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    DGOD'S WILL ! ! !

    "Seek 1st God's Kingdom!"

    LESSON # 4: HOW TO DO THE WILL OF GOD, or,

    Finding and fulfilling the will of God, Seeking first the

    Kingdom of God, and the sweet leading of the Holy

    Spirit, pleasing and glorifying the Heavenly Father to

    your Supernatural maximum potential!

    2 Tim.2:2; Do the Drama!

    THE THRONE-ROOM MENTALITY

    by John Roy Bohlen & John 5:30

    WHERE ARE YOU???

    Where are you? This may seem like a strange question, but, you may not be where you

    think you are, and may not be where you could be, if you are not aware of where you can

    be. We can be like one who has inherited a castle and a throne, but do not realize it.

    LET'S TAKE A JOURNEY!

    I am inviting you to take a little journey, a little trip, a little trek with me from where you

    are, to where God wants us to be, to go. Take my hand. Arise from where you are, and

    let's go. How far can the Lord God take us, in 20 minutes? In this case it does not

    depend on how fast we go, but on how smart, how wise we go. Let's be wise, and gothere now.

    I WANT GOD TO SCOLD ME!

    When I stand before Christ, the Judge of all the Universe, the Creator King of

    Everything, I have been wanting and planning and intending that God criticize me andscold me for something. I want God to scold me before the innumerable crowd ofpeople, before the Throne, out of every tongue, kindred, tribe and nation, for believing

    God for too much, too soon.

    The Bible promises in 2 Cor 9:8, that God is able to make all grace abound to you, so

    that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good

    work. (NIV) The Amplified Bible says, - - infinitely, and abundantly above and

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    beyond our highest thoughts, hopes, prayers, or dreams! We worship and serve a God

    that created the Universe, and everything it contains, from the largest families of galaxies,

    to the smallest protons, electrons, neutrons, quarks and neutrinos. I want to be the kind ofperson who asks large, believes big, hopes, and dreams greatly from God. I want to live

    on tiptoe, with keen anticipation, and with great expectation. There is such a thing as a

    visionary. A visionary is one who sees clearly, that which is not visible to very manyother people. This kind of person is not content to live with unfulfilled promise,unactualized potential, the unrealized dream, but has a loving relationship with the God

    of the Impossible, lovingly but consistently and respectfully insisting that God fulfill His

    promises, and beyond.

    For example, when our 4 children were teen-agers, and smaller, I asked God, if He would

    take our family, Mary Poppins' style, through the sky, on a two week vacation tour of the

    Universe!!! One problem with this kind of vacation, is, that it would be difficult to try totell others, when they asked, How was your trip?! And, I sincerely congratulate you,

    yourself, if you are wondering if the Lord ever took us on that trip!

    The fact is, I would like to take you with me on a trip that God took us on, that took us

    even higher and farther than the one I just mentioned.

    After one has learned the truths about The King's Greatest Secret!, the next greatesttruth one needs to learn and have, as part of his or her walk with God, is what we refer to

    as "The Throne-Room Mentality". Here's what we mean:

    WHAT DO YOU SEE?

    The Bible, in 2 Cor.4:18, points out that the things that are not seen are more real and

    eternal than the things that are seen, which are temporary, or passing. Elisha, in 2 Kings6:17 prayed that Yahweh would open the servant's eyes, when the servant could see the

    problems surrounding them, but could not see the warring angels of God which

    comprised a greater army than the bad army. So, God opened the young man's eyes tothat which was more important, to that "unseen realm" of the real - the Spirit realm, and

    the realm of the eternal. Just so, our own eyes need to be open to another world that is

    real, the realm of the Spirit, the realm of the eternal. The Bible says in 1 Kings 17:1, and

    in 18:15 that Elijah stood (and stayed) before God!

    When the Bible tells us that something is real and true, then we need to believe and

    receive and act as though it is really real. "Faith is the --- evidence of things not seen!"Heb.11:1

    In Ephesians chapter 1:20ff, we are clearly told, and believe, that Jesus:

    1. Was quickened

    2. Was raised

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    3. Was seated at the right hand of the Father God, far above all things, on the Throne with

    the Father.

    Eph 1:20 Which He (God the Father) brought about in Christ, when He raised Him

    from the dead, and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, 21 far above all

    rule and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only inthis age, but also in the one to come. 22 And He put all things in subjection under Hisfeet, and gave Him as head overall things to the Church, 23 which is His body, the

    fullness of Him Who fills all in all. (NAS)

    Illustrated Sermon

    Sometimes when I preach here and in other countries, I obtain the local pastor's

    permission to borrow his biggest, most impressive religious chair that the most importantdignitary sits in on the platform. I bring it forward to stage center, and place it side-ways

    to the audience. Then, I ask for a volunteer of a Father-God-looking gentleman from the

    audience, with a white beard, (or whatever), to play the part of the Heavenly Father.Then I ask for someone, perhaps his wife, to play the part of Jesus. I have her sit in a

    prominent part of the room, and pretend that she is dead in the tomb. Then I have the

    person who is playing the part of Father God, act out the raising of Jesus from the dead,

    from the grave, to the skies, and invite Jesus to come and sit in another large seat, at theright hand of the Father, in the Throne Room. I place this chair next to the Father's chair,

    but facing the opposite direction, at the right hand of the Father. I will tell you why the

    opposite direction in a moment.

    Then I tell the people that something is missing. I direct their attention to chapter 2 of

    Ephesians to the part where it plainly tells us that we were also:

    1. Quickened together with Christ

    2. Raised together with Christ, and that we were:

    3. Seated together with Christ, at the Father's right hand, in the Throne-Room of

    the Father, far over and above every thing that is named, in heaven or on earth.

    Eph 2:5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickenedus togetherwith Christ, (by

    grace ye are saved;) 6 And hath raisedus up together, and made us sit togetherin

    heavenly places in Christ Jesus: (KJV)

    Colossians 3 also speaks of this: Col 3:1 If then you have been raised up with Christ,

    keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set

    your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. 3 Foryou have diedand your life is hidden with Christ inGod. 4 When Christ, Who IS our Life, is

    revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory. (NAS)

    Other places in the Bible also speak of this.

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    Job 36:7 He does not take His eyes off the righteous; He enthrones them with kings and

    exalts them forever. (NIV)

    One of the most beloved Psalms is Psalm 91 that tells us: He (or she) that dwells (lives)

    in the Secret Place of the Most High, shall abide (continually live) under the Shadow ofthe Almighty."

    Ps 91:1 He (or she) who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the

    shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say to (YAHWEH) the LORD, My Refuge and myFortress, My God, in Whom I trust!

    (Father God)

    \ | /

    \ | /

    |W|I ( O

    I / \ /

    I / \____/

    I__/________ \

    I / I |

    I/ I |

    /I I \

    Throne of God, Throne-Room

    This Psalm goes on to talk about the fact that we are to continually live under ourHeavenly Daddy Yahweh's chest feathers, under His wings!!!!!!! Verse 4: He will

    cover you with His pinions (feathers), and under His wings you may seek refuge; His

    faithfulness is a shield and bulwark.

    Verse 9: For you have made (Yahweh), the LORD, my Refuge, even the Most High,

    your Dwelling Place.

    So, to continue with our stage presentation, I have "Ms. Jesus", who is sitting beside the

    Father, to go back down into the audience and find a child who will co-operate, a small

    child, perhaps her own. Together they act as though they are dead, in the front row, orsomeplace where people can see them. Then, I have the Father get up from His Throne,

    go to where they are, and raise them from the dead. Jesus and we, are being quickened,

    or, raised from the dead, together, raised from the grave together, ascending to the Father,

    together, and, finally seated at the right hand of the Father, together, on the Throne.

    The Bible repeatedly speaks of our Union with Jesus, with the Father, with the Holy

    Spirit, He in us, and us in Him. Seated with Christ INNNNNN God!!! Col.3.

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    We saw, in The King's Greatest Secret!, how we went with Jesus into His crucifixion,

    death, burial, and resurrection. Now, we see how we continued, in our identification with

    Him, in His quickening, being raised, ascended and in His being seated at the Right Handof the Father, in Jesus!!!!!!!

