God gave us an exemption or release from living by rules of obligated works by accepting and co-operating with His grace. At the same time; we are being influenced by ungodly spirits through the devil's lying schemes along with being influenced by the voice of the Holy Ghost. A person must be trained and stay alert and truly understand the difference between urges being motivated by the love of God verses demonic influences telling them I owe or I must or I ought to.

When we're ignorant on how God's grace and the devil's condemnation affects our life; there can be no freedom to willfully choose who we will follow. Therefore; if a child of God does not fully understand the difference between the devil's devices verses their purified saintly position in Christ; it causes them to serve two masters. A person can not serve two masters. He will either love the one or hate the other. You can not serve God and be in bondage to evil spirits.

Our commitment on seeking God; must be built on what Jesus stated in Matthew 22:37-38. "Thou shall love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, all thy soul and all they mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like the first. Thou shall love thy neighbor as thy love thy self."

A person who claims to be a child of God; must be living with passion and a total abandonment on God's loving mercy, unmerited favor and total care if; they intend to be protected from being beguiled by the devil's trickery which will cause them to live their life in mediocrity. A born again child of God can not have it two ways. It pains me to say this; but I have run into far too many Christians that live with one foot in the kingdom of God's loving persuasions and the other foot in the world system of demonic activity. God has given us the privilege and spiritual insight as His children while we are living in our earthly body to; walk in heavenly places with Christ Jesus.

If a child of God is participating in this relationship with Christ; no devil in hell will be able to deceive them. This type of relationship gives us a heart of thankfulness and security that God has been trying to give to His creation from the beginning of time. Jesus gave us three references in these verses that; we have to surrender to Him and allow the Holy Ghost to give us the passion and motivation in our seeking after Him. These references are; our heart, soul and mind. Let's define from the original Greek translation what He was trying to teach us.

The Greek word for heart is kardia: It means our thoughts and feelings and where the decision of life and death are formed and realized in our reasoning process. This is where God wants to sit as a King enthroned in total control. It's like the womb where our spiritual birth comes from.

The Greek word for soul is psuche: We are a living sentient being capable of reasoning in making free will choices of what we want to ingest into our self. These consequences can be for the better or for worse. A Christian that does not have the love and holding power of God motivating their reasoning will in their ignorance; allow a swine spirit to deceive them. This spirit causes them to ingest things in to their mind and heart that are anti Christ influences which is a pig spirit and pigs will eat anything.

The Greek word for mind is daimio: You must have a determined mind set to seek God's higher wisdom. This takes place when we exercise the mind of Christ we received when we had our born again experience. This is what gives us a higher wisdom at any moment both day and night. This gives us the capability of getting instant revelation from the Holy Ghost and as we believe what He is saying to us; we get more in touch with His love and holding power.

A true God seeker understands that; they must make free will choices to obey him and not by feeling forced or obligated to do so. God can't send His children into spiritual battle if they have no hunger and are living in ignorance by not having a well defined vision from God of how spiritual kingdoms work in the scheme of things. All outward manifestations of un-god like behavior; starts with a person being mesmerized and tempted by demonic influences to harm or violate them self.

A maturing Christian must be growing in the grace and the knowledge of the love of God. Experiencing God's love is the only motivator in being a God seeker. Experiencing His love fuels our hunger after Him. Where there is confusion and strife; there is a evil spirit of shameful disgusting attitudes at work however; spiritually mature Christians can operate in this hectic arena and minister where these people are opposing them self because; they are not experiencing the true love of God for them self.

Almost all of Jesus life was spent going into the highways and byways teaching, preaching and healing all manner of demonic activity that the devil was inflicting on God's creation. A true God seeker with deep concern and intensity; understands the hectic times we are living in and looks for every opportunity in their travels to make a statement for righteous living with a warier type spirit.

The kingdom of God is suffering violence and the violent take it by force. When there is no violent Godly love passion at work in the believer; you have nothing but confusion and utter nonsense.

