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If God speaks…

24 Sunday Oct 2021

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Abiding IN Christ, Abundant Life, Authority, Christ in us, comfort, Dependence on God, Discerning the Spirits, Encouragement, Entering His Rest, Following Jesus, God's Love, God's Voice, joy, Liberty, Life in the Kingdom of God, My Spiritual Diary, peace, The Power of God, Transformation, Walking in the Spirit

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For some time I have been wondering whether the existence of the Kingdom of God might mean more immediate proximity to our everyday life than we might have ever thought or believed possible. It was only yesterday as I had another surprising experience with our Lord Jesus Christ. In a certain sense I was reminded of another occurrence about four months ago when Christ pulled me out of a very depressive state by the simple question, “Do you believe that I am the life?” (1) After that question back then I felt that the spiritual power of His words triggered several dead or sick ‘spots’ inside me so that a healing process, both spiritual and mental, could set in. Although my physical diseases have not disappeared by now, I sense God must have his reasons why He has not fully healed me yet.

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Who are the 144,000?

29 Sunday Aug 2021

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Abiding IN Christ, Being Set Free, Cults, Dependence on God, Discerning the Spirits, Dying to Self, Encouragement, Eternal Life, Fellowship of His Sufferings, Following Jesus, God our Father, God's Grace, God's Love, Intimacy with God, Jesus Christ, joy, Life in the Kingdom of God, Living in the Presence of God, Longing for God, Mount Zion, peace, rest, Resurrection Life, Spiritual Sight, the 144.000, the heavenlies, the mind of Christ, Walking in the Spirit

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Several Christians over the last centuries have had thoughts and ideas about who these particular people mentioned in the Book of Revelation might be. One might ask whether there could be a single Christian denomination or belief system that would be able to comprise those 144,000 who seem to occupy a very special position, maybe, even the best position possible as to their closeness to God?  🙄

I saw in my last post where I mainly published longer excerpts from T. Austin Sparks that it does not make much sense to go on doing so. It seems I should offer some explanations combined with my own experiences or insights regarding all topics so that the whole article gets more vivid. Actually, I know myself how tedious the simple reading of facts without enlightening examples can be.  😉 So I decided to include only short excerpts by TAS where I thought it might be helpful and to also offer my own ideas as to the following Scriptures. As for these 144,000, the apostle John describes what he saw in the Book of Revelation.

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Resurrection Life vs. Resurrection Power … Reaching the Promised Land

16 Thursday Jan 2020

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Abiding IN Christ, Abundant Life, Being Born Again, Building up the Body of Christ, Dependence on God, Encouragement, Endurance, Entering His Rest, Holy Spirit, Life in the Kingdom of God, Longing for God, Mind of Christ, Overcoming, Power of His Resurrection, Resurrection Life, The Dawning of A New Day, Throne

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In my latest article I quoted some statements from T. Austin Sparks regarding a life here on earth without being touched by the death all around us, something he called ‘a deathless life’. If that might be an amazing experience for us already, there is more God has had in mind He wants to share with us. It is even His own resurrection power! Again, here are some quotes from TAS.

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Spirit-led vs. spirit-driven

04 Thursday Jan 2018

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in blogging, Building up the Body of Christ, Christian Living, Church, Deception, Discerning the Spirits, Exhortation, False Spirits, God's guidance, God's Voice, Life in the Kingdom of God, Mind of Christ, Prophecy, Reading and Writing, Spiritual Guidance, Spiritual Sight, Submission to God

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Although I have been posting articles about discerning the spirits for almost 27 months now, I have come to realize that it is often times not possible to explain the difference between these emotions that move our soul habitually and, by contrast, those tender ‘nudges’ or even stronger impressions of restraint in our hearts by which God leads our spirits. Actually, we can only recognize what we have come to know ourselves, right? So, I simply want to tell you today what God’s leading is NOT about.

