SEVEN KISSES IN THE BIBLE.

THE SEVEN KISSES IN THE BIBLE.

The Kiss is an act of intimacy that expresses love towards a sensible human relation. 

Kisses are done in private or in public. 

It is offered as a greeting, farewell, adoration or worship. 

You hate to kiss somebody you dislike. 

Or you never desire to be kissed by somebody you don't know.

In general you never kiss a stranger, 

Or even want to be kissed by a stranger. 

Anatomy of a kiss reveals, 

Twenty muscles act together for a decent kiss. 

The Smile seems to be the brother of a kiss, 

Because 19 muscles moves together to produce a smile.

You will smile when you kiss some one you truly love. 

If two strangers kiss each other 

with no specific reason, there must be some thing wrong. 

A dishonest expression of love produces 

Meaningless exchange of empty emotions. 

It is as funny as two dead bodies kissing each other.

The Screen kiss is a loveless kiss.  

In films an intimate kiss is not an easy act to do 

before the director and the camera crew. 

Professional actors do it as a part of their job with no trace of true love. 

 

The longest recorded kiss took place in New York 

on Dec5th, 2001. It lasted 30 hours, 59 minutes and 27 seconds.

Seven Stages in a wholesome kiss   from a father to his little child.

1.Head to body 

2.Eye to eye

3.Voice to Voice

4.Hand to hand

5.Hand to Shoulder

6.Face to face

7.Lip to lip

The Kiss is a very sensitive thing.9 Senses are in action in a very intimate kiss.                                                                                                                                          

1.Sense of sight     - [Perception of vision]

2.Sense of sound     - [ Perception of sound]

3.Sense of smell     - [Perception of smell]

4.Sense of taste     - [Perception of taste]

5.Sense of touch     - [Perception of pressure]

6.Sense of speed     - [perception of speed]

7.Sense of balance   - [perception of balance]

8.Sense of time      - [perception of timing]

9.Sense of heat      - [perception of heat] 

In the American wedding, after the ceremony, 

the Priest will tell the Bride Groom to "Kiss the Bride". 

It is the first expression of love and togetherness. 

Gen 2:24 says, a man shall leave his father and mother 

and be joined to his wife, they shall become one flesh. And it begins with a kiss.

The one who joins himself to the Lord is one spirit with Him. 1Cor 6:17 

SEVEN KISSES IN THE BIBLE.      

1. The Kiss of Light.

 

God is light; in Him there is no darkness.

In the beginning when God created the Heaven and the earth,  

the darkness was over the surface of the deep.

To subdue the darkness, God spoke His heart, He send His awesome word.

God said, "Let there be light, and there was light". (Gen chap 1: vers 1-3). 

Jesus Christ the Son of God is the light of life.

He is the true light that illuminates every man.

He gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not exist (Rom 4:17). 

He is the King of Glory. He is the image of the invisible God; 

The first encounter with Him gave mankind a kiss of light. Hallelujah

Kiss of light is also the kiss of life.

"God formed the man of dust from the ground, 

And God breathed into his nostrils the breath of life "Gen2:7. 

The Breath of Almighty gives life Job 33:4.  

So every thing that has breath may praise the Lord now. Hallelujah.

 

Today to receive a new kiss of life, 

Breathe the fragrance of Heaven by listening the Word of God.

"All Scripture is God breathed"  2Tim 3:16. 

The breath of God gives understanding (Job 32:8). 

Bible says, "Jesus breathed on the disciples" (John 20:22). 

The Scripture was not written by the will of man, 

but the holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit (2Pe 1:21).

The Scripture brings an encounter with its author, the Spirit of God.

"It is the Spirit who gives life" (Jn 6:63). 

The essence of the Scripture has the fullness of the Spirit and life. 

Jesus said, "The words I spoke to you are the Spirit and life" (Jn 6:63). 

"He who has an ear,let him hear what the Spirit says…" (Re2:7)  . 

"Incline your ear,come to me,

hear me and your soul shall live"(Isa 55:3). 

Moved by the Holy Spirit we preach the living oracles of Christ to you now.  

It has the power to illuminate every believing heart (Ac 7:38). 

Let your heart burn as you listen to His Voice.

May the Kiss of light bring you the Kiss of the Holy Fire!!! Amen.

2. THE KISS OF BLESSING

We know the Story of Isaac the father of twins in the book of Genesis (Gen27:1-19).  

Rebekah the mother of the twins loved 

the younger son Jacob more than Esau the elder one. 

