Bøger af Rudi Louw

"Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard without eating any of its fruit? Who tends a flock without getting some of the milk?" - 1 Cor. 9:7. Paul is talking about our right in ministry, our enjoyment in ministry. Listen, never become so labor conscious or so reward conscious that you miss out on the enjoyment of that inheritance in Christ that is our portion in ministry. I am telling you, a works and reward consciousness can become such a snare, in both life and ministry, and it has for so many. But Paul said in 1 Timothy 6:5-12, that "Drawing contentment from godliness is great gain." He says, "Fight the good fight of faith; lay hold of eternal life, where unto you are called." You see; eternal life is all about enjoying your relationship with God, as Daddy. It is you and your best friend Jesus enjoying life together. Eternal life is enjoying intimate fellowship with God in the Spirit. But now before you get all worried and think that God is calling you into deep poverty and self-sacrifice in your relationship with Him and for the sake of the ministry, He is not; neither God nor Jesus is calling you into poverty. God calls us to take our eyes off of men and to trust Him instead because He is faithful! He has promised to never leave us nor forsake us, and He has promised to take care of us. He is our Daddy who loves us! Are we not of more value, of more worth to Him than all the birds of the air and the flowers of the fields combined!?

Because of God's heart dream, He has given Himself wholeheartedly and completely to Man in covenant integrity! God did not just give Himself to us in some kind of reluctant religious way or in just some kind of inferior, meaningless, religious philosophy! No. He gave His heart to us: His commitment, in covenant integrity; as if He could not be trusted!He gave Himself to us: His devotion, His care, His whole heart, His everything, in covenant commitment, in covenant integrity! And so in the New Covenant, as opposed to the Old Covenant which was between God and Man, we discover that the second party is now God Himself. He swore by Himself, by His own being, incarnate in a human body!Being our original blueprint and now also one with the human race in the incarnation, this Jesus forever became our inseparable representative. Deity took upon Himself humanity to become our inseparable surety. He became the surety of our eternal union with God! Jesus, through the incarnation and then the resurrection, thus became the security of our oneness with God for all eternity. Isn't that wonderful?! This is book number four in the series: Faith Inspired Ministry. There are 6 books in this series:1. Faith's Vision2. Faith Inspired Obedience3. God's Unfailing Integrity4. Appropriating Truth5. Multiply what you have in God6. Faith's fuel

The thing that is so burning in my heart is: The importance, not just of the individual, here, and there, or even a lot of individuals which come to a knowledge of Christ through evangelism, here, and there; all over the place, and all over the globe, but what is burning in my heart, and what I see as so vitally important in the now, is that the prayer of Christ, there in John 14:20 and in John 17, become utterly fulfilled.He said: "In that day (after my mandate is complete, and my mission is fully accomplished) you will (intimately and fully) know that I am in my Father, and you are in Me, and I am in you." - John 14:20He prayed: "Holy Father ...that they may be one, even as We are one. ...These things I speak in the world, that they may have My joy fulfilled in themselves. ...They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. ...Sanctify them in the truth (sanctify them in their thinking and believing); thy word (fully revealed in Me) is ultimate truth. As thou didst send Me into the world, so also have I sent them into the world. ...Oh, that they may be consecrated in ultimate truth. ...That they may all be one; even as thou, Father, art in Me, and I in Thee, that they also may be one in Us, so that the world may believe ...The glory which thou hast given Me, I have given them, that they may be one even as We are one, I in them, and thou in Me, that they may also become perfectly one (in Us), so that the (entire) world may know that thou hast indeed sent Me, and hast loved them (the entire world - every individual), even as thou hast loved Me. ...Father, I so desire that they also, whom thou hast given Me, may indeed be with Me (continually) where I am, to behold My glory which thou hast given Me, in thy love for Me, before the foundation of the world. ...O Righteous Father ...that the love, (the AGAPE) with which thou hast loved Me, may be in them, and I in them." - John 17:11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26.I really cannot help it, dear reader, my heart is burning within me for you; and it's burning for everyone else on planet earth as well; it is on fire with God's passion, even for the ones coming after us also, to get this; the fullness of it - to SEE what Jesus is saying and what that fullness is all about, which God desires with all His heart, for every single one of us to enjoy!

