Blind Spots - Ministry of the Word of God

Topic: Blind Spots – Ministry of the Word of God

Greetings Sons of God:

In our previous message we left of with our principle of how our blind spots are revealed is first by the Light of Men, the Holy Spirit.  Now let’s put some Scripture with this as confirmation.  Always confirm anything with the Word of God, in proper context. 

Isaiah 25:6,7: And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow of wines on the lees well refined. And He will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the veil that is spread over all nations. 

First thing I want you to understand that it references a particular place for us to go where He will destroy the face of the covering casted over the people.  Now we may ask, where is this place?

Isaiah 2:2: And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord’s House shall be established in the top of the mountains and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. 

This prophetic scripture gives us the answer.  We must go to the House of the Lord.  In Scripture it is not talking about a physical edifice but to the family of God.   In addition it says that the Lord will establish it.  Now many of you may say well I am in the Lord’s house as His child.  Ok, but why do so many believers still act carnal and fatherless?  Notice the Scripture also states that ALL nations shall flow unto it.  It makes the reference to the Family of God.  This mountain where the Lord’s house is being established is not a physical mountain but it is the highest place or position in the earth.  Mountains are pictures also of governmental positions.  So the House of God will be established in the highest governmental position in the Earth.  The Kingdom of God is the superior government on earth and the only government that can established the true order ordained by God.  This is why the creation waits for the manifestation of the Sons of God.  Because on our shoulders, we carry the government, the Kingdom of God.   

Now let me share this about the last portion of Isaiah 25.  It says that He will destroy the face and the veil that is covering and spread over all the people.  Clearly a veil or covering is meant to conceal or hide something.  But the Scripture says the Lord will destroy this veil and covering.  So what is this veil or covering?

Isaiah 60:1,2:  Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.  For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee and his glory shall be seen upon thee. 

The veil and the covering is darkness.  Darkness is a picture of not only sin but ignorance.  Ignorance to the Lord of Creation and His ways.  Now notice darkness hides and conceals so your blind spots are dark areas within you that the enemy uses to attack you.  Ignorance (lack of knowledge) is a reason why the people of God are destroyed. But notice when we receive the Light of Christ, the Spirit of God it says the Lord will arise upon us and His glory shall be seen.  Now that sounds great but think about what that means.  That means for the Lord to arise upon thee and glory be seen, darkness must be expelled.  And this is where the ministry of Word comes to play and it is a five-fold ministry.  Five being the number of grace.  Let me show you the five-fold ministry of the Word that reveals blind spots:

Hebrews 4:12: For the Word of God is quick and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword piercing even to the dividing asunder of the soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. 

1.   Quick – Life-Giving

2.   Powerful –Enabling

3.   Piercing – Offending

4.   Dividing Asunder Soul and Spirit (Your will vs. God’s Will)

5.   Discerner

In the next message we will talk about the power of correction in being healed from blind spots.

Peace and Grace,

Calvin Calhoun, Jr.

Blind Spots - Introduction

Topic: Blind Spots - Introduction

             

Greetings Sons of God:

What is a blind spot?  Well many of us can relate to it in the area of transportation where there is a certain area on the outside of the vehicle that you cannot see another vehicle in your mirrors.  Some will even understand it from the area of vision where someone can stand or there is a object in a area around you that you cannot see so we say that you are standing or it is in my blind spot.  Well do you know that we have blind spots in the spirit?  It is urgent that we address these blind spots in the spirit because these are areas of our lives that the enemy desires to use to hinder the work of God and what He has purposed for you.  Let me say it is a blind spot for a reason so you are not aware of it. We will of course put Scripture to this but let us lead with this Scripture and for the sake of time I will simply give the Scripture you must seek and read it for yourself:

Acts 9:1-9 – Saul and the Damascus Road Experience

Here we know Saul is on his way with a legal document to persecute the church but notice that He is stop by Jesus and notice Jesus said “Why are you persecuting me?”  Saul is going to persecute the church but Jesus says you are persecuting me.  This speaks to the Oneness we have with Christ.  We in Him and He in us (John 17).  Now notice Saul was a chosen vessel unto the Lord to preach the gospel to the Gentiles.  So on the road a bright light shines all around him.  So we know he can see the light but after Jesus gave him his directions he was without sight (blind) for three days. Saul received his sight after Ananias laid his hands upon him and Saul was filled with the Holy Spirit.  The Scriptures declare it was like scales falling from his eyes.  Saul was blind to his destiny and purpose until He had an encounter with the living God.  He could not see until the Spirit of God dwelled within him.  So here is Principle #1:

John 1:4:  In Him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness and the darkness comprehended it not.

It is only by the Holy Spirit can your blind spots be revealed. This is the absolute first step to lifting the veil of darkness over those particular areas of your life.  The Spirit of God dwelling in you is the Light of men and notice it says darkness could not comprehend it.  When you light a match in a completely dark room, it is no longer dark. Darkness cannot hide light.  Well you may say, If I am saved then how cold I still have blind spots and I have the Light of Christ dwelling within?  It depend upon which component of you is in control.  Let me show you this quickly and we will continue this in the next message.  

Man is made up of a spirit, soul and flesh.  The soul is our freewill center.  The spirit is where we are one with the Holy Spirit when we receive the Spirit of Christ. The flesh is our housing that allows us to interact with the visible world.  Now depending on which one, the soul or the spirit, you listen to determines how you live your life and even your perception of live and its circumstances.  When you live by your soul you will have many blind spots because you are unable to see spiritually in a spiritual war and that is not good especially with a enemy who is a spirit roaming around seeking who he may devour.  But when you live from the Spirit of God, light is brought to those blind spots and it gives the enemy less ground and places to hide and attack you in your mind.  This is why it is only when Saul is baptized with the Spirit that he receives his sight as well as his destiny and what he was called to do. 

In the next message we will look at the ministry of the Word of God.

Peace, Love and Grace,

Calvin Calhoun, Jr.

Repentance Part 2: Benefits

Topic:  Repentance Part 2: Benefits

Greetings Sons of God:

When we talk about repentance most times we are looking at a change from the wrong mindset or action to the right.  So for most people when they hear repent they immediately think of the bad but there are benefits to repenting.  Yes, benefits, and if we truly repent we will see these benefits.  I will not type the Scriptures out because one of the major problems we have in the Body is we want to be spoon-fed all the information and Jesus said if YOU seek, YOU will find so I want to encourage you to go read these Scriptures and seek out the answers and understanding for yourself:

1.   Repentance reaps Rest (Isaiah 59:12-14; Matthew 11:28-30)

2.   Repentance reaps Forgiveness (James 5:15-16; 1 John 1:9, 10)

3.   Repentance reaps Mercy (Proverbs 28:13; Matthew 9:10-13)

4.   Repentance reaps Outpouring of the Spirit (Joel 2:12-28; Acts 2:37-41

5.   Repentance reaps Illumination of God’s Word (Hebrews 6:1-6; John 12:39-50)

6.   Repentance reaps Dominion (Micah 4:1-8; Luke 15:11-24)

The hard part and the aspect that many struggle with as it pertains to actually repenting is the denial of what has been “normal” to them.  These things range from behavior to even people who you associate with and call a friend who in actuality is a hindrance to your walk.  As believers we must embrace repentance.  The first elementary doctrine of Christ found in Hebrews 6:1 is repentance from dead works.  God does not want you to waste time.