    Back to stage center, I then explain the reason that I have the chairs placed side by side,but facing toward each other, comes from those Scriptures that talk about our beingseated at Heavenly Papa's right hand, and from those Scriptures that talk about Him being

    seated at our right hand. Psalm 16:8 "I have set Yahweh always before me. Because He

    is at my right hand, I shall not be moved." But see also verse 11: "Thou wilt show me thepaths of life. In Thy Presence is fullness of joy, at Thy right hand, there are pleasures

    forevermore."

    Psalm 63:8 (NIV) says, "My soul clings to You, Your right hand upholds me."

    MY FATHERS LAP

    Seated on my Heavenly Fathers lap.What could be better than this?!

    Whether working very hard, or taking a nap.

    This glorious thought fills me with bliss.

    Far above each principality and power,

    Every moment, and every hour,Blessing comes most greatly from this heavenly rest,

    Resting my ear against Gods chest.

    There is no greater way I could be more blest -

    Nesting in Gods arms, by His love caressed.All harm and alarm far below this Eagles nest.

    My other ear against His lips is pressed.

    Listening to His words of endearment fine,

    Gods most loving words and thoughts are surely mine.He tells me that He loves me, line upon line.

    My most productive work is when on Him I recline.

    In this Throne Room of God is where I belong.

    Under the shadow of His wings, I will sing my song.My total helplessness in God, makes me the most strong.

    When Im loving Him so much I can do no wrong.

    I want to always worship Thee, Lord, in Spirit and in truth,

    For all eternity to old age, from youth.I love You, Papa Yahweh, with all of my heart,

    To love and trust and obey to the finish from the start.

    To rest and be caressed on Papas chest is best, is most blest! No jest!

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    Dear one, look at the intimacy, if you are seated IN Christ, at the right hand of the Father,

    and, if the Father is at your right hand. On the platform, is seated a man, representing the

    Father, his wife, representing Jesus, seated facing him at his right hand, with him at herright hand, and with a child representing us, seated on her lap, between them, with his

    right arm and ear, pressed against the chest of the Father. At this point, I have them

    tenderly embrace each other, with the child in between, embracing and being embraced.

    \ \ | \/ | / /

    \ H o \ l y | S /p\ i r | i / t /

    \ \ | / \ | / /

    \ |W| \ |W| /

    I Father Jesus

    I / \ / I

    I / \_US / I

    I__/__/_____ \ I

    I / | I------I |---I

    I/ | I I | I/I / I I \ I

    Throne of God, Throne-Room

    (All else, problems, the devil, etc., are far, far, far below!)

    I stand back and point to them, and explain to the audience: "This is how you are to seeyourself in relation to the Heavenly Father, all of the time!!!!!!! - in times of need, times

    of temptation, times of weariness, of financial need, when you are sick, when you are

    lonely, when you go to sleep, and as you go through the day - We are to have this 'Throne

    Room Mentality', all of the time, all the time, all the time, all the time.!!!!!!!"

    OHHHHH HEAVENLY FATHER

    John Roy Bohlen - September 1, 1999

    Oooh, Dear Heavenly Father,

    I am crying out to You.

    At times life gets so confusing thatI dont know what to do.

    When the finances are short -When there comes a bad report -

    When the enemy makes sport -

    When the best of plans abort -

    When the problems I cant sort -When I need a strong support -

    Oh, Dear Heavenly Father - - - -.

    I will praise You at such a time.

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    When there seems no reason nor rhyme.

    On my Heavenly Daddys lap I will climb.

    Rest my ear on Your chest sublime,

    There is nothing that I know to do

    But to trustingly look up to You.Chose to trust that Your promise is true.Try to see from Your point of view

    Cleave close to You all the day through

    Rejoice that each moment is new.

    Theres an agony deep in my soul,

    Showing Your glory, this is my goal,

    Tell Your story from pole to pole,Helping Thee, help Your Bride be made whole.

    Daddy, , Oh Daddy, Daddy.Papa, . Oh Papa Dear.

    Abba, , Oh Abba Yahweh,

    Pleeeeeeeeeease, let Your Glory appear.

    I would not flee away into sleep.

    My yearnings so strong, I could weep.

    The need in my heart is so deep,Sometimes the road seems soooo steep.

    Im trusting Your promise Youll keep.

    Now, into Your Throne-Room Ill creep.

    Into Your long strong arms I will leap,

    I am trusting You, trusting You, trusting You, trrrr-

    I am praising You, praising You, praising You, prrrr-I am cleaving, clinging, clapping, cuddlinnng,

    I am singing, shouting, trusting, snugglinnnng -

    One time, Karen and I were traveling on a ministry trip together in our van. As wetraveled through the night, we both became too tired to continue on our journey, so we

    decided to sleep in the back of the van. The only problem was that it was about 17

    degrees below zero. In other words, it was very very cold outside! But we had with us ahuge down king size comforter, filled with feathers. We snuggled together under this

    large feather comforter, and slept comfortably. The only problem was that Karen kept

    waking up to check to see if she was cold! But she was warm and comfortable. And God

    wants us to be comfortable under His wings, under His feathers, all the time, all the time,all the time.

    THE DARLING DOWN COMFORTERjrb & Jn 5:30

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    My wife gave a gift that was meant to uplift,

    To herself and each of the offspring,A large fluffy blanket for weather

    Fully filled with many a fine feather,

    Gently gathered from under bird's wing,Im so cozy, I laugh and I sing!

    I dont worry about anything.

    Can you imagine the feeling, peeking up at the ceiling,

    Cold outside, but in bed, covered nose to toes?

    Snuggled down neath the down of a goose that God chose.

    Ps 91:4 He shall cover thee with His feathers, and under His wings shalt thou trust: His

    truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

    Some times I will take with me, to the teaching, one of these king-size comforters, "TheComforter has come", as the song says about the Holy Spirit, our heavenly Comforter".But, sometimes, in our demonstration, we will find one child after another who is afraid,

    or who is otherwise unwilling to co-operate with us in our little play demonstration. We

    continue until we find one who is willing. So, Jesus said, "How often I would have

    gathered your children, as a mother hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you werenot willing." Mt.23:37 & Lk.13:34

    Then, I ask the people, "Where do you want to live?" "Where do you want to stay?"Then, (I point out and down), I shout: "Do you want to live down there with the demons

    and the devils and the spiders and the vipers and the witches and the ghosts and the

    goblins and the Muslims and the monsters?!?!???" They shout, "NOOOOooooo". ThenI say, "But we have a problem!" No one can live here on the Throne with Daddy

    Yahweh, unless we are born again. Do you want to be born - again?" They shout,

    "Yes!" I lead them in a prayer to be born again, inviting Christ to come in as Lord and

    King. Then I ask the children to come forward and surround the Throne. I do the samething with the rest, as to the Total Lordship of Christ in Every area of their lives, and, at

    all times. Then, I tell them that no one can some unless all sin is turned away from, and

    lead them in a prayer of repentance. Then, I invite them all, ladies first, then, last, the

    men, all of the audience, to come forward and stand around the Throne.

    I have the audience point at stage center and proclaim, This is where I live. (Repeat,

    after me.) This is my address. This is my new home. This is where I stay - never

    to leave, never to roam.

    YOUR HEART - OUR HOME!

    by jrb & Jn 5:30 - February. 1998

    I love You Papa Yahweh, with all my heart.

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    With all my soul, with every part.

    My heart pours out strong love for Thee

    My thanks pours out, eternally.

    Your flow of grace enables me,To follow strongly after Thee.

    To yearn for Thee quite earnestly.I'm basking in Your Presence now,

    This sweet tranquillity makes me bow.

    We live far over everything,

    We reign serene here with our King.This is our home, we need not leave,

    But ever close, to Thee we cleave.

    Not, "Help us live", but, "Be our Life!"

    Oh, live through us, there is no strife.

    Speak through our lips, bless through our hands.Walk through our feet, through many lands.

