{"id":4976,"date":"2018-03-02T00:03:05","date_gmt":"2018-03-02T00:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/?p=4976"},"modified":"2018-02-05T02:14:37","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T02:14:37","slug":"another-coffee-break-spiritual-hierarchy-authority-part-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/another-coffee-break-spiritual-hierarchy-authority-part-20\/","title":{"rendered":"ANOTHER COFFEE BREAK: Spiritual Hierarchy &#038; Authority, Part 20"},"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:13.0pt;font-family:\"Arial\",\"sans-serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#747474'><o:p><\/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:24.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\ncolor:#984806'>Spiritual Hierarchy &amp; Authority, Part 20<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;\ntext-align:center;line-height:normal'>&nbsp;<\/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\"'><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\"'>March 2, 2018<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:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";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'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";color:#984806;\nmso-themecolor:accent6;mso-themeshade:128;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>We need\nto backtrack a bit today and cover some ground we\u2019ve covered already, but we\u2019re\ngoing to take a slightly different tack in order to understand the dominion\nthat we have in Christ Jesus.<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'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-bidi-font-style:italic'><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\";mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>Revelation 22:1 - 4\nKJV:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/u><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#C00000;\nmso-bidi-font-style:italic'>And he shewed me a pure river of the water of life,\nclear as crystal, proceeding out of the Throne of God and of the Lamb.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>In the midst of the street of it, and on\neither side of the river, was there the Tree of Life, which bare twelve manner\nof fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were\nfor the healing of the nations.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>And\nthere shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in\nit; and His servants shall serve Him: and they shall see His face; and His name\nshall be in their foreheads.\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:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#C00000;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><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\nChrist, from the beginning, has sought after a Bride who would be His\ncounterpart, His co-equal: one who could be seated with Him on the Throne.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>We have all heard many messages and prophecies\nduring the years on the subject of &quot;being seated with Him in Heavenly\nplaces,&quot; but for most that is a somewhat nebulous concept.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Although we do not claim to have a complete\nunderstanding of every aspect of this truth, the Lord has been giving to us\nrevelation pertaining to the Throne.<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\nare seeing -- in a practical dimension -- how critical it has been for us to\nhave experienced this intense processing and preparation.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>We are seeing how the Throne functions.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>More than that, we are seeing where our Lord\nand Bridegroom, Jesus Christ, is taking us in the realm of rulership.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>It is the unfolding of this realm that we\nwould like to share with you.<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\"'>The\nfirst and most important aspect is the foundation of the Throne.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Without this most basic of understandings,\neverything pertaining to the Throne is pure theory, and lacking in any\npractical application.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Being\n&quot;seated in heavenly places&quot; is anything but a theory.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>It is <b>not<\/b> a metaphor, and it is not\nsome mystical or ethereal concept for the so-called &quot;super\nspiritual.&quot;<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\"'>Some\nof the ground we\u2019re about to cover has been discussed before, but let\u2019s go over\nthis again.<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\"'>Consider\nAdam and Eve in the Garden.<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\"'>Genesis 2:26 - 28<\/span><\/u><\/b><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>: <\/span><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'>&quot;And God\nsaid, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion...........over\nthe fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing\nthat moveth upon the earth.&quot;<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:#009900'><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\noperative word in this statement is, &quot;dominion.&quot;<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The essence of dominion is rulership: having\nand being in charge of; having active control over <i>a region, a realm, an\narea<\/i>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The Hebrew word in the\noriginal text is: <\/span><b><i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";\ncolor:navy'>radah<\/span><\/i><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>;\nand it means: <b><i><span style='color:#660066'>to prevail against, to\nsubjugate, to rule over, to tread upon, or to possess oneself of -- to take\npossession of<\/span><\/i><\/b>.<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\"'>Sovereign\nrule has always been a part of the very essence of the makeup and character of\nthe Lord Jesus Christ.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>We know,\ntherefore, that we were destined from the beginning and designed for the\nThrone.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>It was a part of the daily\noperational function of Adam and Eve -- <b>but<\/b>, it was only functional so\nlong as they were in union <b>and<\/b> communion with the Lord.<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\"'>Within\nthe Garden, in that place of intimate relationship, Adam and Eve were clothed\nwith the glory of the Lord.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>They were\nclothed in truth.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>As soon as they\npartook of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, they substituted\n&quot;Knowledge&quot; for Truth.