Today we are living in a time when our mobile devices are very neatly boxed and packaged, and every manufacturer wants to make their mark with a better package and a fully upgraded more beautiful gadget inside. And then you also get included in that package the little booklet; the little, sometimes very complicated, user's manual. That little booklet, page by page, in the language of your choice even, tells you exactly everything you need to know and understand about your new mobile device. What you study in the pages of that little booklet does not however put those features into the device, it's already all there! But one thing it does do is give you an understanding to appreciate that this device can do so much more than just using the little red or green button.You see, for so long we have reduced who we really are in God's design to the mere basics; to mere survival mode in the flesh.But Paul says in Colossians 1:27 that in us God desires to exhibit the priceless treasure of Christ's indwelling. He says every nation will recognize Him then as in a mirror! And then he ends with this statement: The unveiling of Christ in human life completes the human being's every expectation.Oh I just so love that note at the bottom of verse 27 there in the Mirror Paraphrased Translation, ha... ha... ha... he says, Jesus is not hiding in history or in outer space, nor off in the distant future somewhere, neither in the pages of Scripture; He is merely mirrored there to be unveiled within you!

Romans 5:15 says, "But, the free gift, is not like the trespass, for, if (since) many (the many) died, through one man's trespass, much more, have the grace of God, and the free gift, in the grace of that one man, Jesus Christ, abounded for (the same) many." The Goodspeed Translation says, "...the free gift, have, much more powerfully, affected mankind." People, we truly need to see this; we need to get it! I have been dwelling on this, and I tell you, my heart has been getting larger and larger in the understanding of this, and I truly believe that if the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ can see the full revelation of this truth, in fact if our neighbors can see it too, we will all begin to walk in such authority and such dominion that we will put the Devil to flight! Ha... ha... ha... Because we will be taking this nation, and the nations of the world from him, in short order, with such liberating truth in what we speak, and with such real spiritual power and authority, to undo his lies and deception, and his whole dominion, amen!We'll do it, through the truth and love of God, and with the anointing of the Holy Spirit, with such clear understanding of the truth. ...And we would even hardly have to address the Devil, but we will be dealing with him effectively, as we, by the anointing, open people's eyes to the truth; to the truth of their Daddy's love, and to the truth of their true design and identity in Him, and to the truth of the gospel - to the truth of their salvation; to the truth of their redemption, accomplished in Jesus Christ! ...I mean, all we would have to do is, awaken them, to redemption realities, and they themselves will put the Devil to flight in their lives. They will see the truth, and be anointed by the truth; by the Spirit of Truth, and they will no longer yield, to the Devil's lies, and his deception, and he will have nothing left; no ground to stand on! Ha... ha... ha... Hallelujah!

In the gospel God declares that when Jesus died, we died, and when He was revived, we were revived, and when He was raised and elevated out of death to newness of life in heavenly places, seated in the very bosom of the Father, we were raised and elevated also, with Him!Now if this becomes another goal to strive towards, then we might as well go back to the language of the Law, and employ every religious discipline to support us and help us to strive towards that goal.But this reality Paul is referring to is not where we end up hopefully, if we try hard enough to get there, but it is where we begin; where we live from!We don't end up in heavenly places; we are seated there to begin with!And now God in the gospel comes and awakens our awareness to this union, to this oneness.

In church we were taught that we are just sinners saved by grace ...but we were also taught that it was our Christian duty to kill the flesh and try to be like Jesus. This was very confusing to me! I always felt like I was doing window-shopping, but had no money. This book contains enough truth to clear up anyone's confusion! Jesus said: "You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free." I am finally free!