In the book of Matthew; Jesus was having a dialogue with His disciples and asked them "who do men say that I am. Some said he was John the Baptist and some said He was Jeremiah the Prophet or another Prophet. Jesus then looked at Peter and asked him who he thought He was. Peter said. You are the Christ the son of the living God." Jesus next statement is the core and only foundation that must become unmovable in a God seekers life.

Jesus said. "You are most blessed Simon Barjona because; your statement did not come from your own reasoning but you had a spiritual revelation from God My Father and because you have this as rock sure witness with in you; I will be able to build my church and the gates of hell shall not be able to prevail against it."

All true motivated God seeking must have a rock sure foundation that; Jesus is alive and is the Son of God. This foundation is a personal witness from with in us by the Holy Ghost that; God is living with in us; who we can communicate with and not live by mere head knowledge from history that claims that; Jesus was the Son of God. There can be no violent warier type attitude at work in any person who's intent is being a God seeker; possessing miracle working power with in them to set people free that are captive in some way to the devil's devices if; they do not have the motivator who is Christ Jesus the King of Saints alive and having free reign to live again in their heart, mind and soul.

When a born again believer flows in their righteousness in Christ; it causes them to have daily conversations and walk in secured heavenly places with Christ. These are daily conversation with God in our inner man that takes on a life of its own. Being a true God seeker causes a spiritual awareness to arise in us and it makes us truly know that God is a living being trying to reveal Him self to His children as a loving Father who truly cares for us who are His children

We have so far been stating the tenacity and single mindedness that a God seeker must have in his endeavor to function in the power of the Holy Ghost. All this must be by based on us understanding how righteous we are in Christ.

Jesus told his disciples in Matthew 6:33. "Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all the things you need; will be added to your life."

A person who is flowing in his righteous state isn't being manipulated by feelings of shame, condemnation, fear and a loss of self esteem. All these feelings when in operation makes a person feel that they are unacceptable to God and he doesn't really care about the struggles they are having in their life.

Any time a person sits under a legalist environment of a Gospel being preached that says; you have to be doing more for God and giving more money to God and being reminded that you are still a sinner after you have had your born again miracle of becoming a child of God; it will sap you of the strength you will need for being a true God seeker.

After a person becomes a new creature in Christ due to their miracle of salvation; God does not deal with you as a sinner and judge you. You are forever forgiven and unless this principle is for ever settled in your heart and mind; you will live as a crippled child of God in the inner man all of your life. God the Father deals with his saintly children as sons and daughters as a finished product and proclaims His offspring as clean and unblemished from their spiritual birth. God does not birth inferior children with deformities into His family.

For some of you who are readings this; it might be a new revelation and hard to believe if; you have been lied to over many years and maybe given up in being a God seeker because you thought; there is no hope for me; I have tried and have continually failed. Your failure was due to not allowing God to lavish His affection on you because; you thought you were unworthy. This principle and living entity of demonic influence has been the biggest stumbling block that has kept the majority of the born again church living with a basement mentality rather then living in the palace with God our Father.

! I pray the Holy Ghost gives you a revelation of what I have just said!

God seekers have a continual goal and mind set that is stated by Paul in Romans 12:1-2 when he says. " I earnestly beg you brethren, because of God's mercy and forgiveness for you that; you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy acceptable to God which is using common sense and do not try to conform to this world: but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, which will give you the ability to prove for your self what is the good and acceptable will of God for your life."

Paul also tells Titus in 3:5. "You do not live by works of righteousness which you have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and the renewing of the Holy Ghost."

This renewing or regenerating attitude that is operating with in us is the Greek word palin: It means us going through a wrestling mind set between two opinions and being persuade that God's ways and wisdom are true and any thing else is a lie from the pit of hell. What we do is oscillate between two points of view or courses of action to take. During this process we are constantly being delivered from a double minded mentality by allowing the Holy Ghost to give us a sure foundation by the supernatural power of persuasion.

