Wisdom is the flow of Christ’s Spirit

Wisdom isn’t a physical substance like a bottle of water. God doesn’t give you a bottle of wisdom for you to use as you see fit. Wisdom is the flow of Christ’s Spirit through your being. He’s like a flowing river of water. If you cut off the Source, the flow stops. If you hinder the flow, the flow dwindles. Wisdom is Christ leading you and empowering you for righteousness, but you must listen and yield. You can’t fight or argue against Him without negative consequences. Double-mindedness pollutes His flowing stream of wisdom.

That means when the Holy Spirit transfigures you, He’s transfiguring you into a creature who flows with the love of God. When Christ is fully formed in you, you won’t be an independent little christ. You’ll be fully joined to Christ in unity as a particular member of Christ’s body. You’ll be joined to Christ the head and the body of Christ. His wisdom will flow through you. You’ll be completely in submission to Him and dependent on His power flowing through you. He’ll do His works through you by His might. He’s your Head, and you’re a part of His body. He’s transfiguring you into the specific part of His body He created you to become. He’s fitting you into His body.

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Don’t lose your ability to see the difference between reality from make-believe

No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light. The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness. Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness. If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.~ Luke 11:33-36

You must make a decision. You can try to straddle the fence, but it won’t work. What you think is Light in you will be darkness if you’re double-minded. The double-minded person will receive nothing from the Lord. No wisdom! If you don’t fully trust God, you’ll trust your own mind and observations. You might even trust the minds and observations of others. If you try to go both ways at once, you won’t be able to receive God’s wisdom. You’ll lose your ability to see the difference between good and evil. You won’t know reality from make-believe.

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The Double Minded Man

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. ~ James 1:5-8

You receive wisdom if you ask God for it. He gives you wisdom liberally. He leads. He teaches. He corrects. It’s all there for the asking. All you have to do is ask in humility without the hypocrisy of doubting. When you fear, you are doubting. When you allow the enemy to discourage you, you are doubting. When your fear leads you into anger, you are doubting.

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If you listen to Christ, He teaches you the truth.

If you continually live, move, and have your being in Christ’s utterance, you are truly His disciple. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.

It means you will be Christ’s disciple if you continually live, move, and have your being in His utterance, but what is a disciple? A disciple is a student or pupil.

If you live, move, and have your being in Christ’s utterance, you are truly His student. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.

Let’s simplify that.

If you continually live, move, and have your being in Christ’s utterance, He teaches you as His student. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.

Now, this is starting to make sense. If you are Christ’s pupil or student, He is teaching you the truth. If you’re following Christ, then He’s leading you. He’s speaking to you all the time. He’s correcting you sometimes. You need to listen. You need to seek Him and enquire of Him. You need to ask Him for direction and believe He will direct you. You need to stop resisting Him and second-guessing Him. You need to submit to Him when He corrects you. You need to stop being double-minded.

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Christ’s word is Christ’s utterance

If you continue in Christ’s word, Christ’s utterance, you are truly His disciple. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.

What is the utterance of Christ? You need to understand that. You must continue in Christ’s utterance. What is that? How can you do that? Let’s find the answer to that.

Let’s look at the Greek word translated as “continue.” It means the following:

abide, continue, dwell, endure, be present, remain, stand, not to depart, to be held, to be kept continually, to live, and to remain as one.
You could say the word “continue” means to live, move, and have your being continually in His utterance. So you’re living in Christ’s utterance continually. That still seems foggy. What does that mean?

If you continually live, move, and have your being in Christ’s utterance, He teaches you as His student. If you turn your will and attention to Him and listen to His voice, then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.

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CONTINUE IN CHRIST’S PRESENCE AND VOICE

God’s promise to you in John 8:31a-32 is conditional. You must continue in Christ’s word—whatever that means. Let’s start with Jesus’ word. What is Jesus’ word? Looking up the original language, the Greek word “logos” means “utterance.” It’s His spoken word, the statements He makes. His word is His logos, which is God’s utterance. If you prayerfully read the first chapter of John in the Bible, you find this utterance can’t be separated from Christ. In the beginning was the Word, the Logos, the Utterance, and the Logos was God. And the Logos was the Light that lights every person who comes into the world. Jesus Christ reveals Himself and speaks to every person who comes into the world. Some listen. Others flee from the Light.

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STAND IN THE PRESENCE OF CHRIST

Now, it’s becoming clear.

If you stand in the presence of Christ continually, listening to His voice, He’ll teach you as His student. He’ll lead, teach, and correct you. If you listen to His voice and yield to His Spirit to the point He can say His words and do His acts through you, He will set you free from your slavery to sin. Without this, you remain a slave.

You can even be born again and find yourself as a slave to sin, constantly doing what you don’t want to do. The apostle Paul talked about that. And yet, you can be free. When you listen to Christ’s voice, it sets you free.