She heard her husband Isaac telling Esau 

to bring him a savory dish so that he can enjoy that delicacy and bless him. 

Before the elder son Esau did what his father told, 

his mother Rebekah informed Jacob about his father's plan to bless Esau. 

She prepared a dish for the father Isaac on behalf of Jacob the younger son. 

But before Esau brought what his father said, 

Jacob reached Isaac with the savory dish in disguise of his brother Esau. 

Now watch carefully how the Isaac's blessings came on Jacob instead of Esau.

In Gen 27:21 we read Isaac said 

"please come close, that I may feel you my son, whether you are really Esau or not". 

Isaac said "the voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau". 

All the senses are in full action before a kiss of blessing. 

Isaac asked his son something very passionate.

"Please come close to me and kiss me, my son" (Gen 27:26-27).

In disguise of Esau, Jacob came close and kissed his father first and got blessed. 

Many people are not blessed today because they stay far from their Father in Heaven. 

Sin separates you from God, so repent before it is too late to run back and kiss Him. 

Jesus invites every one saying, "I am the way, the truth and the life;

no one comes to the Father in Heaven but through me". 

"Come to me all who are weary and heavy laden, I will give you rest" (Mt 11:28). 

God is passionately waiting for you.  

Come near the Father in Heaven. Jesus is the one and only way to the Father. 

Jesus died in your place, He got punished for the sins you did against God. 

He carried all your curses on the cross. He rose again from the dead on the third day. 

He conquered the sin and death forever and became your Savior.

Believe in the holy sacrifice of Jesus; and welcome His Lordship in your heart. 

If you repent and confess your sins, God will forgive your sins. 

The Blood of Jesus will cleanse your sins and make you stand righteous before God. 

Here, you get the right to be the child of God (Jn 1:13). 

  

Sin no more and stay in God's Glory. By the obedience of faith you remain Holy. 

And the Lord will never leave you lonely. 

The Salvation of your soul is a kiss of blessing from your Father in Heaven.  

Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness more than every thing and 

all the blessings you need will be given to you (Mt 6:33).

3.The Kiss of Compassion

Ps 85:10 says, "The mercy and truth are met together, 

righteousness and peace have kissed each other". 

On the cross Christ made peace with God for us.He became our peace for ever. 

John 3:16 says, "God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten son, 

that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life". 

God exchanged the life of His beloved Son Jesus 

to forgive the sins of all the prodigal sons. 

We see a kiss of forgiveness and compassion 

in the story of the prodigal son in Luk 15: 11-20.

"A man had two sons. The younger of them said to his father, 

'Father, give me the share of the estate that falls to me.' 

So he divided his wealth between them. 

And not many days later, the younger son gathered everything 

and went on a distant journey into a distant country, 

and there he squandered his estate with loose living.

After he had spent everything, a severe famine occurred in that country 

and he began to be impoverished. 

So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country. 

That guy sent him to the fields to feed the swine. 

And he would have gladly filled his stomach 

with the pods for the swine, but no one was giving even that to him. 

But he came to his senses; he said 'how many of my father's hired men 

have more than enough bread, but I am dying here with hunger!

I will get up and go to my father and will say to him, Father, 

I have sinned against heaven and in your sight; I am no longer worthy 

to be called your son. Make me one of your hired men'. 

So he got up and came to his father. 

While he was a long way off, his father saw him and 

felt compassion for him and ran and embraced him and kissed him. 

And the father said to his slaves, "Quickly bring out the best robe 

and put it on him, put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet 

and bring the fattened calf, kill it and let us eat and celebrate".  

Jesus said "I have this against you, you have left your first love. 

Therefore remember from where you have fallen 

and repent and do the deeds you did first;or else 

I am coming to you and will remove your lampstand out of its place"(Re 2:4-5).  

Do what the prodigal son did, humble yourself, truly repent and get back.

Then God will also get back to you. 

James 4:8, 10 says "Draw near to God, He will draw near to you" 

and "Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord and He will lift you up". 

Heb 4:16 says "Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the Throne of Grace, 

so that we may receive mercy and grace in the time of need". 

Good Shepard gave up His life to find His lost sheep; 

His sheep will hear His voice.

Jesus asked, "Do you love me more than these?" 

Embrace Him and never leave Him. 

Rejoice in Him and celebrate Him. 

His heart is full of love and tenderness; 

You may know, Father God is waiting to give you that Kiss of Compassion. 

