The Return To Paradise

LIFE in Christ is the return to Paradise in the Spirit of God.

Paradise and the Kingdom of God being the same thing.

We were created for Paradise.

The thing that separated us from Paradise was sin.

Sin, was and is not intended for us, perfection was 

And is God's intent for us.

We were created and designed to be prefect in being,

In a perfect atmosphere, the Glory of God and His Paradise or Heaven.

What came between us and perfection was deception, followed by sin.

Now we must avoid the deception of the evil one

And the sin that follows, and find our LIFE and being in Christ.

In the END, we will be made ONE with Christ for all eternity;

As the Father and the Son are ONE so we will be ONE with them.

(John 17)

Christ Jesus said:

I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.

Now a slave has no permanent place in the family,

But a son belongs to it forever.

So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. (John 8:34-36)

To return to Paradise we must be free from sin.

What can free us from sin? Christ Jesus said:

'If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples.

Then you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free.' 

(John 8:31)

So, it is the Truth that sets us free, and Christ Jesus is the TRUTH.

Freedom only exists “in Christ,” in the Kingdom of God, in Paradise.

Paradise is the only place free from sin; 

There is freedom in no other place.

Freedom is LIFE in the Spirit of God, LIFE in the Kingdom of God; 

Paradise.

LIFE in the Spirit of God, is LIFE in the Kingdom of God,

Is within you when you receive the Spirit of God, Christ.

(Luke 17:24)

Paradise is within you and is free from sin, 

Because you embrace the TRUTH,

Which is Christ and Christ in you. Christ Jesus said:

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, 
And I will give you rest.

Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,

For I am gentle and humble in heart, 
And you will find rest for your souls.

For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.' (Matthew 11:28-29)

Rest can only exist where there is freedom from sin, 

Otherwise there is no rest.

We find rest when we take the yoke of Christ upon us.

When we take the yoke of Christ upon us we find rest for our souls.

Because Christ is gentle and humble in heart,

His yoke is easy and His burden is light.

The yoke of Christ, is submitting our will to His will

Allowing Christ to live in and through us;

Thereby receiving the Kingdom of God within us--Returning to Paradise.

To be free we must be first be forgiven.

To be forgiven when we must repent of our sins.

When we repent of our sins 

The blood of Christ Jesus washes away our sin.

But if we keep on willfully sinning, 

We are still captive to sin, and without freedom.

Therefore, the only freedom is to be free of willful sin.

The apostle John said:

We know that anyone born of God dose not continue to sin;

The One who was born of God (Christ Jesus) keeps him safe,

And the evil one does not touch him. (1 John 5:18)

Freedom, is LIFE in Christ, in the Kingdom of God, LIFE in Paradise.

LIFE in Christ is not a struggle—

There is no struggle in Paradise, it is a state of being?

The essence of Paradise is righteousness, 

Peace and joy in the Holy Spirit?

One does not struggle against the peace of God 

That surpasses all understanding.

The Kingdom of God, Paradise, is righteousness, peace and joy 

In the Holy Spirit.

In the Kingdom of God the evil one cannot touch you.

Further, nothing can happen to you in the natural realm,

But that which the Lord allows.

The pleasure of being in Paradise

Is the greatest pleasure a person can experience.

It is amazing to me

That people think that there is greater pleasure outside of Christ

Than there is in Christ.

That there is greater pleasure in the natural 

Than there is in Paradise.

This is a completely false idea and the deception of the evil one.

Paradise was and is perfect—it cannot be improved upon.

Every aspect of LIFE was and is perfect in Paradise.

Every aspect of a Christian's life can be spirituality perfect,

If Christ is allowed to live in and through us, in obedience to the Spirit.

We will have trouble in this world because it is captive to sin

And controlled by the evil one.

But this need not touch or affect the Kingdom of God within us;

It need not affect our “being” in Paradise;

We can live in the peace of God 

That surpasses all human understanding;

We can have righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

We are to be perfect as our heavenly Father is perfect; (Matthew 5:48)

Even though the world we live in is captive to sin,

And under the control of the evil one;

Because, “in Christ” we are not of the world--

Our LIFE is in the Kingdom of God

That is free of sin--A Kingdom that the evil one cannot access.

In the Kingdom of God we drink Living Water from the River of LIFE;

The River of delights and every good thing;

Every wholesome and perfect pleasure that exists.

As long as we live in the Kingdom of God 
The evil one cannot touch us spirituality.

Only when we step out of that Kingdom, 

Do we expose ourselves to him and sin.

Let us live in the Kingdom of God 

Where we were created and designed to live;

This is LIFE in the Spirit of God;

The apostle John said that he was “in the Spirit” on the Lord's day

When Christ Jesus gave him the Book of Revelation.

He was actually a prisoner on the Island of Patmos,

But this condition did not prevent him from being “in the Spirit.”

In the same vein, King David said;

Whom have I in Heaven but you?

And being with you, I desire nothing on earth. (Psalm 73:25)

One thing I ask of the Lord, this is what I seek:

That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life,

To gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple. 

(Psalm 27:4)

I said to the Lord, 'You are my Lord;

Apart from you I have no good thing.'

As for the saints who are in the land,

They are the glorious ones in whom is all my delight. (Psalm 16:2-3)

Having a personal relationship with Christ

Is the ultimate experience on earth;

Having ears that hear what the Spirit speaks to you personally;

Having intimate communion with the Creator, Savior and Lord.

We live by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. (Mat. 4:4)

We eat of the Living Bread that came down from Heaven, Christ Jesus.

(John 6)

Jesus said:

'I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man 

And drink his blood, You have no LIFE in you.

Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has Eternal LIFE,

And I will raise him up at the last day.

For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink.

Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him.

Just as the Living Father sent me and I live because of the Father,

So the one who feeds on me will live because of me.

This is the bread that came down from heaven.

Our forefathers ate manna and died,

But he who feeds on this bread will live forever.' (John 6:53-58)

The Spirit gives LIFE; the flesh counts for nothing.

The worlds I have spoken to you are Spirit and they are LIFE. 

(John 6:63)

We are to be consummately and indelibly identified with Christ Jesus--

We must give up our natural life to obtain His life--

Or we have no LIFE. (Luke 17:33)

We must feed on Christ--

Receiving His blood for the forgiveness of our sins

And allow Him to live in and through us to have His LIFE—

The only Eternal LIFE.

Then, and only then, do we possess His Kingdom and Paradise.

This can be the reality of every Christian who chooses!

Christ Jesus said seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness,

And everything that we have need of will be given to us. 

(Matthew 6:33)

Jesus instructed His disciples how to pray:

Your Kingdom Come Your will be done, on earth as in heaven.

This is what happens when a person receives Christ in them;

The Kingdom of God comes to earth as in Heaven.

It comes inside you, it is Christ in you.

The Kingdom of God is not apprehended without passion.

From the days of John the Baptist until now,

The Kingdom of Heaven has been forcefully advancing,

And forceful men lay hold of it. (Matthew 11:12)

Paradise is apprehended by those who seek it with all their hearts

As they would for a treasure of inestimable value.

Those who live in the Kingdom of God,

Live in The Secret Place of the Most High God;

They love the Lord their God with all their heart, mind, soul and strength.

The day is coming soon when evil and darkness in the natural realm

Will be swallowed up by the Light of Christ;

The kingdoms of this world will be the Kingdom of our Lord

And He will reign forevermore;

And we will rule and reign with Him.

Sin will be done away with, along with the perpetrator of sin, 

The evil one. Hallelujah!