{"id":4891,"date":"2017-10-13T00:05:55","date_gmt":"2017-10-13T00:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/?p=4891"},"modified":"2017-08-23T09:39:53","modified_gmt":"2017-08-23T09:39:53","slug":"another-coffee-break-the-psalm-23-adventure-part-61","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/another-coffee-break-the-psalm-23-adventure-part-61\/","title":{"rendered":"ANOTHER COFFEE BREAK: THE PSALM 23 ADVENTURE, Part 61"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Ps<\/span><\/b>alm<\/span><\/b> 23 Adventure,<\/span><\/b> Part 61<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n

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October 13, 2017<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n

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We are definitely\ngoing to run long today as we wrap up this series, so bear with me.<\/span><\/b><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n

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Remember\nwhat David wrote in Psalm 118?\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>Blessed\nbe he that cometh in the name of the LORD: we have blessed you out of the house\nof the LORD.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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And\nthat\u2019s exactly what happened in Israel, once David had established this picture\nof 24-hour praise and worship for the nation.\u00a0\n<\/span>Israel prospered as it had never prospered in the past.\u00a0 <\/span>Let me quote a couple of paragraphs from the\nRiver Worship Center website to show you just how much the Key of David\nunlocked for the nation of Israel.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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From a\npurely historical standpoint, Israel prospered economically and militarily, and\nwas provided for by the Lord in a never-ending display, so long as praise and\nworship went forth unhampered and unhindered.  During the forty years of\nDavid\u2019s reign, Israel never lost a battle.  David took territories and\ndominions which had been promised to Abraham, and commanded to Moses and Joshua,\nbut never attained by any leader in Israel\u2019s history to that time.<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n

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He\nsubdued the last of the Hittites, and eradicated the remaining traces of other\nnations which had contaminated Israel with their co-habitation.  The\nJebusites, which had occupied Jerusalem since Shem\u2019s death, were subdued and\ndestroyed; and David purchased from Ornan, the Jebusite, both the hill, and the\nthreshing floor as the site of the temple which would later be built.<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n

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He\nrefused to take as a gift, or recognize Ornan (whose title was Araunah, or\n\u201cLord King\u201d) as a king, or his equal, even though Ornan was the last of the\nJebusite rulers.<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n

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Never\nbefore in history had a people prospered as they did with continual praise and\nworship going forth. Israel saw its land produce agriculturally and yield an\nabundance such as never had been seen.  The surrounding nations turned to\nIsrael for leadership.<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n

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Kings,\nwho before times had been constant enemies and invaded the cities of Israel,\nsought after peace treaties.  The Philistines, who had invaded the land\nwith their armies for hundreds of years, were decimated militarily, and were\nunable to so much as raise an army against Israel (or anyone else, for that\nmatter) for more than three hundred years.<\/span><\/b><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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I\u2019ve\ntaken a lot of time focusing on this particular element, but I wanted to set\nthe stage for your understanding the enormous significance of the letter to the\nEkklesia in Philadelphia.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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Let\nme pass over the portion of the letter that addresses those of the synagogue of\nSatan (that\u2019s a whole separate discussion) and move on to the last portion\nwhere it begins with, <\/span>Behold I come quickly.\u00a0\n<\/span>Hold that fast which thou hast that no man take thy crown.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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We\u2019ll\ncome back to this momentarily, but let\u2019s get to the picture of the overcoming\nwhich the Lord addresses.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my\nGod, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God,\nand the name of the city of my God, which is<\/i> new Jerusalem, which cometh\ndown out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him<\/i> my new name.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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What\nis the purpose of a pillar?\u00a0 <\/span>The answer\nis obvious: to hold up and support the building.\u00a0 <\/span>The implications of this statement are\nintriguing.\u00a0 <\/span>The overcomer becomes a\npillar in the temple.\u00a0 <\/span>The Greek word for\npillar is, <\/span>stulos<\/span><\/i><\/b>, and this word literally translates as \u201csupport.\u201d\u00a0 <\/span>The Greek word used in this instance for\ntemple is also interesting.\u00a0 <\/span>It is the\nword, <\/span>naos<\/span><\/i><\/b>.\u00a0 <\/span>What I find fascinating is that the primary\nroot of this word means \u201cto dwell,\u201d hence when used as a noun, we are talking\nabout a \u201cdwelling place.\u201d\u00a0 <\/span>Now, take that\nusage and let\u2019s re-read this statement.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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He that overcomes will I make to be a support in the dwelling place\n(or house) of my God, and he shall go no more out.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>(Revelation 3:12a, RAC Translation & Amplification)<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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Pretty\ninteresting, huhh?\u00a0 <\/span>But watch what comes\nnext.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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And I will write upon him the name of my God.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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The\nGreek word for write is \u201c<\/span>grapho<\/span><\/i><\/b>.\u201d\u00a0\n<\/span>It literally means to engrave, or to write into.\u00a0 <\/span>We discussed the concept of \u201cname\u201d a\nmultitude of times throughout the years, and this gives us the understanding\nthat what is being engraved into our being \u2014 what is transforming who and what\nwe are \u2014 is the very character, nature and makeup of the Lord Himself.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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Do\nyou remember the whole breakdown of this word, <\/span>onoma<\/span><\/i>?<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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J. H. Thayer, in his\nGreek-English <\/span>Lexicon,\nstates that <\/span>"By a usage chiefly Hebraistic, onoma <\/span><\/i>[shem]\n<\/span><\/i>is used for everything which the name covers, everything the\nthought or feeling which is roused in the mind brings by mentioning, hearing,\nremembering the name -- that is, one's rank, authority, interests, pleasure,\ncommand, excellences, deeds, etc."<\/o:p><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n

