I RECIEVED MY BIRTH RITE THIS PAST FRIDAY, I CONFESS THAT GOD IS MY FATHER AND I AM A CITZEN OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD TO MY PASTOR. "I AM A SON OF GOD." "THIS IS MY BIRTH RITE"!

"NOW THERE WERE STAYING IN JERUSALEM GOD-FEARING JEWS FROM EVERY NATION UNDER HEAVEN" (ACTS 2:5) THOUGH THESE PEOPLE WERE FROM DIFFERENT CULTURES AND SPOKE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, THE HOLY SPIRIT'S ARRIVAL MADE THEM A NEW COMMUNITY: THE CHURCH. FROM THEN ON, THEY WOULD BE CONSIDERED ONE BODY, UNIFIED BY THE DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF JESUS.

SO I PRAY TO GOD, WHO TEACHES ME THAT THE SPIRIT GIVES LIFE THROUGH THE WORDS SPOKEN BY CHRIST!

TODAY IS PENTECOST SUNDAY, TODAY STUDENTS ALL OVER THE LUTHERAN CHURCH ARE MAKING PUBLIC AFFIRMATION OF THEIR BAPTISM. THEY ARE BECOMING MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH. JUST LIKE AT THE FIRST PENTECOST THEY ARE PROFESSING THEIR FAITH IN GOD. THEY ARE BEING FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT AND BEGINNING TO SPEAK TO GOD IN A SPIRITUAL LANGUAGE THE REST OF US UNDERSTAND. BECAUSE WE KNOW THE WORD OF GOD, AND UNDERSTAND THE WORD IS TRUE. THE WORD OF GOD IS THE TRUTH WE STAND UNDER. IT IS OUR SHEILD AGAINST OUR SPIRITUAL ENEMY THE DEVIL.

 "JESUS WAS LED BY THE SPIRIT INTO THE DESERT TO BE TEMPTED BY THE DEVIL.
AFTER FASTING FORTY DAYS AND FORTY NIGHTS, JESUS WAS HUNGRY. THE TEMPTER CAME TO JESUS AND SAID, "IF YOU ARE THE SON OF GOD, TELL THESE STONES TO BECOME BREAD." JESUS ANSWERD, "IT IS WRITTEN: MAN DOES NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE, BUT ON EVERY WORD THAT COMES FROM THE MOUTH OF GOD."

I RECIEVED MY BIRTH RITE THIS PAST FRIDAY, I CONFESS THAT GOD IS MY FATHER AND I AM A CITZEN OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD TO MY PASTOR. "I AM A SON OF GOD." "THIS IS MY BIRTH RITE"

SONS OF GOD

YOU ARE ALL SONS OF GOD THROUGH FAITH IN CHRIST JESUS, FOR ALL OF YOU WHO WERE BAPTIZED INTO CHRIST HAVE CLOTHED YOURSELVES WITH CHRIST. THERE IS NEITHER JEW NOR GREEK, SLAVE NOR FREE, MALE NOR FEMALE, FOR YOU ARE ALL ONE IN CHRIST JESUS. IF YOU BELONG TO CHRIST, THEN YOU ARE ABRAHAM'S SEED, AND HEIRS ACCORDING TO THE PROMISE. WHAT I AM SAYING IS THAT AS LONG AS THE HEIR IS A CHILD, HE IS NO DIFFERENT FROM A SLAVE, ALTHOUGH HE OWNS THE WHOLE ESTATE. HE IS SUBJECT TO GUARDIANS AND TRUSTEES UNTIL THE TIME SET BY THE FATHER. SO ALSO, WHEN WE WERE CHILDRENS, WE WERE IN SLAVERY UNDER THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE WORLD. BUT WHEN THE TIME HAD FULLY COME, GOD SENT HIS SON, BORN OF A WOMAN, BORN UNDER LAW, THAT WE MIGHT RECIEVE THE FULL RIGHTS OF SONS. BECAUSE YOU ARE SONS, GOD SENT THE SPIRIT OF HIS SON INTO OUR HEARTS, THE SPIRIT WHO CALLS OUT, "ABBA, FATHER." SO YOU ARE NO LONGER A SLAVE, BUT A SON; AND SINCE YOU ARE A SON, GOD HAS MADE YOU ALSO AN HEIR. (Gal.3:26-4:7)

THIS IS PART OF MY CONFESSION:

"MY GOD SPEAKS TO ME THROUGH THE WORD OF CHRIST, MY GOD HAS REVEALED A PATTERN FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING IN CHRIST. GOD IT IS YOUR VOICE I HEAR WHEN I SPEAK YOUR WORDS, GOD IT IS YOUR VOICE THAT'S REVEALING THIS PATTERN TO ME. THANK YOU GOD FOR BEING MY GOD.

"BUT BY THE GRACE OF GOD I AM WHAT I AM, AND GOD'S GRACE TO ME WAS NOT WITHOUT EFFECT.( 1Cor.15:10)

MAY THE GOD OF PEACE, WHO THROUGH THE BLOOD OF THE ETERNAL COVENANT BROUGHT BACK FROM THE DEAD OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, THAT GREAT SHEPHERD OF THE SHEEP, EQUIP ME WITH EVERYTHING GOOD FOR DOING GOD'S WILL, AND MAY GOD WORK IN ME WHAT IS PLEASING TO GOD, THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, TO WHOM BE GLORY FOR EVER AND EVER." AMEN! (Heb.13:20-21)

"CHRIST IS THE PATTERN FOR MY LIFE, AND GOD IS TRANSFORMING ME TO THE PATTERN. SO I SAY THANKS BE TO GOD." AMEN!