~10/17/2025: "Perfection & The Circle of Our Father's Love"


“Perfection” has absolutely nothing to do with performance, or obedience; but everything to do with our being infused by the Spirit of our Father’s love (through the preaching of The Cross of Jesus Christ), and thereby enabled to love… one another, as well as all men and women… with our Father’s very love. Loving our enemies, blessing them that curse us, doing good to them that hate us, and praying for them which despitefully use us, and persecute us; now this is True Perfection… actually being the sons and daughters of our Father, who is in heaven! Where are these things being emphasized today? No, today, everything is become one big talent show, information-competition and political frenzy; attempting to attract and fixate the attention and affection of the feeble-minded, and the pretentious narcissist, upon the open spectacle of some outward show or vain performance in the eyes of conceited men and women, for the purpose of encouraging people to participate as judges, tearing apart one another with their vicious mouths while sitting in the seat of the scornful. If perfection were based upon performance, obedience or “not making any mistakes”; then our Father would be a rewarder of good, and a punisher of evil. If our Father is a rewarder of good, and a punisher of evil; then how do we explain that He makes His sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sends His rain on the just and on the unjust; excluding no one outside of The Circle of His Love, even as He included everyone on His Cross (have we ever noticed a full rainbow, the complete “circle” of it)? How do we explain that the Father never rewards the apparent, “perfect obedience” of the Older Prodigal Son; while at the same time, never punishing the blatant disobedience and indiscretions of the Younger Prodigal Son? And how can we even claim to know, and preach a “God” who is, allegedly, a rewarder of good and a punisher of evil; when Jesus Himself teaches emphatically: "...there is none good but one, that is, God.”  To “be perfect,” even as our Father who is in heaven “is perfect,” is for us to be divinely enabled (through the preaching of The Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ) to exclude no one outside of The Circle of Our Love; just as our Heavenly Father excludes no one outside of The Circle of His Love…


_____________________

~10/16/2025: "Our Grossly Unhealthy, 'Perfection-Obsession'"


We’ve traded in the Presence of God (the inward life) for a vain-glorious performance of men and women (an outward show, or open spectacle); yet true perfection has nothing to do with “performance,” “obedience,” “not making any mistakes” or “missing the mark”. True perfection is the supernatural empowerment, imparted by The Gospel or Pure Grace, to love one another, and all men and women… with our Heavenly Father’s love; as He is only seen in, and by, and through, and because of The Cross of our Jesus Christ, The Lamb. True perfection is the love of our Heavenly Father coming to maturity, completion, fruition, manifestation within our very hearts; both toward one another, and toward all men and women: “That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. [*Ephesians 3: 17-19 (KJV)]” This is a hard pill to swallow for racist, bigoted, prejudiced, “patriotic,” pretentiously narcissistic christians who claim to know, and “believe in” God; but, our Heavenly Father does not respect our country, our flag, our government, our ethnicity or our natural family’s last name. Neither does our Heavenly Father have any respect or regard for the “glory” or “fame” of our own natural name, our education, our religious or denominational affiliation, our ulterior motives, hidden agendas, personal interests and political causes… much less, our “jobs” or “careers” and the money we earn from them and, by which, we have worked so very hard to construct for ourselves such an ingloriously false sense of identity. By the precious blood of Jesus Christ, we have all been made to bleed together into One New Man, in Christ; sitting and resting atop The Mercy Seat or Throne of Grace: “Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, male nor female, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.”


_____________________

~10/15/2025: "Eirene"


Peace (“Eirene”) is a Person, and fruit of His Spirit.  Peace can never be accomplished, or achieved; but discovered… realized… within, as it (He) "already is"!


1 Thessalonians 5: 2, 3 (KJV)
2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

Ephesians 2: 13-18 (KJV)
13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
14 For he is our peace, who hath made both [*Jew, Gentile] one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
17 And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.
18 For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.

Galatians 5: 22, 23 (KJV)
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.


_____________________

~10/14/2025: "Pretentious Substitutes"


Steps, applications: pretentious substitutes for inward communion of Holy Ghost…


Revelation 11: 8a, 9, 11a (KJV)
8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city…
9 And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.
11 And after three days and an half the spirit of life from God entered into them…

2 Corinthians 13: 14 (KJV)
14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.

Exodus 20: 25, 26 (KJV)
25 And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.
26 Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.

