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Mouth of the Spirit & Voice of the Flesh

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Over the past several months, during my assembly's time of worship of God, I have had the following phrase come to my mind many times, while praying and singing in the Spirit:

"Open the Mouth of Your Spirit, And silence the Voice of the Flesh."

This continued to come out as prayer in English, as a kind of prophecy or interpretation of the languages I was speaking by the Holy Spirit in worship.

I had the idea that it was necessary for God's Spirit to be in control and to be the One speaking in us as we were present in the assembly. But at the same time it was important that the many sounds of the flesh would be silenced in the process. For there are many times that people will speak as though for God, but according to their own intention and desire. It will not be anointed by the Holy Spirit for the edification of others, but rather serve some fleshly purpose.

This prayer of Christ in me, "open the Mouth of Your Spirit, and silence the Voice of the Flesh," seemed to be God's succinct way of having me ask for this to be done by Him.

As I shared this word with the congregation on this Sunday, I was also given an example from the scriptures by the Spirit:

Abraham had to choose to focus his hopes upon his son, Isaac, and not Ishmael. By doing so and making Ishmael and his mother leave his household, he both allowed the Spirit to speak ("Open the Mouth of Your Spirit") as well as allowed God to silence the voice of the flesh (when God heard Ishmael's cry before dying and delivered him).

Abraham acted in faith, by showing he believed Yahweh's promise that the nations would come out of the son he would have with his wife, Sarah. He also rejected his earlier indulgence of the flesh by putting away the son he had by his own fleshly ambitions with his wife's handmaid, Hagar.

This illustrates what the Father wants for us: to first allow the Spirit to speak to us, and in so doing He will then be able to silence our flesh. Our fleshly desires will be handled by him when we give way to the Spirit's teaching. We won't have to try to do it on our own, but He will do it for us, after we have chosen to listen to Him.

In so doing, this prayer is answered, as we ask of Father Yahweh:

"Open the Mouth of Your Spirit, And silence the Voice of the Flesh."

What this reveals of Him

Discerning Yahweh

God is concerned with both our spirit man as well as our flesh.

He won't allow the flesh to perish eternally, but as with Ishmael, he will hear its cry and deliver him, also promising great things to it.

Although it is unto the spirit of man that the many promises of God were at first, so He has a plan for the flesh.

But we must listen to the Spirit, not indulging in the voice of the flesh, in order to receive both blessings. God will then do what only He can do—fulfill His promise by the Spirit, as well as silence the flesh's voice with deliverance.

Truly, Yahweh is a loving God, Who plans a complete and gracious salvation for our entire selves!

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The Good Message

As you read this site, you will hopefully come to know Yahweh more fully.

But all of this continuing knowledge is useless unless and until you come into union with Him. I use the word union because it is truly a marriage. It is that deep connection we all seek, for which we most often look in other people. However, the truth is that our hearts will only be fulfilled when we enter that union in fullness with the One Who made us.

This is the grace of God, that He has not stayed distant for us only to worship as Creator. But He has come unto us, even become one of us—in His Son, Christ Jesus—in order to share an intimate union with us. He desires such closeness that it truly will envelope our entire life, transforming us into something new and wonderful.

You may have already entered this union with Him and only seek to know Him better through reading here. But if you have not, as you do read, let this Gospel sink into your heart as you read it now.

God loves you, and has cast your sins into the sea. He has sent His only Son as the Savior of the world—that includes you.

That Son, Jesus Christ, was born as a man through a virgin who had given her life to Yahweh; He lived without sin, reflected the glory of His Father, God, in all His words and deeds, and was persecuted even unto death because of it.

His death upon a cross was the powerful explosion that separated you from your life of death. It remains for you, now, to enter into that death with Him. As you die to the one you are now, a person separated from God from your many sins, you will be born anew, with a nature predisposed to live rightly. This gift is free to you, with nothing you can do to earn it. It is the mercy of God to offer it to you, as He loves you so much! All you must do is receive it by trusting Him to have delivered you. Simply place your life in His hands and embrace the freedom that came through that death on the cross.

The Gospel is that Jesus did not remain dead, but rose again on the third day after His crucifixion! Death could not hold Him, as He was without sin. And so death will not be able to hold you, as you identify with Him fully through your trust in Him. Let go of yourself and confess Him as Lord of your life. The power of His death and resurrection will work in you all that your Creator has destined for you. You will truly enter a new life and experience that intimate union you have been seeking all of your life.

So ponder these words as you read here of this great God—Yahweh—and all that He has revealed to His creation. Let His Spirit testify to your heart that these words are true, that God is Love, and that He sent His Son so that you might receive the life that is unbound by time and space. As you feel that witness in your heart, simply believe and receive what He is offering to you, even now, and begin your new life as a child of God.

Please write to me and let me know when you take this step, as I will be your brother in Christ—we will be one in Him!