Let This Mind Be In You | Ep. 158

Prepare for a profound shift in how you perceive Scripture as this teaching unveils a remarkable revelation: what if many Psalms and prophetic writings aren't merely predicting Christ, but revealing His actual thoughts and prayers during His earthly ministry?

The central revelation emerges when examining passages like Psalm 22 ("My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?") and Psalm 119's declarations of love for God's Word. These aren't simply David's experiences or prophetic glimpses into the future, but windows into Christ's very soul—His meditations, struggles, and devotion as He walked the earth as fully human, dependent upon the Spirit of God.

"Let this mind be in you that was also in Christ Jesus" becomes the refrain throughout this teaching. Jesus, as the Son of Man rather than merely exercising His divinity, demonstrated how to live in complete alignment with God's Word. He treasured Scripture, found it to be as "sweet as honey," and committed Himself to fulfilling it regardless of the cost. This revelation transforms Jesus from an unreachable divine being into our prototype—the blueprint that shows us how we too can walk as sons and daughters of God.

The message concludes with a sobering reminder that true discipleship requires counting the cost, being willing—like Abraham with Isaac or the man who sold everything for the pearl of great price—to sacrifice what is most precious to gain what is most valuable. Are you ready to have the mind of Christ?

Chapters

• 0:00 Divine Vision of Blood Cells
• 0:31 The Lord's Touch for Hurting Hearts
• 2:22 The Path of Repentance
• 6:36 Let This Mind Be In You
• 12:01 The Man Jesus Christ
• 17:58 Christ's Heart Revealed Through Scripture
• 34:05 God's Word as Jesus' Meditation
• 44:13 The Cost of Discipleship
• 51:46 Podcast Closing and Call to Action

Transcript

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The vision received was that of blood cells traveling throughout the body, supplying the much needed oxygen and other nutrients to the differing members of the body to fulfill their purpose. Once the blood cells are spent, they must return back to the heart to be refilled before being sent out again and fulfill their purpose and fulfill their purpose. This day wasn't particularly planned the way that it turned out. I knew before, and I've just come to remember now, how the Lord is mindful of the feelings, of the wounds, of the hurts of his saints, and normally fellowship doesn't go in this fashion. But obviously there's a need for the touch of God to come upon the hearts of people that are hurting, that are wounded, not so much because of God did something evil to them, but just because of the loss. There are soul ties that are formed when you have relationships with others, and some soul ties are negative. Some of the soul ties are very, very positive, and the soul tie that Marta established with many of us was deep, and so the pain is deep, and I wish your sister was here today, because the Lord had something on my heart to tell her, so I would have to delay that. It would have to be for another day. She should be here soon. Oh really, she took the obituary out. Oh, okay, or one, it was some kind of At work. Nevertheless, I've got a message and I hope it comes out right, because I feel like Bishop Harris, he doesn't actually write it, he just copies and pastes a bunch of scriptures together and when he gives it it's then delivered spontaneously. So I hope it's in order and I hope that you understand what the Lord has in store for you, what the word of God is for you today. I guess, in honor of Mamarta even though the message is not on this, it'll start with this I think one of her favorite words, a word that she came to embrace fully, wholeheartedly, is repentance.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 2:57

In Psalm 119, very long chapter of 170-something verses, in verse 9, there's a word that starts off. If you read 119, it's sectioned off, and before it's sectioned off there's a word that's given to sort of describe those next set of verses, and this verse starts with the word Beth, and this section of verses has to do with purity is the fruit of the law, and Psalm 119 says Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? How is a young man going to clean up his life? How is he going to clean up his direction and his way by taking heed according to thy word. No man can cleanse his way lest he conform his life to the word. It says in 2 Timothy as a definition kind of repentance.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 4:03

Paul wasn't kind of defining repentance, but in the way that he said it he is defining it. He says in meekness, Timothy, instruct those that oppose themselves If God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth. And an element, a critical element of repentance is that repentance must acknowledge the truth. It must acknowledge that the way that they're walking is wrong, because he has something to compare it to and the truth that he compares it to makes him realize that my waywardness is crooked and I must get straight. But it doesn't get straight unless I conform it according to his word.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 4:51

