Before time had a name there was a garden a place
where heaven and earth Walked as one This is
the echoes of Eden Where we rediscover ancient
roots and awaken to our eternal purpose All right
guys we are back week eight the final week In
this series called the revelation of Christ in
all. Yes. I promise you week a is the last in
this series So next week we will jump into something
different But this week want to talk about I
ended week seven with the title born of God kept
by truth So over the last seven weeks We have
walked carefully, we have walked slowly, and
we have walked honestly through scripture. I
feel like we have really taken our time and dug
into a lot of different places and really mined
out some gold, mined out some truth, mined out
some revelation throughout this teaching. We
have seen things Christ before Adam, Christ is
greater than Adam. Christ is holding all things
together. We have seen holiness as inheritance.
We have seen darkness as blindness and the truth
we talked about last week as there is no separation
in Christ. So now we come to the final question,
the one people often hold on to as the last anchor
of separation. And if Christ is in all, what
does it mean to be born of God? And this is not
about dismantling scripture. This is about finally
allowing Holy Spirit to help us to understand
scripture. So we're gonna kick this week off,
this final week, kick this week off in 1 John
chapter 5 verse 18. And it says this, we are
convinced together the passion that everyone
fathered by God, Does not make sinning a way
of life Because the Son of God protects the child
of God and the evil one cannot touch him Reading
this verse is Let me say it this way this verse
is often read as insiders versus outsiders believer
versus non -believer son of God versus sinner,
saint versus sinner, protected versus abandoned,
reconciled versus unreconciled. But John is doing
something much more profound here. So we're going
to pump the brakes and we're going to slow this
down a little bit and actually look at some of
this. So again, I don't have a Greek. know how
to speak Greek, but I'm going to do this as best
as possible. I wish I could find a way, and I'm
not that skilled yet. This is still new for me.
I wish I could find a way to put little things
on the bottom of the screen. Maybe I can do that
for this video, and I'm speaking prematurely.
But the word whosoever is posho. P -A -S -H -O.
It does not mean a select group or a limited
few are those who qualify correctly. It actually
means everyone without restriction. So John does
not narrow the scope here when he says this.
He intentionally leaves it wide open and that
matters when you're trying to understand and
read scripture. Again, whosoever. Not talking
about a select people Limited for you just us
four and no more. No, he's this this word would
actually mean everyone without restriction Then
we have we have and let me go back and I want
to read this on the King James 2 It says we know
that whosoever is born of God sinneth not But
he that is begotten of God keepeth himself and
that wicked one toucheth him not So again, we
have the whosoever figured out Let's look at
the word born, which is the word gnaio And it
does not primarily refer to a moment of decision
It's key It's not talking about you making a
decision and now you're all of a sudden born
It's not talking about you repeating a prayer
It's not coming talking about you going to an
altar and I'm not coming against any of this
I'm just trying to help you and I to understand
the truth of what the scripture is saying. What
is John saying when he's writing this? So this
word geneo, it refers to origin, it refers to
source, it refers to coming forth from. So it
answers the question, where did this come from?
So if you look at this verse, John is not talking
about a religious event. He is speaking to our
origin. Go back to what we talked about last
week when he's talking about, when Paul is talking
to the pagan worshipers. And he's speaking to
them about this God that you don't know, that
you're actually worshiping. This is who we live
and move and have our being in. That we are actually
his offspring. So John here is talking the same
as Paul in a sense when he he's talking about
origin He's talking about your identity and not
just your identity But the identity of everyone
that you come in contact with and why is this
important? Because it helps us see ourselves
correctly and if we actually understand that
Everyone is already included in this we can begin
to be, and I believe this is Paul said it, that
I know no man after the flesh but after the Spirit.
