Saturday, June 1, 2013

Turn On The Power

How can you operate in power, like the Man of Truth (Yeshua HaMashiach aka Jesus Christ)?

In the TV show "Revolution", the characters live in an apocalyptic world, where all electricity suddenly stopped working fifteen years ago.  Those who were born afterwards, have only heard stories about electricity, but have never experienced, what electricity can do for them.  They had to get by in their communities and their individual lives, as best as they can without the benefits of electricity.  They had no choice, but to do everything in their own strength.  The only way, that they can really understand electricity, is for someone to turn on the power.

If there continued to be no power, then a few generations later stories of electricity will seem like fairy tales to many.  It will be debated in their communities, whether or not this power ever operated.  Others will believe, that this power was only for people way back then, but not for people in the time that they live in.

It will be a mystery to those, who believe the stories about electricity, why the power was turned off.  They will still be wanting to know, how to turn on the power.

Of course, electricity did not stop working for no reason at all.  There was a definite cause.  Only a few people in the show know why the power stopped.  They have access to a limited amount of electricity, but have not been able to share it with others.  Electricity is available to everyone, if they know how to turn on the power.

It is not that much different with the Children of Truth (those who obey The Father of Truth because they love Him).  They live in a world, where it seems that the power of the Spirit of Truth (Ruach HaQodesh aka the Holy Spirit aka the Holy Ghost) suddenly stopped more than 1900 years ago.  They have only heard stories about the power of the Spirit of Truth in the Book of Truth (The Bible), but they have never experienced, what that power can do for them.  They have been getting by in their congregations and their individual lives as best as they can, without the benefits of the power of the Spirit of Truth.  They have no choice, but to do everything in their own strength.  The only way, that they can really understand the power of the Spirit of Truth, is for someone to turn on the power.

Since there continued to be no power for many generations, stories of the power of the Spirit of Truth seem like fairy tales to many.  There are debates in the congregations of the Children of Truth, whether or not this power ever operated.  Others believe, that this power was only for people way back then, but not for people in the time that we live in.

It is be a mystery to most of those, who believe the stories about the power of the Spirit of Truth, why the power was turned off.  They want to know how to turn on the power.

Of course, the power of the Spirit of Truth did not stop working for no reason at all.  There was a definite cause.  Only a few of the Children of Truth know why the power stopped.  They have access to a limited amount of the power of the Spirit of Truth, but have not been able to share it with others. The power of the Spirit of Truth is available to everyone, if they know how to turn on the power.

What does the power do for us? So why did the power stop?  And most importantly how can we turn on the power?

The power of Spirit of Truth will cause us to abound in hope (Romans 15:13).  The power helps us to bring others into obedience to the Man of Truth (Romans 15:18-19).  Our faith is based on the power of the Father of Truth (YHVH aka God aka THE LORD) instead of the philosophies of men when the power is demonstrated (1 Corinthians 2:4-5).  We will not be afraid in adversity when the power is operating (2 Timothy 1:7-8).

The Ministers of Truth are distinguished from the Ministers of Lies when the power of Spirit of Truth operates (1 Corinthians 4:19-20).  The power is the proof that they have been sent by the Father of Truth (2 Corinthians 6:4-7).  The power is sent so that people can believe the Word of Truth and experience the joy that only comes from the Spirit of Truth (1 Thessalonians 1:5-6).

The power has stopped because most of the Children of Truth have not known the truth about the power of the Spirit of Truth.  We will fall into error if we do not know what is in the Book of Truth or the power of the Spirit of Truth (Matthew 22:29).  We cannot have confidence in anything that leads to action until we hear the Word of Truth about it (Romans 10:17).  The power comes from acting in confidence on what the Book of Truth says instead of carry out religious rituals (Galatians 3:5).

Why have most of the Children of Truth not known the truth about the power of the Spirit of Truth?  The Man of Truth says that religious tradition causes people to disobey the Father of Truth (Matthew 15:3). They have laid aside the Word of Truth to hold on to their religious traditions (Mark 7:8).  They have rejected the commandment to operate in the power so they could keep the traditions of their religious organizations (Mark 7:9). These traditions have made kept the power from working in their lives (Mark 7:13).  These traditions of men have robbed them of the power promised by the Man of Truth (Colossians 2:6-8).  They do not recognize that the Man of Truth died to deliver them from the powerlessness that comes from keeping religious traditions that contradict the Book of Truth (1 Peter 1:17-19).

Most of the Children of Truth do not read the Book of Truth for themselves but rather rely on religious professionals to tell them what the Book of Truth says in weekly meetings.  This is the root cause of the problem.

Some of these religious professionals have a veil of tradition over their eyes that prevents them from seeing the truth when they read the Book of Truth (2 Corinthians 3:14-15).  These people seem religious but they deny that the power of the Spirit of Truth is meant to be operating (2 Timothy 3:5).  These religious leaders are always studying but never able to learn the truth (2 Timothy 3:7).  These religious professionals resist any truth that contradicts their religious traditions (2 Timothy 3:8)

The Father of Lies (HaShatan aka Satan aka The Devil) is the author of all lies including their traditions (John 8:44).  He has blinded them with tradition from seeing the truth about the power of the Spirit of Truth (2 Corinthians 4:4).  Since they have rejected the truth in favor of their tradition there is nothing left for them to believe except a lie (2 Thessalonians 2:11-12).

Make no mistake, some religious professionals are preaching the Word of Truth without flashy shows of power (John 10:41).  Some of them have been used mightily of the Father of Truth knowing only water baptism (Acts 18:24-25).  They just need someone to show them how to turn on the power (Acts 18:26)

So how do we turn on the power?

The power is turned on when the Spirit of Truth comes upon us (Acts 1:8).  When the power is turned on we will release The Sound of Power (Acts 2:4).  We will then experience the power of the world to come (Hebrews 6:4-5).

The Man of Truth is the one turns on the power by baptizing us in the Holy Spirit (Luke 3:16).  He is waiting on us to repent of putting our traditions in front of his commandments (Acts 2:38).  Our repentance is all that is needed for us to be refreshed (Acts 3:19).   When we act on the Word of Truth instead of our religious traditions then the Man of Truth will turn on the power (Acts 11:15-17).

Of course, the power is only for the Children of Truth that live in the House of Truth (Matthew 15:26).  Anyone can come into the House of Truth by surrendering everything to the Man of Truth because they believe that the Father of Truth raised him from the dead (Romans 10:9).

Come into the House of Truth.




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