God wants us to enjoy abundant life, through grasping the truth of the gospel. He wants us to enjoy living in the spirit-realm; to enjoy living in that realm of intimacy with Him, that realm of the impossible, where the impossible is not only possible, but reality, so that our lives will give testimony to the glory of the God who is love ...to the very glory of a supernatural God, who is our Daddy, the almighty creator of the universe, who upholds all things by His Word, by His gospel, by the power of His love for us ...so that we would not merely need to rely on and lean upon the plausible words of human excellence and human intelligence. Listen, once we truly grasp what the gospel actually says and what it actually implies, we need not lean upon the cleverness of our arguments ever again. We can lean hard upon the One who shows forth His power, upon the One who answers with power, and demonstrates His love in practical ways, the One who confirms His gospel with signs and wonders and miracles, and manifests Himself mightily in us, and through us, in Spirit and power!

We come from above, in fact, we never left there! God wants His thoughts and your thoughts to engage and connect in throne-room-language, so that the very next moment before you even know it, you find yourself elevated, airborne, mounting up on wings like an eagle! And now I am doing the very things that I was trying to do yesterday in my own strength, and which exhausted me, but this time I am running and not growing weary, I am walking steadfastly and not fainting!You see, the Spirit of God desires to give us access to the life of our design!We come from above, we are not on our way to heavenly places; we are seated there together with Christ to begin with, and now we start living from there, from that place of being united, entwined together with Him.

You see people all around you, the people of this world, are caught up in a season of life, whatever season of life they may be in, but they are caught up and entangled in that season ...and their entire mentality in life is just to earn wages and to spend those wages ...to earn their wage ...but in the end they are merely living from hand to mouth the whole time ...but we who know God's grace in truth, we have discovered our lives ...we have found ourselves ...we have found our lives ...our lives are hidden with Christ in God! And therefore we ...we are possessed by the Spirit of God, by LOVE Himself! Even as I am writing this, I want to tell you, I am overwhelmed right now ...because the word I want to bring you is from God, it is so from the heart of God! So open your heart and receive what God wants to give you in this book. It is His pure word that we speak ...it is a mature word. I am writing in the very presence and sight of God, and what I want to be sharing with you on in this book is: the SUKAY (PSUCHE) nature, the SUKAY life, versus the Zoë nature, the Zoë life ...the nature of God ...the life of God ...the ZOE life of God ...that very life-quality which God wants us to enjoy with Him for all eternity!

Zvakasangana neMunhu pakutanga, paakamuka kuzvisikwa, zvaive kuzara kweratidziro rwerudo RwaMwari ...mutsa waMwari zvakare kuyemurwa! Mwari rudo ...zvakare rudo urwu rwaikwanisa kuva nezororo ...mukusangana ...nemunhu wemhando imwe chete pamwe nemucherechedzo! Mwari vanokwanisa kuwana zororo Ravo chete mumunhu wemufananidzo nemucherechedzo mumwe Saivo ...munhu ane rudo rumwe chete seRwavo ...rudo rwemhando imwe chete neRwavo. Rudo runokwanisa kuwana zororo raro murudo zvakare! Rudo runokwanisa kugutswa nerudo! Rudo runoshuvira mumwe munhu wekuda ...Rudo runoda rudaviro rwemhando imwe chete pamwe nezvaruri zvimwe! Mwari, mukusika Kwavo kwevanhu, vakagadzira munhu wekuti Vaigoverana naye kuenzana! Mukusika Kwavo munhu, Mwari vakada nekugadzira munhu Wavaipa rudo Rwavo! Vakashuvira rudaviro rumwe chete zvakare rwemhando imwe chete mumunhu iyeye, anodanwa kuti munhu! Tarira, Munhu pachake anokwanisa kutenda pamwe nekudavira kurudo RwaMwari padanho rekuvonga. Chishuwo mumunhu chekuva muhukama naMwari chakaberekwa nokusangana kwekutanga nekuona kuyemurwa naMwari mukati mebindu. Kudzokera shure murudo rwekuyemura Rwavanopa ndiko kunopa rudaviro rwakafanira kurudo Rwake! 1 Johani 4:19, "Tinomuda nokuti Ndiye akatanga kutida."

