{"id":4870,"date":"2017-08-18T12:02:53","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T12:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/?p=4870"},"modified":"2017-07-09T05:46:35","modified_gmt":"2017-07-09T05:46:35","slug":"another-coffee-break-the-psalm-23-adventure-part-53","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/another-coffee-break-the-psalm-23-adventure-part-53\/","title":{"rendered":"ANOTHER COFFEE BREAK: THE PSALM 23 ADVENTURE, Part 53"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:20px;--awb-padding-bottom:20px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"457\" height=\"307\" title=\"defaultblog1\" src=\"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/defaultblog1.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-2006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/defaultblog1-200x134.jpg 200w, https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/defaultblog1-400x269.jpg 400w, https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/defaultblog1.jpg 457w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1105px) 100vw, 457px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=WordSection1>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;\ntext-align:center;line-height:normal;background:white'><span style='font-size:\n12.0pt;font-family:\"Arial\",\"sans-serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#747474'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;\ntext-align:center;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:28.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#984806'>The Ps<\/span><\/b><b><span style='font-size:28.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#984806;\nmso-themecolor:accent6;mso-themeshade:128'>alm<\/span><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:28.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";color:#984806'> 23 Adventure,<\/span><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";color:#984806'> Part 53<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>August 18, 2017<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#984806;mso-themecolor:accent6;\nmso-themeshade:128'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:4.5pt'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#984806;mso-themecolor:accent6;mso-themeshade:128'>We could very well run\nlong again today, but I need to connect all of the dots for you as we wrap up\nthis discussion on the cup, so let\u2019s get started.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Let me cover some of the same ground that I\ndid last week in order for you to see the connection.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:4.5pt'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#003300'>II Corinthians 5:17-19<\/span><\/u><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:navy'>:<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:navy'>So then, if any person\nis grafted into and immersed in the Anointed One (and His anointing), he is a\nnew fabrication -- a newly formed being; the previous life [the lifestyle and\nthe old characteristics thereof] has perished; you can see and perceive for\nyourself that every part of one's being is an unprecedented substance -- a new\nspecies.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:navy'>And all that has happened and taken place has its origins in God,\nWho did this purposefully to reconcile and restore our relationship with Him\nthrough Jesus Christ, Who has given us that same ministry, namely, that God was\nand is in Christ, restoring the world to that intimate relationship with\nHimself, and not indicting the world for its <\/span><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:navy'>sins and\nfailures; <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nline-height:115%;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:navy'>He has\ncommitted to us that Word (and the responsibility) of reconciliation and\nrestoration.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>(RAC\nTranslation &amp; Amplification)<\/span><span style='font-size:9.5pt;line-height:\n115%'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Now,\nwatch as we see what is unfolding.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>We\nare becoming the cup-bearers to the world!<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>The\npicture that Paul draws is that not only was Jesus in the Father, but that the\nFather came to earth <i>IN JESUS<\/i>!<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Have\na look at another scripture.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Colossians 1:19-22<\/span><\/u><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>:<span\nstyle='color:#003300'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight;color:#C00000'>For\nit pleased <i>the Father<\/i> that in him should all fullness dwell; And, having\nmade peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto\nhimself; by him, <i>I say<\/i>, whether <i>they be<\/i> things in earth, or\nthings in heaven. And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in <i>your<\/i>\nmind by wicked works, <u>yet now hath he reconciled In the body of his flesh\nthrough death,<\/u> to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his\nsight.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight;\ncolor:#C00000'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>This\npassage is a revelation all by itself.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>Go back to the Cross and take a look at Jesus hanging there.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>It isn\u2019t just Jesus: it is you hanging there;\nit is me; it is all of us hanging there on the Cross.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:black'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Look\nat what Paul says once again.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight;color:#C00000'>\u201cFor\nit pleased the Father that in Him (Jesus) should all fullness dwell.\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>What\n\u201cfullness\u201d?<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>ALL \u2014 A L <span\nclass=SpellE>L<\/span> fullness!<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>That\u2019s\nus, folks!<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Think about this for a\nminute.