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Knowing God’s heart… intimately

29 Thursday Dec 2016

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Abiding IN Christ, adultery, Being Born Again, Building up the Body of Christ, Death, Discerning the Spirits, Encouragement, Eternal Life, God's Love, Gospels, Growing in Christ, Homosexuality, intimacy, Knowing God, Life in the Kingdom of God, My Spiritual Diary, Prayer, Salvation, sin

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It is not for me easy to define intimacy, even more difficult regarding my relationship with God. Maybe, an example might help here. Yesterday morning as I was thinking about someone who died four days ago, I closed my eyes and looked at Jesus in my spirit. I recall that I did not say anything, neither loudly nor silently in my mind, but my question was heard by Him, nonetheless. This person who died was famous and some might know that I write about British pop star George Michael who died at the age of 53. I did not know that much about him, I only remember some of his songs that touched me in a certain way, especially ‘Last Christmas’ where he sang,

“Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
But the very next day you gave it away
This year, to save me from tears
I’ll give it to someone special…”

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How can we recognize if we are guided by the Holy Spirit?

05 Tuesday Jul 2016

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Abiding IN Christ, Discerning the Spirits, Entering His Rest, God's guidance, Life in the Kingdom of God, Mind of Christ, My Spiritual Diary, Obedience, Relax and Chill Out, The Dawning of A New Day, The Fruit of the Spirit, Walking in the Spirit

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Stairs under water (Photo by Susanne Schuberth)

If you and I want to be led by the Holy Spirit 24/7 and we are insecure about whether we have been led by Him or not, the following excerpt from one of T. Austin Sparks’ articles might be helpful to read. What I did not copy and paste were Sparks’ implementations on how and when Jesus refused to do what others told Him (whether his mother, his siblings, or other people were concerned) because that would have been too long an article on here. Nonetheless, if someone has time and wants to read the whole thing, you will find the link beneath, as always.

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Life IN Christ… or the cost of discipleship

16 Saturday Apr 2016

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Abiding IN Christ, Abundant Life, Dying to Self, Fellowship of His Sufferings, Following Jesus, Freedom, God's guidance, Life in the Kingdom of God, Maturity, Spiritual Guidance, Submission to God, The Cross, The Dark Night of the Soul, The Dark Night of the Spirit

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"And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life." (Mt 19:29 ESV) Picture by Susanne Schuberth

“And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.” (Mt 19:29 ESV) – Picture by Susanne Schuberth

As I thought about describing the difference between our life inside and outside of God, I thought I could share my own experiences with you on here. Just for clarification, I do not speak about the experience of Christ IN us, that is, about feeling his love, joy and peace merely from the inside. Rather, I refer to a life IN God and His kingdom as a completely new experience that approaches us from the outside by simultaneously filling us up from the inside, too. Sounds complicated, doesn’t it…? We might have received some foretaste of such a life beforehand when we all of a sudden were hit by an awareness of ‘I-do-not-know-what-it-is… but-it-is-wonderful’ as we were watching the sun rise or going down, when we saw nature unfolding its beauty in springtime or fall, or when we shared some self-forgetfulness of any kind, be that with children who played peacefully in a sort of innocence that could almost be “touched” or when we felt a very deep and unconditional love for someone who had treated us badly.

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The Glory of God… is ours!

09 Saturday Apr 2016

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Abiding IN Christ, Abundant Life, Being Set Free, Death, Dying to Self, Encouragement, Entering His Rest, Entering the Promised Land, Eternal Life, Life in the Kingdom of God, Living in the Presence of God, New Self, Old Self, Resurrection Life, Salvation, The Glory of God, Walking in the Light

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The Dawning of a New Day or... Spiritual Springtime (Photo by Michael Clark)

The Dawning of a New Day or… Spiritual Springtime                      (Photo by Michael Clark)

