{"id":5971,"date":"2022-05-20T00:51:16","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T00:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/?p=5971"},"modified":"2022-05-15T00:57:23","modified_gmt":"2022-05-15T00:57:23","slug":"another-coffee-break-supernatural-maturity-part-1-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/another-coffee-break-supernatural-maturity-part-1-2\/","title":{"rendered":"ANOTHER COFFEE BREAK: SUPERNATURAL MATURITY, Part 1"},"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 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class=\"fusion-reading-box-flex\"><h2>ANOTHER COFFEE BREAK: SUPERNATURAL MATURITY, Part 1<\/h2><\/div><\/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><div class=Section1>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>May 20, 2022<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\ncolor:#984806'>During the past few months, I've been sharing in our local\r\nfellowship a revelation from what we commonly refer to as\u00a0<i>The Sermon on\r\nthe Mount<\/i>. As I was reading Matthew 5, 6 & 7, I suddenly realized that\r\nJesus was sharing with the folks a whole lot of character pictures which\r\nepitomize the very nature of His being, makeup and personality.<\/span><\/b><span\r\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Before\r\nwe dig into Jesus' teaching, let's consider the context of the things Jesus is\r\nsharing in this \"sermon.\" In Matthew 3, we have the revelation of\r\nJesus' baptism and Father making abundantly clear to those who were watching\r\nthat, \"This is My Beloved Son in Whom I am well pleased!\" It was a\r\nremarkable statement for Father to make of Jesus, but it was one that was\r\ncommon to Jewish society.<\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Whenever\r\na son reached a point in his life where he was both learned and practiced in\r\nhis father's business, and sufficiently seasoned at it that his father could\r\nliterally turn the entire operation of the business over to him, the father\r\nwould call together his friends, family and business associates for a public\r\nceremony in which he would announce officially that \"this is my beloved\r\nson in whom I am well pleased.\" At that time the father would also provide\r\nthe son with a signet ring with which he could set the father's seal to any\r\nofficial document, acting in the stead of the father with the father's full\r\nbacking and approval.<\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>By\r\nthis time, the son had observed all that the father would do in the course of\r\nfifteen to twenty years of working with him (that period of being \"under\r\ntutors and governors until the time appointed of the father\") after his\r\n\"bar mitzvah\" at age 12, he had learned to say what his father would\r\nsay in virtually every situation. The son, therefore, became the father's\r\nrepresentative and alter-ego wherever he went, and whatever he said or did was\r\ndone in the place of his father as though his father was actually there.<\/span><span\r\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Thus,\r\nwhen Jesus was given this magnificent public approval by Father, Father also\r\nsent His signet ring in the form of Holy Spirit, Who settled on Jesus in the\r\nform of a dove. It couldn't have been <span class=SpellE>clearer<\/span> to all\r\nwho witnessed the event.<\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Consider\r\nthe following scriptures within the context of these two pictures; namely, that\r\nof the learning under tutors and governors to do and to say all that the father\r\nsaid and did, and finally, the giving of the signet ring to seal everything\r\ndone in the father's name.<\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\r\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\"'>John 8:26, 28-29<\/span><\/u><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\r\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>:\u00a0<\/span><span style='font-size:\r\n12.5pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#C00000'>I have\r\nmany things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and\u00a0<u>I\r\nspeak to the world those things which I have heard of him<\/u>.<\/span><span\r\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.5pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\ncolor:#C00000'>Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of\r\nman, then shall ye know that I am\u00a0<i>he<\/i>, and\u00a0<i>that<\/i>\u00a0<u>I\r\ndo nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things<\/u>.\r\nAnd he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone;\u00a0<u>for\r\nI do always those things that please him<\/u>.<\/span><span style='font-size:\r\n12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\r\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\"'>John 10:30<\/span><\/u><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\r\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>:\u00a0<\/span><span style='font-size:\r\n12.5pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#C00000'>I\r\nand\u00a0<i>my<\/i>\u00a0Father are one.<\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;\r\nfont-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\r\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\"'>John 14:10<\/span><\/u><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\r\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>:\u00a0<\/span><span class=SpellE><span\r\nstyle='font-size:12.5pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\ncolor:#C00000'>Believest<\/span><\/span><span style='font-size:12.5pt;font-family:\r\n\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#C00000'> thou not that I am in\r\nthe Father, and the Father in me?