Monday 1 July 2013

Grace Notes - John 10 v 2-3

John 10:2-3 "But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out."

Jesus Christ is the good shepherd, he leads us besides still waters, he is the voice of reassurance and he shows us that we are righteous in Him.

As Christians we have many things in the 21st century that are trying to take our time, fill our minds, saturate our souls. Everywhere we turn our lives can be filled with constant amusement, we can watch endless re runs of TV drama’s on I-Player and then watch the same programmes on Satellite TV.

God accepts us, loves us, showers his grace upon us and nothing we can do, can separate us from His love and grace given to us. But, I can separate myself from his abundant lavish grace if I fill my life with the worthless over the valuable. I have a choice in life to enjoy all God’s grace or fill my life with the world. The more I live out of my union with Christ in my spirit the greater my mind and soul is renewed and is connected to my heavenly Father.

God’s grace is constant; it is an ever flowing stream of unmerited favor to me. In my spirit I have entered the Promised Land with all its blessings. As I live and enjoy all that God has provided by grace, I become strong, I experience his presence and I am renewed. The transformation is effortless.

Andrew Wommack explains how we are spirit, soul and body and that living from the spirit changes the way we think and live.

This verse promises all who are God's sheep that they not only can, but that they do, hear His voice. Many born-again people doubt the truth of this statement based on their experience. They don't think they can hear God's voice. However, the Word of God is true - not our experience.

The harmony between what this verse says and what our experiences say is that it is our new born-again spirit that hears God's voice. Although God has spoken and still does speak in an audible voice at times, very few people experience this. God speaks to our inner person (spirit) and our inner person hears Him. The problem comes when we aren't sensitive to, or controlled by, our spirit but are walking in the vanity of our mind. The Bible calls this walking in the flesh instead of the Spirit (Gal. 5:16-18).

Man is a spirit, soul, and body. Our spirits are as perfect as they will ever be in heaven. If we will change our thinking so that we believe what God says in His Word about who we are and what we have, then this agreement between our spirit and soul forms a majority and our flesh will experience the life of God that has been deposited in our spirits.

Prayer, Bible study, fasting, fellowship, etc. are ways of refocusing our mind's attention away from the voice of this world and back to the voice of our Shepherd who is constantly communicating with our spirit. If we fail to renew our minds, we can live our entire time on this earth without experiencing the abundant life that Jesus provided for us.


Listen, and you will hear His voice speak to you through His Word today.

1 comment:

  1. smiles...lots of truth in this alan...you can still hear his voice is we really listen...its at the root of a journey i taking...just starting really...i am with about 15 couples starting a church...one that we hope grows but stays small...breaking off every 100 people or so to new places...john 15 is where i am resonating but rippling out from there right now...smiles.

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