“Prime the Pump!!!

 

PROPHETIC SCRIPTURE

Text: Matthew 5:14-16: (Matthew portrays Christ as our “King”)! Our King is come!” (KJV)

Vs 14: Ye are the light of the world (orderly arrangement of men; church system). A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid.  

This word light means to shine, make manifest, to appear, evident, to give light as seen by the eye.  Jesus was telling His disciples, that the light that He was in the world, so were they.  Once the Father was finished with the flesh body of Jesus, He put it back into Spirit out of which it was taken, and when He was manifested again He was manifested in them by the Holy Ghost!  Jesus Christ was now shining through them, manifested in them, was appearing in them so that others could and did see them do the works that He did!!  That same Jesus is appearing today with that same power in His body that's called Christ!  Romans 12:5: So we, being many, are one body in CHRIST, and everyone members one of another.

Vs 15: Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.               

As the light of Christ shine within us individually (the temple or abode of God), and is manifested in the total man (heart; soul; mind; body), those of our household and whomever God brings into our presence, or send us to will see and have an experience with Christ (the Anointed One).  

Vs 16: Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

                  

In order for us to “pump it up for Jesus”, we must first "prime the pump!!!" 

First of all, let’s take a look at the word pump. When you think of pump it can be described in several different descriptions.

There’s the athlete or body builder that uses weight to build up and tone his/her muscles. They may use heavy bar-bells to develop the body to prepare for competition.

In this performance there are three power lifts. First there’s the bench press. Second is the deep knee bends or some may call squats. Third there’s the dead lift.

Now, let’s look at another pump.

There’s the optical pump. This pump is any medium or device used for raising atoms to an excited state. Optical pumping involves use of an auxiliary (additional) source of light that is absorbed by the active medium to raise electrons to high-lying energy levels. Optical pumping is often used with solid state lasers. These lasers are used to provide the energy to raise atoms in its active medium which is referred to as the excited state.

Just simply saying, lasers are excited or pumped by a light source or electric current to raise it to an excited state. Now for a light source or an electric current to raise an atom to an excited state it must move from orbit to orbit.

Everything in the entire universe is formed and created out of Atoms and molecules. They are only solid when they’re congregated together. When you bring a congregation of Atoms together then you’ve got a solid body.

That solid body was Jesus that Isaiah 9:6 speaks of: For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. 

Micah 5:2: But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting. 

Matthew 2:1: Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,  Vs 2 Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? For we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.

 

That Star appeared because an Elohim had been born in flesh form.  Revelation 22:16: I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches.  “I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.”

 

Now Jesus’s flesh dissipated (dispelled, dispersed, scattered) and went back into Spirit in the form of Atoms and molecules that can only become a solid body again in you and me. 

Ephesians 5:30: We are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.  Hallelujah!!!

 

Didn’t Jesus say in His Word, “I will be in you and you in me?” (John 14:20; 17:23).

 

That’s why the word of God says, in 2nd Corinthians 5:17:Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 

 

The bible also tells us “As He is, so are we in this world!!!” (1^st John 4:17)

 

Good God Almighty! This is the work of The El Elyon Yavah! “The Most High God and Our Host!!!!”

You see! God’s power and source of divine intelligence is beamed to us in the rays of the sunlight. God’s mind is generated through the rays of the sun.

And according to Revelation 1:19: Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;  vs 20: The mystery of the seven stars which thou saw in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou saw are the seven churches.

When we begin to take our rightful place in God-ship authority, we will also possess the power to create sons to radiate our power with the same source of energy coming from Elyon-Yavah!!!

2nd Peter 1:3: According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue.

Talking about us having the power! We got the power people of God! We just have to have a change of thought and use it. Oh praise God!

I’m still talking about “Priming the Pump.”

Talking about that light and laser beam, just know that you are the tribe of light. We’re the ones encamped toward the direction of the rising of the sun. God made a covenant called “the Ark of the Covenant.” In it was the flaming sword which is the light of God’s Glory that works like a laser beam. It will go right between the layers of your flesh and cut out of you everything that is not like God.

Then there’s the air lift pump. With this pump you have to lift the handle up and down. This is called “priming the pump!”

To prime is to stimulate and to stimulate means…..something that excites the body; something that produces a response; something that transmit an impulse along the nerves of the body.  When something is stimulated, it produces movement of a muscle.  It will cause a changed state of consciousness.  It will stir up or cause a rouse to action.  It will give incitement which will prompt you to action.  It will impel you (to drive or force) to do or say something.  It will compel (move or push) you forward.

Good God Almighty people, that stimulation is “The Light of God’s Glory!”

You have to go to Isaiah 11, to find out what “The Light of God’s Glory” consists of:  Vs 2:And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD.

I’m talking about God’s very honor, his wealth, his reputation, God’s very dignity, His character! Whew!                                 

 Come on somebody! Give God the Praise!

Once we’re indwelt with the light or laser beam of the Holy Spirit of God then we begin to walk in His personality: His wisdom, His understanding, His power, His might, and His knowledge. Hallelujah!!! Oh, Praise God!

I’m still talking about several different pumps and features. We have the air lift pump and with this same air lift pump, it takes three strokes to work this pump. Remember in the beginning I told you the athlete (body builder) has three power lifts to develop and prepare his/her body for competition.

Well sister preacher how does that tie into man! (I’m glad you asked!)

With all this act of pumping, that brought me to the very heart of man.  A vital and important organ of the human body without which human survival is next to impossible, is the heart. It acts like a pump circulating blood in the body.  It pumps blood through a network of arteries and veins throughout the body. Blood containing carbon dioxide is provided to lungs for the exchange of gases whereas blood containing oxygen is supplied to the human body through veins.

So, for the sustaining of life, the heart pumps blood throughout the veins of man so that he can live.  