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Where\n"names" and\/or "name-calling" are used in opposition, he\ncharacterizes <\/span>onoma<\/span><\/i>\n-- in contradistinction to "name-calling" -- as, <\/span>"the\nreality of one's existence,"<\/span><\/i> \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/i>and<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

in\na separate summation, Thayer distinguishes the <\/span>onoma<\/span><\/i> of God in stating,<\/span> <\/span>"The Onoma of God in the N.T. is\nused for all those qualities which, to His worshippers, are summed up in that\nname, and by which God makes Himself known to men; it is therefore equivalent\nto His divinity, His divine majesty and perfections so far forth as these are\napprehended, named, and magnified."<\/span><\/i><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n

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Talk\nabout a mouthful!\u00a0 <\/span>It is safe to say,\ntherefore, that <\/span>onoma<\/span><\/i> <\/span>represents\nthe very essence of one's being.\u00a0 <\/span>For\nthat reason, I will use the word, <\/i><\/span>onoma<\/span><\/i>, throughout this\nstudy instead of "name," since the word, "name," brings\nsuch a totally different concept to mind than that which I believe the Holy\nSpirit is communicating.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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Names\nwere never<\/b> given idly.\u00a0 <\/span>To help\nunderstand the basis under which <\/span>onoma<\/span><\/i> <\/span>\u2013 and its Hebrew\ncounterpart, <\/span>shem<\/span><\/i>,\n\u2013 was used, names were given at birth (or creation, in the case of Adam and\nEve) as a prophecy of what children would become.\u00a0 <\/span>In most cases those names represented either\nblessing, or the fulfillment of some promise of the Lord, or the prophesying of\nsome blessing to come.\u00a0 <\/span>In other cases,\nthe names represented the judgment of the Lord.\u00a0\n<\/span>In a few cases, they epitomized a curse which was to come.\u00a0 <\/span>In every case, the child grew to become the\nliving example \u2013 a prophetic picture of that name which was given at birth.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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Integrated\ninto this system of giving names (which God ordained at Creation), we also have\nthe several recorded instances (e.g., \u201cAbram\u201d into \u201cAbraham;\u201d \u201cJacob\u201d into\n\u201cIsrael;\u201d \u201cShem\u201d into \u201cMelchizedek;\u201d \u201cSaul of Tarsus\u201d into \u201cPaul,\u201d etc.) in\nwhich names were changed by the Lord to represent the change of nature,\ncharacter and makeup he brought about (or was bringing about) in them.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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The\npromise of the Lord to the overcomer, therefore, is for much more than a\n"new name."\u00a0 <\/span>It is the molding,\nthe changing, the transformation, the re-shaping of the very essence of our\nexistence, our makeup, our personality, the way we live and breathe and\noperate, so that we live and exhibit His <\/span>onoma<\/span><\/i>.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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Now,\nHe takes it the next step.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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And I will write upon him \u2026 the name of the city of my God, which\nis<\/i> new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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Bear\nwith me.\u00a0 <\/span>There is a transformative\nprocess that has been taking place from the moment we entered into this\nCovenant with the Lord.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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Why\ndoes this continuing prophecy describe the engraving process to include the <\/span>\u201ccity\nof my God, which is new Jerusalem\u2026\u201d<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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We\u2019ve\ntalked about this before, but let\u2019s revisit something that John sees as this\nrevelation unfolds.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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Revelation 21:2-3<\/span><\/u><\/b>: <\/span>And I John saw\nthe holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared\nas a bride adorned for her husband<\/u>.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle\nof God is<\/i> with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his\npeople, and God himself shall be with them, and be<\/i> their God.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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The\n\u201cNew Jerusalem,\u201d therefore, is a metaphor for the Bride of Christ.\u00a0 <\/span>The New Jerusalem is not Heaven \u2014 as John makes\nvery clear in this statement.\u00a0 <\/span>What he\nsees is a picture of a glorious Bride whom the Lord has been preparing for\nHimself throughout the ages.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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You\nsee the finish of this don\u2019t you?\u00a0 <\/span>The\nLord is making very clear that this finished Bride is us!