Let the Hand of God touch you this Christmas....
Sunday, 30. November 2008, 16:39:03
If Jesus was meeting you for the first time and reached out His hand to great you , He would say; “ Hi! My name is the salvation of God” . To receive Him then I would have to receive the identity that He introduced Himself with- The salvation of God. His name In Hebrew is Yahushua- meaning; salvation of God. You can not receive anyone in your heart and love them with your soul without receiving who they are..
. I want to introduce Jesus to you to day and you will know if you worship Him or not, if you have eternal life or not, if what you do is in vain or not.. read more ,to know who He is,...
“In the beginning God created…” Gen.1
The word of God from Genesis to revelation is all about The God who created.
Do you know that to create something out of nothing is not possible for us- only Yahuweh- the only and true God have this capacity!. Have you heard that He created the heavens and the earth with speaking in into existence ? well,that’s only partly true,because we read in Genesis that; “ then God said; let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night,and let them be for signs and seasons and for days and years….then God MADE two great lights…He MADE the stars also…He MADE the beast of the earth.. let us MAKE man in our image…so God created man…” Yes God spoke out what He wanted to create,and then He made thoses things- He created what He wanted. To create is the same as carving or cutting out – to form or to fashion. To do all this you have to use your hands. God created everything with His own hand. God was actively involved when He created everything that is, he was not far away- giving commandments or speaking words only- He was near and active involved.
“ heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool, where is the house that you will build me ? and where is the place of my rest? For all those things my HAND has made ..!” Isa.66 1
“ AH Yahuweh- behold, you have made the heavens and the earth y your great power and outstretched arm- there is nothing to hard for you!” Jeremiah 32 17
When Adam and Eve had to leave the garden- God himself MADE tunics of skin and CLOTHED them. To make tunics of skin- He had to first take the life of one of the animals that He just had created and loved. Then He had to form tunics that fitted them well and then He even clothed them- what a loving act from the hands of Yahuweh to a couple that just had lied and sinned against Him.Gen 3 21
God still is in the clothing business, just hear what David the king said ;” I will greatly rejoice in Yahuweh. My soul shall be joyful in my God,for He has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with the robe of righteousness” Isa 61 10 wow, what a great thing to be clothed by the hand of God!
Exodus 6 .6
“ I am the Lord, I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. I will rescue you from their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great power” God really showed His great power and strong arm on the Egyptians, but how?
It was not really the hand of Moses doing anything- it was the hand of God, but visible through the hand of Moses. “ I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great power” that’s what God said would happen, and He did. Moses at the beginning did not seem to understand this,because he looked at himself and said”o my Lord, I am not eloquent,neither before nor since you have spoken to your servant, but I am slow of speech and slow of tongue!” He looked at his own weaknesses, instead of just obeying. God was angry with Him and said; “ go!,and I will be your mouth and teach you what you shall say!” exc. 4.12
It was not the ability of Moses that God looked for,no He could have done this without Moses, but He needed Moses to be what God could not be- visible. He needed someone to speak those words that He wanted to say too.
Going from Moses to more modern times where the disciples of Jesus was seeing people healed and wonders happen- who did so?
Acts 4 29 “ now,Lord, look on their threats and grant to your servant that with all boldness they may speak YOUR word, by stretching out your hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of your servant Jesus- (Yahushua).”
. It was not the ability of Peter, no it was the power of Yahushua- as He has received all power on earth and in heaven- all power!! There is a name that is above every other name- even all the other titles or name of God – the name of the son of God- in hebrew Yahushua.
John 17 5 “ and now o Father glorify me together with yourself, with the glory which I had with you before the earth was “ To glorify the name of the son of God – is to glorify God.
Going to john 1.1
“in the beginning……” this time it does not say “…. God created” no, John changes the word created to ;… “ in the beginning was the word, and the word was with God and the word was GOD!. He was in the beginning with God, all things were made through Him, and without Him NOTHING was made that was made!, in Him was life, and the life was the light of men!”
