Author: Hal Hollister Ministry

“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.” Hebrews 13:8

The definition of inevitable is certain to happen.

How can you and I deal with this characteristic of God? If you are a believer you will live with God forever but this doesn’t help those who are trying to live and prosper on the earth.

The starting point is to contrast the world with the nature of God. The world is a whirlwind of ups and downs. There is no perfect life and nothing is inevitable except for death. You cannot trust the world. It is not built on the foundation of God and will disappoint you.

The difference between the world and God is the inevitable truths of God. You can trust the promises of God because they will always come to fruition. God is perfect and He never changes. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. You can have faith in God because His Word is eternal. Your security is in the promises of God.

The underlying principle of God is to seek Him first and all the other things of life will follow. You seek God by accepting the promises of Jesus, the Son of God, by faith.

The gift of salvation is living with Christ Jesus in a personal and vibrant relationship. Salvation is the life of Jesus at work in you today.

You live by faith in the Son of God by filling yourself with His Word and never judging God by your circumstances. God lives above your life so you have to be grounded in the life of Jesus Christ. This is where you will find reality and security.

What is inevitable about Christ Jesus is He places the Holy Spirit inside you and wants you to find your strength through His life. The invisible God becomes your best friend and is the source to fulfill your every need.

Salvation is appropriating the truths of God into your life today. My God will supply your every need according to the riches of His glory in Christ Jesus.

Jesus is inevitable! You can call on Him for your every need. He will never disappoint you! He is a living God!

 

“My soul thirsts for you.” Psalm 63:1

This happens when you meet the Living God and experience His greatness and glory. He enfolds you with His love and compassion which is unlike anything in the world. You see how insignificant you are compared to almighty God.

You understand God wants to be your best friend and give you an abundant life.

Jesus replaces the thirst for the things of the world. You see they are temporary and He is eternal.

You drink the Living Water because it satisfies your soul and gives you something you can never find in the world.

You understand God is invincible and your only hope for life.

God lives above the evils and filth of the world and offers you a place of holiness and purity that you cannot attain anywhere else.

God loves you and wants you to live with Him forever. There is no one like Him!

“Come drink My Living Water and your life will never be the same! I will show you My greatness and glory and dwell in you through My Spirit. I live so you can live!”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.” Romans 8:11

The whole concept of Christianity is to understand Christ lives in you through His Spirit. You are helpless and lack power without the Holy Spirit. It is impossible to grasp the truths of God without the illumination of the Holy Spirit.

If you choose to reject the Holy Spirit, it is like living in a vacuum. Jesus will just be a figure in the Bible. He will never come alive!

It is impossible to be a disciple of Jesus without the power of the Holy Spirit. Your words and actions will lack power and produce fruitless results.

Jesus wants you to live in oneness with Him and experience the fullness of His life. He died so you can live through His resurrected power.

There is no mystique about the Holy Spirit. He is the person of Jesus in the essence of a Spirit. The Holy Spirit fills you with the life of Jesus. He is your source of love, joy, strength, and hope for life.

It is very simple to find the reality of Christ. Just invite the Holy Spirit to have authority over your life. It will be like turning on a bright light in a dark room. You will be alive with Christ!

Your life will change from drudgery and impotency to the power of the Living Christ!

There is no one who can compare to Christ Jesus. He truly desires to be your benefactor and best friend!

 

“Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not hear the law? For it is written that Abraham had two sons: the one by a bondwoman, the other by a freewoman.” Galatians 4:21-22

There are two covenants established by God. You can understand them through the life of Abraham.

The first covenant administered under the law was between God and those who are born of the flesh. Abraham was an old man and did not have any children. He chose to have a child through Hagar, who was a slave. This child did not come by faith in God and the child was born under the bondage of the law. Hagar and her son were not heirs of God and did not come from the lineage of God’s covenant with Abraham.

The second covenant comes to those who live by faith in Christ Jesus. God made a promise to Abraham. He would have an heir. This son born through a promise from God is free from all laws and is an heir to God.

As believers, you and I come from the lineage of Abraham. We are free from the restrictions of religion and laws and are called to live with God by faith in His promises.

You have to make a choice in dealing with God. You can live by religion and laws which will bring you into bondage or you can live by faith in Christ Jesus who will set you free.