\u00a0 <\/span>Those who have been through the fire, those\nwho have overcome all obstacles, all trials, those who have been the literal\npicture of worship and adoration and total, uncompromised commitment are the\nBride with whom He will dwell forever!\u00a0\n<\/span>He has been preparing us so that He can dwell with us forever \u2014 so that\nHis house is our house!<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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Take\na look at John\u2019s description:<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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Revelation 21:9-27<\/span><\/u><\/b>: <\/span>And\nthere came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of\nthe seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will show\nthee the bride, the Lamb\u2019s wife.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high\nmountain, and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of\nheaven from God, Having the glory of God: and her light was<\/i> like unto a\nstone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal; And had a wall\ngreat and high, and<\/i> had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels,\nand names written thereon, which are the names<\/i> of the twelve tribes of\nthe children of Israel:<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south\nthree gates; and on the west three gates. And the wall of the city had twelve\nfoundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. And he\nthat talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates\nthereof, and the wall thereof.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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And the city lieth<\/span> foursquare, and the\nlength is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed,\ntwelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are\nequal.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and<\/i> forty and<\/i>\nfour cubits, according to<\/i> the measure of a man, that is, of the angel. \u00a0<\/span><\/sup>And the building of the wall of it was of<\/i>\njasper: and the city was<\/i> pure gold, like unto clear glass. And the\nfoundations of the wall of the city were<\/i> garnished with all manner of\nprecious stones.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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The first foundation was<\/i> jasper; the second, sapphire;\nthe third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; \u00a0<\/span><\/sup>The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius;\nthe seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a\nchrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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And the twelve gates were<\/i> twelve pearls; every several\ngate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was<\/i> pure gold, as it\nwere transparent glass.\u00a0 <\/span>And I saw no\ntemple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to\nshine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is<\/i> the\nlight thereof. \u00a0<\/span><\/sup>And the\nnations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of\nthe earth do bring their glory and honour into it. And the gates of it shall\nnot be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into\nit. And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing<\/span>\nthat defileth<\/span>, neither whatsoever<\/i> worketh\nabomination, or maketh<\/i> a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb\u2019s\nbook of life.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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The\nstudy of this city is a study in the makeup of the Bride.\u00a0 <\/span>There are so many metaphors in John\u2019s\ndescription that it would take us away from the focus of this study \u2014 and\nperhaps I will have the chance to deal with that in a later series.\u00a0 <\/span>But let me just make note of all of the\ntwelve\u2019s used in this description and remind you that the number, twelve, is a\npicture of Ekklesia.\u00a0 <\/span>It is the picture\nof the preparation process that has been going on throughout our lives.\u00a0 <\/span>It is the preparation for the ruling and\nreigning throughout eternity \u2014 OK, the eternities of the eternities \u2014 with the\nLord, and being seated on the Throne with Him.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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We\u2019ve\ntalked about this number, twelve, before, the mathematical precision of God,\nand the preciseness of these processes in each of our lives.\u00a0 <\/span>We won\u2019t revisit that today.\u00a0 <\/span>I just want to remind you that everything\nthat God has done in your life, my life \u2014 all of us \u2014 is for His Glory.\u00a0 <\/span>All of these events that have unfolded in our\nlives have been so that we can dwell in the House of the Lord forever!\u00a0 <\/span>Everything has been designed by Him so that\nHe can dwell with us forever!<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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I\u2019ve\nprobably shared this with you before, but I\u2019m reminded of the time many years\nago when I stood in front of the mirror, realizing just how far I was away from\nthe promises God had made to me as a youngster, and how much remained to be\naccomplished in order for me to see the fulfillment of those promises.\u00a0 <\/span>I said \u2014 almost out loud, \u201cLord, you mean you\ncould stand to live with me forever?