    We're listening to Your heart beat,

    Upon Your lap we take our seat.

    Never to leave here, never to roamSnuggling close, Your arms are our home.

    Beneath Your wings I take my place,Beneath Your feathers, I find grace.

    Within Your Shadow, You Most High,

    We never need to say "Good bye."

    A poem to the Father by John. Title: Your Heart - Our Home!

    He (or she) that dwells (lives) in the Secret Place of the Most High, shall abide(continually live) under the Shadow of the Almighty. - - He will cover you with His

    feathers, Undah Ees feadahs and under His wings you will find refuge - -"

    Underneath are the everlasting arms. I encourage the people to always see themselves

    here on their Heavenly Papas lap, with their ear against the heart of God, listening to Hisheart-beat, with their other ear against His lips to receive His kiss, or words of

    encouragement, guidance, endearment. The people repeat, a combination of these

    things, over and over, until, gradually, or suddenly, the light begins to dawn, and theybegin to see themselves as living within the circle of our Heavenly Fathers Arms.

    The border crossings in Nigeria can be very tumultuous, very harrying. Early in 1999,

    Joshua and I were coming home from a very busy ministry trip to Nigeria. We went tothe Lagos airport to check through immigration and hoped to board the plane for home.

    As we approached the ticket counter, we noticed that every single item, in every single

    bag, of every single passenger was being checked. The uniformed lady in charge of

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    searching the bags demanded of Joshua, What do you have in the bags? Joshua smiled

    very sweetly and said a quiet and gentle, Hello. The immigration officer then looked

    over at me with recognition. She then told us the story of how, a number of yearspreviously, in a far distant town, she had been present in a church on a Sunday morning

    when I presented this Throne-Room Mentality. She exclaimed how she had wept with

    tears of joy at this revelation, and that she had lived in the strength and light of thisrevelation those 5 years since. She came out from behind the counter to embrace us, andthrough our tears of joy, had a time of intimate and sweet fellowship, while the customs

    officials and ticket takers and passengers looked on with wonder. Needless to say, none

    of our bags were searched!

    Beloved, THIS is where God wants us to live, this is where God wants us to stay. We are

    ever, always to live and move and have our being IN Him. This is what we mean by our

    constant need to have a "Throne Room Mentality". We are to live with this picture everin our hearts and minds and our spirits. This is to be our perspective, our "modus

    operandi", our way of life. We are to live here always, never ever to depart, with Christ

    AS our life. Amen.

    SMILE OF PLEASURE

    There's a yearning in my heart for the Father,There is nothing I can think of that I'd rather

    I'm so hungry for You, Lord, this feeling must not be ignored

    'Neath Your wings, 'Neath Your feathers, me, You gather.

    Just to sit upon Your lap,

    To be awake, or take a nap,

    For Your heart-beat I will listen,With Your glory I will glisten.

    Your whispers of endearment, fine,Your nod of approval, mine.

    A gentle hug from you, and then,

    To get another hug from You again!

    Wouldn't that be great, to think as You think?

    To do Your will, quick as a wink?

    To know Your heart, to please You well,To speak Your Word, Your message tell.

    To go through the land,

    Keep Your every command,To say what You've planned,

    Do Love's every demand.

    Oh Father, Your approval, is what I desire,

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    To think of pleasing you, fills me with fire.

    To measure up to Your stern measure,

    Your smile of pleasure, this I treasure.Oh gracious Daddy, Let me please Thee, ever and eternally.

    Amen.jrb & Jn 5:30 - January 21, 1997

    Psalm fifteen asks, and answers the question: O LORD Yahweh, who may abide in Thytent? Who may dwell on Thy holy hill? (NAS)

    Jesus talks to us about the life and death importance and necessity of our abiding IN

    HIM! John 15:4 Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself,unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you, unless you abide in Me. 5 I am the

    vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me, and I in him, he bears much fruit; for

    apart from Me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not abide in Me, he is thrown awayas a branch, and dries up; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are

    burned. 7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and

    it shall be done for you. 8 By this is My Father glorified, that you bear much fruit, andso prove to be My disciples. 9 Just as the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you;

    abide in My love. 10 If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love; just

    as I have kept My Father's commandments, and abide in His love. 11 These things I

    have spoken to you, that My joy may be inyou, and that your joy may be made full.

    (NAS)

    LIVE THROUGH US!by john roy bohlen & John 5:30

    To have You live through us, Oh what delight!

    To shine with Your Glory, Oh what a sight!To move in Your power, channels of Your might!

    Everyone who is willing, You lovingly invite.

    To have You bless through our hands, You walk through our feet.

    To have You speak through our lips to all that we meet.

    Residing in You, our life is complete.Abiding in You, nothing could be more sweet.

    Enjoying Your greatness, in all that we do.Enjoying Your sweetness, all our lives through.

    Our home is Your Presence, this is so true.Not a stitch of the old life, every thing new.

    The Throne-Room perspective - Wow! What a view!

    Whew! More fun than the zoo!

    All who are willing, to Your bosom drew.Gods arms are out stretched, theres room for you, too.

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    (See the poem Secret Poem)

    Here are some additional Scriptures:

    I Jn 2:23 Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father; the one who confesses the

    Son has the Father also. 24 As for you, let that abide in you which you heard from thebeginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the

    Son and in the Father. (NAS)

    I Jn 2:27 And as for you, the anointing which you received from Him abides in you, andyou have no need for anyone to teach you; but as His anointing teaches you about all

    things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you abide in Him. 28

    And now, little children, abide in Him, so that when He appears, we may have

    confidence and not shrink away from Him in shame at His coming.(NAS)

    I Jn 4:12 No one has beheld God at any time; if we love one another, God abides in us,and His love is perfected in us.

    13 By this we know that we abide in Him and He in us , because He has given us of

    His Spirit. 14 And we have beheld and bear witness that the Father has sent the Son to

    be the Savior of the world. 15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God

    abides in him, and he in God. 16 And we have come to know and have believed the

    love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God,and God abides in him. 17 By this, love is perfected with us, that we may haveconfidence in the day of judgment; because as He is, so also are we in this world.

    (NAS)

    II Jn 1:9 Anyone who goes too far and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does nothave God; the one who abides in the teaching, he has both the Father and the Son.

    (NAS)

    Ps 125:1 Those who trust in Yahweh (the Lord) are as Mount Zion, which cannot be

    moved, but abides forever. 2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Yahweh (the

    Lord) surrounds His peoplefrom this time forth and forever. (NAS)

    John 14:16 And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may

    be with you forever; 17 that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive,

    because it does not behold Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides

    with you, and will be in you. (NAS)

    John 14:23 If anyone loves Me, he will keep My Word; and My Father will love him,

    and We will come to him, and make Our abode with him. (NAS)

    I Jn 3:5 And you know that He appeared in order to take away sins; and in Him there is

    no sin. 6 No one who abides in Him sins; no one who sins has seen Him or knowsHim. (NAS)

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    I Jn 3:22 Whatever we ask, we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments

    and do the things that are pleasing in His sight. 23 And this is His commandment, thatwe believe in the Name of His Son, Jesus Yahshua Christ, and love one another, just as

    He commanded us. 24 And the one who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and

    He in him. And we know by this that He abides in us, by the Spirit Whom He has givenus. (NAS)

    Deut 33:12 "May the beloved of Yahweh dwell in security by Him, Who shields him all

    the day, and he dwells between His shoulders." (NAS)

    Ps 16:1 Preserve me, O God, for I take refuge in Thee. 2 I said to Yahweh, Thou art

    my Lord; I have no good besides Thee. Then, in verse 8 I have set Yahweh

    continually before me; because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. And, inverse 11 Thou wilt make known to me the path of life; in Thy presence is fullness of

    joy; in Thy right handthere are pleasures forever. (NAS) Do you want more

    pleasure? Would you like to have more joy? This is where you find it!