Jesus died on the Cross to abolish all laws and regulations. You can only come to Jesus by faith trusting Him for your every need. There is no other way.

Jesus will set you free and allow you to experience the reality of the kingdom of God!

Without faith it is impossible to please God!

“Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation—but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it. For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live.” Romans 8:12-13

On my walk today, the Holy Spirit spoke to me about passivity in the body of Christ. This is an attitude of accepting life without any active response or accountability. It is a lackluster approach to living and reflects apathy towards God’s precepts.

If you are a believer, you have an obligation to God. You are in debt to God for giving you the gift of eternal life.

Jesus purchased your salvation with His blood. He died so you can live free from the bondage of sin and experience the transfigured life.

If you choose to live by the flesh you are making a mockery of what Jesus accomplished on the Cross. This attitude leads to sin and eventual death. In reality, you are defying Jesus and will have to face the consequences of your actions.

The miracle of salvation is God lives in you and desires for you to live through Him. You do this by yielding to the Holy Spirit and following His leading.

The Holy Spirit crucifies the desires of the flesh and gives you the ability to live in oneness with Jesus.

It is of upmost importance to recognize the Holy Spirit is alive in you and to invite Him to have authority in every aspect of your life.

The Holy Spirit will become your mentor and guardian. He will transform you from a weak and impassive believer to a powerful disciple of Christ filled with His resurrected life!

“Let my vindication come from you; may your eyes see what is right.” Psalm 17:2

The definition of vindication is to be cleared from an accusation.

You and I stand accused by God as unholy people with a corrupt inner being. You can never live up to the standards of God. No matter how hard you try, or practice religion, or do good works you have been “sold under sin”. This means you are unacceptable to God in your present condition.

The laws of God are perfect but you cannot keep them. They accuse you of your imperfection and inadequacy before God. The laws bring condemnation upon you because you see your failure in the eyes of God.

The challenge is to face your sins and find a way to live a godly life. You can ask Jesus to forgive you but you will still keep on sinning because you were born with an inner condition which desires to live for self. You are in a hopeless situation with no way out!

How can you get out of this dilemma? You can only be vindicated by God through faith in Jesus Christ. Jesus will cover all your sins with His blood and restore you to God.

The miracle of salvation is you become “born again” through the Water and Spirit. This dynamic creates a new creature in Christ Jesus. The Water washes away your sinful past and the Spirit creates new life. You die to self and live for God.

God recognizes your inability to live a life pleasing to Him so He places the life of Jesus (in the essence of the Holy Spirit) to reside within you. This gives you the ability to live blameless before God.

The dilemma of sin still exists in you. God does not take away your fleshly condition but He gives you a choice to live yielding to the Spirit or to live through your flesh.

Your vindication through Christ Jesus offers you eternal hope and gives you the ability to live in oneness with almighty God.

 

“The law of his God is in his heart;
None of his steps shall slide.” Psalm 37:31

The Bible is not an easy book to read or understand so how can it become alive and powerful in your heart?

The answer lies in praying these simple words to God; “Let the Word of Christ dwell richly in you with all wisdom and understanding”. I pray this every day of my life.

You are asking Jesus to explain the purpose of His words and how they can be appropriated in your life.

The Holy Spirit will take what belongs to Jesus and share His life with you. You do not have to strive or use commentaries. The Spirit will teach you the spiritual significance of the Word and how to utilize the truths in your life.

The miracle of salvation is Christ lives in you and His Word is alive and powerful. The Word will never fail you.

The spiritual reality for a believer is understanding you have a volume of biblical truths stored in your heart through the Holy Spirit.

Your responsibility is to walk by the Spirit and inquire of the Lord for wisdom in dealing with the challenges of life. This will allow you to walk in a smooth path. You won’t be perfect and you will stumble now and then but you will be guided by the Spirit.

If you lack biblical knowledge, no problem! Just pray the words of Colossians 3:16 and spend 10 minutes a day reading the Bible. You’ll build up an inventory of spiritual knowledge in no time at all.

The Lord is your Keeper and He wants to preserve your going out and your coming in. However, this can only happen if you walk by the Spirit.

Remember, the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death.

He lives so you can live!

“And without faith it is impossible to please God” Hebrews 11:6

The fallacy of Christianity is the belief you have to take the initiative to serve God. It implies you are responsible to do things for God. The truth of the gospel is there is no self motivation in working for God.