<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\"'>Consider\nthe significance of 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\"'>First\nof all, we should each be aware by this time that creation began by the spoken\nword of &quot;The Word,&quot; the Lord Jesus Christ, in a place of absolute\nagreement with the Father and the Holy Spirit.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>There is a phrase which occurs repeatedly during the Genesis account of\ncreation, <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#C00000'>&quot;And God said\u2026&quot;<\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\"'><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\"'>This\nphrase, inclusive with its adjoining words, has a numerical value of 8-8-8, the\ntriad of eights which represents Jesus Christ.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>(We talked about this a couple weeks ago.)<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Each time we read, <\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'>&quot;And\nGod said,&quot; <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>it\nwas Jesus causing an act of creation by speaking the word out of that creative\npower within His being.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><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\"'>When\nHe created Adam and Eve, we are told that He created them <\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'>&quot;in\nHis image,&quot; <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>and\nHe emphasizes this point twice in the same verse.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>(see Genesis 1:27)<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'>&quot;...in the image\nof God created He him; male and female created He them.&quot;<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:fuchsia'><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\"'>Being\n&quot;created in His image&quot; does not just mean that we were created with\nHis physical form or attributes.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>It\nmeans that we were also created spirit beings with power over the physical and\nnatural realm.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Jesus always was, and is,\na Spirit.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>We were first created as\nspirit.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Life did not come into our\nphysical form until the spirit entered.<span style='color:black'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/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\"'>In\nGenesis 2:7, we are told, <\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'>&quot;And the Lord\nGod.......breathed into his nostrils the breath of life.&quot;<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:fuchsia'><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\"'>In\nthis application, the Hebrew text uses the word, <\/span><b><i><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";color:navy'>neshamah<\/span><\/i><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";color:navy'>, <\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>a word which\nGesenius (in his Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon) defines as: the Spirit of God\nimparting (His) life and wisdom; that, therefore, which becomes the spirit of\nman.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>I don't want to belabor this\npoint.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>I just want you to see clearly\nthe single most important aspect of rulership -- the realm in which the throne\nfunctions.<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\"'>Spirit\nis the preeminent and eternal realm of our existence.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>It has precedence over the mind and soul of\nman.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>It has precedence over the\nemotions.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>It supersedes the flesh.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>If we rule in any aspect at all, it is\nbecause we first take dominion in the realm of the spirit.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>If we assert authority over principalities or\npowers, or &quot;world rulers of darkness,&quot; it is because we have first\ndone so by agreeing in totality with the preeminence of the Lord Jesus Christ, <b>in\nand through us<\/b>, 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'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Conversely,\nif we are ruled, it is because we are first ruled over in the realm of the\nspirit by a spirit being.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>If we are\ntaken advantage of by evil spirits, it is because we first submit our spirits\nto the influence or control of those spirits.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>If we are tormented in any area of our flesh, it is because we have\nfirst provided legal ground for that torment in the realm of the spirit.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>(I will comment further on this in just a\nmoment.)<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Our flesh was specifically\ndesigned by the Lord as a habitation for 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'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>A\nquestion which I hear often posed is, &quot;How can Christians submit to evil\nspirits and still call themselves Christians?<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>How can a person redeemed by Christ Jesus be subject to evil\nspirits?&quot;<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\nis imperative that we understand our makeup and nature.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>We are first and foremost spirit beings.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><b>Everything<\/b> -- no matter how great or\nsmall in our lives -- first begins in the realm of 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'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Satan\nhas been referred to as the prince of this world.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>As such we refer to him as an <\/span><b><i><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";color:navy'>Arche<\/span><\/i><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>.<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\"'>Under\nhis command are <\/span><b><i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";\ncolor:navy'>kosmokrator<\/span><\/i><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>: world rulers of darkness.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>When an angelic messenger came to deliver the\nword of the Lord to Daniel, he mentioned that he had just been with Michael\n(the Archangel) doing battle with the Prince of Persia, and that when he left\nDaniel he would be warring against the Prince of Greece. (see Daniel 10)<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\"'>These\nare not earthly princes, but ruling demonic spirits whose assignment is\nnational or regional in scope.