The New and Dynamic Church

By Victor Paul Wierwille

Studies on abundant life

Volume II

American Christian Press

The Way International
New Knoxville, Ohio 45871
United States

Originally published in 1971

By The Way International as
The New Dynamic Church
Translated in 1981
By The Way International

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 To my son

John Paul Wierwille

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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PART ONE: THE DYNAMIC CHURCH…………………5
Ecclesia: Wife or body?...............................................6

SECOND PART: THE BIRTH

AND GROWTH OF A CHRISTIAN..........................15
2. The Unconditional Commitment..........................16
3. How to be a Christian............................ 20
4. Their legal power of representation………………………..23
5. The Key to Power...........................................28
6. Being in communion is the secret..........................34
7. What is true worship?.......................................38
8. The Responsibility of the Believer……………………….. 43

THIRD PART: THE BASE OF CHRISTIAN POWER…....47

9. Speaking in tongues.................................. 48
10. How to speak in tongues..............................53
11. Full to overflowing...........................58

FOURTH PART: THE CHURCH OF TODAY……………………..65

12. The Church of the first century in the twentieth century............66
13. Why is there division?.......................................................75

FIFTH PART: LIVING THE WORD..................78

14. The Supreme Calling..............................79
15. The joy and crown of the Christian………………………... 84
16. The Answer ...................................................... 91

About the author.............................................108

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 PREFACE

The new and dynamic Church is organized into five parts: "The dynamic Church", "The
Nacimiento y crecimiento de un cristiano", "La Base de poder de un cristiano", "La Iglesia
of today," and "Living the Word." Within each part there are chapters, each of the
which was investigated and originally written as an individual study. By grouping the
studies in general topics, a person can gain a broad perspective on how
the parts fit together to form the whole.

However, since the chapters were written as individual studies and then
they were classified into units according to their theme, occasionally the reader will notice that they are not covered.
all aspects of a topic; however, these have been covered in other research.
I know that the content of Volume II of Studies on Abundant Life will not only open more
from the Word of God for you, but it will also magnify you --mentally and physically and
spiritually.

Let us put the Word of God in our hearts and in our minds for it is the only
that can give us complete liberation from the darkness of this world.

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 First Part

THE DYNAMIC CHURCH

The word 'Dynamic' in the title of this section has a double meaning. 'Dynamic'
primarily denotes the ability to change; the dynamic is in direct contrast with
the static, which shows inertia or invariability.

During various administrations, God ordered that His people be organized in the
the ekklēsia, the church, the called ones. Biblically, the ekklēsia of Israel is referred to as the bride.
of Christ, while the Church of Grace is referred to as the Body of Christ. So much error
has arisen from confusing these two distinct and separate churches that certainly are
it is necessary to conduct a thorough study of both the Church of Israel and the Church of the
Thank you.

The dynamic church is the transformed and constantly changing church. God's plan for
the Church of Israel was carried out during the era of the Law and during the presence of
Jesus Christ on earth. However, since the day of Pentecost, the ekklesia of Israel has
temporarily suspended state. We are living in the era of the
the church of Grace. But someday when the return of Christ ends this era of Grace the
the church of Israel will be restored.

Historically, the church has been dynamic not only in changing its administration to
another, but also in the power that God has given him. To use our power given by God
with the highest possible effectiveness, we, as members of the Church, must have
first the knowledge of His will, which is declared in His Word. So then
we can also be dynamic; that is, having the ability to change and
effectively face each new and different situation with the effective power of God.

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 Chapter One
Ecclesia, Wife or body?

Often, biblical commentaries and those who write about the Bible make reference
both to the Church of the Gospels and to the Church of the Epistles calling them the bride
of Christ. As a result, they make both uses synonymous. Therefore, it has not
properly understood the relationship of Christ with the Church of the Gospels and with the
Church of the Book of Revelation in contrast with the Church of the Epistles. The Word of
God separates these two bodies declaring that the wife of Christ is the Church of the
Gospels and the Body of Christ is the Church of the Epistles.

But before beginning a study of the meaning of the two churches, let us examine what
we want to say by the word 'church'.

When we see a building with a bell tower, we point it out and say: "That is a
"church." This is one of its uses -- a building. Another common use of "church" is a group
of people who gather to participate in certain religious rites. We also refer to
different denominations such as Methodist, Presbyterian or Roman Catholic
like churches. Another use of the word 'church' is a group of people who are reborn.
of the Spirit of God. The meaning of 'church' varies with its context.

The Greek word for our Spanish word "church" is ekklësia, which means
the callings. People can be called for various reasons; for example, if a group of
people decide to go play soccer and then gather on the field, they would be an ekklësia
because they are called to play football. In Acts 19 a mob is called a church,
a crowd. Why? Because a crowd is made up of a group of people who have
gathered for a specific purpose.

Acts 19:23-32:
At that time there was no small disturbance concerning the Way.
Because a silversmith named Demetrius, who made silver little temples of Diana, gave
not little gain for the artisans;

to whom, gathered with the workers of the same trade, he said: Men, you know that from
from this trade we obtain our wealth;

but you see and hear that this Paul, not only in Ephesus, but in almost all Asia, has
I separated many people with persuasion, saying that they are not gods that are made.
with the hands.

And not only is there a danger that our business will become discredited, but also
also that the temple of the great goddess Diana be regarded as nothing, and begin to be
destroyed the majesty of her whom all Asia and the whole world venerate.

When they heard these things [that Demetrius was saying], they were filled with rage and shouted,
saying: Great is Diana of the Ephesians!

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and the city was filled with confusion, and they rushed to the theater, seizing Gaius and
Aristarchus, Macedonians, companions of Paul.
And wanting to go out to the town, the disciples did not let him.

Also, some of the authorities in Asia, who were his friends, sent him a message,
begging him not to show up at the theater.
Some, then, shouted one thing, and others another; for the assembly [ekklësia, the
The church was confused, and most did not know why they had gathered.

A great company of silversmiths under the influence of Demetrius was stirred by fear of
that Pablo's arrival in the town was diminishing their comfortable economic income.
Pablo preached the greatness of the Word of God that is against the use of medals,
amulets and talismans to represent God and His blessings. Although the crowd does not
I was sure of what the real matter under consideration was, Demetrius had
emotionally incited against Pablo. One group was shouting one thing and others another.
because the church, the congregation, the ekklësia, was confused. "And most did not know why
they had gathered." This is a mob --everyone is led by the confusing assembly. The
The word 'concurrencia' in Acts 19 is ekklësia, church, the called.

The church or the called ones of Israel, the bride of Christ, spans the timeframe of the
Gospels. Jesus Christ came to the people of Israel, to his own. This was the era of the ekklësia of the
wife is called the Kingdom of Heaven because the king from heaven was above the
land.

Before moving forward, it is necessary to clarify the difference between the Kingdom of Heaven and the
Kingdom of God. The Kingdom of God has no beginning or end. The Kingdom of God encompasses all
existence. However, under this Kingdom of God that encompasses everything, there are several periods,
one of which is the Kingdom of Heaven. The period of the Kingdom of Heaven is for the called
from Israel, the Church of Israel, which is the bride of Christ. Whenever there is a reference
to the Kingdom of Heaven, it indicates the personal presence of the king himself on earth.

USE OF THE WORD 'CHURCH'

EKKLESIA - CALLED
KINGDOM OF GOD
Ekklesia ECCLESIA EKKLESIA

Israel Jew and Gentile Israel

Bride of Christ Body of Christ Wife and Husband

Kingdom of Heaven
Kingdom of Heaven The great mystery

LAW GRACE LAW

Gospels Epistles Apocalypse

Suspended

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The root of the word 'reino' is 'rey'. The word 'reino' means 'the government of a
"king". There cannot be a kingdom without a king. Great Britain can say of itself that it is a
kingdom due to the reign of a king or queen. The citizens of the United States
From America, they cannot say that their land is a kingdom since there is no monarch. Meanwhile
Jesus Christ was on earth, it was his reign. During his reign he called upon those
people from Israel who believed he was the Messiah. Not only did Jesus himself minister to them.
Israel, but also sent the twelve apostles to the lost sheep of the house of
Israel. When Jesus sent the seventy, he also directed them to the lost sheep of the
house of Israel. He told them not to go to the Gentiles because Jesus had come to those of
God, Israel, and He called from Israel those who would form the bride. Jesus Christ was the husband.
The church, the called ones of Israel, was called the bride while the husband was over the
earth.

But what happened to the husband? He was nailed to the cross. When the king of the kingdom was
crucified, the Church of the Bride was interrupted because the husband was dead. God
He promised that there would be no end to the Kingdom of Heaven. But man killed the king. What about him?
He passed to the promise of God? God promised that when the king came, he would build the Church.
and the gates of Hades would not prevail against it. But when the king was crucified, the
husband was dead, and it seemed that the Kingdom had been defeated. However, this is not
thus, the Church of the Bride is still to be fulfilled in the future. The same church to the
which is referred to in Revelation will again be the Church of the Bride, just like
it was in the Gospels.

With the death of the king, the Kingdom of Heaven was interrupted; but God raised Jesus Christ.
of the dead and he will return to the earth. When Jesus Christ returns he will not be born in a
stable nor will they lay him in a manger. He does not come to be mocked and to be nailed to a
cross. The man is not going to spit in his face nor is he going to press a crown of thorns on him.
the head. When Jesus Christ returns, he will come as King of kings and Lord of lords. The
The Kingdom of the Church of Israel is being held in suspense until these happen
events. Then the wife and husband will be together again, and the "gates of
"The gates of Hades will not prevail against it [the Church in the Kingdom of Heaven]". Then it will be in
validity again. But in the meantime, while the husband is not present, an arrangement has been made.
different. The following verse, in Ephesians 1, explains what the Church is with Christ
like the head.

Ephesians 1:23: which [the Church] is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
everything.

While the husband is absent, the members of the Church form the Body of Christ.
In this Body Church, there is only one head and that is the Lord Jesus Christ.

Luke 1:33: and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and his kingdom will have no end.
The church described and spoken of in Revelation has nothing to do with our time and
our administration.

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The Church of the Body, which in this Administration of Grace is the Church of Grace, is
also called the Church of God.

Ephesians 1:22,23: 'And he put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over'
all things to the church, which is his body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all
in everything.

Ephesians 3:2 "if indeed you have heard of the administration of the grace of God which was given to me"
given to you.

1 Corinthians 1:2 "to the church of God which is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ
Jesus, called to be saints with all who in any place call on the name
of our Lord Jesus Christ, Lord of them and ours.

Jesus came to fulfill the law and to make the Church of Grace available. When all the
things were arranged, the Church of Grace was founded, and the new was made available.
birth. From the day of Pentecost until the return of Christ, everyone who is
reborn by the Spirit of God is a member of the Grace Church, the Body of
Christ. The members of this Church of the Body are all those who are called, both from
among the Jews as among the Gentiles. Therefore, any Jew or Gentile who
confess Jesus Christ as your Lord and believe that God raised him from the dead
member of the Body of Christ.

Although the believers on the day of Pentecost received the new birth, the power
From above, they could not explain or understand the fullness of the miracle that had occurred.
happened, just as I cannot explain electricity and yet enjoy its use.
On the day of Pentecost, and for a period of time after that, the believers
they benefited from the new birth and the power coming from the Holy Spirit, but not
they could explain what they had. Finally, years later, the revelation to explain the
the gift that came on Pentecost was given to the Apostle Paul. The mystery was revealed to Paul.
greater than the world has ever known --the mystery of the Body of Christ, which
it is your Church.

To discover when the mystery was revealed to Paul, let's examine Romans 16 and
Efesios 3.

Romans 16:25,26
And to the one who can confirm you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to
the revelation of the mystery that has been kept hidden for eternal times,

but what has now been manifested, and that by the Scriptures of the prophets [not the
prophets of the Old Testament, but the prophets after Pentecost who are
members of the Church of the Body], according to the command of the eternal God, has been given
to make known to all people so that they obey the faith.

Surely you have heard about the administration of God’s grace that was given to me for you, that is, the mystery made known to me by revelation, as I have already written briefly. In reading this, then, you will be able to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ, which was not made known to people in other generations as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to God’s holy apostles and prophets.

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if you have heard of the administration of the grace of God that was given to me to
with you;

that by revelation was made known to me the mystery, as I briefly wrote before,

reading which you can understand what my knowledge is in the mystery of Christ,

a mystery that was not revealed to the sons of men in other generations,
as it is now revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit.

The foundation of the Church of the Body was not made known in other generations; thus
the prophets of the Old Testament did not know about the Church of Grace; nor did they
the people who lived in the time of the Gospels knew it. But "now [recently] it is
revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit.

Once the moment of the revelation of the mystery is clarified, one essential question remains:
What is the mystery?

Ephesians 3:6 that the Gentiles are fellow heirs and members of the same body, and
participants in the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

It was no mystery that the Gentiles would be blessed under the ministries of Abraham.
and of David and during the kingdom of Israel. Examples of blessings upon the Gentiles are
they are found scattered throughout the Old Testament. But the Old Testament does not provide
the slightest indication that the Gentiles would be 'fellow heirs and members of the same body,
and participants in the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel." The revelation of
that the Gentiles are co-heirs in Christ was, at a minimum, a revolutionary news.

Of this gospel I was made a minister according to the gift of God's grace, which was given me by the working of his power. To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ.
of which I was made a minister by the gift of the grace of God that has been given to me
according to the operation of its power.

To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given
to announce among the Gentiles the gospel of the unsearchable riches of Christ.

The word 'inescrutables' means 'that cannot be traced'. Literally, the mystery of
the riches of God's grace towards the Gentiles could not be traced (could not be
follow the trail) in the Word of God from the Old Testament to the end of the
Gospels. That the Gentiles would be co-heirs and of the same Body was a secret,
hidden since the beginning of the world.

Ephesians 3:9:
and to make clear to everyone what the dispensation of the mystery hidden for ages is
God, who created all things.

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The revelation was made known to "clarify to everyone what the dispensation is of
"mystery." The word "dispensation" in the Greek text is the word "administration." The
The 'dispensation of the mystery' is literally the 'Administration of the Church of Grace'.

The mystery that has been kept hidden for ages and generations, but is now disclosed to the Lord’s people. To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
the mystery that had been hidden for centuries and ages, but which has now been
manifested to his saints,

to whom God wanted to make known the riches of the glory of this mystery among the
Gentiles; what is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

The mystery, so important that it has been kept hidden since the foundation of the world, is that
all born-again believers, Jews and Gentiles, would be co-heirs with Christ and that Christ
would be in each one of them. Imagine! When Jesus Christ was here on Earth, He
could only be in one place at a time. But once he ascended to heaven, and that God
God gave the power of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost, so Christ could be in each
born again believer. Wherever a believer is, there Christ is present.

If the Devil had known this mystery, he would never have crucified Jesus. Through
the death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus made a power available that had not been present before
unknown in history. The Devil was completely unaware of God's plan, as stated in 1
of Corinthians.

1 Corinthians 2:7,8:
But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom, which God
predestined before the ages for our glory,

the one that none of the princes of this century knew; because if they had known it,
they would never have crucified the Lord of glory.

The Devil, as sovereign prince, would have much preferred to have had Jesus Christ.
personally present on earth instead of having thousands of believers with Christ in them
scattered throughout the world. By crucifying the Lord of glory, Satan contracted for himself
the same an insoluble problem.

Obviously, the Devil was not the only one who ignored God's intentions. Many
men before the Age of the Grace Church tried to find out about this
period. Pedro spoke about the searches of the prophets of the Old Testament.

I Peter 1:10,11:
The prophets who prophesied of the grace destined for you inquired and
diligently inquired about this salvation,

scrutinizing what person and what time the Spirit of Christ indicated that was in
they, which foretold in advance the sufferings of Christ, and the glories that
they would come after them.

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The literal translation of verse 11 according to usage reads: "Searching or looking for
until the time that the spirit which was upon them indicated of Christ by announcing of
in advance the sufferings of Christ, and the glories that would follow.

These prophets of the Old Testament diligently inquired of the Word seeking
that time span between the Gospels and the Book of Revelation, between suffering
of Christ and his glory. But this period of grace could not be found because it was
completely hidden.

The grace period is indicated in the reading that Jesus made from Isaiah 61, which is reported.
in Luke.

Luke 4:16:
Jesus came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath he entered the
synagogue, according to its custom, and he stood up to read.

A wise and interesting tradition in the synagogues of that time was that when a
man would read from the Word of God, he always stood up to show respect for the
sacred scrolls and to indicate that he was reading, not simply talking by his
account. When a person finished reading the Word of God and began to teach or
explain, the man sat down. When a man sat down, the listeners were not present.
they were sure if the man who was ministering was delivering the Word; but when the
the minister was standing and reading, the congregation knew that what they were hearing was the Word of
God. That is why Jesus stood up to read.

Luke 4:17:
And the book [scroll] of the prophet Isaiah was given to him; and having opened the book, he found the
place where it was written.

How deeply Jesus must have studied the scroll of Isaiah! Although he did not have the
help with chapters and verses or references, he "having opened the book, found the place
where it was written.

There is a story about a man who said that he didn't have to study to come to know the
Bible message for him. The only thing he had to do to find God's guidance.
Every morning was leafing through the Bible and, covering one's eyes, placing a finger on a verse. The
the verse where his finger fell was his guide for the day. An interesting guide was given to him
this man one morning when he carelessly leafed through his Bible and came to a page
in the New Testament. He pointed to a verse, opened his eyes, and read: 'And Judas
he went and hanged himself." The man was not very satisfied with this guide, so he went to another one.
page and this time he read: "Go, and do the same." Displeased, the man gave him a third
Opportunity to your method but what you read was: 'What you are going to do, do it sooner.'

In contrast to this individual, Jesus found the place where it was written; he
deliberately located the writing he needed at that precise moment. Jesus was
prepared, as demonstrated in Luke 4.

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Luke 4:18-21:
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news
to the poor; He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted; To proclaim
freedom for the captives, and sight for the blind; to set free the oppressed;

To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.

And rolling up the book, he gave it to the minister, and sat down; and the eyes of all in the synagogue
they were fixed on him.

And he began to say to them: Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.

Jesus stopped reading with the phrase: 'To proclaim the year of the Lord's favor,' and sat down.
saying: 'Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.' Compare Luke 4 with
Isaiah 61 from where Jesus read.

Isaiah 61:2:
to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor and the day of vengeance of our God
our...

Isaiah says: "to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor, and the day of vengeance of
Our God,
middle of the sentence? If Jesus had read the words "the day of vengeance of God
our
wrong. Jesus could not say: "Today the day of vengeance of our God has been fulfilled
before you
"the vengeance of our God" will be fulfilled with the prophecy of Revelation when Christ
I return as the King of kings and Lord of lords with all the power of God.

Jesus accurately divided the Word of God, Jesus Christ was to preach the year
pleasant of the Lord--that had been fulfilled. The day of vengeance had not yet come. In
Isaiah 61:2 there is a comma after the expression 'to proclaim the year of goodwill'
of Jehovah", while in Luke 4:19 what follows the equivalent expression is a
point. The comma in Isaiah 61:2 represents all the years from the day of Pentecost until
the moment when the Lord Jesus Christ comes again. The time between these two
events is the period of Grace, the Church to which the believers belong
after Pentecost, which was still a mystery at the time when Isaiah wrote
that was unknown to Jesus.
The age of the Church of Grace is the day of the human tribunal.

1 Corinthians 4:3:
I have very little in being judged by you, or by human tribunal...

The words 'human tribunal' are 'the day of man'. Man is the one who judges today.
during the Age of Grace because it is the day of man. If this were not the case, a man would not
I could curse God, use His name in vain, or live like the Devil himself. In this
In the age of Grace, man is free, but another judgment will come as indicated in Revelation.

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Revelation 1:10:
I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day...

What exactly is the Day of the Lord? Some say that the Day of the Lord is Sunday,
And yet for another group of people, the Day of the Lord is the day of rest, Saturday.
Biblically speaking, the Day of the Lord has nothing to do with the day of the week. The
The Day of the Lord is the era in which the Lord is the one who judges. In that era, no one will crucify him.
cross, no one will curse him, no one will mock him, for his return as king of kings will give
I begin the era of God's vengeance which is spoken of in Isaiah 61.

Living in this Era of Grace, an era that has remained hidden since the foundation of the world
until it was revealed to Paul, it is a great privilege. Man has a power and
a position in Christ that no other era has known.

The Church of the Bride did not know about the Church of Grace that was to come.
Grace Church, the Church of the Body, was founded after the Church of the Bride was
suspended at the moment of the crucifixion and death of the husband. The Church of the Bride
it will remain in that state until Christ returns. Meanwhile, during the period of
the Church of the Body, all believers are one in Christ Jesus, the head of that Body.
Every born-again believer has Christ in him, the hope of glory. No other era has
having this potential power to manifest the greatness of God as they do
members of the Church of Grace. We must not allow this power of Christ in
we remain inactive. Now that Christ is in us spiritually,
Let's dress ourselves in their mind and demonstrate our power to defeat the Devil and his forces.
from evil. We are more than conquerors now! We have Christ in us now and now
we are co-heirs with him.

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 Second Part

THE BIRTH AND GROWTH

OF A CHRISTIAN
To be a member of an earthly family, a person must first be born. From the
in the same way, to be a member of God's heavenly family, a person has to
to be born into the family of God. In both cases, we start as babies. In the family
a human baby matures step by step, day by day. However, in the family of God, for
For a baby to mature, it requires not just time, but something more. In fact, some ...
babies in Christ never mature due to two possible reasons: first, they may never
have been taught or have never learned anything other than how to be born within
from the family, or second, they may have rejected the development plan that must
to carry out if they are going to mature spiritually. Maturity does not arise
spontaneously like a simple act of God.

In this section about 'The Birth and Growth of a Christian' we study the Word of
God to learn about our Christian development. This study eradicates the first
problem: ignorance. The next step--the application of God's plan for our
spiritual growth--is still in our hands.

"The Unconditional Commitment" and "How to Be a Christian" show the fundamental step
of being born into the family of God. "His legal power of representation" and "The Key to
"power" exposes the rights and privileges we have as members of that family.

Up to this point, we ourselves have done nothing to obtain what we have as

children of God. God in Christ did the necessary work to give us salvation and the
rights of filiation. However, after the spiritual birth with its inherent
potential power, we have to follow God's plan if we are going to surpass our 'stage
Christian "infant". We need to apply our legal power of representation.
and the other legal rights that have been granted to us. In 'Being in communion is the secret'
the strength we have when we remain in communion and alignment with
God. "What is true worship?" studies what the Word says worship is.
According to the Bible, worship has nothing to do with church buildings or
altars or candelabra. Worship is having communion with God through the spirit
saint. This truth answers a question that has perplexed for a long time.
many people and enlighten our understanding so that we know how God expects us to
let us worship him.

The final chapter of this part shows the mature Christian in full bloom. First
we learned about the investment that God placed within us when we were born as
Christians. Then we learned that as we grew, we cultivated that initial investment through the
to remain in communion and to worship God through the spirit. When as
Christians, we are ready to accept 'The Responsibility of the Believer'; that shows that
we have progressed beyond the first stage with your selfish approach. The Christian has
spiritually matured to the point of accepting his responsibility, which simply

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to bear witness to the greatness of God and His Word to those who do not have
knowledge. Then, it depends on themselves to decide whether to accept or reject birth.
and growth within the family of God.

Chapter Two
The Unconditional Commitment

Romans 10 contains the unconditional commitment.

Romans 10:9,10
that if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God
he raised you from the dead, you will be saved.

For with the heart one believes for righteousness, but with the mouth one confesses for salvation.

When a man confesses with his mouth that Jesus is Lord and believes in his heart that
God raised Jesus from the dead, God creates a new spirit in that man who was before
from this confession I had only body and soul.** At the moment when you believe in the
Deep within your being that God raised Jesus from the dead, you are saved--you have life
eternal within itself.

This is the miracle of conversion, the new birth, a miracle of God through the
which a man or a woman of body and soul becomes a new creation in him, having
thus body, soul, and spirit.