And what does that mean? It means that I already
recognize everybody's included in this. You have
the Spirit of Christ within you. And if I can
see that as a son to another son, or son to daughter,
whatever, if I can see that, recognize that I
can begin to inquire of the Holy Spirit to say
Holy Spirit show me what you see and I can speak
to the Christ within that individual and then
again this is not something to be a quick fix
that I can call out the Christ within then they'll
just start living right now this is a process
Maybe you encounter this individual for the first
time and you plant that little seed because you
see the Christ within them You speak to that
within them and maybe six months down the road
someone else comes along to speaks to it It's
not about getting people to convert right then
and there to make a decision. It's about planting
seed Remember the kingdom is as a seed You're
planting seeds in people and if we could understand
the truth of our identity, that you and I did
nothing, that we did not get to say the right
prayer to gain this, that this is all because
of Christ, from Christ, through Christ, in Christ.
It's all about Christ. Then I begin to see the
world around me just as clear. We begin to understand
when, you know, when they're asking Jesus about
who is my enemy. Who's my neighbor? That's what
it was. Who is my neighbor? Help me to define
my neighbor And Jesus starts talking about things
about loving your enemies Think about these kind
of conversations these kind of things. It's very
important for us to understand It's really hard
to have an enemy when you're busy praying for
them You don't When you don't like the politicians,
you don't like the president, your governor,
whatever, it's really hard to hate them when
you're praying for them. You don't like the Muslim
who lives in your neighborhood? It's really hard
to hate them when you're praying for them. You
don't like that member of the LGBTQ community?
It's really hard to hate them when you're busy
praying for them and when you're busy asking
the Holy Spirit, help me see this person through
your eyes. Adjust, I still have it here, adjust
my lens. Help me to see people the way you see
people. Understanding, where did they come from?
Because here's the truth John's talking about
origin and here's the truth humanity's origin
is God This echoes Acts chapter 17 that we read
last week note that we are his offspring It echoes
Genesis the breath of Yahweh it echoes Colossians
that Christ holds all things together John is
not introducing a new idea here, a new thought.
He is affirming a consistent thought. So what
is John actually saying? John is not saying that
only believers are born of God. He is saying
those that live, those who live from their true
origin do not live enslaved to deception. I'll
say that again. John is saying those who live
from their true origin do not live enslaved to
deception. Again, it has to do with ignorance
and blindness, darkness. Darkness is ignorance
concerning divine things. Darkness is blindness.
It's not a spiritual threat. Let's get past that.
Darkness is not a spiritual threat. Light overpowers
darkness 100 % of the time. If you don't believe
me, walk into your house, put the lights off,
and go flip a switch, and you tell me how much
argument and struggle there was when you flipped
that switch on. Same concept. But those who live
from their true origin do not live enslaved to
deception. A majority of the people around you
and I, including in the world of church, are
enslaved to deception and do not know who they
are. It's all about identity. There is still
a root of separation in most modern churches
that we have in the West. There's still this
this philosophy of it's us versus them That's
it's in and out Whereas I believe it's as simple
as awake and asleep Sin here is not framed as
a moral failure understand what sin is Sin is
framed as missing the mark of identity the word
ha martia without form, without your original
design, without the original blueprint. That
is what sin is. Sin is a distorted identity,
plain and simple. Sin is not moral failure. Sin
is not the actions that you commit. Sin, the
actions that you see that you would classify
as sin is simply the fruit of a distorted identity,
which is sin. That's the sin the sin is the distorted
identity which will produce the what we would
classify as sin It produces that fruit in our
life When we don't understand who we are when
we don't know that we're included when we don't
understand that there is zero separation in Christ
When we don't understand who we are in him through
him by him for him When we don't understand these
things, we will manifest the fruit of sin in
our life in multiple different fashions. So sin
is not moral failure. It's missing the mark of
identity. It's distorted identity. When you know
who you are, lies lose their grip. When you understand,
here's a perfect thing. That's why I don't believe
in generational curses anymore. When you actually
understand, in John chapter three, now I think
we talked about this, I don't remember to be
completely honest. I have to go back through
all my notes and listen to this myself. But in
John chapter three, when Jesus is conversing
with Nicodemus and he tells him you must be born
again, that word again is not a rebirth, it means
to be born from above. When you and I understand,
that we are born from above, that we are born
out of the relationship of Father, Son, and Spirit,
when we came from that circumstance, when you
understand where you came from, you begin to
understand that you may have come through your
parents, you may have come through that natural
lineage, but you came from God. The moment you
understand that, generational curses loses its
capabilities in your life. It loses its power,
because then I'm no longer attached to my natural
bloodline. No, I came from God, so I have as
much chance of struggling with this generational
curse as did God, because that's who I came from.
