inner fruits of being born again

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TRUE MINISTRIES CHURCH

INNERFRUITSOF BEING BORN AGAIN

Hallelujah. Jesus again is Savior to those who walk in the flesh and Lord to those who walk in

the Spirit. When Saul who became Paul had his visitation from the Lord and the Lord slammedhimknocked him off the horse and touched him. Do you know what he said? What do you

want me to do Lord? He acknowledged him as Lord. There are many times when people begin

to backslide in that area. There are three chambers in the tabernacle. There is the Most HolyPlace, the Holy Place and then the outer court. When you are in the outer court, you are in the

flesh. Thats where Jesus is Savior. Its not until you are in the Holy of Holies that he is Lord.

So there is a transition that happens. There is a place where you can walk where God makes the

doors available for you to enter. Of course, the more you deny yourself, the more the Spirit hasaccess to you.

PSALM 36:1-4

An oracle within my heart concerning the transgression of the wicked: There is no fear of Godbefore his eyes. For he flatters himself in his own eyes, When he finds out his iniquity and whenhe hates. The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit; He has ceased to be wise and to do

good. He devises wickedness on his bed; He sets himself in a way that is not good; He does not

abhor evil. Now this is powerful. This is the fruit of an unbeliever. This is an inward fruit. I

am not talking about outward fruit. These are inner fruits. We know that the bible in Galatians

talks about the fruit of the flesh. Those are outer fruits. But there is an area of inner fruits. Abeliever can become an unbeliever because the word believe means to follow. When a believer

begins to stop following, resists the following of the Lord or the leading of the Spirit, does he

become an unbeliever? Absolutely. And that is whats in the heart. The bible says that youdont even know your own heart. So here are some things that are inward fruits of the

unbeliever. I want to call this area the unborn. An individual can fall from the born again stateto the lost state. Because an unborn person doesnt follow. A believer can actually come fromthe born again stateand I want to express this as a state of being. I know many will say, Once

youre born again youre born again. Really? Then why do people go back and serve the devil?

Then they say, Well they just made a mistake and got tricked. If youre in the born again state ofbeing, you wont be tricked. Did Jesus get tricked? Hello. Did Paul get tricked? No. There are

many disciples that did not get tricked. Did they make mistakes? Yes. Did they walk in

unbelief? NO! Once the Spirit of the Lord and the anointing came on those men, they never

betrayed Him again! They were born again and stayed in that state until the day they died! Andif they can do it, so can we!!! We have to stop this foolishness of associating with the world and

petting evil! Letting the devil take us from that born again state to the lost statethat is just

ridiculous! That has to stop. Inner fruits of the unbornNo fear of God or reverence oracknowledgment of who he is. They lose the fear of God.

When an individual loses the fear of God they speak evil of dignitaries like it is okay. I had aman speak to me over the phone and I was sitting down. This individual was saying things to me

over the phone and all of a sudden the Lord was there. And this man had no idea who he was

speaking to. Jesus said when you do something unto him you do it unto me. All of a sudden I

saw the Lord in the Spirit and he was holding the phone. And this man was saying things and I

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thought, Whoa! I just had peace. I hung the phone up and that was it. I thought, Wow!My

God that person has no idea what they are about to go through. Pride blinds an individual. They

cant discern whats right and wrong. They lose the fear of God because they lose sight of whothey speak to. They like to blame everyone else for their stuff. They will not accept

responsibility and are not humble. The fear of God has gone because that individual has been

taken out of the born again state of being. Has anyone ever offended you? Did you wantvengeance? Did you go and get vengeance? There is a difference. It doesnt mean that you

want to do goofy things. It means you sever it so you dont do it! No fear of God or reverence

or acknowledgement of who he is. That is the first inward fruit of the unborn. The second one isthe self-righteousness rejoices in promoting self. There is a self-righteousness because they

dont understand righteousness. The only way you understand righteousness is if you eat from

the tree of life. By eating of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you only know good and

evil. Are you with me? They cant see beyond self. They are blinded by the spirit of erroractually they are blinded by the spirit of pride. They have no revelation of the ripple effect of