That a man believes in his heart that God raised Jesus from the dead is 'to believe for
justice. Only after a person believes in justice is it possible for them to confess.
that Jesus is Lord. In this confession lies the salvation that a man receives because he
create.

What does the word 'salvation' mean? It means integrity or health: mental, physical,
spiritual. Colossians 2:10 defines 'integrity' as 'complete'. God has made us
"completamente completos", teniendo todas las cosas necesarias en esta vida y en aquella
what is to come.

"Heart is the literary figure catachresis and means: 'the innermost part of the mind.'"

2 Peter 2:12 and Jude 10 refer to men of body and soul as 'irrational animals.'

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Justice, on the other hand, is our God-given ability to be and walk before God without
no sense of sin, guilt, or fear. Justice is ours by unique belief and
exclusively. We do not perform works to obtain justice; for if we did,
it would be something gained. We cannot work to obtain justice; simply
we accept the justice of God as a gift. The unconditional commitment gives so much justice
as integrity.

For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.
For by grace you are saved through faith; and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of
God;

not by works, so that no one may boast.

But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift.
But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of the gift of
Christ.

All born-again believers have 'the faith of Jesus Christ' which is the measure given to each one.
when I believe.* After a person has confessed with their mouth to the Lord Jesus and has
believed in his heart that God raised Jesus from the dead, that person is a child
privileged of God with access to all His promises. All born-again believers
they have the legal right and the opportunity to receive what God has made available. Everyone
they have the same justice, the same amount of faith, and the same perfection before God.

Do you believe that God is powerful to do all that He has promised? If you believe it,
You will see powerful signs, miracles, and wonders in your life. You must believe that God does not
He is not only capable but also eager to do what He has promised.

In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,
in whom [Jesus Christ] we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins according to the
riches of His grace.

We have redemption through His blood according to the riches of His grace. Do you believe that God is
rich in grace? "For God so loved the world... that he gave his only begotten Son..." That
It is to be rich in grace, don’t you think? I do. Ephesians says that we have received redemption this way.
that we do not have to beg God to give it to us. The only thing we have to do
is to receive it.
______________________________________________________________________
Romans 3:22 'the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ, for all who believe in him.'
Because there is no difference.
Romans 12:3 "For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith."
the higher concept of himself than he should have, but rather think of himself with sound judgment, according to the measure of faith
that God distributed to each one.
Galatians 2:20 "I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God; who loved me and gave himself for me."

I now live in the flesh, I live it by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

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He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.

who has delivered us [past tense] from the power of darkness, and transferred us
[past time] to the kingdom of [by] her beloved Son,

in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins.

If God has delivered us from the power of darkness (that is, the power of Satan),
How can we still be under that sinister power? If we have been set free, why for
What to keep seeking liberation for? Why wait for liberation when it has already been done?
available? Satan has no legal rights over a believer because all the
believers have been delivered from the power of Satan through Jesus Christ. When
we believe we can take ownership of what God achieved for us when He rescued us from the
the power of Satan. So the next time you get sick, say: "Hold on, pain of
head [cold, or any negative symptom it may be], you have no power over me.
You were defeated more than nineteen hundred years ago. The Word says so, and I believe the Word;
"therefore, leave me." When we have salvation, we have integrity, even
physical integrity, if we simply accept it.

Except for the revealed Word of God, we have nothing to stand firm on.
to obtain our integrity. When we are firm in the Word we have only one
way of life: that of Christ Jesus. In him we have integrity.

2 Corinthians 5:7
(for we walk by faith [belief], not by sight).

The Bible says that we must believe first, and then we will see. We are steadfast in the
Word and we declare the Word. If I pray for the sick and no one is healed, I continue.
praying for the sick because the Word says that healing is available. If no one
I would believe in receiving the power from the Holy Spirit, and I would continue to teach about the
Holy Spirit anyway because the Bible warns in Ephesians 5:18: 'Do not be drunk'
Do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit.
We must walk believing the promises of the Word of God; then we are
guaranteed the fulfillment of the promise even though it is possible that we may not see the
results immediately.

By belonging to Christ, you are a child of God. At the moment you turn...
A child of God becomes an heir to everything that God has made available.

Romans 8:17:
And if children, then heirs; heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ...

So, how can you, as a Christian, speak negatively? How can you
continue being full of fear? How can one live in their community and act as if
were defeated? You are not defeated. Satan has been defeated and the power of God
It is in you today.

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Romans 8:11:
And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who
he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies
through His Spirit that dwells in you.

Do you want your body to be quickened--made alive, vital, vigorous? The Word says
that if you make the unconditional commitment to confess Jesus as your Savior and
sir believing that God raised Jesus from the dead, not only are you made alive
spiritually but also his physical body is being vivified right now.

Since you have within you the spirit coming from God, you are justified; you are no longer
separated from God. After God gives all this, you have a responsibility. The
It says that you have to renew your mind.

And be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and that you put on the new man, which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.

and be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

and put on the new man, created according to God in true righteousness and holiness.

You must not only be born again of the spirit coming from God, but you also have to
change their way of thinking.

Philippians 4:8:
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is
whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute; if there is any virtue, if anything
worthy of praise, think about this.

Change what you put in your mind. Change the food you are sending to your mind.
is 'renew your mind'. Think about those things that are true, honest, just, pure,
kind and of good name.

If by your free will you accept Christ as your savior and renew your mind...
According to the Word, you will find that every word I have written is true. You
challenge to stand firm in the Word of God, to declare His authority in Christ, and to claim
your rights.

Romans 10:11:
The Scripture says: no man who believes in him--who clings to, holds on to and
trust in him--he will [never] be ashamed or disappointed. [Expanded translation.]

Let us make our unconditional commitment; let us confess Jesus as Lord and believe.
that God raised him from the dead. We will never be disappointed.

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 Chapter Three
How to be a Christian
THE STUDENT WHO SEEKS: For years I have tried to be a Christian. I have tried and I
I have failed so many times that I'm not going to try again because I have no faith left to try.

THE MASTER: What is it that you attempted and in what have you lost faith?

THE SEEKER: I suppose I tried to make room for God in my life, but I have been
defeated so I have lost faith in myself. You see, I really wanted to be a
Cristiano, having the presence, the guidance, and the help of God in life. I took special classes,
I joined the church, I tried hard to be a Christian; but in my heart, I knew there was none.
no change. I went to the altar again and again and yet I received nothing. I have begged him.
I have sought God so many times that I feel like a total failure.

THE MASTER: Have you ever thought that salvation is a gift, that
Is it not necessary for you to go to any particular place to get it? You could
to find God anywhere as much as one might not find Him anywhere. Is He given
it counts that receiving salvation does not depend on what you do but on what Christ
What did Jesus do for you? Do you realize that being a child of God, receiving eternal life, being
saved, converted, reborn, is it receiving something instead of giving something?

You become a Christian by receiving a gift that comes directly from the
heart of God himself. You, like so many others, thought that receiving Christ
it depended on what you abandoned, on the things you renounced, on how many
He will confess sins. It is not true.

You become a Christian by believing that God raised Jesus from the dead by confessing Him.
as a gentleman in his life.

THE SEEKER: I doubt it is as simple as that. I thought and heard and was taught that
I have to do certain things and give up others.

THE MASTER: If that were true, then you would be earning salvation; you would be
doing works for her. There is nothing in the Bible that indicates such a process. Look in Isaiah
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way;
but the Lord laid on him the iniquity of us all.

God is describing you just like the rest of us. You have separated yourself for your
path. That is why he is lost. But God placed the sin of everyone on Jesus.
us. You cannot save yourself by your good works and efforts. God
he simply loaded his sins onto Jesus. Until now, nothing has been demanded of his
part, right?

For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son
Only begotten, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

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This is the Father, God, giving His Son as a substitute for you and simply asking you
that you believe God did this for you and that you claim Jesus as your savior. He does not
He asks you for nothing else but to believe, and to believe is to act according to what the Word says that He is.
did it for you.

No, you have not sinned so much that Jesus cannot save you. Look at His Word in Hebrews.
7:25: "therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him,
always living to intercede for them.

Jesus saves perpetually, and as you can notice, no work is required yet.
on His part except to believe to receive what He has done.

Romans 10:9 and 10 says: 'that if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and
if you believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the
heart believes unto righteousness, but with the mouth confesses unto salvation.

Let's closely examine these verses. If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is your
Sir, you are acting according to your belief. You have not yet done any work for your
salvation, isn't it? This isn't difficult to do, right? Your own way up to now
it has not been a happy road, a road of joy and peace, nor has it been a successful road. It has been
a path of deprivation and defeat. Romans 5:1 says: 'Therefore, having been justified by faith,
we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. We are justified in
he and we have peace with God.

Now God says that all of this is His and that He wants you to change from being the lord of
his own life: that he yields and confesses with his mouth that Jesus is his lord.

THE ONE WHO SEEKS: It is easy for me to do that. I know that God sent Jesus to the world and that he
He was raised from the dead. It is easy to confess that Jesus is Lord.

THE MASTER: If you have confessed that Jesus is Lord, what does the Word say that you are?

THE ONE WHO SEEKS: That I am saved.

THE MASTER: Do you believe that God raised Jesus from the dead and has confessed that
Is Jesus the Lord?

THE SEEKER: I do believe, and I have confessed. But I never thought that salvation would be so
easy to receive. Am I now a child of God?

THE MASTER: I John 3:2: "Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be."

manifested what we are to be; but we know that when he is manifested... we will see him
just as he is.

How do you know that you are born again and that you are a child of God?

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THE ONE WHO SEEKS: Because the Word says that I am. I believe that God raised Jesus from
the dead and I confessed to him as my lord, so the Word declares that I am a son of God.

But what do you say about having eternal life?

THE MASTER: I John 5:13 "These things I have written to you who believe in the name
of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life, and so that you may believe in the name of the
Son of God.

Do you believe in the name of Jesus?

THE ONE WHO SEEKS: Without a doubt, yes.

THE MASTER: So, what do you have?

THE ONE WHO SEEKS: I have eternal life. Now I know that according to the Word I do not have
What to expect until I die to find out if I have eternal life or not. I have eternal life.
now.

But what do you tell me about this justification from God that makes it possible for me to be in His presence?
without any sense of sin or guilt or defeat? Do I have that too?

THE MASTER: Look at 2 Corinthians 5:21: "He who knew no sin, for us he...
He made sin, so that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him.

God made Jesus sin so that you could become the righteousness of God in Him. If He
it was made sin for you, and if you accept him as your savior (your substitute), you are
God's justice is done in him now.

THE SEEKER: Have all of God's gifts been given so freely?

THE MASTER: Ephesians 2:8-10 says: "For by grace you are saved through faith; and
this is not from you, but is a gift from God; not by works, so that no one may boast. For
we are His creation, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand
in advance so that we would walk in them.

THE SEEKER: I never dreamed that receiving Christ could be so easy. Now I know that
I am a new creature in Christ, that I have eternal life now, and that I am righteous before God, and
that Satan no longer has power over me if I do not give him place.

How can I thank God through Jesus, my new savior and wonderful Lord!

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 Chapter Four
His legal power of representation
Every person in the world desires a good and respected name. People want them to
think well of her, and rightly so. I want to have a good name, and I want people
think well of me.

But the names of many people nowadays are not respected. A man says to you:
I will pay you on such and such a day.
"I will meet at such and such time." When that time arrives, they are not there and leave them waiting. The
the names of such people are not respected because neither their promises nor their words are
true.

In contrast to the word of man, the word of Christ is always true. More
yet, I know that Christ is in me and that I am in him (Colossians 1:27 to whom God wanted
to make known the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in
you are the hope of glory). It doesn't matter what people say, my name is written
in the Book of Life. But, in order to be able to help ourselves and to help
To others, we must know more than this: we must know what power we have now.
same, before the return of Christ.

One of the powers we have now as children of God is called 'the legal power of
representation". What is the legal power of representation? The legal power of representation
It is the legal right to use the name of the person who has granted the power. The only thing
what limits this power is the resources behind that name. If it has been given to the
Church the legal power of representation, she has only as much power as there is in
the name of Jesus Christ. If the name of Jesus Christ has power, and that name has been
given to you, then you have the legal power of representation to act in that
name any resource that Christ made available.

The purpose that God had in mind when giving us His name is stated in Ephesians.

Efesios 1:18-23
illuminating the eyes of your understanding, so that you may know what is the hope for
that he has called you, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

and what is the immeasurable greatness of His power toward us who believe,
according to the operation of the power of its strength,

which operated in Christ, raising Him from the dead and seating Him at His right hand in the
heavenly places,

above all principality and authority and power and lordship, and above every name that is
name, not only in this century, but also in the one to come;

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and put all things under his feet, and gave him as head over all things to the
church

which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.

All individuals in the true Church (the body of believers) can claim the
power in the name of Jesus Christ. But before studying the power that has been given to us,
I want to show you three reasons for the power in His name. First of all, Jesus
he inherited a name more excellent than any other because he is the only-begotten of the Father. This
he gave him the legal rights of a firstborn son. He is greater than any of
the angels or any other individual human being who has lived or will live. Next to
Jesus Christ, in the presence of God, believers are found. Did you know that?

Romans 8:17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God and joint heirs with.
Christ...

Jesus said: "I came out from the Father" and on another occasion he said: "I and the Father are one," and also:
"He who has seen me has seen the Father." Do you remember? Jesus inherited a name.
wonderful.

Secondly, God gave Jesus a name that is above all names.

Philippians 2:9,10:
Therefore God also highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name.
name

that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those who are in heaven, and in the
land, and beneath the land.

Third, Jesus acquired for himself a name above all names.

Ephesians 4:8:
Which is why it says: Ascending on high, he led captivity captive...

Colossians 2:15
and stripping the principalities and powers, he made a public spectacle of them,
triumphing over them on the cross.

Jesus achieved these things. He acquired this name by his conquest of the Devil, of hell,
of illness and ailment. He acquired an exalted name due to his achievements.

The power that Jesus acquired is the legal right of every born-again believer. But for a
believer manifest the power of Christ in their life, they must renew their mind according to the
Word of God.

Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is - his good, pleasing and perfect will.

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Do not conform to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of
your understanding, so that you may prove what is the good will of God,
pleasant and perfect.

We must make our minds think as dictated by the Word of God so that
then we may prove the will of God.

In order to understand our power in the name of Jesus Christ, I will take you directly to the
Word of God.

She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.
And she will give birth to a son, and you shall call his name JESUS, for he will save his people from
their sins.

The prophecy says that the name of this child will be Jesus. Jesus means "Savior."

Matthew 1:23:
Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and you shall call his name Emmanuel,
God with us.

His name means 'He is our savior', and God is with us through him,
in the same way that you can be with me through your children.

Acts 4:12:
And there is no salvation in anyone else; for there is no other name under heaven given to...
men, in whom we can be saved.

There is no other name except that of Jesus Christ by which we can be saved. We cannot be
salvation by simply belonging to a church or by going to church on Christmas and Easter
of Resurrection. We must be saved by confessing the Lord Jesus Christ and believing that
God raised him from the dead. (Romans 10:9,10: that if you confess with your mouth that Jesus
if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
Because with the heart one believes for righteousness, but with the mouth one confesses for salvation.

Acts 2:38:
Peter said to them: Repent, and let each of you be baptized in the name of
Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

John 14:13,14:
And all that you ask of the Father in my name [There is that wonderful name again
Yes, I will do it, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

If you ask anything in my name, I will do it.

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The blessing of using the name of Jesus Christ belongs to us because we belong to the
Body of Christ, the Church. Paul said: "I pray that God opens their understanding so that
see some of the riches of the inheritance of the saints in the precious name--Jesus.

Ephesians 1:18: "enlightening the eyes of your understanding, that you may know what is
the hope to which he has called you, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance
in the saints.

In Acts 3, we again see the powerful name of Jesus Christ on the day when Peter and
Juan went to the temple and spoke to the man who was begging at the door. Did he ...
Peter and John knelt and pleaded with God for an hour to heal the man?
No. What does the story say?

Acts 3:6,7:
But Peter said: I have no silver or gold, but what I have I give you; in the name of
Jesus Christ of Nazareth, arise and walk.

And taking him by the right hand, he raised him up; and instantly his feet and
the ankles.

In the name of Jesus Christ there is power. Acts 3 recounts that the man whom Peter
he spoke, got up, and walked when the disciple took him by the hand.

Acts 3:16:
And by faith in His name [the name of Jesus Christ]... He has given this complete healing to him
presence of all of you.

Pablo used the powerful name of Jesus Christ as reported in Acts 16, to free
another enslaved person.

Acts 16:16-18
It happened that while we were going to prayer, a girl met us who
she had the spirit of divination, which brought great profit to her masters, by predicting.

She, following Paul and us, cried out, saying: These men are servants
from the Most High God, who announce to you the way of salvation.

And he did this for many days; but being annoyed by Paul, he turned and said to the
spirit: I command you in the name of Jesus Christ, to come out of her. And the spirit left.
diabolical] at that very hour.

What power the Church has today in the name of Jesus Christ! We need
claim that power. The Church of today has barely used the power of its name; without
use it, the Church can never manifest power. In the name of Jesus Christ, the sick
they are healed. In the name of Jesus Christ, people are freed from mental slavery. What
privilege and what power the Church should have.

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Philippians 3:10:
to know him, and the power of his resurrection...

What a joy it is to belong to the Church. When we belong to the Church, we belong to the
the largest and most powerful body in the world; there is nothing, anywhere, like the
Church. The Church has such great power that not even the gates of Hades
They will prevail against her. That is why the Devil cannot harm the people of the
Church when they know the name of Jesus Christ and use that name, believing in him.
Can you see why our prayers have to be answered when we believe that
Is Christ in us? Can we receive from God anything that He has promised?
His Word, if we only know it and believe it. We can thank God for everything He has done.
It has been revealed in the Word, and if we believe it, it will happen.

Colossians 3:17
And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord.
Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Ephesians 5:20:
always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord
Jesus Christ.

Do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks always.

Philippians 4:19:
My God will supply all your needs according to his riches in glory in Christ.
Jesus.

In other words, it is guaranteed to supply your needs through Christ Jesus.

1 Corinthians 6:11:
And this is what some of you were; but you have been washed, you have been sanctified, you have been
you have been justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our
God.

You have been washed and sanctified, and you have been justified in His name; but you have to
receive it before manifesting it. Isn't it wonderful? We have all power in that name.
We have the legal power of representation so that when we use the name of Jesus Christ,
powerful things happen.

Hebrews 13:15:
So let us always offer to God, through him, a sacrifice of praise, that is,
fruit of lips that confess their name.

James 5:14,15:
Is any among you sick? Call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him,
anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.

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And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he has committed
sins will be forgiven.

Do the elders have power in the Church? The elders have the power to move the
the very gates of hell! The Word says so.

1 John 3:23:
And this is His commandment: That we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and we
let us love one another as he has commanded us.

We must love one another because of the name of Jesus Christ.

The Church has the legal power of representation, the right to use the name of
Jesus Christ. I have shown him the passages of Scripture that teach about the name of
Jesus Christ, which show the power that is behind that name.

Ask yourself honestly: "Do I have the legal power of representation?" You do have it.
right, the authority given by God, to use the name of Jesus Christ and see the results.
Even so, for years and years the people within the communion of believers have seen nothing but
few positive results. Why? Just saying the name of Jesus Christ is not all that
It is necessary; you have to believe that what you are saying will happen. All power is activated.
by belief and it depends on you to operate the belief. Belief is action. You have
to know what the Word of God says, and then act according to that Word. As we
You listen to His Word and act according to it, God will respond to your requests.

Now that you know you have the power as a legal representative, use it! What good is it to
Do you have money in the bank if you don't know you have it? It's the same situation as when
we have all the power in the name of Jesus Christ and we do not realize it. We have
to Christ in us, so we have the legal power of representation. In the name of
Jesus Christ activated that power and lives the most abundant life.

Chapter Five
The Key to Power
When God created Adam and placed him in the garden of Eden, He gave Adam certain
legal rights. These legal rights were not Adam's by nature, they were not rights
innate. These legal rights were conferred rights. As long as you receive
conferred rights, not only has the privilege and opportunity to have them, but
also the possibility of losing them.

God granted Adam the authority and power to rule the earth with all its
creatures. Genesis 1:26 Then God said: Let us make man in our image,
in our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the heavens, over
the beasts, on all the earth, and on every animal that crawls on the ground. Thus, God

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He limited Himself by giving that legal responsibility to Adam. Among other rights
the legal rights that God granted to Adam included the right to perfect love, to complete joy,
to happiness and perfect health. The right to eternal life was another granted right.

Adam --or man in general-- not only had certain conferred rights, but
also natural rights. These natural rights cannot be lost. Unlike
a natural right, you can use a legal right in any way you wish,
even though he doesn't have the moral right to do so. The legal right to use what belongs to him
it has been conferred to you is absolutely yours. If I were to grant a title to a person
university student with certain rights and privileges, the person could take the power that is
latent in that title and use it for good or for bad, use it to benefit man or to
to harm you.

This truth can be further illustrated by thinking in terms of a court of justice. Before
the court reads a will where it is stipulated that a certain amount has been given to you
of money. Would you then say that the amount of money is yours? Yes, because it has been given to you.
legally granted. Once that amount of money has been granted to you and you
You receive it, you can spend it wisely or foolishly, in the way you choose.

Anything given to man can be used for good or evil. When God gave to
Adam was given all the privileges mentioned in the Word, God also conferred upon him certain
legal rights that in turn gave Adam absolute control over the privileges
granted to him. Adam took those legal rights, and, by his own intentional decision,
he transferred the authority and power of those rights to Satan. Adam could have refused the
seductive invitation to sin that Eve made to him; however, using his free will
free will, he took his conferred rights, the dominion of the earth, and gave them to Satan.
With that decision, the man lost the legal rights that God had given him,
legally transferring them to another.

The original sin of man had legal consequences. Adam had the right to
to transfer the authority and power and dominion that he had because God had given it to him
granted. But Adam committed a betrayal by doing so. The transfer to Satan,
archenemy of God, the power that God had originally granted him, was betrayal.
Since that day, Romans 8:22 states that "...the whole creation [the earth] groans together, and together
she is still in labor pains until now.

Sin and the consequences of sin have been upon man since the day that
Satan received the legal right to rule over man and all the earth. Satan now has
the legal right to govern over unsaved men and over the world
whole. Thus, when Adam sinned, Satan, who was God's supreme enemy, obtained
absolute control over all that God had originally given to Adam.

The redemption of man from this fallen state was a unique act. We must remember
Whenever God is absolutely just. When He makes a legal commitment, He does it
respect. When God granted certain legal rights to Adam and Adam transferred them to
Satan, God had to acknowledge those transferred legal rights.

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God, being just, must necessarily redeem man according to legal principles.
to be fair to oneself, to man, and to Satan. To carry out this justice
complete, the redeemer had to come to earth. This redeemer had to be a man.
because it was man who had committed the original sin.

To fulfill all the requirements of justice, the Holy Spirit carried out the conception.
of Jesus, who was to be the Christ. The child was born of a woman. He was a man in every way.
sense, but the power of Satan had no authority over him because there was no
death in his body because the life in his blood was without sin or pure, and, for
consequent, incorruptible.

In several places in the New Testament, we read that the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses us from
Every sin.* I couldn't have cleaned if I hadn't been clean.

The child Jesus was neither subject to death nor subject to Satan. Satan knew the purpose.
of God and attempted to frustrate the plan of legal redemption by having Herod execute a
decree according to which all children aged two years or younger throughout the province
they had to be killed. Satan knew that if Jesus lived and grew, he would claim what the
man had lost, which at that time were the legal rights of Satan.

Every step that God took through Jesus Christ was a step based on legal principles. The
the redemption of man is based on legal principles. Jesus satisfied the just demands
of God because he was human, and yet he perfectly believed the will of God. He satisfied
the demands of a just God for all sinners forever. Hebrews 4:15 says
that the Son of God "... was tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin."
Redemption included his crucifixion, as 1 Peter tells us.

1 Peter 2:24:
who himself carried our sins in his body on the wood, so that
we, being dead to sin, may live to righteousness; and by whose wounds
you were healed.

