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Before the thunderstorm…

10 Friday Mar 2017

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in antichrist, Authority, Building up the Body of Christ, Circumcision, Deception, Discerning the Spirits, Dying to Self, Exhortation, False Spirits, Fellowship, Fellowship of His Sufferings, Fellowship with God, Following Jesus, God's guidance, Holy Spirit, Judgment, Philosophy, Poetry, Repentance, Satan, Spirit vs. Flesh, Spiritual Leadership

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circumcision of the heart, discerning the spirits, dying to self, experience, following Jesus, Michael Clark, pain, resurrection, Satan, the cross, the new self, the old self

Yesterday, before the thunderstorm…
(Photo by Susanne Schuberth)

Let me provoke you here a bit. I argue that Satan has ruled the Institutional Church (IC) from her early beginnings and I also believe he did not stop there. The devil even goes so far to draw those into his spider web of lies again who once would leave the institutional church system because they saw its serious shortcomings. And it does not seem to me that he has had great difficulties in doing so. Whoever does not preach the true gospel of Christ, but a mixed version that is more pleasing to the listener’s ear, has become deceived whether they know it or not. But alas, they do not know it. If they did, they would not be deceived, right? They could repent if God gave them eyes to see the truth. It is so saddening to observe when they are confronted with the truth, instead of repentance, false spirits rise up and manifest the spirit of antichrist aka the ‘instead-of-Christ-spirit’ as Michael Clark told me several times in the past. There is our old self’s nature, our fallen human nature, the flesh that always wants to be like God without obeying Him and His Spirit’s leading (cf. Gal 5:14). In his recent recent article Michael wrote,

Man loves to try to do the works of God, accumulate knowledge, know with his own mind, and imitate God instead of knowing God intimately with his heart and allowing God to conform him into the image of Christ by the plan and design of the Father. The fleshly state of fallen man still loves to eat the fruit of that same forbidden tree instead of Jesus, the Tree of Life (See John 6:51).

Religious man loves to collect Bible knowledge and knowledge of doctrines so he can decide for himself what is good and what is evil. He loves to heap to himself teachers that tickle his religious ears and to garner to himself degrees in theology. Yet, when the New Testament speaks of “knowing the Lord,” it speaks of an intimate knowing that goes much deeper than a mere accumulation of facts.

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God’s humorous guidance

08 Sunday Jan 2017

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Abiding IN Christ, Abundant Life, Authority, Encouragement, Entering His Rest, Exhortation, Fellowship with God, God's guidance, God's Humor, God's Love, God's Voice, Happiness, Hope, Humor, Intimacy with God, Knowing God, My Spiritual Diary, Resurrection Life, Suffering and Joy, The Fear of God, Trusting God

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What a nice surprise... (Photo by Susanne Schuberth)

What a nice surprise…
(Photo by Susanne Schuberth)

Well, basically, I had a day full of back pains and toothaches, but at the end of that day I dare say, “It was a pretty good day, though…” Originally I wanted to go to bed earlier than usual and I told my family about it one hour ago. As I thought about what to do in the following half hour before going to bed, I would ask God if He had any ideas or what HE wanted to do. At first I reflected on reading a bit… or on making a Sudoku puzzle… or not… however, I began with tidying up our flat as Jesus answered my question. “I want to spend time with you!” Wow! That came across pretty forcefully, even passionately. I immediately knew our Lord had spoken and my heart began to flutter in joyful anticipation.

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Death and Resurrection or… “I NEED A SAVIOR!”

10 Saturday Sep 2016

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Abundant Life, Being Born Again, Christianity, Death, Dying to Self, entering the Kingdom of God, Eternal Life, Fellowship of His Sufferings, Life and Death, Power of His Resurrection, Resurrection Life, Suffering and Joy

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Empty Tomb
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In this article I want to make clear that death and resurrection are two very different things. Regarding Jesus’ death on the cross and His supernatural resurrection, and what that should imply for us today, you will find a longer excerpt taken from one of T. Austin Sparks’ sermons following my deliberations on dying to self.

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The Light at the End of the Tunnel

17 Tuesday May 2016

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Abundant Life, Christ in us, Dying to Self, Entering His Rest, Eternal Life, Faith, God's guidance, God's Love, Hope, Light and Darkness, My Spiritual Diary, New Self, Old Self, Power of His Resurrection, Prayer, Relax and Chill Out, Salvation, Spiritual Guidance

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In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. (Jn 1:4-5 ESV) Photo by Susanne Schuberth

In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. (Jn 1:4-5 ESV) – Photo by Susanne Schuberth

Many of you might have heard or read about some people’s near-death experiences (NDEs) which they described as having been pulled through a dark tunnel toward the light. Having had a NDE myself (see My Testimony to be headlined ‘1995 – 2008: Years of the Wilderness’), I would say today that the ‘tunnel’ stands for our old self nature that is closely related to our body and soul. When people have experienced a NDE and come back into their ‘old’ life, something inside them has changed completely. Although their old nature is still there, a certain amount of God’s light has been poured into their own spirit so that their purpose in life could be changed. From then on they ‘know’ that love and gaining (spiritual) knowledge about God is most important. All other goals in life they once had have become less and less interesting. Basically, they long to be and live eternally in this light that they have come to know for a short time only. They might also realize that it is all about spiritual growth now, about being fully transformed into the image of God’s Son (cf. Rom 8:29; 2 Cor 3:18). Just recently I read a definition about this kind of spiritual growth.  If we ask, “What does it mean to grow spiritually?” T.A. Sparks offers us an answer which is truly surprising. He said,

“Spiritual growth means that the spiritual strain goes out of our eyes, and our faces, and out of our voices, and that awful intensity, tenseness, goes. It is not a mark of spiritual growth at all. So let us get rid of false ideas about what it means to be a grown Christian. It means to be entering into His rest; we all need that.”

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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)

The Way that leads to LIFE is long and hard (Mt 7:14), but every path comes to an end, finally…
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The following excerpts from T.A. Sparks make clear the difference between the natural man and the spiritual man who allows himself to be guided by God 24/7. We cannot reach this blissful state unless our old self has died completely since only then we are “transferred” or baptized into Christ (see Gal 3:27) and are enabled to enjoy a life of perfect obedience to Him. We may know that it is a process, a long process, until we utterly despair of our old Adam nature and leave it all up to Him. But once we have died to our old self, Christ’s resurrection power begins to flow into a renewed mind and into a completely new heart that was given by God also. And from that time on, REAL LIFE in the kingdom of God begins. What I meant by ‘real life’ is a spiritual life that no longer knows the sting of death. These who “loved not their lives even unto death,“ (Rev 12:11 ESV), or in other words, these believers who hated their old self life, are enabled to enjoy God in all circumstances instead, just as Jesus promised us 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’ 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 in this blog article by Becky Johnson yesterday. Thank you, Becky! 🙂

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Thank You…

16 Monday Feb 2015

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Abiding IN Christ, Being Set Free, Entering His Rest, Life in the Kingdom of God, Poetry, Power of His Resurrection, Resurrection Life, Spiritual Life, Suffering and Joy, Thanksgiving

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Thank You
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Thank You for some laughter in the rain
And for tears of joy mixed up with pain
For new life that follows death
Resurrection’s first fresh breath

Breathed on us out of clear sky
That makes dry bones surely sigh
See, flesh and skin from on high
Yes, His kingdom’s life is nigh

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