Pentecost 2024

At Pentecost, God opens the doors to immense wealth, the most beneficial we can ask of Him, provided we use the intelligence the Lord has given us: that of knowing Christ and letting Him teach us to abide in Him. The apostle Paul prayed:

Colossians 2:2 - " that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, even Christ,  in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden." (ASV)

Did you know that the knowledge of this mystery has the power to produce everything we ask of God in our prayers and more! Treasures, real treasures, in the literal sense, and they are numerous, all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden in this intelligence.

What does intelligence consist of?

It is the ability to understand the mechanisms and laws behind everything around us.

And science?

Science is hidden in the infinite complexity of the mechanisms and laws that govern and connect all of creation. Intelligence decodes it to derive concrete application and use.

And what is the role of wisdom?

Wisdom leads to the proper use of intelligence and science, for our good and that of all, and not for our destruction. One can invent the most sophisticated ladder, make it with the best materials, and for lack of wisdom, place it on the wrong wall.

On earth, intelligence and science always provide material abundance and sometimes glory, but those hidden in Christ produce even more, with a huge advantage: they are never followed by any sorrow because they are wrapped in wisdom.

Proverbs 10:22 - "The blessing of the Lord makes one rich, and He adds no sorrow with it." (NIV)

Wisdom and science hidden in Christ and all that flows from them are revealed to the intelligent who ask for them. Wisdom protects from the mortal danger that is the possession of riches without Him.

James 1:5 - "If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him." (NIV)

God has placed the totality of all wisdom, all intelligence, and all science in His Son and has clearly indicated to us to listen to Him!

Luke 9:35 - "And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, 'This is My Son, My Chosen One; listen to Him!'" (ASV)

Colossians 1:18 - "And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence. For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell." (NIV)

Seeking material wealth as a priority inevitably, inevitably! leads to disaster and the loss of the precious time of our life. We have only one life and each minute of this life quickly vanishes into the past never to return.

Someone said that science without conscience is but the ruin of the soul. We can also say that wealth without the wisdom of Christ is but dissatisfaction and the shipwreck of the soul!

Do you want to be shipwrecked or do you want to be rich with abundant wealth without deadly side effects for your life? Are we intelligent?

Whoever is enriched with the knowledge of Christ sees all the treasures of wise intelligence open up, leading to healthy, well-managed prosperity without danger to the soul.

Colossians 2:10 - "And you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power." (NIV)

Do you believe this? Nothing that you need is lacking if we are and remain in Him. We have everything in Him. We are not talking here about theory or virtual. Everything we need spiritually, psychologically, and materially is truly found in Him. God has already given us everything. The table is set, everything is available but here it is!

It is an invisible, intangible, hidden mystery and you will agree that one cannot enjoy what is hidden! Biblically, a mystery is something invisible to the natural eyes but which suddenly becomes alive when God enlightens the eyes of the spirit.

Colossians 1:25-27 - "Of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God which was given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God, the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now has been revealed to His saints. To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory." (NIV)

Yes, this mystery is no longer supposed to remain a mystery because the Holy Spirit was poured out at Pentecost, to open our eyes to Christ, if that is what we ask and seek as a priority.

1 Corinthians 2:12 - "Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God." (NIV)

This is what everyone has the right to aspire to and can expect. This revelation of Christ, which is presented to us as inaccessible and reserved for mystics, priests, or pastors, is actually extremely normal. Let us understand what the Christian life desired by the Lord is! Not only is this revelation indispensable to life in Christ, but it is not an exception for a few. It is indispensable and inseparable from true fruitful and joyful Christian life. We must evacuate this purely ritualistic conception that keeps us in bland and disappointing religiosity.

Whoever claims this continuous and growing revelation of Christ, whoever seeks it, asks for it as Solomon desired it, sees their life fill to overflowing with everything else, in addition, fully.

Solomon sought and asked for wisdom. But that was the old covenant. Solomon could not receive more, and it was already a lot!