whats about to happen. The third thing is they have an inward hatred for light and truth. When

a believer backslides and goes back into the world, they dont want to run to the light. Because

they have come into that lost state, that unborn state. There is an area where they cannotrun tothe light. They hate the light. Remember being out in the world in those bars until they closed

and the lights went onand everyone looked like a demon! People look demonized becausethey are. They are drinking the cup of demons. Number four they speak lies for self-edification

and take advantage of others. They cant receive correction but they accuse and criticize others

to make themselves look good. The fifth thing is that there is no true wisdom. Its worldly

wisdom. There is no direction. Decisions are always led to destructionin some way,somebody gets hurt. The individual in this unborn state is only concerned about itself. And

decisions are made, regardless of who gets hurt, as long as self is fulfilled. Thoughts are toward

unruly actions of lust, revenge, unforgiveness, pride and greed. They are tormented until thoseareas are fulfilled. The seventh inward fruit is that the individual does not hate evil and cant

discern evil. Again, they call good evil and evil goodbecause they compromise.

Compromising we said is an area where you are willing to take a bribe from the devil. If youcompromise, you have accepted the bribe. The only reason why an individual compromises is

because there is something beneficial for that person. So compromise is nothing but a bribe from

the devil and that person that has accepted it by compromising has brought a curse onthemselves. The bible says that the devilsearches. Heseeks whom he can devour. The bible

says make no place for the devil. Why do we keep talking about not making place for the devil?

Because that is whats happening. Thats why people keep getting put out of position. They

know that God loves themI can sit here all day long and tell you how much God loves you.You already know that! But you need to discern what your enemy is like and what his next

move is. Because if you dont know that and you are not one step ahead of him, he will lasso

you. You must learn how to turn around and fight and quit taking the lies and the garbage thathe tells you.

JOHN 3:3-5, 19-21

Jesus answered and said to him, Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he

cannot see the kingdom of God. So by walking in the born again state the kingdom of God is

manifested. The anointed seed that is in you wants to make contact with the anointing that

comes upon you. The bible tells us that the seed remains in us. When the anointing comes upon

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youthis is where you and I must operate in the anointing. Because in the meantime the

anointing is operating in you but when the anointing comes upon youyou operate in the

anointing. Thats why the anointing is caught. He said you need to be born again. Thats wherethe anointing of God isin that born again state. In that born again state the anointing is always

waiting for you. For what? For whatever service, whatever thingwhen the Holy Spirit says do

thisbefore you can take two steps or sometimes when you get there, the anointing comes onyou! Why? Because you have obeyed the anointing thats in you and he wants to meet the

anointing thats going to come upon you. Then what happens is you operate in the anointing!

Thats why the bible says that those who believe, in my name they will cast out devils, speakwith new tonguesThere is the anointing within and the anointing on the outside! God is trying

to bring us to another level where we begin to operate in the anointing. That means that you

must walk in the born again state so that you are ready in season and out. If you are not in the

born again state, you are in the outer court and you are not ready in season and out and the deviltrips you up every time. The anointing is also for your flesh to enable you to say no. So when

temptation comes, you know what also comes? The anointing! IFyou are walking in the born

again state. When attacks come, guess what comesthe anointing! This anointing is not

producing wisdom from the world. This anointing is producing wisdom from above. Now youare able to see differently and hear differently. He said we must be born again to see the

kingdom of Godthe kingdom of God is operated in power. Its the eternal presence that comesin a temporary realm. That eternal presence is waiting for you all the time. Thats why you must

be ready in season and out but the only way to step in that is to walk in the born again state.

Because if you are not walking in that state of being, you miss God! And you will be moved by

every stinky little decision, emotion and anger and all kinds of other goofy things the devil likesto put in your place. Nicodemus said to Him, How can a man be born when he is old? Can heenter a second time into his mothers womb and be born? Jesus answered, Most assuredly, I say

to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. So youcant see the kingdom of God and you cant enter the kingdom of God. In other words, you cant

see the manifestation of the kingdom. Why? Because you cant enter into the anointing. Why?