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\n.25in;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#002060'>(1)<\/span><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#002060'> &nbsp;<\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Jesus\nwas\/is the Word (John 1:1-3).<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\n.25in;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#002060'>(2)<\/span><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#002060'>&nbsp;<\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Jesus\nwas\/is the Life (John 1:4, 14:6).<span style='display:none;mso-hide:all'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\n.25in;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\n.25in;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#002060'>(3)<\/span><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#002060'> <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Jesus\nwas\/is The Light (John 1:4, 14:6)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\n.25in;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>(4)<\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'> Jesus is The Way\n(John 14:6) and there is no other way!<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\n.25in;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#002060'>(5)<\/span><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#002060'> <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Jesus\nis The Truth (John 14:6) &quot;the whole truth, and nothing but the\ntruth.&quot;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\n.25in;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#002060'>(6)<\/span><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#002060'> <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Jesus\nis the Christ, the Messiah (Maschiach), the Anointed One (Mark 8:29, 14:61-62,\nI John 2:22, 5:1)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\n.25in;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#002060'>(7)<\/span><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#002060'> <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Jesus\nis the Resurrection (John 11:25)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\n.25in;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#002060'>(8)<\/span><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#002060'> <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Jesus\nis The Name Above Every Name (Philippians 2:9)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\n.25in;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#002060'>(9)<\/span><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#002060'> <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>He\nis the I AM (Revelation 1:8)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\n.25in;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#002060'>(10)<\/span><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#002060'> <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Jesus\nis LORD (Philippians 2:11, Acts 10:36, Revelation 17:14) and He is LORD of\nLords!<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\n.25in;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#002060'>(11)<\/span><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#002060'> <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Jesus\nis Peace (Ephesians 2:14)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\n.25in;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#002060'>(12)<\/span><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#002060'> <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Jesus\nis the Alpha and Omega -- the Beginning and the End (Revelation 1:8, 11)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>We've\nreally only scratched the surface with these descriptions, titles and\nappellations.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Paul\nproperly expressed it when he wrote (and this is from the Amplified Bible), <\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight;color:#C00000'>\u201cFor\nit has pleased {the Father] that all the divine fullness \u2014 the sum total of the\ndivine perfection, powers and attributes \u2014 should dwell in Him permanently.\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight;\ncolor:#C00000'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>And\nthis is where Paul takes it the next step to show what happened when Jesus took\nus into Himself.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:black'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Colossians 1:21-22 (Amplified Version)<\/span><\/u><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>:<span\nstyle='color:#003300'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight;color:#C00000'>And\nalthough you at one time were estranged and alienated from Him and of hostile\nattitude of mind in your wicked activities, Yet now has [Christ, the Messiah]\nreconciled [you to God] <u>in the body of His flesh through death<\/u>, in order\nto present you holy and faultless and irreproachable in His [the Father\u2019s]\npresence.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight;\ncolor:#C00000'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Are\nyou seeing it now?<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:black'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>When\nJesus hung on the Cross He took us into Him.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>He put us in Him as He hung on the Cross so that we [that is to say, our\nsinful nature and flesh] \u2014 in and through Him \u2014 would die.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>But\nJesus didn\u2019t leave things there.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>We\ndidn\u2019t just die in and through and with Him: we experienced resurrection with\nHim, in Him, and through Him.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>When Jesus\nrose from the dead, we rose too because we were in Him!<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Remember how Paul said that all the divine\nfullness existed in Christ \u2014 how everything is made complete in Him?<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>We, too \u2014 because we are in Him \u2014 are complete.