God’s Domain

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by Michael King on March 22, 2021 at 2:50 pm
Posted In: fundamental truths
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Are You In God’s Domain?

A domain, for this essay’s purposes, is defined as:

A “sphere of activity, influence, or knowledge.”

Therefore, God’s domain is whatever His sphere of activity, influence, or knowledge is.

Many Christians constantly seek confirmation of God’s will in their lives, even asking for such reassurance many times each day. In fact, some become so careful it becomes a type of paralysis keeping them from doing His will at all.

Today, I am going to share with you an emerging truth about the “Domain of God”. The fact is, when you operate within His domain, you don’t have to worry about doing right all the time. Practically anything you feel to do is God’s will, because you are “in” His sphere of activity, influence, or knowledge.

Jesus didn’t ask for confirmation all the time

Jesus didn’t go around always asking for confirmation of His Father’s will. Though He spent much time in prayer, in the main, he just lived every moment by what the Spirit of God in him felt like doing. This freed him up to be Spirit-led all the time, releasing him from having to wonder if he was doing his Father’s will.

When you live in our Father’s domain, i.e. walking in the Spirit, you tend naturally do His will. Our tendency in that place is to not fulfill the lusts of our lower nature. Conversely, if you are not in God’s domain, i.e. unsaved or in rebellion, everything you do tends towards sin.

Moving at the speed of God

In the coming move of God, we move so quickly, we don’t question whether or not it’s His perfect will. Furthermore, when we do it, we follow his Spirit instantly without checking our natural minded reason.

When the Holy Spirit begins to blow upon His people, we will all move like this. The world cannot see what moves us, but we instantly react to God as leaves in a strong wind. We move at the speed of God, allowing Him to move unhindered.

I know, by the Spirit, that I am writing even beyond the current revelation I have on this subject. The practical application of this truth is going to be far more unbelievable than I can describe. What God is about to do will shake and challenge our preconceptions of what is proper and permissible in Him.

We tend to slow things up

Trying to understand God with our minds often times prevents us from moving at the speed His Spirit needs. Our natural minds are slow and cumbersome to the Holy Spirit. Having to find a chapter and verse to do God’s will doesn’t make His will any more sure or real. In fact, nothing we do requires any scriptural backing as long as we are listening to His voice. It is only those who doubt who constantly check to see if they are doing right.

This is a fundamental truth that underlies and supports much of the revelation that I share. It is like Jesus saying,

“Master, which is the greatest commandment in the law? Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.”

Matthew 22:36-40

Fulfill the law through following His Spirit

Furthermore, it is like Paul saying,

“For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.  Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.”

Romans 13:9,10

Likewise, Paul says,

“This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.”

Galatians 5:16

These precepts are fundamental to everything God says, they encapsulate His eternal truths, and are foundational.

The revelation of “God’s domain” is a foundational truth

God’s domain is like unto these, it is a foundational understanding. Being with God, allowing Him to flow through us, makes it unnecessary to check everything with him. We simply be “In Him,” walking and talking as we feel led by His Spirit.

In conclusion, let us no more be fearful children, but let us be bold in His Spirit. Know that we have the grace of God at our disposal to do anything He asks. Let our Father live His life through us, moment by moment, not caring what others think. Listen, hear, and obey His voice on time at every given moment. I challenge you to live at the speed of God. Amen.

Listen to the Podcast of “God’s Domain”

In Him we live and move and have our being, according to the Bible. That “being” is what Jesus prayed for in the book of John: that we would be one, and He would be in us and God would be in Him. Together, as a symbiotic unit, we walk with God in His domain, moving as He moves, and going where He goes. Listen as we discuss this “radical” idea of how to live in God’s domain.

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The Current Word of God

Mar09
by Michael King on March 9, 2021 at 11:59 am
Posted In: being spirit led
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I originally published this blog on November 3rd, 2012. It was one of the very first writings I made public. Today, I felt led by the Holy Spirit to republish it. What I like about the Holy Spirit is His continuity. What God said yesterday, is as relevant today as it was then. Our Lord is one God whose mind and heart is consistent from day to day, year to year, and generation to generation. Amen.

YHWH Is Not Done Talking

God still speaks today just as He did nearly 2000 years ago. In the first century A.D. the church received the current word of God for their day and it was what they needed to hear, for it spoke directly to what they were experiencing. Likewise, we need to hear the current word of God for our generation as we grapple with a new set of circumstances.

For almost 400 years between the Old and New Testaments, God did not speak to His chosen people. There was a famine in the land, not for food, but for the word of God. What if the Israelite’s would have decided that God was through speaking forever and resisted any new revelation?

Entrenched doctrine blinds us to the truth

In fact, this very thing happened to the majority of Israel when they rejected the Son of God. Being entrenched in their doctrine and believing that they had all God’s truth, they rejected and crucified the very Messiah they earnestly waited for. Brethren, I can’t say this emphatically enough: as it was with them, so it is with us today.

God always records His dealings with Israel and when they are grafted back into the olive tree (during the millennium) it is very possible more scripture will be written. Does this shock you? Imagine being a Pharisee in the first century A.D. and reading the book of Galatians. If it happened like that to them it may certainly happen to us.

Paul says,

“When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.”

