Webster's Dictionary defines reigning as; being the dominant or controlling power over a period of time during which this dominance steadily increases or is unwilling to change or give up something such as a precept or truth in spite of difficulties or obstacles that take place during a person's life time. Dominance represents a gene that causes a parental characteristic to take control of an offspring which describes the characteristic of its own identity. Just as we have the physical make up of man and children representing the genes and make up of their earthly parents; so do we who are born again children of God also have the sperm of God and His DNA with His characteristics at work with in us.

A child of God who has surrendered to God's will causes him to know the difference between; the physical reasoning of their carnal mind verses the spiritual world of God‘s kingdom using the mind of Christ they received the day they became born again. They know that; their first priority is to be going about doing their Heavenly Father's business in the earth during their short dispensation of time while on the earth. We were destined to live as sentient beings and placed on this planet to represent Christ Jesus in the earth and that should be our total focus.

I am thrilled and live with a forever thankfulness to say that; Jesus saves me from a eternity in hell however; I am grieved to say that; the majority of the born again family of God have got caught up with the cares and the obligations of life and they have forgotten or have never been truly brought up in the admonition of the Lord. We were put here to be Christ's ambassadors representing His power and authority by letting Christ Jesus live again through us.

Our focus and security has nothing to do with any endeavors of praise and public recognition of our own achievements that we have accomplished in our life. We need to keep our focus on Christ Jesus who is the author and finisher of our faith walk which is based on His accomplishments and how He went to His Heavenly Father with strong tears and crying when he walked the earth asking Him for not only the things that He needed but the things that He wanted and; His Heavenly Father always heard Him because; He walked in the reverential fear of His presence.

Jesus made it very clear when he said; "I do nothing but what my Heavenly Father tells me to do." Our goal is to do the same as we go through a process of reasoning with Godly wisdom as we are being bombarded by a lying spirit trying to thwart God's mission which is at work in us by His power so we can take back what Satan has stolen and is trying to destroy. As whales live in water to accomplish their destiny given to them from God so; we must learn how to walk in the spirit of heavenly places with Christ Jesus to accomplish our planned destiny for our life.

Do you have true a vision of this and recognize that only the Holy Ghost can bring this about in your life or have you been side tracked on perfecting your talents given to you by God by focusing on how many people you have led to the Lord or how many books you have written or all the many conversation I have heard over these forty five years of born again believers bragging and puffed up with their own self importance? I can't help but some times wonder when the so called leaders which are called to nurture God's child so they can mature and reign as Kings and Priests in God's service will grow up them selves and not stay as a stumbling block and continually abuse God's children putting them under obligated laws of obedience and constantly dealing with teachings on behavior rather then; teaching them the basic foundational truth of their righteous position in Christ Jesus.

We have some prominent visible evangelical leaders on T.V. teaching obligated lawish junk and people in the audience who are like lambs hungry for God leaning on every word they are saying and being beguiled and led to be slaughtered by false doctrine and they don't even know it. This spirit of control must be recognized because; it keeps a child of God forever in a learning mode in their dippers and never maturing in the wisdom of God their Father which causes them to never be taught and operate with the inheritance they have already received through their born again experience in coming into God‘s family and becoming his child.

There are very few teachers of the word of God that flavor and minister their wisdom through God's grace which is the inheritance that He gave us that we do not have to earn in any respect. When ever the hint of us having to do something through obligation to stay in God's favor; the people of God perish and are incapable of reigning with Christ Jesus. This mesmerized curse as the bible defines it to be; is a theme that Paul the Apostle more than all of the other Apostles warns and admonishes the church of his day to acknowledge and stay clear of. Paul tells us that the only way we can grow is to stay in an environment of God's grace which gives us the true knowledge of His ways. No grace at work; nothing but abuse and slavery.

The main characteristic of God's grace makes us understand that; our comprehension of truth only comes through what the Holy Ghost is telling us in our inner man. Scripture tells us that; we need to not let other people teach us but the Holy Ghost is our only school master of defining spiritual life. We have some fine gifted teachers in the body of Christ and they have been called to teach however; we must stay independent and rightly divide what they are saying and let the Holy Ghost apply what they are saying to our heart and mind. Once a born again believers becomes a denominational follower because it meets a need they have of being accepted; they lose their inter-dependent freedom to choose who they will serve; God or mankind which has a tendency and is a slave to making God into their own image. It like a song that came out some time ago stating "I'm your puppet."

