The Merging of Two Words

Topic: The Merging of Two Worlds

Greetings Sons of God:

As we continue to advance in this season, we are seeing the merging of two worlds.  This merging has been going on for a very long time but it is becoming more evident from the heavenly perspective than ever before.  We are seeing a merge between the natural and the spiritual and understand this:  The spiritual is having a greater impact on the natural than the natural on the spiritual.  To see this you must have spiritual eyes.  You must see life from the Throne of God. Remember everything that was created come from the eternal.  Our very being and purpose is to be a vessel that bring the Kingdom of God to the earth and manifest His glory in the earth.  But we are the vessels by which the Father is doing it.  In the other side, understand that there are demonic forces that are working to try to stop what God is doing by trying the defile and destroy the sons of God.  They are working from the 2^nd Heaven (Ephesians 6:12) but there is coming a time that they will not be able to work under the cover of invisibility because of the merging of the worlds.  In Revelation 12:9 speaks of the Satan and his angels being cast into the earth.  This merging that is happening is having a tremendous impact on not only the sons but the creation as a whole, including the demonic.   But the Father is doing a mighty work within the sons to prepare them for the days to come.

Malachi 3:2: But who may abide the day of his coming? And who shall stand when he appeareth? For he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fuller’s sope: And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness

The Lord is refining and purifying His sons from their soulish mentality and ways.   The sons are changing from glory to glory and as this is happening the works of darkness are being made manifest and the sons of God are seeing it clearer and clearer.  What it is done in the dark will be manifested by the Light.  We know the Light is Christ and where there is light there can be no darkness.

John 3:20,21: For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.  But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

Ephesians 5:11-13:  And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them, for it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.  But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light. 

Take comfort in the fact that it is the manifestation of the sons that sets the creation free from the bondage of the enemy and there is a restoration to righteous rule that brings justice and judgment and restores the original order to the earth.

Peace, Love and Grace,

Calvin Calhoun, Jr.

Travail of the Sons

Topic: Travail of the Sons

Greetings Sons of God:

Romans 8:19-23:  For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.  For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.  For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.  And not only they, but ourselves also which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the  redemption of our body.

When we talk about travail and many times in Scripture it speaks of travail as it pertains to birthing something.  When we are speaking of the manifestation of sons, we are speaking of an appearing of those sons.  Now let’s use a common natural experience, childbirth.  Every mother can tell you about this better than I can but I will attempt..LOL.  When there is conception a baby is formed in the womb of its mother.  As this baby is growing, maturing and being formed so that it may survive outside of the womb, you cannot physically see what it will look like of be.  Hey, before a lot of this technology you just had to wait to see what the sex of the baby is when the baby came out of the womb.  The labor was intense, the woman was in a lot of pain (travail) and it is not until the baby is born that joy is experienced on one of it’s highest levels in human life.  Now with that said let me show you this:

Isaiah 66:7-9:  Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.  Who hath heard such a thing? Who hath see such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? Or shall a nation be born at once? For as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.  Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? Saith the Lord: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? Saith thy God. 

The Lord is bringing forth, manifesting the sons of God.  The Lord says He will not shut the womb meaning there will be many sons manifested in that day.   But before that birth there is a travail that must happen.   All sons of God will experience travail to birth Christ within us.  Think about the journey so far and how much you have had to give up, let alone the war with your soul over many issues.  This is the travail that we must go through but know our ending is greater than our beginning and especially our current position.  Let me share this next important concept about the travail of sons.

There is no birthing without judgment.  What am I saying?  Once the sons of God are manifested there will be judgment against the wicked who tried to prevent this.  Let me show you this set of Scripture:

Revelation 12:1-5: And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars.  And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads and his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.  And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God and to his throne.     

Now there is a lot here but let’s simplify it.  The woman is giving birth to a man child.  That man child is the mature sons of God.  This is why right now she is travailing in birth and pained to be delivered.  Now we know the red dragon is the devil, Satan.  It says he is waiting to devour the man child once they come forth or are manifested.  But right after the birth of the man child it says the child was caught up unto God and his throne to rule all nations.  So, the manifestation of sons produces righteous rulers.  Now if you keep reading on the devil is judged and casted out of the heavens to the earth and makes war with the sons of God and he and his minions are ultimately judged by the sons of God (1 Corinth 6).   Remember in the Psalms:

Psalm 149:5-9:  Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.  Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in the hand; to execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; to bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;  To execute upon them the judgment written:  this honour have all his saints.  Praise ye the Lord.

