PASTOR DARRYL BAKER

John 3:17
For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.

Through Jesus Christ we have been saved. The word saved is defined as rescued, preserved, healed, restored, delivered, and made well. All of this is a part of God’s salvation package. To receive what we have available to us we must by faith see these things as already ours, for in the eyes of God they are already done because of what Christ has fulfilled for us through His death, burial, resurrection, and ascension.

For example when someone today receives new life by accepting Jesus into their heart they become born again. But the moment they did so is not when salvation was provided by God, it was already available, for 2,000 years ago Jesus gave His life for us. They just chose to receive what God said was already done. So it is with all we have in this salvation package. We must see it as already ours, taking it by faith, and not something God is going to do.

Take time to meditate on the promises you have been given in Christ Jesus until that Word get’s in you. Continually speak God’s Word over your life thanking God that you are healed, blessed, and delivered, because His Word says you already are, not going to be. Once the Word comes alive in you, faith becomes active and you can have the manifestation of what Christ has already provided for you have been saved.

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1 John 2:27
But you have received the Holy Spirit, and he lives within you, so you don’t need anyone to teach you what is true. For the Spirit teaches you everything you need to know, and what he teaches is true—it is not a lie. So just as he has taught you, remain in fellowship with Christ.

The Holy Spirit is the One who helps us to get revelation of the things of God in our heart. When revelation comes faith is there. It’s like walking into a dark room not being able to see the way out and then the Holy Spirit flips the light switch on. Once that happens you can see the way to go and act upon the Word of God.

A vital key in receiving this revelation is in how we read and listen to the teaching of God’s Word. Whether reading or hearing the Word taught, you must first recognize it is God speaking to you. It is not man’s words but God’s, for all scripture is given by inspiration of God. Secondly you must give your full attention to God’s Word and not become distracted with other things. You must pay close attention to what you are hearing.

Third you must learn to take verses that speak of who you are, what you have, and what you can do in Christ and declare them daily. Faith grows in the atmosphere of the spoken Word. Finally, put what you know into practice, for you deceive yourself if you are a hearer and not a doer of the Word of God. Put these truths into practice and His Word will become alive in you by the Holy Spirit.

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1 John 1:5
This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all.

Have you ever had someone accuse you of something you have not done? I am sure we have all experienced this in our lives. Did you know God has been accused of many things He has never done? Because of ignorance of the Word of God, and for others who do not know how to walk by faith and don’t see the results God’s Word promises, they falsely accuse God of things that are not true. For example, they may say God does not heal everyone, or they blame God for the death of a young person saying that God took them because He needed another angel in heaven.

First of all, healing is for everyone as scripture clearly teaches in Acts 10:38, that Jesus went about healing all, but not all know how to receive it. God has also promised us long life, so to refer to someone who is young that God took them is also contrary to the Word of God. God is light, and there is no darkness in Him. The works of darkness are not of God, they are of the evil one. God has come to give us LIFE, and that more abundantly. It is the devil who comes to steal, kill, and destroy (John 10:10).

The devil wants you to believe these lies about God, because then he can keep you from receiving what God has for you. The greatest truth to remember about our heavenly Father comes from Jesus. Jesus said, “If you have seen me, you have seen the Father.” Jesus modeled the Father to us. Jesus never did anything that was of the works of darkness. Don’t fall for these lies about God. As James 1:17 tells us, all good gifts come from the Father above, and He does not change for He is light, and there is no darkness in Him.

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2 Corinthians 2:15
For we are a fragrance of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing; …

Before salvation we had the smell of death, but in Christ we now have the fragrance of new life. That fragrance is the love of God. When you are born again that love is poured out into your heart, your new spirit man. Walking in God’s love is a choice we make every day. It is a choice to treat others the way that you would want to be treated, no matter how people treat you.

When you are walking in love you are walking with God, for God is love. But when you choose not to walk in the love of God you are not walking with Him. This takes you out from under God’s protection, and you can fall prey to the ways and the works of satan. But when you choose to walk in love you are not only protected from the works of darkness, but you also put off the fragrance of Christ, living as He lived.