\u00a0<u>the words that I speak unto you I\r\nspeak not of myself: but the Father that <span class=SpellE>dwelleth<\/span> in\r\nme, he doeth the works.<\/u><\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>When\r\nJesus, therefore, made the statement that He and Father are One, He wasn't\r\nsaying that they were the same person, He was following the protocol that\r\nmandates His acting in Father's stead, saying exactly what Father would say,\r\nand doing the works that Father would do were he present in person.<\/span><span\r\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Now,\r\ntake a look at the picture of the signet ring.<\/span><span style='font-size:\r\n12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\r\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\"'>John 6:27<\/span><\/u><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\r\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>:\u00a0<\/span><span class=SpellE><span\r\nstyle='font-size:12.5pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\ncolor:#C00000'>Labour<\/span><\/span><span style='font-size:12.5pt;font-family:\r\n\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#C00000'> not for the meat which <span\r\nclass=SpellE>perisheth<\/span>, but for that meat which <span class=SpellE>endureth<\/span>\r\nunto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath\r\nGod the Father sealed.<\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>The\r\nKJV uses the word \"sealed\", and that's a poor tr<\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>anslation. I won't\r\n  take the time to re-translate that whole verse to you, but the Greek word which\r\n  is often translated \"sealed\" or perhaps \"signet\" is the\r\n  word,\u00a0<span class=SpellE><b><i><span style='color:#215868'>sphragizo<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/span>.\r\n  Here's how J.H. Thayer translates this word:\u00a0<\/span><b><i><span\r\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\";color:#005828'>to set a mark upon by the impress of a seal or\r\n    a stamp<\/span><\/i><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>. The word literally describes a\r\n      signet ring or an official seal that a king would use to authenticate a\r\n      document or a decree. With that in mind, consider now how Paul uses this\r\n      word,\u00a0<span class=SpellE><b><i><span style='color:#002060'>sphragizo<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/span>.<\/span><span\r\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\"'>\r\n      <o:p><\/o:p>\r\n  <\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>I\r\n  Corinthians 1:21-22<\/span><\/u><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>:\u00a0<\/span><span\r\nstyle='font-size:12.5pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\ncolor:#C00000'>Now he which <span class=SpellE>stablisheth<\/span> us with you\r\n    in Christ, and hath anointed us,\u00a0<i>is<\/i>\u00a0God; Who hath also sealed\r\n  us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.<\/span><span\r\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\r\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\"'>Ephesians 1:13-14<\/span><\/u><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\r\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>:\u00a0<\/span><span style='font-size:\r\n12.5pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#C00000'>In whom\r\nye also\u00a0<i>trusted<\/i>, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel\r\nof your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with\r\nthat holy Spirit of promise, Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the\r\nredemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.<\/span><span\r\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\r\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\"'>Ephesians 4:30<\/span><\/u><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\r\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>:\u00a0<\/span><span style='font-size:\r\n12.5pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#C00000'>And\r\ngrieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of\r\nredemption.<\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Have\r\nI drawn this picture sufficiently for you? My objective is to lay the\r\ngroundwork for understanding that when Jesus began to teach the multitudes, the\r\nthings He was sharing were inherent to His character, makeup, and personality.\r\nAnd Jesus was sharing -- and this is important in our understanding -- exactly\r\nwhat Father had said to Him, and what Father was saying to us! He was sharing\r\nthose things that will cause us to become naturally supernatural -- naturally\r\nspiritual, as measured by the fact that a signet ring has been impressed into\r\nour minds, our thoughts and our behavior.<\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;\r\nfont-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>When\r\nI use the term, naturally supernatural, I am referring to the fact that we are\r\nno longer part of this world, this world's kingdoms, this world's mindset or\r\nthis world's behavior. What the world considers as \"natural\" is, in\r\nfact, sub-natural. It is not normal in any way shape or form to the way we were\r\ndesigned by God in the first place. Thus, when we are in Christ Jesus, and He\r\nis in us, He has placed His \"super\" upon what we have known and lived\r\nin as \"natural.