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Here\u2019s how Paul continues in his letter to\nthe Ekklesia in Colosse:<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Colossians 2:9-13 (Amplified Version)<\/span><\/u><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>: <span\nstyle='color:#006600'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight;color:#C00000'>For\nin Him the whole fullness of Deity (the Godhead) continues to dwell in bodily\nform \u2014 giving complete expression of the divine nature.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><u>And you are in Him, made full and have\ncome to fullness of life <\/u>\u2014 in Christ you too are filled with the Godhead:\nFather, Son and Holy Spirit, and reach full spiritual stature.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>And He is the Head of all rule and authority\n\u2014 of every angelic principality and power.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight;\ncolor:#C00000'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight;\ncolor:#C00000'>In Him also you were circumcised with a circumcision not made\nwith hands, but in a [spiritual] circumcision [performed by] Christ by\nstripping off the body of the flesh [the whole corrupt, carnal nature with its\npassions and lusts], [<u>Thus you were circumcised when] you were buried with\nHim in [your] baptism<\/u>, in which <u>you were also raised with Him [to a new\nlife<\/u>] through [your] faith in the working of God [as displayed] when He\nraised Him up from the dead.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight;\ncolor:#C00000'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight;\ncolor:#C00000'>And you, who were dead<\/span><\/u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight;color:#C00000'> in trespasses and in the\nuncircumcision of your flesh \u2014 your sensuality, your sinful, carnal nature \u2014 [<u>God]\nbrought to life <\/u>together with [Christ], having (freely) forgiven us of all\nsins.<\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#006600'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#003300'>(See\nalso KJV)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#003300'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>When\nJesus rose from the dead, therefore, because we were (and are) in Him, we also\nrose from the dead.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:black'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>We\u2019ve\nalready talked about the fact that Jesus provided death cancellation for all of\nus by keeping our appointment with death.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>In fact, we were in Christ when He hung on the Cross, keeping our appointment.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>When Jesus rose from the dead, coming out of\nthat tomb, we were in Him.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>If\nI seem to be repeating myself, I am, but my objective is to say this in as many\ndifferent ways as possible so that we all get this revelation.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>I personally believe there is no revelation\nmore important than this.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Everything\nthat Jesus does in our lives, everything we accomplish, our growth and\nspiritual development, our ministry, the miracles that we perform and\nparticipate in \u2014 all hang on our being in Christ when He died, and then rose\nagain from the dead.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Death\ncancellation means we don\u2019t have to put up with death.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Resurrection from the dead means that death\nhas no power or hold of any kind over us.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>It\nalso means that we are free from all disease, infirmity, sickness and pain \u2014\nsince they all stem from the dying process.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Thus,\n<\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight;\ncolor:#C00000'>\u201cHe that eats and feeds on my flesh, and drinks my blood, dwells\ncontinually in me, and I [in like manner dwell continually] in him.\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#006600'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#003300'>Colossians 2:13-15<\/span><\/u><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#003300'>:<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight;color:#C00000'>And you, being dead<\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'> (<b><i><span\nstyle='color:#002060'>nekros<\/span><\/i><span style='color:#002060'>:<\/span><\/b>\na corpse) <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight;\ncolor:#C00000'>in your sins<\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'> (<b><i><span style='color:#002060'>paraptoma<\/span><\/i><span\nstyle='color:#002060'>:<\/span><\/b> intentional and unintentional error, lapse\nor deviation) <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight;\ncolor:#C00000'>and the uncircumcision of your flesh<\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'> (<b><i><span\nstyle='color:#002060'>akrobustia<\/span><\/i><span style='color:#002060'>:<\/span><\/b>\nmetaphor for non-covenantal state), <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight;color:#C00000'>hath he quickened together<\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'> (<b><i><span\nstyle='color:#002060'>suzoopoieo<\/span><\/i><span style='color:#002060'>:<\/span><\/b>\nreanimate con-jointly) <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight;\ncolor:#C00000'>with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; <sup>14<\/sup>Blotting\nout <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>(<b><i><span\nstyle='color:#002060'>exaleipho<\/span><\/i><span style='color:#002060'>:<\/span><\/b>\nobliterate)<\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight;\ncolor:#C00000'> the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was\ncontrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight;\ncolor:#C00000'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight;\ncolor:#C00000'>And<\/span><\/i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight;\ncolor:#C00000'> having spoiled <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>(<b><i><span style='color:#002060'>apekduomai<\/span><\/i><span\nstyle='color:#002060'>:<\/span><\/b> divesting oneself wholly and completely) <\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight;color:#C00000'>principalities\nand powers<\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>\n(<b><i><span style='color:#002060'>arch\u00e9<\/span><\/i><span style='color:#002060'>\n<\/span><\/b>&amp; <b><i><span style='color:#002060'>exousia<\/span><\/i><span\nstyle='color:#002060'>:<\/span><\/b> \u201cchief\u201d authorities [archangels or demonic\nauthorities] and \u201csuperhuman\u201d magistrates or controllers \u2014 demonic powers), <\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight;color:#C00000'>he\nmade a show of them openly, triumphing<\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'> (<b><i><span style='color:#002060'>thriambeuo<\/span><\/i><span\nstyle='color:#002060'>:<\/span><\/b> \u201cnoisy iambus\u201d, to make an exclamatory\nprocession) <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight;\ncolor:#C00000'>over them in it.