Because you must be born again. Go to verse 19. And this is the condemnation, that the light

has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were

evil. For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deedsshould be exposed. But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly

seen, that they have been done in God. In other words, does the truth and fellowships with light.

Thats walking in the born again state.

GALATIANS 5:16-26

I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusts

against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so thatyou do not do the things that you wishor the things you desire. That you wish or desirethatyou feel. Or that you think. Or that you see. Or that you lust for. Or that you want. But if you

are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. Now the works of the flesh are evident, whichare: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions,

jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders,

drunkenness, revelries, andthings that are associated with those things or like those things,

which he has told over and overthat those who practice such things will not inherit the

kingdom of God. That is the anointing. I want you to begin to recognize that the kingdom of

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God is associated with the anointing. Its the anointing. And those that practice such thingscantenter into the anointing! They cant catch the anointing! Why? Because they are not in

the born again state of being. If you are not in the born again state of being, the anointing cantcome on you. You can quote all the scriptures you wantthe only thing you can do is plead for

mercy and forgiveness. Now these are outward fruits. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy,

peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against suchthere is no law. And those who are Christs [the anointing] have crucified the flesh with its

passions and desires [or its wants and its wishes]. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in theSpirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another. Those are theoutward fruits.

Love is a fruit of the spirit but love is a choice. People express Gods love. You can sense the

love of God on an individualthe compassion and so forth. But there is an area where there isthe fruit of the born again state of being. Thats what I want to talk about and yes I had to say all

that to get to this.

PROVERBS

1:7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Fear or reverence is the first inner fruit. There is a reverence of God in you that prevents youfrom offending him. You can say how much you fear God but your actions will eventually

associate with that inward fruit. Because if that fear of God is not there, you will speak against

dignitaries and do all kinds of goofy things. You will turn yourself away from God to do your

own thing. There is a fear and reverence and acknowledgment in that inward connectionthisfear of God is the connection to the creator. There is a reverence. There is an acknowledgment

that you are connected to the creator. You know that the creator is there. There is an inward

reverence to God Almighty, the creator, is connected to you. Almost like an umbilical cord thatis connected from you to the creator. This is an inward fruit of born again. Thats if you are

walking in that state. We need to begin to recognize these things. Ask yourself if you have lost

that. If so, you are falling back. Once you lose that, you are walking out of that born again state.The bible says to depart from evil and do good. Why do people depart from evil? Because there

is that reverence of God that does not associate with evil. Thats why the devil always likes to

get you sucked in the ring. If he gets you sucked in the ring, he moves you out of the born againstate. Then Jesus needs to become Savior. Thats when everyone goes, Oh Lord, Help! They

are calling on their savior, arent they. Instead of him being Lord and them saying,No! Because

Lord has dominion over all things.

PROVERBS 14:16

I just want to confirm the depart from evil. A wise man fears and departs from evil, but a foolrages and is self-confident. What has happened? He has lost the fear of God. He has lost thatconnection to his creator. Why? Because he has been removed from the born again state. Go to

verse 14 while we are here. The backslider in heart will be filled with his own ways, but a goodman will be satisfied from above. Why? Because he is connected.

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PSALM 15:1-5

LORD, who may abide in Your tabernacle? Who may dwell in Your holy hill? He who walks

uprightly, And works righteousness, And speaks the truth in his heart; He who does not backbite

with his tongue, Nor does evil to his neighbor, Nor does he take up a reproach against his

friend; In whose eyes a vile person is despised, but he honors those who fear the LORD; He who

swears to his own hurt and does not change; He who does not put out his money at usury, Nordoes he take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved.

Why? Because this person desires the presence of God. This person is sensitive to Gods

offense. In other words, this person senses when God is offended. There is that inner fruit.There is a sense in you where you know when Gods offended. Thats an inner fruit. There is

also the sense that the Lord is at hand. Because you are maintaining the fear of the Lord. In this

fear of the Lord there is a sensitive area where you know what offends him. You may get ready

to do something and the first thing isnot that you are doing something badbut you are doingsomething thats offensive. Thats an inner fruit when you are in the born again state. If these

fruits are maintained while you are in the born again state you wont go to the other state. They

will protect you.