\"<\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>OK?\r\nSorry if I've dragged this out or been too exhaustive in my explanation, but it\r\nis necessary for all of us to have the proper context for what Jesus began to\r\nshare when He opened up to the multitudes. That said, let's begin with the very\r\nfirst statement that Jesus made when He began to share what we commonly refer\r\nto as \"The Beatitudes.\"<\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;\r\nfont-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\r\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\"'>Matthew 5:3<\/span><\/u><\/b><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\r\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>:<\/span><\/b><b><span style='font-size:\r\n12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span\r\nstyle='font-size:12.5pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\ncolor:#C00000'>Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of\r\nHeaven.<\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>If\r\never there was a verse of Scripture that has been taken out of context, this is\r\nit! Folks with a poverty mindset have abused this for generations, focusing on\r\nthe first four words, \u201cBlessed are the poor,\u201d and stopping there.<\/span><span\r\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>The\r\nword, poor, if taken alone in this verse certainly could be taken that way. The\r\nGreek word,\u00a0<span class=SpellE><b><i><span style='color:navy'>ptochos<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/span>,\r\nliterally translates to:\u00a0<\/span><b><i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\r\nfont-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\ncolor:#005828'>destitute of wealth, influence, position or honor<\/span><\/i><\/b><span\r\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#005828'>.<\/span><span\r\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>\u00a0But that\u2019s NOT\r\nwhat Jesus said. He didn\u2019t say that it was blessed to be poor; He said,\u00a0<\/span><span\r\nstyle='font-size:12.5pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\ncolor:#C00000'>\u201cBlessed are the poor in spirit.\u201d<\/span><span style='font-size:\r\n12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>The\r\napostle Paul fully understood what Jesus meant when He made that statement and\r\nhe put it in its proper context for us when he wrote to the <span class=SpellE>Ekklesia<\/span>\r\nin Philippi.<\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\r\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\"'>Philippians 2:5-8<\/span><\/u><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\r\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>:\u00a0<\/span><span style='font-size:\r\n12.5pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#C00000'>Let\r\nthis mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of\r\nGod, thought it not robbery to be equal with <span class=SpellE>God:But<\/span>\r\nmade himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was\r\nmade in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled\r\nhimself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.<\/span><span\r\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>We\u2019ll\r\ncome back to Paul\u2019s statement shortly.<\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;\r\nfont-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>\u201cPoor\r\nin spirit\u201d is defined by J.H. Thayer in his Greek-English Lexicon like this:\u00a0<\/span><b><i><span\r\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\";color:#005828'>destitute of the wealth of learning and\r\nintellectual culture which [academic] schools afford.<\/span><\/i><\/b><span\r\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\"'>\u00a0<\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Understand?\r\nOK, let\u2019s put it in simpler language. Watch what happens when we fully\r\ntranslate Matthew 5:3 from the Greek.<\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;\r\nfont-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\r\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\"'>Matthew 5:3<\/span><\/u><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\r\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>:\u00a0<\/span><span style='font-size:\r\n12.5pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#354F65'>\u201cBlessed\r\nand highly favored by God are those who don\u2019t eat of the Tree of the Knowledge\r\nof Good and Evil and live their lives on the basis of intellectual learning and\r\nculture \u2014 those whose spirits are fed from the Tree of Life; for theirs is the\r\nKingdom of Heaven \u2014 that dimension of the Spirit where the <span class=SpellE>rulership<\/span>\r\nof God enables us to function as Jesus did.\u201d<\/span><b><span style='font-size:\r\n12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span\r\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>(RAC Translation\r\n& Amplification)<\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Consider\r\nhow Paul expressed it when writing to the Romans.