But until the manifestation of sons the creation travails, we travail until we come to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ (Ephesians 4:13).

Peace, Love and Grace,

Calvin Calhoun, Jr.

Ministry of the Sons of God

Topic: Ministry of the Sons of God

Greetings Sons of God:

First we know that ministry is serving.  Now when we talk about the ministry of the sons of God so much is put into thinking ministry is a select group of programs under a church umbrella.  Do not get me wrong many of these ministries do well in the community but we are called to go higher in Him.  His thoughts are higher than our thoughts.  So there is a level of ministry that the Lord is bringing us to that not only meet the physical needs but  above all the very spiritual needs of people.  I would like to use the story of Joseph (Genesis 39-41) to explain this wonderful concept because remember many of the old testament testimonies and witnesses are shadows of things to come.

We remember Joseph, sold into slavery by his brothers through jealousy because of the vision from the Lord.  He ends up in Egypt serving under Potipher.  The Lord gives him visions and interpretations to reveal to the prisoners and ultimately to Pharaoh.  The power of God working through Joseph would elevate him to ruler over Egypt and through him the nation, Egypt and nations round-a-bout were saved by the provisions Joseph made with the wisdom of God.  We know this includes his very own family that betrayed him.  This is how the nation ended up in Egypt.  Now this is the shadow and reality.  Joseph is a picture of Christ.  Through His rule the nations were saved and provisions made in the midst of famine and drought.   Because we are in Christ this is our ministry.  Let me lead with this Scripture:

1 Peter 1:10-12: Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glory that should follow.  Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into. 

The manifestation of the sons of God for this time is that we become His channel for the word and authority for this time.  In this time of preparation and maturity we will leave the mentality of hoarding and storing up for physical provisions and be what God desires to become within us.  What does this mean?

We are His life, His bread, His water which He has prepared for those people who are shifting out of this dying age.  We are the vessels He is preparing as provisions for the people who desire to come to Him.  We must come to a realization that those people in the Bible were just like us and things that happened to them were written for our instruction and example:

1 Corinthians 10:11: Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples and they are written for our admonition upon whom the ends of the world are come. 

We are being prepared for such a time as this.  This is not about working for God but manifesting God incarnate through the sons.  This is why our bodies and the entire creation is in travail.  There is a yearning within your spirit to manifest God within you and the creation is groaning for the liberty from the sons of God from this corrupt world.  This why you are going through these trails in these days to burn away the soulish nature,  The Word of the Lord is going to continue to try you until it is made flesh within you.

Psalm 105:19: Until the time His word came: the word of the Lord tried him. 

Work with the Lord and submit your soul to the rule of the flesh so that you may be all that He desires in the earth. 

Peace, Love and Grace,

Calvin Calhoun, Jr.

The Work of the Cross

Topic: The Work of the Cross

Greetings Sons of God:

What is the work of the cross? We know it was at the cross that Jesus died and paid the ultimate sacrifice that none of could and by His sacrifice He has given us a way back to the Father so that we may live out His purposes for our lives, manifest His Will and restore His order to the earth through the administration of His Kingdom.  For many people it ends with that.  Unfortunately it does not end there because we have many Scriptures to tell us about how our path to sonship must go through the cross.  Let begin to show you:

Matthew 16:24-26: Then said Jesus unto His disciples, if any man will come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.  For what is a man profited if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?  Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? 

Now first let’s get the most important part of this and it is that first one must make a decision to follow Christ.  Once you have made the decision the next thing you must do is deny yourself.  Why must we deny ourselves you may ask? Because all this time who you thought you were is not who God sees you to be.  In addition, your very perception of your identity in Christ was blurred and so it is through the work of the cross that clarity is brought to this foggy situation.  Now let me sum up what the work of the cross is and then we will dissect and break it down:

The work of the cross is for us to die to the soul and fleshly nature!