If he had lived in our time, he would have asked for the same thing but formulated his request differently. He would have asked for the grace to know Christ and to abide in Him.

According to the Scriptures, we have just read it and we will see it again, it is the work of the Holy Spirit to produce this revelation, to communicate to us the reality of Him who has been made wisdom and in whom are hidden all the treasures of living wisdom and knowledge! A continuous, renewed, maintained, and growing revelation.

John 16:12-13 - "I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come." (NIV)

He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you. All things that the Father has are Mine. Therefore I said that He will take of Mine and declare it to you.

Let us have the same intelligence, make the same search, have the same active expectation, since it is clearly in the will of God, let us make the same enlightened request as Solomon, for even greater results. For there is in Christ more than the wisdom of Solomon!

There is in Christ, more than what Solomon received in all areas: health, longevity, prosperity in all respects, peace, salvation, and tribulations. And let us say to ourselves that, whatever their intensity, when the Holy Spirit reveals Christ to us, by the effect of His consolation, we will feel these tribulations only as light afflictions of the present time, and it will finally be as if there were none.

2 Corinthians 4:17-18 - "For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal." (NIV)

Let us understand the reminder of this word from Proverbs which is not an insult, but a strong word to wake us up from our torpor on the true priority.

Proverbs 9:6 - "Forsake foolishness and live, and go in the way of understanding." (NIV)

It is time to be intelligent and to focus our attention on the essential, seeking as a priority the giver rather than the gifts, the one who heals rather than the healing, the one who fills with abundance rather than the abundance. Have we realized the promise made to us in the following verse or do we believe that Jesus is just speaking empty words:

John 15:7 - "If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you." (NIV)

The 'if you abide in Me', the condition of this incredible promise is only possible for the one who lives in the revelation of Christ by the Holy Spirit. Obtaining everything we ask for, is that not the promise of abundance?

Several times in the New Testament, we are reminded that if we make the right search, if we set the right priority, we will receive everything in abundance in all spheres of present life and beyond: family, health, social life, professional life. Let us not reduce the 'all' of 'we have all in Him' only to a religious church experience! Ask what you desire and it shall be done for you, is that not the most amazing promise there is? The Creator God to whom everything belongs, commits to granting us everything we ask of Him, if we have intelligence and place the right priorities in our search and expectations.

Matthew 6:33 - "But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you." (NIV)

The revelation of Christ who lives in us strengthens, transforms, propels into an overflowing and satisfying inner life for the soul, then this inner life inexorably spreads outward into an abundant and fruitful existence affecting all spheres of society.

CHRIST IN US, FULLY AND THE HOPE OF GLORY!

Ephesians 3:16-19 - "I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God." (NIV)

True wisdom, living and experiential, is not found in doctrines, human philosophies, or in thought leaders. It is found in a living and accessible person who pours His life into us: Christ, who has been made wisdom for us.

1 Corinthians 1:30 - "It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption." (NIV)

Knowing Him is like being grafted onto the tree of wisdom, whose sap flows in us, an inexhaustible and daily renewed source, a flow that transforms us day by day. It makes us taste its excellent fruits and naturally enter into a lifestyle of perfect fulfilment.

The question arises: what should we do to live this concretely?

Very little! Contrary to common belief, in the kingdom of Christ, it is neither a duty nor a work nor an exercise of religious endurance. In the kingdom of Christ, it is not customary to do TO receive. However, everyone joyfully does because they have received, once they have received.

1 John 4:18-19 - "There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. We love because he first loved us." (NIV)

So let's start at the beginning. Listen carefully to this verse. It poses a question, and your answer is very important.

2 Corinthians 13:5 - "Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you?" (NIV)

Indeed, there is nothing else to do at first but to look, to turn your eyes to this complete and comforting truth. You are not in an exam, calm down, relax. Just answer the apostle Paul's question.

Do you recognize that Christ is in you? Everything begins and continues and is maintained in this simple but infinite truth. Christ dwells in you. Do you recognize there the key of all keys? Really?

