An Anchor For The Soul (2)

The Witness Of The Spirit

1 JOHN 5:4-11
4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world--our faith. 5 Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? 6 This is He who came by water and blood--Jesus Christ; not only by water, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth. 7 For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. 8 And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one. 9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is the witness of God which He has testified of His Son. 10 He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself; he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony that God has given of His Son. 11 And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son
God is never without a witness.Every human law has its roots in scriptures.The Bible tells us that the testimony of one witness is not admisible there must be at least two witnesses and the testimony of the witnesses must agree.A witness simply says that i was at the scene of the occurence,i am privy to the facts of the incident on a first-hand basis  and thereby swears to the veracity of a party's statement or otherwise.In other words a witness has facts on the occurence of a matter that proves the veracity or strength of a case.

So Apostle John says that "whatsoever is born of God has overcome the world" which simply means that what or whosoever carries God's DNA  has overcome the world and the this is the victory that overcomes even or faith.The grounds of our victory was established long before the conflict began. The victory was enacted before the trials we are facing. This is guaranteed because our victory was established in the courts of heaven.So when there is a contest on the grounds of our victory or certain challenges come that try our faith we have a sure witness that was there when our victory was acomplished.Every victory of the believer is in the" past tense".Excuse my grammar but what i mean is that every victory was already given to us by Jesus. The bible says in 1 Peter 2:24 "who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness--by whose stripes you were healed".

The scriptures say that there are three that bear witness in heaven;the father,the word,and the spirit and these three are one ,it also says that there are three that bear witness on the earth;the water,the blood and the spirit,these also are one.Remember the scriptures also say that Jesus is the representation or the manifestation of the Godhead bodily,therefore this implies that the witness in Heaven is Jesus manifested as the son of God and the witness on earth is Jesus manifested as the son of man.That was why blood and water flowed when he was crucified.Remember the  scriptures also say that he did not come by water alone but  by water and blood and he left us his spirit as our comforter.

We have this revelation as an anchor for the soul because the witness of the spirit of Jesus Christ is in every believer agreeing with our spirit that the word of God is true. That is why we always have confidence when there is an ocurrence contrary to our faith and against our well being we have peace, very deep peace because the spirit,who is the witness of the proceedings in heaven,the Spirit that was the performers of God"s word at creation,the spirit who also raised Jesus from the dead,the Spirit that is presently our" paraklet"and who the Bible says is the "deposit guarantee" of our  inheritance.(2 Cor 1:22, 2 Cor 5:5, Eph1:14) is in us and he begins to comfort our hearts and if we are attentive enough he begins to allow us into proceedings in heaven.

So brethren we have an anchor because the spirit bears witness with our spirit about everything we are passing through and more importantly the Bible tells us that the spirit searches all things even the deep things of God and opens our heart to the the things that are freely given to us by God.We have an anchor for the soul because the spirit gives timely divine information for our protection,counsel and guidiance. We are comforted that although we do not know everything we have comfort in all things because the witness of the Holy Spirit in our hearts is always true.

An Anchor For The Soul 1

when GOD stood in the WITNESS BOX.

It sure sounds funny.God in aWITNESS BOX? What!. To see the Judge of the earth(Gen 18:25) take the witness stand and swear to an oath,to imagine that the Gorvenor(Psalm 22:28) among the Nations will take an oath. Why will God have to swear? Was just speaking his Word not enough? Did he not just speak the world into existence? An oath implies that the person taking it will not lie.Then,Why will God want to lie?