But are you ready to run back?!!! In His presence there is fullness of joy 

and in His right hand there are eternal pleasures.

4.The kiss of separation 

   

In the book of Ruth we see a kiss of separation. Ruth 1:14 

Orpah kissed her mother in-law a kiss of good bye 

and went back to her own people and their idols.

She chose not to worship the living God. 

But Ruth the other daughter-in law left Moab 

and clung to her mother-in law to worship the Living God and got blessed.

Heb 3:12 says "Take care brethren that none of you has a sinful, 

unbelieving heart that turns away from the Living God". 

In the book of Genesis (19:1-28) Lord came to destroy 

the head-quarters of sexual immorality, 

the Sodom and Gomorrah. But the compassion of the Lord 

was upon Lot's family who lived there. 

Even though Lot was hesitant to escape from there, 

Lord brought them out of those cities. 

Angels of the Lord said "Escape for your life! Do not look behind 

you and stay any where in the valley, escape to the mountains". 

Lord over threw those Cities and its inhabitants. 

But the heart of the Lot's wife's was craving for Sodom. 

She disobeyed the instruction of the Lord and got cursed. 

It is written "His wife from behind him looked back 

and became a pillar of salt" (Gen 19:26). 

Many people's spiritual lives are standing dead as a pillar of salt.

They are reluctant to escape the corruption of this world by lust. 

Part with the sinful pleasures and flee from sexual immorality. 

Love the Lord with all your heart. Obey Him and never grieve Him. 

Partial obedience is disobedience. 

"If any one does not love the Lord, he is to be accursed" (1Cor 16:22).

"It is a terrifying thing to fall in the hands of the living God" Heb 10:31. 

We see a heart-breaking  Kiss of separation in Act20:36-38 .

"The brothers in Christ wept aloud and embraced Paul and 

kissed Him again and again, grieving especially over the word he had spoken, 

that they would not see his face again" . 

Before the three days of the demise of my beloved dad in Kochi,

I was called for an urgent assignment of Recording in Mumbai. 

As I left, our eyes met for the very last time 

and I embraced Dad and kissed him good bye. 

Deep down in our hearts we both knew that was our last kiss in this life time. 

Dad was in the last sinking stages of lung cancer. 

After a week I finished my work in Mumbai and I was coming back home, 

While I was in the train Dad passed away in the hospital. 

But he left something beautiful for me to remember all my life, 

a sweet kiss of separation. 

But I will meet up with him in eternity. 

I have a hope that never disappoints, 

because my hope is in Jesus. 

Our Lord Jesus is the Hope of Glory. Amen

5. The Kiss of Deception

Deception convinces people to believe the wrong or incomplete information, 

deception keeps the wholesome truth invisible and it reveals the half-truths. 

Adding or deleting anything from the Word of God is deception. 

In the Garden of Eden, Eve was deceived 

by the half truths interpreted by the deceiver. 

Devil twisted the instruction of God 

and contaminated the purity of God's commandments.

The lack of the complete obedience of faith 

in the absolute truth of God resulted in the fall of the mankind.

Pro 27:6 says "The kisses of the enemy are deceitful".                                                                                                      

In the garden of Gethsemane Jesus was in pain, 

His body was sweating blood, His Spirit was in agony.

His disciple Iscariot Judas is coming to betray Him. 

Deception breaks the trust between relationships. 

And it produces moral and deep psychological conflicts. 

Betrayal is the act of supporting the rival group.

It bites like a cobra and paralyzes like a python.

In Luk 22:47-48 Judas approached Jesus with an evil intention to kiss and betray. 

Jesus said "Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?". 

The thirty silver coins conquered and hardened the heart of Judas. 

Judas kissed the King of compassion with a kiss of deception. 

So Heb 3:13 warns us, not to get hardened 

by the deceitfulness of the passing sinful pleasures of this world. 

Apostle James wrote "Do not merely listen to the Word 

and deceive yourselves. Do what it says (Jam1:22)". 

In Rev 2:10 Jesus tells us, "Be faithful until death, 

and I will give you the crown of life".  

We read  "Blessed is the man who stands the test, 

he will receive the crown of life " (Jam1:12). 

"Bad company corrupts good character" (1Cor 15:3). 

God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, he will reap (Gal 6:7). 

For this reason we must pay much closer attention 

to what we have heard, so that we do not drift from it (Heb 2:1). 

6. The Kiss of worship 

In these days of loveless acts of worship 

Psalms 2:12 says you better passionately "Kiss the Son". 

