyone had power over all their circumstances. After proclaiming this He demonstrated this power over circumstances. This is the Kingdom that we must preach. The world is looking for power over their circumstances. Everyone in this world wants to dominate and control their life. This was the gospel that Jesus brought to the people He told them that the Kingdom of God had arrived and that that Kingdom would give them power to live a dominant life. He not only said it in His words but he showed them in His actions.

People looking for power, and a way to use it beyond what they experience every day. They are looking for power and purpose the Gospel of The Kingdom provides for both.

So what do we do now that we understand this simple truth? We do exactly what He did; we preach in word and in actions. This is how the Kingdom will advance. Both must be present in our preaching; the absence of one destroys the whole.

We must be living examples of power. And that power must be demonstrated as an impartation and not an acquired skill through much labor. The power must come without self merit and through faith in the grace provide in the finished work of the cross.

Biblical Religious Persecution

George Maitland — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 20:22:00 GMT

Persecutions come mainly from religious people who believe in justification through the Law and man’s self efforts. This is consistent with what Jesus and the Apostles faced. When He walked on the earth, the only people who could don’t receive Him were the Pharisees, the experts in the Law. They knew the Law of Moses inside out, but not the one who spoke it and authored it. He was right in front of them. The law blinds you to the grace of God(Jesus Christ). This shows us that legalism and religious people have eyes to see that do not see and ears to hear but they do not hear. The fulfillment of the Law in Jesus Christ opens up our eyes and ears to fellowship with “Abbi” (my father or our daddy). He takes away the veil of condemnation and wrath and replaces it with an open heaven. He no longer demands that “you” fulfill the Law, but imparts its fulfillment through the blessing of the full judgment of the body of Jesus. Brothers and Sisters let us today eat that body and drink that blood that we may receive our salvation (wholeness, nothing missing or broken)! Let us esteem the work of Jesus with the eyes of our understanding. Not with the veil of the Law (condemnation)!!!

Religion is the pursuit of power; the Kingdom of God, is finding it!!

George Maitland — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:01:00 GMT

People everywhere are looking for the Kingdom of God even if they don’t know it by name. The Kingdom of God represents power. Every human being on the face of the earth is seeking power. In fact the pursuit of power is the reason for all religions. The Kingdom of God is different from a religion in that it offers real power over real circumstances. Jesus demonstrated this clearly when He preached the Kingdom of God to the people. He demonstrated power over sickness, tower over nature, power over death, and power over sin. People pursued Him from all over the lands in which he preached because they were seeking power. Jesus’ answer to their pursuit of power was the Kingdom of God.

Jesus began His ministry after a long fast of 40 days in the desert on which He was tempted by Satan. Upon his return from the long fast and subsequent tempting the first message He preaches to anyone was the message of the Kingdom (Matthew 4:17). He said, “Repent for the Kingdom of God has come and is here now! “ The word “repent” means make a drastic change in fact it means if you’re going one way, turn 180°and go the other way. The message of the Kingdom was a message that power over circumstances had been restored to man. The people of Jesus’ day thought that they were powerless over sin, sickness, disease, and poverty in all of it various forms. He told them, “Stop thinking that way for the real power over all those things is come to you this day.”

The message of the Kingdom of God is a message of the power and not just another religious pursuit of power. This is what makes entering into the Kingdom different from all other religions. All other religions desire that you search for power but never really giving you any. In other religions the best years of your life are wasted in the pursuit of us something that cannot be found through religion. The trick of religion is that it wastes valuable time. It pre occupies you with the search, never to find what you are searching for. The good news (gospel) is the Kingdom of God provides the power that you’re searching for not by your own merit, but by the merit of your King, Jesus Christ. For it is through faith in what He did alone, that causes us to inherit His power of King- Dominion (Kingdom, King Dominance). It is by His works and labors on the cross that we receive the power that all men are searching for. All we have to do to have this power is received that he restored it to us. That faith alone causes us to dominate in our daily lives. The pursuit is over, and real life begins!

Is God angry with me? The Answer is no!!!!

George Maitland — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:00:00 GMT

The truth is that God is no longer angry with you. His wrath toward all your sins has already been exhausted completely on the boby of our savior Jesus Christ. All of your sins have been judged on his body. Jesus became all sin and God judged it once and for all. The good news is the sin he became was your past, present, and future sin. If God punishes you for your sin then he has denied that judgement of the body of sin on the cross, and Jesus died for nothing! Let that sink deep into you heart, and know that through Jesus you have freedom from all condemantion. Just stop and thank go for the body and body of Jesus that you recieve by grace and not by your works!!

The Law Demands, Grace Imparts

George Maitland — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 15:16:00 GMT

Under the Law (The Ten Commandments), God demanded righteousness from man. Under grace (the person of Jesus Christ and his works on our behalf), God provided righteousness for man through faith alone in Jesus Christ! Under The Law, everything depended on man and his obedience. But under grace, everything depends on Jesus and what he did and who he is on the cross. The Law demands, but will not lift a finger to help fullfill that demand. While grace imparts and has accomplished the works on your behalf.