<\/span><span style='font-size:\r\n12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\r\n\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\"'>Romans 8:5-16<\/span><\/u><\/b><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\r\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span\r\nstyle='font-size:12.5pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\ncolor:#C00000'>For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the\r\nflesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. For to be\r\ncarnally minded\u00a0<i>is<\/i>\u00a0death; but to be spiritually minded\u00a0<i>is<\/i>\u00a0life\r\nand peace.\u00a0Because the carnal mind\u00a0<i>is<\/i>\u00a0enmity against God:\r\nfor it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.<\/span><span\r\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.5pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\ncolor:#C00000'>So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.\u00a0But\r\nye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God\r\ndwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.<\/span><span\r\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.5pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\ncolor:#C00000'>And if Christ\u00a0<i>be<\/i>\u00a0in you, the body\u00a0<i>is<\/i>\u00a0dead\r\nbecause of sin; but the Spirit\u00a0<i>is<\/i>\u00a0life because of\r\nrighteousness.\u00a0But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead\r\ndwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your\r\nmortal bodies by his Spirit that <span class=SpellE>dwelleth<\/span> in\r\nyou.\u00a0Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after\r\nthe flesh.\u00a0For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through\r\nthe Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.<\/span><span\r\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.5pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\ncolor:#C00000'>For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons\r\nof God.\u00a0For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but\r\nye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.\u00a0The\r\nSpirit itself <span class=SpellE>beareth<\/span> witness with our spirit, that\r\nwe are the children of God:<\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>It\r\nwould take up too much space in this Coffee Break to amplify this whole\r\npassage, so let me deal with just a few segments.<\/span><span style='font-size:\r\n12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Romans\r\n8:5-8<\/span><\/u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>:\u00a0<\/span><span\r\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\ncolor:#354F65'>\u201cFor those who live their lives based on what is a \u201creasonable\u201d\r\nor \u201crational\u201d mode of thinking and living behave according to their five\r\nsenses, feelings and perceptions; but those who live their lives responding to\r\nthe quickening of Holy Spirit live spiritually, opposing the dictates of the\r\nflesh.<\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\ncolor:#354F65'>\u201cThis is because thinking which follows that which seems\r\nreasonable and rational (according to feelings, emotions and human learning) is\r\nat war with God, is not subject to the Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ\r\nJesus \u2014 and, indeed, it cannot be.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;\r\nfont-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>(RAC Translation and Amplification)<\/span><span\r\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Romans 8:13-16<\/span><\/u><span\r\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\"'>:\u00a0<\/span><span style='font-size:12.5pt;font-family:\r\n\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#354F65'>\u201cFor if you live\r\naccording to the demands of your flesh, your rational and reasonable thinking,\r\nyou will die; but if you access the Spirit of life \u2014 that Spirit of God \u2014 that\r\nis within you and shut down and put to death the normal desires and acts of\r\nyour flesh, you will [truly] live.<\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;\r\nfont-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.5pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\ncolor:#354F65'>\u201cFor all those who allow themselves to be led and quickened by\r\nthe Spirit of God will become \u2014 and be \u2014 the full-grown, mature sons of God.\r\nAnd that\u2019s because you have not received in yourself slavery to spirits of\r\nfear; but rather that deep knowing within that you\u2019ve been adopted into the\r\nFamily of God so that your natural \u2014 spiritual \u2014 reaction [when in crisis] is\r\nto cry out, \u201cDaddy! Papa! Father! You see] Holy Spirit witnesses within our\r\nspirits that we have become children -- members of the Family of God!\u201d<\/span><b><span\r\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\"'>\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>(RAC\u00a0<\/span><span\r\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Translation &\r\nAmplification)<\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Was\r\nthat clear? THAT\u2019s what it means to be \u201cpoor in spirit!\u201d Now take another look\r\nat the way Paul described Jesus\u2019 mindset as he wrote to the <span class=SpellE>Philippian<\/span>\r\n<span class=SpellE>Ekklesia<\/span>.<\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;\r\nfont-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>He\r\nsaid,\u00a0<\/span><span style='font-size:12.5pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\ncolor:#354F65'>\u201cLet this manner of thinking be in you!