actually my origin, that is actually my starting
point. I may have come through this natural lineage,
but I am not bound to the same logic that's happening
here. I'm not bound to the same sicknesses, I'm
not bound to the same addictions, I'm not bound
to the same whatever, you name it, I'm not bound
to this any longer, because I came from God.
I know who I am, and when I know who I am in
Christ, Every line begins to lose its grip Again
I talk about my own story being addicted to pornography
for many years And now you know to be honest
and at first it was fun But then it becomes a
bondage and you won't now and can't won't out
enough. I Ran to the altar. I did the whole rededicate
my life. I did everything that I knew to do It
did not work But the moment that I just began
to show up for the walk with Holy Spirit and
Say here it is Eventually the more that I walked
with Holy Spirit eventually this stuff just began
to fall away why because I was understanding
who I was as a son of God and When you understand
who you are as a son and daughter of God the
lies begin to lose their power If in Colossians
2, Jesus stripped the power of the enemy from
him, how does he still have power unless it's
you and I giving it to him in our own individual
life? Stop paying attention to him running his
mouth and whispering to you about who you are
not. Then we have verse 19. that we are God's
children and that the whole world lies under
the measuring influence of the evil one. King
James says this way, we know that we are of God
and the whole world lies in wickedness. Notice
what John does not say. John does not say that
the world is abandoned by God. John does not
say that the world is separated from God. John
does not say that the world is outside of Christ.
He said the world is under deception The entire
world is under the influence of the evil one
Listen influence is not ownership Blindness is
not absence If you and your kids gather in the
same room and shut all the lights off to where
you can't see each other Just because you can't
see The other people in the room does not mean
that they are absent from the room It just means
you can't see them So again John is trying to
explain the world is under deception Influence
does not equal ownership blindness does not equal
absence throughout scripture darkness equals
blindness evil equals deception sin means a distorted
identity some would say missing the mark i think
that's a side effect of not of a distorted identity
i think that's a consequence i think you missing
the mark is because you have a distorted identity
So while some say that sin is missing the mark
I say sin is distorted identity which causes
you of course to miss the mark But I don't think
it's the I don't think it goes deep enough in
the definition But throughout scripture Never
does God withdraw presents never does Christ
leave humanity John chapter 1 talks about it.
The word became flesh and dwelt among us. If
you look at the Greek word of the word that's
translated as among is the word en and it can
also mean within and in. So you could say it
this way, the word became flesh and dwelt within
you. I think among is a fine translation. I just
don't think it goes deep enough Yes, the word
became flesh and dwelt among us But he also came
to dwell within you and I we you and I are now
the temple of the Lord The Holy Spirit has come
to dwell with it within you and I My friend.
It's a big deal John maintains the same thread
that we followed all series long The problem
is not being The problem is seeing if you do
not see correctly You will live beneath who you
have been called and created to be And now we
have the final seal Acts chapter 10 Acts chapter
10 Let me see if I can get there real quick.
I don't know that I'm gonna read it, but I like
to have it there as a reference in case I want
to read it all. Acts chapter 10, Peter has a
vision. You can see this in Acts chapter 10 starting
around verse 9. Peter has a vision. It's not
about food. It's not about rules. It's about
people. God tells people, and this is fascinating.
This is really important if you and I grasp it.