HERE lies a great revelation-. In the beginning God created everything with His own hands- right? Now, John tells us that everything that has ever been made has been made through the Word of God! Telling me that the arm and hand of God almighty is the same as His word, and who was John talking about when He said “the word” Yes! Yahushua ! of course (Jesus)
Paul the apostle saw this truth and testifies about it in Colossians 1.13-19
“ He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the son of His love, in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins. He( Yahushua) is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation, for BY HIM all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him, and He is before all things and in Him all things consist, and He is the head of the body, the assembly….it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell, and by him to reconcile all things to Himself, by him”
.The hand who created everything is the son of Gods love- Jesus. And everything that was created was created for HIM- for His pleasure. That includes me and you too. The hand of God- Yahushua (Jesus) formed me to be His own. To be HIS has all to do with a love relationship- I am not created for works of slavery- but to be in a relationship with the God who long for my fellowship- and created me for himself
“ Jesus cried out; he who believes in ME, believes not in me, but in HIM who sent me !!, and he who sees me sees HIM who sent me “” John 12 44
Jesus cried out loud maybe in desperation- because he so mush wanted the people to understand this and RECEIVE HIM ,because there was no way that they could receive the Father if they did not receive Him.
this is the truth that satan tries to keep from you ,because if he manages to keep this from you- then he manages to keep you from receiving eternal life. Satan tries to make Jesus something less than God in our minds, he tries to make his name of no value- He tries to get us to focus on the Father and not the son- why? Because he do want us to be destroyed . You see; eternal life is something that Yahushua gives to anyone who believe in His name- receive Him as ; Gods salvation/ the hand of God
The hand of God creating eternal life inside you, just as he created you the first time. You see, believing is not a mind thing- not like knowledge that you may attain, so if you change every “believe in “ words with “receiving” you will get the whole point better. Just listen to this.
John 1.12
“ but as many as received Him, He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His NAME!” Believing in is better translated” receiving”
If you believe that my name is Anita- nothing good or bad will happen to you as a result of it- would it? But if you RECEIVE me as the one I am- something will happen to you- you will find a friend . If I believe your name to be John, would anything happen to me- good or evil ?? no,I guess not, but if I RECEIVE you and welcome you in my life then something will happen in my life- good or evil. If I believe the Name of the son of God to be Jesus- nothing happens, but it is when I receive HIM - I enter the kingdom of heaven and eternal life
John 6 57- 60
“As the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, se He who feeds on me will live because of me. This(I) is the bread which came down from heaven- not as your fathers ate the manna ,and are dead. He who eats this bread will live forever…..many of his disciples when they heard this said ,this is hard saying, who can understand it?
John3 18
“Believe in me!” Jesus said more than one time. Like saying; receive me!
John 14 2
..I go to prepare a place for you, and if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and RECEIVE you to myself, that where I am ,there you may be also. And where I go you know,and the way you know. Thomas said to Him; “master,we do not know where You are going and how can we know the way?? Jesus said to him; “I am the way,the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me”
Phillip said;” Master, show us the Father and it is sufficient for us” Jesus said “ Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known me Phillip? He who has seen me has seen the Father,so how can you say ; show us the father ?”
I feel the sadness in those words from Jesus to Phillip;” have I been with you so long and yet you do not know me Philip?” Phillip said ; show us the Father and it is sufficient for us, so he was probably talking on behalf of the other disciples also. They had been with Jesus for 3 years,and this was his final dinner with them . Jesus shared with them His desire to come again and receive them to himself,so that they could be with him for eternity. They did not receive this truth,or they could not understand it, because in their mind they expected and desired to see the Father- the great I AM. Jesus said ; don’t you know me Phillip? No,he had not know for these 3 years that the one he walked with ,eat with and discussed the word of God with actually was that great and awesome creator himself, the outstretched arm of God, made visible to them in Jesus.
Isaiah 53 describes to us why they must have stared at Jesus in disbelief- because he did not look like the creator or God the great I am
“who has believed our report (received it), and to whom has the arm of Yahuweh been revealed ?
For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant,and as a root out of dry ground. He has no form or comeliness and we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire Him, H e is despised and rejected by men….all we like sheep have gone astray, we have turned, every one to his own way, and Yahuweh have laid on Him the iniquity of us all.. yet it pleased Yahuweh to bruise Him…to make His soul an offering for sin.. He poured out His soul unto death, and bore the sin of many” Remember that Jesus was the son of Gods love- Gods own hand. The pain He afflicted on Jesus – was on Himself- they can not be separated, yet still He did all this to save rebels like you and me- no wonder the disciples did not understand- The Love of our God is to much.
The salvation of God with us- this is the name (identity) that will give us eternal life when we believe in this name- receive HIM in our heart as the one He is; The salvation of God
God has always been showing his people that He is the redeemer- no one else. He Himself clothed Adam and Eve with clothes of skin- His hands /the word/ Yahushua did so, just as God through his hand Jesus (yahushua) is the one who clothes us in a robe of righteousness when we RECEIVE Him as the son of God- as the creator. Nothing that is ever made is made apart from Him.
