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World Framers Part 2
April-May 2002
In this issue, we will begin our study in the book of Hebrews.
Hebrews 1:1-3 "God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, 2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; 3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high" - KJV
Jesus framed the worlds with His word. He is to be our example. So let us take a closer look at what He would do to cause the spirit realm to come into the natural realm.
The first thing we want to consider in this passage is the fact that in these last days God has spoken unto us through the person of Jesus. Being an exact copy of His Father, Jesus did what His Father was doing. He would speak just as His Father spake. In verse two of this passage we can see a direct correlation between world framing and word speaking.
The Greek translation for the word "worlds" is
the word aion = NT:165 aion (ahee-ohn'); from the same as NT:104; properly, an
age; by extension, perpetuity (also past); by implication, the world; specially
(Jewish) a Messianic period (present or future): (Strong's concordance).
The Amplified Bible says Jesus creating the worlds: made, produced, built,
operated and arranged them in order.
As we consider the connectivity between world framing and word speaking let us
continue to look at other scriptures that may support this idea.
Gen 1:3,6,9,10,11,20 "And God said, Let there be
light: and there was light. 6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the
midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. 9 And God
said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and
let the dry land appear: and it was so. 10 And God called the dry land Earth;
and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was
good. 11 And God said , Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed,
and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon
the earth: and it was so. 14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament
of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and
for seasons, and for days, and years: 20 And God said, Let the waters bring
forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above
the earth in the open firmament of heaven." - KJV
Notice how many times God declares something in relation to what he is creating.
God also speaks very specifically about what he is creating. He prophesies
directly that which is to be created and established.
God is the Hebrew word Elohiym. It speaks of God in the plural. There was complete agreement between God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit when declaring a thing. You have to understand this in covenant terms or you will miss a thought here. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit were able to cooperated as one in declaring a thing. You will find that in any covenant relationship that is established in a Godly authority structure, that all parties must be in agreement and speaking the same thing in order for creation to be effective. This is true in a marriage covenant. This is true in the parent- child relationship. This is true in the employer-employee relationship. And this is also true in the church.
When their is agreement among covenant partners it is easy to be able to create and establish something. We need only consider the tower of Babel and what the Lord said in:
Genesis 11:6 "And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do." - KJV
When we see the word "imagine" we are talking in creative terms. For it is in the imagination that one is able to create ideas and pictures of what can be done in the natural. While this term is used in an evil sense in this passage, I whole heartedly believe that we are able to use our imagination in a good and Godly way. We can see this in:
II Corinthians 10:5-6 "Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; 6 And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled." - KJV
The only imaginations we are told to cast down are those along with every high
thing that exalts it self against the knowledge of God. We can not allow our
imagination to dwell on things that are contrary to the knowledge of God.
God did not say that we cannot use our imagination. We can and we should, we
must! It is an integral part of our being able to create.
If you will spend a little time reading all of Psalm 104 you will see that all
that God had called forth in Genesis 1 had been established. Additionally we
notice in PS 104:7 the rebuke of the Lord is that of a command being verbally
uttered. I believe it is important for us to recognize these places in scripture
so that we can have clear insight as to how we are to be a world framer.
Psalms 104:6-8 "Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains. 7 At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away. 8 They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them." - KJV
Lets look at several instances in the Gospel where Jesus in his earthly ministry was being a world framer for God while establishing God's kingdom in the lives of others. Notice that Jesus spoke a word of rebuke and the demonic spirit obeyed.
Mark 1:21-26 "And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the Sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught. 22 And they were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as one that had authority, and not as the scribes. 23 And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out, 24 Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God. 25 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. 26 And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him." - KJV
How about the story of the man with the withered hand found in Luke 6:6-10 The Lord said, "stretch forth thy hand" and as the man did his hand was restored.
Luke 6:9-10 "Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it? 10 And looking round about upon them all, he said unto the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so: and his hand was restored whole as the other." - KJV
In this next passage we will see the word of a gentile woman coming into agreement with the word of Jesus. Notice the dialog in this passage that ultimately produced an answer for this gentile woman.
