Food For Thought 12/3/2002
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Subject: FEELING UNWORTHY
ENEMIES OF FAITH Series Part 7 :
" FEELING UNWORTHY"
RIGHTEOUSNESS vs. Unworthiness!!!
What some BARRIERS TO YOUR FAITH???
or
REVIEW of Enemies of Faith Series:
Part 1..IGNORANCE(Food for Thought: 10/7/01)
Ignorance of KNOWLEDGE
Part 2....FEAR ( FFT: 10/22/01)
Fear vs. FAITH!!
Part 3...PERSUASION (FFT : 1/10/02)
Assumption or Presumption!
Part 4..THE DEFEATED FOE (FFT.. 2/5/02)
The Defeated Foe or the Defeating Foe?
Part 5.STAYING IN THE BOX (FFT.. 4/3/02)
'Box Thinking'
Part 6..WORRY AND ANXIETY (FFT.. 9/10/02)
'Negative Meditation'
(All previous topics available upon request)
JOHN 8:32..
"And you will KNOW the Truth,
and the Truth will set you free."
Note: This does NOT mean that just knowing
the truth alone will set you free,
but the TRUTH YOU KNOW will set you free
in the AREA that it (that truth) DEALS WITH..
YOU CAN'T WALK IN 'ANY' TRUTH THAT
YOU (Yes, You _____________put your name here)
DON'T KNOW.....
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO Feel UNWORTHY or Guilty???
Unworthiness or Guiltiness are:
NEGATIVE FORMS OF MEDITATION...
What is guilt?
The responsibility for doing wrong!!
What is feeling unworthy?
Guilt leads you to think negative about yourself
which leads to you feeling unworthy.
Unworthiness or guilt is mixed
with Some element of FEAR:
Fear of: GUILT of THE PAST
Sins, mistakes, blunders..
ROMANS 10:17
"FAITH comes by HEARING:
and HEARING from the Word of God.."
2 CORN. 5:17.."Therefore if any man
(place your name here)____________
be IN CHRIST,
HE IS (that's YOU again)
a NEW CREATURE:
old things have passed away, BEHOLD,
ALL THINGS HAVE BECOME NEW.."
EPHESIANS 4:24.."And that YOU put on the
NEW MAN, which after God is CREATED
in righteousness and true holiness."
Stop and ask yourself a question??
Would God make a new creature inside you
that WASN'T good enough to stand in
His (God's) Presence??? NO
So what is the MISTAKE we make??
Instead of believing WHAT God's Word says
about me (in the Bible).
WE begin to look at the Outside man:
with judgment of our shortcomings.
Passing judgment on ourselves RATHER
than ACCEPTING God's estimation
of the NEW YOU (inside).
How does God see YOU?? IN HIM, JESUS!!
Like a protective shield or cover!!
When God (Father) looks at you:
He see the BLOOD OF JESUS!!!
Note: Your enemy, the devil, knows this
that's why he tries to take your
focus away from Jesus and on You!
the old you!!
2 CORN.5:21.." For he made Him (JESUS)
to be sin for us, (that's you)
that we (that's you again) might
be made the RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IN HIM.
(the Him is JESUS)
IT is an exchange : a GIFT!!!
That you either: accept and receive..
or reject.
Note: Feeling unworthy about yourself
is a denial of the sacrifice that Jesus
made for you and me...
HOW CAN YOU HEAR ABOUT 'YOUR' RIGHTEOUSNESS??
#1..READ AND MEDIATE ON THE BIBLE:
Start reading the Bible
with YOU in it...
LOOKING FOR YOUR SPECIFIC RIGHTS..
#2..SAY ALOUD SPECIFIC CONFESSIONS
OF YOUR COVENANT RIGHTS;
Start saying your rights :
Repeat them over and over!!
SPEAK ALOUD!!
#3.PLACE YOURSELF IN THE BIBLE
AS the righteousness of God
and not guilty and unworthy!!!
Also,
GUILT (unworthiness) comes from hearing, too:
hearing the word of your enemy:
the devil or Satan (world system)
Where do you hear this?
#1..Thoughts come in Your subconscious mind
(Your memory)
(Thoughts may come to your mind
but you know now: It's deception!
The real new you is inside you)
the old you has passed away:
It's the NEW you: inside you)
THE NEW YOU IS THE HOLY SPIRIT!!
Inside you!!
#2..Television and radio, newspapers
(News Media)
(mostly negative stories!!!)
Don't put yourself in this group!!
#3. Relatives, Associates and Friends
(unbelievers: saved and unsaved)
(Unsaved, people of your past)
Don't let them intimidate you!!
The world system is set up to:
make you think you're guilty..
DECEPTION..
BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS ...
YOU'RE THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD..
IT'S A GIFT IF YOU RECEIVE IT..
YOU ARE NOT (place your name here)_______________
just a sinner saved by grace but
MUCH MORE THAN THAT!!!)
YOU (place your name here)____________
ARE THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD!!
IT'S A GIFT!!!