Without an encounter with God you cannot do it.

So you need to earnestly seek Him like deer pants for water to see Him face to face. 

An earnest seeker becomes a lover 

and a true lover becomes a passionate worshiper. 

Like Ruth who came near Boaz and secretly expressed her availability for marriage, let your heart demonstrate your love to Jesus (Ruth 3:7). 

In 2Cor 11:2-3 Paul wrote "I have betrothed you to one husband, 

so that to Christ I might present you as a pure virgin. 

But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness,

your minds will be astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ".

Fix your eyes on the author and finisher of faith (Heb 2:2).

Lord is adorable, more glorious and handsome than ten thousand lovers.

Your Kiss of worship bonds you with Christ 

and unites you in one Spirit with Him (1Cori 6:17).

How deep is your love??? 

True love will make you deny yourself and follow Him. 

You will die daily and escape the corruption of this world 

and partake in His Divine nature (2Pe 1:4). 

You will joyfully say "I have been crucified with Christ;

it is no longer I who live but Christ lives in me"(Gal 2:20). 

The God pleasing act of worship sanctifies the worshiper 

to meet up with God face to face. 

"Without sanctification no one can see God"(Heb 12:14).

Even if you sing the finest worship songs, 

even if you do the greatest worship dances 

or even if you worship in the biggest Churches, 

worship without transformation is totaly unacceptable to God.  

Trust in God and resist 'the mind of the flesh' (Rom 8:5). 

"Walk by the Spirit, so you will not fulfill the desires of the flesh" (Ga 5:16). 

A vessel of honor keeps itself holy and pure like this (1Tim 4:5). 

Remain thankful and rejoice in the Lord, remember what has Lord done for you. 

"You have been bought with a price, 

therefore you should glorify God in your Body"(1Cor 6:20). 

Without going for the masters in the Theology of Worship, 

a passionate lady earned her degree in true worship 

and was honored by the Lord Himself. 

We see this true story in Luke 7:36-50. 

"Now one of the Pharisees was requesting Him to dine with Him, 

and He entered the Pharisee's house and reclined at the table. 

And there was a woman in the city who was a sinner. 

She learned that He was reclining at the table in the Pharisee's house. 

So she brought an alabaster jar of perfume. 

She started to weep and began to wet His feet with tears. 

She wiped Lord's feet with her hair and anointed them with perfume". 

Here this praise worthy lady broke an alabaster jar full of expensive perfume 

as an expression of her love and devotion to Jesus. 

Simon the leper who invited Jesus was a Pharisee; 

He never even did the basic Jewish customs to welcome Jesus the Guest of Honor. 

And when Simon saw what the devoted lady was doing, 

he grumbled at Jesus regarding the reputation of that woman. 

But Lord accepted her true devotion and said to Simon the leper, 

"I came into your house and you gave me no water

and you gave me no kiss unlike this woman, so her sins have been forgiven". 

When your sins are forgiven your illnesses could be healed. 

Today by the stripes of Jesus we are healed. 

But Simon the leper refused to give Him Glory, 

He denied to kiss Him with a kiss of worship. 

What a pity, Simon remained a leper, 

even though the Great Healer was in his own house to dine with him.

The Healer couldn’t heal because the sinner couldn't repent. 

Psalms 2:12 says, "Kiss the Son!" or He be angry and you perish on the way.

7. Kiss of the Bride Groom                                                                                                                           

The Song of Solomon begins with a desperate cry for love.

It is written, "Kiss me with the kisses of your mouth". 

Church, the Bride of Christ is deeply craving now for a passionate kiss from the Lord. 

Nothing else will satisfy the Church 

more than the glorious encounter with Christ the King in the sky.

Jesus said, I will build my Church 

and the gates of hades cannot overpower it Mat16:18. 

For more than 2000 years the Lord was building His Church 

and the glorious Church always defeated the gates of Hades. 

The Bride of the Lamb has kept herself ready for the wedding of the Lamb. 

Psalms 45:13 says the Royal daughter is all glorious within the palace. 

Song 6:11 says, She looks like the dawn, 

She is fair as the moon and she remains pure as the sun. 

And Love burns like a blazing fire, 

it burns like a mighty flame, many waters cannot quench love, 

neither can floods drown it, love is stronger than death. 

Jesus proved this on the cross. Shadrak, Meshak and Abednego proved their commitment and passion for God was stronger than the fire of human judgment.

The zeal for the Church consumed the heart of Jesus (Jn 2:17).