Paul the Apostle went through this persuasion process because in his attempt to follow the Lord he at times was persecuted for Jesus sake for standing up for his righteous position in Christ. He states this in 1 Tim. 1:12. "I suffer persecution: never the less I am not ashamed for I know in whom I have believed in and, l have been persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that day"

The Greek word for persuaded is peitho: It means to convince by argument of some thing being true or false. This is by an inward revelation with evidence from the Holy Ghost that convinces us that God does not only love us but; He wants to be our friend and likes us. It makes a person stop battling and learn to live at peace with God and with them self.

There is a contending process that is described in Jude 3 where he states. "Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to exhort you that you should contend for the faith which was once delivered to you the saints of God."

Paul tells us in 1 Tim.2:3-4 "Endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No man that goes to war gets entangled with the affairs of this life; because he wants to please the one who has called him to be a soldier. So if a man wants to receive a crown; he must strive lawfully."

The Greek word reference for contend is the word epi: It means a superimposition (of time, place or order etc.) in us becoming a member of a new family and receiving a distribution of the family inheritance. When we became born again; God superimposed the image of Christ as a white robe of righteousness over our being, with the result that both we and Christ Jesus appear simultaneously in God the Father's sight. We have a difficulty time understanding this because; we have not been fully persuaded by Him and we are not able to express and truly confess this out of our mouth.

Our tenacity to do the works that Jesus did when He walked the earth takes place when we walk in obedience to Rev. 12:11 which states. "We overcome the devil by the blood of the lamb and the word of our testimony."

We were washed clean of the sin nature by the blood that Jesus shed on the cross. If we truly understand this miracle that took place when we became born again; our confession that comes out of our mouth gives us the power to bring life or death into our decision making of life. Our perception of the pure state God the Father sees us in; must be rock solid in our understanding and only by being a tenacious God seeker will this vision and persuasion stay true and make us see our self the same way God the Father sees us in Christ Jesus.

Paul encourages us and proclaims our relationship with God when he says this in 1John 3:2-3. "Beloved now we are the sons of God. And it does not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he appears, we shall be like Him as he is. And every man that has this hope in him purifies him self, even as he is already pure."

Paul tells us that we are already pure in God's sight because of Jesus willingly giving up His life at the cross. We stay pure in our sight as we meditate and seek God to not doubt our purity because; the devil is frantic with his influences trying to make us believe that we did something that causes God to change His mind about how he sees us and what He thinks about us. True Holy Ghost God seekers do not consider them self as a sinner but a saint in progress.

When we have different pulpits of the world proclaiming that God's children are still sinners; their mind set is constantly focused on self and they work at cleaning up their act. This represents a condemnation philosophy that creates a self centered mentality and the strength and true love of God's vision for them as His children is not able to feed their new created man nature they became the day they were born again. In turn; this makes their salvation experience of non effect. True God seekers are able to run their race of faith and not be burdened down with shame and lack of self esteem.

God seekers have a clear vision and motivated purpose totally focused with a hunger on what Paul said in Eph 3:16-19. "That God would grant you according to His glory, to be strengthened with might by His spirit in the inner man. That Christ might live in your heart by faith; so that you may be rooted and grounded in LOVE. So that you may be able to comprehend with all the SAINTS with a wide vision and distance and quality of depth and with the level of greatest intensity, activity of importance to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge, that you might be filled with the fullness of God. Now to Him who is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think according to the power that is at work in you."

The first two words that stand out to me in these verses are (1) God's Glory and (2) Christ living in our heart by Faith. God's glory represents all that He is. He is not like a man who can not lie and He is the creator of all life with the number one purpose to love and mature His children to rule and reign as kings and priests on the earth. The Holy Ghost wants us to experience the presence of God's glory as His children because; this is what motivates our seeking after him.

This verse also tells us that if Christ is going to reign and live in our heart it must be by faith. Well what is faith and how does it work? Scripture tells us that with out faith operating in our life; it is impossible to please God. Let me make something very clear before I go on. It pleases God when He sees His children prospering, maturing and loving them self. We please God when His children run to Him for help and trust in His loving forgiving grace. As the loving Father that he is, He is never displeased with us. His only concern is to do for us if; we will let Him. When we do not function in faith God is not pleased but grieved because; we are harming our self.
We must truly understand this faith walk or there will be no way to be rooted and grounded in His love. With out being grounded in the love of God; there can be no deeper depth in us dying to self and letting the Holy Ghost live big in us.