    Ps 27:4 One thing I have asked from Yahweh, that I shall seek: that I may dwell in the

    house of Yahweh, all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of Yahweh, and to

    meditate in His temple. 5 For in the day of trouble He will conceal me in His tabernacle;in the secret place ofHis tent He will hide me; He will lift me up on a rock. (NAS)

    Ps 61:3 For Thou hast been a Refuge for me, a Tower of strength against the enemy. 4Let me dwell in Thy Tent forever; let me take refuge in the shelter of Thy wings.

    Selah. [Think thoughtfully about this!] (NAS)

    Ps 140:13 Surely the righteous will give thanks to Thy Name; the upright will dwell in

    Thy presence. (NAS)

    Isa 57:15 For thus says the high and exalted One Who lives forever, Whose Name isHoly, I dwell on a high and holyplace, and also with the contrite and lowly of spirit in

    order to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite. (NAS)

    Eph 3:16 That He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to bestrengthened with powerthrough His Spirit in the inner man; 17 so that Christ may

    dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18

    may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and heightand depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may

    be filled up to all the fullness of God [that is, may have the richest measure of theDivine Presence, and become a body wholly filled and flooded with God Himself] -

    (AMP). 20 Now to Him who is able to do exceeding abundantly beyond all that we askor think, according to the power that works within us, 21 to Him be the glory in the

    Church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen. (NAS)

    SNUGGLE DOWN IN THE DOWN

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    8 july 2004

    In Psalm 91 there is told a story

    How we can bask in the midst of Gods glory

    Seated on our Heavenly Fathers Lap

    When we are awake or when taking a nap

    Snuggle down in the down of Gods feathers,

    Sing under the wing of Gods arm

    To His heart beat, listen -

    With His glory glisten -

    Snuggle - - dont struggle - -

    Listen - - then glisten - -

    Hear - - dont fear - -

    Cheer - - dont tear - -

    Hes near - - cauz Hes here ! !

    Underneath are Gods Arms

    Away from harm and alarm

    Here with Father we can sit on His seat

    Listening closely to His lovely Heart beat.

    He whispers in my other ear, words of love.

    His whiskers are near, not too far above

    I snuggle down deeply in the folds of His robe

    And right within reach, I can touch His ear lobe

    His downy feathers so, mmm -

    I snuggle so, mmm -

    Here beneath His wings, mmm -

    My heart soars and sings, mmm -

    Everything else is far below,

    Im in the Heavenlies, high as I can go!

    Come and stay with me,

    Here on Papa Yahwehs knee

    Well be as happy as can be

    We can stay here eternally

    See what Daddy Yahweh has in store

    Itl be pleasures for ever more.

    PSALM 16, 91, EPHESIANS 1 & 2

    THRONE ROOM PERSPECTIVE

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    Now that you are safe and securely nestled, seated consistently in Heavenly Daddy

    Yahweh's arms and on His lap, "hidden with Christ, innnnnnnnn God", tell DaddyYahweh:

    PRAY!

    Pray very sincerely, now, and ask God to make this revelation very real to you.

    "God""I /You"

    "Lead me!"

    "Direct me."

    "I love You!""I praise You!"

    "I worship You!"

    "Whisper to me!!""Please tell me things."

    "Please teach me things."

    "Now, how am I to think?"

    "What is my attitude to be?!""Live Your Life through me!"

    "Papa, please show me things."

    "What do You want me to see?""Speak Your words through me!"

    "What do You want to teach me?"

    "What do You want to say to me?"

    "Think Your thoughts through me!""Father, what do You want to show me?"

    "What is my perspective, my outlook to be?"

    This is what is meant by "Abiding in Christ"! Now, there is nothing left to do than to

    relax, snuggle, cuddle, bask, abide, remain, stay, live, move, have your being, here - in

    the loving arms of your Heavenly Father, and let Christ live His glorious, radiant,

    powerful, righteous, overcoming, beautiful, brilliant Life out through you!!! Now, GodHimself invites and gives you permission to live happily ever after!!!

    Dr. John Roy Bohlen & John 5:30

    LESSON 4: TEACHING ON THE

    WILL OF GOD AND THE KINGDOM

    OF GOD

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    h w h y

    THE NAME!

    WHAT IS GOD'SNAME?

    or

    WHAT IS THE NAME

    OF THE KING OF

    THE KINGDOM OF GOD???

    by

    John Roy Bohlen & John 5:30

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    h w h y

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    THE NAME OF THE KING

    OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD!

    WHAT IS GOD'S NAME?

    God wants His Name to be:

    Understood

    Taught

    Appreciated & Respected

    Loved

    Known

    Used

    Worshipped

    or, U-TALK-U-W

    The enemy does NOT want God's Name to be: known, used, understood, appreciated,

    respected, loved, taught, or worshipped.

    What is the Name of the King of the Kingdom of God? Who is the King? What is HisName? We have asked this question of ministers at ministers seminars that we have

    conducted, and, there have been times when no minister knew His Name! Will you

    take a moment to make a guess as to what you believe God's Name to be? You may evenmake a list of names.

    Now, isnt this strange? Here we have millions of people who claim to live in a Kingdom

    with a King, Whom they consider to be their close friend, with Whom they speak, toWhom they submit petitions, on Whom they depend, Whom they hold dear, but they do

    not know His Name!!! Isnt that amazing??!!.

    One reason they do not know His Name is that the devil, the enemy of their King, does

    not want people to know the Name of their King, does not want people to: appreciate the

    Name of their King, use the Name of their King, understand the meaning of the Name of

    their King, or to teach others the Name of their King. The same thing is true of the Nameof the Kings Son, the Prince, King Jesus. People do not know the Name of their

    Saviour, their Lord, their God, their Friend, or their King. Isnt that amazing?!.

    Have you ever noticed that in most Bibles, that there is a difference between "LORD",

    and "Lord" and "lord", and that there is a difference between "GOD" and "God" and

    "god". Have you asked yourself, "What is the difference?"

    Some people think that God's Name is - "God"! Well, it is true that He is God, but there

    are many gods, including the "god of this world". Some people think that His Name is

    "Lord", and it is true that Jesus Christ is Lord! But, again, there are many lords. Sarahcalled Abraham 'lord', there is the lord of the house, lords and ladies, etc., and, again, the

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    devil is called 'the lord of the flies', the meaning of 'Beelzebub". 'Lord' means 'boss', so,

    this, and 'god' is a job description, or a title, but not a name.

    The word "LORD" occurs 6,823 times in the King James Version, and in most other

    versions, while "Lord" is used 69 times. "GOD" is used 7 times, and "God" occurs some

    429 times.

    Some people think that Gods Name is 'Jehovah'. They even sing songs like "Jehovah

    Jireh, my Provider - - ", but His Name is neither 'Jehovah', nor is it 'Jireh'. The name

    "Jehovah" was never heard of, never used, until several hundred years ago, until the1600s, and is a fabricated, made up name, a mistake!

    The Lord God has many titles, like El = God, Elohim = The Strong One, El Shaddai,

    (Provider), Sabbaoth = Lord of Hosts (Armies), Emmanuel (God with us), Meqadeskem(Righteousness), Tsidkenu (Sanctification), Shamma, El Roi (God sees me), Qanna

    (Jealous), etc. But, again, these are important titles and job descriptions, things by which

    God is called, but not His proper Name! For example, I am called: 'high chief', 'chaplain','author', 'amateur astronomer', 'man of God', 'friend', 'apostle', 'teacher', 'pastor', 'father',

    'husband', 'honey', 'grandfather', 'hey you!', 'doctor', 'brother', etc., but these are titles and

    job descriptions, and, these are who or what I am, but none of these is my proper name.

    THE NAME OBSCURED

    Would you like to hear a funny, but sad, but interesting, but true story? What happenedwas this: Once upon a time, many years ago, along about 5,000 years ago, or more, God

    introduced Himself by Name, and told people what His Name was. In fact, His real

    Name was used some 6,823 times in the Old Testament part of the Bible. 6,823 times!

    He said, over and over and over again, My Name is _______. ________ is My Name.By My Name ________, I shall be known. Over and over and over and over and over

    and over and over again, The Lord introduced His Name. Sometimes, the Lord's proper

    Name is used 3 or 4 times in one verse!! But the devil did not want Gods true Name tobe known or used, understood, appreciated, worshipped or taught, so he did his best to

    hide the Name, and got people off on the wrong track. For too long, the devil has

    succeeded. Do you want him to continue to succeed???