Matthew 15:21-28 "Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. 22 And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. 23 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. 24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 25 Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. 26 But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs. 27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table. 28 Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour." - KJV
Did you notice the agreement that both Jesus and
the Gentile woman came to? And what was the outcome? Jesus hooked up with her
faith and granted her request.
Now lets look at some scripture that deals with nature.
Jesus responds to adverse circumstances that surrounded he and his men while being out on the sea. Jesus was able to rebuke the wind and command the sea to be still. And it happened exactly as he had commanded. As believers, we possess the same power and authority that Jesus does. Jesus asked his disciples why they were so fearful? How is it that ye have no faith. It is important that we are aware of two areas that Jesus deals with in being a world framer. (1) Fear factor (2) Faith factor.
Mark 4:35-41 "And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side. 36 And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships. 37 And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full. 38 And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish? 39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea , Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. 40 And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith? 41 And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?" - KJV
The fear factor will always limit us from being able to apply God's power to any given situation. We can not allow our selves to be fearful. God's word tells us that he has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, of love, and of a sound mind. [II Tim. 1:7] We need to move into a rightful place in sonship authority.
Notice that as Jesus is, so are we to be in this world. Jesus knew who he was and why he was here in the earth. He discovered at an early age what his mission in life would be. We also, can know clearly what our destiny is in this earth. God is ready, willing, and able to show you what his plan is for your life. Most of the time we find the true meaning of our destiny to come in a progressive pattern of revelation from our creator.
I John 4:17-18 "Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in
the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. 18 There is no
fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He
that feareth is not made perfect in love." - KJV
In another passage we find Jesus walking on the water when the disciples are alarmed at his appearing. I want to discuss a couple key points that I have noticed in parallel passages to
Matt 14:22-33 "And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away. 23 And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone. 24 But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary. 25 And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea. 26 And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear. 27 But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid. 28 And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water. 29 And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. 30 But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. 31 And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt? 32 And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased. 33 Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God." - KJV
Again, I want to draw your attention to the connectivity between world framing and word speaking. Nobody will ever question whether it was within Peter's natural ability to walk on water. We all know that was not the case. However, Peter gives us a tremendous example of what it means to step out on a Word from the master. Ultimately what caused Peter to start sinking in the water was the fact that he (1) feared the loud noise of the wind (2) exercised only a little faith (oligopitos)GK= lacking confidence.
Mark 6:48-51 "And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them: and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them. 49 But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit, and cried out: 50 For they all saw him, and were troubled. And immediately he talked with them, and saith unto them, Be of good cheer: it is I; be not afraid. 51 And he went up unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased: and they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered." - KJV
John 6:16-21 "And when even was now come, his disciples went down unto the sea,
17 And entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was
now dark, and Jesus was not come to them. 18 And the sea arose by reason of a
great wind that blew. 19 So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty
furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and
they were afraid. 20 But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid. 21 Then
they willingly received him into the ship: and immediately the ship was at the
land whither they went." - KJV
There are some other key points in these passages worthy of noting. There was a strong boisterous wind blowing. I personally believe that this was the wind of the Holy Spirit in physical manifestation and that when Peter stepped out of the boat to walk on water, what he really did was to step out in the Holy Ghost based on a rhema word. You can read about the wind of the Holy Spirit in several sections of the new testament. John 3:8, John 20:22, and Acts 2:2.
I also have been intrigued with Johns account of this story. He writes that when Jesus and Peter came to the ship, the ship was immediately at the other side. This has to be a supernatural redeeming of the time, because the disciples had only completed approximately half of the journey. Remember they were at Tiberias and wanting to journey to Capernaum. The scripture says that they had only gone 25-30 furlongs when they see Jesus. A furlong is approximately 625 roman feet which would put the disciples about 2 - 2.5 miles out at sea. Also, because the wind was blowing so hard it had actually caused the sea to rise driving their boat possibly off course. In other words, this was hard rowing going nowhere fast. We also know from the gospel of Mark's account that when they had passed over they came to the land of Gennessaret. The town Gennesaret, on the west shore of the lake of the same name was just south of Capernaum where Jesus and his disciples lived.