Our Lord God is a Consuming Fire.

His blazing flashes of Fire destroyed the works of all evil.

He conquered the power of sin and death for ever. 

All authority has been given to Him in Heaven and earth. 

He is the Alpha and the Omega. 

Jesus said "I am the first and the last and the living one. 

I was dead and behold, I am alive forevermore, 

and I have the keys of death and Hades" (Rev 1:17-18). 

The bride said to herself "I am my beloved's and His desire is for me" (Song 7:10) . 

In (Rom 8:35-39) Paul the bond servant of Christ says, 

"Who will separate us from the love of Christ? 

Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, 

or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 

Just as it is written, "FOR YOUR SAKE 

WE ARE BEING PUT TO DEATH ALL DAY LONG; 

WE WERE CONSIDERED AS SHEEP TO BE SLAUGHTERED.

"But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us. 

For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, 

nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, 

nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, 

nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us 

from the love of God, which is in Jesus our Lord. 

Day after day she is growing from strength to strength and glory to glory. 

She constantly gets deep rooted in Christ Her King. 

She fans into flame the gifts of the Holy Spirit 

and produces the fruit of the Spirit in all the seasons of life. 

She is awake like a violent warrior to fight a good fight of faith in her battles.  

The Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence 

and the violent one take it by force (Mt11:12).  

By His love this violent lady remains a triumphant conqueror (Rom 8:37)

And she is awesome as an army with banners (Song 6:4) 

  

She says "let no one cause trouble for me, 

for I bear the brand-marks of Jesus in my body (Gal 6:17). 

God the Father has kept her blameless and Holy. 

She tells the King of love "Kiss me; kiss me with the kisses of your mouth". 

She says "draw me, let's hurry".

The time is near for the second coming of Jesus the King of Glory. 

Are you ready? Devote your heart to a life of adoration and worship??? 

Stay blameless, lovable and kissable till the Lord comes. 

With all your strength guard your heart and keep His word. 

Pray and fellowship with His Saints. 

Greet them with a holy kiss; give them all a kiss of love. 

Jesus says in Rev22:12 "I am coming quickly 

and My reward is with Me to give every one according to his work".

In Song 2:14 the King says "Oh my dove 

who sits in the cleft of a rock, let me see your face, and let me hear your voice, 

for your voice is sweet and your face is lovely. 

Here I pray, Lord Jesus, come soon and kiss me with a sweet kiss of love. Amen

Seven Great Blessings and a Golden Key - Part 9

The Golden Key.

God gifted Adam the seven great blessings which people on Earth toil hard to earn. To posses and enjoy the great blessings in life continuously, God expected Adam to keep God's commandment consistently. If you first seek the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, then the goodness and mercy of God will follow you all the days of your life. Adam clearly heard the instruction from God about the tree of knowledge of good and evil. But when it came to applying the word of God, he preferred to listen to his woman and pleased her more than obeying God. When we trust in the schemes of our own flesh rather than pleasing God, it never turns out like what we have expected. So Adam blamed his woman and his woman blamed the snake who deceived her with his demonic doctrines. Even today we see the clear sign of irresponsibility in blaming others when we ourselves have to be blamed.

Adam failed to please God by doing His will. His testimony was "For me and my house we will please ourselves". He didn't keep his house in Godly order. Perhaps he said I know how to run my home with out taking instructions from someone else. If you don’t have a God occupied heart, you will have a devil occupied house. His disobedience led him to loose the glorious image and likeness of God which he carried from the beginning. After sinning the glory of God left him and he felt naked. Adam also lost his habitation; he was kicked out from the Great Garden of Eden. From the abundance of fruits, now Man needed to sweat hard to earn his bread. Through deception the devil took over the authority and power of man to rule over the Earth. Adam lost his dominion to subdue the Earth. He also lost his freedom and access to the tree of life. Now to be fruitful in the workplace he needed to toil over the soil. God cursed even the ground because of man's ignorance. God multiplied the pain of his companion through painful childbirth; she lost her freedom in her own house and came under the dominion of man. Except the true image of God, rest of the goodness may be duplicated on Earth. Devil is a duplicate, he is a fake angel of light.

What is the golden key to inherit the seven great blessings??? "Love your God with all your heart and all your soul and all your spirit and all your resources". Worship the Giver not the gifts. Once Jesus did a Great miracle and blessed Peter with a catch of 153 big fishes. He then asked Peter "do you love Me more than these"??? Because once devil said to Jesus "I will give you all these if you fall down and worship me". There Jesus replied to Satan "Go Satan! For it is written, You shall worship the Lord your God, and serve Him only". We are created to love and worship God more than every thing.