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Beyond\nthem are spirits who are assigned as &quot;principalities and powers,&quot; and\nthose who are given the task of invading the character and makeup of mankind,\ndeceiving them into accepting lies, or distortions, or perversion as a part of\ntheir personal makeup.<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\"'>Redemption\nis not the same as deliverance.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>Redemption merely provides the legal basis for deliverance.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Redemption is a legal act by Jesus Christ on\nthe cross to nullify the Serpent's enslavement of the human race through\nAdam.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>It provides us with the legal\nmeans to be free, and to regain the place of the Crown and the Throne\noriginally delivered to Adam and Eve.<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\nguarantee of that Throne is not a blanket guarantee to the human race: it is an\nopportunity to &quot;whosoever will;&quot; and &quot;whosoever&quot; <u>must\nfirst will to agree with Jesus Christ<\/u> -- not in name, not in form, not in\nritual, not in putting one's name to a piece of paper, but in <b>Truth <\/b>--\nin <b>Spirit<\/b> -- in <b>reality!<o:p><\/o:p><\/b><\/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\"'>Deliverance\nis also a legal act, and it occurs when we exercise our legal right as members\nof the redeemed community of Jesus Christ -- <b>in that place of agreement with\nJesus Christ<\/b> -- to take authority in the realm of the spirit over those\nspirits which have harassed 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\"'>Let\nme put it another way.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Rulership -- in\nthe realm of the spirit -- begins when we exercise our place of union with\nJesus Christ over other spirits -- all of whom are subject to His <i>onoma<\/i>,\nHis character, His very makeup.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>Deliverance, therefore, is a natural byproduct of the rulership which\nonly comes in the place of that union.<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\"'>I\u2019m\nnot trying to make this a treatise on the subject of deliverance, and the\nstatements just made are not intended to suggest that deliverance is\nautomatic.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>There is nothing automatic\nabout it.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Neither is it a passive\noperation.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>At the same time, one should\nnot conclude that we need to make a big production of addressing evil spirits\nto kick them out when they have been identified.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Deliverance is accomplished when we take\nauthority in the <\/span><b><i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";\ncolor:navy'>onoma<\/span><\/i><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>\nof Jesus Christ.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>(Not in using His name\nas some kind of religious formula.)<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Evil\nspirits are not, and must not be, the focus of our attention.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Overcoming them -- at every level -- is a\nnatural process delegated to us by the Holy Spirit for the purpose of learning\nto rule.<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\"'>Rulership\nin this realm begins when we<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><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#E50606'>(1) <\/span><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>allow\nthe Holy Spirit to identify spirits which have plagued our lives, along with\nthe legal ground for their existence and operation 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'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#E50606'>(2) <\/span><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>agree\nwith His revelation of their existence, recognizing that His revelation comes\nfor the purpose of both setting us free, and extending the realm of His\nauthority in us; and<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><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#E50606'>(3) <\/span><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>act\nin obedience to that revelation to assert the authority He has given.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>With each successive revelation and\ndeliverance, true dominion is extended in our lives.<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\"'>Let\u2019s\nreturn now to our review of Adam and Eve in the Garden.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>They had complete dominion over the earth,\nand all that was therein because <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><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#E50606'>(1) <\/span><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>they\nhad been created and imbued with rulership as a natural function;<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><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#E50606'>(2) <\/span><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>they\nwere in a place of total intimacy and communion with the Lord;<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><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#E50606'>(3) <\/span><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>their\nspirits, their minds, and their wills were in perfect agreement with Him; and<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><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\ncolor:#E50606'>(4) <\/span><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>they\nwere clothed in Truth!<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\nmade an incredible statement to Thomas at the Last Supper.<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\"'>John 14:6:<\/span><\/u><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'>I\nam the Way, the Truth, and the Life.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>No\nman cometh unto the Father, but by me.<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\"'>His\nwhole <\/span><b><i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";\ncolor:navy'>onoma<\/span><\/i><\/b><i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'> <\/span><\/i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>exhibited Truth.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>It was impossible for Him to represent anything other than Truth.