Romans 10: 6, 7 (KJV)
6 But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:)
7 Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)


______________________

~10/13/2025: "Unfathomable"


Our attempting to “walk in the word” generates, from within us, unfathomable lusts, pride…


Revelation 11: 8-12 (KJV)
8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
9 And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.
10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.
11 And after three days and an half the spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.
12 And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.

Romans 7: 4-6 (KJV)
4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
5 For when we were in the flesh [*UNDER THE LAW], the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.
6 But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead [*ON THE CROSS] wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.


_______________________

~10/12/2025: "Our True Sabbath"


The True Sabbath is not some “seventh day” of the week; Jesus Himself is our Sabbath, giving us all eternal rest from the Law…


Revelation 14: 13, 14 (KJV)
13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.
14 And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.

Matthew 11: 25-30 (KJV)
25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O (1)Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
26 Even so, (2)Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.
27 All things are delivered unto me of my (3)Father: and no man knoweth (1)the Son, but the (4)Father; neither knoweth any man the (5)Father, save (2)the Son, and he to whomsoever (3)the Son will reveal him [*(5)Fathers + (3)Sons = (8)New Beginning, New Creation!].
28 Come unto me [*Jesus, Our Sabbath, REVEALS THE FATHER!], all ye that labour and are heavy laden [*UNDER THE LAW], and I will give you rest [*FROM BEING UNDER THE LAW].
29 Take my yoke [*Spirit of The Son] upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
30 For my yoke [*MY SPIRIT] is easy, and my burden is light.

Galatians 5: 1-5 (KJV)
1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage [*THE LAW].
2 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
3 For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
5 For we through the Spirit [*CHRIST’S EASY YOKE] wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.


______________________

~10/11/2025: "Our 'Lamb's-Death'"


Our “Lamb’s-Death” recognized, realized; Spirit flows into dead letter…


Revelation 11: 11 (KJV)
11 And after three days and an half the spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.

Colossians 3: 1-4 (KJV)
1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.

Romans 6: 1-4 (KJV)
1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.


____________________

~10/10/2025: "Acknowledgement"


Tithe, “tenth”: reverential act, acknowledging, “Jesus has fulfilled the Law!”…


Genesis 28: 12-14, 20a, 22 (KJV)
12 And he [*Jacob] dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
13 And, behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
14 And thy seed [*Christ] shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south [*on The Cross]: and in thee and in thy seed [*Christ] shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying…
22 And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.

Luke 15: 8, 9 (KJV)
8 Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it?
9 And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost.

Romans 10: 4 (KJV)
4 For Christ is the end [*fulfillment, termination, completion] of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth [*“who is believing”].


_____________________

~10/07/2025: "Eternal Indemnification," by Woody Winchell


"Eternal Indemnification"
by Woody Winchell
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.


Indemnified by the blood
Protected
Assured

Kept pure
No condemnation
Indemnification

Compensation
For illegal actions
Against us

We are exempt
From punishment
Evil can't touch us

Covered by the blood
Our security
Against evil forces

Our liberty
From our adversary
Free indeed

We can't lose
Holy restitution
Is ours

Guaranteed for Life
Payback
No lack

Settled by covenant
We are His
Under His wings

We sing
Resting
In restoration

No accusation
Can stand
Against the Lamb

We stand
Justified
Against lies

Our shield of faith
Keeping us safe
Untouchable

Untroubled
By our weakness
He has us

Absolutely claimed
No more shame
We are chosen

To be His own
By grace alone
We soar

Through heaven's door
To sit with Him
Unto total restoration

Sealed by the blood
No condemnation
In eternal indemnification


______________________

~10/05/2025: "No Vision or Redemptive Revelation"


Where there is no vision, or redemptive revelation, the people “perish”; or they gradually cast off any and all restraint, eventually making themselves completely naked. This describes the “air,” the current atmosphere of today’s “amuse me and entertain me while wearing as little, to no clothing at all”-culture. Ever notice that the root word of “culture” is “cult”? “Perish” should be thought of in regard to perishable food items; which decay and spoil much more rapidly, once past their expiration date. This is the same emphasis found in the famous scripture, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. [*John 3: 16 (KJV)]”

The Life is in God’s Son, Who is The Lamb; hence, The Lamb is The Light of our Father’s true heart, nature. The Lamb is The Vision. The Lamb is The Redemptive Revelation of our Father’s unconditional and all-inclusive love toward, and for, all humanity! To “believe in Him” implies that we have first recaptured (*through our hearing of The Pure Gospel of The Lamb & His Finished Work, and by the Spirit of Grace) The Light of our heavenly Father’s heart; as He is only seen, in… and by… and through… and because of… The Lamb. “Believing” is the effortless by-product or fruit of “seeing,” or a “redemptive revelation”. “Believing” is never, and can never be “applied” or “worked up” as a fear-based reaction to a threat of “eternal punishment”… if we don’t “believe”! This would become nothing more than, simply, another manifestation of our own self-righteousness.