Willfully submit to God and resist the devil. The fear of God makes you depart from all evil. True submission and worship originates from deep passion. The Father is finding true worshipers through a life of worship, than a song of worship. Complete obedience is the best sacrifice that pleases the heart of God. He exists without our human worship. In fact the Lord is seeking an everlasting companionship through our worship in truth and spirit. The constant communion with God is the one golden key that opens the celebration of life on Earth. In His presence there is fullness of inexplicable and glorious joy. The true companions delight in the inseparable communion. Bond with sweet Jesus for ever and celebrate your life with Him. The metal sodium is bonded with the gas chlorine in the compound named Sodium Chloride [NaCl]. His Spirit in our flesh make that salt. You are the salt of the Earth. Amen…VJ Traven

Seven Great Blessings and a Golden Key - Part 8

Blessing No: [7] The Companion

The Companionship is a great and desperate need of a human being. The life of human genealogy hangs on it. And when the man was created, his companion was hidden inside of him. Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for Him". Giving the freedom to respond God brought all the animals and birds before man. Adam looked at every beast and every bird, but found nothing was tailor made for him. He watched them all and named them all, but nothing matched him at all as a companion. Nothing was found suitable, because he was created in the image of God. In today's perspective the Elephants were too big; Snakes were deadly and poisonous, Lions were very wild and loud, Eagles flew too high, Cheetahs were fast and untouchable, Hippos were ugly, Rhinos looked untamable and in the end Adam came up with no spontanious response. Then Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man and then He took one of his ribs and created Eve "the crown of creation". The solution was right there within the bones of Adam. The man said "This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of man".

In the New Testament Jesus Christ the Son of God came looking for a companion. Jesus came to choose you and me as His Companion. He came to mold you and seat you next to Him in Heaven . Jesus fell in love with us even though we were not lovable and holy. We were carnal, dark and violent in nature like animals without the likeness of God. But Jesus was the radiance of the glory of God and the exact representation of His being. We were not a match to the matchless One. And that didn't stop Him from loving us. To demonstrate His deep love for us, Jesus died for us. On the third day Jesus rose again and lives for us. He shed His Holy blood on the cross of Calvary as the price for His Companion. He was wounded for our sins and His strips and scars heal His Companion forever. His Holy word sanctifies us and His Holy Spirit anoints us to remain spotless as His Companion. Jesus said to His beloved "I will never leave you nor forsake you till the end of the world".

If you want God as a companion you may give your life to Jesus through true submission and confession. The true Companions are yoked together for ever. They are never separated by the power of death. Jesus conquered the world, the sin and the death for ever. If the Resurrected Jesus is your companion to eternity, then you have the hope that never disappoints. Your companion Jesus rose again from the dead and He will never die again. If you believe and stay bonded with Him inseparably, then you will live again even after you die. Your Lord will send His power of resurrection on your whole being to be Gloriuosly transfigured like Him.

The Bride of the Lamb is absolutely busy preparing herself for the wedding of the Lamb. The Heaven and earth is waiting for that awesome and glorious day. Humanity is empty without the companionship of Jesus. Our eternity hangs on it for ever. Have you become a suitable companion??? In your encounter with Jesus, will He say this is the bone of my bones and the flesh of my flesh??? Man was created in the image and likeness of God. Our sins made us fall from that Glory of God. But Jesus came to restore the image of God in His Companion. Like Eve was taken out of Adam's rib in a deep sleep, God raised Jesus and His Companion from the death after the three days of deep sleep inside the tomb. Lord God raised Jesus and His Companion together. If we have become united in the likeness of His death, we shall also become united in the likeness of His resurrection.

Even on the cross, Jesus protected His bones by bleeding every drop of His blood and sweat, the layers of His skin and flesh was torn to keep the bones untouched. God kept us unbroken when He left His Son broken. We are wonderfully and fearfully made for Him by Him to become His beloved Companion. For us it is not good to be left alone. Like the bones are covered by the flesh and blood let's clothe ourselves with Christ our beloved One. Demonstrate your love and bond with Him for ever. The King of Glory is coming!!! Amen…VJ Traven

Seven Great Blessings and a Golden Key - Part 7

Blessing No: [6] Freedom.

