I will give you rest

Jesus said, “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.“

This is a profound promise that is connected to God’s covenant promise in Genesis 2:1-3, the Sabbath rest.

God finished his works on the seventh day of creation. He invited Adam and his family to benefit from the labor of the works of his hands. Adam lost it. Jesus restored it. God has restored that provision to us. God made provision for your healing and deliverance before the foundation of the world!

People are heavy laden with debt, sickness, and disease. They are yoked together to the broken systems of man that can’t really deliver them. They are in a fight against time. They are in battle for their lives.

The promise of entering into Jesus’ rest is supernatural and miraculous, but you don’t get their in one day.

The corruption in the world

We fight war against corruption that is in the world through lust.

It’s the hidden battle that wars against us, taking away our freedom and our choices.

It is the lust for more profits. It is hidden in fees, rent increases, back office deals, stripping your wealth, taking away your choices.

The battle that we fight every day is one against big corporations, corporate greed, and political agendas. The curse is working through sickness, disease, lack, and poverty.

The battle is spiritual. We are fighting against unseen spiritual forces. The Apostle Paul said our battle is not with flesh and blood. The battle is a spiritual battle. In Ephesians 6:12, he said,

“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against  principalities against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”

The battle isn’t against those providing a service because the service providers are ponds in a chess game. They are working for a paycheck.

Satan uses money to tempt and drive people down one-way streets called dead ends.

1 Timothy 6:10

“For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and PIERCED THEMSELVES THROUGH WITH MANY SORROWS.”

BUT GOD

2 Peter 1:2-4

“Grace and peace be multiplied unto you  through the knowledge of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:

(What is grace? What is peace? What is the definition of Savior? Who is our Savior?)

“According as his DIVINE POWER hath given unto us ALL THINGS that pertain to LIFE and godliness, THROUGH the knowledge of him that HATH CALLED us to glory and virtue.

(What are these promises based on? Your ability? The doctor’s ability? The lawyer’s ability? What did he call you to?)

WHEREBY ARE GIVEN UNTO US EXCEEDING GREAT AND PRECIOUS PROMISES: that… by… these… ye…. might… be PARTAKERS of the DIVINE NATURE, having… escape… the corruption that is in the world through lust.”

God has made a way of escape!

Sickness is working in your body. Big pharma makes a pill that can temporarily deal with the symptoms. Big pharma charges $500.00 per pill.

Each day, your strength is falling. YOU ARE not getting better but worse!

Believers are failing in the battle because they are tired of fighting. They have been disillusioned by the lies of big pharma or their medical plans, and / or their doctors have not been able to offer them hope against their diagnosis.

The system is cursed! The curse is working on the earth.

But the promise is,

I WILL GIVE YOU REST

Psalms 91 says,

Because he hath set his love upon me, (Psalms 91:14)

I will deliver him (Psalms 91:14)

I will set him upon high because he knows my name (Psalms 91:14)

He shall call upon me, and I will answer him (Psalms 91:15)

I will be with him in trouble (Psalms 91:15)

I will deliver him and honour him (Psalms 91:15)

I will satisfy him with long life and show him my salvation (Psalms 91:16)

The problem is that we don’t know how to enter into God’s rest

People hit a wall when it comes to receiving from God, and the name of the wall is called PRIDE…

Jeremiah 9:23-24, God said, ‘wise man don’t glory in your wisdom. Mighty man, don’t glory in your might. Rich man, don’t glory in your riches.

God said, ‘If you glory in anything, glory in that you understand and know me, that I exercise loving kindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. He said, ‘for in these things, I delight!’

It is easy to believe in injustice, wrong, that rich have it all, that you can’t catch a break.

People are unwilling to do the advanced work of faith. They tend to exercise faith in a man’s system.

“Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. HIS breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.” Psalms 146:3-4 (KJV)

“HAPPY is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God.” Psalms 146:5

God takes pleasure in,

“He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man. THE LORD TAKETH PLEASURE IN THEM THAT FEAR HIM, IN THOSE THAT HOPE IN HIS MERCY.” Psalms 147:10-11

Jesus said,

“TAKE MY YOKE UPON YOU, AND LEARN… OF…. ME, for I am meek and lowly in heart: and YE SHALL FIND UNTO YOUR SOUL. For my YOKE IS EASY, AND MY BURDEN IS LIGHT.”