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>The\npicture that Paul draws here is that of Jesus loudly proclaiming \u2014 even singing\nclamorously and poetically \u2014 and putting on exhibit Satan himself and all his\ndemonic forces to show and demonstrate that their power and authority was\nfinished.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Satan\nhad committed a crime for which he was judged and sentenced.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>His crime was thievery and murder.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>He killed someone \u2014 Jesus \u2014 who was not\nsubject to his authority.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>We\nhave already noted in the past that under universal law, slaves were considered\nas property.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>They were not regarded as\nhuman beings, and therefore had no right to protest their treatment by Satan.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Jesus\ntook us with Him, in Him, and was in us when He went to the grave and was\nburied in the tomb.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>By the same token,\nwhen Jesus was raised from the dead by the Father, we were raised in Him, with\nHim and He in us.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Notice\nexactly how Paul phrases this.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Colossians 2:13<\/span><\/u><\/b><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>:<span style='color:#003300'><span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:navy'>\u201cHe re-animated [us]\ncon-jointly with Him; and at the same time obliterated, demolished and wiped\ntotally clean the decrees of judgment (and accompanying sentence of death) that\nhad been written against us.\u201d<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>(RAC Translation\n&amp; Amplification)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>So\nwhat happens each time we eat and drink at the Table of the Lord?<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>We eat and drink of the Lord Jesus Christ\nHimself.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Thus, we have \u201cChrist in us!\u201d<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>But notice, once again, how Paul parallels\nthis to Water Baptism.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Colossians 2:12 (Amplified Version)<\/span><\/u><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>: <\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight;color:#C00000'>[Thus\nyou were circumcised (and entered into His Covenant) when] you were buried with\nHim in [your] baptism, in which you were also raised with Him [to a new life]\nthrough [your] faith in the working of God [as displayed] when He raised Him up\nfrom the dead.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#006600'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>We\nenter into the Covenant through Water Baptism.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#003300'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\n.25in;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'>(1)<\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>&nbsp;The corpse of\nsin gets buried.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The \u201cnon-person\u201d slave,\nsubject to Satan is put in the grave.<span style='color:black'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\n.25in;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'>(2)<\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>&nbsp;We as new,\nreanimated, living, breathing creations \u2014 re-made in the image and likeness of\nGod \u2014 come forth from the grave as beings not subject to the Law of Sin and\nDeath.<span style='color:#003300'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\n.25in;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'>(3)<\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>&nbsp;Just as Jesus\ndid, we make an open show of principalities and powers in triumph and joyful,\nnoisy song by virtue of having entered into this New Covenant.<span\nstyle='color:#003300'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\n.25in;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>&nbsp;<\/span><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'>(4)<\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>&nbsp;Water Baptism\nnot only engages the Covenant for us with Him, it also puts on notice Satan,\nhis archangels, his magistrates and all his demonic foot soldiers that their\npower or authority over us has been broken and demolished once and for all!<span\nstyle='color:#003300'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\n.25in;line-height:normal;mso-pagination:none'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'>(5)<\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>&nbsp;Without Water\nBaptism, even though we were in Christ and He was in us when He died and was\nburied, and then rose from the dead, no covenantal step has been taken on our\npart to demonstrate our<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>acceptance of the\nNew Covenant.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Without Water Baptism \u2014 and\nthis is an act of faith \u2014 nothing has taken place that says to Satan and his\narmies, \u201cYour authority and power over me has been broken.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Your right to torment me, your right to steal\nfrom me, your right to take my life \u2014 without legal consequence \u2014 has been\nbroken by the Blood of the Lamb.\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#003300'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Remember\nhow John saw this picture?