“Time is a currency that you can never get back.  You are constantly spending so invest wisely”

Only God knows the amount of time you are to be on the Earth.  He desires for you to do the work the reveals the Heavenly reality of you being His son and manifesting His glory in the Earth.  All of these spiritual blessings that the Father desires to give us can only be obtained through repentance.   Repentance positions you with the Father.  The Scriptures declare that we are being changed from glory to glory and if we are being changed then we must embrace repentance because the Father is going to continuously reveal areas of our lives that we need to change that we may further manifest His glory and become a better representative of Him in the Earth.  It is through repentance and obedience that the fruit of our faith can be seen.  Oh yes, when you start repenting and making a true lifestyle change the first thing that will happen is you will begin to see the true intentions and character of those whom you call friends.  And many will you have to walk away from because they are not willing to follow Christ as you.   Do not fret, the Father has promised that he will never leave you nor forsake you but moreover he also promised that He will give you a hundred-fold more brothers, sisters, mothers and fathers in this lifetime.  That is a promise from God.  

Let me make sure that we embrace the right mindset to repentance because the carnal mind can slip one over you and then you will be trying to repent to get things and that is not the reason you repent.

You repent because your faults and/or something that is not like the Father is being revealed to you that you may make the change so that you may be LIKE your Father.  When you embrace repentance from that mentality everything else will come as the Father grants it.  Matthew 6:30-33 declares that we seek the rulership (Kingdom) of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be “added” or given to you.  You repent to become more like your Heavenly Father not because you want something.   

Peace and Grace

Calvin Calhoun

Wisdom for the Week: Repentance Part 1

Topic: Repentance Part 1

             

Greetings Sons of God:

Over the next couple of weeks I want to share the Word of God with you as it pertains to three topics but are all significantly connected.  They are Repentance, Hypergrace and the Law.  Now for some of us the word that really jumps out at you is hypergrace.  Hypergrace is a term that you will come to know especially in this season and it is important to know what hypergrace is and how it is a rapidly growing doctrine that seeks to stunt the maturity of the sons of God today.  We are seeing a rapid growth of hypergrace churches and once you know what hypergrace is then when we look out at the church we can see the effects of this false doctrine is doing to many believers. 

Characteristics of Hypergrace churches are:

1. Embrace motivational preaching instead of the Word of God. 

2. Despise the Law of God and the acceptance of grace

3.  They deny the chastisement of the Lord and the fear or the Lord

4.  No Need to Repent

This is a very disturbing doctrine and the evidence of its impact can be seen in disorderly households (churches), corruption and lack of the power of God.  There is extreme emotionalism masking as a movement of the Spirit.  The way to remove this doctrine and eradicate it from the church begins with the very thing that it denies, repentance. 

Repentance is a change of the mind.  When one changes their mind they turn the opposite direction of which they are going and do the opposite of what they are doing.  The word repentance is one of the most powerful word in Scripture but before I tell you how let me share this. Hypergrace churches deny the dual nature of the believer.  What do I mean by dual nature?  The believer has a human nature and a divine nature.  Hypergrace churches only acknowledge the spirit nature of man.   Now this may sound good but it is not because to deny the human nature is to deny the sin nature contained within.  Let me show you in Scripture:

1 John 1:8,9:  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.  

To deny the human nature is to deny the sin nature within us and so many who have adopted the hypergrace doctrine feel no need to repent because they take the grace of God as a occasion to sin.  In other words you hear them say this phrase:

"I know it is wrong but the Lord will forgive me"

This mentality goes to one of the characteristics seen in believers that have embraced the hypergrace doctrine and that is they deny the chastisement (correction) and the fear (respect and reverence) of the Lord.  You take a "arrogant" attitude because I am saved I can sin and God will forgive me without even thinking about any type of punishment for the sin because their perception of love is God being cuddly and sweet and never one who punishes us for disobedience.  But let me show you the folly in that mentality of those who embrace the hypergrace doctrine:

Hebrews 12:6-8:  For whom the Lord loveth he chaseneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.  If ye endure the chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards and not sons. 

It is time for us to embrace repentance and understand that we are to die daily and be transformed by the renewing of our mind.  As we mature and change from glory to glory, that change and maturation only begins with repentance.  

Peace, Love and Grace,

Calvin Calhoun, Jr.