Hebrews 4:1-4, the same promise made to the children of Israel to enter God’s rest has been made to us.

“LET US therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short if it. FOR UNTO US was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: BUT the word preached did not profit them, not being MIXED WITH FAITH in them that heard it. FOR WE WHICH HAVE BELIEVE DO ENTER INTO HIS…”

Entering Rest is a daily decision

There is a process to entering into God’s rest. It’s in your daily routine.

Hebrews 4:9-12, LET US labor to enter into that rest…

“For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, PIERCING even to dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of SOUL and SPIRIT, and joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and the intents if the heart.”

The word of God is sharper than the surgeon’s knife. The word of God is living, alive and it is powerful. It is piercing…

WHO ARE YOKED TO?

Are you yoked to a system? Are you yoked to medical plans, social security, employer, banks, credit cards, loans? Has sickness and disease attached itself to you?

Definition of yoke, ” a wooden crosspiece that is fasten to two animals and attached to a plow or cart that they are to pull.”

According to Isaiah 10:27, God said, the yoke and burden shall be destroyed because of the anointing

“And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulders, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.” Isaiah 10:27

One way that I practiced connecting to the promises is by taking Communion.

I build into my consciousness, that Christ hath redeemed me from the curse being made a curse for me.

Jesus took the curse for me. He paid in full for my redemption, Galatians 3:13

Jesus was pireced in his hands and feet on the cross. A Roman soldier pireced him in the side with a spear. His head was pierced with a crown of thorns. He was condemned for me.

Death, maybe trying to pirece you through, but the promise says (John 6:53-57)

“Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no LIFE in you. WHOSOEVER eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath eternal LIFE; and I will raise him up at the last day.

FOR my FLESH is MEAT indeed, and my BLOOD is drink indeed.

(Don’t dismiss the term “Eternal LIFE.” It is a description of the authority and power of God. You can see symbols of the flow of life throughout scripture, especially in Revelation 22:1-4. Jesus makes reference to Life when he describes the Father as “the living Father” because the Father is full of Life.)

He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. As the living Father hath sent me, and I LIVE BY the Father: SO he that eateth me,  EVEN SHALL LIVE BY ME.”

The life of God is called the anointing in Isaiah 10:29! It is called the gift of God in John 3:16. In John 4:10-14, it is called a well of living water springing up into eternal life.

He that hath the Son hath life, 1 John 5:12.

So I confess by faith in the Son of God that I have the gift of life, the gift of God in me now. The life of God is working in me now overthrowing sickness and disease. Life is working in me now to unravel and destroy cancer, to utterly destroy it from my body.

I confess the gift of  life over myself, that my short and long-term memory are intact. I claim the promises!

I practice the word of God daily, and I expect a harvest to come to pass in my life!

Proverbs 18:20-21

“A man’s belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled. DEATH and LIFE are in POWER of the tongue: and they that LOVE IT SHALL EAT THE FRUIT THEREOF.”

Are you satisfied? Check the words of your mouth! What is coming out of your mouth? Are you speaking death? Or are you claiming life? Have you sided with your circumstances against the promises of God?

Develop fruit! The first time that you act upon the word, you will experience more doubt than faith because you are not developed in the process.

You must love the process! You must be committed to the process!

Do you have God’s vision? God’s vision is sabbath rest!

Do you understand seed time and harvest? You get what you sow!

One last word

We are living in the times of the parable of the 10 virgins, Matthew 25:1-13. This parable speaks to many issues.

The pressing issue of our day is preparation, which few people truly understand.

In the parable of the 10 virgins, if one of foolish virgins had asked me for some of my oil, I would have given it to them. If I were Jesus at the door, I would have opened the door for the late comers.

BUT I am not Jesus, AND THE POINT OF THE PARABLE IS PREPARATION.

The foolish virgins had to go to the marketplace and buy oil. They had to take time and spend time buying oil. They had to make the effort to get oil. It is a time issue! What are you doing with your time?

YOU HAVE TO GET IT FOR YOURSELF. NOBODY ELSE CAN DO YOUR PRAYING.