<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:black'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Revelation 12:11<\/span><\/u><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>:<span\nstyle='color:#003300'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:navy'>And\nthey (the faith-filled and faith-acting believers) subdued, conquered and\nprevailed over Satan, gaining complete victory by the Blood of the Lamb [shed through\nhis painful beatings and suffering, and death on the Cross] and the Word of\ntheir testimony [the evidence, report and record given] (that they too were in\nChrist when He died and rose again] spoken, sung and acted upon in Water\nBaptism; and they did not love, adhere to and cling to their souls, their\nmindsets and their old thought processes, willingly and determinedly putting\ntheir souls, their mindsets and their old thought processes to death<\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight;color:navy'>. <\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>(RAC Translation\nand Amplification)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>What\nprecipitated this statement by John?<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>What was it that he witnessed when he was transported into the\nHeavenlies in and by the Spirit?<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Revelation 12:10<\/span><\/u><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>:<span\nstyle='color:#003300'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><sup><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight;color:#C00000'><span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/sup><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:NewsweekGrotesqueEight;color:#A50021'>And I heard a loud voice\nsaying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our\nGod, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down,\nwhich accused them before our God day and night.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>The\naccuser \u2014 our accuser \u2014 is finished!<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>But\nthat \u201cfinishing\u201d is accomplished through faith.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>We finish him by the Word of our testimony.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>We\ngive evidence, first-hand testimony as personal witnesses by virtue of the fact\nthat we were in Christ when he died, that we were in Christ when He rose from\nthe dead, and that we have entered into the new Covenant with Him.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>We further give first-hand testimony to the\nfact that He became The Lamb That Was Slain which took away the curse and all\nour sins.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Finally, we can testify that\nwe have acted upon the Covenant extended to us by being buried with Jesus Christ\nin baptism; and that we have been raised to New Life in Christ!!<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>We are in Him!<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>We are in Him!<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>We are in Him!<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>And He is in us!<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>He is in us!<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>HE IS IN US !!!<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>NOW\nyou see why the cup is running over!<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>It\u2019s inevitable because of what has taken place in our lives and the\nCovenant we entered into when we declared that <\/span><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#A50021'>The Lord is my\nShepherd<\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>!<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>That Covenant initiated a process in our\nlives that has brought us to this day.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>Our cup truly runneth over!<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:\n.25in;mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'>&nbsp;<b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#002060'>For\nthose of you who\u2019ve been participating in our Monday night Healing Prayer\nConference Call, we just want to let you know that beginning with the month of\nJuly and continuing until the first Monday night in October, we will be taking\na break for the summer.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>We\u2019ve found\nduring the past three years of doing this call that participation during the\nsummer months drops significantly because of folks taking their vacations, and\nbeing involved in other activities.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>That\nsaid, we will resume our prayer calls on Monday night, October 2<sup>nd<\/sup>.<\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#002060'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#002060'>At the same time, in\ncase you are missing out on real fellowship in an environment of Ekklesia, our\nSunday worship gatherings are available by conference call \u2013 usually at about\n10:45AM Pacific.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>That conference number\nis <\/span><\/b><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:red'>(712) 770-4160<\/span><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";color:#002060'>, and the access code is <\/span><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";color:red'>308640#.<\/span><\/b><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#002060'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>We are now making these gatherings\navailable by Skype.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>If you wish to\nparticipate by video on Skype, my Skype ID is regner.capener.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>If you miss the live voice call, you can dial\n<\/span><\/b><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:red'>(712) 770-4169<\/span><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";color:#002060'>, enter the same access code and listen in\nlater.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The video call, of course, is not\nrecorded \u2013 not yet, anyway.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>B<b>lessings\non 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