\u201d<\/span><span\r\nstyle='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>\u00a0Then he\r\ndescribes the kind of \u201cpoor [in] spirit\u201d that ruled Jesus.<\/span><span\r\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>As\r\nthe only begotten Son of God, Jesus knew with a certainty that He was in the\r\nform, likeness, nature and makeup of God; that as such He paralleled God in\r\nevery respect \u2014 even in his human form \u2014 and yet he subdued His flesh and human\r\ncravings and desires in order to adopt the nature and character of a bond\r\nservant, becoming instead a normal man by all appearances and actions.<\/span><span\r\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Now,\r\nthink about the second half of Jesus\u2019 statement,\u00a0<\/span><span\r\nstyle='font-size:12.5pt;font-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\ncolor:#C00000'>\u201cFor theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.\u201d<\/span><span\r\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>A\r\nkingdom, obviously, is the domain where a king rules \u2014 whose word is Law! When\r\nwe talk about Heaven, we mostly think in ethereal terms of a place we will go\r\nto \u201cin the sweet bye and bye,\u201d when in fact there is nothing ethereal about\r\nHeaven. Heaven is simply a parallel dimension.<\/span><span style='font-size:\r\n12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>I\r\nrealize that sounds a bit like some sci-fi story, but the truth is that Heaven\r\nliterally parallels this time-space earth that we spend the majority of our\r\ntime living in and with.<\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>We\r\nwere first designed as spiritual beings, and in fact pre-existed in Heaven with\r\nGod before we ever came here. (<i>I know that some folks really get a bee in\r\ntheir bonnet when I say that, but there are a fistful of scriptures to back it\r\nup. See, for example, Job 40:15, or Jeremiah 1:5<\/i>) That said, Heaven is a\r\ntangible, multi-dimensional place which has authority and power over this\r\ntime-space world in which we live. Heaven existed before there was ever an\r\nEarth or a Universe, and Heaven will still exist when this earth is dissolved\r\nand a new earth and a new \u201cheavens\u201d are created.<\/span><span style='font-size:\r\n12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>When\r\nJesus said, therefore, that\u00a0<\/span><span style='font-size:12.5pt;\r\nfont-family:\"NewsweekGrotesqueEight\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\nmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";color:#C00000'>\u201ctheirs is the Kingdom of\r\nHeaven,\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>He\r\nwas making it very clear that those who willingly set aside their rational,\r\nreasoning, human thought processes and become \u201cpoor in spirit\u201d \u2014 not exalting\r\ntheir spirits, their minds and their own purposes above God\u2019s plan and destiny\r\nfor us \u2014 will be enabled to live a Kingdom life with ready access to the\r\nHeavenly realm.<\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>OK.\r\nThat was a mouthful. Let me put it more simply.<\/span><span style='font-size:\r\n12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>When\r\nGod\u2019s <span class=SpellE>rulership<\/span> in our lives becomes paramount and\r\npreeminent in our priorities, we have access to that Kingdom He has prepared\r\nfor us. So long as we continue to walk and live the Kingdom life, a process of\r\nthe <span class=SpellE>rulership<\/span> of the Lord takes over us, and begins\r\nto function through us.<\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Let\r\nme stop here, and we will pick this up again next week.<\/span><span\r\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\ncolor:#002060'>I remind those of you in need of ministry that our Healing\r\nPrayer Call is back on schedule for Mondays & Wednesdays at 7:00 PM\r\nEastern. Once again, the number to call for healing is (805) 399-1000. Then\r\nenter the access code: 124763#.<\/span><\/b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;\r\nfont-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\r\ncolor:#002060'>Also want to let you know that our Sunday worship gatherings are\r\navailable by conference call \u2013 usually at about 10:45AM Pacific. That\r\nconference number is (559) 726-1300, and the access code is 308640#.<\/span><\/b><span\r\nstyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\r\n\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\r\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>B<b>lessings\r\non you!<\/b><\/span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\";\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-left in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:left;--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);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none\" style=\"margin-right:25px;float:left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"85\" title=\"Signature1\" src=\"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Signature1.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-5930\"\/><\/span><\/div><div class=Section1>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:\n.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";\nmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'>Regner\n  A. 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