Jesus paid the full legal price for the sin of man and the consequences of it.
sin. He descended to Hades (the grave), and at some point between the resurrection and
his appearance to Mary, he preached in his resurrected body to the imprisoned spirits.
Peter 3:19: "in which also he went and preached to the imprisoned spirits." He broke
legally the chains of authority and power of Satan. Jesus redeemed what Adam had
legally transferred to Satan. Since the resurrection of Christ and the giving of the Holy Spirit
On the day of Pentecost, the power and dominion of Satan over man are broken.
there is absolutely no control that Satan has or holds legally over
any saved man.

1 John 1:7 "but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of
Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.
Hebrews 9:12 "and not by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood, He entered once
forever in the Most Holy Place, having obtained eternal redemption.

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Jesus Christ ascended to heaven and took with Him the proofs of His victory over the Devil.

Therefore it says, 'When he ascended on high he led a host of captives, and he gave gifts to men.' (In saying, 'He ascended,' what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower regions, the earth? He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.)

Therefore it says: Ascending on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to the
men.

And what does it mean that he ascended, except that he also descended first to the lower parts?
the lowest points on earth?

The one who descended is the same one who also ascended above all the heavens to
fill it all.

Based on the complete victory of Jesus, the sinner today has a legal right to the
salvation. If Jesus Christ had not completed that just victory, by means of being a
man and defeat Satan and his power, there would be no reader of this book who could
claiming salvation based on legal grounds. The completed victory of Christ
gives legal rights to the born-again Christian.

You have a legal right to eternal life because of what Jesus did. You have a legal right to
the victory over all sin and the consequences of sin. Everything that man lost
in Adam, Christ has legally redeemed him for humanity. You have rights today
legal to a home in the sky. You have the legal right to use the authority of the name of
Jesus Christ in prayer in order to obtain results.* You have the legal right to be a child
of God, friend of God, heir, yes, co-heir with Christ Jesus in the family of God.
You have the legal right to receive the resident presence of the Holy Spirit. You have
the legal right to be transformed at the moment of his second coming, if he is alive in
this moment.*** You have a legal right to an immortal body.**** You have a right
legal to an inheritance in the new heaven and the new earth. This is only a part of the
legal rights that are yours because of what Jesus Christ did. He bought and delivered to God the
complete redemption of man. Jesus Christ purchased you, and that purchase was complete and
complete. Due to the purchase he made, we have legal rights that are a gift of grace.

Christians today have a delegated authority that God has given in Christ. But
the Church has not claimed or appropriated its rightful rights. The Church has not
claimed their rights, their power, and their authority because Satan has dissuaded us from it.
My friend Rufus Mosley used to say: 'God is always trying to do the best that He can'
can for you, and the Devil is always trying to do the worst for you; what you
Elijah determines the outcome.

Philippians 2:10: "so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on the
earth, and beneath the earth.” You have the legal right to the protection, care, and guidance of the Father.
Romans 8:17 "And if children, then heirs; heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed
we suffer together with him, so that we may be glorified together with him.
1 Thessalonians 4:17: 'Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up'
together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.
1 Corinthians 15:52,53: "In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound"
the trumpet, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be transformed. For it is
it is necessary that this corruptible puts on incorruption, and this mortal puts on immortality.

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There is only one good power in the world--the power of God. Satan also has power,
but only destructive power, which he can use when people allow him to.
to govern.

Since we have legal rights in Christ Jesus, we do not approach God as

beggars asking for food. We go to God as children and we take possession of it, through the
belief, in our authority and legal rights. When I go to God in prayer, I have
knowledge of God's promises and I believe in God. God is faithful to His promises and I
Claim regarding my legal rights as a child.

At the moment that a person confesses that Jesus Christ is Lord in their life, believing
in his heart that God raised him from the dead, he becomes a son of God, born
of His Spirit.* If we are children, we are heirs. According to Romans 8:17 we are
co-heirs with Christ. We have a legal right to everything that Christ had, if
We believe. Everything Jesus did while He was on earth, we can do.
to do, and even more, if we believe.** This is a gift of the grace of God.

God will do what He said He would do. We have believed so many things that Satan has
said, but we have believed so little of what God has said. How often God makes a
promise in the Word saying that He will do such and such a thing, but we do not believe a word.
When a friend makes a promise to us, we believe every word; but when it comes to
the promises that God gives us in the Bible, we say: "Oh no! That can't be true. That
it was fine for spiritual men like the apostles, but not for Christians like
"Yo". Please give me the chapter and verse that supports such a statement!

Christ has delegated his authority to the believers who make up the Church, the saints of the
house of faith. If the Church does not take on its responsibility and the opportunities that have been given to it
delegated, the power and authority of God are paralyzed. God has taken action in
Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ took action to reclaim the legal rights for man.
Now it is the man's turn to take action with the authority and power that have been delegated to him.
through Jesus Christ, because Satan has no legal right over the converted man,
reborn.

For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.

For sin shall not have dominion over you...

Satan, however, still has definitive legal rights over the sinner.
the unconverted sinner legally belongs to the Devil in body and soul. But Christ has
broken that power for those of us who have been born of the Spirit of God and know His
power within us.

Romans 10:9,10: "that if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God
he raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, but with the mouth one confesses
for salvation.
John 14:12: "Truly, truly I say to you: He who believes in me will also do the works that I do; and
even greater things will he do because I go to the Father.

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Observe the authority and power of Christ.

Filipenses 2:5-11:
So, have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,

who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God
cling

but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in likeness of human beings
men

And being in the condition of a man, he humbled himself, becoming obedient.

until death, and death on a cross.

Therefore God also highly exalted Him and gave Him the name that is above every name.
name

that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow of those who are in heaven, and
on the earth, and beneath the earth;

and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

1 Corinthians 3:21 and 23:

...because everything is yours:

and you are of Christ, and Christ is of God.

If 1 Corinthians 3:21 and 23 are true, then arise as a man of God and
claim the authority that has been delegated to you as a believer! The power and authority of
Christ is delegated to us through the name of Jesus Christ. It is his wonderful, incomparable
and powerful is the name that nullifies the forces of evil when we say it from our
heart and we have it on the tip of our tongues. We have a Christ who liberates and His authority is
our authority to act on your behalf through the Church that he established.

The words in Mark are truth for every believer.

Mark 16:17-20:
And these signs will follow those who believe: In my name they will cast out demons;
they will speak new languages;

they will take up serpents in their hands, and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not hurt them;
They will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.

And the Lord, after he had spoken to them, was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand
of God.

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And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the
word with the signs that followed it. Amen.

The authority delegated to a believer is the legal right to release all powers.
of the enemy. If you have a thousand dollars in the bank, you have the authority or the right
legal to write a check for one thousand dollars. Faith is not required to do it; it is required
action and determination.

Unless we claim our delegated rights with action and determination, we are
tying the hands of God. God is limited to the extent that belief and the
obedience of a man. Allow me to urge you to study the Word of God
Diligently to know what your legal rights are in Christ Jesus. This is the key.
to the power.

Chapter Six
Being in communion is the secret
The main key to a successful Christian life is to be in communion with the Heavenly Father.
Christians manifest the abundant life in direct proportion to the communion that
they maintain with Him. But before a person can have communion, they must have
affiliation. We cannot have communion with the Father until we have become
His children. Filiation makes us just before God and without any blemish, and it begins with
our relationship with Him begins us in perfect communion with our Father. Our
the relationship between Father and son never changes, but our communion continues to depend on our
renewal of the mind according to His Word. A believer has both position and state in
the house of God. His position remains constant: he will always be a son. But the state of this
believer varies directly according to their behavior, that is, their living in
communion according to the Word of God.

What happens when a person becomes a child of God and becomes part of
the family of God? At the moment of rebirth, the believer is made absolute and
completely just--as just as Jesus Christ himself, with the same justice of God. We
the Father himself gives it.

2 Corinthians 5:21:
He who knew no sin [Jesus], for our sake made [God] sin, so that
we would be made justice of God in Him.

As believers, we have the justice of God. This is too wonderful to

to understand it. Our position as children of the Father means that we are clothed with
the righteousness with which Christ Jesus clothed us, not by our own works or by our
own merits, but by the grace of God.

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I wish we believed! So many Christians are convinced that they have to wait until
to die to know if they go to heaven. The Word says that there is no waiting at all. The believers
they are just now. They will not come to trial or condemnation.

John 5:24
Truly, truly I say to you: He who hears my word, and believes [hearing is not enough, he has]
that is accompanied by belief or the corresponding action] to the one who sent me [the
Father, has eternal life; and will not come to
condemnation, but has passed from death to life.

This verse tells us what happens to believers now, not what will happen when
they die. We have eternal life now.

Some time ago I was called to the hospital to see a man who was on the brink of
death due to a heart problem. He was in an oxygen chamber and his life
was rapidly extinguishing. The man was not saved, but God is so great in His
mercy and grace that even the unsaved are healed. I ministered healing to him in the
name of Jesus Christ for his physical liberation. The next day this man, in perfect
health, he said: "If God is good enough to heal me, when I have done nothing for Him,
"I want to know that God." He accepted Jesus Christ as his personal Lord and Savior.
confessing with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believing in your heart that God had raised
to Jesus of the dead. The moment this man confessed and believed, he was saved and
received eternal life. God gave him justice, which is the remission of all sin, placing in
both to the freed man in the family of God and in communion with God Himself.

God, through Christ, has made us legal heirs with Jesus Christ and establishes us
In perfect communion. Job 33:26 says: '... He restores to man his righteousness.'
literal). Therefore, a child of God at the moment of rebirth is restored in the
presence of the Father with the Father's own righteousness. In the family of God, every believer
he has the legal position of a child.

To say, as children, that we are unworthy or inept, or not to forgive ourselves.

when God has forgiven us, to constantly confess our weakness and inability,
to deny our perfect justice in Him is to deny God, His Word, and His power. Many
believers are denying what they received when they believed, and thus they are limiting
critically the ability of God in themselves.

According to the Word of God, the believer is righteous, but the believer, as it says in: 1
John 1:7, has to walk '... in the light, as he [God] is in the light...' The believer has to
walk in light, walk as God directs, submit your body and soul to the Word through
the renewal of your mind. Renewing the mind means living according to the Word of God
It says that we must live. This keeps us in communion. Our affiliation cannot be
put into doubt because it depends on God and His completed work in Christ Jesus, but
our communion depends on our walk before God.

Communion with God as our Father is the key to power in our daily walk.
On the earth. Without communion, we cannot produce the fruits of justice. Communion
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it makes the family's life a happy life. The broken communion does not break the kinship,
but it takes away happiness. If your child disobeys you, he is still your child; simply
You two are not enjoying each other's company to the fullest.

Communion is the only thing that contributes to developing a happy situation both in a
human family just like in a spiritual family. Communion with God is the key to power;
it's the only way to manifest the more abundant life or to manifest that we are 'more than
"winners". The mind, renewed according to the Word, can remain in communion.
with God and express the results of such union. John 15:5 says: 'I am the vine, you are the branches.'
vines; he who remains in me [he who lives according to the Word]... bears much
fruit..." Not renewing the mind, which is not living according to the guidance of the Word, is broken fellowship. The
broken communion does not destroy the relationship between God and His son, but does tarnish and deteriorate it.
relationship, robbing it of its blessings and powers.

When a child is out of communion with God, he cannot receive answers to his
sentences. It's not that God does not wish to respond to the requests of His son, but that the
broken communion from the son makes his trust in God something wavering and uncertain.

Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God and receive from him anything we ask, because we keep his commands and do what pleases him.

Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence in God;

and anything we ask for, we will receive from him...

Whenever and wherever children do not receive answers to their prayers, the reason is
the broken communion, whether due to ignorance or failure to live the Word. God is faithful to His
promises and He will do what we ask; therefore, if it does not happen, it is because the
the man has not fulfilled his part in the relationship.

A radio design engineer employed by a radio manufacturer told me about

his most recent experiences in believing in God. He had designed a new radio and already
I had given the instructions for its production when one of the prominent men
from your company came to him and said: "It is obvious that you do not know much about designs of"
radios if you think that the production of that new design is going to be successful.” This disturbed my
friend and for seven days he was negative and resentful. Consequently, the production of
the new design remained stagnant. Finally, in the midst of his thoughts, he remembered
If God is for me, who is against me?
you helped design this radio, you gave me the desire and the thoughts; therefore, now I
I also deliver the production, putting aside my hurt feelings about it and the
I regret having been so negative. In two days, the new design of the radio was in.
production. The result was surprising. The usual number of rejected devices in the
the first 1500 radios is five percent or more; however, this production in
particular had less than four percent in the first 1500 radios and less than two for
one hundred when production reached 3000.

When a child of God is out of communion with their Heavenly Father, nothing goes well; but
when communion is restored, things begin to work.

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The broken communion takes the flavor out of Christian living. When a child is in communion with
his earthly father, he enjoys rights and privileges, but when he is out of communion,
he is miserable and frustrated. Similarly, a child of God out of communion is
miserable and frustrated in his search for positive results to his requests.
We must maintain communion if we want the power of God manifested in our
daily living. The most abundant life--our liberation from the power of Satan in this
the world depends on maintaining the communion established with God.

The epistle of 1 John dramatically illustrates the relationship and communion of a child with God.
Juan simply states how a person maintains communion and what they should do.
when communion has been broken and it is necessary to restore it.

That which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ. And these things we write to you that your joy may be full. This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.

... and our fellowship is truly with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ.

We write these things to you, so that your joy may be complete.

the life of a Christian depends on maintaining their communion with God.

This is the message we have heard from him, and we announce to you: God is light, and there is no
no darkness in him.

If we say that we have communion with him, and walk in darkness [being out of
communion is walking in darkness], we lie, and do not practice the truth;

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another.
[because as believers we are in Christ], and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son us
cleanse us from all sin [whenever we are out of communion].

If we say we have no sin [that we have not broken communion], we deceive ourselves.
ourselves, and the truth is not within us [in our minds].

If we confess our sins [broken communion], he is faithful and just to forgive

our sins [broken communion], and cleanse us from all wickedness [all sin is
evil.

If we say that we have not sinned [broken communion], we make him a liar, and his
Word is not in us [in our minds].

My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin [It is the will of God that
let us not break communion; and if anyone has sinned [broken the communion],
We have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.

And he is the propitiation for our sins [broken communion]; and not only for those
ours, but also by those from all over the world.

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The will of God for every believer is declared in 1 John 2:6 where it is written: 'Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.'
whoever says he abides in Him [abides in God through Christ Jesus] ought to walk just as He walked.
He [Jesus Christ] walked.

The deeper we go into the Word of God and the more

deeply the Word penetrates us, richer and fuller our being becomes
communion. To walk in communion is to walk in love because "God is love." Communion is
our continuous relationship with God. Filial relationship is the permanent relationship of God with
us. Communion is maintained only through the renewal of the mind according to
His Word and, therefore, live His will. Romans 12:2 says: '...be transformed by the renewing of your mind'
of the renewal of your understanding.” Philippians 2:5 says: “Let this mind be in you
this feeling that there was also in Christ Jesus." Colossians 3:16 also warns: "The
the word of Christ dwell in you richly...

To the extent that the Word dwells abundantly in us, we have a rich communion and
full with our Father. To the extent that we believe and act according to the Word of
God, our lives will be full, rich, and fruitful because of our communion with God.
is strong. We then have confidence in God, in such a way that 'anything that
we will ask for it, we will receive it from him...

Chapter Seven
What is true worship?
I am sure that by observing the different religious groups, the different churches and
different denominations you have asked yourself countless times: what exactly is
Worship? While some churches have altars, they have candles, incense, water.
blessed, other denominations have no symbol at all. Surely you have noticed
so many variations that they have come to ask: "If this is how they worship, why this
another group worships in such a different way? Each group may have a grain of
true, but such diversity of religious rites among Christian believers cannot be
everyone in harmony with the Word of God.

What is true worship? It is critically important to understand the verses.

spoken by Jesus in John 4.

You worship what you do not know; we know what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews. But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.

You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know; for the
salvation comes from the Jews.

But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father
in spirit and in truth; for the Father seeks such worshipers to worship Him.
adoration.

God is Spirit; and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.

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Jesus Christ said: "You worship what you do not know..." I believe that applies to the
the majority of people. Everyone adores. The question is: are we worshiping correctly?
Do we know how or why we worship?

About worship, Jesus Christ said that 'the hour is coming... when the true'
worshipers will worship the Father in spirit [The word "in" is the same Greek word
through
Not through candles, nor through altars, nor through the reading of the Bible, nor through
through songs, but you will worship Him through the spirit. "... In spirit and in
truth... 'is the literary figure hendiatys: that is, the use of two nouns despite
that the meaning is only one. "Spirit" is a noun and "truth" is also one. So it
use the double noun to double the emphasis that it is 'spiritually true' or
"truly spiritual." The Father seeks true worshipers who will worship Him in this way--in
spirit and in truth. If we can find out what it means to worship God in spirit,
then we will know how to truly worship Him.

The question is not what such or such person thinks, but rather, what does the Word of God say?
they have introduced so many ideas into Christianity that it is often difficult, even for the
biblical scholars distinguish between what is genuine and what is forged. In other
Words make it difficult to separate true Christianity from religion. Religion is what the
man has introduced. There is much religion in what is called 'Christianity', but the
true Christianity contains not a trace of religion. Unless you know which
it is the difference between religion and Christianity, their confusion will be great. In
In a few words, Christianity is what God did in Christ Jesus when He raised him from the dead.
dead. Christianity is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

The Bible teaches that God is Spirit and that we must worship Him in spirit and in truth.
Jesus declared this truth when he spoke to the Samaritan woman. In John 4:20, the woman said to him
said to Jesus: 'Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you say that in Jerusalem is
the place where one must worship." Jesus answered her in verse 21: "Woman, believe me, that
The hour is coming when you will neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem worship the Father. How then
Will He be worshipped?

Philippians 3:3:
For we are the circumcision, who serve God in spirit and...
we glory in Christ Jesus, not having confidence in the flesh.

This is true worship. We are the calls of God who 'in spirit
we serve God and we glorify in Christ Jesus...

We boast in Christ Jesus, not in Jesus Christ. There is a big difference. We do not
we boast in Jesus, the humbled one, but in the glorified Christ. Our boasting is not
in that Jesus who was spit on, beaten, pursued, or ridiculed. We
We glorify that he was more than a conqueror, that he triumphed and ascended to the heavens, that
he is seated at the right hand of God, and that on the day of Pentecost he sent '... this that

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vosotros veis y oís", como lo declara: Hechos 2:33. Gloríese acerca de Cristo Jesús, aquél
who was humiliated but has been resurrected and has ascended to glory.

To worship is to boast in Christ Jesus for what he did, not for what we do, already
that the flesh is weak. Do not judge a man by the flesh. Do not place your trust, your
security, its dependence or its belief in the flesh. The flesh is so weak that John 6:63
...the flesh, is for nothing...
Is it possible that we value a man as better than others based on appearances, but
God looks into our hearts. When we were born again from the Spirit of God, what about
Who are we, children? Of God! In the eyes of God, we are equally precious.

There are many things being carried out under the pretext of being Christianity that are not.
nothing more than having 'confidence in the flesh'. But we truly have our
trust in what God did in Christ Jesus. Christ Jesus made us presentable for
to worship God.

Colossians 1:12
with joy giving thanks to the Father who made us fit to participate
[fully share] in the inheritance of the saints in light.

Matthew 15 presents a story about worship, but once again, it is not worship.
true.

Thus, you have made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition. Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying: 'These people draw near to Me with their mouth, and honor Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. And in vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'

Thus you have invalidated the commandment of God by your tradition.

Hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, when he said:

This people honors me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

In vain do they honor me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.

Did their worship seem genuine? Were they carrying out their religious rite? Judging by the flesh,
we would have given them our approval. But what did the Lord say? "... for in
they honor me in vain...

Because they were '...teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'

In Mark, there is another example of vain worship.

Mark 7:5-9:
Then the Pharisees and the scribes asked him: Why do your disciples not walk
according to the tradition of the elders, do they not eat bread with unclean hands?

Responding, he said to them: Hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, as it is

This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

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For they honor me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.

Because leaving aside the commandment of God, you hold on to the tradition of men: the
washing of pitchers and drinking vessels; and you do many other things
similar.

He said to them also: Well [with full knowledge] you invalidate the commandment of God
to preserve your tradition.

What kind of worship is this? Vain worship. Simply carrying out the
Traditions of men are a hollow action.

Romans 1:25:
Since people changed the truth of God for the lie, honoring and giving
worship of the creatures before the Creator...

They adored man more than they worshiped God. Vain worship has been
happening for a long time. The children of Israel turned away from God and worshiped in vain.
In Acts 7 and Revelation 9 there are accounts about how the children of Israel
they rejected the preaching of their man of God, Moses, and began to worship spirits
diabolical.

Acts 7:40-47:
when they said to Aaron [the children of Israel said to Aaron]: Make us gods that
go before us; for this Moses, who brought us out of the land of Egypt,
we don't know what has happened to him/her.

Then they made a calf, and offered sacrifice to the idol, and in the works of their
hands rejoiced.

And God withdrew, and delivered them to worship the army of heaven [spirits
diabolical]; as it is written in the book of the prophets: Did you perhaps offer me
victims and sacrifices In the desert for forty years, house of Israel?

Indeed, you carried the tabernacle of Molech, and the star of your god Remphan,
Figures that you made to worship them...

Our parents had the tabernacle of the testimony in the desert, as it was
ordered God when he said to Moses to do it according to the model that had been.
seen.

Which, in turn received by our parents, they introduced it with Joshua when taking
possession of the land of the gentiles, whom God cast out from His presence
our fathers, up to the days of David.

He found grace in the sight of God, and requested to provide a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.

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But Solomon built a house.

And the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and idols of gold, silver, brass, stone, and wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk.

And the other men who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent.
they repented of the works of their hands, nor did they cease to worship demons, and to the
images of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot
to see, to hear, or to walk.

To worship the Devil and the demonic spirits and everything related to them is
worship in vain. Satan tried to deceive even Jesus himself into worshiping in vain.

Matthew 4:8,9:
Again, the devil took [Jesus] to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms.
of the world and their glory,

And he said to him: All these things I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.

The greatest victory for the Devil would have been to get Jesus to worship him.
As human beings, we have two, and only two, alternatives for worship: God.
true and the Devil. If we worship in spirit the true God, we glorify ourselves
In Christ Jesus, we do not have confidence in the flesh. If what surrounds us looks bleak and the
society seems to be getting worse and worse, do not get nervous, but worship God in spirit
And truly. Those who worship anything other than the true God will end up
mal.

Revelation 19:20:
And the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who had performed before it the
signals with which he had deceived those who received the mark of the beast, and
they had worshipped its image. These two were thrown alive into a lake of
fire that burns with sulfur.

This destruction can be easily avoided; we must worship God.

Revelation 22:9:
But he said to me: Look, do not do it; for I am your fellow servant, of your brothers the
prophets, and of those who keep the words of this book. Worship God.

How are we going to worship God by the Spirit if we are not born again of the Spirit?
God? It's impossible. If we are reborn of the Spirit of God, filled with the power of the Spirit.
Saint, we can worship the true God in spirit and in truth. And to worship through
from the spirit we must operate a manifestation of the gift, holy spirit. The manifestation of
The Holy Spirit that produces true worship is speaking in tongues.

When we worship God through speaking in tongues, that is speaking to God.

1 Corinthians 14:2:
For he who speaks in tongues does not speak to men, but to God...
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Speaking in tongues is speaking the wonders of God.
Acts 2:11:
Cretans and Arabs, we hear them speaking in our tongues the wonders of God.

Speaking in tongues is to magnify God.

Acts 10:46;
Because they heard them speaking in tongues and magnifying God.

Speaking in tongues is perfect prayer.

Romans 8:26:
And in the same way the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know what we ought to pray for
to ask as it is fitting, we do not know, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us...

Speaking in tongues is giving thanks well.

I Corinthians 14:17:
For you, truly, give thanks well...

