John's reference to the "Word through whom all things were made" refers to Jesus the Christ, the Son of God. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. The Spirit of God is also the Spirit of Christ, because they are all of one essence; one God in three Persons. By right, and the agency of creation, the Holy Spirit was the Master Gardener of Eden, the Governor of God's original colony here on Planet Earth. Like the human colonial governors, He guides and oversees the lives and welfare of His citizens. Unlike His human counterparts, however, who live in fancy houses and mansions made with human hands, the Governor of the Kingdom lives in the hearts and lives of His citizens. As He was in Eden, He is still the Master Gardener, overseeing the planting, fruitfulness and reproduction of the Kingdom "gardens" in the lives of Kingdom citizens and throughout the world.
All of us who are Believers and citizens of the Kingdom in right standing are immigrants on this planet. The Lord God placed us here to fill the Earth with His government and glory, but He did not abandon us to do so on our own. The Constitution states that His is a God of order, not disorder. Let all things be done decently and in order. This means also that He is a God of government, not anarchy. If you take a minute to recall that when the Lord God rescued the children of Israel from slavery in Egypt in order to make them into a nation, the first thing that He did was to give them a government encoded in law, His Ten Commandments.
Now in the same way, He has placed the Holy Spirit as the Governor of His children and citizens to ensure that the "garden" of our lives grow in a cultivated, orderly and disciplined manner. By living in us, we will reach our maximum fruitfulness in accordance with Kingdom principles, rather than grow wild and reckless with no direction or control. Keeping the King's laws should be our main priority. Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; but happy is he who keeps the law.
The Holy Spirit, our Master Gardener, is the one who reveals to us the will and ways of our King and teaches us how to live a Kingdom lifestyle and to manifest Kingdom culture. He is essential to our assignment of building the community of Heaven on Earth. His major role is to transform the earthly realm into the heavenly realm.
Seek the Kingdom. Embrace the Kingdom concept.
John 1:1-3 I Corinthians 14:40 Proverbs 29:18
~~W.R. Luchie
All of us who are Believers and citizens of the Kingdom in right standing are immigrants on this planet. The Lord God placed us here to fill the Earth with His government and glory, but He did not abandon us to do so on our own. The Constitution states that His is a God of order, not disorder. Let all things be done decently and in order. This means also that He is a God of government, not anarchy. If you take a minute to recall that when the Lord God rescued the children of Israel from slavery in Egypt in order to make them into a nation, the first thing that He did was to give them a government encoded in law, His Ten Commandments.
Now in the same way, He has placed the Holy Spirit as the Governor of His children and citizens to ensure that the "garden" of our lives grow in a cultivated, orderly and disciplined manner. By living in us, we will reach our maximum fruitfulness in accordance with Kingdom principles, rather than grow wild and reckless with no direction or control. Keeping the King's laws should be our main priority. Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; but happy is he who keeps the law.
The Holy Spirit, our Master Gardener, is the one who reveals to us the will and ways of our King and teaches us how to live a Kingdom lifestyle and to manifest Kingdom culture. He is essential to our assignment of building the community of Heaven on Earth. His major role is to transform the earthly realm into the heavenly realm.
Seek the Kingdom. Embrace the Kingdom concept.
John 1:1-3 I Corinthians 14:40 Proverbs 29:18
~~W.R. Luchie