Let’s prove it!   Go back to Matthew 16:24-26!  Jesus says you must deny yourself, pick up your cross and follow him and then He goes into a very teaching.  He says this:  Whosoever will save his life shall lose it and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.  And then he says What does it profit a man to gain the whole world but lose his soul!   Now what is Jesus saying?  Jesus is saying those who will die to who they think they are (soulish identity) they will find their life (Son in the Spirit).  In our soulish nature we will seek to gain the things of this world for our provision, protection and in some cases our “wealth”.  But Jesus says if we live this way then we will lose our soul.  Understand this when we are saved, the Holy Spirit abides with our spirit and fellowships.  Our soul is still trying to rule but when we deny ourselves and learn the excellence over our soul, the soul will be redeemed to its place of blindly following the spirit.  But when we are carnally minded (soulish) the Scriptures say it leads to death (but to be spiritually minded is LIFE AND PEACE (Romans 8:6)!!   So when Jesus says anyone who will give up their life (soul) they will find it (spirit).  Now let’s talk about the importance of the work of the cross and death. 

John 12:23-25:  And Jesus answered them saying, The hour is come that the Son of man should be glorified.  Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.  He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. 

Jesus tells us that when a corn of wheat fall to the ground and die it will bring forth much fruit.  Now did we ever think about that?  If you have ever grown anything, you know that when you plant a seed in the ground the seed will decay and die first before bringing for a plant and ultimately it’s fruit. So are the sons of God.  We must die first and the Spirit (water) will give life to us to bring forth the divine fruit. Now just like in the Scripture in Matthew after speaking of death he speaks of losing life and finding life.  So here are two distinct Scriptures speaking of the necessity of death to bring about life.  Let me give you this other picture:

Romans 6:3-5: Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? 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. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection. 

Even when you decided to give your life to Christ, death was necessary to bring forth life.  When you were baptized by water, this was a symbolic gesture to the heavenly that this person has decided to die to sin.  So the purpose of water baptism is to symbolize death but just as you make that decision, the Spirit of Christ, the Spirit of Son comes into your spirit or gives life to your spirit, resurrected you from the dead that you may now fulfill the eternal purposes that the Father has for your life. This is why 2 Corinthians 5:17 says this:

2 Corinthians 5:17:  Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away (dead); behold (look) all things are become new. 

Now after we are born again we must continue to die as it pertains to submitting the soul to the rule of the spirit.  The rule of the soul is an enemy of God because it does not know the things of God.  Only the spirit of a man can receive the things from the Spirit.  So we must continue to allow the Lord to burn the soulish nature from out of us.  We must work together in unison with the Lord to hasten this process of maturity.  This is why we have Scriptures such as these:

2 Corinthians 4:10-12: Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.  For we which live are always delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.  So then death worketh in us, but life in you.

Psalm 116:15:  Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.

Now as for the Psalm Scripture you may wonder why would the Lord say precious in His sight is the death of his saints.  First a major concept is brought about right here is that the only place that the work of the cross can be done and completed is in His presence.  Death is not just the physical death but moreover when the saints lay down their lives, die to the rule of the soul and flesh, it pleases the Lord because more of Him can be seen through them. 

Know this is a worth call and it requires a personal response.  No one can make you do this and no one, including God will force this upon you.  The walk is for those who have chosen to mature and be all that the Lord has made them to be.  On this walk it may seem to get lonely but know that the Lord is with you and you must take comfort in that very fact, Christ in you the hope of glory.  Now let me share this last Scripture:

Hebrews 10:38,39:  Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.  But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.

Do not draw back to soulish living when you have experienced the power of the Spirit.  When you know better the Lord will hold you accountable when you draw back to soulish living.  The Scripture says he takes no pleasure in one that draws back.   Dying to the soul and flesh nature saves your soul because now everything would be in the original order as the Father designed it:  The spirit leading, the soul blindly following the spirit and the flesh manifesting the will of the Spirit.  We must go through the cross and work in unison with the Lord to hasten our maturity.   When you let your soul rule you slow the maturing process.    

      

Peace, Love and Grace,

Calvin Calhoun, Jr.