Speaking in tongues worship 'in [through] spirit and in truth'. Speaking in tongues is
true worship. God, who is Spirit, is communicating with His gift of spirit
holy that is His new creation in me. In other words, true worship is the
Spirit of God speaking to my spirit, which is evidenced through speaking in
languages. How beautiful and simple is worship, and yet, how much has it
misunderstanding.

Chapter Eight
The Responsibility of the Believer

Believers throughout all periods of history have had the opportunity and the
responsibility to bear witness to the Word of God. We, the ones of the Era of the
Church, we also have our specific 'commission.' In Philippians 2, the Apostle Paul
reveals to us the conditions in which the world is and what our responsibilities are
to do with him.

Philippians 2:15 so that you may be blameless and chaste, children of God without blemish in
in the midst of a wicked and perverse generation, among whom you shine like
luminaries in the world;

ties of the word of life...

This passage is directed to the Church. Believers are equipped to live lives
irrefutable and simple because they are the children of God.

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What circumstances does God say surround His children? They live "in the midst of a
"malignant and wicked generation." As believers, we are right in the center, like the axis.
of a wheel, with all the possibilities of shining like lights in a tortuous world
and deformed.

To shine like luminaries, we first have to know the light, which...

find in Christ and in the knowledge of the Word of God.

John 12:46 I, the light, have come into the world, so that whoever believes in me does not
stay in darkness.

Christ was that light, but now we are the ones shining like luminaries,
the words of The Word of God as it truly is: The Word of Life.

You do not need to ask a person if they are saved. The Word says that simply
we must shine, holding on to the Word of Life, presenting it, showcasing it,
showing it, so that they can see. The Word is in itself the testimony.

Think about the privilege we have of being able to reach someone with the Gospel of Light,
even if it is to a single person in our entire life. She could be the key person in a
community or throughout an area. The person you win for Christ could be the one that you
He will win over hundreds of thousands. Someone, once, testified to him and won against the greatest.
saints of all times; yes, someone who was showing the Word of Life, holding on to
The believer is the one who has the opportunity and the responsibility to display the Word in a
evil and wicked world.

In order to effectively share the Word of Life, we as believers first

We must know and then practice the knowledge given in 2 Corinthians 5.

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold,
here all are made new.

I was taught to believe that this writing meant that when Christ entered a
Man, then that person was a new creature. This is not at all what the
Verse 17 of 2 Corinthians 5 says. Read it again: "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ
[in Christ]... "This verse says nothing about Christ being in a man, as
Colossians 1:27 says, '...Christ in you, the hope of glory.'

The miracle of the new birth means Christ in you. However, Christ in you does not
it automatically places him in your mind, that is, you in Christ, you in
communion. Romans 12:2 declares that it is we ourselves who have to
put Christ and the Word of God in our minds: "be transformed by the
renewal of your mind." Philippians 2:5 states: "Let this mind be in you
this feeling that was also in Christ Jesus.

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2 Corinthians 5:17 is talking about the believer who has renewed his mind, the one who has been
transformed by the renewal of your mind according to the Christ who lives within
of him. "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation." One thing is that Christ
stay in you, and another completely different that you stay in Christ. When
you are in Christ, when you have set Christ in your mind, then you have power in
demonstration.

John 15:7 If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, ask for anything
what you want, and it will be done.

As you renew your mind according to the Word, you become a new
creature. The old things [in the mind] have passed. The old desires, the old longings and the
Old temptations disappear. Behold, all things are made new.

After telling us as believers to renew our minds, 2 Corinthians 5 tells us

it first speaks of our being reconciled with God and then of our
responsibility to testify to all men.

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation.
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation: old things have passed away; behold,
here all are made new.

And all this [when we have renewed our minds, when we are in Christ]
comes from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and gave us the
Ministry of Reconciliation.

It is through Jesus Christ that we are reconciled with God. We lost our
spiritual connection with God through Adam. As a consequence of disobedience of
Adam, sin passed to all men, for all men are dead in sins.
and sins. But Jesus came and repaired the broken communication line; Jesus
he restored the proper connection. And all this comes from God, who reconciled us
himself through Christ, and gave us the ministry of reconciliation.

Once we are reconciled with God through Jesus Christ, then God gives us
to us the ministry of reconciliation. So our role as believers is
reconcile.

What does the word 'reconcile' mean? It means: to bring back together that which has
has been separated. God has given you, as a believer, that ministry of bringing back to
He those people who are separated. Our responsibility is to talk about the
great possibilities that each man has in Christ Jesus. We simply must
show the love of God; show people that Jesus Christ died for them and was resurrected
more than nineteen hundred years ago. We have to demonstrate the power of God, manifest it
that a believer has in Christ, show how great Christ is.

That is the ministry of reconciliation. What a ministry we have!

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2 Corinthians 5:19
that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their sins against them
the men their sins, and he entrusted us with the word of reconciliation.
When Christ dwells within your heart, you have the ministry of taking His Word and
reconcile people with God.

Isaiah speaks to the extreme need people have to be brought back to God.

Isaiah 53:6: All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned everyone to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

We all went astray like sheep, each one turned to his own way;
but the Lord laid on him the iniquity of us all.

"All of us have gone astray like sheep." Each one is lost in some
moment. The reason: "everyone went their separate ways." We lost the true path.
because we have parted ways on our own path. God had to do something about the
the mess we had gotten into, so He reconciled us to Himself through
of Christ Jesus. How did He do it? "Bearing in Him [Jesus] the sin of all of us."
God carried all our sins and all the sins of everyone else onto Jesus.
a great responsibility of the believer is the ministry of reconciliation--to bring back together
that which has been broken or separated--between God and man. We must share the
Word of Life with everyone, because all have gone astray. We have already been
reconciled with God; now it is our responsibility to shine, holding on to His
Word "in the midst of a wicked and perverse generation." When we display the Word
of Life, we shine like luminaries in the world. This is our ministry of
Reconciliation. This is our responsibility.

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 Third Part

THE BASE OF POWER OF A CHRISTIAN

In a previous chapter titled "What is True Worship?" we briefly studied

what the Third Part, "The Basis of a Christian's Power", examines in more detail.
By having a foundation of power, Christians do not have to settle for what "the
luck" brings us in life; we can make our desires our own
hearts exercising the potential power that God has given.

But before we can externally manifest that power, we have to activate it. And the
the key to transforming our potential power into active power lies in our worship,
specifically in our speaking in tongues.

The first chapter in this Part explains and shows us from the Bible itself what is the
speaking in tongues. After the explanation comes a practical chapter: "How to speak in
languages." Then a complete understanding of the power of speaking in tongues is given in the
magnificent study: "Filled to Overflowing". That chapter is a Bible study of two
Greek words: plëroö and plëthö. In an exciting way, the Word of God tells us that not
we are not only full to the brim with the power of God, but we are also full
until we overflow. Now is the time to connect with this power, with this
strength and abundance that can overflow into every facet of our lives.

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 Chapter Nine
Speaking in tongues
No one can go beyond what they have been taught, and a teacher can only teach
what you know. If you want to help another person, first you have to receive yourself.
Help; otherwise it would be like a blind person guiding another blind person, and both would be stumbling.
One of the least understood areas in the Bible is related to the Holy Spirit,
both the Giver and the gift of the Holy Spirit. Let's end our blindness.
Let us study the Word of God to understand His will.

First of all, let us clarify that God is Holy Spirit. When a person is reborn, God
he gives a gift to His new son. And since God is the Holy Spirit, He can only give
what He is: Holy Spirit. To help distinguish between God the Giver and His gift, the
Donor, Holy Spirit, is always written with capital letters, while His gift, spirit
saint is always written in lowercase.

A person receives the Holy Spirit when they confess that Jesus is Lord and believe that God
he raised him from the dead, as taught in Romans 10:9-10. The gift of the Holy Spirit has
word of wisdom
wisdom
discerning of spirits; 8) tongues; 9) interpretation of tongues. In this study
we want to specifically examine the manifestation of speaking in tongues--when it occurs
speaking in tongues and why speaking in tongues occurs.

A believer who operates in the manifestation of the spirit called tongues will be edified.
spiritually, he will be strengthened spiritually. There are two situations in which he can
operate this manifestation: in public and in private. 1) Most of the speaking in tongues
A believer is in their own private life. As such, speaking in tongues privately will be
a prayer or praise to the Father and, therefore, it is never interpreted. This is spoken of.
prayer or praise like 'praying in the spirit'. 2) A believer can speak in tongues
publicly in a meeting of believers. When a person speaks in tongues
publicly, it always has to be interpreted. However, a public message is never
A sermon; it is a communication coming from God said for the present people. To
Speaking in tongues both in public and in private is called speaking to God.

When you pray silently in the spirit, you are speaking in tongues. When
in a meeting of believers you speak in the spirit aloud, you are also speaking in
languages. These different uses of speaking in tongues should be kept separate from each other.
the other. We need to learn how to operate speaking in tongues, and manifest it with
accuracy according to the Word.

Let's consider speaking in tongues within the Church. In the Word of God, the 'Church'
refers to the reborn children of God, those who are filled with the power coming from the
Holy Spirit and who operates the manifestations of the spirit. In the Church, speaking in
tongues with interpretation by a believer is a message coming from God or in His name
from God directed to the body of believers for the edification of the group through

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exhortation and consolation. 'To exhort' means 'to encourage to a more worthy effort.'
To console is to provide a peaceful serenity, a tranquility, and acquiescence to the
grandiosity of the things that God wants to communicate." Speaking in tongues with his
Interpretation builds the Church by exhorting and/or comforting them.

This building up of the body of believers through speaking in tongues with

interpretation is a direct message coming from God, as if God himself were in
the gathering of believers. God is speaking to His people. By speaking in tongues and interpreting
in a meeting of believers today, we received the message from God addressed to that
meeting in particular. What He wants for us tomorrow, we will find out tomorrow.
We do not know now what the specific message for the future is, but we do know
What is the message for this particular day if we have ears to hear.

Speaking in tongues privately and speaking in tongues with interpretation in public have
two ways to clearly build differently. The private message is a sentence that
builds the spirit of the one who speaks. The public message is a communication that builds the
minds of the people present, including that of the speaker. Now, is it built in its
spirit the person who speaks in tongues and interprets in a meeting of believers? No. The
speaking in tongues in a meeting of believers by one who also interprets does not edify
this believer in the spirit, for the spoken message is from God to the people, and the
interpretation, in the language of the majority of the people present, is for the edification of
body of believers. A public message with its interpretation does not nurture the spirit of the one who
speaks, rather, builds up the minds of the people gathered.

The Word of God explicitly teaches that when a person speaks in tongues in a
meeting of believers, he has to interpret to build up the minds of the Body. Without
embargo, there are children of God who speak in tongues in a meeting of believers but do not
They have enough belief or knowledge to inspire them to interpret. They
they are what I call 'unbelieving believers'. They know they can speak in tongues in
their private lives and some of them even speak in gatherings of believers, but not
screen for interpreting.

If these "unbelieving believers", who do not believe to interpret, were to speak in tongues in the
Church, under such circumstances, its spirit would be built up. Its speaking would not be a message.
from God to the people, because if it were, it would have to be interpreted.

To understand this, you have to understand about the foreknowledge of God. Does God know?
Before I speak in tongues at a meeting of believers, should I interpret or not?
As God knows that I will interpret when I speak in tongues, He gives a message to the
People; and vice versa, if God knows that I am going to speak in tongues but that I am not going to
He inspires a prayer that, I repeat, builds up the spirit of the one who speaks.

In the body of believers, speaking in tongues with interpretation is always a message.

coming from God or in the name of God directed to the people, and its interpretation will uplift
to the body of believers in their minds renewed through exhortation and consolation.
Not only are the minds of believers encouraged and comforted, but also 1 Corinthians
14:22 says that the given message is also a sign for the unbelievers. These unbelievers
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it is not the unbelievers who are not saved, but rather the unbelieving believers. The word
"Incredulous" is a form of apathy.* The incredulous believer needs this sign of hearing from
someone speaks in tongues to know that there is power in the believers, that the believers do
they speak in tongues and the believers do interpret.

Both in praying privately to God in the spirit and in giving a message in tongues with
Interpretation in a meeting of believers is called speaking in tongues. The reason for which...
which confuses the two uses is because people are always looking for a way to
break the Word of God. Why not seek a way to see how the Word fits in
instead of breaking it into pieces? We should believe in the integrity of the Word and allow it to
Word I speak. Then we harmonize our lives and our beliefs according to what it says in
the Word. We examine the Word to see how the entire Word fits together precisely.

In the Church, speaking in tongues must be done by believers who believe to interpret,
or it will not be used for the specific purpose that God intended. Those Christians who
They speak in tongues but do not believe to interpret in a meeting of believers.
they are simply saying a prayer. These people should not speak aloud in the
Church but they must pray silently in tongues for themselves and for God.

1 Corinthians 14:2:
For he who speaks in tongues does not speak to men, but to God; for no one understands him.
understand, although through the Spirit he speaks mysteries.

Speaking is in a language unknown to the speaker. As we know, 'languages' means

to say 'unknown language'. 'For he who speaks in tongues does not speak to men, but
to God; for no one understands Him... "The word "le" does not appear in the Greek texts and should be
discard because it makes the Bible inaccurate. Speaking of when the apostles received the
gift coming from the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost, Acts 2:4-11 says that the
the apostles spoke in tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance. The unbelievers who
they heard them speak, understood the languages that these twelve apostles spoke.
inspiration. They said that these apostles were speaking 'the wonders of God'.
Therefore, we know that speaking in tongues was understood at Pentecost--not by the
men who spoke, but by those who heard them speak.

The content of what you speak in tongues is a matter of God, but the fact of speaking is
your responsibility. On the day of Pentecost, as always, what the person spoke was
a language unknown to him, but not necessarily to the listeners. At Pentecost
a group of listeners understood what Pedro was saying, another understood Mateo, another understood to
Juan, and so on with the other apostles. There is a possibility that a listener
understand the language, because it is God who gives what is to be spoken. The Holy Spirit, God,
Yes, but it is you who must speak of your own will.

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Apistia.-- the disbelief of one who has had some instruction and teaching, but not enough to
to fully believe.
Apeitheia.-- the incredulity of one who has been fully instructed and taught, but who refuses to believe.

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1 Corinthians 14:2:
For he who speaks in tongues does not speak to men, but to [to whom?] God...

Another aspect of this writing is that those who speak, speak to God. This does not negate the truth.
that the total message --languages with interpretation-- is going to be a message coming from
God or in the name of God directed to the people. Some may say that it is man.
talking only to God. Allow me to ask you a question: when you say that you
he spoke to the President on the phone, what does that mean? You mean that when he spoke to him
he spoke to you as well. You were not the only one who spoke. This truth here in the
The word is the same: you speak to God and He speaks to you. That is the essence.

Now, one point that must be studied and understood is that speaking in tongues in life
the private prayer of one builds up the speaker.

1 Corinthians 14:4:
He who speaks in tongues... edifies himself...

In a meeting of believers, I am the one who speaks in tongues; but as I speak, God
to talk about. Then I give the interpretation coming from God, which will edify the
minds of the believers.

There are two basic ways in which you can build your mind: 1) Study the Word and
let it dwell abundantly in your mind. 2) Participate in a meeting of believers
where speaking in tongues is interpreted, for the interpretation will give your mind
knowledge that will exhort and comfort.

When a message in tongues is given with its interpretation, is my spirit edified? No.
But my mind, like the minds of the other people present, is uplifted.
the mind of the Christian must be built up, because the mind --the thought-- is what
As a person thinks, so is he. The Bible says in Proverbs 23:7: 'For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.'
As he thinks in his heart, so is he...

When a man of body, soul, and spirit speaks in tongues in his private life of
prayer or in a meeting of believers and does not believe to interpret, his speaking in tongues will be
prayer or praise to God, and it will uplift the spirit of the man who speaks. That is why the
Verse 4 of 1 Corinthians 14 states: "He who speaks in a tongue... edifies himself..."
When we speak in tongues without interpretation, we build up the spirit that is in
we, called the inner man.

Now, the problem we are facing is that some say that the spirit of the
Christ in you is perfect, therefore, how can this speak in tongues, build up the
spirit? Why does the spirit of a Christian need to be built up? The spirit is the same as
a baby, which, although perfect, still needs to be fed. The same
It happens with your spirit, you feed it by speaking in tongues.

The fundamental law involved in this matter is that God is Spirit and only
You can talk to what is spirit. Almost all groups confuse flesh and spirit.
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because they do not keep their biblical principles clear. I know that the spirit is perfect. But
Christians themselves stagnate spiritually. They do not maintain their freshness because
many of them do not build their spirits through speaking in tongues. In their private lives
of prayer, his spirit is built up, it grows through speaking in tongues --not through the
interpretation, not through prophecy.

The interpretation and prophecy build up the body of believers, not in their spirits but in
sus mentes.

I would like every one of you to speak in tongues, but I would rather have you prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless someone interprets, so that the church may be edified.

So, I would like all of you to speak in tongues, but more than
you would prophesy...

This is where people generally stop reading to say that speaking in tongues in the
Church is not very important. They would prefer that a believer prophesy. Most of
the people who put forward this argument, in turn, never prophesy. Do you see the subtle deception of
Satan? He wants to belittle the Word, to tear the Word apart. There is nothing that
equal the speaking in tongues in your private life. This will build you up spiritually, while
to speak boldly in tongues with interpretation in a meeting of believers
builds up the body of believers.

I Corinthians 14:5:
So, I would like all of you to speak in tongues, but even more to prophesy.
[in the Church]; for greater is he who prophesies than he who speaks in tongues, unless
that they may interpret them so that the church may be edified.

When the believer speaks in tongues and interprets, the Church receives edification.
Spirit? No. Where? In the mind. The interpretation is always in the language of the
majority of the people present. It is for this reason that in 1 Corinthians 14:3 'But he who prophesies
he speaks to the men..."Why? Because prophecy is in the language of the majority of the people
Present. So, if the congregation were German, the prophecy would have to be in German.

1 Corinthians 14:3:
But he who prophesies speaks to men for edification, exhortation, and comfort.

Therefore, when you speak in tongues with interpretation or prophesy, you and others
believers present are built up through exhortation and consolation. Who is the
What needs to be blessed in your private life? You, the individual believer. Without
In a meeting of believers, each one must be edified.

1 Corinthians 14:12:
So also you; since you desire spiritual gifts [things or matters],
seek to abound in them for the edification of the Church.

The word 'gifts' does not appear in the Greek texts and should be discarded. The word
"spiritual" is the word pneumatikos which means "things of the spirit". We must
to yearn for the things of the spirit, whether privately for ourselves spiritually, or
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publicly for the minds of the entire body of believers. May it all be done for
edification!

Chapter Ten
How to speak in tongues
Now that you know why tongues are spoken and when tongues are spoken, I know that you
I would like to receive in manifestation the power of the fullness of the Holy Spirit. I know that to you
He would like to speak of the wonders of God and magnify God. To do this, there is one thing
what you have to do and that is: believe the Word of God. Without a doubt you believe the Word
of God for what He has promised, not only desires to do it, but is capable of
do it. I can assure you, by the integrity of the Word of God, that when you
speaking in tongues will be speaking the wonders of God and magnifying God.

Before connecting with any of God's resources, you must know,

First of all, 'what is available'. You know that speaking in tongues is available.
because the Word of God says that all born-again believers have the Holy Spirit
among them, which is the ability to speak in tongues. Then you have to know
how to receive it, which is outlined below.

Allow me to reveal to you the keys and soon you too will be speaking the wonders.
of God. Acts 2:4 says: "and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit." Everyone was filled,
no one was overlooked. No one is overlooked if they have heard the Word and if they believe it and then
Act according to her. God is always faithful and as a result, nobody can be overlooked.
Do exactly what I tell you to the smallest detail.

In 1 Thessalonians 2:13 Paul thanked God that 'when you received the Word
from God that you heard from us, you received it not as the word of men, but as it is
truly, the word of God.” You also have to follow the truth of God as it is
declare in the Word of God. But if you think it is only Victor Paul Wierwille
whoever writes or speaks to you will never receive. If you are certain that what I am telling you
saying are the words that the Holy Spirit has spoken and is speaking to you through
my intermission, then you will also manifest the greatness of God's power. If
You literally do what I ask you to do, then you will be able to manifest fullness.
from the abundance of God, the wonderful power of God.

Remember that Acts 2:4 says: 'And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to'
[they] to talk..."They themselves were the ones who spoke.

Acts 2:11 Cretans and Arabs, we hear them speaking in our tongues the wonderful works of God.
Acts 10:46: 'For they heard them speaking in tongues and magnifying God.'

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Have you ever analyzed the mechanics of speaking? You, with your own organs
vowels must produce speech. The same mechanics used to speak Spanish
or any other known language is the one used in speaking in tongues. For example,
If I say: "I love the Lord Jesus Christ", what did I do mechanically? I moved the
lips, I moved my tongue, I moved my throat, I made the sounds and I had to think. Everything
this is involved in the mechanics of speaking.

Say aloud: 'I love the Lord Jesus Christ.' What did he do? He moved his lips, the
throat and tongue to speak. You formulated the words; you propelled them towards
outside.

The only difference between speaking in tongues and speaking in Spanish is that when I say: 'I
I love the Lord Jesus Christ," I have to think. When I speak in tongues, I do not think the
words that I speak. God gives the words to my spirit, and I formulate them on my lips. I
I do not think the words, but they are there when I move my lips, my throat, my tongue.

Create an environment to feel very comfortable and at ease. You have to move your lips, the
throat, the tongue; you push the air through the vocal cords to produce the
sounds. You have to formulate the words, but the words you speak, like in
Acts 2:4, as the Spirit gives them to speak. The content of what you speak is
matter of God, but the fact of speaking is your matter. I produce the sounds, but the
the words that I speak are given to my spirit. God gives what is to be spoken, and they are
words that magnify His Name, that speak of the wonders of God. This is the
greatness of the manifestation of speaking in tongues.

If you understand the mechanics of speaking in Spanish or any other language you know,
then you understand the mechanics of speaking in tongues. If you are born again of the Spirit
From God, the power is in you, but it is you who has to speak—not God—you do it.
It does. You will have no difficulty with God; the only difficulty you might have
it would be in your own mind and in your understanding of what you have to do. You, not the
Spirit, move the lips; you move the tongue; move the throat; you give sound to
the words by the power of God that is in you. Thus you are declaring the
stupendous wonders of God. How simple and beautiful it is!

Acts 2 is the order of the day for the Church.

Acts 2:38
Peter said to them: Repent, and let each of you be baptized in the name of
Jesus Christ for the forgiveness [remission] of sins; and you will receive [lambanö,*
you will manifest the gift of the Holy Spirit [pneuma hagion].

There are two Greek words for 'receive' that are used in relation to receiving the Holy Spirit. Dechomai wants
to say 'to receive the inherent power and ability'. Lambanö means 'to receive to the degree of manifesting'
externally

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This is for the Age of the Church in which you and I live. When you confess with
your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believes that God raised him from the dead, you have the
remission of sins.

The Word says: 'you will receive'. You must manifest in the world of the senses the proof.
of what he has received spiritually. When you manifest, you speak of the wonders of God; you
magnify God.

John 7 tells us a great truth that you and I need to understand when
We manifest the power of the Holy Spirit.

John 7:37,38:
...Jesus stood up and raised his voice, saying: if anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink.

Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture says, rivers of living water will flow from within them.

The word 'interior' indicates the depth of a man's soul. 'From the depths of
"that man rivers [not small streams] of living water will run." When you receive in
manifestation of the power coming from the Holy Spirit, you do not receive more substance
spiritual; you simply receive as evidence, in manifestation in the world of
senses, what you already have spiritually within you. To manifest the Holy Spirit does not
it means that you have been given something new; you are simply manifesting it to
his senses what he has inside. The gift is already in you. God gave you the ability to speak
in tongues when you were reborn. The act of speaking in tongues is your responsibility;
You already have the potential. If you do not speak in tongues, it is not because God has not given it to you.
the ability. God promised through His son: "from his inside rivers of water will flow
long live.