If for you, the answer is without any hesitation: yes, it is the Holy Spirit who revealed it to you.

1 Corinthians 2:9-10 - "However, as it is written: 'What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived'—the things God has prepared for those who love him—these are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God." (NIV)

It is not a sensation but a peaceful and joyful certainty, and this certainty is a gift from above. Cultivate and root yourself each day a little more in this certainty by feeding your faith with sound instructions.

Let Christ continue to guide you, to illuminate every aspect of your existence with His light. Allow the Holy Spirit to plant new seeds of life in your inner being each day, through the living word and in the daily practice of love and forgiveness towards all.

You are on a path of increasing glory. Everything you do will succeed because you have received by grace the power to live the new covenant. A new law therefore governs your life. You are no longer under the law of the 10 commandments but another law, living, the law of Christ acts in you. You have what Adam and Eve missed and made all humanity miss. The life of the commandment fulfilled by the One who lives in us, rather than the external commandment impossible to our weakness.

You have entered into the operating mode that Jesus Christ, the new man, the eternal God came to restore. The law of the Eternal is still in force, but by the Holy Spirit poured out, it has become living and springs from the depths of ourselves through Jesus Christ. That is why we find our pleasure in it.

1 Corinthians 9:21 - "To those not having the law I became like one not having the law (though I am not free from God’s law but am under Christ’s law), so as to win those not having the law." (NIV)

Psalms 1:1-3 - "Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night. That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither—whatever they do prospers." (NIV)

If your answer is 'I believe Christ lives in me because the Bible says it but it remains distant, it brings me little,' you will need to nourish your faith with good food for a while until your spirit is back in shape! And I will help you with some instructions. The person of the Holy Spirit is a fire, let's provide Him with wood.

First, you will learn to eradicate condemnation from your life. This is the first essential step because this powerful original and ancestral feeling of condemnation prevents you from seeing and receiving the abundant grace in Jesus Christ. It is no coincidence that Romans chapter 8, which describes the life of the Spirit in us, begins with this declaration: there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. All past, present, and future offenses have been erased; there is no longer any condemnation, ever. This is the foundation on which the knowledge of Christ is built, the breastplate that protects our heart and our breath, a breastplate of righteousness, the righteousness of another that is attributed to us once and for all.

For grace flows at this moment and at every moment, but you drink only very few drops because your soul is hindered, constantly harassed, diverted, and stopped in its progress by this deceptive impression that your unworthiness keeps you and will always keep you far from God, an impression maintained by the legalistic, sad, incomplete, and inaccurate teachings of bad religious workers.

Good food produces good fruit, without any effort. The revelation of deliverance in Jesus Christ from all condemnation naturally liberates. This revelation, like a comforting certainty that settles in, occurs in rest and tranquillity while you become aware of the wonders accomplished and generously poured out by the Lord Jesus Christ. Close your ears to the erroneous messages of religious professionals and now open wide your understanding to the restorative instructions of grace. Let yourself be amazed and restored!

Song of Solomon 1:4 - "Draw me; we will run after thee:
The king hath brought me into his chambers;
We will be glad and rejoice in thee;
We will make mention of thy love more than of wine:
Rightly do they love thee." (ASV)

Receive, receive, and receive again, every day, every moment, and you will run because:

Romans 5:17 - "For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!" (NIV)

To be soaked, to the bone, with divine blessing, frequently go under the shower of sound instructions and let the water of truth do the work in you. Allow God's grace to restore and liberate you. You don't exercise when you are weak or convalescing. You eat healthy food, drink pure water, sleep, and rest. Do this with our Lord. Sit at His table and let Him get you back in shape. Once restored, having learned to receive the abundance of grace, you will become a hundred times more active and fruitful than a servant obsessed with the duties he has not honored. God's grace strengthens, fills with joy and energy, and makes us accomplish feats, without fatigue or exhaustion.