God tells Peter, do not call unclean what I have
cleansed. Stop right there. Don't check your
brain at the door. Stop right here. And I want
you to ask yourself, what person that you come
in contact with has God not cleansed? What person,
if we can answer this, what person did Christ
fail? What individual did he not reach? Do not
call unclean what I have cleansed Trying to find
that in Acts 10 15 out of the passion translates
it this way the voice book again. Nothing is
unclean if God declares it to be clean purified
the meaning this is dr. Simmons notes for this
verse the meaning of the spiritual vision is
this God has declared every human being to be
of special worth and dignity understand every
every human being every human being every every
human being the Muslim, the Democrat, the Republican,
the LGBTQ, the atheist, every human being, God
has declared to be of special worth and dignity.
The entire world needs the gospel. This encounter
helped Peter understand that God was about to
send him off with the men who were at the door
of the house Even though their religion had labeled
had been labeled unclean Religion allows us to
label many different categories and groups of
people as unclean but the truth of the gospel
is God has declared every human being to be of
special worth and dignity. This is not future
tense. This is already done. Then Peter meets
Cornelius, a Gentile. He's an outsider. He's
a non -believer. And Peter's revelation is not,
God has now decided to accept you. It is God
shows no partiality. Peter realizes in this moment
that God was already present. God was already
at work. God was already involved. Peter did
not bring Christ to Cornelius. He recognized
Christ in Cornelius. Man if we would get this
If we could ever grab hold If we could ever grab
hold of the revelation that every single Human
being that we come in contact with is not meant
for us to degrade and spit upon like they're
worth worth less than us. And if we could actually
see that it's not about me trying to bring Christ
to you because somehow you are without, then
no, it is recognizing the Christ inside of them.
This has so much more to do With how we see other
people that we would classify as out there on
the outside What does it mean to be born of God
It means to be living from your true source it
means to awaken to your origin It means to no
longer being ruled by lies and deception. Being
born of God is not about exclusion. No, this
is about alignment. It's the difference between
existing and living awake. Let's think about
this why this does not mean everyone lives, right?
Truth does not override consciousness People
can still live blind to truth even in the church
world People can resist awakening People can
continuously believe lies But lies do not change
reality They distort experience. If one of my
children were to wake up tomorrow and believe
the lie, they are not my child. They can certainly
believe that lie, but that lie does not change
the truth and the reality of who they are. But
what it will do is it will distort their experience.
and they will miss out on things by being my
child. The gospel does not force awakening. The
gospel invites awakening. The gospel has not
got as far, but you can get close. The gospel
has got as near. So just wake up to the truth
of it. The gospel is not you are separated, but
you can be reunited. That sounds really good.
That sounds like good news. But better news is
the gospel that says you are always included.
See it. Our role moving forward. We don't carry
fear. We carry light. We don't preach distance.
We reveal nearness. We don't divide humanity.
We call humanity to awake. Sons and daughters
do not manage separation. No sons and daughters
live from union. Just think about this as we
close out this series. You are born of God. God
is your source. Christ is your life. You do not
live from separation. You live from the place
of union. You are awakening to what has always
been true. Christ is not trying to get into people.
Christ is revealing himself through people. My
friend darkness is not winning. Truth is awakening.
And the revelation of Christ in all is not dangerous.
The revelation of Christ in all is actually liberating.
Think about it. It's actually more freeing when
you understand it's Christ in all. You can stop
being the sin police. You can stop pointing the
fingers. And now you and I have the invitation
to see the world, the people around us, as Christ
sees them. Father, I thank you for these listeners.
For each person who may listen to this on a podcast
or listen to this via YouTube I Pray that you
would allow this as you deal with Saul as he
was converted to Paul Allow the scales to fall
from their eyes. May they see the world around
them As you do May they see people as you see
them unveil the Christ within each person that
we come in contact with. Whether that be the
cashier, the bank attendant, our next door neighbor,
the person we classify as an enemy. May we see
the Christ within them. May we begin to see them
as you see them. and begin to speak to that revelation.
Help us to awaken to truth and live from the
place of union. In Christ's name. Amen. I hope
this eight -week series has helped you, has blessed
you, has helped to bring some truth to some things.
I hope that's what's happened. I will see you
next week as we dive into whatever the spirit
will lead us next. Be blessed, my friend. See
Christ in the world around you.