He continues on in 2 Timothy, actually a couple of verses before that, and he says if a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel of honor. There is a requirement, there is a responsibility that is placed upon man that he must purge himself of things to make himself a vessel of honor, to make himself sanctified, something useful to the master, something prepared for every good work that he is called unto. And just in case you miss it, it says flee youthful lusts. It says follow after righteousness, faith, charity, peace with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart. Follow these things with the brethren who call upon the Lord with a pure heart. It's not just alone, but there is a responsibility that only you can handle, that only you can take on yourself. You must purge yourself In order to straighten your way. You must conform your life according to thy word. It is the only way to cleanse your way.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 6:04

And Peter, another apostle, not Paul, said this seeing ye have purified your souls, you purified your souls in obeying the truth. Obeying the truth is how you conform your life to his word. Obeying the truth through the Spirit. It says in 1 Peter 1, 22. And although I've started it with repentance, my message is let this mind be in you. That was also in Christ Jesus. It says in Philippians 2, 5-13,.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 6:47

I'm only going to highlight a few things and you can write down the scriptures and it'll be up here and you can read it for yourself at a later time, but he begins with this Let this mind be in you. He is writing to the Philippians. They are the church that Paul himself had established in the gospel of the kingdom. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God. God, excuse me, Paul knew that Jesus, this man, this person that he had come to know by the Spirit, by revelation, was equal with God. But in knowing that he was God manifested in the flesh, he didn't think it was robbery to be equal with God, but he made himself.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 7:40

This man, who was God, which is the mystery of Godliness, made himself of no reputation even though he was God. He took upon himself the form of a servant, even though he was God. He was made in the likeness of men, even though he was God. He humbled himself even though he was God. He humbled himself even though he was God, and he became obedient unto death. This is a man. This is a man that is an example unto us of how we are to walk out our life.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 8:24

And in order for you to understand that the scriptures must be opened unto you. I'm going to share them. Whether you receive them and have them opened unto you, I have no idea. I'm only here to deliver the message. But Jesus open ups the eyes of those who are hungering and thirsting after him. He makes them understand the things that the prophets of those who are hungering and thirsting after him. He makes them understand the things that the prophets of old diligently sought into and still did not understand themselves, even though they gave the prophetic word. He is able to open up the blind eyes not just physically but, more important, spiritually. He says in verse 12, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but much more in my absence. Work out, work it out, your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God that worketh in you, both to will, to will, to want to desire and to do, to give you the power to actually do his good pleasure, to actually do the things. That puts a smile on his face and where he says in his heart well done. Well done, my good and faithful servant. Well done, my good and faithful servant.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 9:45

You see, some of us think that this man, Jesus Christ, was so much God that we cannot relate to him, that we can't understand how he was able to relate to us. But I tell you that the scriptures do declare from Paul and to Peter, in Acts 2.22, when he's preaching the gospel for the first time under the unction of the Holy Ghost, he says you, men of Israel, hear these words Jesus of Nazareth a man. He didn't say Jesus Nazareth God, no, Jesus Nazareth a man. Consider that he was a man and yes, he was approved by God and yes, he did miracles among you with signs and wonders, and which God did. Hello, God did by him, by this man. He, God did these miracles in the midst of you, as you yourselves know, paul says in 1 Timothy for there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man, Christ Jesus.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 10:54

It says in Hebrews, because there's this progressive revelation that is trying to come forth. So if you have your eyes open, you will see, and if you don't have your eyes open, you're going to see carnally and it's going to mess you up. You're not going to get it. You're not going to understand what is at our fingertips. When we were born again, and some of us are, and some of us have not yet been born again. So listen to these words and see the hope of the calling that you have before you, because it says in Hebrews, chapter 2, verse 14,.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 11:27

For as much then, as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself, likewise, took part in the same. He also became flesh and blood. He was a man like you are a man where you sweat and you toil and you have to go to the bathroom and you have to eat and you have to hunger and you have to thirst. This man suffered all of these things because he was a man just like us In every way. Just like us, it says and it continues. He didn't take on the form or the nature of angels, but he took on him the seed of Abraham. He was a man, it says, in all things. He was made like unto his brethren Repeat after me all things. He was made like unto his brethren Repeat after me All things. He had eyes, he had two ears, he had two nostrils. He tasted, he thirsted, he hungered, he sweated, he struggled, just like you and I, because he was a man albeit God, manifested in the flesh. But you must understand, you must get the revelation. He was a man, and if you can get that revelation and then realize all that he accomplished, you would realize, oh my God, what I can do through you. And he did this because he had to be a reconciliation for the sins of the people.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 13:16