Righteousness is the most misunderstood subject in the Bible, and that confusion, because of inaccurate truth and incorrect assumptions and conclusions, is one of the biggest reasons why so many Christians are still in bondage. I grew up, like countless others, associating righteousness with good works, ...but did you know that not one of your good works could ever make you righteous? In John 14-17 Jesus was not talking about mansions in Heaven, but about Righteousness when He said: "I go to prepare a place for you."

Zvizere, kuziva zvakadzama rudo rwaKristu unova hukoshi unokodzera kuva nawo. Patiri kutaura pamusoro pekuziva rudo rwaKristu zvizere, tirikutaura pamusoro pemutauro wemwoyo, kurudziro izere! Tiri kutaura pamusoro pezivo inodarika nzwisiso. Inova yerimwe danho, danho remweya, rinova danho rekutenda; rinova danho remwoyo. Teerera, pfungwa dzako dzinokwanisa kuneta nokuda kwekuti 1+1=2. Unokwanisa kuva usingafadzwe nokuda kwezivo iyoyo. Mutauro wemwoyo, kumanikwa nekurudziro yemwoyo inova imwe nyaya pachayo, inodarika nzwisiso. Unoona, mwoyo wako unotaura mutauro werudo; mutauro wakadzama zvokuti dzimwe nguva pfungwa hadzigoni kuunzwa. Mweya wako, mwoyo wako, hazvigoni kukwaniswa nekuti, 'Ndinokuda.' Zvinonzwisisa mutauro iyoyo ndokunga kudarika mimwe mitauro yose! Pane mutsauko mukuru pakuziva pamusoro perudo nekuva murudo! Kuva murudo kuri nani! Mwoyo yedu yakagadzirirwa kudavira kuvhangeri. Kuona rudo rwaKristu runodarika nzwisiso ndiwo mabiko emweya yedu. Ndicho chingwa chehupenyu, zvakare mvura dzinorarama; ndipo panoraramira munhu wako wemukati wemwoyo. Paunonzwa pamusoro perudo rwaMwari kwatiri. pane huchapupu ipapo, zvakare ziviso yechokwadi ichocho mukati memweya yedu, mukati memwoyo yedu. Mweya wako wakagadzirirwa chokwadi ichocho. Mweya wako wakagadzirirwa kudariva kurudo iroro. Wakagadzirirwa rudo rwaMwari! Mwari vanoda kukukurudzira zvizere kurudo Rwavo!

I believe it is very vitally important for every single one of us, to grasp these concepts I am about to put forth in this book, because none of the governmental systems of this world, secular or religious, have ever been able to develop a monitory system that does not enslave the best of us to corrupt values. I believe the secrets to true enrichment and true fulfillment I am about to share with you has the potential to elevate you to a new place spiritually as far as your finances are concerned ...a place of such freedom and abundance ...a place where the governmental systems of this world, through their monetary systems have been unable to take you! I truly believe that we can all live unrestricted lives ...we can all enjoy such liberality of heart ...we can have such a release of abundance in our spirit that we would come to the point in our lives of contentment in all things. I am talking about having an abundance for every one of the good works we want to accomplish! I'm talking about experiencing the measure of abundance Jesus Christ talked about when he said: "I have come to give you life ...and that you may have it more abundantly" - John 10:10

The word 'church' does not refer to a building or an organization, but to a people who understand their identity in Christ. In Matthew 16:18, Jesus basically said that, "...you are 'peteros' (speaking of a rock-splinter or a small piece of rock, which comes from a bigger rock 'petra') and upon this 'petra', upon this revelation of who I am and who you are; upon this revelation of My true identity and your true identity revealed, I will build My 'CHURCH', My 'EKKLESIA', My people who know and believe their identity revealed in Me, and the gates of hades, spiritual strongholds of ignorance and blindness, the very forces of darkness itself, will not prevail against them!" When I discover Jesus for who He really is, He shows me who I really am. I am no longer a simion - like a reed, you know, just following and leaning towards whatever direction the wind is blowing. No, He shows me my true identity. He makes me a petros - a rock. Steadfast and immovable, secure in that identity, in that image of me revealed in Him. And now Jesus says that "the gates of hell, the gates of hades; the resistance of the enemy to maintain his ground will not prevail against us!" That means that as we share these things with people, the enemy will not prevail in his efforts to keep them ignorant and deceived concerning their true identity revealed in Jesus!