People will take notice because you do not look like nor act like the world. This love is not an emotion but revealed through actions and words. You simply choose to show God’s love no matter how you feel, for that love is in every believer and is manifest as we choose to follow the way of God’s love. As we walk in love we can draw others out of the smell of death, and bring them into new life, and a new way of living through the fragrance of God’s love.

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Ephesians 4:16
He makes the whole body fit together and unites it through the support of every joint. As each and every part does its job, he makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.

It is from God that we are provided with His gifts that knit us together and strengthen us as a body. When we walk in gratitude for what Christ has done for us, we will desire to fulfill our role within the church body we are a part of. Finding our place in the body is of great importance. In using our gifts within the body, we are helping to build the church in reaching more people, and helping one another to become a disciple of Jesus Christ.

This is why every born-again believer is to find their shepherd and get connected to a local church family. Not doing so makes us weaker, and it hinders the body of Christ in fulfilling its purpose of reaching people with the gospel. If we are not connected to a local church body by finding our shepherd, we are not fulfilling one of our primary purposes as the body of Christ. In fulfilling our part of the body, it also helps us become stronger against the attacks of the enemy.

Scripture teaches us that our enemy goes after stragglers, those who are isolated from the body of Christ. But when you become knit together with a body by helping to do the work not just sitting in church, you have others around you to help strengthen you, for iron sharpens iron. Get connected by being involved with the local church body God has called you to by finding your shepherd. Be faithful to Jesus in doing your part, and it will bring growth to the body, and bring a great strength to your life.

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Hebrews 12:2
We must focus on Jesus, the source and goal of our faith. He saw the joy ahead of him, so he endured death on the cross and ignored the disgrace it brought him. Now he holds the honored position—the one next to God the Father on the heavenly throne.

I was a bull rider for 16 years of my life, and there was a saying we referred to all the time. You are going to land where you look. If you ever watch bull riding, you will often times notice before a bull rider bucks off his bull he turns and looks that very direction. One of the keys to being successful in making a qualified ride is you do not want to take your eyes off of that bulls shoulders. Wherever his shoulders are headed his front feet will go, and you want to be headed that same direction.

You do not look at a bulls head because he may often throw his head one direction while then making a move to go the other direction. And if you look away from him to the ground you are going to wind up there. You have to stay focused on his shoulders in the midst of all the different moves the bull throws at you. So it is for the believer to walk by faith and not by sight. You must get your focus on Jesus and never turn away. Jesus is the Word that became flesh. To focus on Him, we focus on who we are, what we have, and what we can do in Christ revealed through the Word.

Many things in life will try to get you distracted to look at the circumstances you are facing instead of your Savior who has already given you the victory. Notice it refers to Jesus here seeing the joy set before Him enduring the suffering of the cross. Jesus looked beyond the suffering, and He saw the victory that He knew was on the other side. That is what faith does. It looks beyond what is trying to distract you from what Jesus has done to provide victory for your life. So don’t get distracted. Stay focused on Jesus through the Word, and you can overcome any challenge you face and like Jesus be victorious.

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Hebrews 10:19
Therefore, brethren, since we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus, …

Here we see the primary reason that Jesus shed His blood for us, so that we could once again approach God unashamed, and have fellowship with Him. The enmity that stood between God and man was removed by the blood Jesus shed for us. Once you are born again you now have complete access to the Father. Take time to fellowship with God so that you can develop an intimate relationship with Him, for He has everything you need.

One of the easiest ways to approach God is spending time in God’s Word. The key is taking time to listen, giving God your full attention. God will speak to you through His Word if you will listen. You also need to sit under the teaching of God’s Word, but again you must listen with all your heart and not get distracted. Jesus said take heed how you hear. For example, today you often see people looking at their phones when someone else is talking. Not giving your full attention to the other person will keep you from clearly hearing what they are saying. So it is with our fellowship with God.