IF I ONLY RECEIVE IT!!!
UNDERSTANDING RIGHTEOUSNESS??
You may be waiting on God,
but He's waiting for you..
JESUS finished all the work
and is sitting NOW at the right hand
of the Father in heaven..( Colossians. 3: 1)
IT IS FINISHED...
The VICTORY IS YOURS...
THAT IS THE GOOD NEWS!!
ALL YOU MUST DO IS LEARN WHAT AND HOW:
THEN BELIEVE and RECEIVE THE GIFT...
THIS IS CALLED UNDERSTANDING!!!
UNDERSTANDING WHAT????
YOUR COVENANT RIGHTS!!
WHAT SHOULD YOU 'NOT' THINK???
PHILIPPIANS 3:13..
"Brethren: ( THAT'S YOU AGAIN)
this is one thing I DO,
FORGETTING THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE BEHIND,
and reaching forth unto those things AHEAD."
3:14 " I press toward the mark for the prize
of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus."
WHAT SHOULD YOU THINK ABOUT THEN???
MATTHEW 6: 33.
" So SEEK 1st (First) the KINGDOM of GOD
and His Righteousness
and ALL these things will be added to you."
WHAT THINGS??
Things that are necessary on earth.
Food, clothing, shelter, and
SUFFICIENT MONEY
WHILE BEING DEBT FREE
GOOD HEALTH
LONG and PEACEFUL LIFE
FRUITFUL RELATIONSHIPS
PEACE OF MIND
(HEAVEN ON EARTH)
What does this mean to you??
Meditate or focus on YOUR COVENANT RIGHTS
or THE BLESSING: ===FAITH
instead of the report of devil or satan.
or the curse... ===FEAR
FEAR =
False ===fear
Evidence
Appearing
Real
JESUS IS THE MESSIAH...
JESUS WON THE BATTLE 2,000 YEARS AGO.
satan is ALREADY DEFEATED!!!
3 JOHN: 2 " BELOVED (that's you)___________
I WISH above ALL things that you may
PROSPER AND BE IN GOOD HEALTH,
EVEN AS YOUR SOUL PROSPERS.."
THIS IS GOD TALKING TO YOU..RECEIVE IT..
SUMMARY:
PHILIPPIANS 4:8..
" FINALLY, brethren (oops!! YOU again)
Whatever things are True,
Whatever things are Honest,
Whatever things are Just,
Whatever things are Pure,
Whatever things are Lovely,
Whatever things are of GOOD REPORT,
if there is ANY VIRTUE
if there is ANY PRAISEWORTHY..
MEDIATE ON THESE THINGS..
YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK ON THIS:
CHECK YOURSELF OUT!!!!
TRACK YOUR NEXT WEEK..
HOW MUCH TIME ARE YOU SPENDING
HEARING POSITIVE???
HOW MUCH TIME ARE YOU SPENDING
HEARING NEGATIVE????
REMOVE THE NEGATIVE PEOPLE FROM YOUR LIFE!!!
One by one weed them out!!
They can be people close to you:
REAL CLOSE..
YOU COULD BE WITH WRONG PEOPLE in:
a. Relationships: (business and personal)
You know what you must do!!!
b. The wrong church:
Is your church teaching your covenant
rights or just entertaining you???
You know what you must do!!!
c. Your stubborn attitude about change:
You could be your worst enemy..
Tradition or the truth??
You know what you must do!!
YOUR TIME(24 hours)... IT'S YOUR CHOICE..
FAITH COMES BY HEARING..
BELIEF IS DEVELOPED BY HEARING..
MAKE GOD'S WORD COME TRUE FOR YOU..
THINK FAITH ... 'NOW' AND RECEIVE..
BUT DON'T QUIT...
CONTINUE THE FIGHT..
YOUR BLESSINGS AWAIT YOU...
YOUR BLESSINGS ARE ALREADY THERE!!!
WAITING FOR YOU TO COME TO CLAIM THEM..
THESE BLESSING HAVE YOUR NAME ON THEM:
THEY WERE SET ASIDE BEFORE YOU
WE'RE BORN...
(THIS IS ANOTHER REASON: WHY GOD IS LOVE)
GOD DOES THE END AT THE BEGINNING!!
IT'S DONE..
BUT IF YOUR ENEMY CAN KEEP YOU THINKING
ABOUT YOU BEING UNWORTHY:
YOUR BLESSINGS HE CAN KEEP AWAY FROM YOU:
CLAIM YOUR BLESSINGS...
IN YOUR HEART AND WITH YOUR MOUTH!!
EPHESIANS 1: 3..
" JESUS CHRIST HAS BLESSED YOU WITH
EVERY (ALL) SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS
IN HEAVENLY PLACES.."
(ALL you'll ever need is already there)
You must activate them by faith
not sight!!!
They are in the invisible realm!!
SELAH...
end of Part 7-Enemies of Faith Series:
"FEELING UNWORTHY"
"Righteousness vs. unworthiness"