1 Corinthians 13:11

The principle that is put forth in the scripture above is one of greater clarity which follows greater maturity.  As a child grows, his understanding evolves and deepens.  Just as it is vital for natural children to open their minds to accept new ways of thinking about familiar things, I believe that it is important that we remain open-minded as we mature too.

For example, one can know a person somewhat through letters. However, the degree to which the writing is understood depends a great deal on how intimately one knows the author. A point that is relatively obscure to those unfamiliar with the writer may be instantly clear to someone who enjoys a close relationship with Him. Plus, if there is a personal relationship, any difficulty understanding what he wrote can be cleared up simply by speaking directly with the penman.

Be open-minded to further revelation

As our relationship matures with our Father we need to open our minds to receive a deeper understanding of His scriptures too. As I have come to know God better I have started to gain more perspective on how the current word of God relates to the Bible. It is plain to me now that, to the first century Christians, the current word of God (which is now our New Testament) was more important than the law and the prophets combined.

The current word spoke directly to what they were presently experiencing and illuminated scripture in new and exciting ways. Likewise, the current word of God today is more important than both the Old and New Testaments combined for it speaks to what God is doing now.

The current word harmonizes

Does the current word of God contradict what God has said in the past? No, it does not. God is consistent and He changes not. However, here is a fundamental truth:

“Though the current word of God does not contradict scripture it may contradict our present understanding of the Old and New Testaments. It is the blind belief in our own error that causes many to stumble when further truth is revealed.”

For example, if you were a Pharisee in the first century, the New Testament writings would have seemed blasphemous. From the Pharisees’ perspective, the New Testament epistles contradicted almost all that Israel held to be rock solid truth. Their accepted teaching demanded that what Jesus and His followers taught was heretical. Yet, it was not the new revelation that contradicted God’s truth, but their old misunderstanding.

The erroneous doctrine of the Pharisees blinded them to the current word of God. God’s chosen had drifted so far from His truth that when the Son of God came speaking further revelation perfectly consistent with the Old Testament they could not receive it.

Here is a truth,

“Just as Jesus came to His own and they received Him not, so to in our generation Jesus will come to us and many will again miss the time of their visitation.”

The current word of God is more than the Holy writ. God has something on His mind nowadays just as he did in the first century.  God is also eager to share His revelation with all those who will listen. We need to come to know God well enough to be able to say, “That sounds like something He would say” and “My spirit bears witness with that revelation”.

We recognize truth because we know His voice

Nowadays, when someone brings a new revelation to me I will know instantly whether it has the “ring of truth” because the Spirit within me immediately accepts or rejects it. This allows me the security to be open to search out new perspectives and consider new truths without immediately rejecting them. I do not need to fear what people might say because God will either testify for or against their words through His Spirit and His scriptures.

This type of confidence in the Holy Spirit makes many people nervous and sometimes even agitated. To them, the Bible is the foundation of their faith and anyone who challenges their current understanding of it is viewed as attacking God Himself. However, the foundation of our faith should be our relationship with Jesus and not primarily our understanding of the scriptures. At the great white throne judgment it is not how well we can recite the Bible that will commend us to God but how well Jesus knows us.

It’s time to get personal

The Bible is good, but a personal relationship with God is better. In fact, the better your personal relationship is with God the better you will be able to understand the Bible. God’s people are taught to death by misguided church leaders. People are led to believe that knowledge of the scriptures brings about godliness in their lives. They are told that if they could only know the truth, they could live it.  However, the knowledge of good kills our spirits.  Only revelation makes our spirits alive.  Teaching, as it is currently practiced in most of the church, is a fraud.

Lack of teaching is not the problem

Yet, knowing the depth of the word does not cause you to live it. Knowledge feeds our heads, but usually doesn’t change our hearts. What does change our hearts is intimate contact with God’s Holy Spirit.

Teaching is like a rudder on a boat. We all know a rudder is absolutely necessary to steer any ship; however, unless there is movement, the rudder is useless. First, the wind of the Holy Spirit must fill our sails, driving us forward.  Only after we are moving is it time to steer the ship.

Can you be a good Christian without a Bible?

A significant portion of the world’s believers do not have access to Bibles. Yet, for their apparent ignorance of the scriptures, they still accomplish mighty exploits in God. They preach salvation, heal the sick, cast out demons, and listen to God’s voice without a fraction of the teaching that we have received in the western world. Teaching is not nearly as necessary as leaders tell us.

Scripture is not our God

Truly, my aim is simply to place the scriptures in their proper place in our lives. The Old and New Testaments teach us what God did with others in the past. From both Testaments we can extract valuable principles and perspectives but we need a current revelation so that we may know God’s mind today.

Have the guts to preach the current word of God

Many of us have the current word yet we refuse to speak it because we fear what people will say.  We protest that “the people are not ready to hear this” and “they would not understand”. However, God would not give us these revelations if He didn’t want His people to hear them. Therefore the bottom line is this:

“We must dare to speak the current word of God.  We must speak this revelation just as God reveals it.  Speak it no matter what the cost or else we are unprofitable servants.”

No Compromise by Keith Green

Podcast: God’s River of Revelation

How important is the flow of God’s Spirit speaking to us personally? Is the revelation and insight He desires to give us for our own personal lives something that we should be pursuing? Or is this optional for us as believers? Listen as we discuss the powerful river of revelation that God is flowing to His people – and why He does it. . .

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