Self-righteousness continues as the current and most epic pandemic, afflicting the human heart. When we lack the vision, the redemptive revelation of Who our heavenly Father truly is, of all that our heavenly Father is actually like; then by default, we will unknowingly go about, attempting to make everyone else around us in our own image and after our own likeness, because we will arrogantly think, “Who else could possibly be ‘more like God’ than I am, than me?” The Lamb, that’s Who!! Without this redemptive revelation, we will all “perish” more and more; gradually casting off any and all restraint, eventually making ourselves completely naked, to entertain and amuse one another behind the guise of “earning our keep,” and to build for ourselves a “greater following” on “social media”… Yeah, because this accurately portrays our Father’s heart in The Lamb; and this is what “grace” is moving us to do? Really? What?


______________________

~10/03/2025: "The Summation"


The reason we hate, despise the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ is because we either remain ignorant of the magnitude of all that God Himself accomplished there, in His love for all men and women; or else, we refuse to acknowledge that, what we actually see hanging there crucified and dead, in all of its gory detail and graphic imagery is the summation of our own righteousness, goodness, morality, integrity, reputation… in conjunction with all of our pride, arrogance and lusts associated with the promotion of our own name, our idolatry of “country” and ethnicity, our false identity derived from natural family, the pretentiousness and narcissism rising from our level of education, our blindness of heart from our religious and denominational affiliations, our self-serving political causes and agendas, and our jobs or “careers” along with the amount of money we earn from them and the value by which we assess ourselves. And let’s not forget our love of money!… These are the things which comprise our “fig-leaf aprons,” and amount to being nothing more than superficial facades by which we justify our separating ourselves from one another, judging and despising one another, hating and murdering one another; all the while, claiming to “know God,” “believe in God,” even “love God”? Do we ever listen unto, hear ourselves... talking?


_____________________

~10/02/2025: "Love's Torment"


Love frustrates… torments… corrupt mind; information, knowledge-competition… isn’t ministry!


Revelation 11: 10, 11 (KJV)
10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.
11 And after three days and an half the spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.

2 Timothy 3: 7-9 (KJV)
7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.
9 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as their's also was.

Ephesians 4: 14-17 (KJV)
14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
16 From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.
17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind…


______________________

~10/01/2025: "The Mark? Heaven's Got Talent?? What???"


Hollywood christianity is waiting for “the rapture” to occur, because they are so miserably depressed, fearful, full of superstition, dead traditions; while our Father is waiting for us all to grow up… in His love; not only toward one another as brethren, but also toward all men and women.

Within The First Thunder of The Book of The Revelation of Jesus Christ, the first church is “Ephesus”; meaning, “to throw at, and hit the mark; not to miss.” They are fallen from Grace, have left their First Love; now completely oblivious unto the truth that the only reason they’ve had any love for God at all (in the first place), was because of the revelation that He first loved them, on The Cross in the Outer Court, hence, “…their first love."

Consequently, they cannot engage in “the first works,” or in loving one another truly and completely, together with all men and women; because the image of the Father they once carried in their hearts is now corrupted, perverted by their rearranging themselves back under the hearing of the Law. The dead letter of scripture will always project into the human heart the false, terrifying, dreadful image of our heavenly Father being some great, fiery, angry pharaoh in heaven; one who demands and rewards only the strictest, most radical obedience, and who punishes every slightest disobedience.

However, “the mark” is not our obedience, or some “grand performance” of ours either, (as this isn’t “Heaven’s Got Talent”!!); but rather, “the mark” is the very love of our heavenly Father, who is disclosed, only in… and by… and through… and because of… The Lamb! “The mark” is this love… filling, overflowing, abiding within, tabernacling in, dwelling in, inhabiting, resting in our own hearts; and this, toward one another as brethren, as well as toward all men and women…

___________________________