Encouragement

I’m celebrating 54 years of being baptized in the Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking in tongues.

As a 23 year-old son of a Baptist minister, I did not know the power of God. On July 31, 1972 He baptized me with His fire, Jesus, and His power.

It was my Pentecost and I am eternally grateful for the great promise of the Father and Son for the Spirit of truth, my Comforter; for my Helper, who leads me into all truth and instructs me and shows me things to come.

Blessed be His holy name, God the Holy Ghost! He is God the Holy Ghost, the third person of our God.

So, this morning, I woke up praying in the Spirit, speaking in tongues. He is always there to help me in every situation. He sanctifies me: spirit, soul, and body into the image of Jesus, into my heart.

July 31, 1972—eternally grateful for God’s great gift, the gift of the Holy Ghost.

Happy Pentecost to me!!! Hallelujah.🕊️🔥

Moses speaks of God as Father in the Song of Moses:

“Do you repay the Lord this way, You foolish and unwise people?
Is He not your Father who has bought you?

He has made you and established you.” — Deuteronomy 32:6 (NASB 2020)

What a powerful revelation given to Moses. Up until now, he only knew God as the I Am. After his great deliverance, coming out through the blood, through the water, and into the cloud he breaks into song. “God is my Father.”

You see Jesus, in the very beginning of his teaching, introducing His Heavenly Father, and His love for creation. His care and provision even to the tiniest of the birds of the air the sparrow. It is part of His purpose to show His followers His complete relational dependence on Him. He has come to show us the Heavenly Father and His Fatherhood.

“The Father loves the Son and has entrusted all things to His hand.” — John 3:35 (NASB 2020)

“I and the Father are one.” — John 10:30 (NASB 2020)

This is the foundation for oneness, as in the high priestly prayer, Jesus prayed,

“I do not ask on behalf of these alone, but also for those who believe in Me through their word; that they may all be one; just as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.” — John 17:20–21 (NASB 2020)

When we come as priests before the Lord, we simply acknowledge God as “Our Heavenly Father.” This is our oneness, our place with the Father and the Son.

To all fathers, be blessed on this our day. Hallelujah!

The phrase “all things” appears throughout Scripture in different ways — concerning God’s power, Christ’s authority, creation, provision, and the believer’s life. Here are the following passages written by the Holy Ghost:

God and Christ Over All Things

“The Father loves the Son and has entrusted to His hand.”
— John 3:35
“For from Him, and through Him, and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen.”
— Romans 11:36
“He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.”
— Colossians 1:17
“And He put all things in subjection under His feet, and made Him head over all things to the church.”
— Ephesians 1:22

God Working Through All Things

“And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.”
— Romans 8:28
“I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.”
— Philippians 4:13
“But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us.”
— Romans 8:37
Creation and All Things
“All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him not even one thing came into being that has come into being.”
— John 1:3
“For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible…”
— Colossians 1:16

All Things Made New

“And He who sits on the throne said, ‘Behold, I am making all things new.’”
— Revelation 21:5
Concerning Love and Conduct
“Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.”
— 1 Corinthians 13:7
“Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.”
— 1 Corinthians 10:31
There is also this powerful word:
“God is above all and through all and in all.”
— Ephesians 4:6

God’s FULLNESS

“…the fullness of Him who fills all in all.”
— Ephesians 1:23

In closing: Ephesians and Colossians especially emphasize Christ’s supremacy over “all things.” To Him be all glory and power and Dominion forevermore! (Ephesians 1:23) Ephesians and Colossians especially emphasize Christ’s supremacy over “all things.”

God is the filler of all things! He is Spirit God the Holy Ghost. Thank you Father and Son for your promise!

One of the clearest passages is from Paul the Apostle:

“He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.” (Ephesians 4:10, KJV)

Paul also writes:

“One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.” (Ephesians 4:6, KJV)

And concerning Christ Jesus:

“Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.” (Ephesians 1:23, KJV)

God’s His presence, power, authority, and sustaining life extend throughout His creation. As the Lord says:

“Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.” (Jeremiah 23:24, KJV)

Scripture, His Word presents Himself as:

• Filling heaven and earth with His presence.
• Filling believers with His Spirit.
• Filling the church with Christ’s fullness.
• Ultimately filling all creation with His glory.

The fulfillment in the kingdom of God, when His glory is fully manifested throughout creation: to the end of His kingdom, “There shall be no end!”

“For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.” (Habakkuk 2:14, KJV)

God is absolutely and indeed presented as the One who fills all things, sustains all things, and brings all things to their intended fullness in Christ.

Keep on being filled with the Holy Ghost!

Deliberate, ongoing evil
   •   A settled disposition against God
   •   Moral corruption that shapes behavior

A helpful way to see it:
   •   Sin = individual acts or failures (missing the mark)
   •   Wickedness = a state or pattern of living in sin, often willfully

“Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, stand in the way of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.” – Psalm 1:1

For the believer, in Ephesians, it speaks of sitting in his presence, walking in his spirit, and standing against the evil one—in contrast to Psalm 1 where the man walketh in the counsel of the wicked, stands in the way of the sinner, and sits in the seat of the mockers.

This shows increasing steadfastness in rebellion. The importance of sitting in the presence of God and our personal intimate relationship with him. So revealed to us in his Word.

God cannot be mocked. What is sown in our lives yields a harvest that must be reaped. So the word encourages us to sow of the spirit and harvest brings eternal life.