Holy Garment!

Subject: The Holy Garment

A late Valentine's Day gift for my good friends Leah and Michelle, as well as our brothers and sisters in Christ.  May God's timing be swift and your blessings right around the corner.

Love,

Matty

Brothers and sisters, I as we prepare to embark on this extended Valentine’s Day weekend, we once again urge you to turn to the Holy Spirit as your guiding light.  Dive into the Word of God, and ask Him what His will for your life is.  For we are not to ask what do I want to do with my life?  The proper question is what does God want me to do with my life?  For when we are healed; cleansed of the devils lies that were case upon us through abuse, molestation, and mindsets that are worldly and not of God, we all realize that from our birth people in our lives were pushing us farther and farther away from God’s will.  My friends, when we are of the world we are not merely farther away, we are blind to His complete peace and understanding;  For He is our all-knowing, all caring Heavenly Father.  Paul writes of his cleansing, forgiveness through being saved by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and healing his mind of the lies that are not of our own in Romans 7.

21 I find then a law, that evil is present with me, the one who wills to do good. 22 For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man. 23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. 24 O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? 25 I thank God—through Jesus Christ our Lord!

We were all created in God’s image.  Through Christ our Lord are we able to be set free so that we can live as man and women of God’s own heart.  Scripture says before He formed us in the womb He knew us.  Just think of that for a moment.  We all knew God before He sent us into our earthly being.  To honor God won’t you cleanse and live today as the person He created you to be?  On this Valentine’s Day as like many before, many of you spent the day alone.  I come with a beacon of hope, a light in the darkness.  For God created man and woman, in God’s image He created them.  He created us not for the darkness, but for the light, and His light offers complete peace and the warmth of His presence in your life.  As you spend this weekend broken and alone, as your relationship or lack thereof leaves you waning, I ask for you to look to God’s promise for your life.  If you have on your heart to get married and have children, turn from the demonic lies and to God’s truth.  That is God’s will for your life, so have faith that it will happen in His timing.  For scripture tells us that:

Isaiah 55:8-9

New King James Version (NKJV)

8 “For My thoughts are not your thoughts,

Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord.

9 “For as the heavens are higher than the earth,

So are My ways higher than your ways,

And My thoughts than your thoughts.

When you fall into doubt, just remember that God has a much more supreme calling and blessings for your life.  God is telling you that if you follow Him you will be blessed beyond your understanding.  Moreover:

2 Peter 3

8 But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. 9 The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.

As we repent and follow God we will be blessed with these things, so there is no reason to fall into doubt and despair.  How do we do this do you ask?  This isn’t hard, are you ready?  All we need to do is have faith.  Your laughing, and here I thought this was a serious message.  Time and time again, God shows us that if we have faith, His blessings will come.  Many laughed, yet through a mother’s faith a child was resurrected.  Faith is extremely important in a marriage.

Mark 5

And Jesus, immediately knowing in Himself that power had gone out of Him, turned around in the crowd and said, “Who touched My clothes?”

31 But His disciples said to Him, “You see the multitude thronging You, and You say, ‘Who touched Me?’”

32 And He looked around to see her who had done this thing. 33 But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before Him and told Him the whole truth. 34 And He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be healed of your affliction.”

35 While He was still speaking, some came from the ruler of the synagogue’s house who said, “Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the Teacher any further?”

36 As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, He said to the ruler of the synagogue, “Do not be afraid; only believe.” 37 And He permitted no one to follow Him except Peter, James, and John the brother of James. 38 Then He came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and saw a tumult and those who wept and wailed loudly. 39 When He came in, He said to them, “Why make this commotion and weep? The child is not dead, but sleeping.”

40 And they ridiculed Him. But when He had put them all outside, He took the father and the mother of the child, and those who were with Him, and entered where the child was lying. 41 Then He took the child by the hand, and said to her, “Talitha, cumi,” which is translated, “Little girl, I say to you, arise.” 42 Immediately the girl arose and walked, for she was twelve years of age. And they were overcome with great amazement. 43 But He commanded them strictly that no one should know it, and said that something should be given her to eat.

If we have FAITH, and are free from sin, we can keep our family healthy and whole.  We can heal the sick (for this I recommend reading Michelle’s Sin and Sickness teaching).

Abraham and Sarah were promised a child by God, yet they fell into doubt.  They didn’t trust God’s timing.  His supreme plan.  She gave Abraham another woman to sleep with in order for his seed to create the next generation.  Is it any surprise that she was jealous of “the other woman?”  This is natural, as God created one woman for one man.  They were both created by God for each other.  In their old age (Abraham was aged 100 years) she finally gave birth to their son Isaac.  This is God’s supreme gift for our lives, that of marrying and bringing forth children.  Do you think your biological clock is ticking?  Well, Isaac was 40 when he married, yet they didn’t receive their blessing until he was 60.  Twins!  God’s plan is worth waiting for!  Jesus was referencing this when he exclaimed:

Mark 10

  5 And Jesus answered and said to them, “Because of the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept (divorce). 6 But from the beginning of the creation, God ‘made them male and female.’[a] 7 ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, 8 and the two shall become one flesh’; [b] so then they are no longer two, but one flesh. 9 Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.”

10 In the house His disciples also asked Him again about the same matter. 11 So He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her. 12 And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”

This applies for the one true match God has created for you.  If you are in an abusive relationship, or were born into an abusive family, this scripture has no bearing, as God’s will is for you to be set free of your bonds and delivered from Egypt like Moses and the parting of the sea.  When scripture refers to brothers and sisters, it isn’t saying you need to accept and live with abuse.  It is referring to your true brothers and sisters; your family in Christ.  Jesus tells us that if we have an abusive family to leave, regardless of the current circumstances. 