When God created Man, He gave him the total freedom to have his personal preferences. Freedom is the state of not being imprisoned or slaved. Which means God wanted man to be totally responsible for his personal decisions and actions. God rewards according to what every man has done out of his own freewill. Every thing under the sun is in the dominion of God, but God gave man the freedom to choose. Without any outside control, on his own if man denies himself and willfully obey the word of God, it pleases God. Jesus said "I am the way, the truth and the life". The Word of God is the absolute Truth; every opposing argument raised against it are the lies of the adversary designed to deceive. So Jesus said, "when you know the Truth; the Truth will set you free".

God spoke His commandment to Adam. But Adam was free to assume any thing, desire any thing, decide any thing, speak anything, follow anyone or act anything regarding his response to the Word of God. When it came to choosing a companion Adam didn't chose animals, he was extremely wise and God was pleased. God rewarded Adam with the very best. Eve "the Crown of Creation" was given to him as a great gift.

God gave man a mind of his own, and God didn't control man's mind to make him forcefully obey His will. So this reveals a mystery, even the devil cannot control your mind to make you forcefully do what is sinful; he can only suggest and deceive. Devil is a liar and he is the father of lies. If you buy His ideology and apply it, you will be judged for your actions. That's how the devil deceive you with his traps. Jesus came to destroy these works of evil and set you free from all the unrighteous yokes. You have the freedom to know the truth and live the truth. Entertaining the whisper of the demonic doctrines can corrupt you mind. To experience the true freedom, fight a good fight of faith and defeat the power of lies. The Kingdom of God suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.

We need discernment and self-control to overcome the evil one. Believe in Jesus and willfully obey God, so you will resist the the devil and he will flee. Cast down the dark and evil imaginations and do the will of God. Let your life get illuminated by the splendor of God's Glory. God is a Spirit and where the Spirit of God is there, there is freedom [Rom 8:21]. You are the Temple of the Holy Spirit. Obey the Spirit of Truth and triumphantly sing the Anthem of God's Kingdom in the enemy occupied territories. We are called to be free, do not use your freedom to indulge in the sinful nature [Gal 5:13]. "It's for freedom Christ has set us free!!! Stand firm; do not yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery" [Gal 5:1].

Freedom is doing what you should do than what you can do. If you believe in what Jesus has done through His sacrifice, your spirit will not remain as a slave to the sinful flesh and blood. Jesus has set you free to do what you should do now. Please God not yourself. Hello!!! Are you free??? Or are you in bondage??? Jesus died and rose again to set the captives free. Amen…VJ Traven

Seven Great Blessings and a Golden Key - Part 6

Blessing No:[5] The Habitation.

In Genesis 2: 8, we read "The Lord God planted a Garden toward the east, in Eden and there placed the man whom He had formed". People dream to own a house, but from the very beginning God placed the man in a very beautiful Home. Ex15:13 says, "In Your loving kindness You have led Your people, in Your strength You have guided them to Your Holy Habitation". In Ps 26:8 David said I love the Habitation of Your House and the place where Your glory dwells.

In Mat 12:43-45, we see Jesus speaking about the unclean spirits. The unclean spirit goes out of a man and later returns to see the condition of the place it left. If it finds the house unoccupied, it goes and brings along seven other spirits more wicked than itself and goes to live there. If you give a foothold to the devil through sin, it will make a stronghold in you. Your sin gives the devil a legal authority to occupy your life, and that makes the last state of that man worse than the first. Submit to God and resist the devil. Welcome the word of God and the Holy Spirit to come and occupy your life, then you'll be transformed into a Temple of the Holy Spirit.

When we invite Jesus into our lives, He comes to abide in us as our Lord and King. A Father to the fatherless and a judge for the widows is God in His Holy Habitation. Eternal God is your dwelling place. Jesus redefined the word habitation. He said in Jn15:7, If you abide in Me and My words abide in you, ask what ever you wish and it will be done for you. 1Jn 2:24 says, if what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father. 2Jn 1:9 says, anyone who does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God; the one who abides in the teaching has both Father and the Son. What a privilege we are getting by truly obeying the word of God!!! Ps 132:13 says, the Lord has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His Habitation.