There are many Old Testament scriptures that are prophetic, and what I mean by prophetic? That they sort of speak in their present day. They speak as to a future to come, of something to come to pass, or they speak of, about a person or about a place, that something is going to happen. And I want to show you today that there are some scriptures that just don't predict the future. They actually reveal the heart of God. Well, I don't think we see that. So hopefully, by the end of this I will be able to show this to you.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 13:58

In Isaiah 49, we'll start with the prophet Isaiah. Many prophecies of the Messiah came through the prophet Isaiah, but in 49:2, he says and you read these passages and you think, oh, he's talking about himself, he's talking about what God did with him or to him. And Isaiah says, 49:2, he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword. In the shadow of his hand hath he hid me and he made me a polished shaft In his quiver. He hath hid me and you think, wow, he did something interesting with Isaiah. But that's natural carnal understanding. You have yet to have the scriptures open unto you. If that's all that you see, so let me give you another one.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 14:44

Isaiah, chapter 50, verse 4 through 7. And you think it's Isaiah speaking, and it most certainly is Isaiah speaking, it most certainly is the Spirit of God speaking through the prophet. And he says the Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned. Okay, that's cool, Isaiah, that I should know how to speak a word and season to him. That is weary. Wow, that's nice. He wakeneth morning by morning he awakens me. He wakened in my ear to hear, as the learned, the Lord God has opened my ear and I was not rebellious and neither turned my way back. And you're thinking all this time wow, isaiah, that's cool. You hear the Lord, he's opening up your ears. That's awesome.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 15:28

But then, verse 6, it says I gave my back to the smiters and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair, something happened, and maybe it happened before this point and you just haven't had it revealed to you. It says, I hidden out my face from shame and from spitting For the Lord. God will help me. Therefore, shall I not be confounded? Therefore, I have set my face like a flint and I know that I shall not be ashamed.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 15:59

Prophetic words are not simply trying to predict something in the future. Consider that this passage here is an example of you, of God sharing his heart through the prophet of something that He Himself experienced when In the days of his flesh. Consider that these are not simply the words of Isaiah, but these are the words of that man, Jesus Christ... because we've heard many times before how, in 1 Peter 1.11, it says they're definitely prophetic. It was the Spirit of Christ and the glory that should follow. They're definitely prophetic. It was the Spirit of Christ on the prophets, giving stuff that was going to take place, revealing how Jesus was going to die a sinner's death, but the glory that was to follow afterward, how he would be raised up, how he would be placed and seated at the right hand of the Father in glory and majesty and power, seated high above, in principality, over principalities and powers and rulers of the darkness, of wicked spirits in high places. Yes, it was the Spirit of Christ.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 17:23

Turn to Psalm 22, because it's more than just predicting what he was going to do in the future. It's more intimate, what the Spirit of Christ was revealing through the prophets of old. Consider Psalm 22. Verse 1 says my God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? And who's writing this? David. And so you think David. David going through a troubling time in his life and he's saying my God, my God, why has that forsaken me? And I'm not saying David didn't experience this. I'm not saying that he didn't write these words. What I am saying is isn't that what this man said on the cross? Was that not his very words? It's almost as if the Spirit of Christ wanted to reveal to man, through the prophets of old, exactly what he was, not what he would do, not just what he would do, but what he was thinking, what he was meditating on, what was going through his heart as these things were taking place. And all of a sudden, it was injected into the Spirit of David and as he spoke forth, what were his own words, not realizing they were actually the Spirit of the man, Jesus Christ speaking through him.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 19:04

Read these words oh, my God, I cry in the daytime but you don't hear me in the night season, and I'm not silent. But thou art holy. Thou inhabitest the praises of Israel. Our fathers trusted in thee. They trusted and thou didst deliver them. They cried unto thee and were delivered. They trusted in thee and were not confounded. And yeah, it's easy and safe to say it was David.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 19:31

Consider these were the thoughts of the man, Jesus Christ, in the days of his flesh. What was he thinking? How was he building himself up? How was he strengthening himself up in the word to complete what he was called for? It says in verse 8, he trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him. Let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him. Is that just David?