This is what Jesus Christ spoke and what he said to the apostles before ascending. About his
interior, from the deepest part of his being, rivers of living water would flow. So when you
begin to speak in tongues, formulate the words, speak the words and let them flow
bubbly, let them flow freely, not drop by drop. When you begin to speak
in languages, let it flow with one sound after another. That is what the Word says and that is what
what does it mean.

Luke 11:11:
Which of you fathers, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for fish,
If you ask for a fish, will he give you a snake?

Suppose you have a child who is hungry and you have bread at home; if he asks for it
If I asked, would you give me a stone? I'm sure you wouldn't.

Romans 10:9: "that if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him
raised from the dead, you will be saved.

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Luke 11:12,13:
Or if he asks for an egg, will he give him a scorpion?

Well, if you [as parents], being evil, know how to give good gifts to your
children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him
what?

The word 'pidan' is the same word as 'exijan'. Do you know why you can demand the
payment of a check? Because the money that backs it has already been deposited in the bank. Everything
What you need to do is go to the payment window and ask for the money for that.
check. How much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?
Why can we demand the Holy Spirit? Because it has already been given to us.

I want to point out one more thing. The biggest shipments in life enter into
port when the seas are calm. When the seas are rough, the boats
they wait offshore; but when the seas calm, the large cargo ships
they return to the port. The largest shipments of our spiritual life are received
when our inland seas are calm. One of the things that the Word of God
what it has done for me is give me inner peace so I can receive the abundance of power
fullness of God.

Galatians 3:5:
He who supplies you with the Spirit and works miracles among you, does he do so
by the works of the law, or by hearing with faith?

How do I minister the Holy Spirit to people? Do I do it by hearing with faith? Yes! I do not do
this due to the works of the law.

I am ministering the Holy Spirit to you, I am teaching you exactly what

do. After you have read all the instructions. I want you to close your eyes and
Sit calmly. Remember that when I have ministered the Holy Spirit to you,
I want you to move your lips, your throat, your tongue. You make the sounds.

Sit quietly and do exactly what I tell you. Remember that the Word of
God says in Job 29:23: "They would wait for me as for the rain, and open their mouths wide as for the spring rain." To drink, you have
that he opened his mouth. In John 20:22, before the ascension, Jesus gave instructions to the
apostles of inhaling. He opened his mouth and inhaled.* Soon I want you to open your
mouth and inhale.

While sitting, follow this instruction. Open your mouth and inhale. You are not going to receive
Nothing more spiritually; now you are going to manifest the presence of the spirit.
Simply inhale. Open your mouth. While inhaling, thank God for filling you.
with the fullness of the power of His Holy Spirit. Do not plead; thank Him for it.
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See the explanation of John 20:22 on page 58.

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When you begin to speak in tongues, move your lips, your throat, your tongue. Speak.
When one sound has finished, speak another. Do not pay any attention to what is.
thinking. Formulate the words; move your lips, your throat, your tongue; say it. You are
magnifying God no matter how the words sound to His ears. Your task is
speaking in tongues; God's task is to give what is spoken.

Keep moving your lips, throat, and tongue. Produce another sound. You have to
form different sounds with their lips. God has given them to their spirit. They are in
his spirit and they are springing to his tongue; you have to speak them. You are speaking
the wonders of God; you are magnifying God; you are speaking in tongues. The
external manifestation is your proof in the world of senses that you have Christ
inside. Do it with determination. Let it flow; let it bubble up. 'From your
"interior rivers of living water will flow." Keep talking. God is giving you the words to your
spirit; your spirit is carrying them to your throat and you are pushing them toward
outside.

Father, in the name of Jesus Christ and by the power of God that is within me, I now minister
the fullness of your holy spirit manifesting in the life of this believer.
deeply and now begin to speak in tongues as I have just instructed you.

Isn't God marvelous?

If you can say one word, you can say ten thousand; because if you can say one
word, you have the power, the ability given by God, to speak more. Every time that
Speak, remember that you are building yourself up spiritually. You are
speaking the wonders of God; it is magnifying God. Now you have the proof in
the world of the senses that has Christ within, who is a co-heir with him.

Soon I want to speak again; to speak one more time so that from experience
you can gain fluency and confidence. Learning another language using the mind would take months;
but speaking in an unknown language happens instantly. God knows the
languages, so He gives them to your spirit and you speak them.

Anyone who knows even a little about languages knows that 'pi, pi, pi,'
"pa, pa, pa" would not be speaking in tongues. Speaking in tongues is speaking a developed language.
Now once again I want you to speak in tongues. Be calm. Move your lips, the
throat and the tongue and start talking again. Keep talking. You are speaking the
wonders of God, magnifying God. Now you have proven to your senses that
Christ is in you and you have the power of the Holy Spirit. This is the greatness of
wonderful power of God to you as a believer.

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 Chapter Eleven
Full to overflowing
Immediately before his ascension, as reported in chapter 20 of John, Jesus Christ
instructed his disciples about a new dimension that they would have in his glorious
to walk from the day of Pentecost.

John 20:22:
And having said this, he breathed [in Greek it says 'breathed in': inhaled] and said to them:
Receive the Holy Spirit [the Greek text uses the words lambanö pneuma hagion,*
manifest the holy spirit

In the first hour of prayer on the day of Pentecost, when the apostles 'inhaled',
they confessed with their mouth that Jesus is Lord believing that God had raised him up from
among the dead, and thus they were reborn of the Spirit of God and were spiritually filled
maximum capacity. The word 'received', lambanö, in John 20:22, indicates that on the day of
On Pentecost, the apostles manifested the gift they had just received spiritually.
all its overflowing fullness.

Being born of the Spirit --being reborn or born from above-- is to be spiritually full to capacity.
maximum (plëroö), while the fullness in manifestation of that birth is being full
until overflowing (plëthö). Salvation gives plëroö, a fullness at maximum capacity:
manifesting the Holy Spirit gives abundance, overflowing fullness. This study focuses on
essentially in plëroö and plëthö, which describe all the facets of knowledge that we
they are available regarding the new birth.

Plëthö is a more recent form of the word pimplëmi, a derivative of pleos. Both
plëroö and plëthö are derived from the basic root word pleos, which means "full".
pimplëmi wanted to say 'full to maximum capacity and overflowing'. In Greek literature, it
It is used as a metaphor in the case of a river that overflows its banks. It is also used to describe
the full moon when it is overflowing in all its brightness. Plëroö means "to fill"
only to normal capacity" like a river filled to its natural or normal flow; plëthö
means 'to fill to overflowing in abundance.'

Luke 1:57:
When Elizabeth's time for her delivery was fulfilled,
gave birth to a son.

Elizabeth was overflowing because she gave birth to the boy--the delivery is the overflowing.

The Donor is pneuma hagion, Holy Spirit; the gift is pneuma hagion, holy spirit. For a study
detailed uses of these two Greek words in the Bible, as well as of the Greek words lambanö and
Receiving the Holy Spirit Today, Second Edition
Ohio: American Christian Press, 1981, pages 1-11 and 273-370

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Colossians 2:9:
For in him [Christ] dwells all the fullness [plērōma, coming from]
full, filled to capacity] of the Deity.

Christ was filled to capacity with the fullness of Deity. The fullness of God
overflowing from Jesus Christ made it possible for Jesus to say: "Whoever has seen me has
seen by the Father. Jesus Christ declared the Father; made God known. Jesus was overflowing
with the presence, the power, and the Word of God, and thus declared God.

There is an illustration that beautifully teaches about the new birth and manifestations.
Suppose we have a glass that represents the natural man; the liquid inside the
glass represents spirit. When the spirit enters (when man confesses with his mouth that
Jesus is the Lord and believing that God raised him from the dead), this man of body and
soul is full (plëroö) to normal capacity in all its being. This is the filling of the new
birth indicated in John 20:22 by 'breathed'. Then 'Receive [lambanö, receive immediately
to manifest it] is to be full (plëthö), which is the overflowing fullness. Biblically the
filling with the new birth (plëroö) must always be associated with overflowing (plëthö)
in demonstration.

On the day of the ascension, Jesus spoke to the twelve apostles.

Acts 1:5:
For John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with [in] it
Holy Spirit [holy spirit the gift] within a few days.

Those 'baptized with the Holy Spirit' is the fullness of the new birth, plëroö, full of
capacity.

Acts 1:8:
but you will receive [lambanö; you will overflow, plëthö, you will manifest] power, when there has been
The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and [then] you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem,
in all Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.

Overflow occurs with the operation of the manifestations of the spirit.

John 7:38,39:
Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.

This he said about the Spirit that they were to receive [lambanö, receive in manifestation] the
that they would believe in him; for the Holy Spirit had not yet come, because Jesus had not
has still been glorified.

The word 'interior' in verse 38 means 'the innermost part of a person.'

The word 'correrán' is rheusousin, which comes from the root word rheö. The form
The obsolete word rheö means "to speak." From the same root comes the word rhëma.
that which is spoken. 'From the deepest part of their being, rivers will be spoken'
[no streams, but 'rivers'] of living water.
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This is directly related to the fullness (plëthö) of the holy spirit, as shown by
verse 39. The day of Pentecost was when the gift was given, the new birth, it was
when they were filled with the spirit, Christ in you.

The historic events of Pentecost, including the new birth with its
various overflowing attributes are described in Acts 2.

Acts 2:1
When the day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.

And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind [strong breathing]*
what was blowing, which [the inhaling of all of them] filled [plëroö] the whole house where
they were sitting.

And they were all filled [plëthö] with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak in other
languages, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

The word 'llenó' in verse 2 is plëroö, which means 'filled to maximum capacity'.
the disciples inhaled, the sound of their inhalation filled to maximum capacity, plëroö, the temple.
Upon inhaling, the disciples were filled to maximum capacity, plëroö, for verse 4 says
that they were all filled, plëthö, and began to speak in other tongues (the overflowing,
speaking in tongues, one of the nine manifestations of the spirit.

If language allowed it, God could have taken the first four verses of
Acts 2 and having condensed them into one, because the new birth and the
manifestations must be as one thing. The filling of the apostles in verse 2
it is plëroö, the inherent filling of the new birth; the filling in verse 4 is plëthö, the
external manifestation or the overflow of inherent filling. The manifestations of
spirit is the overflowing power in the life of the believer, which in turn produces the 'fruit of
"spirit" of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, and self-control.

From Pentecost, the believers were to immediately overflow upon being reborn.
by the Spirit of God. They were not only to be filled to normal, natural capacity,
(plëroö), but they were also to overflow, (plëthö). The Apostle Peter is an example
of this.

Acts 4:8:
Then Peter, filled [plëthö] with the Holy Spirit [the gift of the Holy Spirit]...

Pedro was overflowing (as shown by the use of the word plëthö instead of
he operated all nine manifestations. Therefore, Peter was aware of
all the matters related in Acts 4 that are a continuation of what is related in Acts
3.
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Pnoës is not 'a wind' but 'a breathing.'

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After documenting in verse 8 that Peter was full of the Holy Spirit, the
chapter four of Acts continues telling us about the things that happened to Peter and to
Juan.

Acts 4:31
When they had prayed, the place where they were assembled shook; and they were all
full of the Holy Spirit...

The gathered crowd was overflowing. Due to the demonstrations of

spirit, namely, speaking in tongues, interpretation of tongues and prophecy, that meeting of
the prayer was genuinely powerful and uplifting for the believers, who were all
exhorted and comforted. It does not say in Acts 4:31 that the believers were "filled
again." There is never a break where the spirit escapes or a need for
fill again. The believer is always full (plëroö) to normal capacity; but the
to be full to the point of overflowing (plëthö) begins when the believer starts the
manifestations.

Acts 8 contains the first account in the history of the Christian Church regarding new
Christians who were reborn without immediately manifesting the Holy Spirit. Since this
The group of Samaritans did not manifest, Peter and John were sent to be called to Jerusalem. Acts
8 accounts of what these two apostles did to remedy the situation.

Acts 8:15
who, having come, prayed for them to receive [lambanö,
manifested the Holy Spirit [holy spirit, the gift].

The believers in Samaria were filled (plëroö) but they were not filled (plëthö) to the point of
to be manifesting the Holy Spirit.

Acts 8:16:
because the gift, the holy spirit, had not yet descended upon any of them, but
that they had only been baptized in the name of Jesus.

Being baptized in the name of Jesus has nothing to do with water but has everything to do with it.
with being full (plëroö), with having Christ in you the hope of glory, which is the new
birth.

Although the Samaritans had received the new birth, they had still not been
full to overflowing. The use of the phrase 'had not yet descended upon any of them'
it means, grammatically and biblically, that the spirit was not overflowing in
demonstration.

Acts 8:17
Then they laid their hands on them, and they received [lambanö, manifested]
the Holy Spirit [the gift, holy spirit].

With this, the gift began to overflow, to brim over.

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In Acts 9, in the account of the young Saul (whose name in Greek is Paul), there is another
example in which the 'fullness of salvation' occurs before the 'overflow of the
manifestation

Acts 9:17:
Then Ananias went in and entered the house, and laying his hands on him [Paul], said:
Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road you were traveling, me
has sent for you to receive the sight and be filled [plëthö, overflow] with the Holy Spirit
Holy Spirit, the gift.

Pablo confessed to the Lord Jesus as his savior on the way to Damascus, but he did not
overflowed, he did not receive, lambanö, in demonstration. When Ananias came to the house of
Judas to minister to Paul, he said to Paul: 'Brother Saul', indicating that
Pablo was a spiritual brother. Ananias's purpose in visiting Pablo was 'so that
"you receive the vision and are filled [plëthö] with the Holy Spirit." Paul had been reborn (dechomai,
plëroö, filled to maximum capacity), but it was not until Ananias ministered to him that
was full with overflowing abundance (lambanö, plëthö). Pablo, however, soon
overflowed with the manifestations of the Spirit, for in 1 Corinthians 14:18 it is said of Paul:
I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you.

Acts 10 reports the occasion when Peter ministered for the first time to a household.
kind--the house of Cornelius in Caesarea.

Acts 10:44-46:
While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit [pneuma hagion,
Holy Spirit, the gift] fell upon all who heard the discourse.

And the faithful of the circumcision who had come with Peter were astonished by
that the gift of the Holy Spirit would also be poured out on the Gentiles [pneuma
hagion

Because they heard them speaking in tongues and magnifying God.

The overflow, which indicates the operation of the manifestations, is evidenced.

by the word "spilled". The last cited verse specifically informs us that the
overflow was manifested through speaking in tongues: "For they heard them that
they spoke in tongues.

Facts include the defense that Pedro made for going to Cornelius's house and presenting to...
Christ and his gospel for the first time to the Gentiles.

Acts 11:15:
And when I [Pedro] began to speak, the Holy Spirit [pneuma hagion, spirit] fell
saint, the gift] upon them also, as upon us at the beginning.

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According to Acts 19, Paul had the same experience in Ephesus that John and Peter had.
Samaria. He found disciples who were reborn, who were spiritually filled to
maximum capacity (plëroö), but had not overflowed (plëthö)

Acts 19:6:
And when Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them.
holy, holy spirit, the gift]; and they spoke in tongues...

Once again, this is a fullness to the point of overflowing experienced by people in the Church that
has been reborn of the Spirit of God.

Ephesians 5 contains an interesting use of the word plëroö. Again, it refers to how
We must be deeply filled with tranquility.

Ephesians 5:18
Do not be drunk with wine... but rather be filled [plëroö] with the Spirit.

This verse indicates to us that 'filled with the Spirit' is the new birth, Christ in you.
the hope of glory. May it be filled to maximum capacity, plëroö, in the deepest part of its being,
What is Christ in you.

Let's see how the Greek word plëthö, full to overflowing, is used in a few others.
scriptures that do not directly address the new birth.

Luke 1:41:
And it happened that when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leaped in her womb.
womb; and Elizabeth was filled [plëthö, overflowed] with the Holy Spirit [pneuma hagion,
holy spirit.

As revealed by the following verses in Luke 1, Elizabeth was 'filled to the brim'
overflow

Luke 1 also speaks of Elizabeth's husband, the father of John the Baptist.

Luke 1:67:
And Zacharias, his father, was filled [plëthö, overflowed] with the Holy Spirit [pneuma hagion],
and [he] prophesied...

Zacarias was full to overflowing. He prophesied.

Luke 5 states that on Lake Gennesaret, Jesus told Simon to cast his nets.
fishing

Luke 5:7:
Then they signaled to the companions who were in the other boat, so that
they came to help them; and they came, and filled both boats, to such an extent that
way that they sank.
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They had so many fish in the boats that they were overflowing and sinking.

Obviously, there cannot be overflow until the container is full.

maximum capacity. In Acts 6:3 we note that when seven men were chosen from
among the disciples, the Word says: "Seek, then; brothers, among you seven
brothers of good testimony, filled with the Holy Spirit
[Holy Spirit]”. They were men filled to capacity. Acts 7:55 says:
Esteban, filled with [plëres] of the Holy Spirit

Acts 5 also gives an account of the apostles teaching in Jerusalem.

Acts 5:28:
saying...And now you [the apostles] have filled [plëroö] Jerusalem with your
doctrine...

The doctrine of the apostles had penetrated Jerusalem to the point that the city was
fills to its maximum capacity

Colossians 1 contains a wonderful prayer for believers—that they may be filled with
maximum capacity.

Colossians 1:9:
Therefore we also, since the day we heard it [of your love in the Spirit],
we do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge
of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding.

Sea full to maximum capacity. This is our prayer for you and for all the people of
God. I wish that your prayer for me is also that we may be filled to capacity.
maximum "of the knowledge of his will" and then overflow with that abundance.

The only way we can have knowledge of God's will is

knowing the Word of God. Being filled with the knowledge of His will in all
wisdom and spiritual intelligence is the first, the essential, for every believer. So the
Overflow will be a powerful blessing. This is how the teachings of the apostles
they penetrated all of Jerusalem. The entire city was filled to maximum capacity with the Word of
God, because the knowledge of the Word of God lived in the apostles, and they
they overflowed (plëthö) when speaking that Word of God boldly, operating the
manifestations of the spirit, especially speaking in tongues.

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 Part Four
The Church of today

Since its foundation on Pentecost, the Church of Grace has been endowed with the
power of the Holy Spirit. However, the Church of the first century was a church that
It advanced, something we have not seen in our days. The Bible says that God does not change. If
God has not changed, so why is there this difference between the early Church and the
Church of the present? "The Church of the first century in the twentieth century" studies the Church of
principle so that we can apply its strengths to the Church of the 20th century and thrive
just like her.

An obvious weakness in the current church is the lack of unity. "Why is there division?"
examine this aspect of the modern church to see where we are limiting the power of
God for not having the same feeling.

The Church of Grace, over time, is made up of the members of the Body of
Christ. No building or denominational label qualifies as a church in the eyes of
God.

Only as those who have been called unite according to the accuracy of the Word of
God and mature fully by following the exact Word, we will be able to have hope of
help us and help others, and thus live the abundant life.

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 Chapter Twelve
The Church of the first century in the twentieth century

The Church of the first century had immense power because Christians believed that by being saved
they received the power coming from the Holy Spirit, and therefore could operate the nine
manifestations of the spirit. In addition to having such internal power, the believers of the principle
they studied the Word of God and acted according to it, accepting it as the will of God.

The first-century church was a dynamic church, according to what is narrated in the Book of Acts.
We have never seen the Church move with such an anointing. Some say that
God has poured out a special anointing in these last times, but that simply
It is not true. The Word says that He sent His gift on the day of Pentecost. His gift is
Here. Obviously, the Church of the first century was more dynamic and overflowing with life, not
because God was more powerful, but because the believers who formed the Church operated
more effectively.

According to what is recounted in the Book of Acts and in the Ecclesiastical Epistles, the Church of
First, the Body of Christ developed a pattern for growth in its different
localities.

Each person was responsible for testifying boldly about the Word of God.
When a person accepted Jesus as their Lord, the 'older' Christians continued
nurturing and shepherding the new Christian until he was sufficiently
established to stand firm and walk by itself according to the given Word.

Small supervised meetings, called 'churches', were held in homes.

particulars, each with an elderly chief or shepherd who supervised the household units.

Apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers faithfully visited each group, to
each church, and they maintained written communication with them.

4. Christians should not be diverted from their path by material goods: for what
they sold their unnecessary possessions to support the work of the ministry.

The Church of the beginning was born in the midst of a society that was so indoctrinated and
hardened like any other society in any other time. The Romans had the
government control and paganism reigned unchecked. However, the Church
First century Christianity turned the world upside down -- which means it set it right.
They had the potential spiritual ability that became kinetic in a wonderful form.
and dynamic. Within a generation, the believers of the principle changed the course.
spiritual events of that part of the world. We do not know how many Christians during the
In the first century, they truly walked according to the Word of God and testified to the world.
known, but we know that according to Acts 19:10 in two years and three
...everyone... in Asia [what is now known as Asia Minor] Jews and Greeks, heard
the word of the Lord.

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This feat certainly could not have been achieved, and was not achieved, by one man. But
under the ministry and teaching of Paul, the originals, 'about twelve men...,
(families) were inspired and learned to walk according to the Word of God and to share it.
with others. For example, when the area known as Asia heard this wonderful Word of
God, as it spread from Ephesus, each believer tried to win another and nurture them.
until that newly born Christian was strong enough to stand firm and
walk according to the Word of God, operating the manifestations of the spirit. All this is
achieved without modern aids such as radio, television, or printed materials.

John 1:40 contains one of the first accounts of a believer winning over a
friend. It is the story where Andrés first found his brother Pedro and brought him to the Lord.

Just like today, not everyone in the first century believed and were saved when a Christian
He testified to them. When you preach the Word of God and share it with a person or a
group, will discover that the response will be like in Acts 28:24: "And some agreed to the
what was said, but others did not believe.

Of course, among the group of the unbelievers were those who, according to
Acts 17:32, when they heard the Word of God in relation to the resurrection of the
Dead men were mocking, and others said: We will hear you about this again.

The leaders of the Church from the beginning including Peter and the other apostles, were very
bold in the presentation of the Word of God; and because of their daring, a great number
both men and women were added to the Church as we are told in Acts
And those who believed in the Lord increased more, a great number both of men and of
women." However, as the account in Acts 5 says next, the high priest
And the Sadducees laid hands on the apostles and put them in prison. However, so
as soon as the Christians were taken out of there, God said to them: "Go, and stand up in the
temple, proclaim to the people all the words of this life,” so they returned to the temple to
to teach.

Soon the high priest came to the temple and called the Sanhedrin together to bring before
they to the prisoners; but the apostles were not in prison. When the high priest
and the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests (according to Acts 5:24)
they knew what God was doing and how He had brought these men out of prison,
They were disturbed. They did not want this new movement to grow. It took great courage.
on behalf of the apostles to return to the temple and teach the people, knowing in advance
that problems would arise when they spoke the true Word of God. But, from
according to Acts 5:29: "Peter and the apostles answered: We must obey instead and not men."
to obey God rather than men.

After being relentlessly interrogated, the apostles were whipped and intimidated.
that they should not speak in the name of Jesus. However, the apostles persevered, for in
Acts 5:42 says: "And daily in the temple and in every house, they did not cease teaching and
to preach Jesus Christ.

Acts 19:7: "There were about twelve men in all."

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Those from the synagogue could not stand them, just like in many places today, the
true believers in the Word of God are not tolerated in organized churches and
established. This made the second point of this study necessary, namely: small
supervised meetings, called churches, in the homes. I will inform you about the
writings that I have observed, so that you can read exactly what is written
in the Word of God in reference to such meetings.

In Acts 5 we read that the apostles went from house to house speaking to the people about
the Word of God. This is the first account that demonstrates how the apostles declared the
Word at the very beginnings of the Church Era, the era to which you and I
we belong.

Later, in Acts 8:3, we read that before being saved, Paul (whose name in Hebrew
Saul entered house by house, dragging off men and women, and handed them over to the authorities.
"prison." It was necessary to enter the houses to find the Christians since they were their
meeting places.