“thus says the Lord (Yahuweh) your redeemer,and He who formed you from the womb I am the master- who makes all things, who stretches out the heavens all alone, who spreads abroad the earth by myself, who frustrates the signs of the babblers, and drives diviners mad, who turns wise men backward and makes their knowledge foolishness!” Isaiah 44 24-26
You see, to receive this truth about Gods hand being His son Jesus- you can not be wise or a diviner or something- no! you need the heart of a child to receive the kingdom of God- Jesus said so. Wisdom in our minds will just not receive this- its foolishness or?Our minds need to believe in something ( believing meaning knowledge) but God is talking about receiving someone in our hearts- something a child easily do.
“He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him, He came to His own ,but they did not RECEIVE Him”
John 1 10
Remember Peter walking on the water? What happened when he began to sink? He cried out;
Jesus save me! Jesus reached out His hand and took the hand of Peter. This is beautifully teaching us that salvation is an act of the outstretched hand of God. Peter could do nothing apart from crying out;”save me” He could not grab the hand of Jesus, he could not do any good work at all- he just could cry out; save me! To cry out to Yahushua; save me- Peter had to believe in the ability of Jesus to save him. He received Jesus as The salvation of God to him. When we see that He is the creator of everything- even salvation, then we may with great boldness ask Him for whatever we need- most of all forgiveness and eternal life.
Salvation is only something you need when you see that you are domed without it in facing God the Father
Esek 36 27 “ I will sprinkle clean water on you , and you shall be clean. I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from your idols. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you. I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. I will put my spirit within you and cause you to walk in my statutes and you will keep my judgments and do them”
This is what The Hand of God – Jesus (Yahushua) does in anyone who believes in Him and receives Him
A divine surgery done by the hand of God, so that I and You will live by his blessed judgements , because that is what keeping is all about- its about doing all that He is telling me to do, and no more do my own things. To receive Jesus is also to receive this in His personality- His right to teach me,His right to judge me,His right to own me- because I was created by Him and for HIM. Think about that when He introduses Himself to you and say HI! My name is…..do you want to receive me ?? He is not a belief- He is GOD and to receive Him as the one He is- think about it.No more Sunday worship services, Monday blues, doing whats right just because its right- no , but turning to Yahushua to learn from Him, and have a relationship- an everlasting one
I will give you living water on the inside Jesus said to the woman at the well- if you will just ask me for it and receive ME as your delight. Have you received Jesus as YOUR creator ?or do you think that he is something less ?Have you received Him as your delight- the living water?
What more do Jesus do ? well listen to John the Baptist
” this is He who baptizes with the holy Spirit!” John 1 33
He baptise you with His own life giving spirit, .For you to have connection with Him through His spirit who lives inside your heart. This way He enables you to walk together with Him ,learn from Him and obey Him every day of our life,.To receive Him you also receive His Spirit- you can not separate Gods spirit from Himself- they are connected.
To love someone and not be in connection with that someone is terrible and will not make the relationship possible,that’s why Yahushua gives us His own Spirit to be with our hearts and have a connection with us- until the day when He will come to receive us so that we will be where He is and see Him as He is..
Isaiah 44 6 “ thus says The Lord ( Yahuweh) the King of Israel
And His redeemer, the Lord of Hosts ; I am the first and I am the last…”
Notice here that 2 individuals are mentioned; Yahweh – the king of Israel and HIS redeemer. The Lord of hosts, but then these “two” says; I am…. Testifying to us that our God and our redeemer is the one and only God- no one else besides Him.
Jeremiah 32 18
“ the mighty God , whose name is the Lord of Hosts “
God the almighty testifies here that’s His name is the Lord of Host, the same title that He gives to His son; the Lord of Hosts.
Our God Yahuweh calls himself The only King of Israel- no wonder the Jews wanted to stone Jesus when He testified to them that HE was the King of Israel
“ you say rightly that I am a king. For this cause I was born” John 18 37
When Jesus entered Jerusalem on a donkey the people sang; Blessed is The king who comes in the name of Yahuweh…..and some of the Pharisees called to Jesus “ teacher, rebuke your disciples!, but He answered them ; if these should keep silent, the stones would immediately cry out!” Luk 19 38
The titles of God the Father and His son- is used on them both- as they are one.