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 20:02

Consider, consider, as it says. But thou art he that took me out of the womb. Thou didst make me hope. When I was upon my mother's breast, I was cast upon thee from the womb. Consider, as it says. Are these not what we consider messianic prophecies? Think in verse 14.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 20:28

Is this the thoughts of the man as he was on the cross? It says I am poured out like water. All my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax. It is melted in the midst of my bowels. My strength is dried up like a potsherd and my tongue cleave it to my jaws. And thou has brought me into the dust of death. And the dogs have encompassed me about the assembly of the wicked, have enclosed me. They pierced my hands and my feet. That's not David.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 20:57

David did not have his hands pierced, did not have his side pierced, but the Spirit of Christ of this man came through David to reveal to us what was he thinking, what was he struggling with. He intimately, intimately, knows how we feel. He intimately understands. He's showing you his thoughts as he was on the cross, because it doesn't record that he said anything much out loud Beside my God, my God, why is thou forsaken me Beside Father? Forgive them, for they know not what they do.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 21:31

You don't hear of anything else, but here you're seeing messianic prophecies that are revealing to you his own heart. It says they part my garments among them and cast lots upon my vesture. He saw that. He saw what they were doing Because they were right next door. They took his garments and they were casting lots, as it was recorded. He saw that and he's crying out to his God. My God, they're parting my garments, they're casting lots. You have a revelation into the heart of the man, Jesus Christ. And he says in verse 19,. But be not thou far from me, o Lord. My strength, haste thee to help me.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 22:18

That man was crying out to God. Right there are his words. Right there are his own prayers to his God. Let this mind be in you. That was also in Christ Jesus. It says deliver my soul from the sword, my darling from the power of the dog.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 22:40

Verse 22,. I will declare thy name unto my brethren. Is that not what he did? All throughout the four gospels that are recorded, I declared my name among them in John 17. That are recorded. I declare my name among them in John 17. As he prayed, I declare your name among them, in the midst of my disciples. Deliver my soul, ye that fear the Lord. Praise him all. Ye seed of Jacob. Glorify him and fear him all. Ye seed of Israel. For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted. Neither hath he hid his face from them when he heard. But when he cried unto him, he heard this man, jesus, was crying out to his God and he knew that his God was going to hear him.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 23:28

Psalm 119 is a big chapter and I'm not going to hear him. Psalm 119 is a big chapter and I'm not going to go over everything, but I'm going to highlight for you and I'm going to ask you to consider that these were not just simply David's words. I want you to right now consider, as I just highlight some scriptures to you. We're going to start in Psalm 119, verse 89.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 23:47

Consider this was the heart of God, this was heart of the man, Jesus Christ. And he is not just speaking through David for David's sake, he's speaking through David for all of our sake. Let this mind be in you. That was also in the man, Christ Jesus. The word is lamed, and this portion of the scriptures is describing God's unchangeable law. He says Thy word is settled in heaven, o Lord. They continue this day according to thine ordinance, for all are thy servants. I will not listen. Let this mind be in you. That was also in Christ Jesus. For he says I will not forget thy precepts, for with them thou hast quickened me. With your precepts you've made me alive. I am thine. Save me, for I sought thy precepts. Let this mind be in you that you seek the precepts of the Lord. The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me, but I will consider thy testimony, even though my enemies surround me about. I will consider while I'm hanging on the cross, that your testimonies are true. Your testimonies are sure. You are forever faithful and I will commit my soul unto you, even into this death, for I know that you have never failed your saints.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 25:14

The next section is mem. It describes a lover of God's law. It says oh, how I love thy law. It is my meditation all the day. Consider this is not David's words. Consider, this is the man, Jesus Christ, speaking through David. I love your law. I meditate on it, that through thy commandments, you've made me wiser than mine enemies. They are ever with me. I have more understanding than all of my teachers for thy testimonies on my meditation.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 25:44

We don't know much about Jesus' life, but we know that at 12 years old he was confounding the Pharisees in the temple. Consider that those were the words of the man when he was confounding the Pharisees and within himself he was like saying oh my God, your testimonies have made me wiser. Your commandments have made me wiser than all of these ancients, these elders. What was it that made him wiser? Your commandments have made me wiser than all of these ancients, these elders. What was it that made him wiser? Let this mind be in you that he kept his commandments. Consider that God's law is not just the law, the 10 commandments. Consider that God's law is the word of God.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 26:27

When you read this, consider that that's the word of God. I held on to your word, o God. I held on and I kept your word, o God, and it's made me smarter than all of them. And this is not in pride. This is things that he's thinking within himself. He says I understand more than the ancients. I keep thy precepts, and we know that he did, for there was no sin found in him. I have refrained, I have refrained my feet from every evil way that I might keep thy word. Let this mind be in you. That was in Christ Jesus. I have not departed from thy judgments, for thou hast taught me. Jesus said in John that as my father hath taught me, so I do. He said that himself. Is he so distant that this man, Jesus Christ, did everything as God? Well, I can't do that. It was God, of course God did that.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 27:32