PROVERBS 2:1-10

My son, if you receive my words, And treasure my commands within you, So that you incline

your ear to wisdom, And apply your heart to understanding; Yes, if you cry out for discernment,

And lift up your voice for understanding, if you seek her as silver, And search for her as forhidden treasures; Then you will understand the fear of the LORD, And find the knowledge of

God. For the LORD gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding; He

stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk uprightly; He guardsthe paths of justice, And preserves the way of His saints. Then you will understand righteousness

and justice, Equity and every good path. When wisdom enters your heart, And knowledge is

pleasant to your soul. Now there is an overwhelming desire to hear and obey the voice of God.

There is an overwhelming desire within you to hear and obey the voice of God. In fact, your

antennas are out all the time. You search because you want to know him more.

PSALM 63

This is powerful. Here is a man who wanted to hear Gods voice and obey so badlyLook at

what he says here. O God, You are my God; Early will I seek You; My soul thirsts for You; Myflesh longs for You in a dry and thirsty land where there is no water. So I have looked for You in

the sanctuary, to see Your power and Your glory. Because Your loving-kindness is better than

life, my lips shall praise You. Thus I will bless You while I live; I will lift up my hands in Yourname. My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness, And my mouth shall praise You

with joyful lips. When I remember You on my bed, I meditate on You in the night watches.

Because You have been my help, Therefore in the shadow of Your wings I will rejoice. My soul

follows close behind You; Your right hand upholds me. But those who seek my life, to destroy it,shall go into the lower parts of the earth. They shall fall by the sword; They shall be a portion

for jackals. But the king shall rejoice in God; Everyone who swears by Him shall glory; But the

mouth of those who speak lies shall be stopped. This is a worshiper. This is one who desires to

hear and obey so he says I will seek the Lord early in the morning. What is he looking for? Thevoice of God and the presence of God. This is an inward desire to hear the voice of God and

obey. He is a worshiper. You know God is not worshiped while you are sitting. We should

either be standing and praising God or on our kneesunless there is something physically wrong

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with you. And I didnt say mentally wrong with you. Because if there is something mentally

wrong with you, you should be on your face. There is an inward desirewhere when you begin

to worship God, you dont want to stop. Thats that born again fruit thats manifesting in you.You just want more and it doesnt matter what you are thinking. It doesnt matter about

anything. Your spirit just wants to get closer to him. There are many people I talk with where I

can sense in my spirit that they are really not worshiping. They are not going after God. Byworshiping it gets you in the presence so you can get in the born again state. Not everyone who

comes in this building at first is in the born again state. But I pray everyone is in the born again

state by the time they leave. Of course the devil waits for you right outside to try and trip you upto get you in the outer court to get you fleshy. When you come in you should hang your flesh on

all the coat racks behind you and leave them. But the devil hangs out at the door and says, Isthis your coat? Then people go home and start bickering with one another right after leaving the

glorious presence of God. Its like stepping right into a puddle of mud. You came out all cleanand then.

PROVERBS 29:18

This is the fourth one of the inner fruits of born again. Where there is no revelation, the peoplecast off restraint; But happy is he who keeps the law. This is about revelation knowledge! This

is not revelation that comes from the word. This is revelation that comes from the throne. Itsgreat to have revelation from the word, but Im telling you there is something different that

comes from the throne room of God into you. And that is a fruit that is manifested when you are

walking in the born again state. There is revelation that comes within you that changes you. Its

different than just revelation of the word or whatever. Its not revelation knowledge in that arenafor the giftlike word of knowledge. This is revelation that comes from the throne room of God

that is changing. It changes you. Not that God cant confirm it in his wordbut it comes

straight from the throne room of God! Its not something where you pick the word up and got.Its something that comes right from the throne room of God. Its revelation that changes you.

The purpose is to compliment you in your walkto keep you walking in the born again state.

