"There is no SAFETY in IGNORANCE!"

When it comes to the things of God, the Christian cannot use, “I didn’t know” as an excuse for repeated offenses against the Gospel of Peace. Being “ignorant” is just pure laziness. There is no reason whatsoever to “not know” unless you just don’t want to. Of course, as we have discussed many times in the past, many Christians enjoy their sin too much to cross over into the realm of repentance, redemption and reconciliation.

Don’t be lulled to sleep thinking that you are “safe” because you act like you don’t know what you are doing is perverse, rebellious or wicked. If you are above the age of five you know right from wrong and, I can state emphatically that when I was engaging in sinful activity, I knew exactly what I was doing! There is no sugar coating the truth here. I did it. I enjoyed it. And the rest is history.

          

The deception of “safety” is manufactured by Satan. He wants you to be “comfortable” in your sin; so comfortable in fact that you feel safe committing the sinful activity over and over again while being a hypocrite before the eyes of God. The deception is rooted and grounded in the fact that you will be concerned with your wife and kids finding out what you are doing than God! Imagine that; being more afraid of your wife or husband than God?

          

Ignorance and stupidity are two different paradigms. Ignorance is defined as not knowing something, while stupidity is being comfortable with not knowing something. Think about a person who has high blood pressure, feels bad all the time but won’t go to the doctor out of fear. The person knows he is sick but he is afraid that the doctor is going to confirm what he already knows. So he stays away from the doctor because he doesn’t want to hear the truth, however, the truth will save his life. The truth will identify the problem, expose it and then cure it! This is a prime example of how ignorance and stupidity can be symbiotic. The man who remains ignorant of his health is a ticking time bomb waiting to explode. There is no doubt a major a major heart attack waits him in his future.

Because of ignorance, he thinks he is safe.  He thinks that he is safe because he does not know. But stupidity will replace life with death and add another chump to the growing number of Christians serving the devil through deception.

"The NEW BIRTH: A WORD in the WIND!"

"The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit."

                                                                             (John 3:8)

In the Gospel of John Chapter 3, the Beloved Disciple received the revelation of a "new birth" from the Holy Spirit (HS). The HS is a type and shadow of the wind; possessing all of its physical and spiritual qualities. Just as God rebuked Job (Job 38-41) in his arrogance against the knowledge of God, so to must the Believer submit to the Wind (the HS). His wisdom, understanding and faith all come from the Wind.

The Wind and the Word are symbiotic; they are one in the same. The Wind carries the Word and the Word carries the Wind. You will never see one without the other. The Wind baptizes the New Believer and carries him with the Word. Like I said, they are One! They come from the same source; Yahweh, God Almighty and the Ancient of Days.

The root of the revelation is mastered in the "intent" of the son or daughter seeking Truth (Christ). Jesus repeatedly implores us to "only Believe." His incessant urging to compel us into His Presence through peace, love and joy in the HS requires a servant's heart and a renewed mind. Only a renewed mind can received a Word in the Wind.

Nicodemus' quest for relationship with the Father in secret sealed his fate from the beginning. The Word says that he was condemned already because he didn't believe (John 3:18). The Wind ushers in a new birth in that the Believer has received a new identity (he is transformed from a bastard (one who does not believe and follows Satan) to a son (one who does believe and submits to the Lord God) and can now enter into (inherit) the Kingdom of God and fellowship with the Father for eternity.

The Modern Day Christian is always seeking for a Word. They are obsessed with going to get a Word from somebody. You can't really "go" anywhere (in the "natural realm") to "get a Word." Don't be like Nicodemus. There is only One source for the Word...

The WORD always comes to you in the Wind! Selah...