Faith is a growing process of casting all of your care on God. Our security in Christ only comes by making the Holy Ghost a personal friend of ours and resting in His care. We talked earlier about a persuasion process that we need to be going through with God. This is us taking on the life style of meditating on the word of God both day and night. When one meditates; they are focused on getting God's thoughts on matters that come into contrast with what our thoughts are commanding us to do. This is a God seeker wanting a higher wisdom to deal with their trials of life.

The Hebrew word for meditate is hagah; it means to murmur in pleasure or anger. It also means to study, feel passion in having a hunger for more of God and let God seriously search your heart to see if you are harming your self in some way. The Greek word is meletao: It means to have something as a primary focus or goal in our life.

Meditating God seekers at times; roar with emotional pain in their growing trials because of the loss they have experienced because of the devil's devices that have put them in bondage to un-god like attitudes and actions due to their ignorance of not knowing the true love of the Lord. They also walk with a reverential fear of the Lord with a mild quit nature of meekness as they submit to God their loving Father's chastisements. Meekness is not a person being a coward. They know that their strength and Godly power comes by letting Christ live again in their physical body. We must be maturing and allow our Master to mold and use us. I am still learning how to let go and let God have His perfect way in my life.

The quality of love from God that we are experiencing is what gives us the assurance that God wants to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think. How can a child of God have this kind of assurance when they feel that; the Holy Ghost is in the fault finding business and that as a child of God; they are guilty of some crime due to sin in their life? The Holy Ghost is in the convincing business and not in the law business of giving out jail sentences.

This condemnation spirit that is running ramped in the body of Christ has to be put under the blood of Christ Jesus and recognized by God's children. It must be exposed to them as a spirit of deception. True God seekers can recognize if this spirit is operating in their life and then according to the strength at work in them which is (God's love for them) can put it back in the grave where it was originally sent by Jesus by dying on the cross. When ever sin consciousness is being preached and people are digesting it back into their thinking processes; that stinking corpse is brought back from the dead and forced upon God's children in believing that they are still sinners after becoming born again saints.

A born again believer who's first priority is in being a God seeker; has such a hunger to know God that; he realizes that the bible is God's last will and testament to His children and the road map to life experiences with the Holy Ghost; who is the one that makes it real to our heart and mind. Reading the word of God for obligation sake is meaning less. God's word must become an illuminated revelation of truth only as the Holy Ghost applies it to the intimate and personal application to your life's needs and wants.

Heb. 12:12 tells us. "The word of God is quick zao: and powerful energes: and sharper tomoteros: then any two edged sword distomos: piercing diiknoemai: even to the dividing asunder merismos: of soul psucho: and spirit pneuma: and of the joints harmos: and marrow muelos: and is a discerner kritikos: of the thoughts and intents of the heart."

A God seeker must understand this verse because it will define for him how God wants to communicate with man kind and how it affects his soul and spirit and his emotional state. Our emotions play a big part on our spiritual stability and reacts through what we ingest into our thought life. God seekers continually learn how to walk naked with an open heart to receive new revelation from God at any moment. As you know or should know the New Testament was originally written in Greek. Putting this verse together with these Greek words reads like this.

God's word is a living Christ who has taken up residence in our heart through the leading of the Holy Ghost and with ultimate power and persuasion longs to have fellowship with us at all times. He does this by giving us an instant awareness of His love and reveals to us any temptations or encounters we are having with spirits that are trying to bring us under control to do their bidding. It's like the body breathing in oxygen at all times to sustain our physical life.

