Mysteries of the Church

Mysteries of the Church Matt 13:9-11, 9 Who hath ears to hear, let hitn hear. - 10 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thozr.zo7to then? in para - bles? I1 He answered and said zlnto thetit, Because it is given unto you to know the nzysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. 12 For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abtmdance: but whosoever hath not, from hint shall be taken away even that he hath. 13 Therefore speak I to then1 in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. (KJV) T he secrets or the mysteries of the Kingdom are not given to everyone. Whenever you are ignorant, you are faced with a mystery. This is where the church gets tripped up. We thought that God was so mysterious. But that's just a nice way of saying we're ignorant of Him. He's made known unto the Church the mysteries of godliness. As a matter of fact, when you really understand who you are, you'll find out that you, as the church, are God's hidden weapon. You're supposed to be so filled with Him, that when you show up on the scene, you change the event. All things are mysteries when they are not understood. Yet when understanding comes, the mysteries cease. "Po say that ~ s is d ~yster~ous is just a nice way of saying we9re - Igla~orant of Him. 53

Marital Union of Tliouglat: Cltapter 7 One of the greatest mysteries that we are confronted with is the mystery of having Matt 13:12 12 For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath. (KJV) In other words, you cannot produce what you don't have. You should never say what you don't have, because whatever you say you don't have, God will see to it that it is taken away. - That's why, when the prophets began to go to the widow woman at Zarephath, and also to the woman whose son was about to go into slavery, both of the prophets obtained what the women had, because what you don't possess, you can't create. I You can't give what you don't have. But the fact that you have means that God has an intention on His mind to produce for you what is already in your possession. He will gladly multiply it, if He can just get your mouth to bless it. Therefore, the power is given unto you to possess, and to have what you want. But you can't possess what you can't see. God can only give you that which you possess. You will put your faith into that which you feel - whether positive or negative - and you will only possess what you believe you are entitled to possess. I don't care if it's God or the product of your own devilment. That's why, even in the most extreme circumstances, I will not counsel couples to separate. They will always do what they feel to do, and their feelings can be quite deceptive. Their minds are in need of repair. God intends to produce for you what is already in your posses- 8i0gll, He will gladly multiply it, if He can just get your mouth to bless it. An individual that is caught in the throes of rejection or self-sabotage will attract an individual that feeds on their negative energy. And what looks like abomination to a person on the outside of a marriage is, in actuality, a good feeling for the couple concerned. Their dysfunction actually feels normal to them.

Mysteries of tlte Ctturcit Judge f hose Feelings Feelings can be positive or negative. They demand that you b'ecome the master over them. You can tell your feelings how to feel, and your mind how to think. Your feelings and your thoughts must be judged by the light of the Word of God, because undisciplined feelings and thoughts can precipitate a disaster. YOU^ aboughf~ are like bait. You know if you're putting the wrong food in your body. Those fried foods may feel good, but you need to judge that feeling. You're just like the woman that subconsciousiy finds a man that will hit her. You're damaging yourself. You know that your doctor advised you to stay off pork, so don't be blessing it and Your chewing it. Saying "It's blessed in Jesus' Name" will not protect tho~gkq~ yoti from the damage of violating the laws resident within your own body. Lay off the pork. Go on another diet. Eatsornething else. are fishing If you know your cholesterol is high, don't sit around eating quart for the form, after quart of ice cream. Your feelings are deceiving you. You must Or ~~~eafimg discern what is in you that you hate enough to sabotage your existhe formpne, tence. of your For instance, I literally believe that if you are of God, you become thoughts your greatest thief. Malachi asks, "Will a man rob God?" (Malachi from within. 3:s) And the answer is "yes." A Inan will rob himself. How will he rob himself, In tithes and in offerings. So guess what? You are cursed with a curse. Why? "Because you have robbed me." See? There really is only one me. There is only one I. "I am crucified with Christ, nevertheless, I live, yet not I, but [my 'eye' is] Christ!" (Galatians 2:20-21) You can't see yourself in the right perspective until you can see Christ within! God can only give you what you take, and you cannot take anything unless you feel it on the line. It's got to feel as though the thing bit you; as though it has bitten the bait on the line. What you hold onto, you lose; what you give, you keep. See? That's a different twist from the world's mindset. This is the law of seedtime and harvest. If I hold onto my last hundred, I'm going to lose it. Something in this life is going to grab it. But when I open up my hands to release it, I keep it, because now my hands are etnpowered to receive hundreds. Hisl~op E. Bernard Jordati 55

