Written by Don Byrd
If you are a Christian the un-
derstanding of who you really are
is contingent upon your under-
standing of the scriptures. If your
understanding of the scriptures
is based on something other than
the epistles of Paul then you will
miss the secret that is found in the
Scriptures as to who you really are.
Every writer in the Bible leaves out
the fact that God is our very own
personal Father except the Apostles
Paul and John. When believers fail
to come to the understanding of
God that Paul had they will have an
Old Testament concept of God.
If the believer knows God as the God
of the Old Testament then that be-
liever will self-impose the law upon
himself. God will remain the Om-
nipotent God who rules and reigns
in power and righteousness.
Righteousness and Holiness will remain
external from the believer and will
belong only to God. As long as the
believer knows God as the Old Tes-
tament God the believer will look
at himself as one under Old Testa-
ment times, rules and regulations.
He will think of himself as a cov-
enant person, a person who needs
promises, one who needs miracles
to survive in this life.
God will remain on His throne, “dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto;” (I Timothy 6:16).
Will God humiliate Himself to
the point that He will run to me
and fall on my neck, hug me, kiss
me, and put His best robe on me,
a ring for my finger, and shoes for
my feet? We never think of God in
this fashion do we? We have a pic-
ture of Him in our minds where He
sits on His throne dwelling in the
light of His immortality while we
are somewhere afar off.
He is sitting on His throne crowned with
clouds of glory and righteousness from
which proceed lightning and thun-
der. The angels fall prostrate before
Him and continuously cry Holy,
Holy, Holy! If He left His throne
of power and glory and ran to me
and fell on my neck and hugged
me and kissed me would not this
be degrading Himself? To the con-
trary our Father has waited an eter-
nity for this moment!
This will be a moment which will far
Exceed any throne upon which He might sit.
A throne of power and glory brings
Him many things but it can never
bring Him the glory that just one
son brings to Him. Listen to what
the scripture declares. “He that de-
scended is the same also that as-
cended up far above all heavens,
that he might fill all things” (Ephe-
sians 4:10). This verse declares that
Christ ascended up “far above all
heavens!” He ascended far above
the heaven wherein dwells angels,
which there are streets of gold and
gates of pearl and a river and tree
of life. If He ascended above “all”
heavens where did he ascend to?
He ascended to His Father! God’s
Fatherhood is far above all else that
He is in His omnipotence.
He by His omnipotence can create multi-
tude of heavens and fill each with glorious angelic beings.
But He by His omnipotence cannot create
one son! Sons must be birthed, not cre-
ated. Greater than all is our Father
who has run to us fallen on our
necks and hugged us and kissed
us and loved us with His ever ex-
panding love. What a glorious
moment this is for which He has
awaited through eternity past.
This far exceeds any majestic throne
upon which He sits and rules and
reigns with eternal authority and
supremacy. YOU are the greatness
of His glory. As grand and glori-
ous as heaven, the ever-expanding
universe, worlds without end, and
angels in all their glory, all of them
together can never compare to just
one of those whom He hath birthed.
They are spirit of His Spirit and life
of His life!
No, it will not be degrading for
our Father to leave His throne and
run to those whom He loves with
an eternal, unconditional love. It
is a moment in which all creation
will stand in awe at this omnipotent
God who is Father and those who
are His offspring through Christ in
them. It will be the crowning glory
of Him who is Father.
The glory of His offspring is that He is
our Father. This understanding far ex-
ceeds anything that is found in any
scripture other than the epistles of
Paul. The believer will never under-
stand who he really is until he sees
himself as does our Father. This
understanding comes only through
the writings found in the epistles written by Paul.
If you are a Christian the un-
derstanding of who you really are
is contingent upon your under-
standing of the scriptures. If your
understanding of the scriptures
is based on something other than
the epistles of Paul then you will
miss the secret that is found in the
Scriptures as to who you really are.
Every writer in the Bible leaves out
the fact that God is our very own
personal Father except the Apostles
Paul and John. When believers fail
to come to the understanding of
God that Paul had they will have an
Old Testament concept of God.
If the believer knows God as the God
of the Old Testament then that be-
liever will self-impose the law upon
himself. God will remain the Om-
nipotent God who rules and reigns
in power and righteousness.
Righteousness and Holiness will remain
external from the believer and will
belong only to God. As long as the
believer knows God as the Old Tes-
tament God the believer will look
at himself as one under Old Testa-
ment times, rules and regulations.
He will think of himself as a cov-
enant person, a person who needs
promises, one who needs miracles
to survive in this life.
God will remain on His throne, “dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto;” (I Timothy 6:16).
Will God humiliate Himself to
the point that He will run to me
and fall on my neck, hug me, kiss
me, and put His best robe on me,
a ring for my finger, and shoes for
my feet? We never think of God in
this fashion do we? We have a pic-
ture of Him in our minds where He
sits on His throne dwelling in the
light of His immortality while we
are somewhere afar off.
He is sitting on His throne crowned with
clouds of glory and righteousness from
which proceed lightning and thun-
der. The angels fall prostrate before
Him and continuously cry Holy,
Holy, Holy! If He left His throne
of power and glory and ran to me
and fell on my neck and hugged
me and kissed me would not this
be degrading Himself? To the con-
trary our Father has waited an eter-
nity for this moment!
This will be a moment which will far
Exceed any throne upon which He might sit.
A throne of power and glory brings
Him many things but it can never
bring Him the glory that just one
son brings to Him. Listen to what
the scripture declares. “He that de-
scended is the same also that as-
cended up far above all heavens,
that he might fill all things” (Ephe-
sians 4:10). This verse declares that
Christ ascended up “far above all
heavens!” He ascended far above
the heaven wherein dwells angels,
which there are streets of gold and
gates of pearl and a river and tree
of life. If He ascended above “all”
heavens where did he ascend to?
He ascended to His Father! God’s
Fatherhood is far above all else that
He is in His omnipotence.
He by His omnipotence can create multi-
tude of heavens and fill each with glorious angelic beings.
But He by His omnipotence cannot create
one son! Sons must be birthed, not cre-
ated. Greater than all is our Father
who has run to us fallen on our
necks and hugged us and kissed
us and loved us with His ever ex-
panding love. What a glorious
moment this is for which He has
awaited through eternity past.
This far exceeds any majestic throne
upon which He sits and rules and
reigns with eternal authority and
supremacy. YOU are the greatness
of His glory. As grand and glori-
ous as heaven, the ever-expanding
universe, worlds without end, and
angels in all their glory, all of them
together can never compare to just
one of those whom He hath birthed.
They are spirit of His Spirit and life
of His life!
No, it will not be degrading for
our Father to leave His throne and
run to those whom He loves with
an eternal, unconditional love. It
is a moment in which all creation
will stand in awe at this omnipotent
God who is Father and those who
are His offspring through Christ in
them. It will be the crowning glory
of Him who is Father.
The glory of His offspring is that He is
our Father. This understanding far ex-
ceeds anything that is found in any
scripture other than the epistles of
Paul. The believer will never under-
stand who he really is until he sees
himself as does our Father. This
understanding comes only through
the writings found in the epistles written by Paul.