God invites us to discover the elevation of our co-seatedness with Him. Where? Within. In our innermost being.This Mirror Word School in book form is a celebration of your innermost being, and your union with God, rediscovered, and reignited!Listen; God owes us nothing! Heaven owes you nothing! Because God already lavished every blessing that heaven has upon you! He already fully gifted us with all that it takes to live life to the full! He has given us everything necessary for life and godliness, in the midst of even the greatest contradiction!You have already received in full all you need to be able to live your life boldly, and gladly, in the adventure of what God's faith sees!I pray that as you grasp these mirror realities, these new creation realities, these in Christ realities, that rivers of living water will begin to flood your innermost being, and begin to gush forth and flow out of your inner-person!

All that God labored for, for you, what He accomplished for you, on your behalf, is exactly what He has in mind for you! God does not have in mind, a lesser value, a lesser measure of all that He worked for, for each one of us! He wants to inspire you, not to settle for anything less than "His faith," in your heart and life; than His "abundance!"God is not to blame if there is prevailing evidence in your spirit and in your life, in your testimony, of need and of lack! He says, "I have come that you might have LIFE, and have it more abundantly!" But you see, only within the light of what He accomplished do we find access into that life-quality that Jesus calls, "abundance." That "abundance," is our portion! ...nothing less!We have all witnessed in our own experiences how often we have been robbed of the full weight of the Word ...how often our intimate experience in God was interrupted again, so much so that we began to think, 'Well maybe it was meant to be like this. Maybe that full experience is only meant for the sweet by and by; or for an elect few - but not for me.' But hey no, the only reason why some of us continue to live in a frustrated experience in our faith is simply because we have not yet fully laid a hold of; fully grasped and believed all that He has worked for and accomplished in Christ Jesus!But many of us have now in fact come to a more complete grasping of what God has purposed and accomplished for us in His Son's work on our behalf, and also what He has purposed for us in His gift to us of His Spirit, all meant to sustain our ongoing encounter with Him. Listen, God remains committed to you, because of what He knows to be the eternal truth about you! Even if no one believes that truth as it is revealed in Jesus and in the Gospel, God believes it! I say again, even if every single person on the face of the earth refuse to fully believe the full implications of what God accomplished for them in Christ, in the work of redemption, God remains persuaded about it; He cannot deny Himself!That is exactly why Paul said, even to the Corinthians living lesser lives than what God wanted for them: "I give thanks, always, for you, because of the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus ...so that, in every way, you were enriched in Him ...with all speech and all knowledge ...even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed among you, and within you ...so that, you are not lacking in any spiritual gift, as you wait for the revealing of (...or a better translation would read: ...as you intertwine yourself with the revelation of) our Lord Jesus Christ, who will then also sustain you to the end, guiltless, in the day of (...in the light of; in the revelation truth of) our Lord Jesus Christ!" - 1 Corinthians 1:4-10.You see, the faith of God, whether it is found in God or in us, generates God's energy and His limitless creative ability! It is therefore that very explosive element, that very faith of God, that I desire us to talk about and consider together in this Faith Inspired Ministry Study Course!I want us to measure together, not merely our vision for ourselves and for our ministry, but I want us to measure together God's vision for our lives and for our ministry right here in 2019 and then in 2020 and beyond! Faith without vision would just simply implode and self-destruct, but when faith catches vision, it will simply have to EXPLODE! Sure it will explode; it will have no choice! Ha... ha... ha... I thank God that we no longer need to allow ourselves to be intimidated by anything that the future holds for natural man, because we are not mere men! Hallelujah! We are so much more! I thank God that we have the privilege to discover the vision of ourselves, that ultimate truth about us which God's Word awakens and activates and inspires within us, to fully manifest out of us!

