Luke 2:13-14
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
On my last blog GOD IS SATISFIED I began to deal with some radical truths that are really foreign to many of God’s children.
After much prayer and seeking the face of the Lord I believe the Holy Spirit has instructed me to place these truths before those who have a ear to hear and a heart to perceive.
If you have not read the first blog GOD IS SATISFIED do so because you will not want to miss the truth and the transformation that will follow simply because the truth that will be birthed in your heart certainly is going to make you free.
Let’s touch briefly on my first message GOD IS SATISFIED
Luke 2:8-14
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
Most people believe that this scripture is proclaiming peace and goodwill among men and they also believe that this scripture is pertaining to a specific time of the year and that peace on earth has come because Christ is being born.
That is not true?
Matt 10:34 states,
Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
The words of Christ are very plain, do not think that I have come to send peace on the earth; it is not peace that I bring to this earth but a sword
I have not come to end wars and rumors of wars, I have not come to end divisions and strife and separations among men, I have not come to bring peace but a sword
VERSE 35
For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.
He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
Luke 12:49-53
I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?
But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
Religion teaches that Christ came to bring peace among people and that is not true as I have just showed you according to the word of God
Listen to the word of God again,
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
This is God proclaiming to man that his wrath is being satisfied
His judgment is being appeased; His relationship with his creation man is being brought to a place of peace and goodwill.
Before the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ the relationship that God had with man, his creation with the exception of a few who had entered into intimacy with Him was wrath
Here is a radical statement,
Christ has changed how God deals with his creation Man.
2 Cor 5:17-18
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
And all things are of God who has reconciled us to himself by Christ
The word reconcile means to bring back into friendship after estrangement,
To bring back into friendship after separation, to bring back into harmony, to establish intimacy
Man may not be reconciled to God but God is reconciled to man based on what Christ has done, the conflict between God and man has ended and He has even given to us the ministry of reconciliation, and I believe that the reason Christianity is not having the impact on the earth that it was meant to have is because we are not preaching this message of being reconciled to God by Christ and the ministry of reconciliation that has been given to us as children of God.
Rom 1:16
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
Hear the word of God,
For it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth
The it that is being referred to here in the word of God is the gospel of Christ, the salvation of Christ and the word salvation is all inclusive, it is all encompassing and it is the unlimited availability of all that God is and all that God has.
Everything that Jesus came to do and everything that he did is released through the power of the gospel.
The good news, the news that is too good to be true is the good news of total deliverance in your emotions, total healing in your body, total forgiveness without guilt and condemnation, total freedom through the power of the gospel.
But this is not the message that is being preached in the church, this is not the message of the church.
The message coming forth from the church is that you are a sinner, you are condemned to hell, the wrath of God is upon you, you have to accept Christ or you will be cursed
You need repentance or you will find yourself in the eternal pits of hell.
And these things are true but they are not the good news of the gospel, they are surely not the power of God unto salvation and they are not the focus and the reason that Jesus Christ came.
The good news of the gospel is that in spite of our sins
In spite of our separation from God, in spite of our rebellion, in spite of our rejection, in spite of our unworthiness, in spite of the fact that we deserve to be punished and judged
The good news of the gospel is that God placed his wrath, his judgment, his anger, his rage, his fury on his Son and that wrath has been appeased
The conflict has ended
The wrath of God has been appeased and God is no longer angry with man
Christ appeased the anger and the wrath of God
Isa 53:10-
Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied : by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
Christ has paid the price and the only thing that we need to do is to receive that payment
The power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth
That is the good news, that is the gospel and this is the message that is not as a whole being preached in the church today
People are turning away from the gospel.
Why because the message being proclaimed is about sin and you being a sinner, the message being proclaimed is about God being angry because you have not repented, the message is about hell and your rebellion coming into His presence,
Hear the word of God
Rom 2:1-4
Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.
But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things.
And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?
Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
It is the goodness of God that leads man to repentance
It is the goodness of God that is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth and he has reconciled us to himself through the Lord Jesus Christ.