NOBODY CAN EXERCISE FAITH FOR YOU!

You have to have enough oil in yourself to get your breakthrough, to get your miracle,  to make it to the door.

You have to stop blowing time away, spending time on broke things, entertainment, and pursuing other people’s visions!

Jesus said, “Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, his ways of doing things, and all those other things shall be added to you as well!

Blessings!

If this message has been a blessing to you, would you email me your testimony at praisectrmin@hotmail.com

Grace, mercy and peace!

The Curse

Death

The curse was released the moment the covenant (contract) was broken. Death passed upon all mankind.

The moment Adam ate the forbidden fruit, death was released. God had to judge sin. The cursed was announced.  The works of Adam’s hands were cursed. The ground was cursed. The wage of sin is death.  

Redemption

The word redemption or redeemed means to be saved from sin, error, or evil, gaining a possession. Gaining possession of something in exchange for a payment.

John 3:16, paraphrasing, ‘God so loved the world that he sacrificed his only begotten Son as a payment for sin that whosoever believes in him shall not be cursed but receive the gift of eternal life.’

Christ hath redeemed us from the curse being made a curse for us, Galatians 3:13

What are some of the ways Jesus Christ, the Son of God, was cursed for us?

Roman soldiers planted a crown of thorns on Jesus’ head.  Adam was crowned with glory and honor. Adam lost his crown.

The earth would produce thorns and thistles! There may be a thorn hitting you in the purse or wallet. But know today, Jesus paid for your sin in full so that the blessings of Abraham may come upon yo!

Stripping of garments – Adam lost his clothing in the fall. Adam was clothed in glory and honor.

Jesus’ hands were pierced to the cross because all the works of Adam’s hands were cursed. God had given Adam complete dominion over all the works of his hands.

Jesus’ feet were pierced – God had put all things under Adam’s feet. God restored man’s dominion over the earth.

Jesus was mocked and beaten at the whipping post, and his physical appearance was marred beyond recognition. He suffered rejection, humiliation, and premature death.

Jesus suffered spiritual death. He endured separation from God, which he suffered while still alive on the cross, signified by his cry from the cross,

‘My God, My God, Why have you forsaken me’, Matthew 27:46 (KJV)

He suffered agony, grief, and sorrows. He was falsely accused. He suffered for other people faults. He took Barabbas place on the cross, Matthew 27:15-23

Jesus became poor so you might become rich

“For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, they ye through his poverty might be rich.” 2 Corinthians 8:9

Jesus became poor so that we might become rich through his poverty! And yet, we don’t understand how he made us rich or why he made us rich.

You have to go back to the beginning

God gave Adam the Seventh day of creation as a blessing. God sanctified the Seventh day. Sanctified simply means he set that day aside for a special purpose! He fully intended Adam to enjoy the blessings of his hands. God gave that blessing, the benefit to the family of Adam.

It’s not what we think, but what God wills. God said, ‘My ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts’

Hebrews chapter 4 tells us that the same promise made to Israel to enter into God’s Sabbath rest has been made to us. Israel failed to enter into God’s rest because of unbelief.

He that enters into God rest cease from his labors as God ceased from his labor.

The Bible says, “Labor to enter into God’s rest.” The problem with receiving the benefits of the blessings of God’s hands is we don’t want to put in the effort to receive the benefits.

I went to a shoe repair shop to buy a pair of shoe strings. I walked into the shop, and  the owner was sitting at the counter. I appreciate the owner of the business and the service he provides. I took note that he was willing to wait on money, even a $5.00 purchase. People will make all kinds of sacrifice for money, but they won’t put in the necessary time to learn about their covenant rights and privileges!

Finally, after Jesus died on the cross, he was pierced in the side; blood and water issues forth. This is the moment when, out of death, God made provision for the church!

Jesus was buried in a tomb. He was raised from the dead and seated at the right of God, expecting his enemies to be made his footstool!

I heard this message hundreds and hundreds of times. But I never connected it to God’s vision for man. I never connected that Jesus became a curse for me so that the blessings of Abraham may come upon me.

What are the blessings of Abraham? Moses gives a detailed explanation of the blessings in Deuteronomy 28:1-4

God only needed to give one blessing, the Edenic blessing, which he gave when he created man. He committed the blessing to Adam! He also committed blessing to Noah, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob to Moses, David, and to Jesus. And through Jesus Christ, we have access to that same blessing.