Matthew 8

18 And when Jesus saw great multitudes about Him, He gave a command to depart to the other side. 19 Then a certain scribe came and said to Him, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.”

20 And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.”

21 Then another of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.”

22 But Jesus said to him, “Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”

The man thought he should do right and bury his sinful or abusive father.  Only through Christ Jesus are we given eternal life.  He tells us to leave the wicked and let those who are dead (not having eternal life) bury the dead.  Nothing is too valuable to sweat leaving behind.  If Jesus tells us to follow, the wise will say “yes Lord, I will follow you anywhere!”  Just keep repeating to yourself that God is all powerful, and Jesus died for me!

Matthew 19

25 When His disciples heard it, they were greatly astonished, saying, “Who then can be saved?”

26 But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

27 Then Peter answered and said to Him, “See, we have left all and followed You. Therefore what shall we have?”

28 So Jesus said to them, “Assuredly I say to you, that in the regeneration, when the Son of Man sits on the throne of His glory, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 29 And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife[k] or children or lands, for My name’s sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life. 30 But many who are first will be last, and the last first.

Isaiah 41

10 Fear not [there is nothing to fear], for I am with you; do not look around you in terror and be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen and harden you to difficulties, yes, I will help you; yes, I will hold you up and retain you with My [victorious] right hand of rightness and justice.

11 Behold, all they who are enraged and inflamed against you shall be put to shame and confounded; they who strive against you shall be as nothing and shall perish.

12 You shall seek those who contend with you but shall not find them; they who war against you shall be as nothing, as nothing at all.

13 For I the Lord your God hold your right hand; I am the Lord, Who says to you, Fear not; I will help you!

14 Fear not, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel! I will help you, says the Lord; your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.

15 Behold, I will make you to be a new, sharp, threshing instrument which has teeth; you shall thresh the mountains and beat them small, and shall make the hills like chaff.

16 You shall winnow them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the tempest or whirlwind shall scatter them. And you shall rejoice in the Lord, you shall glory in the Holy One of Israel.

17 The poor and needy are seeking water when there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I the Lord will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

My message this weekend is for freedom of the oppressed.  My message is one of hope my brothers and sisters.  God has not forsaken you, for God’s ultimate blessing for us all is for us all “to go forth and multiply!”  We are to be blessed with perfect marriages, as our spouses were created for us by God.  Have faith in Him, not websites touting compatibility matching and profiles.  If you are married and practicing birth control, how can you expect the Lord’s divine blessings and provision for your family if you are not living for Jesus and the reason He brought you together in the first place?  Scripture tells us that through the Holy Spirit God gives us the gift of prophecy, and tells us what will happen before hand.

If you want an example of a strong woman of faith, look no further than Proverbs 31.

25 Strength and dignity are her clothing and her position is strong and secure; she rejoices over the future [the latter day or time to come, knowing that she and her family are in readiness for it]!

She is smiling at the future, as the Lord has spoken to her of it and she rejoices at His kindness and blessings that are yet to come!

Many say, “I don’t want God in my bedroom.”   Well, we are commanded to “leave the marriage bed undefiled.”  Upon His command for us to marry, we are told to “ go forth and multiply.”  God is the one who puts us in the marriage bed in the first place.  It is only through man’s own sin and the devils lies do we lie with anyone outside of marriage.  Only through sin and perversion do we sleep with anyone other than the one true match He has created for us.  When we are married we become one flesh with our spouse.  So it is written that if a man sleeps with another man’s wife, he uncovers the man’s nakedness.  They were created for each other by God almighty, two complex puzzle pieces with only one complimentary, matching piece.  Upon marriage they are finally re-united and become one flesh.  They are but one Holy Garment, divided in two, and finally brought back together for eternity.  This is God’s pure romance!  God has a supreme love story for your life.  How saddened would He be though if we were to fall into doubt and lie with another?  There is only one for each of us, so I pray for your timely Salvation, lest the devil or abusive people tempt you to sin.  In an abused, brainwashed state their sins are not of their own, but that of their abusers, as they are not allowed to think for themselves.  However, my writing is in hopes of you finding God and not fall for the devils (through the Holy Spirit not so) tempting damnation while you are still young and able to grow into the world with Christ our Lord.

1 Corinthians 7

3 The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights (goodwill, kindness, and what is due her as his wife), and likewise the wife to her husband.

4 For the wife does not have [exclusive] authority and control over her own body, but the husband [has his rights]; likewise also the husband does not have [exclusive] authority and control over his body, but the wife [has her rights].

To many this is a touchy subject: your spouse has rights over your body?  How dare they?  I can do whatever I want you might say.  You were created from the same Holy Garment, so would not the stern have rights over the bow and vice versa?  For if one were to fail in their marital duties to the other would not the ship sink? 

Israel, you evoke the name of the Lord in the bedroom, yet revoke My call on your lives.  God loves children, and we are told to:

14 Leave the children alone! Allow the little ones to come to Me, and do not forbid or restrain or hinder them, for of such [as these] is the kingdom of heaven composed.

Abraham was told that he would be the father of many nations.  Before we were formed in the womb God knew us.  God knew of countless children to be born.  He knew well beyond Abraham’s comprehension.  Who would dare say, “no Lord, I know more than you, and I will not bring forth your children.”

If you have made it this far, I commend you and wish you the very best for this coming weekend.  May God bless you, and give you the peace you need this day.