So something interesting happened while out at sea. All the while Jesus and later Peter are out on the water the wind is strong and contrary to the direction the boat is going. I believe that their is a spiritual truth in this as well. Where were the men wanting the ship to go? They were all wanting to go home. However the wind was preventing them from getting there. But notice that when Jesus and Peter got in the boat the wind ceased and they were immediately docking in Gennesaret.
I believe that spiritually speaking, the boat represents our flesh and when we are not moving in the right direction the wind of the Spirit will often blow contrary to our carnal plans and pursuits. Yet, if we would only be willing to step out of our flesh into the Spirit we would walk in a clearly supernatural way. Remember, Jesus would have passed on by the boat and continued walking except that the disciples had called out to him. Did you notice that Jesus had already been aware that his disciples were toiling in their rowing for some time? Jesus was watching this. Could it be that there was a greater lesson to be gleaned than just Peter stepping out on the water? As miraculous as this was, it is just as miraculous that when Jesus and Peter got in the boat the wind ceased and they were immediately docking in Gennesaret. The flesh always wants to return home, but when we allow the Word of Life to be with us our journeys will be led of the Holy Spirit. Here we find the Holy Spirit moving in a completely different way. The wind stops, yet time has been redeemed. I believe that we are living in days when we shall redeem the time. The scriptures declare this fact.
Immediately the ship came to Gennesaret. This
was a redeeming of the time for the purpose of effectual ministry. Can you
operate in the realm of the Spirit? Are you willing to flow in the boisterous
wind of the Holy Ghost? Jesus walked in it. We would be wise to learn that
not every turbulent is that of a devil. Peter was afraid because of the noise of
the wind and was unable to stand in faith. Even though he was in fear, did
that mean he was dealing with a demonic situation? I don't think so.
Initially he started out in faith, but became more sense realm conscious instead
of staying spiritually aware to what the Lord was doing.
Considering all the facts that the scriptures give us we are mindful of the
necessity to look beyond the surface and to dig into the multifaceted layers of
insight that God has for us in this real life account.
I want to close this newsletter with a final thought found in Hebrews.
Heb 11:1-3 "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. 2 For by it the elders obtained a good report. 3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear." - KJV
- If we are to flow with the Holy Spirit in these last days then we are going to have to learn how to bring forth that which is in the spirit realm into our natural realm. We can see from scripture that there seems to be a sequential order to making this happen. I will list some of these keys for your benefit.
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We must receive the engrafted Word of God into our human spirit and allow it to direct and give basis for our conversation in Christ. We know that every Rhema Word we receive from the Lord will produce faith in our hearts.
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All words are to be tested in light of the written Word of God.
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Faith is an important component to being able to receive from God. Faith operates on two prongs. (1) Believing with you heart (2) confessing with your mouth. You have to have both operating in agreement with each other in order for your faith to have a chance to be effectual.
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Make sure that your love walk with God and man is on track. If it is not, it will hinder your faith. Faith works by Love.
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Believe what God through His Holy Spirit and His Word have spoken to your heart.
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Be ready to prophesy and call forth that which God has ordained for you.
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Do all that the Lord shows you to do concerning that which you are standing in faith for.
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Contend in the spirit realm for what is yours. Seize it with your anointed words.
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Use your imagination in a Godly way seeing yourself apprehending that which God has imparted in your human spirit.
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Do not allow yourself to entertain thoughts of doubt and fear. Make them subject to the knowledge of God you have with in you.
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Do not allow yourself to speak words that are contrary to what God has already shown and spoken to you. PS: this is where a lot of Christians miss it. You have to put a sentry on you lips. It is your responsibility to do so.
I hope that this newsletter will be a help to you. In our next upcoming news letter we will be doing Part III of World Framers and discussing in depth Hebrew 11:3. There are some powerful truths that relate to the Body of Christ in this passage and others connected to it. So be looking for it sometime around the middle of May for our June newsletter.
World Framer in Christ,
Brother Andy D.
IMI