The blessing assignment will be fulfilled during the Millennial reign of Christ.

All of the signs of the curse showed up in Jesus! JOHN THE BAPTIST declared, Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.

All of the signs of the curse showed up in Jesus, so the original blessing can be fulfilled in us!

Grace & peace!

The Curse

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The Curse

What it is? The curse is death. According to Genesis 2:17, the day Adam ate the forbidden fruit, he would die. The curse is the reversal of life

The day Adam ate the forbidden fruit, life departed from his soul and he knew he was naked. Did God put death on Adam? No! Death was a clause included in the contract. What contract? The covenant God made with Adam.

“And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou latest thereof thou shalt surely die.” Genesis 2:15-17

Where does the curse get its power? The curse gets its power from a broken contract. The curse automatically kicked into high gear when the contract was broken. The curse stripped of his clothing. Decay began to manifest in his body.

God defined the curse when he judged Adam’s transgression. The curse came through Adam’s sin because the contract was made with Adam.

“Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.”

God defines death

“And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat of the herb of the field; in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.”

The curse causes life to cease, to bring man to back to dust. The curse produces sorrow, sweat and toil.

God had to follow through with the curse

“And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he wads taken.” Genesis 3:22-23 (KJV)

IF Adam had gotten access to the tree of life, he could have lived forever in a fallen state.

Adam felled into darkness

Adam was created to be a servant; to serve, to turn soil. Adam functioned in the office of a steward. He was created to steward creation toward a finished product.

“… and there was not a man to till the ground.” Genesis 2:5 (KJV)

Revelation 22:3 (KJV) “And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it: and his servants shall serve him.”

Adam was formed from the dust of the earth. He was created a little lower than the angels,

“What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honor. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet.” Psalms 8:4-6 (KJV)

“Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands.” Hebrews 2:7 (KJV)

Adam exalted himself above God when he set aside the covenant and took the sacrifice for himself. The stated purpose for eating the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil was to be like God knowing good and evil. Man has been on the journey of self-exaltation for the last six thousand years. We are in the period of time when the human race shall finally arrive to total rebellion against God.

“Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition: who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.” 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 (KJV)

Revelation 13

“… And the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority” Revelation 13:2

“And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.” Revelation 13:6 (KJV)

Man has and will curse God. They will speak evil against all that represents God. They will deny him.

“And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.” Revelation 13:7-8 (KJV)

It’s critically important that we know what the curse is and how it works.

Satan has no power or authority in the earth apart from what is given to him by people. He needs people to carry out his schemes for world domination. Satan tempted Jesus after showing him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.

“And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will give it. If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.” Luke 4:6-7 (KJV)

Jesus took Satan back to God’s original vision for man. Jesus said,

“And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, AND HIM ONLY SHALT THOU SERVE.” Luke 4:8 (KJV)

Satan will always tempt you to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Then he will bring death into your life. He comes to steal, kill and destroy.

The curse is in the world and it is working everyday in every way to take you out. Because the earth is in continuously bringing forth the curse, the curse is growing in more ways than it has from the day it was released. Sickness and disease is growing at an alarming rates.

Jesus came that we might have life and have it more abundantly. He is the good shepherd and he leads his sheep to green pastures.

Jesus bore the curse for you so that the original blessing could be restored

“Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree.” Galatians 3:13 (KJV)

“Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; and deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.” Hebrews 2:14-15 (KJV)

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ.” Ephesians 1:3 (KJV)

The Edenic Blessing is for the complete duration, from start to finish, of Adam’s assignment. Adam’s assignment will be completed at the end of Jesus’ millennial reign, which is detailed in Revelation chapter 20.

In Revelation 21, the city of the New Jerusalem descends from God. God makes all things new. He creates a new heaven and earth. The servants of the LORD shall reign on earth.

We have to take a deep dive into what the curse is so that we can appreciate God’s solution. Many people don’t think they need God. Christians are looking to the world system as their source. They don’t understand that the world system is cursed. The curse is in the world and on the world.

In our next segment, we will look at the curse as detailed in Deuteronomy 28:15-68.

Grace & peace!