Jesus...The Sinner's Friend!

"If someone asks him, 'What are these wounds on your body?' he will answer, 'The wounds I was given at the house of my friends.'" Zechariah 13:6

"Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends." John 15:13

"The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.'" Matthew 11:19

"For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more." Hebrews 8:12

"I will not violate my covenant or alter what my lips have uttered." Psalm 89:34

The hour of great outpouring is upon us, a time when the Glory of God will be witnessed in an unprecedented, unparalleled and unpredictable fashion. Resisting that wonderful onslaught is gross darkness, while the world appears to be downwardly spiraling, heading in an increasingly negative direction. Just as disease defies remedy, Satan's works are struggling with all their might to hang on, pull people under, and convince humanity that there either is no Creator, or He simply doesn't care about what's going on. Consequently, an insensitivity to the Holy Spirit develops, a place where everything appears dark and hopeless, from the inside out. At that point, man walks in the sense realm...Satan's arena, gaining perception, perspective and identity from what he sees and feels.

Our senses were designed to be a servant, not the leader. The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord, that place in which He makes known His will. It has been deemed the location of destiny's blueprint. Dreams and visions are revealed and experienced there.

The soul's enemy (Satan) wants nothing more than to interrupt God's transmission through cares, busyness and the deceitfulness of riches. Getting us sidetracked is the name of his game. Satan does that quite well. Sometimes he uses people in the process, those who have not yet chosen to walk in the Spirit and conduit Father's Glory...Heaven's Love, Light and Life.

I often advise patients in the clinic to avoid losing identity through earthly relationships. No matter who we are, or what we do, nothing, and no one, can possibly replace that vital, one-on-one intimacy with the Father. The moment an individual places a substitute on God's throne, failure will ultimately result. Regardless of how wonderful Spirit-led people might be, Dad is still the best and will not settle for second place. A gravitational pull of love always emanates from His direction. If resisted, there can be no peace.

What about Jesus? He is a Friend Who, indeed, sticks closer than a brother. In other words, flesh and blood cannot take his place. Our Savior, the great I Am, will always be everything to us. Nothing on earth is more valuable than a true friend. He is all that. The Man will never backbite or pull the proverbial rug out from under anyone. He wins every battle through the Blood. Victory is guaranteed in the Believer's walk. The Master is frankly fun to be around!

After Christ's resurrection, a number of mandated investigations were conducted, in hopes of answering a multitude of questions concerning what actually happened back then. After all, a Body was missing, and government officials were shaken to the core, since what Jesus prophesied had obviously come to pass.

Documented interviews accord insight into the Person (Jesus) Who walked the face of this planet two-thousand years ago. Those reports present a Man in love with people. The Redeemer radiated Heaven's Essence and plan wherever He went. According to one summary, there was such an unusual Presence around Him, that wild animals freely approached the Savior as He walked.

The King of kings chose to hang out with goofy people...sinners, tax collectors, prostitutes, the sick and deceased. Instead of further exacerbating their situations, He was present to make whole. Most of them enjoyed His company, as well. Our privilege is to maintain the highest of intimacy with Heaven's Best.

Why was Jesus so attractive? Is there a reason so many followed Him? Absolutely! All existing was made with His involvement. There's something about creation that craves the Creator! Also, He refused to be harsh with those who were hurting. Christ was able to venture beyond sin, that rough exterior, mankind's unruly behavior, and prophetically envision a Masterpiece of Destiny! He was a visionary with an anointing to look right into one's heart, discerning thoughts and intents. As He is, we have become in this world.

The Revelator is strongly speaking to my spirit about the Church. Unless we cease focusing on problems (sin and its byproducts), choosing instead to simply remain an open Conduit of truth and associated solutions...from winning the lost, healing the sick, delivering the oppressed, to raising the dead, Dad's perfect plan of full redemption will be further delayed.

Why do people sin? First of all, without Christ, it's their inherent nature. However, there are other reasons, such as emotional and spiritual pain, despair, hopelessness, being hurt by others, and a lack of vision.

Have you ever dropped a heavy item on your foot? Pain is felt from stem to stern! A selfishness promptly arrives. We forget about others, including the surrounding environment. Focus is stayed on the matter at hand...agonizing discomfort! Such is the case with those under Satanic attack. They're hurting! You and I are to set everything aside and do whatever is required to make them feel better. The Word both demands and facilitates that.

Let me ask you this. If your child were run over by an automobile, what thoughts and emotions might be encountered? Would you scream at that injured youngster, telling him how stupid he was, pointing out his inability to properly function, or perhaps imply that God was meting out some form of punishment for past misdeeds? Might a suggestion be made to "just get over it?" No! Comfort and restoration would rule. The Almighty isn't any different with His Kids. Nothing but remedy flows from Heaven's portals.

It's time for the Church to reflect the Father's will. We need to tell men, women and children who they are in Christ, rather than obsess over what they've done wrong. All have sinned and fallen short of the Glory. Nevertheless, God chose us and is still calling the shots, insisting that He will not be stopped again. What Dad has deemed clean is clean. Not a single tongue should lay anything to the charge of His elect. When we do, it's like beating up on oneself, purposely smashing your hand with a hammer, since the Body is composed of various parts, but remains one in system and function.

I sense He wants to say more about His Bride. Let's listen.

A Victorious Church!

"Beloved, the hour has come when judgment and midcourse corrections are beginning in the House. As I've said to you before, this is not necessarily a negative process, but one that promotes and establishes salvation, healing, health, provision, deliverance and destiny, manifestation of those promises backed by the Covenant. Hurt people attack others in the way they were injured. Your job is to not judge, but encourage and heal, as the Holy Spirit convicts and instills willingness in the day of My Power. Shaming and blaming must end. That is precisely why many Members of the Family refuse to gather. They've been injured in the House of their friends. I know what rejection and abandonment are all about, the pain of being judged, accused and misunderstood. Does the Word not instruct the Bride to overcome evil with good, that where sin abounds, grace must gain greater ascendency? Let Me continue performing that marvelous work in you, as the Children are promoted from Glory to Glory. Then simply conduit what is seen, experienced and heard, during those Throne Room encounters in Our Secret Place. The greatest indicators of walking in the Spirit are demonstrating love and compassion, setting aside agendas, bearing burdens of the weak and not pleasing self, laying down that life, when instructed, for others. I can handle your doubts and questions. After all, these hands formed you in mother's womb. The Glory upheld, and continues to uphold, every atom of your being. Within that heart beats a destiny, intricately placed there by the Author and Finisher of Faith. I know what We are doing! So, lean not unto natural understanding. Totally yield to those stirrings on the inside, as the Church is restored to literally glow with Unction! She will be likened unto a lighthouse, medical center, drug store, supermarket, whatever is needed to promote wholeness and happiness. Did I not meet needs, and even desires, before quality decisions were made to follow Me? Don't miss this! Signs, wonders and the miraculous are a major part of what is quickly unfolding. Dad has no problem in pulling out stops and putting on a show (display) of His might. Don't you think we've been held back long enough? Raise that sail! Yield to the Wind. Don't resist. Let's go over to the other side, a land flowing with Heaven's contents!"

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Dr. Paul N. Gervais

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I take no account of evil done to me. I pay no attention to a suffered wrong. 1 Corinthians 13:5

For Further Study:

Jeremiah 3-4
Psalm 63
Luke 17:1-4

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