In Acts 10, there is the first account concerning the house of a Gentile that goes through the
experience of the new birth and of reception in manifestation of power
coming from the Holy Spirit.

Acts 10:2 pious and fearful of God [Cornelius] with all his household...

This meeting, also in a house, was a characteristic of the Church in the first century.

Acts 16 recounts when Paul and Silas ministered in a house immediately after.
that God had brought them out of prison. The jailer asked in Acts 16:30:
Gentlemen, what must I do to be saved?

Acts 16:31,32:
They said: Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.

And they spoke to him the word of the Lord and to all who were in his house.

This is a significant scripture verse as it sets the precedent to testify to

whole houses at once. We should not try to win for the Lord just one person in a
house, but we must try to win over the whole family: the father, the mother, and all the children.

Although Eastern culture differs from our culture, at least we can apply
the principles of the Word of God. I am sure that if we can persuade the father and the
the mother, then the younger children can be won over, especially if to the father and to
The mother is taught the accuracy of the Word of God regarding her responsibility.
for with God and for with their families.

Acts 18:8:
Crispus, the leader of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his household; and many of
the Corinthians, hearing, believed and were baptized.

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The head of the household was converted; he was taught the accuracy of the Word of God, and to his
then all the house became part of the house of faith, receiving the faith of the Lord Jesus Christ.

In Acts 21 there is another example of a house as a meeting place.

Acts 21:8:
The next day, as Pablo and those of us who were with him were leaving, we went to Caesarea; and entering
in the house of Philip the evangelist...

Felipe's house had become a meeting place for believers. Also the
the place where Pablo lived in Rome became a meeting place for the dissemination and the
teaching of the Word of God in the early days of the Christian Church.

And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening.

And having appointed a day, many came to him at the inn, to whom he...
he declared and testified to them the kingdom of God from morning until evening,
persuading them about Jesus, both by the law of Moses and by the prophets.

And Pablo remained for two whole years in a rented house, and welcomed everyone who came to
they were coming,

preaching the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ, openly and
without hindrance.

That is the chronicle of the Church of the first century in the Book of Acts, which is the presentation
historical account of the founding and growth of the Christian Church.

Go to Romans 16:3 and 5: Paul wrote to the Romans telling them: "Greet Priscilla
and to Aquila... Greet also the church [the local Christian group] in their house...” 1 Corinthians
1:11 shows us another example of home meetings.

1 Corinthians 1:11:
For I have been informed about you, my brothers, by those of Chloe, that
there are conflicts among you.

1 Corinthians and Colossians give us other examples of meetings in a house.

1 Corinthians 16:19:
The churches of Asia greet you. Aquila and Priscilla, with the church that is in their house, greet you.
greet you warmly in the Lord.

Colossians 4:15:
Greet the brothers who are in Laodicea, and Nymphas and the church that is in his.
house.

There is a verse in 1 Timothy that must be read very carefully.

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1 Timothy 3:15:
so that if I delay, you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of
Living God, pillar and bulwark of truth.

The homes where the churches gathered were known as houses of God. These
homes were the columns of the Church because these communions were built upon
the foundation of truth.

Philemon, verse 2:
to the beloved sister Apia, and to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church
What is in your house.

Considering that these verses I have shared with you are what the Word says
God regarding the meetings with appropriate supervision of the churches of the first century,
then this must be God's method to win men and women for the
Church and to support them. If you say that times have changed, then to me
I would like to say that the Word of God has not changed. When the churches gathered in the
homes, the small size of the group allowed the participation of each one, while also enabling them
I could pay attention and help in a personal way.

There needs to be leadership in that group or church that meets in a home. The work of
Sir, it cannot be done randomly. I believe we could meet in homes, in groups of
six to possibly 20 people more or less, depending on the capacity of the room.
So we could help believers in each particular area. Nobody would need
travel very far, for the people would hear the wonderful Word of God. Our children could
to meet either in a separate room with an adult teaching them the Word of God or
together with the adults. Hearing the Word of God properly explained and the operation of
The demonstrations would be the greatest thing one could do for them. Remember,
It is the churches, the communion of believers, that interests us; nothing that man has
built will serve.

Regarding the elders or pastors for each group, let us see the example of Paul according to
It is reported in Acts 20. Paul gathers the elders of the church of Ephesus to admonish them.

Acts 20:28,29:
Therefore, take care of yourselves [which is the first requirement of any leader], and for
the whole flock in which the Holy Spirit has made you bishops, to shepherd the
church of the Lord, which he gained by his own blood.

For I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you,
that they will not forgive the flock.

The 'bishop' refers to an elder (not necessarily in age, but elder in experience.
with the Word) which was the ruler, the coordinator, the supervisor in the house, the church.
The elders were the pastors of the local units, sometimes called bishops. This
The supervisor needs to be very, very attentive to what happens in the house where the meeting takes place.
the church, the communion of believers.
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Acts 20:30:
And from among yourselves men will rise up speaking perverse things to
to drag the disciples behind him.

In other words, Satan would deceive some of the supervisors themselves. There would be
divisions in the churches that are held in homes because people were full of
pride and wanted to lead the disciples after themselves and not after the Word of God. For
therefore, strong and precise leadership was essential.

And this leadership was not determined by chance. The supervisor was chosen by a man of God.
who was guided by the Holy Spirit.

Titus 1:5:
For this reason, I left you in Crete, to correct what was deficient and to establish
elders in every city, as I commanded you.

In 1 Peter, the elders are told how they should behave.

1 Peter 5:2
Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint,
voluntarily; not for dishonest gain, but with a willing spirit,

not as having dominion over those entrusted to you, but being examples
of the grey.

Now, regarding the visits made by the apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors
and teachers, the Book of Acts constantly recounts the times when Paul began
believer communions in various places and then returned to visit them. We also see
other men --Timothy, Titus, Silas, and others-- visiting churches, communions of
believers. By studying the missionary journeys we can see that Derbe, Caesarea, Antioch of
Pisidia, Tarso, Iconio, Pessino, Éfeso, Troas, Neápolis, Filipo, Anfípolis, Apolonia,
Thessalonica, Berea, Athens, and Corinth were among the places that were visited again.

In Acts 20 we have the account of when Paul returned to visit the Ephesians and sent to
call the elders of the church to meet in Miletus. The reason why there was
elders (plural) in the church is that there were many houses where people gathered and
Each house was supervised by an elder. In the following verse, Paul is addressing
to the elders in Ephesus.

Acts 20:20:
and how I have shunned announcing and showing you anything that was useful, publicly [that
yes, in group meetings in spacious houses and throughout the houses.

The Apostle Paul not only went from house to house teaching the wonderful Word of God,
but he also wrote letters to the dispersed churches, to the communion meetings
locales, which formed the Church, the Body. Then these letters were read in the different
homes where Christians gathered. This is how the early Church received
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instruction and growth. We can realize that 1 and 2 Timothy specify the
complete procedure and behavior for leaders in relation to the Church. We must
read these letters carefully because in them we find the truth we need
to know how to manifest accurately the greatness of the Word of God.

The fourth point that explains the dynamism of the early Church was that Christians
They gave all the material goods they did not need to promote the Christian ministry.
But before examining this specific point, let's look at the background in Acts 4 to
see the other growth elements that developed before Christians
they will renounce excessive material possessions.

According to Acts 4, Peter and John had just ministered healing to a man of
more than forty years of age, a work for which they were imprisoned and intimated that neither
At least they would speak or teach in the name of Jesus.

However, barely free from jail, Peter and John began to preach again.

Acts 4:29:
And now, Lord, look at their threats [from the leaders of the synagogue], and grant to your
servants who speak your word with all boldness.

Isn't that a wonderful prayer? This is the first account of a prayer for the Church.
from the first century. The apostles had been imprisoned, humiliated, wounded, and threatened
for their teaching and for the way they ministered healing. However, when Peter
and Juan returned with the group of believers--instead of asking for a vacation, instead of
ask for a place where it would be easier to serve--they prayed: "Lord, look at their threats and
grant to your servants that with all boldness they may speak your word." It was the speaking of the Word that
that from the beginning put them in a bind, but only their perseverance would make them
to progress in their mission.

The Church of the beginning always preached the Word of God and nothing but the Word of
God--not personal opinions. They spoke only the Word with boldness; and often,
when they spoke the Word, they got into trouble; the question now is: are we
teaching the Word?

It may be that when we truly present the Word of God and walk in the light of the
Word of God, let us receive persecution here and there. But this should not
to dissuade us. We should simply say: 'Well, if Satan is trying so hard
to obstruct our efforts, it must be that we are doing something worthwhile. If
our goals would have no value, surely Satan would not bother to
to interfere. He fights because we are giving him battle.

Acts 4:18 and calling them, they commanded them not to speak at all or teach in the name of
Jesus.

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Notice that the disciples prayed: '... grant your servants... ' These men were sons of
God in His celestial relationship; but in their earthly responsibilities, they were there to
to serve God, and therefore they were called servants.

Acts 4:31,32
When they had prayed, the place where they were assembled shook; and all were
filled with the Holy Spirit, and spoke boldly the Word of God.

And the multitude [The text is 'each one of them'] of those who had believed was of a
heart and soul; and neither claimed to own anything that they possessed, but rather
They had everything in common.

Imagine this in the early Church! All the people reborn of the Spirit of
God and filled with the power of the Holy Spirit were of one heart and one soul. They had the
Word and they agreed on the Word. This is what gave power to the Church of
principle.

By studying 'they had all things in common' we see that according to the critical texts
Greeks, the word used for 'common' in verse 32 means: 'in order that in their
beliefs and their actions were commonly united." None of the things--the
pluralities--that a person possessed were really their own. The plurality of what
possession was common in terms of need.

When the early Church began to move, the plurality of each member was
common among them. If a member had a need, the plurality was used to provide
what was needed.

Acts 4:33-35:
And with great power the apostles gave witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and
abundant grace [divine favor] was upon all of them.

So there was no needy person among them; for all who owned
heredities [plural] or houses [plural], they were sold, and they brought the price of what was sold,

and they laid it at the apostles' feet; and it was distributed to each according to their need.

Notice that the last word in Acts 4:35 is not 'greed', but 'need'. There was
people in the Church who had more than they needed in terms of food, clothing
and housing. Therefore, they sold their pluralities—those that they did not need—for
help someone else in the Church who had a need. Let's suppose that in the Church
there was a young couple who were devoted to the Lord, who loved the Word of
God and they wanted to start cultivating a piece of land; they had a need. The Church
had to help the couple to start.

Carefully note the words 'all those who possessed' in verse 34. What
What did these people who owned inheritances and houses do when they were reborn?
They sold their pluralities. They sold what they did not need. Plurality is
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greed is not necessity. If we want the Church to advance under the anointing of power
of the Holy Spirit as the Church advanced from the beginning, we must be obedient to the
Word of God and overcome, defeat our greed. Excess weight burdens us, and the
Christians should not get stuck on the things of this world.

God never asked a man, anywhere in the Bible, to sell or get rid of
of what he needed for his subsistence. They sold what they didn't need,
their pluralities, and the money was brought to the apostles who distributed it accordingly
to the needs of each believer in particular. The needs of a person can be
more than those of another. Each one must determine within themselves their need, according to
to the renewal of your own mind once you have been reborn.

You may ask: "Well, who do we trust the collected possessions to?"
Who did the Church of the beginning trust? To the apostles. If you as a Christian do not
trust that the person or group or organization will use your donation appropriately,
You should give it to someone else, to something or someone you trust will use it as it
It is supposed to be used. The apostles distributed the goods.

Acts 4:36,37:
Then Joseph, whom the apostles called Barnabas (that
translated is, Son of consolation), Levite, native of Cyprus,

Since he had a property [singular], he sold it and brought the price and laid it at the feet of the
apostles.

We have just read that the first Christians only sold their properties. However,
Here is a man who sold his land, a unique asset. Why? Because he was a Levite.
According to the Old Testament, a Levite could not own any property.

This Joseph, whose surname was Barnabas, of Cyprus, understanding and believing what was taught,
was converted and made safe. Therefore, he sold his only property (which he should never have done
having possessed) and brought the money and deposited it at the feet of the apostles.

Thus, we have in a few words an idea of how the Church of the first century operated and
prospered to the point that many were won for the Lord Jesus Christ and manifested their
power. Again and again we see these principles:

Each person was responsible for testifying boldly about the Word of
God and then support those new born-again Christians until they could
to walk and at the same time testify by themselves.

2. The Church prospered when small groups (churches, communion meetings) were
they gathered in homes and ministered under the supervision of coordinators
capable

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 3. The apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors, and the teachers
they maintained continuous contact with each group through visits and
written communications.

4. Christians contributed to the well-being of the Church and its members by giving
for common needs, contributing the pluralities of their goods
materials.

Upon reading Acts and the Pauline Epistles, we quickly realize the growth.
numeric and the spiritual prosperity of the Church of the first century. Obviously, the Church
of the twentieth century is unmatched in its vitality. Therefore, we have everything to gain if
we follow the example of the early Church. God has not changed. And as still
We have Your power, we can certainly adapt the techniques of the Church from the beginning.
We are the ones who have to apply these principles and this power and the determination of
the apostles to make the Church of the twentieth century stronger and more vital than it has been
never the Christian Church. This is our opportunity and our challenge.

Chapter Thirteen
Why is there division?

In one way or another, in our way of thinking, many of us have incorrectly embraced the
the idea that when God moves, peace and tranquility prevail. This concept was
expressed concisely in a radio broadcast when a minister explained it this way:

We often get confused when it comes to defining a movement of

God. We think that any kind of confusion indicates that the whole matter is of
Satan. Nothing could be further from the truth. When God moves, always
it alters the balance of the status quo. For a period of time it seems to cause chaos
in the methodical lives and churches. The conformists, the satisfied and complacent
they greatly upset themselves. It is quoted that 'God is not a God of confusion,'
peace itself." This is true, but this peace will only be found in the Church. In the
the world, just as in the 'merely professing' church, there is confusion and all
bad work. When God moves, everything carnal, selfish, and the... is altered.
diabolical.

The fourteenth chapter of Acts tells us about a movement of God. It took place in Iconium.
and the evangelists were Paul and Barnabas. What happened was not just an isolated case; such
events seemed to have been the norm wherever Paul and Barnabas preached. At
arriving at Iconium from Antioch in Pisidia, they witnessed the same kind of confusion that
it had happened in other places.

Acts 14:1:
It happened in Iconium that they entered together into the synagogue of the Jews, and spoke of such
so that a great multitude of Jews believed, and also of Greeks.

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There were a large number of Jews and Gentiles who turned to God, but not everything was
sweetness and light.

Acts 14:2:
But the Jews who did not believe stirred up and corrupted the minds of the Gentiles.
against the brothers.

Did the attitude of the unbelievers prevent Paul and Barnabas from continuing to minister?
no way.

Acts 14:3
Therefore, they stayed there a long time, speaking boldly, confident in the
Lord, who bore witness to the word of his grace, granting that it be done
through their hands signs and wonders.

How could they stop preaching when God continued to perform great signs and wonders?
under his ministry? But despite these wonders of grace, there were those who did not
they wanted to believe.

Acts 14:4:
And the people of the city were divided: some were with the Jews, and others with the
apostles.

Here there was division and confusion. Not only a home or a church was divided, but a
entire city. The tension did not decrease, but rather worsened.

Acts 14:5:
...the Jews and the Gentiles, along with their rulers, conspired to insult them and
to stone them.

There were disturbances and violence here.

Some will say: "Surely if this were from God, all this would not have happened." Without
embargo that is what happened and what still happens when the truth is taught. The
powers of darkness, although religiously adorned, will fight. Evil always has
to be exposed and destroyed whenever and wherever a awakening happens
spiritual.

It was not the disturbances, but the signs and wonders that accompanied Paul and
Bernabé those who testified to the fact that God had called them and that they in
Indeed, they were carrying out the movement of God. The signs follow those sent by
the Lord. They speak in new tongues. They cast out demons in his name. When
men of God lay their hands on the sick, they rise healed for with
God "there is no change, nor shadow of variation." He responds to the needs
constantly.

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These saints of God, Paul and Barnabas, hardly escaped from Iconium with their lives, but
they continued to Lystra and Derbe. In Lystra, the people wanted to make gods of Paul and Barnabas,
and they could barely restrain the priest of Jupiter from offering them sacrifices. But
Pablo and his companion did not allow any of these activities. They intervened.
among these idolaters and managed to halt the entire procedure. In fact, Paul and Barnabas
they achieved it so successfully that the tide turned against them and in a short time
people attacked and stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city thinking he was
dead.

The number of us who would like to be part of such a movement

it is probably infinitesimal, and yet this was a movement of God. There are many
the experiences of this kind that could be related from both the days of the apostles as
from there on.

The Lollards --reformers organized by Wycliffe in the fourteenth century-- were

instructed to 'go out and preach to the poor in their own language, working in harmony with the
clearly if they were allowed to do it, but against or independently of them if it was to them
hostiles.

Leaders of spiritual movements in the Church have always been ridiculed and
slandered. The element of confusion in the whole situation is that it is the religious people,
those who are profoundly sincere, those who cause division. The world seems
show little initial interest regarding a movement of God and practically do not
pay the least attention. As Acts 7 points out, it is the religious element who
they are the pursuers and those who resist.

Acts 7:51,52:
Stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the
Holy Spirit; as your parents, so also you.

Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who...
they announced in advance the coming of the Just One, of whom you have now been
deliverers and killers.

The Pharisees did not want to accept Jesus as the Christ. The Jews incited the
crowd against Paul and Barnabas. The religious people of the time stoned Stephen.
Division always frustrates Christian efforts.

May God deliver us, the Church, from being contentious and difficult, from slandering
our brothers, for quarreling and fighting, for dividing the Body of Christ because of our lack of
clear understanding. There is too much division outside the Church; our solidarity is
imperative for him to give us strength to move forward despite the opposition. May the Father in the
heaven, for the love of the only Son, bless us with such abundance that we cease to be part
of the problem and become part of the solution. That we as members of the Body
of Christ may we be so filled with love that we are docile to learn and have our
open hearts to His Holy Word. And that we receive from Him and carry that blessing to
everyone we find, so that they see us and know that we are Yours.
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 Fifth Part
Living the Word

The general structure of this book builds knowledge about the Church step by step.
new and dynamic, the Church of the Body. After establishing the difference between the Church
of the Wife and the Church of the Body, we study God's plan for us as
members of the Body of Christ.

God placed in us, His children, His investment of eternal life and the manifestations of
Holy Spirit. We receive all this latent power when we confess that Jesus is Lord in
our lives and we believed that God had raised him from the dead. "The Power Base of
a Christian" showed how to activate that latent power and manifest the presence and power of
God in the world of the senses.

After understanding the personal relationship that God has with each of His children in
In particular, we briefly saw His children acting together as the Church. The church
the dynamics of the principle established certain guidelines for organization and behavior that
we can apply with the calls of our times to achieve effective results
for the Church in the twentieth century.

The culmination of all our knowledge of the Word of God comes with our walk.
day by day as mature Christians. To walk in communion with the power that God gave us,
we need to study and understand the message that God has for His children in this Era of
Thank you. The last part of 'Living the Word' is an enlightening study of several
chapters of some of Paul's epistles. These studies, "The Supreme Calling"
"The Joy and the Crown of the Christian" and "The Response" give us knowledge, exhortation,
correction and all the things necessary to live the lifestyle that God wants you to
live Their children who form the Church of the Body, the new and dynamic Church.

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 Chapter Fourteen
The Supreme Calling

A Study of Philippians 3

In the first verse of Philippians 3, Paul says by revelation: "Furthermore, brothers,

rejoice in the Lord... We rejoice in the Lord; if we rejoice in anything else
what will we be disappointed.

Philippians 3:1:
Finally, brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To me it is not troublesome [annoying]...
to write the same things to you, and for you it is safe [gives certainty, reinforces].

What "same things"? The things I had already told them through their
collaborator Epaphroditus.

Philippians 3:2:
Beware of dogs*, beware of evil workers [those with bad intentions
Beware of the mutilators of the body.

The term 'body mutilators' is very interesting in this particular case as it

refers to the mutilation of physical bodies. Christ was the end of the law, but the believers
attached to legalism continued to teach that whoever believed in Christ had to be
circumcised to be a Christian, just as different things are taught today, perhaps
substituting other legalistic practices.

Verse 3
For we are the circumcision, who serve God in spirit and rejoice in Christ Jesus.
We glory in Christ Jesus, having no confidence in the flesh.

We, who serve God in spirit, are the circumcision.

According to the Greek critical texts and the Aramaic Peshitta text, it is: 'We are the'
circumcision those who worship by the Spirit of God" or "... those who worship
God by way of the spirit.

"Those of us who worship God through the spirit" does not mean that we worship through
Contributions to the collection plate. There is only one way we can worship,
serve God "in spirit", and that is through speaking in tongues. To worship in the
spirit, a person has to have spirit; any other rite is part of the world of the
senses. We cannot worship God through the senses because He "does not dwell in
temples made by human hands.
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"Dogs" is the literary figure hypocatastasis. Its use here means "murmurers".
Acts 17:24 "The God who made the world and all things in it, being Lord of heaven and of the
earth, does not dwell in temples made by human hands.

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As John 4:24 emphatically states, 'God is Spirit; and those who worship Him, must worship in spirit and truth.'
"spirit and in truth is necessary that they worship." To worship him in spirit can only be
through speaking in tongues. If the Word means what it says and says what it means.
to say, then these truths are fabulous. The Word always makes us rejoice and
to rejoice

the last part of Philippians 3:3 says: "and we glory in Christ Jesus, not having
trust in the flesh.” The “flesh” refers to the body and the soul. Those of us who have been reborn
From the Spirit of God, we have a third part—spirit. The spirit must encompass everything.
interest in our being.

We are the circumcision, the chosen ones, who worship by the Spirit.
We can boast in Christ Jesus because there was a moment when we experienced joy
in Christ Jesus. Glorying in Christ Jesus is possible only through the
renewal of the mind and focusing on spiritual matters, trusting in the spiritual
instead of trusting or having confidence in the flesh. We do not let ourselves be guided by what others
senses promote; we remain in the Word and in the revelation of the spirit.

Verse 4
Although I also have reason to trust in the flesh. If anyone thinks he has reason to
what to trust in the flesh, I more:

Verse 5:
circumcised on the eighth day, of the lineage of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, Hebrew of
Hebrews; as for the law, a Pharisee;

Verse 6:
as for zeal, a persecutor of the church; as for righteousness based on the law,
irreproachable.

Verse 7:
But how many things were gain to me, I have counted [declared] as loss.
for the love of Christ.

What things were personal gain for Paul? He just listed seven of them in the
verses five and six.

Verse 8:
And certainly, I consider all things as loss because of the excellence of
knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and I
I consider everything a loss for the sake of Christ.

Pablo valued all his previous academic training and his former social positions.
and religious, as waste compared to the 'knowledge of Christ Jesus, my
Sir... to win Christ.

Verse 9:
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and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through
the faith of Christ, the righteousness that is from God through faith.

If justice could be achieved through personal efforts and good behavior,

Then a person could not boast in Christ. The glory would belong to themselves.
But justice is not achieved through deeds or by keeping the law. Justice is through or
through the faith of Jesus Christ for all who believe in him.*

Verse 10:
to know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the participation of his
sufferings, becoming similar to him in his death.

"To know" means: "to know through personal spiritual experience" which is
possible only for those who are just. "In order to know Him by experience as my
Savior and the inherent power [the dunamis] of his resurrection.

And the participation refers to baptism in Christ Jesus. This means that we were
buried with him, and raised from the dead, to now walk fully in this
new life. Legally, when he died, we died with him; when he was
buried, we were buried with him; when he resurrected, we resurrected with him.
to be with him in "the participation of his sufferings" we were made "similar to him
[as he was] in his death.

In order to know him [by experience as my savior] and the [inherent] power [the dunamis]
of his resurrection, and the participation [of his death, his burial, his resurrection] of his
sufferings, thus we are similar to him as he was in his
death.

Verse 11:
If in some way I might attain to the resurrection of the dead.