We also approach God through prayer. We should develop in prayer where we can learn how to quite our mind and hear God reveal things to our spirit man. God is a spirit, and He bears witness with our spirit. Those who do will find answers, and their relationship with the Father will flourish and grow. The door is open, and your heavenly Father awaits to fellowship with you. Take time to draw near to Him and He will draw near to you. You will be glad you did.

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2 Corinthians 3:17
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty (emancipation from bondage, freedom).

The moment one becomes born again, the Lord Jesus by way of the Holy Spirit coming into your spirit man liberates us from the sin nature, and all that came as a result of that sin nature. The word emancipation, referring to liberty, is defined as the act of setting one free from the power of another. Just as slaves in our Country were liberated through emancipation, so also everyone born again has been freed from the evil one and given liberty through Jesus Christ.

The word “Lord” means supreme in authority. There is no higher authority than the Lord Jesus Christ. To be born again Jesus must be acknowledged as the “Lord,” the supreme authority in your life. You can have this liberty and yet live as a slave to the old nature’s ways, and to the works that satan brought with it. There are several reasons why some still live like a slave to these things. One reason is a lack of knowledge of what you now have in Christ Jesus. God’s people are destroyed for a lack of knowledge (Hosea 4:6).

But not only do we need to know what is now rightfully ours because we are sons and daughters of God, we need to now yield to the Lord of our life. Choosing to make our own choices apart from the Lord’s way for us brings bondage not liberty. When we choose His way of thinking, His way of speaking, that will change our way of living; allowing the Lordship of Christ to rule over us, in us, and through us, and that leads to liberty.

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Hebrews 9:14
…how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

When a person is born again, they receive a brand new spirit within them for they are cleansed of the old spirit man. The voice of our spirit man is our conscience, that inward knowing deep down inside. When you are born again the conscience is therefore also cleansed because you have a new spirit. Our conscience, this inward knowing, is how God leads us, for the Holy Spirit bears witness with our spirit man (Romans 8:16).

If we will learn to listen to this inward witness, we can follow God’s leading for our lives. In John 14:26-27, Jesus tells us about the Holy Spirit, our Helper, who will come to us when we are born again. He then tells us that He is leaving with us peace, and that our hearts should not be troubled nor afraid. This inward peace is how the Holy Spirit confirms when we are headed the right direction in life. The words troubled and afraid refer to an agitation or timidity.

When we are heading the wrong direction in life, we will feel agitated or timid, an uneasiness within our spirit. This is how we know the way we are headed is not God’s will for us. But when we are headed in the right direction, we will have a peace, complete calm within our spirit, and this is how God by His Spirit will guide us in life. So, listen to your conscience. If you have unrest in your spirit, know the Holy Spirit is revealing to you this is not God’s will for you. When you have that peace within, you are on the right path.

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Hebrews 12:24
You have come to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant between God and humanity, and to His sprinkled blood, which speaks a greater word than the blood of Abel crying out from the earth.

The moment you are born again you have entered into a covenant between you and God. This word covenant means an obligation undertaken by a single person; a promise fulfilled on the part of God. Jesus is the One who fulfilled all that was needed for this covenant. By the shedding of His blood, He has made available to all everything God has promised to us under this new covenant.

God has given us this promise of a new covenant founded on better promises then that of the old covenant. When God makes a covenant, He is obligated to fulfill its promises. All we need to do is to realize He is obligated to do so because it was a covenant that He established with Jesus for us. Jesus negotiated this covenant with God, and therefore God will fulfill His covenant that He initiated with His Son because of the blood He shed for us.

We have now been given the right to be partakers of these promises solely based on our negotiator, Jesus Christ. All we have to do is to receive these promises by acting upon them in faith. As we put our complete trust in this covenant we have been given, we can walk in what He has provided for us. The promises have already been provided, because Jesus through His shed blood is the One who made this covenant for us with the Father. As Jesus Himself said on the cross, “It is finished!”

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