Hebrews 4:10 - "For anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his." (NIV)

Because the one who enters God's rest enters into God's works that are prepared in advance. God, the Holy Spirit, reveals these things to us if we stop our agitation and simply and calmly let Him restore us through the living word.

Psalms 119:130 - "The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple." (NIV)

Relax! Get out of the performance that the Lord expects from no one. He will make you perform, much more performantly, in His own way, a performance to which He gives another more accurate and motivating name: bearing fruit!

Have you ever heard an apple tree say ouch, ouch with every apple it produces? You will tell me you have never heard a tree talk! It's an image. The tree quietly draws its nourishment by plunging its roots into the ground to extract water and nutrients. It lets itself be refreshed by the wind and illuminated by the sun, then it produces its delicious fruit, quietly, abundantly, without pain or constraint.

You are that tree, and the roots that plunge and nourish are the gaze you frequently direct towards Christ who lives in you.

You have been grafted into Him by the heavenly Father. Through the Holy Spirit, His life flows in you at this moment as much as blood in your veins, in an uninterrupted flow, without any particular sensation or step you would have to take. It is not the product of your religious exercises of prayer, fasting, consecration, or whatever. Do not put the cart before the horse. It is first your confident gaze in the One who is already there, in you, with in Him, all the help and provision you need for everything.

Victorious life begins and continues with the assistance of the Holy Spirit, by a constantly turned, and turned again, and turned again gaze towards the One who is fully there, in us. Count on the Holy Spirit to strengthen and root this gaze in Christ. Do not count on your efforts. It will not work here. The Holy Spirit will give you strength. The revelation of Christ is nothing else. It is then that you will find, in joy, in faith, in zeal, and in strength renewed by His life, the desire and the ability to do everything He will ask of you.

Allow the Holy Spirit to refresh and strengthen this gaze, through the daily reading or listening of sound instructions and in mutual exhortation with brothers and sisters who live this same grace. Plunge your roots, nourishing each day, your faith in what Christ has done and what His finished work communicates to us. Very quickly, His presence in you will become a satisfying, sufficient strength that you will carry everywhere with you and that will make you bear much, much fruit, in the calm and serene joy of the Spirit.

Always expect the Holy Spirit to illuminate these truths in a whole new way and provide you with refreshing and liberating life.

These things are not within the power of any human being. It is the work of God's grace. You will be amazed.

I propose a program of instructions for a few days, renewable at will, with a reading (or listening) each day because:

John 8:32 - "Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." (NIV)

If some articles in two audio parts seem long to you, spread them over 2 days. At your convenience.

Day 1

Does sin separate us from God and His blessings?

Day 2

Are you a bad or a good Christian ?

Day 3

Can God reject?

Day 4

Keep or regain a pure conscience

Day 5

The power behind answered prayer - 1

Day 6

The power behind answered prayer - 2

Day 7

Live and celebrate the new covenant

If the answer to the question earlier, do you recognize that Christ is in you, if your answer was no, I have heard of Jesus but I do not know this Jesus Christ you are talking about, it is because you have only been shown a religious image of Him instead of helping you meet Him.

I propose another way to enter into a more living, more experiential faith because the risen Christ is not a religion but a living person who reveals Himself to the heart by the Holy Spirit sent by the heavenly Father, on earth, for this purpose.

At first, the approach may seem different from what you have been taught, but I guarantee you and give you the means to check that it is entirely in accordance with what the Bible teaches and particularly the New Testament, which gives the key to the whole Bible. I invite you to read or listen to:

From believer to born again

Let's continue our journey in the right direction. Let's walk from progress to progress, on the path of knowing the living person of Christ, the good shepherd, the faithful friend, the mighty Savior, the humble and gentle Lamb, the God who makes us understand the true reason for our existence here below and makes us live the true life, a joyful life that makes sense with a royal and eternal destiny!

Proverbs 4:18 - "The path of the righteous is like the morning sun, shining ever brighter till the full light of day." (NIV)