A child of God who is being raised to be a King and Priest in God's service; doesn't live in a double minded mentality forever learning and never coming to the truth of who they are and who they represent. A double minded mentality causes them to be tossed to and fro by every wind and doctrine being taught by born again leaders that are novices in high places making God into their own image because they have become haughty and have been led away by their own self importance.

I hear from born again believers from time to time that; a child of God has to submit to some mentor or they will never mature and; in many places they are told that; they are living in disobedience and God is fed up with them if they don't. I have no problem with the word submission however; we must never become naive and not use the discerning gift given to us by God that gives us the ability to guard our heart where the issues of life are formed and acted on. I have said this many times in other news letters.

"Jesus was not denominational." Living with a denominational philosophy verses going about doing you Heavenly Father's business are two totally opposite goals. Denominational obedience is the carnal flesh in operation and God's business is walking in heavenly places with Christ Jesus. I pray you are hearing me. This deceptive spirit has been at work since Jesus left the planet and we must be able to identify it if we are to mature in Christ Jesus.

If we are to truly mature in Christ and fulfill our God ordained destiny; we must be hungry and be addicted to experiencing the love that God has for us which is the motivating source that keeps Him being the first love of our life. It is us going through a persuasion process by the encouragement of the Holy Ghost that causes us to die to self centered goals and become child like and trusting children who by knowing and using God our Father's inheritance that he has already given us; is the only power that that molds us into our mature state in Christ. This is God's only purpose for His children from the beginning of all time.

God the Father gave us the mind of Christ and the spiritual ears to hear what the Holy Ghost is saying to us who are His family and He wants us to come together as SPIRITUALLY GATHERED SAINTS that have been delivered from a sin conscience mentality. I ask you; have you been delivered from a sin conscience mentality or are you sitting under a ministry that is telling you that; you are still a sinner that has been saved by God's grace and your new sainthood condition is not being lifted up and being taught to you.

If you are being taught this concept of still having a sin nature that Jesus died for on the cross and that you do not understand the new creature you became the day you had the supernatural miracle of becoming born again then; you have no Godly vision and able to comprehend the blameless condition that God sees you in His sight and therefore; you do not know how to be delivered and stay free from evil dominating your life in some area and know how separated you are as being a child of God and able to walk in boldness in God's protected hedge as His child.

One of the outward manifestation of the anointing and characteristic of a maturing Christian is that; they talked about the Lord every where they go and they have an ear that is alert to give the people they meet a word of wisdom from God because; they are just weary of life. God's children should be addicted to a relationship with God as a junky is hooked on drugs. I don't know how much clearer I can make this.

In the last twenty five years; I have not encountered one person in my daily travels that asked me if I have had a born again experience and accepted Christ Jesus as my personal savior. Although I have had many Jehovah Witness members come to my house asking me to join their church in their endeavor to be holy as they believe in their own doctrine and are not born again people. They are to be commended for their tenacity and are a good example of doing the work of an Evangelist in their travels as the born again children of God should be doing.

Paul tells us that the good news gospel is a mystery that has to be mined like gold and people who are not hungry and being told how to explore Godly wisdom live in ignorance of their Kingship rule and authority given to them from God the Father and in turn; it is causing them to live in mediocraty because; they have a lack of vision and knowledge of God's ways. So a born again believer must be a mediator of God's word both day and night which is motivated by them experiencing God their Father's personal friendship and holding power. I have learned to trust God and open up my mind to understand the variety of the many giftings that God's children have for service. I believe that God's kids have gifts and special unctioning that are constantly at work in their lives and they don't even know it let alone; they are not even being descipled in the gifts that they have.

This only happens because in most churches their teachings are focused on reminding people that there are things they have to do or to stop sinning after being saved causing them to hear they have to continually dedicate their life to the Lord over and over again. It is like a gospel of hearing that they have spots and wrinkles in their righteous robe of Christ Jesus that was put on them the day they become born again from above. Christ Jesus had no spots and wrinkles or sin in His life therefore since we are in Christ Jesus; we don't either. I am sure that in many Christian circles this would come across as blasphemous teaching.