    Question: Do you want to know Gods Name? When you find out what it is, will you

    use it, appreciate it, love it, understand it? Will you share the knowledge of His Name

    with others. Do you want the devil to continue to win the battle and obscure GodsName?

    Heres what the devil did. In the Old Testament, God gave a law, after introducing

    Himself. He said, Do not take the Name of _______ thy God, in vain. The deviltricked the people into thinking that if they did not use or pronounce the Name of God at

    any time, for any reason, under any circumstance, that they would not take Gods Name

    in vain. The people did not realize that mentioning a persons name is not what takes that

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    name in vain, but the misrepresentation of that persons character.

    Here's an interesting passage from Ezekiel 39:5-8:

    "5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord _______ . 6

    And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: andthey shall know that I am _________. 7 So will I make My holy Name known in the midstof My people Israel; and I will not let them pollute My holy Name any more: and the

    heathen shall know that I am _______ , the Holy One in Israel. 8 Behold, it is come, and

    it is done, saith the Lord _______; this is the day whereof I have spoken." KJV

    One of the saddest verses in the Bible is a phrase that is repeated at least 69 times, which

    says, "Then ____ shall know that I am ____________" It can read, "Then you shall

    know that I am_____" or, "Then they shall know that I am ______" or, "Then the heathenshall know that I am ____" Over and over and over and over this phrase is repeated.

    However, but, or instead, the sad truth is that today, ALMOST NO ONE KNOWS THAT

    GOD IS ________ !!!!!!!

    HASHEM!!!

    To this very day, the Jewish people and most Messianic Jews, are superstitious aboutpronouncing God's proper Name. Instead, they will say, "Hashem"!, which simply

    means, 'The Name!' Or, else, out of superstition or fear, or, perhaps reverence, will

    substitute 'Adonai', or 'Elohim', or will spell it, G-d, or L-rd. How would you enjoy it if,every time someone referred to you, they would, instead, call you, "Name".

    Is God's Name important? Is its pronunciation important?

    God wants His Name, to be:

    KNOWNUNDERSTOOD

    USED

    APPRECIATED (Loved),

    WORSHIPPED, andTAUGHT!

    The devil doesn't...

    A FUNNY STORY

    Did you know that it is NEVER the practice to translate one's name into another languageand call him or her by that new name. For example, we do not change any Bible name in

    that fashion. Johan Sebastian Bach is not translated John Flower Black. Naomi is not

    translated "pleasant". Elijah is never translated or pronounced El is God, etc. EveryHebrew name in the Bible is recognizable and unchanged from the Hebrew, in almost

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    every language in the world, almost every Bible translation. The One exception is the

    Name of God. Why? It is because the devil does NOT want God's Name to be known,

    used, understood or appreciated, worshipped, or taught.

    IN THE NAME OF GOD!

    Do you believe that the Name of God is important?

    Do you particularly care if people know, remember or mispronounce your name?

    If God had a special name, would you be interested?

    If God's Name had a special meaning, would you like to know it?

    If hardly anyone knew the proper Name for Jesus or God, would you use it anyway, evenif other people misunderstood, or thought you were strange?

    If God had a special Name, do you think that the devil would want you to know it,appreciate it, understand it, use it, worship it, love it, or teach it to others?

    In most Bibles, in the Old Testament, the Name 'LORD', most of the time, 6,823 times to

    be exact ( I have actually counted them!), is written in capital letters in the form 'L-O-R-D', but sometimes, it is spelled with a capital letter L, followed by a small o, small r, and

    a small d. or 'Lord'. Psalm 89:49-52 is a good example. In verses 49 and 50 the word

    'Lord' is used, but in 51 and 52, (In most translations), 'LORD' is used!. Do you knowwhy these forms are used? Have you noticed the difference? Have you ever asked

    yourself or someone else, "Why?" In your reading, you will find both forms used many

    times, and each time used, it is used with meaning and on purpose. Should you have

    been asking yourself why each form is used? Or, dont you really care? God cares thatyou know His proper Name.

    THE NAME OF GOD

    There is a really strange and unusual thing that has been happening down through history

    that is really amazing! Would you like to know what it is? Here it is:

    God WANTS His Name to be:

    known,

    understood,used,

    appreciated, loved, worshipped and

    taught to others.

    But,

    The devil does NOT want Gods Name to be:known,

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    understood,

    used,

    appreciated, loved, worshipped, or,taught to others.

    So far, the devil has been winning!

    In the best of churches, one does not hear the proper Name for God even a few times, if

    ever. Fortunately, if people do not know the real Name for God, they won't be able to use

    it in a cursing manner.

    It all started out when God decided to introduce His Name to mankind. He announced,

    "My Name is Yahweh!!!"

    "By My Name, Yahweh, I shall be known!!!"

    He proceeded, in the Old Testament to tell us that His Name is Yahweh, some 6,823

    times! God wanted us to know His Name, Yahweh, to understand the meaning of His

    Name, Yahweh. God wanted us to appreciate His Name, Yahweh. He wanted us to use

    His Name, Yahweh. However, the devil did and does not want Yahweh's Name to beknown, used, understood or appreciated. Thus, the battle began. Yahweh's move - He

    introduces His Name - It is Yahweh! "Thou shalt not take the Name of Yahweh thy God,

    in vain!" The devil's move - This is one of the Ten Commandments. The devil convincedGod's people that by never using, writing or saying that sacred Name Yahweh, that they

    would avoid taking it in vain! They did not realize that taking Yahweh's Name in vain

    has nothing to do with using it or pronouncing it - but rather, misrepresenting His

    character, or bringing shame to Him, by their association with sin.

    So Yahweh's people decided to never write or pronounce His real Name - Yahweh. Even

    to this very day, many Jewish people, or even Jewish Christians are superstitious aboutthis matter. Even to this day, they will write Yahweh's Name, YHWH, or G-D, or L-rd,

    or Y'shua. At the time of Matthew and the writing of the New Testament, the Jewish

    people were still superstitious about using God's Name. Instead of calling God's Kingdom

    the 'Kingdom of God', Matthew and others called it the 'Kingdom of Heaven', and thusavoided pronouncing or using God's proper Name.

    IN JESUS' NAME

    Let's make one thing clear: Doing something in Jesus' Name, in one sense, has nothing

    whatsoever to do with a formula, but with attitude and actions. For example, lets say that

    you ask me to go to the store to get you some milk. I go and announce to the store ownerthat you are demanding some milk, immediately, or you are going to come to the store

    and assault the store owner and take him to court. Because this is not your intention,

    request or nature, I am taking your name 'in vain', because I am misrepresenting yourintentions, your nature and your character. I may not have even mentioned your name.

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    Yet, I have taken your name in vain. This is the way we take Yahweh's Name in vain - by

    not properly representing Who He is, what He is, or what He wants. Taking Yahweh's

    Name in vain has not much to do with any special verbal formula, it has everything to sowith properly representing Who He is, His Nature and Character.

    But none of this takes away from Yahweh's desire to have His Name to be known, used,understood, appreciated, or taught to others..

    THE LITERAL MEANING

    God's Name is Yahweh. The literal meaning of "Yahweh" is:

    The God That is 'He That is He That is He that is' -

    orThe God Who is He Who is He Who is -

    or

    'the Almighty Right Now God'or,

    'the God of this Present Moment'

    or,

    the Great 'I AM'!

    Yahweh is not a 'has been' god, though most people live too much in the past. Nor is He a

    'maybe', or 'someday', 'perhaps', or, 'iff-y' god, though too many people live way off in thefuture. The Bible makes it clear that Daddy Yahweh has no greater gift that He can give

    us than our enjoyment of Him to the maximum in the present moment. There is no

    greater thing that we can do - than to do His will and pleasure and leading in each present

    moment. The greatest preparation we can make for any future moment, is to pleaseYahweh in each present moment, each 'NOW'! Yahweh wants to be our mighty Right

    Now God!!!