The purpose of walking with God is finding the reality of Jesus Christ in all the circumstances of your life. Your goal is to know Christ Jesus and how to appropriate His teachings and values into your family and friends, your work, what you eat and drink, decision making, and your worship habits.

You cannot do work for God until you are grounded in His Word and living in oneness with Jesus through the Holy Spirit.

There has to be a complete makeover within you so you can understand the mind of Christ and please Him with your actions.

Faith is the cornerstone of your relationship with Jesus. It is the most important principle in walking with God. It is a test of your spiritual character.

Jesus will engineer circumstances in your life to cause you to have unyielding faith in Him. He wants you to trust Him implicitly even in the most bleak moments of life.

Without faith you cannot please God. Faith is hearing the voice of God and acting in obedience to God without a rational explanation.

Develop the mindset your priority is to walk with Jesus by faith and seek Him first above all things. Ask Jesus to be your best friend and live in close fellowship with Him.

The works of God will come in His perfect timing and will be born of the Holy Spirit as a measure of your faith in the Son of God!

He alone is worthy of your praise!

“I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.” Galatians 2:20

What causes someone to invite Jesus Christ to crucify their life and to give up everything for Him? The answer is you have a personal encounter with the Living Christ and realize He is your only hope for life.

Jesus has to become a reality to you and not just a story in the Bible. This will happen when you witness a glimpse of His greatness, power, glory, victory, and majesty.

Jesus will demonstrate to you the futility and weakness of trying to live through your flesh and the power and glory of the risen Christ. You will gladly choose life over death and walk by faith with the Son of God.

You cannot experience the fullness of Christ crucified until you abandon yourself to Jesus and invite the Holy Spirit to have authority over your life.

The reality of Christ crucified will come to you by living out your faith and trusting Jesus for your every need. You will not find the crucified Christ through religion or works.

The miracle of becoming a new creature in Christ Jesus is a recognition Christ lives in you through the Holy Spirit and wants to share His life with you. He gives you the ability to walk by the Spirit and live in oneness with Jesus.

The dynamic of Christ crucified reaches into every aspect your life including your thoughts, decision making, values, family and friends, your work, and all your other activities. Nothing is left untouched.

The Holy Spirit infuses your life with the spiritual values of Jesus and you become a light touching those living in darkness.

Christ crucified is simply giving up your life for the life of Christ! He is the way, the truth, and the life!

“Be holy, for I am holy.” 1 Peter 1:16

God is holy and without sin. He will never allow His throne to be contaminated with your sins.

You and I stand today estranged from God with no hope for life. The Spirit of God will not strive with the spirit of man. In His eyes, you are flesh living in rebellion to God and desiring to please yourself.

God is very jealous and His jealousy is like a consuming fire. He gets angry when you worship false gods or idols. He wants all of your devotion and will not share you with other gods or idols.

God created you in His image and does not want you to live in autonomy from Him. This will lead to destruction, misery and death.

Your independence and stubbornness is a major block preventing you from pleasing God. This also applies to most believers who decide where God is invited and where He is not welcome.

God never changes and He detests those who compromise His values. You either accept the totality of Jesus and His teachings or you will live in a spiritual morass and lose out on experiencing His greatness and glory.

You cannot bring the life, influence, or possessions of false gods into your life. This will cause you to be rejected by God and you will face His punishment.

God hates lust and sexual immorality. He destroyed all of humanity for these sins except for seven souls.

It is blasphemy against God to place your security and hope in the ways of the world. The Cross is the only pathway to an abundant life with God.

You can quickly see how your sin is an impediment to the heart of God and that you can never get right with Him.

This separation can only be overcome by Christ Jesus. He is the mediator standing between God and mankind. Jesus is the way the truth and the life. No one can come to God except through Him.

If you want to emulate the life of God, you have to come to Jesus by faith and accept the legitimacy of His life and teachings.

Jesus will cover all your sins with His blood and reconcile you to God. And, He will give you the precious gift of the Holy Spirit who will allow you to live in oneness with Him.

The secret to avoiding sin is to live by faith with Jesus and walk according to the Spirit not the flesh. Don’t try to overcome sin through your own will power because this will never work.

The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus will set you free from the bondage of sin.

For in Him, we live and move and have our being!