The devil is trying to get you out of the born again state. And the Holy Ghost is trying to keepyou in the born again state. Inward revelationsometimes its just inward revelation of wisdom

from above but not worldly wisdom. It could be an inward revelation of directionWow, Ivebeen waiting for that Lord! Because something was occurring outside that you got revelation onthe inside. Thats a born again fruit. Its an area where you have revelation or where you are

willing to wait for revelationbecause you are not of this world. And you know that by making

a decision and going in a direction without revelation, you step out of the anointing into a filthy

dirty world. Thats why it saysread it with me, Where there is no revelation, the people cast

off restraintIn other words, they just let everything go. There is no restraint now. Restraint of

what? Restraint of doing the right thing. Restraint of pleasing God. The desire to always please

God is constant in you. Just like tongues is constant in you. When youve been baptized in theHoly Ghost, tongues is constant in you. If you really dig deep in the spirit, you will hear tongues

praying in you. I can hear it praying in me right now. Thats all I need to do is step in and .

And its coming out. All you need to do is listen. The bible says that the Holy Ghost isconstantly making intercession for you. How? Your spirit is praying in tongues! Hes praying

in you!! You can hear tongues praying in your mind if you listen. All you need to do is step in.

Sometimes you need to get thatyou need to pray in the Holy Ghostyouve got bases loaded

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and youre up! And you need a revelation to get that home run. You need a play from the throne

room because everyone has butterfingers.

EPHESIANS 1:15-17

Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, 16

do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers: that the God of ourLord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the

knowledge of Him. Inward revelation. Do you know what also happens? There is inward sight.

There is a seeing inwardlythat can express words. Its an inward sight. It can come throughrevelation. God can give you revelation right in your spirit by a picturewhere you see. Did

you ever wake up first thing in the morning and you knew there was something you were

supposed to do. It was in your spirit. There could be somebody that you saw that you needed to

pray for. Thats inward revelation. The reason he gave it to you just before you got up wasbecause you couldnt get it while you were up and you would forget it while you were sleeping.

So just seconds before you wake up, there it is. So you got it the last three seconds you were

sleeping. For the fifth one go to Luke 17.

LUKE 17:20-21

When He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He answered them

and said, The kingdom of God does not come with observationIn other words, he knew what

they were seeing, thinking what the kingdom of God came like. Nor will they say, See here! orSee there! For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you. That means the kingdom within

The power within that wouldnt allow you to be moved by emotions. Or to retract the wrongdecision. How many times have you made a wrong decision and you retract it right away. No!Thats not it! Thats power. You retract that decision. There is power that you dont get moved

by that emotion. You are about to get moved by that emotion and you retract it. Thats aninward fruit of power within you by the kingdom of God. Thats that born again state. But if

youre not walking in the born again state, you just go do it. You just go do it if you are not

walking in that born again state. Thats why the bible says to be filled with the spirit of God. Donot be drunk on wine but be filled with the Holy Ghost.

JOHN 16:13-15

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 tocome. 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. Thatsyour inheritance. There is an inner knowing of truth that will guide. Its like a guide factor. But

there has to be cooperationin the power it gives you there must be a willingness to surrender

your thoughts and your emotions for His purpose. That way Christ is reflected in you and fromyou so that he would be glorified. Here it is again. There is an inward knowing of truth, the

guiding factor. The Holy Spirit guides us into the truth. The result is because we have the

anointing and the power within us where we can have a willing desire to surrender. A willingdesireso you are making the choice to willingly surrender your spirit to the Holy Spirit. Your

willing desire to surrender your will to the will of the Spirit. Your willing desire to surrender

your emotions to the emotions of the Spirit. Your willing desire. Your willing desire to

surrender your thoughts to the mind of Christ. Your willing desirethats a born again state.

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I JOHN 2:18-20

Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now

many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour. They went out from us,

but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they

went out that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us. But you have ananointing from the Holy One, and you know all things. Knowing what is evil and what is good.

Its an inward counsel. Its an inward counsel from the throne room. Why? Because you know

all things. Lets back up. If there is not a willingness to surrender your thoughts, your willLetme share something with you, if you are not walking in the born again state, thats not

manifesting. You are still manifesting. Then the outward fruit will show what is manifesting on

the inner. You will know whether you are walking in the born again state. Especially with the

things that come out of your mouth. You will know right away.