    HALLELUJAH!

    Actually, we all use the proper Name for God already, but we do so, without realizing it,

    every time we say the word 'Hallelujah'. The literal meaning of 'hallelujah' is hallel whichmeans to praise with giddy, glorious, excited, jumping up and down - spinning round and

    round - kind of praise with joyful - all our heart - kind of praise - and, then, the second

    half of the word - YAH, which is the shortened form of Yahweh. We also use theshortened form of Yahweh, when we use words like:, Isa + YAH, Jeremi + Yah, Obadi +

    Yah, Zephani + Yah, Jonathan or, my name, John, which is the New Testament form of

    Jonathan, means, = "Yah" + "Nathan", or "Yahweh is gracious" or, "Gracious gift of

    Yahweh"! Then there is Joel = "Yah" + "El", or "Yahweh is God"!, while Eli-jah mealsthat "El (or God) is Yahweh", etc. Please remember that the English 'J' absolutely did not

    exist, until several centuries ago, but was the letter 'i', which was substituted for 'y'. That

    is why, to this day, we pronounce the 'j' in Hallelujah as a 'y' or an 'i'

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    Do You Want To Hear A Joke?

    During World War II, my father told me a joke. He said, "An American soldierchallenged a German soldier to a contest of a tug of war with a piece of steak between

    their teeth. Through gritted teeth, the American said, 'Are you ready?' To which the

    German replied, 'Yah.' "

    Because the Jews were superstitious about mis-using Yahweh's Name, they refused to use

    it at all, wrongly changing His Name to something else, like El, Elohim, Adonai. To

    keep the people from using Yahweh's Name, they decided to put SOME WARNINGMARKS, EVERY ONE OF THE 6,823 times Yahweh was used in the Hebrew

    Scriptures. The warning marks were the vowel markings from Adonai and Elohim.

    These marks that they spread across the Name of Yahweh, were a kind of "skull and

    cross-bones" sign, warning the people to NOT pronounce the Sacred Name! Thesemarks were intended to convey the message, "Warning! Do NOT pronounce this

    Name!!! Substitute some other name, but NOT this one. At least two reasons were given

    as warning:1) The Name is too sacred!

    2) If you pronounce the Name, you might become guilty of taking It "in vain".

    But, keep in mind, the REAL reason people were warned against pronouncing Yahweh's

    Name, is because the devil did NOT want Yahweh's Name to be used, understood,known, appreciated, or taught!

    The following suggestions have been made over the centuries as to what to use in placeof the Name Yahweh:

    Adonai = equally the name of heathen gods of other nations.

    Elohim = another title for God, or for a god or gods.

    "Hashem" = in the Hebrew language, it simply means, "The Name!", so, insteadof saying "Yahweh", they simply said, "The Name".

    G-d, or L-rd, or, 'LORD'

    Can you imagine Yahweh using His Name, "Yahweh", 6,823 times, over and over again,

    saying, "My Name is Yahweh!" By My Name, 'Yahweh', I shall be known!", only to

    have the Enemy come along and tell Yahweh's people, "Hey, dummies, it is not important

    for you know His Name, or use His Name, or understand His Name, don't write or speakHis Name, don't appreciate or honour or pray or sing in His Name, and don't even think

    of trying to teach His Name to others, etc." Let me ask you:

    How many times have you used or prayed or understood or revered the Name of Yahweh,

    in this last year?

    How many times in your church?

    Any other place or people?

    THE GERMAN SAID, "JAH"!

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    The scribes decided to use just the consonants from Yahweh or Y-H-W-H, so people

    would know Who was being referred to. But, then they decided to take the consonants

    from Yahweh, or, Y-h-w - h, and the vowels from Adonai, or Elohim to construct thesewarning signs. Then, about the 1518 century, a German theologian, a Franciscan Petrus

    Galatinus, (quote from the Encyclopedia Americana), wanted to translate the Name, so

    he looked at this skull and cross-bones warning sign and concluded that the whole thingwas to be pronounced. When he looked at the whole contraption, he decided that thewhole thing should be pronounced something like this: 'J', in stead of Y, since he was

    German, and the Germans use the 'Y' as a 'J', then e h o v a, or J E H O V A H ! He

    changed the Hebrew "w" into a "v" 'waw' into a 'vav', since, again, the Germanspronounce the 'w' as a 'v'. (Volks-wagon becomes "folks + vagen") Jehovah never, ever,

    was a proper name for God, yet that's what many people think His proper name should

    be!!! Ha-HA!

    Want to hear another joke? Only this one is really sick. The word Allah, originally the

    name of an insignificant female idol goddess of fertility, one of many, many idols in the

    vicinity. Yet, over a billion people today call God 'Allah'! God's proper name always hasbeen and always will be Yahweh.

    Why is it that every other name is brought across the languages, recognizably, in its

    original form? Moses, Elijah, Joshua, John - all come down to us as roughly the same -but not God's Name! We do not call 'Johan Sebastian Bach', by the name of 'John 'gift-of-

    God' Big Man Back', or, 'Songwriter Jack', but we call Yahweh's Name = "LORD"!???

    Tell me why? We know why! The devil made them do it.

    I recently spoke to a highly reputable Hebrew scholar, from Bethel Seminary in St Paul,

    Minnesota, who was on three different Bible translation committees. In every case, he

    pleaded with them, tried to persuade them, to use the proper Name for Yahweh, each andall of the 6,823 times it is SUPPOSED to be used. All of the other scholars AGREED

    that God's proper Name is Yahweh. They ALL agreed that it would have been proper to

    substitute Yahweh in ALL of the 6,823 times that the Hebrew Scriptures mandated it tobe so. But, it was at this point, that they all agreed to compromise what should have

    been, with the lame and sick excuse that "the people were not used to the Name

    'Yahweh', that they would substitute the word "LORD" instead, though they all agreed

    that it was wrong to do so."!!! They all out-voted my Hebrew Scholar friend, and usedthe same lame reasoning Moffatt used in his translation.

    In Moffat's translation, in the comments at the introductory section at the beginning of hisBible, he readily admits that the Name for God, SHOULD BE 'YAHWEH', but, 'since

    the people are not used to it', he would, instead, use the word "The Eternal One"!!! In

    this introduction, he apologizes, and admits that he is wrong to do so, but, reluctantly

    goes ahead, in every one of the 6,823 times where the Name Yahweh should be used, he,instead, used the phrase, "The Eternal One"!

    Fortunately, there are SOME translators that have had the courage to use the Name ofYahweh, as God intended, in every one of the 6,823 times that His Name should be used.

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    Rotherham's Emphasized Bible, is an example.

    The Jerusalem Bible, is another.The Sacred Name Bible, is another.

    There are others. . .

    Remember, the devil does NOT want Yahweh's Name to be known, used, understood,appreciated, or, taught to others.

    Good Lord!

    While there are many kinds of lords and gods, yet, there is only one Yahweh, the Mighty

    Right Now Creator King of Everything!

    Thus, the Bible Translators added to the problem! In Bible translation after translation,

    and in version after version, here's what they did. Many of them admitted in small print,sometimes, in front of their Bible, "We know that God's Name reeeeeeeeeeeally should

    be Yahweh, but, y'know, not very many people are used to that one, so, well, let's

    compromise, and call God what everyone voted that He be called, so, instead of calling

    Him what He should be called, instead of calling Him what He wants to be called, we'lljust call Him 'God', or the 'Eternal' or the 'Almighty' or, 'Lord', or 'Jehovah' (an artificial

    name), or, 'Lord', or 'LORD' (all caps), or 'Allah' (as in the Nigerian Hausa language

    Bible)." The Translators of the King James' Version and others said, "We know that it

    should be 'Yahweh', but just so you know when it should be 'Yahweh', well do it 'L-O-R-

    D' in capital letters, just so you will know." One problem is, there are many KJV (and

    many other) Bibles around, where they forgot (or neglected) to include that footnote or

    explanation, so most people have no way of knowing the difference between "LORD"and "Lord", or, that His Name should be Yahweh!

    WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?

    Let's say we are in a room together, and I ask your name, and you tell me that your name

    is 'Peter', and I say, 'Oh, hello George'. And you tell me, 'My name is Peter', and I say,

    'Yes, George, its nice to meecha.' And, you say, 'But my name is Peter!", and I say, "Noproblem George.' And, by the way, Brother George, could you please hand me that pen?"

    Would Peter respond? Yes, if he were very polite. But, here, we have our loving

    Heavenly Daddy saying to us, 'My Name is Yahweh' - (6,823 times!) We say, 'Oh, hello,Jehovah' !. And Yahweh says, 'Yes, My Name is Yahweh'. and we say, 'Oh, yes, hello,

    Jehovah', Does God know Who we are referring to? Of course He does! Does He listen,

    and answer when we call Him Jehovah? Of course He does! By now everyone knows

    who we mean when we refer to George, and God knows Who we mean when we callHim by an name that is wrong.

    Hyper-critical, Religious Legalism

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    When the enemy cannot succeed in suppressing a truth, he often gets behind the

    truth and pushes it to a cultic extreme.

    There are those who become legalistic, religious and wrongly critical of others - insisting

    that God be called ONLY by His proper Name, Yahweh. Some people are so narrow-

    minded that they insist that one's salvation is invalid if they have not been baptized by theexact formula, "I baptize you in the Name of Yahweh, for the remission of your sins, inthe Name of His Son, Yahshua". Some insist that if you have not called on the literal

    Name of Yahweh or Yahshua, that you will not be saved. Other formulas can be equally

    legalistic. Once again, people are forgetting that to call upon His Name, mostly has to dowith calling on Him, the Person, the Character-Who HE IS! - not - what His Name is,

    although His Name, YAHWEH is important!

    Another problem with many 'Yahweh People' is their silly and stubborn and culticinsistence that a person MUST keep various of the Old Testament Torah Laws!!!!! It

    varies with the particular group as to just exactly which or how many of the Old

    Testament Laws one must keep. But I know of no Old Testament Law keepers that insistthat one must stone their rebellious children to death, or that one must take a year long

    honeymoon, or that one should feed his wife a poison concoction if he is jealous of her,

    or, that we sacrifice animals. The Bible CLEARLY TELLS US in many places in the

    New Testament that we are "no longer under the Law", and that the "Law of the Spirit ofLife in Christ Jesus, has SET US FREE from the old (Torah) law of sin and death!!!.

    Galatians tells us over and over that we are free from the Old Testament Law, and that

    those who try to get us to keep Old Testament Law are 'seducers' and 'bewitchers', andthat we are foolish and deceived if we listen to them. If you would like to know more of

    the truth about this legalistic and dangerous Old Testament Law keeping deception, write

    for our small book, Law, Grace and Law.

    What I Call My Wife

    My wifes name is Karen Harriet Wold Bohlen. 'Karen' means 'Pure One'. She did notlike her name 'Harriet' until I told her the meaning, 'The boss of the house!'. For some

    one to legalistically and religiously insist that I only always refer to her by one of her

    proper names would be nonsense and crippling. But to NEVER use one of her proper

    names would also be silly. In the meanwhile I call her, 'Honey', or 'Hunzie', or 'Darling','Peaches", "Shnookums', 'Saint', 'Ma'am', 'Dear', 'Precious', 'Babe', 'Sweetheart', etc. In

    our bedroom, or in private, there are some pet names that I have for her, that I will not tell

    you what they are, but they are not very formal! My favorite way of addressing God is'Dear Darling Daddy Yahweh'!, or 'Papa Yahweh'.

    The balance is to use God's proper Name sometimes, often, and appropriately, but to

    refuse to be religiously critical and legalistically superior over others, just because weknow His Name. Just because there are legalistic, religious, cultic people who use His

    Name in vain, while using His proper Name, does NOT mean that we are stop using His

    proper Name. Just because a driver backs into you with his Ford car, does not mean thatwe are to stop driving Fords.

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    The most important thing, however is to walk in the Truth of what it really means to do

    things In His Name. In order to really do things In Jesus' Name, is to have a deeeeeeeprevelation of the King's Greatest Secret!, or, of the Exchanged Life or, of having Christ

    within us AS our Life! Allowing our Lovely Yahshua to live His Divine Life through us,

    speaking through us, walking around in our shoes, being all that He wants to be, throughus, looking out through our eyes, speaking through our lips, blessing through our hands,etc., etc., is truly what doing things in Jesus' Name, really means. If you want to know

    more about how to allow Christ to live His Life through you, AS your Life, get in touch

    with us! 715-866-4060, or see our website:

    www.Great-Commission-Ministries.org

    OTHER SOURCES OF INFORMATIONON THE SACRED NAME

    Some people claim that the proper pronunciation of tetragrammatan YHWH is

    'uncertain', because, as they say, at the time of the writing of the Old Testament, therewere 'no vowel markings' used. But most true Hebrew scholars know that the proper

    pronunciation of His Name, Yahweh, has never been lost! Josephus, well known

    historian and scholar at the time of the early church, stated that through Jewish history,and before the invention of vowel letters, there were 3 letters in the Hebrew alphabet

    that were commonly used as vowels: These are the 'Yod', the 'Hay', and the 'Wow'.

    Since the Germans had large influence on theology, their way of pronouncing the 'W' was

    a 'V' sound, and wrongly changed the 'Wow' to a 'Vav'. The Divine Name consists of thefollowing letters: Reading from right to left, first there is a 'Yod', which provided the 'Y'

    sound, like in the word "Yes". The Yod looks like a small seven, and is half as long on

    the top as the 'Hay', then going down halfway on the right side, half as tall as the 7 in the'Hay'. Then, there is the 'Hay', which looks like a 7, but with equal length on the top, and

    on the right side. That is, equal length on the top as on the right side, coming down.

    Then, put a leg on the seven, like a table, but not allowing the left leg to quite reach the

    top of the 7, or it becomes another letter. The Hebrew letter "Hay' can have three sounds,1) 'h', 2) short a, like our 'ah' , and 3) long 'a', like our word 'way'. The 'Waw' comes

    next, and also looks like the number 7. It looks like the 'Hay', but does not have a left

    leg, and it is only half the length of the 'Hey' on the top. The Hebrew letter 'Waw"sometimes has an 'oo' sound like in the word 'moose', or our letter 'w'. But, in modern

    Hebrew, the 'Waw" has been changed into a 'Vav', because of the German influence, that

    pronounces our letter 'W" like the letter 'V", as in the word "Volkswagen" being

    pronounced "folks+vagen", or "wolks+vagen". The next letter, again is another 'Hay'.Josephus states that everyone knew how these letters were to be pronounced, and that

    every letter in the Divine Name of Yahweh, was a vowel! Yod = 'Y' as in 'yes'. Hay =

    like our letter 'A', but like our short A, with an 'ah' sound. Then, from right to left, camethe next letter, 'Wow' with a 'W' sound, like our use of the letter 'w' in the word 'was'.

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    Finally, the last 'Hay', but this time with a long 'a' sound, thus, 'Yahweh'. Phonetically, in

    English, it would be:

    "ee ah oo ay", or, Yahweh!!! We recommend that you give yourself permission to usethis Name for God, often, in prayer, in praise and in your daily conversations with and

    about God. Amen. You can even say: HalleluYahweh ! ! ! My favorite way to

    address God, is: "Dear Darling Daddy Yahweh!" or, "Papa Yahweh".

    The Bible and Other Uses of The Proper Name for God:

    Here is Moffat's explanation, at the beginning of the James Moffatt Bible, " One crucial

    instance of the dif fi culty offered by a Hebrew term l ies in the prehistori c Name given at

    the exodus by the Hebrews to their God. (should read, 'by their God to the Hebrews).