This is what the angels were proclaiming in the fields of Jerusalem
Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace goodwill toward men
Hear the word of God
2 Cor 5:18-19
And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
To wit means to know, to know that God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself not imputing there trespasses unto them
In the Greek the word imputing is logizomai and it means to calculate, to number, to lay upon
God was in Christ reconciling the world unto Himself not calculating, not numbering, and not laying upon us our trespasses that we deserved
God was in Christ not holding mans sins against him, not making man accountable,
God was in Christ reconciling the world unto Himself.
This is the reason that the religious leaders of that day viewed Christ as such a radical
This is the reason that the Pharisees and the Scribes hated Christ so much
He came reconciling the world to Himself; He came in the arena of friendliness.
He did not come proclaiming the anger of God he came reconciling the world unto Himself
He came to establish the kingdom of God and the kingdom of God is about relationship
God is not mad, God is not angry,— on earth peace and goodwill towards men
It was the wrath of God that the Pharisee and Scribes used to hold the people in bondage and in fear,
It was the wrath of God that the religious leaders used to keep the people bringing there sacrifices and there tithes to the temple
It was the wrath of God that was being preached to them that kept them in there bondage and in there loyalty to the religious leaders.
If you continue to pay your tithes, if you continue to make your pilgrimage, if you will continue to pray and read your bible then Gods anger is appeased
This is not the message that Christ came with
He came with the ministry of reconciling man unto God and that their trespasses, their sins were not imputed towards them
God is not angry; God is not holding you accountable any more
The conflict has ended and your sins are not a problem.
And I can hear preachers and people screaming all over the internet over what I just said about sins not being a problem
Your sins are not a problem with God
People will reject you and call you a cult for making such a comment
They will call you a false prophet
Look at Verse 19
It tells us that our trespasses were not being imputed towards us
People will rise up and say that I am making light of sin
They will tell me that I do not know the damage that I am causing when I say that sin is not a problem
They will tell me that God can not fellowship with anyone if there is sin in there life
Hear me
Then God can’t fellowship with man
The word of God is clear while we were yet sinners he commended his love towards us
I am not condoning sin, I am not proclaiming that sin is not a big deal; I am not telling you that sin is not devastating
I am not giving people a license to sin,
If you like what I am saying because you think that it gives you liberty to go out and sin you need to get born again
Hear the word of God concerning this stupidly.
I Jn 3:3
And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
Every man that has this hope
What hope?
The hope of being like Jesus
Purifieth himself even as he is pure
Any one who is truly born again is looking for the means to have dominion to overcome sin not to indulge it
So when I say that you’re sins are not a problem I am speaking in the realm of God and Christ
One drop of the blood of Christ was enough to rid the entire human population of all of there sins and there trespasses, all there iniquity, all of the curses, all of the rebellion, mutiny and rejection.
Sin is not the problem to God
Jesus paid for our sins
One drop of His blood satisfied the wrath of God and God is not angry
Sin is not the issue
You do not go to hell because of your sin; you go to hell because you rejected the payment that was provided for your sins.
And when the church is out there preaching the message that you are going to go to hell for smoking, drinking, gossiping, adultery, lying and cheating you are imputing the sins of man unto them and you are diminishing the penalty that was provided by Christ
You are not in the ministry of reconciliation that he has given unto you
Your sins do not send you to hell
Your rejection of Jesus sends you to hell
God was in Jesus reconciling man unto himself
The issue is not about sin, the issue is not about your transgressions, the issue is about what are you going to do with Jesus Christ, the issue is about the commitment that people are making concerning there life with Christ
If you do not accept Christ as the payment for your iniquities then you have to make the payment with your own your life and your life is not acceptable the same as Cain’s offering was not acceptable
And I am not speaking about accepting Christ in a prayer I am speaking about accepting Christ in commitment and dedication.
God is not mad
God is not angry
He is not angry at you
He is not angry at America
His anger has been appeased through his Son
1Thes 5:9
For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,