Open The Direct Gate

"Then Jesus shouted, “Father, I entrust my spirit into your hands!” And with those words he breathed his last."

LUKE 23:46

The difficulty people have in following the lord is offering themselves for the sacrifice. As our Lord Jesus walked - so shall we. He gave all his life - offering the total package of his human life for the total body miracle of the redemptive spirit of the most high God.

The spirit did not manifest until Jesus took his offering to the cross in triumph. We too are sacrifices - not to death - but to life in Jesus. Offer all you are - all you have ever known. Let it be gone and offered - give your heart to Jesus and his promise will show truth in you.

The typical human life and the spiritual life cannot be lived at the same time. The self-focus must be put to death for the spiritual to spring forth. The typical human life leads to sin - to work sin out of you - the spiritual life of Christ must be purposefully lived.

The offering to God is the self-focused life. Christ is not natural - he is supernatural. The life of Christ in another can only be lived through obedience and faith to the Holy Spirit - to do the will of God - to love your neighbor - the person that which is near to you in need of loving kindness. This is the call of Christ Jesus.

“If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross daily, and follow me.” Luke 9:23

“Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them there.” Galatians 5:24

“So prepare your minds for action and exercise self-control. Put all your hope in the gracious salvation that will come to you when Jesus Christ is revealed to the world. So you must live as God’s obedient children. Don’t slip back into your old ways of living to satisfy your own desires. You didn’t know any better then. But now you must be holy in everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy.” 1 Peter 1:13-15