Are you Filled with Righteousness?
Isa
6:1 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon
a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
Rev
1:17-18 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his
right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the
last: I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for
evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
Rom
10:9-10 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and
shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead,
thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto
righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Jer 29:13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
Mat 5:6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Luke
11:9-13 And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek,
and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and
to him that knocketh it shall be opened. If a son shall ask bread of
any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a
fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? Or if he shall ask an egg,
will he offer him a scorpion? If ye then, being evil, know how to
give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly
Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
Rom 14:17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
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John 4:17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in
the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
Acts
17:28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also
of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
Eph 2:6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
Luke 6:46 And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
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Cor 12:3 Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by
the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that
Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.
Beloved, I wonder
have you seen the Lord? Salvation is not some easy "believeism" that
some are teaching. Notice we are to believe “unto” (Till it happens).
Also notice we believe unto righteousness. We are to believe with our
heart not just our head. Many are confessing salvation with their
mouths without believing with their hearts.
What is “believe
with our heart”? Glad you asked! When you believe with your heart
nothing can cause you to doubt. You would stake your very life on what
you believe. With heart-felt believing there are not enough devils in
hell to cause you to doubt that Jesus Christ lived and died and was
raised from the dead and lives to make your salvation real and secure. The Word
of God becomes Spirit and life to you.
The evidence that
one has been born again is that old things have passed away and all
things have become new. Has that happened to you? The evidence that you
have been filled with the Holy Spirit is that no longer is the Word of
God just verses written in the Bible. Filled with the Spirit is more
than speaking in unknown tongues and getting excited, although these
will happen. When you are filled the Word of God becomes alive in you
and it becomes the lamp to your feet and the light to your path, if you allow the Holy Spirit to guide you. Before
the verse that says, “all things are new” was just a verse in the
Bible, now it is a living reality!
The Holy Ghost has
taken the things of Jesus and showed them to you. Then He showed you
that as Christ is (not was) so are you in this present world! He is
seated in heavenly places and you are seated with Him. Jesus has
overcome and so have you! You, like Isaiah and John, have seen the Lord
(In Your Spirit) and no longer have a “maybe so” relationship with the Lord. It is a
“know so” relationship. You have been touched by the fire of the Holy
Spirit, like Isaiah, and are ready and able to tell others of this
reality. It is like a fire shut up in your bones and must be told. No
longer are you afraid of death; you are alive and alive forevermore.
“Jesus Christ is Lord” is not just a verse; you know in your heart He
is. You now count it a joy to do His will. Jesus becomes more real to
you than the air you breathe. You are not ashamed to tell it to all who
will listen.
Beloved, when you
are born again and filled with the Holy Spirit these things become a
reality in your life. It may take a while for you to get it fixed in
your mind. Maybe we should listen with our hearts instead of our ears?
This is why we are transformed by the renewing of our mind. (Romans
12:1-2.) No longer is Christianity a set of rules and regulations you
try to live by. It becomes a living relationship with the Lord, you in
Him and Him in you. You delight to do His will. He is Lord of your
life. No longer is prayer a hope-so thing, He is with you always and
within hearing! You are yoked with Him and working together.
Is this
relationship available to all? It most certainly is when you want it
with your whole heart. When you want Him as much as you want air to
breathe, and the necessary food to eat. He is waiting for those who
will hunger and thirst for the Living God and will do so with their
whole heart. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after
righteousness; for they shall be filled! Do you have a hunger and
thirst that can not be satisfied with any thing short of true
righteousness? Do you desire to be filled, not just touched? Are you
ready to seek the Lord till it happens? If so He is more than ready to
fill you! Seek Him with your whole heart.
Lord
God Almighty, I ask you to put a hunger and thirst in all that read
this to be filled with Your Spirit and refuse to be denied till it
happens to them. Help us to get real and be what You desire of us. Help
us to stop playing church and have an ongoing relationship and
fellowship with You. We ask and believe it to happen in the name of
Jesus Christ. Amen.
