Identity Crisis - Part II

I needed to get back to this subject I started last month. Knowing who we are is so very important, in fact it is life changing. The more we understand the facts (or truths) they will help us gain more confidants to move forward into Sonship, our true identity and authority in Christ. Jesus wasn't only the Son of God, He the King and the Prophet as well. He's also the High Priest in the order of Melchizedek, the king of Salem (peace). (Hebrews 5-7) Jesus is the Prince of Peace too, therefore Melchizedek was a type and shadow of the heavenly Father who bestowed this blessing on one of His other sons, Abraham. We are also sons in Christ, just as Abraham was. We are also priests in the order of Melchizedek, and we are to bless and intercede for people. There is no completion in the Kingdom of God, neither is there any time of space. That is why our prayers should extend beyond our generation and families.

We are one with the Father just as Jesus and the Father are one, or Christ and His Bride are one. I know this may sound a bit complicated or super spiritual, but it's still true. Its just been hidden from the church for such a time as this. And the scriptures bears witness to all this. But it's still a matter of faith. When we fully understanding this truth, our identity becomes more clear and so does everything else that comes with it.

We are also one with the Word and have the same power and authority as Christ does. Satan doesn't want us to know this and has tried to keep the church from accepting this truth. But, satan is the liar and his deceptions are being exposed. He has no power and he was defeated two thousands years ago. When Jesus said, "It is finish!" (everything was accomplished and completed, but that's another article.)

This mystery identity of ours is now being revealed through the Word of God and through divine revelation from God's prophets. In the Bible, we read one of the most astounding statements Jesus ever made. It was that final night, after the Passover meal, when Jesus prayed for His disciples:

"...I ask not only on behalf of these, but also on behalf of those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one; even as you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.

 The glory that you have given me I have given them, so that they may be one, as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may become completely one, so that the world may know that you have sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. Father, I desire that those also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory, which you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.

 ‘Righteous Father, the world does not know you, but I know you; and these know that you have sent me. I made your name known to them, and I will make it known, so that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them." (John 15:20-26)

Just this portion of Jesus prayer speaks volumes. These disciples of Jesus were called "apostle" and they became the spiritual fathers and part of the foundation of the church. Yet there are still many churches that do not believe in prophets and fewer believe in apostles. The role of a pastor has been elevated to a position it was never intended and the church became a building. And so again, God will reestablish His church on the teaching of His apostles and prophets as it was meant to be—not on man-made concepts. God gave apostle and prophets to serve, to lift up others and to instruct and to speak for Him. They are also often used as door-mats.

"Then those who gladly received his (Peter) word were baptized. There were added that day about three thousand souls. They continued steadfastly in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and prayer. Fear came on every soul, and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles."(Acts 2:41-43)

"Together, we are his house, built on the foundation of the apostles and the prophets. And the cornerstone is Christ Jesus himself." (Ephesians 2:20) 

Many books could be written on Jesus' high priestly prayer alone. Yet, most Christians have not really grasped what Jesus was really saying here. We are not to be like Jesus or even Christ-like, (satan wanted to be like God or act like Him, that's what religion tries to do.) As followers and sons of God, what we do or say is because that's who we are, and that includes our flaws and mistake of the past. Look at the early church; they were a mess, but they love each other and God. They didn't try to pretend to be perfect, but they were in God's eye. 

Christ's life (spirit) is living in and through us. We take up our cross and die to our self-life (the flesh) just as Jesus did. The more we die to our self-life and carnal thinking the more room we make for Him to expand in our life and work through us. And his is just the beginning of Sonship.

To live in the Holy of Holies continuously we must leave the Outer Court of the temple permanently.

Then Jesus was led by the Spirit, just as we should be. And in Christ, we became a new creation and whatever Jesus Christ is and has is available to us. This process starts from the inside, not the other way around. The most important thing to remember is that the heavenly Father loves us just as much as He loves Jesus. Wow. I mean double wow!!

So how do we live all out. It comes by hearing and then by confessing it with our mouth. Believe it with your whole heart, and then take one step at a time by faith to become who you are, God will do the rest. We also need to have a vision of how God see us and what we are to do, and then live accordion to that.

A number of years ago when I was reading the red letters from my Bible. I asked God, "Can I say that?" He said, "Yes, anything Jesus said and did you can say and do also." Wow! God was giving me a revelation that many people have rejected as even possible. Yet, Jesus told His disciples that they would do even greater things. So whats the problem? It all boils down to learning how to abide and waiting on Him and His timing. We are His disciples too, if we do what He says. Jesus also told us, that when you pray and ask, believe that you receive them, and it will be granted. (Mark 11:23-24) And yet some many Christians will say, you can't do that. Well, according to my Bible and what Jesus said and prayed, we can. But when you ask God you must know that it is according to His will, not your carnal desires.

Listen to this; that same night Philip, asked Jesus to show them the father. And Jesus said, "Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not come to know Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the father."  When people look at you, who do they see? Is it Jesus Christ the Eternal Father? (Isaiah 9:6) There should be no difference as Jesus stated, "If anyone loves me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come and make Our abode with him." (John 14:23) The Father house is the New Jerusalem. We don't have a mansion in heaven; Jesus Christ is our mansion, the Promise Land."In my father house there are many dwelling places." (John 14:2)  And His bride is the holy city coming out of heaven and being established on earth continuously. (Revelation 21:2) He is our dwelling place (abode). In Him, Jesus Christ, we have and are everything He is. Too many Bible theologian try to interpret the Bible carnally and within time dimension and that's not how God sees or does thing.

  I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in this body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. (Galatians 2:20)

(to be continues)