The touch of the Holy Spirit during an alter call is a temporary visitation of God. It is just the beginning of the process to bless you and occupy you as a permanent habitation of God through your constant communion with the Holy Spirit. But sometimes we receive the touch of God and get satisfied with out moving with the Spirit into the deeper things of God. The seven great ingredients cooked together in our every day lives will produce the sweets aroma of God pleasing worship. [1] The Sanctification of our body, mind and spirit with the blood of Jesus. [2] The Transformation of life through the listening and doing of the deep rooted word of God. [3] The Meditation through prayer and Bible study to focus our every day thought life on God. [4] The Revelation in our spirit through seeking God earnestly with all our heart. [5] The Manifestation of God's power in our body as Jesus baptize us in the Holy Spirit and Fire. [6] The Habitation of God being built in our whole being through inseparable communion.[7] The Commission and empowerment to move every day in the Spirit as the spotless bride of the Lamb who makes Disciples of Jesus all over the world. Our King Jesus is coming soon.

My friend at what point is your worship standing right now. Ps 24: 3-4 says, "Who may stand in His Holy place? He who has clean hands and pure heart, this is the generation of those who seek Him". Amen...VJ Traven

Seven Great Blessings and a Golden Key - Part 5

Blessing No:[4] Food and water

When God created man He expected every member in the man's family to work faithfully and eat joyfully. An idle man will suffer hunger, but a worker's appetite works for him. The young lions lack and suffer hunger, but they who seek the Lord shall not be in want of any thing. The Lord will not allow the righteous to hunger. They will not hunger and thirst, for the one who has compassion on them will lead them and will guide them to the springs of water. God originally designed man as a fruitarian. The great tree of life was also planted in Eden for the man to eat its fruit. But God commanded not to eat the fruit from the knowledge of the good and evil. But man and his wife ignored the fruit of life and they ate the forbidden fruit of death. Man became a law-breaker and earned his degree in curses through terrible ignorance. Adam could have eaten the fruit from the tree of life and could have been blessed, but he made the wrong choice. Every one needs food and water and from the very beginning God provided that in abundance for the physical wellbeing of man. There were also four rivers in Eden for water.

Our God is the greatest Provider in the universe. So Jesus redefined the meaning of food in the New Testament. In Lord's encounter with the devil in the desert devil brings to Jesus the same temptation of food that made Adam fall from grace. And Jesus said to the devil "Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word proceeds from the mouth of God". On other occasions Jesus said, "My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and accomplish His work". Later He said "life is more than food and the body more than clothing". Lord said the words of comfort to the ones who are depressed, "do not be worried about life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink". Jesus said "I am the bread of life, he who comes to Me will not hunger and he who believes in Me will never thirst. My flesh is the true food and my blood is the true drink". Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied. Hello, what are you hungry for today. Taste the Lord and praise the Lord. Amen…VJ Traven

Seven Great Blessings and a Golden Key - Part 4

Blessing No [3]: Employment or Missions

Lord God created the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and protect. Man was accountable for the life in the Garden till he was deceived. The presence of evil can disturb the peace and destroy the beauty of the life in Eden. God expected productivity out of responsibility from the life of man. There is no authority without responsibility. The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet, provided you remain faithful to God.

From the story of talents spoken by Jesus we see God entrusts His possessions and He gives us the image, authority and power expecting productivity from us. Our life and time are resources given to us. The one who received five talents went and worked hard and produced five more talents. And he received praises and rewards from His Master. But the guy who received one talent dug a hole in the ground and brought it back without productivity to the Master and got cursed badly. God blessed the man He created by saying "be fruitful and multiply". If you are lazy and produces nothing you will never bring joy in the Heart of your Master. To enlarge your territory let your authority produce productivity out of accountability. Give God a chance to bless the work of your hand. If you are faithful with the few things you got, Lord will put you in charge of many things. Unfaithfulness leads to fruitlessness.

Adam failed to protect Himself and his wife in the Garden from the evil one. He didn’t stay submitted to God; he didn’t discern the words of Eve and he didn't resist the devil. So man made himself flee from the great blessings. As a result two bellies and the unproductive ground got cursed. Adam loved his wife and he listened to her and pleased her more than God. Adam lost his job because of unaccountability. God rewarded Adam according to what he has done and appointed cherubim with flaming sword to guard the way to the tree of life in the Eden.

All over the world people are trying to equip their children to get the best possible employment in this world. But here the resurrected Jesus gave every born-again child of God an appointment letter for joining the great commission. All authority has been given to Me in Heaven and Earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations. Later He said "behold I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give every man according to what he has done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end". God has blessed you with a Mission even if others are fruitless, do the very best you can. Remain faithful and make the Lord rejoice in what you produce from your life and Mission. Be blessed on earth and receive a glorious reward in Eternity. Amen…VJ Traven