2 TIMOTHY 2:11

This is a faithful saying: For if we died with Him, We shall also live with Him. If we endure, We

shall also reign with Him. If we deny Him, He also will deny us. If we are faithless, He remainsfaithful; He cannot deny Himself. So in us there must be a willingness to die for his cause. No

fear and no want. Did you ever fight for what you want? Do you know what you just did? Youwalked out of the born again state. Because walking in the born again state is death. There is no

reaction. There is no reaction to something thats offending you. There is no reaction in the

thing you want. There is no reaction. There is action of faith. There is a difference. There is an

area where you are willing to give up everything to please him. When you walk in the bornagain state, there is no regret. When you walk in the born again state, there is no guilt and

condemnation. The word is alive within you. There is a willingness to die for his sake. Its

constant. Its not a one time event. Its constant. Why? Because the enemy challenges you allday long to stay alive. He challenges you all day long to woo you out of that born again state

and get you caught up. He challenges you all day long.

EPHESIANS 4:17-24

This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of theGentiles walk, in the futility of their mind, having their understanding darkened, being alienated

from the life of God[or the life of the anointing], because of the ignorance that is in them [If you

are in the born again state, there should not be ignorance in you.] because of the blindness oftheir heart; who, being past feeling, have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all

uncleanness with greediness. Remember greediness promotes spiritual poverty. But you have

not so learned Christ, if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth

is in Jesus: that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corruptaccording to the deceitful lusts, and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and that you put on

the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness. There

will be fruitful thoughts and inner holiness and inner cleanliness that you desire. There are

things you wont want to touch because they are unclean. Even when you touch them, you dropthem because you know its unclean. I remember one time I walked into this place and I went to

pick up something to look at it. I heard the Holy Spirit say,Drop it! And I dropped it. It was

this new age thing. It was beautiful, nice picture and stuff and I realized later that it was all new

age. I walked out of that place, lifted my hands and repented and said wash me with the blood!

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Every time I used to walk out of places I would say, Wash me with the Blood! There is an inner

desire for holiness and cleanliness. Its that area where the priesthood is manifesting, which

discerns what is clean and what is unclean. Whats holy and whats unholy. The inner fruits ofbeing born again have to do with priesthood. Its not an office named in the body of Christ

because its established in the born again state, inward. Priesthood.

1 TIMOTHY 6:11-12

But you, O man of God, flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love,patience, gentleness. Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were

also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. There is

an inner faith. There is an inner hope that is constant. Even though your mind and your

emotions are telling you all sorts of other thingsthere is an inner hope that you are connected

to.

ROMANS 8:22-25

For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now. Not

only that, but we also who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan withinourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body. For we were saved inthis hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees? But if

we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance. There is that inner

hope of perseverance that keeps you going because you know that there is more.

ROMANS 8:15-17

For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit ofadoption by whom we cry out, Abba, Father. The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit

that we are children of God, and if children, then heirsheirs of God and joint heirs with Christ,

if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together. So we know that there is an

inner witness in us that we are children of God. There is an inner witness in us of conviction.

There is an inner witness in us of the chastening of God. There is an inner witness. You knowwhen there is correction. Correction does not come from God as a strong thing all the time. It

comes as a gentleness. Come on, you know you shouldnt be doing that. Thats the inner witness

of the conviction. Then it does to the chastening and thats a little bit stronger. Then there goesthe judgmentand thats strong.

So within us are these inner fruits that we need to be more sensitive to and acknowledge them.

Why? It will keep you in the born again state so that nobody has to tell you about your outwardfruit. Inward born again fruit will produce outer fruit of the Spirit. It will produce the fruits of

the Spirit and others will see it. Because whats on the inside expresses on the outside. But this

is your inner walk and we have a teaching called The Inward Walk. This is where you arecommunicating with God. This is where that constant relationship is where he is saying, Walk

this way. Or he is saying, Stop. Or, Go. Or,Dont touch that. Or, You know better than that.

Where he is saying, Will you die for me? You hear that in your inner selfin your spirit. Theseare areas of the fruits within where you know you are walking in the born again state. Not in the

compromised state. Not in the outer court. Not in the saved state. But in the dead state of

complete surrender and totally sold out.

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