God's words are extremely sharp and can with one instant word or pure stroke by Him end any inward debate, controversy or contest between two opinions bringing with it a rest or peace of mind. It is not like hacking something over and over. The devil attitude is one of being a hacker. He hacks with his condemnation to bring us down to his way of thinking. God wants to cut away any hampering thoughts that detract us from experiencing the love He has for us. God word as He implants it into our heart and mind reaches and cleans out any confusion and gives us spiritual power and competence which makes us sufficient to do all things. It is the truth of God's word that sets us free to live the abundant life God always intended for us as His children.

God is not a respecter of persons. His intent is to help us disconnect from any evil or demonic powers by approaching Him face to face with no fear. He made us as a sentient being with the power to think and make reasoning decisions for our self and wants us to make a free will choice to come into agreement with Christ's Spirit, the Holy Ghost.

When we are able to give expression to God's thoughts through our spoken words; we become released of thoughts, ideas, or feelings that weigh us down with loss and shame that we may have operating in our make up for years.

The marrow that this verse talks about is the spiritual place where life is conceived and nurtured; which offers us protection and shelter and a mind set that provides comfort. This is where only God wants and must be the ultimate authority. This area is the essence, core, or key part of our identifying and our oneness with God as His child which gives us our sure foundation of who we are in Christ. God judgments are final and who ever puts their trust in Him will never be disappointed. However; we have to be experiencing this type life with Him if; we are going to truly believe it.

We have been sharing how we must abandon our self on His love in order for us to truly love our self and others. God seekers must be reminded that; it was God who reached down from heaven to give a helping hand to his creation and our motivation in seeking God must be built on this premise.

1 John 4:19 tells us. "We love God; because He first loved us." Living with the constant awareness of our new birth experience in Christ when we became a son or daughter of God; gives us a thankful and mindful respect and awe of the sacrifice that Jesus endured on the cross and this must be the motivating factor in pursuing our relationship with God. With out this personal identifying with Jesus one act; a person can not take on the life of Christ and die to his own way of seeking security. It is God who is the author and motivator of bringing life to his creation through His love and mercy and all man kind has to do is accept God's free gift of ruling and reigning with him for all time.

This type love can not be improved on by man's efforts. The devil is the father and author of lies and he does not have a created thought or powers to make any thing new. However; he comes as an imposter to steal, kill and destroy but he can only do this to those who are perishing because; they are ignorant as to the love that God has for them. God's love is His power to create, heal and maintain the universe. I am coming to believe that God's love does not fall in between 1 to 1oo%. God's love is endless and there is no depth, height, breadth and width with an end to it. Now; the natural mind can not comprehend what I have just said therefore; it must be spiritually experienced with a living God.

There is a difference of night and day being a God seeker who is living with the expectation of a visitation by God with the wrong information. God's mercy, grace and love are new each morning. A true God seeker is learning to rest in God's provision. Since the joy of the Lord is our strength; it only comes in having a child like attitude of trusting and abandoning one self to the security that God the Father longs to have His children live in. We are living in what I believe to be the last round up of this dispensation of time. Jesus is getting ready to return for His church at any given moment. Even though I believe that there is still much to do; I some time wish He would have come back yesterday.

In my seventy some years on this planet; I have never seen and heard so much confusion and demonic activity trying to lead people away from the security and joy of having a vital and all surrounding need for a relationship with the God of the universe. It amazes and disturbs me at times when I see God's children focused on things for security that have no meaning on bringing Godly order into their life. I am not talking about un- God like sinful acts here. As a God seeker there must be a total focus and desperate passion to know the love of God that totally wants to consume our life and the only power that can bring us peace with purpose.

God seekers become addicted to the presence of God in their life. I had my born again experience in Christ forty five years ago and in those days I was considered to be a Jesus freak by some. I am more of a Jesus freak today then I was back then. A God seeker can't help but be addicted to the presence of God because; he is constantly tasting everyday and finding that the Lord is not only good but great. Loving the Lord verses being in love with Him are two different attitudes. My prayer for you is that; Jesus stays the first love of your life and on His return he finds you seeking and being about your Fathers business in the earth doing the work of an evangelist in your arena of life.