\u201d<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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I\ncould hear His laughter as He responded, \u201cBy the time you get here, you\u2019ll be so\nchanged<\/b>!\u201d<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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That\nwas more than 40 years ago.\u00a0 <\/span>The changes\nthat have taken place in my life are staggering when I look back.\u00a0 <\/span>Change takes place almost daily.\u00a0 <\/span>All I have to do is to look back even a year\nto see the change that has taken place.\u00a0 <\/span>Looking\nback at things I taught and shared 20 or 30 years ago makes me laugh at\ntimes.\u00a0 <\/span>What the Lord has revealed in\nthose years makes some of what I thought was so important pale into\ninsignificance.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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Thirty\nyears ago, I wrote, published and distributed an article titled, A Vision For\nPraise and Worship.\u00a0 <\/span>It was OK, insofar\nas it went.\u00a0 <\/span>The problem was that it was\nseriously incomplete!\u00a0 <\/span>What the Lord has\nunfolded in the intervening years has multiplied my understanding of praise and\nworship.\u00a0 <\/span>There are dimensions that God\nhas for us that weren\u2019t even touched in that article.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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That,\nmy friends, takes us back to understanding the Key of David.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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When\nJohn began writing the letter to the Ekklesia in Philadelphia, it began with, <\/span>\u201cThese\nthings saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David,\nhe that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;\u201d<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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Everyone\nknows that the primary purpose of a key is to open a door, or to lock a door,\nto open a gate, or to lock a gate.\u00a0 <\/span>The\nessence of what John sees and writes is that to those who understand, have been\ngiven the Key of David \u2014 or more accurately, to those to whom the Lord utilizes\nthe Key of David available \u2014 the door to the House of the Lord has been opened.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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And,\nas John saw and wrote in Revelation 21, <\/span>And there shall in no\nwise enter into it any thing<\/span> that defileth<\/span>,\nneither whatsoever<\/i> worketh abomination, or maketh<\/i> a lie: but they\nwhich are written in the Lamb\u2019s book of life.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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Thus,\nwhen the Lord shuts, and no man opens, the permanent dwelling in House of the\nLord is ONLY for the overcomer.\u00a0 <\/span>It is\nnot for the compromiser.\u00a0 <\/span>It is not for\nthose who pray \u201cthe sinner\u2019s prayer,\u201d and never advance in their spiritual\ngrowth.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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Let\nme pause here, for a second, to point out that there is a distinct difference\nbetween \u201cthe House of the Lord\u201d and Heaven.\u00a0\n<\/span>Heaven is a promise to all who repent of their sin and acknowledge that\nJesus Christ\u2019s death on the Cross for their sin, and His subsequent\nresurrection from the dead are their ONLY means to Salvation.\u00a0 <\/span>And that Salvation is a spiritual step.\u00a0 <\/span>Their spirits are saved, but there is a whole\nlot more to be accomplished in their lives if they are to manifest the presence\nof the Lord.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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For\nmany years, the Pentecostal movement labeled the \u201cbaptism in the Spirit\u201d as the\nfinal step in our Salvation.\u00a0 <\/span>In fact, 50\nyears ago or more I heard Pentecostal preachers actually say that \u201conce you\u2019ve\nbeen baptized in the Holy Spirit, you\u2019ve arrived.\u201d<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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Baloney!\u00a0 <\/span>Once you\u2019ve been baptized in the Holy Spirit,\nyou finally have access to a dimension where Holy Spirit can work the changes\nin you that are necessary to begin manifesting what Salvation is all\nabout.\u00a0 <\/span>Holy Spirit can finally deal with\naspects of your life that you\u2019ve not been willing to yield and submit to His\nprocessing that you\u2019ve been blind to previously.\u00a0 <\/span>For the first time in your life, you are\nreally at the beginning of your walk in God.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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Sounds\ncrazy, I know, and it sure doesn\u2019t fit the doctrines and dogma of many churches\nand denominations and organizations, but it\u2019s the truth.\u00a0 <\/span>Take a look at where we\u2019ve been in this\nadventure.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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The Lord is my Shepherd<\/span>: that\u2019s our first commitment to His\nLordship.