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Greetings,
A culture of grace is dependent upon the manifest presence of Jesus in our lives. How is this possible? Holy Spirit has been sent to us by our Father God and Holy Spirit is an appearing of Jesus in our lives as a life-giving Spirit. Holy Spirit has come in the name of Jesus. Holy Spirit manifests the character, nature, way, power, and authority of Jesus to and in our spirits to empower our souls and our physical lives to be testimonies of Christ. This is the reality of God’s grace.
Grace happens at a revelation of Jesus Christ. When we see Him in our lives, our lives are changed. This isn’t merely seeing that He is, it is seeing Him for who He is. It is an intimate connection with Him in our hearts. Our hearts are the ultimate room of His presence. We are a dwelling place of God by His Spirit. He dwells in us, and we dwell with Him in this world and in all that is to come. Holy Spirit in us empowers our lives to change. We are empowered to respond to Him as the voice that activates our spirits to flood our souls for obedience to all that He says to us. Holy Spirit is the Spirit of truth who transforms us to become a testimony of God’s truth in and to our world.
John 14:15 “If you love Me, keep My commandments. 16 And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. 18 I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.
Holy Spirit in our lives is Jesus in our lives as a life-giving Spirit. When He walks into the room everything changes! The book the Apocalypse, the Revelation, is not about doom and gloom. It’s about the person Jesus and what happens when He walks into the room. The apocalypse of Jesus Christ is about the person Jesus Christ. Each part of the book is a testimony of what happens when the person Jesus Christ walks into the room. Holy Spirit in our space causes every aspect of our space to become a testimony of Jesus in the power of His grace. The very 1st chapter of Revelation is enough to stand on its own. Jesus loves us! He has washed us in His blood. He stands in the midst of His Church. When we hear Him, we turn and we see Him and when we see Him something in us becomes like Him, because we see Him as He is.
1 Peter 1:13 Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; 14 as obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts, as in your ignorance; 15 but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, 16 because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.”
Grace comes at a revelation of Jesus Christ. Jesus is the voice behind us. He is the voice that invites us to have an encounter with Him. Every revelation from Him is an invitation to have an encounter with Him so that we can be transformed by Him and become something of that revelation. This is grace!
As leaders in and the body of Christ we must excel in living our lives with a connection to Jesus Christ in our hearts. We must turn to see Him every day. When we hear Him in our hearts, we put our focus upon Him to be transformed by Him and become an expression of His life-giving truth to our world. We lead others in this path of life.
Food For Thought,
Ted J. Hanson
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