The Gathering On The Rock

Today, we look at a "Key to Enjoyment of Christ Lifestyle." The Key to enjoying our new lifestyle in Christ is the understanding that we are Made alive together with Christ!

"Being Alive to Christ" means that Christ's life becomes the truth of how we practice His Presence. We are to see His presence as a reality in all of our life situations and circumstances.

In our study today, we learn that we are "to Live our Lives Like Christ Lives." The words 'the way, the truth, and the life' are already in our DNA. We are learning to live extravagantly in love. Our lives are to be lived and enjoyed; there is no other way to truly live them.

Today, we look at being "Preoccupied with Yeshua." This means we are to give Yeshua first place in all of our Life situations. We are the New Men moving from our New relationship and using our current life issues to Practice and Establish our Real Identity.

'Yeshua is the Evidence that our old man is dead!' The Father created the new man in us, which means we are being saved by His life.

We are not the evidence of death to self. 'Yeshua if the Evidence of Death to Self!' When He died, we died. When He was buried, we were buried, and when He arose, we arose as well. When He ascended, we ascended also.

The Father is 'Reprogramming our will to come under the New Man' rather than resorting to the habits of the old. The Father is changing our focus from 'behavior to identity.'

The Father wants us to be as righteous and holy as He is and to enjoy the process of becoming like Christ. To do that, He needed to take away the problem of a sinful nature and create with us the characteristics of a person who 'Loves Righteousness!'

The Father wants us to live in the 'Same Quality of Love' that exists between each of the members of the Godhead. Every activity of the Holy Spirit in our lives increases our engagement with the primary purpose of the Kingdom. Which is being conformed into His (Christ) image.

'Grace will speed up our Growth' in who the Father is for us. We are tested on everything we are taught. Grace comforts us when we fail the test; Truth, on the other hand, prepares our hearts to take it again!

'Father God loves our Life and Our Learning!' The Father sees who we can become, and still, He loves us now with all our faults and mistakes. He knew what He was getting when He got us. The Father never allows us to be without Blessing!

'Grace is a Ruling Power' that releases the amazement of the Father's nature and character to us, regardless of our situation or circumstances. When Grace and Righteousness combine our hearts, then we become a partaker of the Father's divine nature.

Yeshua went to the cross to take from us all 'Worldly Negatives!' When we are more aware of sin than we are of the Father's kindness, goodness, grace, and love, then we cannot know the fullness of who He wants to be for us!

'Grace is about Freedom!' This means that we need to be free to process freedom through the nature of Father God and not the rules or behavior set by man. We will neutralize what the Spirit wants to be for us when we give no value to grace!

It is imperative for our growth that we develop a powerful attitude of "Partnering with the Grace Holy Spirit" is pouring into us.

When we are in Yeshua, and He is operating in us, then we get to experience life exactly as He Himself does. This is the very definition of Christ in you, the hope {expectation} of Yeshua's glory!

We need to have a "Positive Expectation of Father's Heart" toward us. Grace strengthens our hearts!

Today, we see that "Grace Empowers Us to Receive Mercy!" In Grace, the Spirit empowers us to overcome our past history by teaching us how to abound in Father's Presence!

"Grace is not an Argument." Instead, it is a lifestyle in Christ where you and anyone you meet can encounter Goodness, Loving Kindness, and Favor. In this way, it is a normal way to walk with Father God more in the ways of the Kingdom than the world.

'Hold to your Confession of Faith.' Not only does Yeshua live in you, but He truly knows everything about you. Yeshua, the One who knows you BEST and LOVES you the most!

It is important that we do not see ourselves as deficient, inadequate, poor in spirit, with limited resources, for this does not 'Honor the Father.' We have no lack in our life circumstances because we can never face the situation alone!

'Grace produces Strength' in the weakest places of our experience in Father God's goodness. We are created to be like the Godhead, strong, joyful, loving, and kind with the power to overcome!

'Grace is sufficient' for every circumstance and situation. Our sufficiency is Father's responsibility. Our authority in grace comes from the Father's permission for us to consider ourselves dead to sin and alive to Father God in Christ.

We are not to think more highly about ourselves that we ought to think. But we are to 'Think Highly of Ourselves!'

In grace, 'Jesus/Yeshua became poor so that we might become rich in His Identity!' Christ's grace will liberate us in true freedom.