"Therefore strengthen the weak hands, and make strong the feeble knees, Say to those who are fearful hearted, 'Be strong, do not fear! Enlarge the place of your tent, ...stretch out the curtains of your habitations. Do not spare; Lengthen your cords, and strengthen your stakes! For you shall expand to the right and to the left, and your descendants will inherit the nations, and make the desolate cities inhabited. Do not fear for you will no longer be ashamed; nor be disgraced any more, for you will not be put to shame (You will not become weak and fail); For you will forget the shame of your youth (your immaturity), ...and will not remember that reproach anymore..." - Isaiah 35:3 & 4, and Isaiah 54:2-4

...Mankind exists in applause; our whole existence, our whole being is one that hungers for acceptance and positive recognition. We find the meaning for our lives in positive recognition. We cannot exist outside of positive recognition... and yet... we always get disappointed with our own performance, we never become satisfied ...our estimation of the worth and value of our lives remain in flux, and we end up miserable and worn out from our own self efforts... you see, when we do this, I'm measuring, I'm seeking desperately to measure the worth of my life in terms of my performance, in terms of my achievement, in terms of other people's approval of my life... Did you know that even if the whole world would stand on their feet loudly applauding you ...even though you manage to gain the whole world and their approval... their applause would be a mere inconsistent fulfillment in your life, a failing fulfillment, and there would soon appear within you a new hunger, a new motivation, a new drive for yet another experience that would exceed yesterday's triumph... another experience that would exceed all of man's approval! My book: "God's Measure versus Man's Measure," is a continuation of this subject. Make sure to read that one as well: -)

Faith inspired obedience is a different kind of obedience than an obedience which is guilt or reward motivated. You see the Law also motivates obedience. Whether it is societal law in general, the Law of Moses, Islamic Law, or any other religious law or moral code, or merely the strong opinions of your parents or peers that govern and guide you, the point is whatever law of conscience you try to live by, through its promises of punishment and reward the Law also motivates some kind of obedience. But you see, that obedience will limit you to your own effort, to your own ability to obey. Most of the time under that system you will find yourself under the dominion of guilt and condemnation. That is why Paul emphasized in 2 Corinthians 3:6 & 7 that the Law is the ministry of death; not life.Paul said in Romans 1:5 that his mission through his ministry is to bring about the obedience of faith, and in chapter 6:17 he says this: "Thanks be to God that even though we were once slaves of sin, we have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching." What awakened that obedience Paul is referring to; the obedience of faith? The standard of teaching i.e. the degree of insight and revelation into the truth of God's gospel.This is book number two in the series: Faith Inspired Ministry. There are 6 books in this series:1.Faith's Vision2.Faith Inspired Obedience3.God's Unfailing Integrity4.Appropriating Truth5.Multiply what you have in God6.Faith's fuel

People always want to defend their doctrines, and some are even willing to die for what they believe, but there is something way more important than that! There is a life of love to be lived; a Divine nature that needs to be expressed, and exhibited, and put on display! It is called: The fruit of the spirit.You see, in the end it doesn't matter what any of us STRONGLY BELIEVE, only the faith of God matters, and His faith concerning us is inspired by His love; therefore in the end only the love of God matters. - Galatians 5:6.So whether we are right or wrong in what we believe is not the point. Of course God wants us to believe the truth accurately; the truth about who He really is and who we really are to Him. But even the truth has a conclusion: It concludes with LOVE! The point is: WE ARE ALL EQUALLY LOVED! That is the important and final point!You see, it is not just our religious church structures that need reforming, and it's not just our beliefs either, it's our love walk that needs reforming most; actually it's our hearts that need to be totally transformed by His love; that need to go through a metamorphosis, by embracing the truth of the gospel.The gospel concludes with how much we are all included in a language of equal value; it concludes with how much we are ALL loved! We are all equally valued, and we are all loved with a passion! That's the bottom line of the gospel!

