I read there words by E.W. Kenyon recently and enjoyed it a lot! (strange punctuation though...)
This is an unveiling of what we are before the Father, and how the Father looks upon us in Christ.
John 16:28, “I came out from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go unto the Father.”
You remember Jesus said in John 3:3-5, “Except one be born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
The believer is born of God. He comes out of the very womb of God.
“Whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world” (1 Jn 5:4)
“For in one Spirit were we all immersed into one body, and were all made to drink of one Spirit.” (1 Cor 12:13).
Just as truly as Jesus came out from the Father, so we have come out from God thought the energy of the Spirit. We are born of God.
In 1 Jn 4:4 we read, “Ye are of God my little children.”
We are a part of the very Life of God.
God’s very nature had been poured into our spirits, for we are of God.
Now we can understand Jesus’ confession. It staggered the Jews.
It startled the disciples.
“I came out from the Father; I came into the world: again, I leave the world and go back to my Father.”
Just as truly as we came out from the Father in our New Birth, when we leave our bodies, we go back to our Father.
In John 8:23 Jesus said, “Ye are from beneath; I am from above.”
Jesus was ever conscious of Him heavenly origin and of Hid heavenly relationship.
Nothing would help us so much as to be aware that we do not belong to the earth. We are on the earth but we are not of it. Our citizenship is in heaven (Php 3:20).
We are not longer a part of this Satan-rules world. We are born from above.
We have the Nature and the Life of the Father. We are in Christ.
Believers are in danger of bring attracted to earthly things, such as money and the pleasure of life.
If we could know we are not of the earth, as we know we are men or women, and know that our highest joy is to be found alone in Christ, it would make a great difference in our earthly walk.
E. W. Kenyon, New Creation Realities, pp27-28
(Interesting to note in this quote that Kenyon, who is seen as the grandaddy of the Faith Movement, quotes here from the ASV, which was the most modern translation in his day, whereas today you can't be a real faith preacher unless you preach from the KJV! It's in the faith-preacher rulebook!)
Great stuff Matthew
Good to see you blogging again :)
Posted by: Marcos | 16 March 2007 at 02:49 AM