We receive Jesus Christ and see what He does to change the spirit as we live in the Holy Spirit

John 4:45

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 “So when He came to Galilee, the Galileans received Him, having seen all the things He did in Jerusalem at the feast; for they also had gone to the feast.” John 4:45

The only way that people will see the signs of Jesus Christ in this world is when His Spirit lives and speaks through us, “The kingdom of God does not come with observation; nor will they say, ‘See here!’ or ‘See there!’ For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you.” Luke 17:20b.-21 As followers of Christ, it is our prayer that those around us will see that the Spirit in us is very much different than the spirit in the world, “Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.” 1 Corinthians 2:12

The kingdom of God is within us through the Holy Spirit, by the remission of sin which Jesus Christ gives, and not something which we can see in this world. However, this world is dominated by those who show only the signs of the image of the beast living and speaking through them. That happens because they receive the thing which forms what they think, feel, say and do. They habitually blaspheme God, discard the need for Jesus Christ, and trample on the Holy Spirit. They are conformed to the anti-Christian global culture as they are groomed to the mark of the beast by what they say and do.

As followers of Jesus Christ, we hold firm to His testimony as the whole world refuses to receive Him, “All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.” Revelation 13:8 The “him” in the verse above is the beast behind the mark and image of the beast.

We assess that when we see what the Lord Jesus Christ is able to do to change the spirit of a person, we receive Him as we feast on the Holy Spirit by the remission of sin. The diagnosis is that the global culture is blind to what Jesus Christ is able to do because they harden the human spirit to the Spirit of Holiness. “…the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.” 1 Corinthians 2:14 We plan to receive Jesus Christ by turning our eyes on the Spirit and allowing the things of this world to become dimmer. We implement that plan by feeding our spirit with the Gospel of Christ, the entire word of God, and embracing the Holy Spirit through the remission of sin. We know the plan is successful as we receive Jesus Christ through the spirit and the things of this world becomes less and less important.

Turn your eyes upon Jesus,
Look full in His wonderful face,
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim,
In the light of His glory and grace.

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“….to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets,“
‘I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come.’
“I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.”
Revelation 2:24-25, 3:1