The preposition 'a' is the Greek word eis which is always used with the accusative case. In the
mathematics this word eis, "to" from verse 11, is the movement towards an object with the
intention of reaching the object. That is its literal use: "If in any way it were to come towards the
objective with the intention of achieving it.

The translated word 'resurrection' is the Greek word exanastasis which means
"resurrection outward." Here Paul is not interested in the resurrections of the
just and unjust as mentioned in Revelation 20:5 and 13; he is interested in a
resurrection outward. 1 Thessalonians 4:16 and 17 speak of that 'resurrection outward.
... and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive,

Romans 3:22: "The righteousness of God through faith in [of] Jesus Christ, for all who believe in him."
Because there is no difference.
Colossians 2:12 "buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him, through
the faith in the power of God who raised him from the dead.

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those of us who remain will be taken away... Paul did not want to die; he wanted to be
changed through the 'resurrection outward'. This 'resurrection outward' or
exanastasis should be translated literally as "out of among". "If in any way I reached"
towards the coming of the Lord.

Verse 12
Not that I have already attained it [Paul had not yet reached that 'resurrection towards
outside."], nor that it is already perfect; but that I continue on, to see if I can grasp [reach]
that for which I was also apprehended by Christ Jesus.

He was appointed by Christ Jesus to live this life, to carry out the ministry, to
to believe, to know that he was crucified with Jesus, to know that he was raised with him.

Verse 13:
Brothers, I myself do not intend to have already attained it; but one thing I do:
forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what is ahead.

Pablo says that he is forgetting his background: Hebrew of Hebrews, his education at the
feet of Gamaliel, and other reasons worthy of earthly acclaim. Now Paul is
extending to those things that are in front. If we only did this--forgetting about
we would benefit.

Verse 14: I press on toward the goal [the finish line], for the prize of the upward call of
God in Christ Jesus.

In a race, or in an athletics competition, the finish line determines who is the

winner. Pablo says he will proceed to the final line that will culminate in the supreme prize.
call of God in Christ Jesus.

Verse 15:
So, all of us who are perfect, let us feel this same thing; and if you feel something else, this
God will also reveal it to you.

The word 'perfects' means 'the initiated', those who have been brought to
knowledge of the deep secrets of the great mystery, that mystery which was kept
in secret since the foundation of the world and which was made manifest for the first time to the
Apostle Paul as it says in Ephesians 3:3. Here Paul is speaking to those who
They know that mystery, the initiated, those who have progressed in their walk with the Lord.
beyond being neophytes or carnal Christians. 'So, all of us who are perfect
[initiated], let us feel this same thing--let us be resolved to reach the finish line. "And if another
"What do you feel" -- if you have any other goal -- "God will reveal this to you as well"
through continuous exact study and the correct division of the Word or by revelation.

Verse 6:
But in what we have reached, let us all follow the same rule, let us feel a
same thing [with the same minds].

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Verse 17:
Brothers, be imitators of me, and look at those who conduct themselves according to the example.
what you have in us.

Verse 18:
For there are many who walk among you, of whom I told you often, and even [again]
Now I say it crying, that [those who walk like this] are enemies of the cross of Christ.

The brothers in Christ must be examples, not counterfeits. The people in verse 18
they seemed sincere and religious, however the Word says that they were enemies of the cross of
Christ because they were not walking according to the revealed Word, with the same feeling.

Verse 19:
the end of which will be destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is their shame
shame; that they only think of the earthly.

The end of which will be destruction, whose god is the belly." The word "belly" is the
a literary figure called synecdoche, which means that a part or member represents the whole.
all. The enemies of the cross make gods of themselves, "whose glory is their shame;"
that only think about earthly matters." Earthly things are the things of the flesh, the things of
the senses. They obey the things of the senses, trust in the flesh instead of in
the things of the Word of God.

Verse 20:
But our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also await the Savior, the
Lord Jesus Christ.

Do we pray for the Lord to return? No, we only wait for the Savior; we do not.
We can influence his return. Man had nothing to do with the first coming of
Christ, for the Bible says in Galatians 4:4: "But when the fullness of time came,
God sent his only Son... Likewise, when he comes again...
the fulfillment of time, Acts 1:11 reveals that '... This same Jesus, who has been
taken from you to heaven, so he will come back in the same way you have seen him go...” Everything we do is
to wait with great expectations for this 'resurrection outward.' 'We await the Savior,
to [who is the] Lord Jesus Christ.

What then is the teaching that we must build the kingdom of God on the
earth, shall we bring Utopia to this world? The Bible says that the earth will become
progressively worse. The Lord Jesus Christ is the only one who will rescue the world from
confusion that man has created. We must focus all our attention on the
Lord Jesus Christ, waiting for you.

Verse 21:
which will transform our body of humiliation, so that it may be like the
body of his glory, by the power [the ability] with which he can also subdue
to himself all things.

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Our physical bodies carry written upon them the nature of death; that is why
Philippians 3:21 calls them 'humiliation'. Our bodies prone to death will be
facts "similar to the body of his glory." Who will transform our body into one
similar to the body of his glory
"which can also hold all things to itself." When we have a body
similar to the body of his glory, then we will know as we were known.
Meanwhile, we boast and rejoice in him because we have the certainty of his
presence and power within us.

Chapter Fifteen
The Joy and the Crown of the Christian

Study of Philippians 4

Philippians 4:1:
Therefore, my beloved and longed-for brothers, my joy and crown, stand fast in the
Sir, beloved.

The first two words in Philippians 4 indicate that there is something before this statement.
"So" is a conjunction, and in order to understand what "so" concludes,
we have to go back two verses.

Philippians 3:20,21: Our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.

But our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also await the Savior, the
Lord Jesus Christ;

which will transform our humble body to be like the

the body of his glory, by the power with which he can also subject himself
all things.

As Christians, our citizenship is in heaven and we can wait expectantly.

the return of Christ when our bodies will be like his resurrected body and when
Christ will hold all things to himself--so, as a result of this knowledge, we
my beloved and desired brothers, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord,
"beloved." Every man and woman should desire to stand firm in the Lord because of what
Christ has done for them and because he returns.

According to this first verse of Philippians 4, who are the joy and the crown of
Apostle Paul? Those whom he taught the Word of God. Paul told those to whom he
who were saved under his ministry: 'You are my joy and my crown; stand firm'. In
twice calls those he has taught 'beloved'. It is clear that Paul he
he/she has a great affection for these people.

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In 1 Thessalonians, Paul again emphasizes that his brothers in Christ -- those who
they had become brothers through their ministry-- they were their joy and their crown.

1 Tesalonicenses 2:19,20:
For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of which to glory? Are you not it?
you, before our Lord Jesus Christ, at his coming?
You are our glory and joy.

With the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, those whom Paul had taught, those who
they were their hope, their joy, and their crown, they will appear before the Father, "... you are.
before our Lord Jesus Christ, at his coming.

The words 'stand firm' used in Philippians 4:1 in the phrase 'stand firm in'
the Lord, beloved" is the same use as in Philippians 1:27: "... that you are standing firm in a
same spirit, fighting unanimously for the faith [the faith of family]*, of the gospel.

"Stand firm" literally means "remain strong". When we are firm and
together we are strong. If I am strong in the Lord and you are strong in the Lord, together
we will advance. The ministry of the Apostle Paul, as recorded in Acts 19, is a
example of people who stood firm in the Lord and therefore produced fruit.
Acts 19 says that Paul took those strong in faith and discussed the Word of God in
the school of Tyrannus. In two years all of Asia Minor had heard about the Lord Jesus.

It was simply miraculous how the Word of God was spread all over the earth. Without
Notice that in 2 Timothy 1:15 it says that all of Asia abandoned Paul.
Apparently, those who were Paul's 'joy and crown' were not 'firm' for long.
time and its spiritual muscles became flaccid. Those who were the "joy and crown" became
they weakened to such an extent that even before Paul died the greatness of the revelation that
God had already given it and it had been lost. And, for the most part, this knowledge remains.
lost today; very few people know about the mystery of 'Christ in you, the
hope of glory

The Word says that all Asia heard the Word of the Lord Jesus; however, later on,
All of Asia had left Paul. This reminds one of the Lord Jesus Christ who had
multitudes following him because of the signs, the miracles, and the wonders. However,
When the moment approached for him to be crucified, everyone fled and the rabble
(crowd) shouted: "Crucify him! Crucify him!" We will be witnesses to the greatness of the Word
only when we as believers stand firm in the Lord.

Philippians 4:2:
I urge Euodia and Syntyche to be of the same mind in the Lord.
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The "common" faith of Titus 1:4 and the household of faith of Galatians 6:10 make up the faith "of the family" because the
Christianity is a family matter: it is the Father with His family, with His children; God is our Father,
we are Your children.
Colossians 1:27: "to whom God wanted to make known the riches of the glory of this mystery among the
Gentiles; what is Christ in you, the hope of glory.” Paul says: “I implore you two

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that they may have the same mind in the Lord." These two people were in disagreement, they had
a different feeling; therefore, they could not be strong in the Lord. If we are going to be steadfast
In the Lord, we cannot have two opinions regarding the truth. There can be two
opinions regarding the facts, but not regarding the truth. At the moment
that as soon as we begin to have an opinion about the truth we are already wrong. The truth is the
truth; it is 'thus says the Lord'. It doesn't matter what we think. The reason why they have
opinions is that it is not "used well," it is not divided correctly, the Word. If it is divided
correctly the Word of God, then we have the true Word; when it is divided
incorrectly, we have an error. When we incorrectly divide the Word we are
working for Satan. Whenever the Word of God is properly divided,
It means: 'Thus says the Lord'.

Pablo implored Evodia and Syntyche, saying: 'If you want to stand firm in the
Sir, you all have to be of one mind. One cannot be pulling in one direction and...
the other on the other side, and to be firm in the Lord. Philippians 2:2 corroborates the
truth that firmness is achieved by being unanimous: 'make my joy complete, by feeling that
same, having the same love, being in one accord, feeling the same thing." The joy of Paul
It was complete when everyone walked with the same feeling. Having the same feeling is to be
unanimous, to have a unity of purpose.

Philippians 4:3:
I also urge you, true companion, to help these women who have contended
together with me in the gospel, with Clement also and the other collaborators
mine, whose names are in the book of life.

"Companion" in Greek texts is translated as sunzugos. This is the

the only place in the Bible where it is used. Note that women also worked, they
they strived, with Apostle Paul spreading the Gospel. How can people then
to say that women do not have the right to preach, teach, or share the Word?

When the Word says: "whose names are in the book of life", the book of life
it means a living and spiritual record of events that belongs to God. This is not a book
in the literal sense, but rather a literary figure. Our parents did not need a
notebook in which to write our names to know that they belonged to us; nor did
we need a notebook to keep a record of the names and works of our
children. The record is simply living. In the same way, we are in the mind of God.
The Word says that He knew us before the foundation of the world. God knew
who would believe in His son and consequently be part of His family.

Verse 4:
Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I say: Rejoice!

If we know what we have in Christ, then we should rejoice in Him.

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2 Timothy 2:15: "Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed"
to be ashamed, who rightly [correctly divides] the word of truth.

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Verse 5:
Let your gentleness [patience or self-control] be known to all men. The
The Lord is near.

The word 'known' is a very special word. There are five different words in Greek.
to "know"; it is the small differences in meaning that illuminate the accuracy of
the Word. "Known" here is: "to know by having learned or experienced".

"Your kindness should be known to all men" does not fit with the Word. Why has it
Shouldn't our kindness be known to all men? People should not interfere in
our matters. No man should be judged in food, or in drink, or concerning
holidays. No man shall be our judge. When words are understood
Exactly the verse says: 'Learn by experience patience for everyone.'
men.

"The Lord is near" means "the Lord is always near." This statement has no
nothing to do with the second coming. It simply exhorts believers by reminding us
that we have Christ in us. He watches over us, so let us keep that in mind. The
verse 5 says: "Learn by experience patience with all men because
Christ is in us.

Verse 6:
Do not be anxious about anything, but let your requests be made known.
special) before God in every prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving.

Verse 6 begins with the phrase 'Do not be anxious about anything.' These words are not very
clear in the sense that a modern reader could understand. The word 'afanosos'
here means "anxious". Literally the statement means "Do not be filled with
anxiety regarding nothing". We must be diligent when it comes to the Word of God,
but we should not worry or be anxious because Christ is in us.

The key regarding "prayer and supplication" is to be specific about the needs and
personal wishes. Specifically, declare your needs before God with
thanksgiving

Verse 7:
And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard [absolute future]
your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

When we declare our requests with gratitude, the peace of God, which surpasses
All understanding will guard our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. Isn't it
Wonderful is this verse? There are two points highlighted in this verse: one is
salvation and the other is communion. "The peace of God, which surpasses all understanding,
will guard your hearts... "The seat of your spiritual life remains at
care of God because it is seed; this is eternal life. Therefore, since this is
Indeed, we keep our thoughts in Christ Jesus and have a same

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walking according to the Word of God. Paul says: "Then you are my joy, my
crown

Verse 8:
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever
the pure, all that is kind, all that is of good name; if there is any virtue, if something
worthy of praise, think on this.

Think! What we constantly think about, that is what we will manifest.

We never rise above what we think. The Word of God says that our
thoughts must be in Christ Jesus. If our thoughts are in Christ Jesus,
then we think about what is true, honest, just, pure, lovely, and of good report
Name. Thinking well is as easy as thinking poorly, only that the influence of our
society is so negative that we must explicitly strive to stay positive
our thoughts. By our own will, we must determine whether we are going to think
as the Word says we should think or as the world says.

Verse 9:
What you learned and received and heard and saw in me, do this; and [if you do this] the
The God of peace will be with you.

Verse 10:
I greatly rejoiced in the Lord that at last you have revived your concern.
your thinking of me; concerning which you were also eager, but you lacked
the opportunity.

Verse 11:
I don't say it because I am lacking, for I have learned to be content, whatever it may be.
my situation.

Pablo said that he was not complaining about his own needs because he had
learned, whatever their situation, to be self-sufficient, not to 'settle' like
says the Reina Valera Version. Literally the text says: "I have learned that I am
self-sufficient no matter what my situation is." "Christ in you" makes you self
sufficient. According to the Word of God, do you lack anything? The Word says:
you are complete in him. If we are complete, we are complete; nothing can us
may be missing. Therefore, in every situation we are more than conquerors, we are
self-sufficient because we are complete in Him.

Verse 12:
I know how to live humbly, and I know how to have abundance; in everything and in all things I have learned this.
to be full as to be hungry, just as to have abundance as to
to suffer need.

Colossians 2:10: "And you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power."

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Even when Paul had very little, he remained self-sufficient. 'In everything and for everything
I am taught, both to be full and to be hungry, both to have abundance
as to suffer need.

The meaning of 'taught' in the text is: 'to be initiated into the secret', the secret of how
be self-sufficient or adequate whether we have abundance or not--"in the
good or in bad times." Pablo had been "initiated into the secret" of how to live.

Some remain impoverished because they have never been initiated into the secret. If they had
sometimes abundance, they wouldn’t know what to do with it. We could paraphrase the statement.
de Pablo this way: "I have been initiated into the secret. When it comes to having
physical or material needs, I move forward; when I have an abundance of things.
materials, I also move forward. In every situation, I am self-sufficient.

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

Pablo was talking about how to live in abundance, and how to live in scarcity; in
In either of the two situations, we are self-sufficient. Why are we self-sufficient?
For we have strength through Christ who strengthens us.

Many people use this writing in relation to quitting smoking, quitting drinking, or
any other unbeneficial habit. This verse has nothing to do with such things.
It specifically deals with having or not having sufficiency in material things.

Verse 14:
However, you did well to participate with me in my tribulation.

Most people believe that 'tribulation' means 'illness'. The word

"tribulation" is explained in the last word of verse 16: "needs". Paul tells them
He said, 'They did well to share with me in my need.' This verse is
you can understand more easily if we have ever been in the same situation. If we have
I have always had an abundance of material things and we have never suffered from needs, no
we have experienced 'the participation of needs'. Pablo was saying that the
believers in Philippi understood him because at one time they themselves suffered from
needs and at another time they had known abundance.

Verse 15:
And you also know, oh Philippians, that at the beginning of the preaching of
gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church participated with me in the matter of
give and receive, unless you alone;

Verse 16:
For even to Thessalonica you sent once and again [twice] for my needs.

Verse 17:
It is not that I seek gifts, but that I seek fruit that may abound in your account.

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Pablo was not seeking gifts from the Philippians since he was not asking them for things.
materials; but he desired fruit that would abound in their account. Every time these
people participated in the needs of the Apostle Paul, whenever they contributed to
to meet their material needs, God credited good works to their accounts.

Verse 18:
But I have received everything, and I have abundance; I am full, having received from
Epaphroditus, what you sent; a fragrant aroma, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.

The only thing they did was participate in the needs of the Apostle Paul, and Paul
He taught that this was pleasing and acceptable to God, and that it was credited to their accounts.
Their acts of generosity had nothing to do with their salvation; their good
deeds were credited to the account of their progress and rewards.

Verse 19:
My God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ.
Jesus.

You will understand this verse in context: 'God will supply all that you lack.'
it literally refers to material things, not spiritual matters. The Philippians
they had given of their material things to the Apostle Paul, they ministered to his needs.
Pablo is saying: 'Now that you have shared with me, God will supply you.'
everything you need according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
Once again we see the evidence of the law of giving and receiving. This law works with all
accuracy. God will supply all that you lack of material needs 'according to His
riches in glory in Christ Jesus.” Due to His foreknowledge He knows our needs
before we ask him.

Verse 20:
To God our Father be glory [our knowledge of Him] for ever and ever.
centuries. Amen.

Verse 21:
Greet all the saints in Christ Jesus. The brothers who are with me greet you.
they greet.

This verse admonishes us to greet all believers in Christ Jesus.

The word never says that a believer is in Jesus. That would not be accurate because the name of
Jesus is always associated with his humiliation. Whenever people wanted
humiliate him, they called him "Jesus". Even the devilish spirits never called him "Christ" in
the Word; they always said 'Jesus'. The name 'Christ' means 'anointed' or
anointing. In John 1:41 there is the same word, '... Messiah (which is translated, the Christ'
[the promised one, the anointed one]”. According to Acts 2:36: “This Jesus [the humbled]… God has
"made Lord and Christ". According to Acts 10:38, "God anointed with the Holy Spirit and
with power to Jesus of Nazareth." This anointing made Jesus the Christ, the promised anointed one.
(Messiah) to Israel. We are in Christ Jesus and not in Jesus.

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Verse 22:
All the saints greet you, especially those of the household of Caesar.

It is interesting to observe that the Word of God at least touched the high circles of
government in the early days. Here it tells us that the gospel had entered the house
of Caesar.

Verse 23:
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

As Christians we should 'stand firm in the Lord' in our daily walk, for
while we walk we have the joy and peace that exist in the 'same feeling', and we have the
physical and material blessings required for life in abundance now. Yes, we have
in all things all that is sufficient,
situation. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ is with each one of us. Amen.

Chapter Sixteen
The Response Study of 1 John

The Church of Grace was founded on the day of Pentecost, and with its foundation began a
new administration. Juan directed his first epistle to those newborns to the
communion of believers to inform them about their position, their rights and their
responsibilities before God. When the words "from the beginning" are used in the first
verse, does not refer to 'in the beginning' as in Genesis 1:1. 'The beginning' appears
nine times in this epistle; eight times it refers to the beginning of this administration, the
period of the Church of Grace; the ninth time refers to the time of the beginning when it was
found iniquity in the Devil.

1 John 1:1
What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes,
what we have contemplated, and our hands have touched concerning the Word [logos, the
Word of life.

Hearing, seeing, and touching are all part of the realm of the five senses. The natural man
You can know the Word through your five senses--he has no other way.
through which to acquire knowledge.

Verse 2:
(because life was manifested, and we have seen it, and we testify, and we announce it to you)
eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested to us.
Juan is informing people that he is going to unveil his revelation regarding this.
Word of life.

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Verse 3:
what we have seen and heard, we announce to you, so that you also may have
fellowship with us; and our fellowship is truly with the Father, and with His
Son Jesus Christ.

A child cannot have communion in an earthly family until after their

birth. This is also true in God's spiritual family. We have to be
born of God before being able to have communion with God in His family. John is not telling him
writing to the unbelievers, but to those who are children, to those who are reborn
so that they may have communion with God and with other believers.

Verse 4:
We write these things to you so that your joy may be complete.

Joy is also a fruit of the Spirit as mentioned in Galatians 5:22 where it says:
But the fruit of the Spirit is... joy...
A person can find happiness in the material things that surround them; they may...
abundance of things makes you happy. But joy is something internal. Joy is a quality
spiritual. The revelation in 1 John is written so that the reborn believer does not only have
joy in its interior, but also the joy of its renewed mind be fulfilled,
complete.

Verse 5
This is the message we have heard from him, and we announce to you: God is light, and there is no
no darkness in it.

If God is light, then there can be no darkness in Him. Everything negative, bad,
harmful, sinful and that causes death must come from another source, not from the
true God of light.

Verse 6:
If we say we have fellowship with him and walk in darkness, we lie and do not
we practice the truth.

After a person becomes a child in the house of God, they can have communion.
in the family while continuing to use the Word as their guidebook. If as children
we say that we have communion with God and yet we do not follow the rules and
we walk impiously, we lie. When we step outside the precepts, we are outside
of communion, but we are still children in the family. We have to pay attention
clearly in the difference between communion and filiation. "Walking in darkness" not
it affects the relationship between father and son; it breaks the communion.

Verse 7:
but if we walk in the light, as he [God] is in the light, we have fellowship with one another,
and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin.

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Walking in light gives us communion with God. When we are out of communion, we walk
in darkness, which is a sin, for every broken communion is sin. However, when
we confess our broken communion, the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses us, makes us without stain.
"The blood" is a literary figure that refers to the fact that Jesus Christ gave his life. It is
the metalepsis figure that includes synecdoche. The figure of synecdoche makes 'blood'
represents 'spilling of blood' and indicates the death of Jesus Christ and not his life. Then
goes beyond the act of his death, indicating the merits that he achieved for us, the
which he accomplished through his death and therefore are logically associated with it. The
the word "clean" indicates a complete and total washing, leaving no imperfections or
impurity.

Verses 8-10:
If we say we have no sin [broken communion], we deceive ourselves.
the same, and the truth is not within us.

If we confess our sins [broken communion], he [God] is faithful and just to

forgive our sins [broken communion], and cleanse us from all wickedness.

If we say that we have not sinned [broken communion], we make him [God] a liar, and
His word [of God] is not in us [in our minds].

No one can live in communion with God if they live according to any other principle than
Do not stray from the Word of God. When we walk down other paths, we sin, which is
injustice. If we confess our sins to God when we are out of communion, God
He is faithful to His promise to provide legal justice. God is able to absolve us of all
broken communion, sin of which all children are guilty.

My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.
My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin [that you may not break communion]; and
[but] if anyone has sinned [broken communion], we have an advocate [a defense attorney]
we have with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.

And he [Jesus Christ] is the propitiation [the payment] for our sins [broken communion]; and
not only for ours, but also for those of the whole world.

Jesus Christ is the propitiation for our sins, which means that he not only paid for
they but also, when we break communion, brings us back to enjoy the
favor of God. Our confession of sin produces the forgiveness of our broken communion.
God can remit our sin only once and that is at the moment of the
salvation. The remission of sins is for the sinner who is not saved; the forgiveness of sin
it is for the sinner saved who is out of communion with God.

Verse 3:
And in this we know that we know him [God], if we keep his commandments.
commandments [those of God].

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We must prove to ourselves that we know God. The Greek forms for
we know
[present time--for being personally very familiar] that we know him
[present perfect tense--for an initial encounter with God, salvation]... What are
His commandments? To do those things that He has just instructed us about -- to walk in
the light. We must declare the Word after our minds have been illuminated
for her.

Verse 4:
The [man] who says: I know Him [God, for being personally familiar]
who does not keep His commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
the man

If a person is not born again, the truth is not within them spiritually. But if a believer
the reborn says that he knows God intimately and does not observe the commandment to walk in the
light, the truth of the Word is not in that man's mind. The truth remains in the
spiritual being of the believer, but that person has not put the truth in their mind.