    Str ictl y speaking, this ought to be rendered 'Yahweh' , which i s famil iar to modern

    readers in the erroneous form of Jehovah. Were this version in tended for students of

    the original, there would be no hesitation whatever in pri nting Yahweh. But almost

    at the last moment I have decided with some reluctance to foll ow the practice of the

    French scholars and of Matthew Arnold (though not exactly for his reasons), whotranslate this Name by ' the Eternal ' , except in an enigmatic titl e li ke ' the Lord of

    hosts' . There is a distinct loss in this, I f ul ly admit; to drop the racial, archaic term is

    to miss something of what i t meant for the Hebrew nation. I n the other hand, there is a

    certain gain, especiall y in a book of l yrics li ke the Psalter, and I trust that in a popular

    version l ike the present my choice wil l be understood even by those who may be slow to

    pardon i t." p.xx-xxi/W- James Moffatt, The Bible: A New Translation, 1935 Harper &

    Brothers Publishers, New York and London.

    WHAT IT REALLY MEANS TO PRAY OR DO SOMETHING IN GOD'S NAME

    I have given my wife my power of attorney permanently. This means that she is legallyqualified and empowered to do any thing she wants in my name. She can sign my

    checks, sell my property, spend my money, buy and sell the farm, my computer, my car,

    anything I possess. She can also make any kind of purchases, in my name.

    We have that same empowerment and endowment from God, to act in His Name. But

    doing something in Jesus' Name actually goes much, much farther than our simply

    having power of attorney. One needs to grasp the whole concept of "The King's GreatestSecret!", or the "Exchanged Life", or "The Life That Wins" in order to begin to

    understand the meaning of doing something "In Jesus' Name".

    THE KING'S GREATEST SECRET!!!

    When Christ died on the Cross, He took us with Him there. He took not only our sins,

    sicknesses, worries, burdens and fears, but He also took you, He took me with Him to theCross, the Crucifixion, the Death, the Burial, the Resurrection, the Ascension, the

    Enthronement, the Glorification and the Ruling and Reigning with Him and within

    Himself on the Father's Throne, at the Father's right hand. Ephesians 1 and 2 tells us thatwe died with Christ, were buried with Christ, were quickened together with Christ, were

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    raised together with Christ, and were seated with and within Christ at the Father's right

    hand. Colossians says, "For we have died, and our life is hidden with Christ innnnn

    God." Romans 6 says that we are to "Know this, the we have been crucified with Christ"v.6: and the that we are to "reckon ourselves (act like it is true, because it IS true, that we

    are dead INDEED to sin, and are "alive within Christ!!!!!!!!!!!!!" v.11

    To do things in God's Name, or in Jesus' Name means that this time, God wants to liveHis Own Life, do His Own business, speak His Own words in and through us. God

    wants to be Himself in and through us, unceasingly, increasingly, unhindered,

    uninterrupted. It is NOT that we are acting in the interests of a long distance God, asKaren would be doing when I am in Africa, but somehow, if Karen died, and I came to

    live on the inside of her and did my own business through her body, from the inside out.

    This is what it means for us to do things in God's Name or in Jesus' Name: We are to get

    a revelation that we are dead with Christ, and that in His resurrected glory, He wants tospeak His Own Words through our lips. Christ wants to do His Own miracles through

    our very own bodies, our very own hands. Jesus Yah'shua wants to think His Own

    thoughts through our brain. He does NOT want to HELP us speak His Words, does NOTwant to HELP us live a good life, etc. Instead, Christ wants to speak His Own Words

    through us, do His Own deeds through us, think His Own thoughts through us, to live

    through us, love through us, be patient and loving and wise through us. Amen. Will you

    let Him live and speak and be righteous, and overcoming through you? This is want itmeans to truly do or pray something "In Jesus' Name. Amen. It is very important that

    you receive and come to understand our book, The King's Greatest Secret! Please

    contact us on our website, or send to us for this book.

    AN EARNEST INVITATION

    The Bible says, Ps 22:22 "I will declare Thy Name unto my brethren: in the midst of thecongregation will I praise Thee." Then Jesus said, in John 17:26, "And I have declared

    unto them Thy Name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved Me

    may be in them, and I in them."

    I am asking you, begging you, imploring you, commissioning you, urging you, inviting

    you to join me in proclaiming, announcing, telling, teaching, spreading, informing people

    the Name of Yahweh. Will you? Would you? Can you? Won't you help us spread thisgood news!?!?!.

    Here are several ways you can help spread this Good News:

    1) Please begin using this Name "Yahweh" in your prayers, in your worship, in your

    singing, in your conversation.

    2) Teach others, formally, and informally, that God's Name is - Yahweh.

    3) Please get printed copies of this little book into as many hands as possible, as quicklyas possible, by as many ways possible, in as many places as possible. Amen. You may

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    reproduce this in any form. Let's get the word out, the Good News! Or, contribute to our

    Great Commission Ministries, so we can publish the word! Amen

    4) In your own Bible reading, public and private, you are encouraged to intentionally

    substitute the CORRECT Name of Yahweh, EVERY time the word "LORD" is found. In

    my own Bible reading, I have gone through my own Bible and have actually and literallywritten the word Yahweh, every time the word "LORD" occurs! For example, "Yahwehus my Shepherd, I shall not want." And "I will dwell in the House of Yahweh, forever."

    And, "The Earth is Yahweh's, and the fullness thereof, and they that dwell therein." Ps.

    23:1,6; Ps.24:1.

    OTHER EXAMPLES OF THE NAME OF YAHWEH!

    The Book Of Yahweh, Yisrayl Hawkins, 1988, Published by The House of Yahweh,Abilene, Texas, (Not recommended, but interesting.)

    The Century Bible, Vol. 1, pp. 90-91, by Adeney & Bennett

    Emphasized Bible: A New Translation Joseph Bryant Rotherham, Cincinnati, Ohio, The

    Standard Publishing Company.

    The Holy Name Bible

    The Jerusalem Bible, General Editor: Alexander Jones, Doubleday & Company, Inc.Garden City, New York, 1966.

    The New International Version Interlinear Hebrew/English Old Testament, Edited by

    John R. Kohlenberger III, Four Volumes, Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids,Michigan, 49506, Vol. 1, pp, 26 of the Introduction.

    The Restoration of the Sacred Name Bible

    The Word of Yahweh, 2nd Edition, Assembly of Yahweh, 1017 N. Gunnell Road, Eaton

    Rapids, MI 48827

    Dictionaries and Other Sources

    Encyclopedia Judaica, 1972, Keter Publishing House, P.O.B. 7145, Jerusalem, Israel,Vol. 7, pp. 680.

    The Interpreters Dictionary, 1962, Vol. 4, pp. 923, Abingdon Press, Nashville,

    Tennessee.

    (Even the Jehovah's Witnesses agree that 'Yahweh' is more correct than Jehovah, though

    they continue to use the wrong name and the wrong bible.) = The Kingdom InterlineraryTranslation of the Greek Scriptures, the Jehovah's Witnesses, The Watchtower Bible and

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    Tract Society of New York Inc. Forward, pp. 23 (We do NOT recommend this bible, as

    they do not believe, and have changed their bible to read that Christ is not God, that Jesus

    and God does not come and live within, and that Hell does not exist.)

    Smith's Bible Dictionary, 1872 Edition

    Unger's Bible Dictionary, Merrill F. Unger, 1957 Moody Press, Chicago Illinois, pp. 413(Baal)

    Wycliffe Bible Encyclopedia, 1975, volume 2, pp. 690, Moody Press, Chicago Illinois.

    An auxiliary source of information is Salem Temple. C/O Rachel Garza or Pastor Mark.

    Address: 7419 East Brick School Road, Rock City, Illinois, 61070. Phone: (815) 449-

    2890

    You may contact us at: Great Commission Ministries Phone: 715-866-4060

    9473 County Road D Email:[email protected]

    Webster, WI 54893-7510

    Website: www.Great-Commission-Ministries.org

    Lesson 5: Kingdom Glory, the Weapons of our Warfare, Occupying,

    Rule and Reign

    Lesson 6: OBEY!: Will, Initiative, The Heart of the King,

    Marriage, Celibacy, Who are the Citizens, Representatives, Saints,

    Overcomers?

    Lesson 7: Church, Gifts, Ministries, Evangelism, Commissioning