RESERVOIRS OF THE POWER OF GOD'S SPIRIT

January 17, 2010 pm
MF Blume


Genesis 6:6-8 KJV  And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.  (7)  And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.  (8)  But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

Genesis 6:18 KJV  But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.

Genesis 7:11 KJV  In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

Proverbs 3:19-20 KJV  The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.  (20)  By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.


 


The very same note found in Genesis and Noah's flood about the depths broken up and the windows of heaven opened to flood the earth are found in Proverbs 3.

When God made man, He made us from the very same two things which contained all the enormous supply of water that He later used to wash the world clean.

Peter spoke of the wisdom God gave to Paul.

2 Peter 3:15-18 KJV  And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;  (16)  As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.  (17)  Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.  (18)  But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.

And the wisdom of Paul provided truth that many people twist and distort to their own destruction.

Hosea 4:6 KJV  My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

Knowing certain things allows us to be able to avoid destruction.

When the Lord created the Heaven and Earth, in order for them to bust open with enormous reservoirs of flood waters, they were made with all those fountains inside them.

This corresponds to our lives as believers.

He created us as new creatures and locked within ourselves enormous reservoirs of SPIRIT BAPTISM that He knew we would require.

But something is required to unlock those reservoirs.

KNOWLEDGE.

Continue reading Proverbs.

Proverbs 3:21-26 KJV  My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:  (22)  So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.  (23)  Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.  (24)  When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.  (25)  Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.  (26)  For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.

After we read of God's wisdom MAKING HEAVEN AND EARTH, and the SAME WISDOM OR KNOWLEDGE THAT cracks these two tanks open, we read about the very issues in our lives which need WASHING AWAY.

Many believers stumble in life.

Get the picture.

IT WAS WISDOM IN CREATING THESE TANKS WITH SO MUCH WATER.

His knowledge also allows for us to not be afraid.

UNLESS YOU KNOW ABOUT SOMETHING, you cannot enjoy it.

In God's Wisdom He supplied all we'd ever need to not stumble, not fear and not become desolate.


Our minds are often the servants of our flesh.

Lack of knowledge brings destruction.

Stumbling brings destruction.

So people who are never eager to receive more knowledge cannot grow in faith and knowledge to be able to deflect the things that cause their destruction.

And since this provision we have to defeat the purpose of stumbling, fear and desolation is the power of God, KNOWLEDGE BUSTS OPEN the heaven and earth of our spirits and flesh that houses all these reservoirs of FLOODWATERS that will wash these things out of our lives.

As with the destructive sinners and wickedness in the earth of Noah's day, fear, desolation and stumbling need to be washed away by unlocking the depths of the earth and windows of heaven, the two things our spirits and bodies were made from, and release that power and deal with these things.

We have all we ever need to deal with these destructive forces, but we are so often unaware of it.

We need to learn about what the Bible says God put inside us and what it deals with.

We have to learn that we are complete in Christ ever since new birth.

Colossians 2:6-10 KJV  As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:  (7)  Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.  (8)  Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.  (9)  For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.  (10)  And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:

We received Jesus by faith and we must continue to live by faith as well, and not stop in faith by proceeding to go through it with our flesh.


Let me add another angle to this.

Ephesians 2:11-13 KJV  Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;  (12)  That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:  (13)  But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

Ephesians 2:14-18 KJV  For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;  (15)  Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;  (16)  And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:  (17)  And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.  (18)  For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.

Notice this is speaking about JEW AND GENTILE.

He reconciled Jews and Gentiles together IN ONE BODY called the church.

Ephesians 1:9-10 KJV  Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:  (10)  That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:

Notice he uses two elements like He did Jew and Gentile in chapter 2.

Then I learned that Adam Clarke, bible scholar, said this very thing in his studies.

But imagine God;'s great plan of the ages to have JEWS AND GENTILES together in one body... heaven and earth.

Could it be satan knows the Word and realizes what could happen if Jew and Gentile are together... heaven and earth?


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