Dear Sisters and Brothers in Jesus the Christ,

John 4:23-24 (MSG) – “But the time is coming — it has, in fact, come — when what you’re called will not matter and where you go to worship will not matter. It’s who you are and the way you live that count before God. Your worship must engage your spirit in the pursuit of truth.” The Sovereign LORD God Almighty, to Whom we are reconciled as sons and daughters by the blood of Jesus the Anointed One and His Anointing (2Co 5:17-21), is the Creator of man (i.e., male, female) and every good thing in the universe (Genesis 1:1-31). It is for God’s (always) good purpose that we freely (free-will) serve in the way (following the direction and adhering to the instruction) in God’s WORD, by revelation of the information therein, by the teachings of the Holy Spirit. The freedom of man to choose between life or death/the blessings or the curses (Deuteronomy 30:19-20) doesn’t negate that man was created for God’s good purpose. That is, to establish God’s will in the earth as it is in Heaven by the God kind of faith powered by God’s kind of love – agape/divine love. The fact that Abba Father doesn’t send His children sans whatsoever is necessary for success means that, in Christ Jesus, we’ve been given “the measure of faith” Ro 12:3c (KJV) and God’s kind of love has been poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit (Ro 5:5b). Faith invokes God, faith pleases God (Heb 11:6); and we are commanded to love because faith works by love (John 13:34; Gal 5:6). At times, choice may appear to be both discernibly easy and/or difficult on the surface; yet that which appears on the surface or in the realm of the natural has its origin in the realm of the spirit. Our Lord Jesus said, “The Spirit gives life, the flesh counts for nothing” John 6:63a (NIV). God created the body of the first man from the earth, and the form had no life in or of itself until God breathed into it (Genesis 2:7). The first man created in the image or likeness or reflection of God and who had the DNA of God, exercised free-will in forfeiting the covenant blessing of God. Yet the WORD of God never returns void. Hence, ever faithful to man, the LORD God Almighty, entered covenant (Genesis 6:18, 9:1-17, 12:1-3, 13:14-16) after covenant (Genesis 15:18, 17:2) after covenant (Exodus 19:5, 34:10) until the mystery of God’s plan was revealed in Christ Jesus, Who agreed to the will of God the Father for our benefit; that we might (free-will) have abundant life in Him (John 10:10b; Ro 8:1-2 & 5:17). This is the good news/the gospel of Christ Jesus; that they who believe on Him may (free-will) be born anew of water and the Spirit (John 3:5). Therefore, those made sons and daughters of God the Father by the blood of Jesus have a re-created or regenerated or reborn spirit. Salvation is action oriented, confessing belief (Romans 10:9-10); it begins with repentance – a change or turning away from whatsoever is contrary to the way of God as relayed in His WORD. Then, as we allow (free-will) the Holy Spirit to teach our re-created spirit, we “grow in grace (undeserved favor, spiritual strength) and recognition and knowledge and understanding of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ (the Messiah)” 2 Peter 3:18 (AMP). “The One who called you is completely dependable. If He said it, He’ll do it” 2 Peter 3:18 (MSG).   

Speak the promise . . . Harriet