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:<\/span> that\u2019s the\nbeginning period of time for our soul to get to know and meditate on and in His\nWord.\u00a0 <\/span>That\u2019s our first taste of this\nplace where the Lord is taking us.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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He leadeth me beside the still waters<\/span>: that\u2019s the\nappointed time for us to yield ourselves our whole bodies, our tongues (which\nare so \u201cunruly\u201d)\u2014 He doesn\u2019t make us drink because He\u2019s not after robotic\nbelievers.\u00a0 <\/span>His objective is to have a\npeople who overcome their flesh.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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NOW,\nHe begins to lead us in the Paths of Righteousness \u2014 and those paths are going\nto lead us right to the door of the House of the Lord.\u00a0 <\/span>If we\u2019ve responded (instead of reacting)\nthroughout the years of His dealings, if we\u2019ve overcome our Enemies, if we\u2019ve\novercome all obstacles, if we\u2019ve overcome all of the families of fear who\u2019ve\nattempted to stop us in our trek towards the House of the Lord, if we\u2019ve moved\nout in the anointing and commissioning that God has given us, if we\u2019ve lived a\nlife of worship, THEN we have arrived at the door of the House of the Lord.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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Here\nis where <\/span>\u201dHe that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man\nshutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth\u201d <\/span>now opens the door before.\u00a0 <\/span>NOW we can say with confidence and finality, <\/span>\u201cAnd\nI shall dwell in the House of the Lord forever!\u201d<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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Anyone\nwho thinks this hasn\u2019t been an adventure from beginning to end simply doesn\u2019t\nunderstand the nature of adventure.\u00a0\n<\/span>There have been moments of real difficulty.\u00a0 <\/span>There have been moments when we soared with\nthe eagles.\u00a0 <\/span>It has been fun and it\nhasn\u2019t been fun!\u00a0 <\/span>But, Brother, Sister,\nit has been an adventure!\u00a0 <\/span>We\u2019ve lived a\nprophetic life from beginning to end!\u00a0 <\/span>We\nprophesied our life when we began with the commitment to this Covenant and\ndeclared and decreed that <\/span>The LORD is MY SHEPHERD!<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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For those of you\nwho\u2019ve been participating in our Monday night Healing Prayer Conference Call,\nwe just want to let you know that beginning with the month of July and\ncontinuing until the first Monday night in October, we will be taking a break\nfor the summer.\u00a0 <\/span>We\u2019ve found during the\npast three years of doing this call that participation during the summer months\ndrops significantly because of folks taking their vacations, and being involved\nin other activities.\u00a0 <\/span>That said, we will\nresume our prayer calls on Monday night, October 2nd<\/sup>.<\/span><\/b><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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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.\u00a0 <\/span>That conference number\nis <\/span><\/b>(712) 770-4160<\/span><\/b>, and the access code is <\/span><\/b>308640#.<\/span><\/b>\u00a0 <\/span>We are now making these gatherings\navailable by Skype.\u00a0 <\/span>If you wish to\nparticipate by video on Skype, my Skype ID is regner.capener.\u00a0 <\/span>If you miss the live voice call, you can dial\n<\/span><\/b>(712) 770-4169<\/span><\/b>, enter the same access code and listen in\nlater.\u00a0 <\/span>The video call, of course, is not\nrecorded \u2013 not yet, anyway.<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n

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Blessings\non you!<\/o:p><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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Regner<\/span><\/b><\/span> A. Capener<\/span><\/span><\/b>
\nCAPENER MINISTRIES<\/b><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

RIVER WORSHIP CENTER<\/span>
\nTemple, Texas 76504<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

Email Contact: <\/span>\n\nCapenerMinistries@protonmail.com<\/a><\/span><\/u><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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All Coffee Break articles are\ncopyright by Regner<\/span> A. Capener<\/span>,\nbut authorization for reprinting, reposting, copying or re-use, in whole or in\npart, is granted \u2013provided proper attribution and this notice are included\nintact. Older Coffee Break archives are available at <\/span>http:\/\/www.RegnersMorningCoffee.com<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/u>\nCoffee Break articles are normally published weekly.
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CAPENER MINISTRIES<\/span><\/b> <\/span>is a tax-exempt church ministry. Should you desire to\nparticipate and covenant with us as partners in this ministry, please contact\nus at either of the above email or physical addresses, or visit: <\/span>http:\/\/www.RiverWorshipCenter.org<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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