True innocence is the only basis for real friendship! This book is a revelation on the quality and depth of friendship, real love, acceptance, and true intimacy we can enjoy in all our relationships, whether it is our relationship with Father God or our relationships with other people, because of what God restored to us all in Jesus Christ.

What is revealed in Redemption will bring about Perfect Praise! Perfect Praise is merely the fruit, and the end result, of an accurate appreciation, and full embrace of, Redemption realities! This new language of Grace in Redemption is finally coming forth through revelation truth, and it is transforming not only our Praise & Worship songs but even our very lives!

God wants our relationship with Him to be a relationship of mutual trust ...where we trust Him, and wherein He can trust us ...and entrust us with His grace! God is looking for faith-full people that He can trust ...not faithless people; faith-empty people! Amen! Ha... ha... ha... Are you holding on to that revelation from God, of Himself and of us, which He Himself has given us in Christ Jesus? Can God trust you with that? Can He entrust you with that knowledge, and know that you will be faithful with it? Are you trust-worthy? Because you see, maintaining your focus in God's revelation of Himself and of you in Christ Jesus is of the utmost importance! It has everything to do with your trust-worthiness ...in relationship with Him ...and in ministering to others! In this book God wants to speak a word of revelation into your spirit that will sustain you in these things ...He wants His revelation of Himself and of us in Christ Jesus to become a treasure to us that we hold on to and refuse to let go of ...He wants us to see it and recognize it and embrace it for what it is; a precious Word straight from His heart ...that will cause us to fall in love with Him and become addicted to His love and His truth! God wants that Word and that revelation of Himself and of us in Christ Jesus to be fully embraced ...so that it might find root in our lives and produce a harvest according to His purpose!

Jesus did not show up here and say, "Hey, you know what, Buddha and Confucius had it right all along, way before I came along - so come on guys, let's just all follow them now!"Ha... ha... ha... No hey listen, Jesus came to declare the absolute truth about God, and therefore by default also, the absolute truth about every human being, not as a new product on the market, you know; if you can't make up your mind which religion suits you, and you are perhaps tired of Islam, or tired of your Buddhist philosophies; then give Jesus a try. No! He came to unveil the integrity of every person's design; every single individual on the face of the earth.Jesus came and tore the veil, and exposed reality, in the incarnation, in His human body; He represented both God and man reconciled in one body! In Jesus God simply came to love us! He came to unveil that there is no separation between God and man; that separation is a lie, a most convenient lie, we have believed and lived!And so, hanging from the cross we nailed Him to, Jesus died humanity's death, and in His clear demonstration of God's love for us brings closure to every lie that we ever believed about ourselves, and about God! Oh yes, He rebooted us again into newness of life, in His triumphant resurrection!

"I give thanks, always, for you, because of the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus ...so that, in every way, you were enriched in Him ...with all speech and all knowledge ...even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed among you, and within you ...so that, you are not lacking in any spiritual gift, as you wait for the revealing of (...or a better translation would read: ...as you intertwine yourself with the revelation of) our Lord Jesus Christ, who will then also sustain you to the end, guiltless, in the day of (...in the light of; in the revelation truth of) our Lord Jesus Christ!"Listen, God remains committed to you, because of what He knows to be the eternal truth about you! Even if no one believes that truth as it is revealed in the Gospel, God believes it! I say again, even if every single person on the face of the earth refuse to believe the implications of what God accomplished for them in Christ, in the work of redemption, God remains persuaded about it, He cannot deny Himself!This is book number three in the series: Faith Inspired Ministry. There are 6 books a part of this series:1. Faith's Vision2. Faith Inspired Obedience3. God's Unfailing Integrity4. Appropriating Truth5. Multiply what you have in God6. Faith's fuel

"For I would have you know brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not Man's gospel, for I did not receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came to me through a revelation of Jesus Christ" - Galatians 1:11 You see God has given us all a ministry, regardless of what we think our ministry is. He has already given us a ministry, and He has defined for us what that ministry is. We are to minister HIS gospel effectively to others. So we want to fully understand, and fully appreciate, and fully appropriate THE gospel that God has given us, and entrusted us with, so that we can fully enjoy its benefits and fully live in the richness of the reality of the gospel of Jesus Christ, and what that gospel implies for us, and to then also be able to effectively communicate THAT gospel to others, in its full implications!

