For the last two hundred years or so, the western world has made an idol of human reason. Reason has become the yardstick for measuring truth. If something cannot be supported by reason, then it is dismissed as foolish, ridiculous, or even stupid.
This exaltation of reason has prevented thousands upon thousands from experiencing the power of faith. Faith does not contradict reason; faith supersedes reason.
Perhaps I can best explain it like this. Here on earth we are subject to the Law of Gravity. But there is another law that supersedes the Law of Gravity. It is called the Law of Lift. The Law of Lift is what enables an airplane to supersede the Law of Gravity in order to fly.
Reason is like the Law of Gravity. It keeps us grounded in the natural. Faith, however, is like the Law of Lift. It allows us to rise above reason and to enter the realm of the supernatural.
Faith is the currency of the Kingdom of God. A person enters the Kingdom by faith and lives in the Kingdom by faith. To the human mind, faith does not make sense because faith has nothing to do with the senses. Faith has everything to do with the spirit. But unless the spirit is regenerated through union with Jesus Christ, the spirit will never understand faith.
Scripture tells us that "faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see" (Hebrews 11:1). Do you need assurance about things you cannot see? Do you want to have the confidence that what you are hoping for will actually happen?
Then place your faith in the only One Who can honor your faith: Jesus the Christ, the Son of God and the Savior of the world.
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Copyright 2014 by MaryAnn Diorio, PhD, MFA. All Rights Reserved.
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Living in the Supernatural
There is a place where you can live in peace. That place is above your emotional pain and in the realm of the spirit where the Kingdom of God is. But the only way to get there is through Jesus Christ.
There are two realms that control life: the natural realm and the supernatural realm. The natural realm is subject to the laws of the natural world; the supernatural realm is subject to the laws of the supernatural world.
The supernatural world has both a good aspect and an evil aspect. The good aspect is the supernatural realm inhabited by God and His angels. The Bible calls this supernatural realm of God "the third heaven". The evil aspect is the supernatural realm inhabited by Satan and his demons. The Bible calls this supernatural realm of Satan "the second heaven". The supernatural realm of God is far more powerful than the supernatural realm of Satan.
Man was created and designed to live in the supernatural world of God, but sin relegated man to the confinement of the natural world. Jesus Christ came to set man free from the confinement of the natural world and to restore him to the supernatural world of the Kingdom of God.
When man enters the supernatural world without Christ, man will encounter the supernatural curses of Satan and his demons. This is the realm of the occult with all of its attendant dangers.
When man enters the supernatural world through Christ, man will encounter the supernatural blessings of God.
So how does this apply to your life and to your emotional pain?
If you have not yet accepted Jesus Christ as your Savior and Lord, you are still a prisoner of the natural world. In practical terms, this means that you are still in bondage to sin and its torment, including emotional torment. You may have tried to free yourself from emotional pain by entering the supernatural world of Satan and his demons. If so, you may have found a false and temporary relief, but you soon learned (or will learn) that Satan offers only trickery and bondage, never truth and freedom.
But if you have accepted Jesus Christ as your Savior and Lord, you are no longer a prisoner of the natural world nor the supernatural world of Satan. Instead, you are a resident of the supernatural kingdom of God and a child of God whose inheritance is healing in every aspect of your being.
You cannot free yourself from the natural world nor from Satan's supernatural world. You need a Savior to free you. Jesus Christ is that Savior. Accept Him today into your life. Ask Him to be your Savior and Lord. Ask Him to free you from the pain of emotional and psychological torment. Then expect Him to do so.
There are two realms that control life: the natural realm and the supernatural realm. The natural realm is subject to the laws of the natural world; the supernatural realm is subject to the laws of the supernatural world.
The supernatural world has both a good aspect and an evil aspect. The good aspect is the supernatural realm inhabited by God and His angels. The Bible calls this supernatural realm of God "the third heaven". The evil aspect is the supernatural realm inhabited by Satan and his demons. The Bible calls this supernatural realm of Satan "the second heaven". The supernatural realm of God is far more powerful than the supernatural realm of Satan.
Man was created and designed to live in the supernatural world of God, but sin relegated man to the confinement of the natural world. Jesus Christ came to set man free from the confinement of the natural world and to restore him to the supernatural world of the Kingdom of God.
When man enters the supernatural world without Christ, man will encounter the supernatural curses of Satan and his demons. This is the realm of the occult with all of its attendant dangers.
When man enters the supernatural world through Christ, man will encounter the supernatural blessings of God.
So how does this apply to your life and to your emotional pain?
If you have not yet accepted Jesus Christ as your Savior and Lord, you are still a prisoner of the natural world. In practical terms, this means that you are still in bondage to sin and its torment, including emotional torment. You may have tried to free yourself from emotional pain by entering the supernatural world of Satan and his demons. If so, you may have found a false and temporary relief, but you soon learned (or will learn) that Satan offers only trickery and bondage, never truth and freedom.
But if you have accepted Jesus Christ as your Savior and Lord, you are no longer a prisoner of the natural world nor the supernatural world of Satan. Instead, you are a resident of the supernatural kingdom of God and a child of God whose inheritance is healing in every aspect of your being.
You cannot free yourself from the natural world nor from Satan's supernatural world. You need a Savior to free you. Jesus Christ is that Savior. Accept Him today into your life. Ask Him to be your Savior and Lord. Ask Him to free you from the pain of emotional and psychological torment. Then expect Him to do so.
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