However God took the witness stand to speak the language of men.The scriptures tell us (Heb6:16) that "Men swear by a greater  and an Oath of confirmation to them is an end to all strive" the Message translation puts it thus, "When people make promises, they guarantee them by appeal to some authority above them so that if there is any question that they'll make good on the promise, the authority will back them up. 17 When God wanted to guarantee his promises, he gave his word, a rock-solid guarantee - 18 God can't break his word. And because his word cannot change, the promise is likewise unchangeable. 19 It's an unbreakable spiritual lifeline, reaching past all appearances right to the very presence of God" while in the complete Jewish Bible it says Heb 6:16-19 "16 Now people swear oaths by someone greater than themselves, and confirmation by an oath puts an end to all dispute.   17 Therefore, when God wanted to demonstrate still more convincingly the unchangeable character of his intentions to those who were to receive what he had promised, he added an oath to the promise; 18 so that through two unchangeable things, in neither of which God could lie, we, who have fled to take a firm hold on the hope set before us, would be strongly encouraged. 19 We have this hope as a sure and safe anchor for ourselves, a hope that goes right on through to what is inside the parokhet,.Speaking to Abraham God said " I will make you a great Nation,through you the Kingdoms of the world will be blessed.I will cause your seed to be more than the sand on the sea shore.In other words the sand on the sea shore will be fewer than your seed.God began to speak about the posterity of a childless man.He began to speak with all certainty about the future of a man that was still waiting for him. He said." know surely that your seed shall be enslaved until the cup of the Amorites is full".Have you noticed that trend in God? He has a habit of leaving your burning issues and talking about your future. He will seem to overlook what is worrying you now and start to talk about his purpose and your role in it.This got Abraham worried ,how shall a childless man father a nation?God does have a sense of humour,he went  ahead and changed his name to father of nations ,he changed his wife's name too and their situation worsened.Tongues began to wag. Haaa!Abram has lost it.He has changed his name though he is childless and every time he was called that name a knife went through his heart.The name made his situation more pitiful,it pointed to his reproach. HE asked God shall this Eleazar of Damascus be the man over my house? latter he asked again oh that Ishmael may live before you. Apostle Paul makes us understand that Abraham's body was dead as was Sarah's womb.But praise God his word is alive and active.So when God saw the faith of Abraham and the deadness of his body,the jeers of those who loooked at his hopeless situation,he swore to an oath saying literarily that,by all that makes me God i will certainly honour my word.Since an oath of confirmation is the end to all strife,dispute,questions and doubt among men. God took the witness box and swore "that i will certainly perform my word".The judge of the whole earth decided to help the faith of one man and sopke his word backing it with an unchangeable oath ,he gave a guarantee that the voice that spoke the world into existence could not fail in the issue of one man.When God decides to commit himself to ensure that what he has said about you will come to pass. When he is going ahead contrary to all physical manifestation of your present circumstance to show that he is still at work; working in you and working inspite of you to make sure his word comes to pass.Be assured of his love.He watches over his word to perform it.He broods over his word like a mother hen over her chicken.God is not slack as men consider slackness.He is working on your case and mine.He is busy on our account. We have hope and this hope is an anchor from the tempest of life.We have an Anchor in him and this hope is what we can hold on to.If he carried the weight of the world on his shoulder he can carry you.please study Gen:15 -18 and Hebrews 6

a place for HIM alone (2)

Welcome to aliyah koinonia. Building further on my earlier introduction. An aliyah ia an upper room or a chamber built in eastern houses with seperate stairways and window overlooking the street.It was usually made to entertain special visitors ,therefore it was always well furnished and kept in a state that made it always ready for use.Can we say it is like a presidential suite?.Yes,in some way it is.

There are several examples of several people who built such spaces in the Bible.The Shunamite woman is a very good one. In 2nd Kings 4:8-11,she built a room for the Prophet Elisha,furnished and she ensured that the needs of the Prophet were met.She performed her act of worship to the servant of God without having in mind the hope of any reward. She worshiped simply because she loved God and she got a child,even when the child died it was in the same "upper room" that the child was healed. Other examples are;the widow of Zarepath (1 Kings 17:19-23),Daniel (Dan 6:10), and in the New testament it is called an  Upper Room (Mk 14:15,Lk 22:12,Acts1:13 & Acts 9:37).

Aliyah Koinonia  is simply a fellowship with you and the lord,a fellowship with the lord and i, a personal relationship in the upper room of your heart where it is you and the lord only. It is coming to him without make ups. You swollen eyes;from sleep or tears,your early morning odour,worries from last night's nightmares ,bad dreams unfufiled aspirations and all.It is simply one man encouraging another to a closer walk,learning from each other and bearing our burdens, sharing our experiences under the hand of God. It is like the man with the paraplegic child saying to Jesus, "i believe help thou my unbelief" or an uncertain Mary saying,"be it unto me according to your word" or  the woman with the issue of blood saying to herself"if only i can touch the helm of his garment". Each example had a reproach,a situation that you cannot hide. A situation that people call you by. A Paraplegic child,an unwanted pregnancy,an issue of blood or a private issue with you and God alone .It is a place to speak quietly to him and hear from him without amplifications.

Apostle Peter puts it clearly in 1 Peter 3:15&16"But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ." To sanctify the lord simply means to build a place that is for him alone,furnished and made fit for him in our hearts.
A Presidential suite for the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords in our heart.A place of seperation and deeper dealings with the LORD.

Aliyah Koinonia , Koinonia which means fellowship,is an upper room fellowship with the Holy Spirit. Join us  as often as we share and fellowship together with each other knowing that our fellowship is with him. SHALOM.