The whole focus of this books is to help the believer understand how to enter into the full benefit of what God has redeemed Man for ...helping us to so comprehend and appreciate and apprehend and accommodate and appropriate everything that God has in mind for Man. We have all witnessed in our own experiences how often we have been robbed of the full weight of the Word ...how often our experience in God was interrupted again, so much so that we began to think, 'Well maybe it was meant to be like this. Maybe that full experience is only meant for the sweet by and by; or for an elect few, but not for me.' But how, in fact, many of us have now come to a grasping of what God has purposed and accomplished in His Son's work on our behalf, and also what He has purposed for us in His gift to us of His Spirit and in the revelation of the truth of the gospel, in order to support and sustain our daily encounter with Him. So, therefore, the focus of this book and the focus of this whole series of books on Faith Inspired ministry are meant to help people to be able to fully appropriate God's Ultimate Truth, as it is revealed in Jesus, in their personal experience of God.As I mentioned, this book is part of the series: Faith Inspired Ministry.There are 6 books a part of this series:1. Faith's Vision.2. Faith Inspired Obedience.3. God's Unfailing Integrity.4. Appropriating Truth.5. Multiply What you Have In God.6. Faith's Fuel.

I praise God that faith can find expression in vision! Because faith without vision would just implode and self-destruct. But I thank God that when faith catches vision it is left with no choice, it will simply have to EXPLODE! Ha... ha... ha...Sure it will explode! That is if we are talking about a kind of faith that is similar to that which God exercises, and especially when we start talking about, and thinking in terms of, the very faith of God Himself! That faith of God, whether it is found in God or in us, generates God's energy and His limitless creative ability! It is therefore that very explosive element, that very faith of God, that I desire us to talk about and consider in this book together!I want us to measure together, not merely our vision for ourselves and for our ministry, but I want us to measure together God's vision for our lives and for our ministry right here in 2014 and then in 2015 and beyond! I thank God that we no longer need to allow ourselves to be intimidated by anything that the future holds for natural man because we are not mere men! Hallelujah! We are so much more! I thank God that we have the privilege to discover the vision of ourselves that God's Word inspires!This is book number one in the series: Faith Inspired Ministry. There are 6 books a part of this series:1.Faith's Vision2.Faith Inspired Obedience3.Unfailing Integrity4.Appropriating Truth5.Multiply what you have in God6.Faith's fuel

We need to have a better understanding of the word "CONFESS" as used in the New Testament. The word "CONFESS" or "confession" in the English language means: To speak openly and freely as a result of a deep conviction of facts. The word: "CONFESS," in the original Greek however, is derived from the word HOMOLOGAO, which means, TO THINK AND SPEAK THE SAME THING; TO BE UNITED IN THOUGHT AND SPEECH WITH GOD HIMSELF. It is a joining of the two words: HOMO and LOGAO (or LOGOS); HOMO - the same, and LOGAO - to speak, or LOGOS - the WORD ...the Word of Christ! ...the Word of His Grace! ...the Word of our Salvation in Christ! ...Redemption realities! ...that TRUTH; REDEMPTION TRUTH ...the THOUGHTS of God ...the OPINION of God ...the CONCLUSION of God ...the FAITH of God; what God has to say about us in Christ Jesus, in His incarnation and His work of redemption! ...what God believes happened on that cross, in that work of redemption ...that is what confession is all about! ...it's a conviction of the heart thing, concerning the success of redemption! ...it's a faith thing from beginning to end!