Now imagine the importance of that muscle or organ in your chest located just behind and slightly left of the breastbone. How much more this heart which is the very center of you, the very core of your being, the heart that is the love muscle, known as the affectional consciousness in man.  Though this spiritual love muscle goes further than "affection" (which is a fruit of love), but this love (the love of God) is unconditional and everlasting!

It is the faculty through which man receives love from Being, meaning God Himself. God is the Mind of the universe composed of archetype (ar-key-type) ideas. Archetype means the original pattern or model, from which all things of the same kind are copied, or based. I like this definition- a model or first form.

Genesis 1:1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.

Good God Almighty! And the archetype (original model; first form) ideas : life, love wisdom, substance, Truth, power, peace, and so forth. Being is Omnipresent, Omnipotent, and Omniscient.  It is the fullness of God, the All-Good! Hallelujah!!!

The heart however, is but the visible expression of an invisible center of consciousness. It is the center from which the divine substance is poured forth. Everyone uses his heart center when he sends forth a loving thought or an evil thought.

As used in Scripture, the word heart represents the subconscious mind. (Luke 6:45) A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

Just like all the other pumps that needed three items in order to function properly or operate, so does the heart of man.

How many know that three is the number of resurrection!

Resurrection is a standing up again that is (literally) from death; a (moral) recovery of spiritual truth; raised to life again.

The resurrection is not an event people.  It is a person! Hallelujah!!!

Resurrection - The restoring of mind and body to their original, undying state. This is accomplished by the realization that God is Spirit and that God created man with power like that which He Himself possesses. When man (male/female) realizes this his mind and body automatically become immortal.

Romans 8:2: For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus, has made me free from the law of sin and death.  Vs 11: “If the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ Jesus from the dead shall give life also to your mortal bodies through his Spirit that dwells in you”.

 Jesus was raised from the dead. He overcame death in the body, so we would not have to experience death.  (1st Corinthians 15:21) “For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead".  

Physical death is not necessary.  That's why Paul wrote The Paul wrote in 1st Corinthians 15:51: We shall not all sleep (die), but we shall all be changed, at the last trump.  The "last trump" is the message of perfection that's being sounded saying that we can live and must live to possess all God has put in place for us through Jesus Christ: power, dominion, authority, perfect peace, divine health, eternal life!  Jesus said, "The thief cometh not but for to steal, kill, and destroy:  but I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly" (John 10:10).    

The power of the resurrection is the Christ. “I am the resurrection, and the life” (John 11:25). This resurrection is not of the future, “but hath now been manifested by . . . "our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light, through the gospel” (II Timothy 1:10).

Look people of God, Jesus became Christ, in the church at Pentecost. He was Jesus Christ as an individual and He was doing the work. He’s now Christ Jesus after His resurrection because we’re doing the work now.  Glory!!  

1st Corinthians 12:12: For as the body is one, and hath many members and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body:  so also is CHRIST!!  Vs 13: For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free:  and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.

Christ, absolute Principle, the God-idea man, is the true resurrecting power and life in each of us here and now. Jesus resurrected His body through the spiritual I AM dwelling in Him, and that I Am dwells in us!!

The resurrection takes place in us every time we rise to Jesus’ realization of the everlasting indwelling life that is connecting us with the Father. A new flood of life comes to all who open their minds and their bodies to the living word of God.

In order to “Prime this Pump”, the three things needed are: The Word of God, The Work of Christ and The Witness of the Holy Spirit.

I.             The Word of God: 

Romans 10:13: For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, shall be saved.                                               

Whosoever, meaning all men, everyone, all manner of life…..the drug addict, homosexual, lesbian, drunkard, no respect of person. Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Meaning, they shall be delivered, protected, made whole, preserved (delivered from danger, suffering or diseases).

II.           The Work of Christ (The Anointed One and His Anointing).  

For He was yet man but still God. 1^st John 4:17: Because as he is, so are we, in this world.                               

III.          Until Christ be formed in us: 

Galatians 4: 19: My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed (have His mind; structured) in you. 

Paul experienced birth pains in those days of bringing souls to Christ, and bringing forth Christ in them by the power God had invested in him.   Here in Galatia, Paul is having birth pains all over again because the believers were not living up to their spiritual potential.                                                                             The word formed in Galatian 4:19 means an outward expression of an inner nature. This simply means there is an outward change in lifestyle because of a divinely inward spiritual change. 

For Christ to be formed in us takes time.  It’s a process from being saved to being born. But just know beyond a shadow of doubt you will sense His Presence in your life immediately.  That's because it's the Light of God’s Glory working within us like a laser beam.

IV.         The Witness of the Holy Spirit:

A witness is someone who’s on the scene or setting.  It's the person who sees, is present at, or know first-hand. A witness is the written record or oral testimony.  It's to have evidence or proof of something or someone.

The Holy Spirit also known as The Holy Ghost is the fullness of the Godhead bodily. This is the fullness of God and His Son Jesus in the Holy Ghost, in us!  

1^st Corinthians 6:19: What? Know ye not that your body is the temple (sacred place) of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

Romans 8:16:The Spirit itself bears witness with our spirit, that we are the children (tek’-non) [sons] of God:

Galatians 4:6: And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.  Vs 7: Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir God through Christ.

God has made us heirs to the kingdom. So sons of God prime your pump with the Word of God, the Work of Christ and the Witness of the Holy Spirit.

1^st John 2:28: Now, little children, abide in him:  that, when he shall appear (make Himself visible in you), we may have confidence (assured; persuaded), and not be ashamed before him at his coming (very presence or manifestation in your life). Vs 29: If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.

 

Oh, Come on and Give God The Praise!!!!

Hallelujah!!!                                                                                       

Assistant Pastor Jackie Burton