I’m talking about maturity. I’m not talking about being born again. When you’re born again, you’re born as a baby in Christ. However, God wants you to grow up. When you grow up, you experience all the promises in the Bible. Consider the works Jesus did. Consider the works the apostles and prophets did. Those were just a foretaste. God has much more for you. What are the limits on God?

Some people say it’s impossible to leave sin behind completely. Others say if you sin it proves you weren’t born again. Others have other ideas. All these opinions only bring up questions and doubts. God will answer all your questions before you’re finished. You can see that Truth sets you free from sin. And listening to Jesus Christ is the key to Truth.

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Truth Will Set You Free: BEING TAUGHT BY GOD

Now, it’s becoming clear.

If you stand in the presence of Christ continually, listening to His voice, He’ll teach you as His student. He’ll lead, teach, and correct you. Something in listening to His voice will set you free from your slavery to sin. Without this, you remain slaves.

You can even be born again and find yourself as slaves to sin, constantly doing what you don’t want to do. The apostle Paul talked about that. And yet, you can be free. When you listen to Christ’s voice, it sets you free.

I’m talking about maturity. I’m not talking about being born again. When you’re born again, you’re born as a baby in Christ. However, God wants you to grow up. When you grow up, you experience all the promises in the Bible. Consider the works Jesus did. Consider the works the apostles and prophets did. Those were just a foretaste. God has much more for you. What are the limits?

Some people say it’s impossible to leave sin behind completely. Others say if you sin it proves you weren’t born again. Others have other ideas. All these opinions bring up many questions. Hopefully, God will answer all your questions before you’re finished. You can see that Truth sets you free from sin. And listening to Jesus Christ is the key to Truth.

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TRUTH IS REAL AND YOU CAN KNOW THE TRUTH

Truth is real. Truth exists. And you can know the truth. Truth is within your reach. Consider the following Scripture:

If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. ~ John 8:31a-32

Keep in mind that, in Scripture, when it refers to God’s Word, it’s always using a term in the original language that means a spoken word. It never uses a term that means “Scripture.” God speaks through Scripture, but so does the fallen, rationalizing human mind. God speaks through Scripture and every meand of divine revelation mentioned in Scripture. Truth isn’t too high of a goal regardless of what the intellectuals tell you. There’s a way you can find the truth, and that way is Jesus Christ and the revelation that flows from Him to you. While only apostles can establish apostle’s doctrine, every member of the body of Christ must have a real relationship with Christ and must yield to the Spirit to the point that the Holy Spirit can lead, teach, correct, comfort, and do His works through them. If fact, that is the only place of wisdom and knowledge.

Here’s a question you must answer before you can go forward. How can you take hold of what you just read in John 8:31a-32 and make it useful to you today? How can you know the truth and be set free?

Set Free

John 8:31a-32 tells you listening to the voice of Christ and acknowledging Him is the path to freedom. The truth will set you free.
Then you will know the truth and the truth will set you free.

You want to be free, but free from what?

Read on from the same place in the Bible to find the answer.

Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. A slave is not a permanent member of the family, but a son belongs to it forever. So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. ~ John 8:34-36

Everyone who sins is a slave to sin. However, Christ sets you free from sin, but you must continue to listen to Him and yield to Him. You must continuously live, move, and have your being in His leading, teaching, and correcting. If you hear without responding, you aren’t abiding in His leading, teaching, and correcting. However, if you respond to His voice in willing submission and obedience, you abide in His leading, teaching, and correcting. If you allow Him to say His words through you and do His works through you, He will set you free from your slavery to sin. If He sets you free, then you are free indeed.

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THE POWER OF GOD

What about the power of God and what He intends for the church? That’s something that I’m still not able to grasp. You may find God telling you His power and authority is already in your hand. If God’s people could just know and understand all the power and authority He’s put into their hands, then, every sickness would be healed. Then, no problem could stop them. Then, they would defeat every evil foe. Then, nothing good would be impossible for them. You’ll have to work that out with God directly. Focus on how you can know the truth and what that means for your life.

Nothing of the truth God is revealing is complicated. If anything, it’s too obvious and simple. However, some of it may be new and different. Anything outside of what we already think we know seems weird and unreal. That’s the trouble with paradigms or worldviews. They seem real, but they aren’t reality. Reality is truth, and ALL truth is hidden in Christ. Only He can reveal it to you. That’s an ongoing process.

God brings up truths you had never considered. It’s normal for human beings to have trouble accepting extreme changes in their thinking. People who easily change from one view of the world to another are just as easily swayed toward lies as they are toward the truth. If some of what God reveals to you seems a bit much for you, that’s normal. God may tell you things that conflict with what you considered reality. Some truths may be too hard to accept right away. In those times, turn to God. Ask Him about those truths that seem hard to understand. Ask God to sort them out for you and help you understand any truth. Don’t rush. Give it time.

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