Marital Urzion of Tlroupltc CItapter 7 Bait the Hook! "Building An Intention Towards " Your thoughts are like bait. Your thoughts are fishing for the form, or creating the form, of your thoughts from within. Do you have an intention towards something? When you lack intention, you %re just saying, 66Whatever You never go down into the sea to catch your fish. You drop - a line, but you must use bait to attract what you want. You must vary the kind of bait you use. All fish don't swim in the same water. You don't use the same bait for all fish. The more valuable the fish, the more valuable the bait. And the bait is, "I wonder what that would feel like?", Bait starts with wonder. When you start with wonder, then God hops in and says, "It's wonderful because I'm full of wonder." The moment you begin to wonder, you've got to go into meditation until you can say, "I can feel it." You may wonder what it would feel like to be married again; and after you meditate, someone will suddenly cross your path. But the moment you start saying, "There's nobody here," they'll jump off the line. How many times have you caught something on your line, and dropped it? You picked up on it with the feeling, but you cut it off by canceling it with your words. That thing snatched your feeling and went on about its business. Even if you go fishing without bait and drop a hook in the water, your hook will get tangled up in something when it hits bottom. That's what happens when you lack intention. Some of you don't have any bait on your line. You're just saying, "Whatever comes." Whatever fhjng you want God manifest Ask some people what type of job they want. They'll say, in your I]jfe9 "Whatever." I would never leave my destiny up to a "whatever." be felt I want to give my "whatever" some direction. I'm going to be spefrom afarr. mw~f cific with my feelings, because my feelings know how to get what I am fishing for. Whatever job you want must be felt from afar. Whatever car you want, must be felt from afar. Whatever house you want, must be felt from afar. Whatever wardrobe you want, must be felt from afar. Whatever thing you want God to manifest in your life, must be felt from Bishop E Bernard Jordan 56

afar. Until you feel it, it can't get on the line. That's true telepathy. Mysteries of the CIturch Can You Feel My Mind? Telepathic communication was not an invention of the devil. It just got into the hands of some people who had God upside down; now I'm giving it to you right side up. I began to examine the word "telepathy." From common usage, I thought the word meant "the transfer or the sending of thoughts." - But as I did an etymological study into the Greek origins of the word, I found out that "telepathy," from its Greek derivative, actually means "the sending of feelings." The prefix, "tele," means afar, and the suffix, "pathos" means "feeling." Evidently, you really don't pick up thought, but you pick up on feelings, and feelings > interpret thoughts. - The moment you had the desire, and the moment if became a question, Is the moment that YOU picked up on its SO whatever you desire, you must feel it from afar. When you feel it, it's already on the line! Begin to feel what you want. Perhaps this is the reason why we're able to pick up certain folks' thoughts; we're touched with the feeling. That's why a mother can have a son in another country, and suddenly say, "Something is wrong with Tom." He's been growing in his mother for nine months, and even though he may be 30 years old, she can still feel him from afar. You've got to leave the place where you are, and feel where you want to go. I may have physically stood in Brooklyn, but I felt myself in a mansion in upstate New York. And, because I felt it from afar, it jumped on the line. You don't go down into the sea to is~felligencen get the fish, but you drop the line and sink the bait. When you feel the line jump, you shout, "I got it! I think I felt it!" Then you start reeling in your capture with your faith, because you fished for that thing. You felt it from afar. The problem has been that many of us never knew how to feel from afar. We felt our desire on the line, but said, "Ah, that's too good to be true," and we just didn't reel it in. But the moment you had the desire, the moment you positioned yourself, and the moment it became a question, is the moment that you picked up on its intelligence.

Marital Union of Tl~oupltt: Cltapter 7 "I wonder what it would feel like, living up in there?" or, "I wonder what it would feel like, driving in one of those cars?" "I wonder what it would feel like, wearing that kind of wardrobe?" or, "I wonder what it would feel like, wearing that kind of perfume?" When you can feel that thing from afar, you have picked up on its communication; you've got it on the line, and all you need now is the faith to reel it in! Feelings determine your blessings. You will never be rich if you don't feel rich You've got to feel like whatever you want. There's got to be a certain magnet in you to hook whatever you want. That's why prostitutes are called "hookers." They maintain a certain look that's used as a hook. And you've got to have a look of wealth in order to hook wealth. > Many women will not hook a man until they get the right look. Some women look unapproachable. Their image says, "Get away from me." You've got to look like what you want. That's why Proverbs 18:22 says, "The man that findeth a wife finds a good thing." Your appearance will help him to discover you! And you can't look like what you don't feel like! You've got to feel like a wife. You will not be found as a wife if you're not feeling like a wife in your mind. A man won't even start looking for a wife until he mentally becomes husband material. You've got to discern whether he is at the place, mentally, to be husband material. Husband material means that as a husbandman, he's able to stoop down and nurture that plant. He bends to help produce. He knows how to take that tender plant and develop it. But some men are not looking for a tender plant to grow. Some are looking for a full-grown tree under which they can find shade. If you allow feelings to bypass your thoughts, you're going to be stuck in a nightmare! 58

Mysteries of the CIzurch CHAPTER 7 REVIEW QUESTIONS Fill in the blanks I. Whenever you are, you are faced with a 2. You cannot what you don't have. 3. You can't what you don't 4. Tell your how to, and your how to, 5. Undisciplined feelings precipitate a - 6. If you are of God, you become your greatest 7. What you hold, you 8. Only attract 9. Thoughts are interpreted by 10. You must like what you 1. - You are blessed when you allow your feelings to bypass your thoughts. Telepathic communication is the demonic manifestation of sending thoughts 2. - 3. - Your thoughts are like bait. 4. - All feelings are negative or positive. 5. - Feelings can cause you to sabotage your own existence. 59

Marital Utzioiz of Tltouglzt: Clzapter 7 6. - The law of seedtime and harvest is the world's mindset. 7. - It is a sign of honesty when you say what you don't have 8. Y o u don't have the ability to obtain what you do not see. 9. Mysteries will cease when knowledge appears. 10. - You must Build An Intention Towards what you want. What do you want to see manifested in your life? Identify and assess the bait that you are using. Write down the changes you think you may need to make, and note the difference in what is attracted toward you. > - 60