Paul warns the church over and over again that our righteous position in Christ is the basic foundation that must be laid in our life. If our foundation is not built on this; we can we can go on to operate in our Kingship and Priesthood in Christ Jesus. This foundation was given to the Apostles and Prophets of teaching to God's family the true meaning of Christ Jesus crucifixion and nothing else. Because of the thousands who read our articles on the web; I must assume that; the Holy Ghost is giving you a more solid foundation of the rights you have as a child of God and you have a sure foundation with in you that makes you know that; you know that you know. Unless a person is born again through the miracle working power of the Holy Ghost and you have become the temple that God lives in; there is no reigning and priestly service that can operate in your life.

To me over the years of meditating on the scripture day and night; it is like going to the heavenly college of higher learning and allowing the head professor ( the Holy Ghost) define for me the difference between the kingdom of the devil's influence verses walking in the light of God's counsel. For me I have to say that; I am totally amazed how a person can live their whole life as God's child in mediocrity and not be the most tenacious God seeker on the planet. However; I run into them almost every day. I would suggest that you ask God what your gifts are and let the Holy Ghost perfect those gifts in you because; it will fulfill any emptiness you may have in your life and give your life its true meaning as God intended.

Forty some years ago God called me to teach and to prophetically expound the word of God. I at first didn't believe it as my self esteem was in the basement and I told Him to pick some one else because; they looked better; talked better, had more money then I and I was terrified to speak before people that; my first encounter in high school was that of being so nervous at giving a five minute report; it caused me to have a bloody nose and run out of the building. The embarrassment was over whelming. This is an evil spirit that has been plaguing the body of Christ for years keeping God's children mute on proclaiming their testimony of the God of glory. A person who is spiritually maturing in Christ is finding that they have talents given to them by God that they have not experienced and totally amazed of how much God their Father loves them.

So for me; I have accepted and have been persuaded by God to be a foundation builder teacher and if you have been reading our articles they all deal with having a healthy self image as God our Father sees His children. I feel as Paul the Apostle when he states; "Wow unto me if; I preach not the gospel of Christ Jesus" Once you find your niche in Christ and let the Holy Ghost use you for His Godly purposes; it will prolong your life and give you the true meaning of your purpose on the earth.

I will now attempt to use my gift and lay a foundation so we can understand what happened to us and how we needed to be born again and have our life restored by Christ Jesus which as I have said gives true purpose to our life.

We will start with what Paul the Apostle said in Romans 5:10-21 when he states. " For when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, and now how much more now that we have been reconciled back to Him will we reign in life. And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received true friendship because; all things have been forgiven.

Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death came through sin, and because death spread it has caused all mankind to sin. For until the law causing sin was in the world, sin could not be charged against a person because; there was no law. Nevertheless; death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned according to the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come. But the free gift is not like the offense. For if by the one man's offense many died, much more the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abounded too many.

And the gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned. For the judgment which came from one offense resulted in condemnation, but the free gift which came from many offenses resulted in justification. It was by one man's offense (Adam) that caused death to have control through the one and much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will have control in life through the One, Jesus Christ.

Therefore, as through one man's offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one Man's righteous act the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life. For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man's obedience many will be made righteous.

Moreover God gave the law so that; mankind would know that they had broken it. But where sin runs ramped in large quantities, grace abounded much more, So that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ."

Paul repeated him self three times here trying to get his point across. To simplify; it was through Adams deception from eating from the Tree of Good and Evil that made him self conscious rather then God conscious because; in his mind he broke one of God's commands or laws and it made him feel guilty. This is the thinking process and basic foundation of where this evil spirit of sin is built on because it grabs a hold in our thinking and we become the judges of our self. When we function in this thinking of being a law breaker; a spirit of shame and unworthiness causes us to hide from the presence of the Lord because; we do not feel worthy of experiencing God's forgiving grace spirit which is the power we need to grow up.

Justification is the Christian belief in place in our thinking that makes us know and confirms to us once and for all that; the grace of God absolves people and pronounces them blameless and also officially states by God's own decree that; they are not guilty and not to be held responsible which relieves or releases them from any obligated requirements. We will continue to define this justification process in part 2.