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>In his epistle to the Hebrews, Paul says the\nfollowing:<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\"'>Hebrews 6:17-18 NASB<\/span><\/u><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>:<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/b><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'>\u201c<\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Bernard MT Condensed\",\"serif\";color:#C00000'>In\nthe same way God, desiring even more to show to the heirs of the promise the\nunchangeableness of His purpose, interposed with an oath, in order that by two\nunchangeable things, in which <u>it is impossible for God to lie<\/u>, we may\nhave strong encouragement .....&quot;<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\"'>Let\nme repeat some principles that you\u2019ve heard me share in the past.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoBodyText style='mso-pagination:none'><b><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Truth <\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>is not a collection\nof facts.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>And yet it can be.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoBodyText style='mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoBodyText style='mso-pagination:none'><b><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Truth<\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'> is neither the\nreciting of history, nor a compilation of events which have occurred.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>And yet it can be.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoBodyText style='mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoBodyText style='mso-pagination:none'><b><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Truth <\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>is not the quoting\nof scriptures.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>And yet it can be.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoBodyText style='mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoBodyText style='mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Facts.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span>History.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Scriptures.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>They can all be a portion of truth, but in\nand of themselves, they are <b>not<\/b> -- by any stretch of the imagination --<b>\ntruth.<o:p><\/o:p><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoBodyText style='mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoBodyText style='mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Facts can be twisted by The Spirit of Error\nand become a lie.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>History can be\ndistorted -- and often is -- so that historical facts are taken out of context\nto present a false picture.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Personal\nexperience, left to stand on its own, can bring wrong conclusions.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Scriptures can be quoted to support virtually\nany stance one desires to take.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoBodyText style='mso-pagination:none'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoBodyText style='mso-pagination:none'><b><span style='font-size:\n13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Truth<\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>, therefore, is not\njust facts, history, personal experience, or scriptures.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoBodyText style='mso-pagination:none'><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><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Truth<\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'> -- the genuine\narticle -- can only come by the Spirit of Truth, which is one of the seven\nSpirits of God.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The Spirit of Truth\ntakes facts, takes history, takes events which have occurred -- either in our\nlives, or in the lives of others -- or, takes verses of scripture and applies\nthem in a manner which brings life.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>The\nSpirit of Truth takes that life and transmits it into the core of our beings.<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><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>Truth<\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'> -- the very\nessence of Jesus' <\/span><b><i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Gourmand\",\"serif\";\ncolor:navy'>onoma<\/span><\/i><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'>\n-- is that which He was clothed in.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>It\nwas the life which went forth when He spoke the worlds into existence.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>It was the spirit which went forth when He\nbreathed into man the breath of life.<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\"'>Does\nthis make sense to you?<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Are you\nfollowing me so far? <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0<\/span>Good!<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>Let\u2019s pick this up next week.<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;<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal;mso-pagination:none'><b>\n<span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#002060'>For those of you\nwho\u2019ve participated during the past three years in our Monday night Healing\nPrayer Conference Call, this is just a reminder that the calls have resumed on\na once-a-month basis, the first Monday of each month.<span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span>If you have a need for healing, or you have\nfriends in need of healing, here is the number to call: <\/span><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";color:red'>(712) 775-7035.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\n<\/span><\/span><\/b><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#002060'>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'>323859#.<\/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>For Canadians who have\ndifficulty getting in to this number, you can call <\/span><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";color:red'>(559) 546-1400<\/span><\/b><b><span\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\";color:#002060'>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>If someone\nanswers and asks what your original call-in number was, you can give them the\n712 number and access code.<\/span><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\n\"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 you!<o:p><\/o:p><\/b><\/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:Majestic;mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> \n<div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-left in-legacy-container\" 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