Christ The Way Church

This message deals with aspects that the Lord is calling to our attention in order to get ourselves unencumbered while on the narrow pathway into the life of Christ.

We feel that we are being led by the Lord to do one more session in the series dealing with the Revelation of Jesus Christ. There are some things that the Lord wants to speak to those that have ears to hear, and it would be important to those who have determined that they want to press into the Lord, until they truly come to know Him more than just in a surface level.

Since the moment we began this series, it has been obvious that the topic of the revelation of Jesus Christ, and the partaking of Jesus Christ, are uniquely related and are inseparable. After all, to know Jesus is to love Him, and to want much more of Him. In this message, we go through John 6, which is a key chapter in Scripture when dealing with the partaking of Christ, and we look at revelational understandings from the Lord in regard to the things that Jesus said about eating His flesh and drinking His Blood.

Part 4 begins the part of the series where we deal with what it means to partake of Christ. Because of what we have been covering in the series, and especially what we will engage in this particular portion, it seems only appropriate that we share communion with one another at the end of the service. We know that there are those of you who like to be able to share communion with us, so we are letting you know that we will have that time of communion after the message.

In Parts 1 and 2, this series has dealt with the hugely important topic of the Revelation of Jesus Christ. Repeating our introduction from Part 2, we began in Part 1 by dealing with the Revelation of Jesus Christ. Paul stated in Galatians 1:12 (CSB), "For I did not receive it (the Gospel) from a human source and I was not taught it, but it came by a revelation of Jesus Christ. We need to hear what Paul is saying to us in that verse. Just like there is only one Jesus Christ, there is only one true Gospel, because Christ IS the Gospel. So the revelation of Christ initiates a divine transaction in our hearts. Then in Part 2, we continued dealing with the Revelation of Jesus Christ and additional content that the Lord brought forward. We did not get to fully finish the content for Part 2 on 3/10, so in Part 3, scheduled for 3/24, we will finish the additional content on the Revelation of Jesus Christ and then in a beginning way, engage the part that we have something to do with..., what it means to partake of Christ, and how do we engage our part in that process. The partaking of Christ is a vitally important part of us cooperating with the greater process of the Lord which is administrated by the Holy Spirit, so that the Life of Christ might be formed in us and progressively overtake and drive out the Adamic nature life, the life that we were born into. Partaking of Christ is how we ingest Christ Himself into our mortal bodies so that little by little, as we continue in obedience to this process, we progressively overcome and are transformed into His life, and His likeness. THAT..., is how we enter into the fulfillment of the Eternal Plan and Purpose of the Godhead, and into bridal relationship with Christ. Christ The Way Church Website - https://christthewaychurch.com/

This two-part series is dealing with something that is very important to the believer in Jesus Christ, the topic of the Partaking of Christ. In order to treat the content with appropriate diligence, we began in Part 1 by dealing with the Revelation of Jesus Christ. Paul stated in Galatians 1:12 (CSB), "For I did not receive it (the Gospel) from a human source and I was not taught it, but it came by a revelation of Jesus Christ. We need to hear what Paul is saying to us in that verse. Just like there is only one Jesus Christ, there is only one true Gospel, because Christ IS the Gospel. So the revelation of Christ initiates a divine transaction in our hearts. Now in this Part 2 message, we move to the part that we have something to do with..., what it means to partake of Christ, and how do we engage our part in that process. The partaking of Christ is a vitally important part of us cooperating with the greater process of the Lord which is administrated by the Holy Spirit, so that the Life of Christ might be formed in us and progressively overtake and drive out the Adamic nature life, the life that we were born into. Partaking of Christ is how we ingest Christ Himself into our mortal bodies so that little by little, as we continue in obedience to this process, we progressively overcome and are transformed into His life, and His likeness. THAT..., is how we enter into the fulfillment of the Eternal Plan and Purpose of the Godhead, and into bridal relationship with Christ. The church at large has been wrongly teaching for sometime that to simply acknowledge that Jesus is real and is "out there somewhere" somehow means that we are automatically the Bride of Christ. That is unbiblical teaching and Revelation 3:21 makes that very clear. ONLY the Overcomers are going to sit with Christ on His throne and rule and reign with Him throughout all eternity. So it is important for us to understand what it means to be one of the Overcomers. That, and the process of partaking of Christ, is what we will cover in this part 2 message. Christ The Way Church Website - https://christthewaychurch.com/

This series is dealing with something that is very important to the believer in Jesus Christ, the topic of Partaking of Christ. But in order to treat the content with appropriate diligence, we had to start by dealing with the Revelation of Jesus Christ. That is what this Part 1 message covers, and this first part should not be minimized because it is so vitally important to the believer. Paul states in Galatians 1:12 (CSB), "For I did not receive it (the Gospel) from a human source and I was not taught it, but it came by a revelation of Jesus Christ. We need to hear what Paul is saying to us in that verse. Just like there is only one Jesus Christ, there is only one Gospel, because Christ IS the Gospel. Christ The Way Church Website - https://christthewaychurch.com/

A new season has begun and some are finding that their the journey on the narrow path has become more constricted than in the in the last season. In this message, we talk about some of the distinctions of this new season, analogies about our journey into Christ and His life, and then we get into something the Lord gave specifically for this church having to do with how we are posturing ourselves, and what the Lord wants us to do about it. Then we talked about how we can better negotiate the journey at this juncture, and then ended up getting into discussions of specific aspects about the preparation of the house of the Lord in the season, which is us, those who are following Him wherever He goes. Christ The Way Church Website - https://christthewaychurch.com/

In this Part 2 of this two-part series, we will be discussing this year and some things the Lord would have us be mindful of as we journey forward into 2024. There will be some discussion of things to come, but even more about the Lord's position on His intentions into the affairs of men. Christ The Way Church Website - https://christthewaychurch.com/

2024 and Beyond - Part 1 In this message, we followed the leading of the Lord, and went into a rather detailed summary of the foundation of Christ The Way Church. This was not intended to be, nor did it turn out to be a promotion of this church, but rather a delineation of the important points that have to do with what we believe are the real foundations Church of Jesus Christ, of which we are a part. And so, this was an in-depth discussion of those foundations are and why they are important. The specific discussions that pertain to 2024 and forward will now be a part of Part 2 of this message, scheduled for January 28th.