“it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe (receive Him)…to those who are called, both Jews and greeks, Messiah the power of God and the wisdom of God” 1. cor 1 21
In rev 1.8 Jesus tells John; “ I am the Alpha and the omega, the beginning and the end..who is and who was and who is to come- the Almighty” Yes he calls Himself the almighty, have you received Jesus as the almighty one? He is nothing less.
In rev 19 13 We again see Jesus “ He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called the word of God, and the armies of heaven followed him…and he has on his robe and on his thigh a name written; KING OF KINGS and LORD OF LORDS”
AS Thomas the disciple of Jesus cried out to Jesus when He recognised Jesus after His resuraction
“ my Lord and my God
Do you remember that the hands of Jesus had the mark of nails? Of course you do.
Look at what God is saying about His own hands in Isaiah 49 16
“ see I have inscribed you on the palms of my hands.. how can I ever forget you ?”
The hands of God has a mark- just as the Hands of Jesus,because the hands of God is the son of His love- Jesus.
“these things are written that you may believe (receive Him as ) that Jesus is the anointed one, the son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name ( in relationship with)
In Rev 21. 23 “ the city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God illiuminated it. The lamb is its light.”
Rev 22 3 “ and there shall be no more curse, but the throne of God and of the lamb shall be in it, and His servants shall serve HIM”
Notice again that first there is mentioned two different individuals; God and the Lamb,but then suddenly those two becomes one in “ they shall serve Him”
Heb 11 1 “ by faith we understand that the worlds were framed ( created) by THE WORD OF GOD, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.”
By Faith we understand that everything is created by who ? YES! The word of God- the right hand of God- His son. By faith!( not by some intellectual belief)
Who creates faith in you? Yes the creator of everything- Jesus!
as You have listened to this teaching I believe that He has created faith in you- in His name, in who He really is. .
Know that by receiving Him you also receive God the father and His Spirit – they can not be separated. God will come to you to live in your heart and be in a heart covenant with you- resulting in eternal life- as the eternal life Yahushua is received by YOU- Eternal life is God Himself. It is not a belief or some rules that you obey- no it is GOD HIMSELF. Therefore what you receive is alive and someone that has feelings,desires,plans and … Therefore to receive Him is what the covenant is all about. Yes its scary- it would have been much easier if it just was some rules or a belief- but it is living being- OUR CREATOR- YAHUSHUA
Reveive Him as you would receive a person. Take His hand and say HI- my name is… and then give Him your own soul and heart. When you do- you enter into a heart relationship with your creator and HE will create something new in you – whatever you do – do not let your heart leave Him ever again. If your heart leave HIM- you are the one leaving eternal life too ,as life is a being- the only GOD there is.
I have for years longed to see the eyes of God- to see the warmt and depth of his love – which I know is in those eyes, like a flame of fire. I have prayed for years to see His smile, and laughter because I know that His smile will bring healing to my soul. I have prayed for His arms to embrace me, because I know that those arms removes all fears and make me feel so safe. I have prayed.. but gone away from my prayers feeling more empty that when I started to pray. For a long time I did not want to pray, because every time these same longings came up In my heart, and I went away disappointed. As Phillip said I did ” show me the Father and it is sufffcint for me” As I look back now I can tell you- Yahushua has revealed Himself to me. Visualised His love and answered my desire to see him, but in a different way than expected .
I have seen His eyes, I have felt the healing power of His laughter, seen the love in His smile and felt the safety in His embrace. .but through another being- and instrument of the Hand of God ,because our God loves to visualise Himself to us as He always has. I have learned to receive more and more of who he really is, and to look for Him everywhere,and listen to hear Him through people around you.
You will know the difference between His servant and anyone else, because He is the creator,and in Him is life- when you know these things you will recongice His servants, You will recognice His creating power and life being given to you in meeting with them or in the words that they speak to you. . Something always happens to you in meeting the creator ,because he still creates and he is LIFE itself.
Who want a religion, who want to follow some manmade commandments. Who wants to raise hands in Sunday worship and feel bad on Mondays ? who wants to strive to do good works but always fail to susceed- not I. A relationship with my creator is what I want, and to know that he desire my heart gives me a joy in giving that to Him every day. I hope you will enter into this relationship today too, or renew your covenant with Him, and stop all the other things that you do.By Receiving Yahushua you hallow the name of God, the name that is above all other names and titles of God- The name of our almighty Father.
Yahushua ; “my Lord and my God!!”
Anita