Verse5
but whoever keeps His word, truly in this man the love
God has been perfected; for this we know that we are in him [God through
Jesus Christ.

Keeping the Word of God is living according to His will. We are the ones who
we keep His Word, and by keeping it, the love of God is perfected in us. The
love, agape in Greek, is received with spiritual birth. "The agape love of God" is
it is manifested externally when we walk in the light. What makes communion possible
It is perfect to have the spirit of God in us and also to walk in His love.

Verse 6:
The [the man] who says he remains in him [God through Christ Jesus], must
walk as he [Jesus Christ] walked.

Anyone who says they remain or are continuously in the presence of God, has
to have a renewed mind according to the Word and to walk with this renewed mind like
Jesus Christ did it. Because he has free will, the born-again believer can choose to live.
according to this world; but, to be in communion, a believer has to decide to renew
his mind and act according to the Word of God.

Verse7
Brothers, I am not writing you a new command, but an old command that
you have had from the beginning; this old command is the word that you have
heard from the beginning.

However, I write to you a new commandment, that [the total process of word and
work is true in him [God] and in you, because the darkness is passing away, and the
the true light now shines.
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A new precept is now given. All of God's transaction was made genuine and applicable,
and therefore can be, and is, manifested in the world of the senses. The darkness
they belong to the past because God in Christ in us is light. However, others do not.
They can see this light unless we manifest it, show it with our walk.

Verse 9:
He who says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness.

To hate is only possible when someone is born of the seed of the Devil, of the
the same way that agape love is possible only when one is born of the
seed of God. The two Greek words for 'to hate', misos and stugos, just like
all their derivatives must be understood according to their use in context. They can
to mean 'antipathy' or 'antipathy that results in the absolute hatred of the Devil.' This hatred, it
the opposite of agapë, is a spiritual quality that a person receives when born of the
seed of the serpent.

Verse 10, 11:

The [the man] who loves his brother, remains in the light [walking in the mind
renewed according to the Word], and in him [the man] there is no stumbling.

But the one who hates [has antipathy towards] his brother is in darkness and walks in
darkness, and does not know where it is going, because darkness has blinded its eyes.

If we keep our minds renewed according to the Word of God, the love of God will
perfects in our minds, and we give no opportunity to the flesh to
to underestimate or have a dislike for a brother in Christ. He who has a dislike for him or
he despises his brother has not renewed his mind according to the Word of God. Satan tries
constantly dissuading us from walking in the truth of the light and thus makes us walk in
darkness. To remain steadfast in the light, a believer must have knowledge of the
Word of God. Without that knowledge, the believer is uprooted and easily led to
the darkness due to ignorance.

Verse 12
I write to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven for his
name [of God].

A person cannot be a child of God until they are reborn from the seed of God,
The sin of a man, broken communion, is forgiven for the sake of the name of God,
because man is in the family of God. Literally, all sins were
loaded onto Jesus Christ when he made his sacrifice.

Verses 13,14:
I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you
to you, young ones, because you have overcome the evil one [Satan]. I write to you,
little children, because you have known the Father.

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I have written to you, fathers, because you have known him who is [God] from the
I have written to you, young people, because you are strong, and the word of God
remain in you, and you have overcome the evil one [Satan].

The Word of God can only dwell in men after they have been reborn.
and have eternal life. Believers remain in the Word as they renew their minds.
according to that Word. This is the only way to overcome the evil one.

Verse 15:
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the
the love of the Father is not in him.

If the love of the Father is not in a person, that person does not have eternal life. If a man
but truly I love the things of the world (which refers to Satan who governs and is the legal owner
of the world), the love of the Father cannot be in him.

Verse 16:
Because all that is in the world, the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the
The pride of life does not come from the Father, but from the world.

Greed (wanting more than what is needed), possessive desires (the desires of the
eyes") and boastfulness ("vainglory") are qualities of men in whom the
Word.

Verse 17, 18
And the world passes, and its desires; but he who does [practices] the will of God
remains forever.

Little children, it is the last time; and as you have heard that the antichrist comes, so
Now many antichrists have arisen; therefore we know that it is the last time.

Any person born of the serpent is called 'antichrist' because they are in
opposition to Christ.

Verse 19:
They went out from us, but they were not of us, for if they had been of us,
they would have remained with us; but they went out so that it could be made manifest that they were not.
they all belong to us.

The antichrists, those born into the family of the Devil, wanted to separate themselves from
the believers, those born into the family of the true God.

Verses 20-24:
But you have the anointing of the Holy One, and you know all things [because we have
His Written Word.

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I have not written to you as if you were ignorant of the truth, but because you know it, and because
no lie comes from the truth.

Who is the liar, if not the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, the
who denies the Father and the Son.

Anyone who denies the Son does not have the Father either. He who confesses the Son has
also to the Father.

What you have heard from the beginning, remains in you [in your minds]. If
what you have heard from the beginning remains in you [in your minds],
you also will remain [walking] in the Son and in the Father.

If that which we have heard from the beginning, eternal life, is in us

spiritually and we walk in communion through the renewal of our minds,
we will remain in the Father. To renew the mind, three steps are required: (1) to know the
Word of God, (2) To put it in our minds. And (3) To manifest it in actions. The
Salvation gives us filiation; the renewed mind gives us perfect communion with the Father.

Verse25-27
And this is the promise that he [God] made to us, eternal life.

I have written this to you about those who deceive you [make you doubt].

But the anointing [the new birth] that you received from him remains in
you, and you do not need anyone to teach you; just as the anointing
it teaches you all things, and it is true, and it is not a lie, according to it you have
taught, remain in Him [God].

The anointing we have from God is the anointing of the Holy Spirit. It is to receive the fullness of the gift.
coming from the Holy Spirit who is God. We do not need any man to
teach us because we have the Word and the power and the manifestations of the Holy Spirit.

Verse 28:
And now, little children, abide in Him [in God through Christ Jesus], so that ...
when [Christ] manifests, let us have confidence [boldness], so that at his coming
Let us not distance ourselves from him [God] ashamed.

In the return of Christ, we will be judged and rewarded for our walk with God.
If we live with a renewed mind in manifestation and are in communion with God, we do not
We will not be ashamed nor will we feel dishonorable. On the contrary, we will have confidence.

Verse 29:
If you know that He [God] is just, know also that everyone who does justice is born
of him [God].

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"Hacer" is the key word. It means to practice a skill just like a surgeon, or a
professional painter or musician. We must practice in the world of the senses what we have
received in the spirit. We are just because God made us just; but our justice is
manifests to the world as we practice the will of God, and the will of God is
only knows of the Word of God.

1 John 3:1
See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; for
this world does not know us, because it did not know Him [God].

The world will never understand that we are 'children of God'. Salvation is a work.
internal, spiritual, and the natural man cannot understand spiritual matters. The world
he does not know God, for as 1 Corinthians 2:14 explains: '...the natural man does not perceive'
the things that are of the Spirit of God, because they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them,
because spiritual matters must be discerned spiritually.

Verse 2:
Beloved, now we are children of God, and [but] it has not yet been revealed what we have
when he [Christ] is revealed, we will be like him,
because we will see him as he is.

The section that starts with 'and has not yet been manifested' in verse 2, until the end of the
Verse 4 is parenthetical and refers to Christ. Then in verse 5 we return to
theme: God. To be like him (Christ) is to be like he will be in his resurrected body in his
return. When Christ returns, we will be like him because we are joint heirs with
Christ and children of the same Father.

Verse 3:
And everyone who has this hope [the return of Christ] in him purifies himself
same, just as he [Christ] is pure.

We have hope for the second coming of Christ. Therefore, we who ...
we have this hope we must purify ourselves through renewal of the
minds. Personally, we should purify our minds just as our spirits are
pure ones, the gift coming from God.

Verse 4:
Everyone who commits sin also transgresses the law; for sin is transgression.
of the law.

The phrase "infringement of the law" is the Greek word anomia, "without law." One who practices
illegalities, and therefore does not observe the law, is an offender. To comply with the law, the
man must follow the instructions given in Galatians 6:2 where it says: "Bear one another's burdens"
bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

Romans 8:17: "And if children, then heirs; heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed
we suffer together with him, so that we may be glorified together with him.

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Verse 5,6:
And you know that He [God] appeared [in Christ and was shown to the world] to take away
our sins, and there is no sin in him [God].

Everyone who remains in Him [God] does not sin; everyone who sins has not seen Him [God].
God], nor has he known [God, beyond initial knowledge].

Verse 6 is talking about a believer who remains in God (fellowship), not about God.
remaining in the believer (salvation). A believer sins and breaks communion with God,
not in the spiritual life that he received when he was reborn, because that life is perfect and not
One can sin. If one has a perfectly renewed mind, one does not sin and does not break communion.

Verse 7:
Little children, let no one deceive you; he who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous.
Christ in you is just.

No one can do justice until he himself is just. Justice is God's and therefore
so much is included in the gift, spirit. Justice is God in Christ within oneself, what
makes it possible to manifest justice externally.

Verse 8
Whoever practices sin is of the devil; for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. For
This appeared the Son of God, to undo the works of the devil.

Every sin is due to the influence of Satan on the person who commits the sin.
Jesus Christ appeared to undo the power of Satan. In his first coming, he defeated the
the work of the Devil; however, total destruction has yet to manifest when Christ
come back for the second time.

The Son of God has defeated Satan for those who are reborn and have renewed.
the mind according to the Word. If a person does not renew the mind, Satan is not
defeated in that person's life. In such a situation, Satan frustrates this person with
diseases, worries, needs, fears, and other negative satanic influences.

The words "from the beginning" in verse 8 refer to the beginning of evil.
found in Lucifer, the Devil. Observe Ezekiel 28:15: "You were perfect [both Adam and
the Devil] in all your ways from the day you were created, until it was found in you
evil.

Verse 9:
Everyone who is born of God does not practice sin [in the spirit], because the
the seed [Christ] of God remains in him [the man]; and he cannot sin [in that, of it]
what is born, the seed of God, Christ in him], because he is born of God.

Man cannot sin in this seed from which he is reborn. It is a spiritual seed.
perfect.

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Verse 10:
In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: whoever does not do
justice, and he who does not love his brother is not of God.

Notice how marked the difference is between the spiritual seeds. The children follow the
pattern of their respective parents.

Verse 11,12:
For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning: That we love one another.
others.

Not like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him?
Because his works were evil, and his brother's were righteous.

Cain was "of the wicked one"; he was born of the seed of the serpent and manifested hatred and the
evil works of the Devil.

Verse 13,14:
My brothers, do not be surprised if the world hates you.

We know that we have passed from death to life, in that we love the
brothers. He who does not love his brother remains in death.

The word 'brothers' has the connotation of 'saints' as children of God. We know that
we have passed from death to life when our actions are motivated by love
God. Our salvation is manifested to us and to the other saints according to how we love.
with the love of God in our renewed minds. No one has this agape love until
that is reborn from God. The natural man can at most only have philia, love
human.

In the last part of verse 14, the words 'to his brother' do not appear in the most texts.
ancient. "He who does not love" refers to the unsaved man. The unsaved person cannot
love with agape love and remain in darkness.

Verse 15:
Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer; and you know that no murderer
he has eternal life in him.

Some churches have taught that anyone who commits homicide, one that in
reality takes the life of another, it does not have eternal life permanently in it. The Word of God does not
says this. "Anyone who hates [to hate is from the Devil and only the children of
"Diablo can do it] to his brother [in the flesh] is a murderer." The brother is not a victim.
of the homicide but the man who despises, who is born of the seed of the serpent,
is causing his own death. "And you know that no murderer [who causes his own
death because he is born of the seed of the serpent] has eternal permanent life in him.
He cannot have eternal life, he is born of the serpent.

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Verse 16:
In this we have known [understood] love, that he (Jesus Christ) laid down his life for
we; we also must lay down our lives for the brothers [saints].

We must put our lives, we must put our selfish desires in subjection to
our spirit, to help the believers.

Verse 17
But whoever has goods of this world and sees his brother [saint] in need, and
He closes his heart against him, how does the love of God dwell in him?

We have often been taught that we should help the unsaved who are hungry.
This writing tells us that our primary responsibility is toward our brothers in
Christ.

Verses 18-22
My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.
and let's not just talk about love.

And by this we know that we are of the truth, and we shall assure our hearts
before Him [God];

Well, if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and He knows.
all things.

Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence in God;

and whatever we ask, we will receive from Him [God], because we keep [in
our minds] His commandments [of God], and we do [in our actions] the
things that are pleasing in His sight [God].

If our heart condemns us, we are out of communion with God. We have sinned for
do not walk in the renewed mind. When we are out of communion, we do not have confidence.
for with God, and we cannot have answers to our prayers.

Verse 23:
And this is his commandment [from God]: That we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ,
and let us love one another as He has commanded us [God in Christ Jesus].

We can bet everything on the goodness that God has provided for us if
we practice His will. Here we have a commandment, not a request: that we believe in
the name of His Son, Jesus Christ. Jesus, the firstborn, and we, His brothers, have
to manifest the love of the Father within His family.

Galatians 6:10: "So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those of the household of faith."
family of faith.

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Verse 24:
And he who keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. And in this
we know that he [God] remains in us, by the Spirit that he has given us.

The person who keeps the commandments not only has affiliation but also communion.
We can know that God dwells in us in Christ by manifesting the spirit that
He has given us.

1 Juan 4:1-3:
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits whether they are of God; for
many false prophets have gone out into the world.

In this, know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has
come in flesh, is of God;

and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God; and this
it is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming, and now it is already here
in the world.

We should not believe every supernatural manifestation, but we must test the spirits.
test to see if they are of the true God. To do this, we need to operate the
manifestation of discernment of spirits. The spirit of a false prophet will not be able to
to confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh. This is the antichrist but not the antichrist himself.

Verse 4:
Little children, you are of God, and you have overcome them; because greater is [God in Christ]
that is in you, than [the Devil and his devilish spirits] that is in the world.

God in Christ in us, the Holy Spirit, is greater than the spirits of the Devil in him.
world. When we believers start to exercise our legal rights of
affiliation using the name of Jesus Christ, we will truly live with power and
We will overcome the forces of Satan in our lives.

Verses 5-12:
They [the antichrists] are of the world; therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them.

We are from God; whoever knows God hears us; whoever is not from God does not hear us.
Hey. In this we know the spirit of truth [God] and the spirit of error [a spirit
diabolical.

Beloved, let us love one another; for love is of God. Everyone who loves is
born of God, and knows God.

He who does not love has not known God; for God is love.

In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God sent His Son
only begotten into the world, so that we may live through him.

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This is what love is: not that we have loved God, but that he has loved us.
He loved us and sent His Son as a propitiation [payment] for our sins.

Beloved, if God has loved us like this, we must also love one another.
[with a renewed mind].

No one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God remains in us,
and his love has been perfected in us.

No man has ever seen God, for God is Spirit. The love of God is
we perfect our walk as we renew our mind.

Verses 13-15:
In this we know that we abide in Him [God], and He in us, in that He has given us
given of His Spirit [His gift, holy spirit].

And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son, the Savior of
world.

Everyone who confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God.
God.

When God dwells in a man, he has received a new creation, eternal life.
When a man remains in God, the man is walking in communion in the mind.
renewed.

Verse 16
And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is
love [agape]; and he who abides in love [agape] abides in God, and God in him.

The love of God is perfected in our minds to the extent that we remain in
God, and thus we manifest His Gift to the world.

Verse 17:
In this, love has been perfected in us, so that we may have confidence in it.
day of judgment; for as he [God] is, so are we in this world.

As God is, so are we, those who are reborn and who show love.
So we have confidence and power in critical moments because we have clothed ourselves with
the armor of God.

verse_18_19
In love there is no fear, but perfect love casts out fear; because the
Fear carries punishment within itself. Therefore, he who fears has not been perfected in love.

We love him because he loved us first.

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God loved us first and gave us eternal life, which makes it possible for us to love.
[agape]. Now we must renew our minds according to the Spirit, God, and walk before
He is in love.

Verse 20,21:
If someone says: I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar. For he who does not
But if someone does not love their brother whom they have seen, how can they love God whom they have not seen?

And we have this commandment from him: Whoever loves God, loves also his.
brother.

"Abhor" as used in this writing means "not to love." The test for ourselves.
And for others, that we love God is to manifest God's love to the saints.

1 John 5:1
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God; and everyone who loves the
He who is begotten of [God] also loves the one who has been begotten [Christ and the brothers]
for him.

Everyone who loves God with a renewed mind loves their brothers because it is impossible.
to have the love of God in the renewed mind without loving the brethren. Both Christ and
We have been begotten by God. Christ is our brother and along with him all.
we are children of God.

Verse 2:
In this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and
we keep your commandments.

We keep His commandments through the renewal of our minds according to His.
Word. As we walk in this light, we prove to ourselves that we are the children of
God.

Verse 3,4:
Well, this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments [of God]; and His
commandments are not burdensome.

Because everything that is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has
defeated by the world [Satan], our faith.

Throughout this epistle, the word "world" refers to Satan. The world includes everything
the kingdom of Satan and the things that are in it. We have the ability given by God to overcome
all oppression because "greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world."
Our victory comes with: 1) Our belief in the Word of God. And 2) Renewing our
minds according to her.

Verse 5:
Who is it that overcomes the world, except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

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Jesus overcame the world, and that same power belongs to us as we minister and operate the.
manifestations of the spirit.

Verse 6-8
This is Jesus Christ, who came by water and blood; not by water only, but
through water and blood. And the Spirit is the one who bears witness [with our spirit, the
inner man]; because the Spirit is the truth.

For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Spirit.
Holy; and these three are one.

And three are the ones who bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these
three agree.

According to verse 6, Jesus Christ came by water and blood. We know that Jesus was
conceived in Mary by the Holy Spirit. At the moment of Jesus' birth, the bag
the amniotic sac surrounding the fetus was broken and thus it came out of the water. It also spills
blood when the mother gives birth. Therefore Jesus, like all of us, 'came
through water and blood.

By my natural birth, I also came from water and blood. But the spirit within me,
that came at the moment of my spiritual birth, indicates that I am no longer just a
natural man for we have eternal life which is spirit. These three -- water, blood and
spirit-- bear witness to the same God who was testified when Jesus was born.

Verse 9-12:
If we receive the testimony of men [regarding our birth of blood and
water], greater is the testimony of God; for this is the testimony with which God has
testified about his Son.

Whoever believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself; whoever does not believe God, makes him a liar.
has made [God] a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given
about His Son.

And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life; and this life is in His Son.

He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.

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John 14:12: "Truly, truly, I say to you: He who believes in me, the works that I do, he will do also; and even
greater things will he do, because I go to the Father.
According to the Greek critical text, the following words were added for the first time in the verses.
7 and 8 in the sixteenth century: '...in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. And three
those who bear witness on earth...

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When we believed in the Son of God, we received the testimony of eternal life.
within us. "He who has the Son has life," according to the text. We do not earn
this life that God has given us; we do not beg for it; we cannot steal it, and we do not
We can lose because God gave it to us as a seed.

verse_13_14
I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that
that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may believe in the name of the Son of God.

And this is the confidence we have in him, that if we ask anything according to his
will, he hears us.

However, with that same logic, if we ask for anything that is not the will of
God, we will receive nothing. We need to know His will to know what to ask for.
appropriate and legitimate way.

Verse 15:
And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have
the requests that we may have made

We have what we asked for before having it in manifestation. This is great. Why
What? The Bible is the Word of God, and the Word of God is the will of God. Therefore,
So, if we know the Word of God, we know the will of God. If the Word says:
Now pray for the sick, so we know that we must pray for the sick; we are
doing the will of God. We no longer need to use the unfortunate phrase 'God willing'.
Only someone who does not know or is ignorant of the Word of God will say, 'If God
quiere". El hombre que conoce la Palabra de Dios sabe lo que Dios quiere.

Verse 16:
If anyone sees his brother committing a sin that is not unto death, he will ask, and God will
will give life; this is for those who commit sin that is not unto death. There is sin of
death, for which I am not saying that it should be requested.

The 'sin unto death' is the unforgivable sin.* If a man commits this sin, the
The prayer will be of no use to him because that man is born of the seed of the serpent.
However, if a brother in the flesh has not committed the unforgivable sin, God will
will give that brother eternal life if we ask for it. The word 'brother' in verse 16 is
specifically refers to a biological brother. We can pray for the salvation of a
family member who wants to hear and believe in God's promise. Pray for eternal life for
a relative, brother or sister, who has not committed the unforgivable sin is a key
What can we apply for the members of our family who are not saved.

Verse 17:
All injustice is sin; but there is sin not leading to death.

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Any thought, spoken word, or action that is not in harmony with the Word of God is
injustice. The injustice of those who are reborn is not of death because God has
promised forgiveness.

Verse 18:
We know that everyone who has been born of God does not practice sin [in the spirit, the
inner man], for He who was begotten by God keeps him, and the wicked one does not.
it is your turn.

If this verse were translated like this: 'We know that what is born of God within the
a believer does not sin
"of God" remains in communion with God through the renewal of his mind. The
A believer with a renewed mind cannot be touched by the evil one. The key is in living.
according to the Word of God. Through positive action we will not give any opportunity to
Satan not to interfere in our lives. As Ephesians 4:27 urges: 'neither give place to the devil.'
devil

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We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

But we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding to
to know the one who is true; and we are in the true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is
the true God, and eternal life.

The whole world is powerless, at the mercy of the wicked, Satan. He is the prince of this
world according to John 14:30 and the god of this world according to 2 Corinthians 4:4. Nevertheless,
We who are reborn have been enlightened because we know God.
true.

Verse 21:
Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.

"Little ones" is a term of affection, like one that a loving and caring teacher would use.
Beware of idols means not seeking help, guidance or
instruction from any other source than our Heavenly Father, who is the living God
and true. We must not allow our minds to be turned away from God and from His
Word. Our victorious living, after receiving our sonship, is related
directly with our remaining in communion by thinking and acting according to the
the will of God, which can only be known through the Word of God.

Wierwille, Victor Paul, The Word’s Way—Vol. III, Studies in Abundant Living (American Christian Press,
New Knoxville, Ohio, USA, 1971), Chapter 4, 'The Unforgivable Sin.'

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 About the Author

Victor Paul Wierwille has spent many years seeking clarification of the Word of
God through men of God spread throughout the continent. Their trajectory
academic after secondary school continued at the College and Seminary "Mission"
House" (Lakeland), where he received his university degrees in Arts and Divinity.
Dr. Wierwille studied at the University of Chicago and at the Theological Seminary.
Princeton, where he received his Master's degree in Practical Theology.
then completed his work to graduate as Doctor of Theology.

For 16 years, Dr. Wierwille served as a pastor in northeastern Ohio. During these
For years, he scrutinized the Word of God to obtain keys for an abundant and victorious life.
Dr. Wierwille visited E. Stanley Jones and studied his 'Ashram' program. Men such
like Glenn Clark, Rufus Mosley, Starr Daily, Albert Cliff, Bishop K.C. Pillai and others,
they were guests of the local congregation of Dr. Wierwille. Karl Barth from Switzerland was their
friend and consultant, and also George M. Lamsa, the Aramaic scholar, as well as other scholars.
Europeans and those from the Far East. With these men, Dr. Wierwille sought understanding.
biblical. In 1953 he began teaching classes on Power for Abundant Living. These
focused sessions are specifically aimed at revealing the Word of God
as the will of God, and answer crucial questions about the Holy Spirit and its
actual availability and effectiveness in the lives of believers. Leading men and
women from all over the world to receive the most abundant life, quickly absorbed
all the available time of Dr. Wierwille, so it became necessary that
will resign from his position as a local pastor. For twenty years, Dr. Wierwille has dedicated
all his energy to teach the accuracy of the Word of God by establishing the Center of
Biblical Research The Way in New Knoxville, Ohio, and its branches through the
United States, just like in India, Australia, Canada, Europe, and South America.

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