Actually, I was searching for something else on the net as I suddenly found an exposition on the glory of God by Alexander MacLaren. I could not stop reading although I can hardly relate right now to all these wonderful blessings he wrote about. Even while deeply suffering, I am still sitting here, knowing that which I read there is the truth. Dear brothers and sisters, have you ever heard someone preach or teach on the possibility of being glorified even during this life on earth? I am speaking spiritually here, of course! However, as far as I can see it, you often only find Christian writings about justification and/or sanctification. And you also hear that sanctification will not be finished unless we are in heaven after our physical death. Yet is that biblical truth too? Although the Bible speaks about the necessity to die once (Heb 9:27), we also have Jesus’ mysterious promise he confided to Martha whose brother Lazarus had died before,

“I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?” (Jn 11:25-26 ESV)

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Trust and obey or… On how to walk after the spirit

08 Friday Apr 2016

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Abiding IN Christ, Abundant Life, Being Set Free, Building up the Body of Christ, Christ in us, Discerning the Spirits, Entering His Rest, Following Jesus, Life in the Kingdom of God, Maturity, Obedience, Spiritual Guidance, Submission to God, The Dawning of A New Day, Trusting God, Walking in the Spirit

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“Blessings to those who are doing his Commandments; their authority shall be over The Tree of Life, and they shall enter The City by the gates.” (Rev 22:14 Aramaic Bible in Plain English) Photo by Susanne Schuberth

“Blessings to those who are doing his Commandments; their authority shall be over The Tree of Life, and they shall enter The City by the gates.” (Rev 22:14 Aramaic Bible in Plain English) –
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Just lately God both nudged and even urged me to do several things which, to my own reason and habits, did not make any sense to me at that time. I saw no real danger, I only felt uneasy in my belly region about certain people and their way of thinking and believing. However, more and more every day, I felt that God wanted me to obey Him without understanding in advance WHY I should follow Him. In order to make me do so He caused great pains in my heart, severe sorrow and deep grief so that I thought I could not endure it any longer. As I eventually gave up on my own ideas of how life should turn out, how people should be, and on my own habits of dealing with and thinking about people, God gave me the strength to obey Him in a way that was not possible for me before. As I finally did several things He wanted me to do, my heart was all of a sudden flooded with such an intense supernatural joy that I even had to cry out loudly. “Wow!!!” 🙂 Oh, how quickly heartfelt obedience that seeks the approval of God and no longer the approval of man is rewarded by our Father in heaven who is ALWAYS pleased when His children ask Him for His wisdom and guidance in all things! In order to bring my joy home to you too, I posted  that photograph above. I would see that beautiful tree on my prayer walk yesterday and I KNEW I had to take a picture.  😉

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Living Life Abundantly

28 Sunday Feb 2016

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Abiding IN Christ, Abundant Life, Building up the Body of Christ, Discerning the Spirits, Dying to Self, Encouragement, Entering His Rest, Entering the Promised Land, Eternal Life, Fellowship with God, Life in the Kingdom of God, Power of His Resurrection, Resurrection Life, Spiritual Life, Walking in the Light, Walking in the Spirit

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The Way That Leads to LIFE is Long and Hard (Mt 7:14), but every path comes to an end, finally... (Photo by Susanne Schuberth)

Photo by Susanne Schuberth

The following excerpts from T. Austin-Sparks explain the difference between the natural man and the spiritual man who allows himself to be guided by God 24/7. A fairly long time might have passed until we have finally despaired of our old Adam’s nature and leave it all up to Him. But once we have died to self, Christ’s resurrection power begins to flow into our renewed mind and into a completely new heart that was given us by God as well. From that time on we can fully enjoy life with Christ in the kingdom of God, just as Jesus promised here,

“I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.” (Jn 10:10 ESV)

Eventually, here is T.A. Sparks’ exposition on ‘Fellowship with God’ (1) which I found to be very helpful for me. I hope it serves you, too, dear reader. As a side note, I became aware of this article by TAS as I read another quote from him on Becky Johnson’s blog yesterday [note: the blog has been deleted by now, that is, in March 2023].

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