Once in a great while, and in the timeline of the Lord, He will connect the dots and bring a bigger picture together of His dealings in a persons life, and demonstrate a degree of faithfulness that is almost hard to comprehend on a human level. This is a message about one of those occurrences. The scripture basis for this message is 2 Timothy 1:12 and we discuss the revelation that the Apostle Paul had to be writing that specific verse in the manner that he did. Then from there, we discuss how that applies to the believer in Jesus Christ.

Jesus Christ is the greatest gift that has ever been given and the biblical story of His beginning is much more comprehensive than what we see in Luke 2. All the Scriptures speak of Jesus and in this message, we develop how much larger the biblical Christmas Story truly is than what we might typically think of.

In our last message on 10/29/23, we examined in Scripture the work of the Holy Spirit in the spiritual maturation of the saints and established that a person cannot come into the full measure of Christ without the inward work of the Holy Spirit. In this message, which will become Part 2, we continue on from the last message and look more deeply at the process of cooperating with the Holy Spirit in His inward work, so that, as we established in the last message, we may come into freedom in places where we may be stuck in our journey into readiness. But not only that, as important as it is..., but there is also the aspect of the joy of becoming a friend to the Holy Spirit, because after all, He is going to be with us forever (John 14:16). There is a substantial blessing awaiting there that many, if not most, believers have not fully appropriated. But it was the intent of Jesus that we have that type of relationship with the Holy Spirit when He (the Holy Spirit) was given to us as our Comforter, our Guide, and the One who is to lead us into all truth. Christ The Way Church Website - https://christthewaychurch.com/

When we look more deeply into the Scriptures, we find that the work of the Holy Spirit is vital in the spiritual maturation of the saints. In fact, His work is so vital that a person cannot come into the full measure of Christ without the inward work of the Holy Spirit. In this message, we develop some of the scriptures that document this reality, and then we go even deeper into our discussion of how the inward work of the Holy Spirit makes it possible for us to get unstuck in places where we are stuck, and continue our journey into the life of Christ.

We have entered a time in history that is documented in Scripture and will lead to a revealing of the Church in the glory of the Lord (Is 60). But it is very important that we stay the course and adhere to the apostles teaching to insure that Christ is always our eternal goal. This message discusses some of the transition that is now taking place, and how the ministry of the Holy Spirit is once again coming into a greater visibility. But it is unto a great eternal purpose, and now is not a time to regress into mistakes made in past years.

When a believer is focused upon inward transformation, which is a necessary process of having received the real gospel of Jesus Christ, there is always a passage of time between when we first engage that process, and when the Lord would bring us to a place of what the Scriptures call “maturity”. In Romans chapters 7 and 8, the Apostle Paul has much to say about life In the flesh (soul-based life) and life in the spirit (as we gain more of the life of Christ inwardly). How do we interpret Romans 7 and Romans 8 in view of our own experiences in a genuine inward transformation process? In this message, we take a deeper look at this question and the process of God involved. Christ The Way Church Website - https://christthewaychurch.com/ Closing Music Acknowledgments: 'Come Jesus Come' by Stephen McWhirter

The Lord took us in two directions in this message. Initially, there was a look at the important difference between knowing information, as opposed to actually possessing revelation. There is much going on in the church at large that the Lord desires to address in this area, and some of those points were brought forward in this part of the message. Then the Lord went after the main thrust of this message, and He began to present different checkpoints for us to use to gauge our personal progress in the journey. It is possible to think that we are actually in the journey, when in fact, we might not have really started the journey, because we have not fulfilled certain conditions that are required in order for us to be in a discipling relationship with the Lord. And then there are other issues, such as believing that we are being dealt with by the cross, when in fact, we might not have actually begun yet because we have not come to the place where we are willing to yield to His Lordship. These are just examples of some of the detail that the Lord presented in this particular message. But overall, He was reaching out to us to help us make sure of where we stand, and that we are on the real journey moving in the right direction. Christ The Way Church Website - https://christthewaychurch.com/

In so much of the church in this hour, there is a focus on what's in it for us, and especially financial provision. Jesus addressed this issue directly in Matthew 6 and indicated that from the Father's perspective, His provision is much greater than just a single focus on finances. But once we gain an increased revelation of Christ, and the fullness of who He is within, we also will gain a revelation that the Lord's provision is vastly beyond simply finances. The Lord wants us to come to terms with this, especially in this timeframe that we are in now. Those who are truly His, and who have committed to follow Him wherever He goes, are going to know the fuller experience of the provision of the Lord in a most magnificent and supernatural way. A major aspect of entering into the rest mentioned in Hebrews 4 that too many in the church fail to appropriate, is realized by coming into alignment with the Lord in His true eternal purpose for all of us. But once we do, we find that the Lord becomes larger and greater than we ever experienced before, when we were only looking for Him to be a provider of things. What the Lord deeply desires is that we come to realize that He, Himself, is the real provision we were created to know. When we come into a revelation of this, we will step into an entirely different experience in the Lord and struggles over finances will no longer occupy the level of our focus it once did. Christ The Way Church Website - https://christthewaychurch.com/