This was a man dependent upon God, and here is his heart, revealing to you what was so important to him. What did he love? He loved his word. He loved his word and no matter what, he was going to keep his word. And no matter what he was going to keep his word. How does a man cleanse his way? Heed according to his word. He says how sweet are your words? Unto my taste, they are honey to my mouth. He loved his word. Do we get into the word and say how sweet are your words? Unto my taste, they are honey to my mouth. He loved his word. Do we get into the word and say, oh gosh, I've got to read this chapter so I can say I read the chapter? Or are we going to him in a sanctified holiness of heart and say God, I want to hear from you, open my eyes to your scriptures, allow me to love your word. I desire to keep your word because for the born again man, it is him that worketh for you to will, to want, to desire and then to do.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 28:47

The next section of verses is Nun in its. God's law is a lamp and a light. It says thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path. I am afflicted very much. Quicken me, o Lord, according unto thy word Also, this man began to have an understanding. I am fulfilling the word of God. My life is fulfilling the word of God. Quicken me what, according to thy word, he says teach me thy judgment. Have this mind in you that was also in Christ Jesus. To ask him to teach you, he humbled himself to become obedient, even unto death. Listen to what he says. I don't forget your law. Yet do I not forget thy law? In verse 109. In verse 111. Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage forever, for they are rejoicing of my heart. It said in verse 110. The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I have not erred from thy precepts. Listen to verse 112. I have inclined my heart. Let this mind be in you. That was also in the man Christ Jesus. I inclined my heart to perform thy statutes. I committed my ways to perform your word because I've gotten a revelation. You opened up my ears and I understand that I am here to fulfill your word. That is my purpose in life to fulfill your word.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 30:35

In Semech, verse 113,. God's law is my hiding place. I hate vain thoughts, but thy law do I love. I hope in thy word. I will keep the commandments of my God, uphold me according unto thy word that I may live, and let me not be ashamed of my hope. Hold thou me up and I shall be safe, and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually. This is the heart of that man Just pouring himself out to his God, and you have a glimpse so that you have an example to follow. He says therefore I love thy testimonies, I love them.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 31:22

The next section, verse 121, I mean I titled it the son of man, or the son of God loves God's laws. He says I have done judgment and justice. Leave me not to mine oppressors. This man is saying I've held fast to your word. Don't let me be in the hands of those that oppress me, those that will afflict me. I opened my mouth, I panted, for I longed for thy commandments. Order my steps in thy word. He understands I am here to fulfill your word and let not any iniquity have domin. Fulfill your word and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. And he was faithful because no iniquity had dominion over him. So I will keep thy precepts. Make thy face to shine upon thy servant and teach me thy statutes.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 32:13

In the next section, god's law is truth. Zadi Thy testimony. See, he was on the cross thinking about his testimony. He says Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful. He put his hope in God. He put his hope in his word. He read these things for himself. Lord opened up his eyes, his ears to receive them and he held fast to them. They were his hope. He says thy word is very pure. Therefore thy servant loveth it. Yet thy commandments are my delight. I delight in your commandments. Let this mind be in you. That was also in the man, christ Jesus.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 33:02

And the next section is a cry of salvation. Cough, oh Lord, I will keep thy statutes, it says. I cried with my whole heart. Hear me, I hope in thy word. Quicken me according to thy judgment, according to thy word, all thy commandments are truth. Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou has founded them forever. He realizes his word is established forever. He has no consideration whatsoever to do anything contrary to his word because he recognizes his word is already established.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 33:48

The next section is keeping God's law in adversity. He says deliver me, for I do not forget thy law. Be faithful to me, lord, I have kept thy word and deliver me, quicken me according. Forget thy law. Be faithful to me, lord. I have kept thy word and deliver me. Quicken me according to thy word. Quicken me according to thy statutes. Do I not decline from thy testimonies. Consider how I love thy precept. Quicken me, o Lord, according to thy loving kindness. Thy word is true from the beginning and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth forever and there is peace in keeping God's law.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 34:26

My heart standeth in awe at thy word. How about you? Let that mind be in you, because in the man, christ Jesus, he was in awe of his word. My heart stand was in awe of his word. My heart standeth in awe. But thy law do I love. Great peace have they which love thy law, and nothing, nothing shall offend them. I hoped in thy salvation and done thy commandments. My soul hath kept thy testimonies. I love them exceedingly. I have kept. My soul hath kept thy testimonies. I love them exceedingly. I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies, and the last section. There is peace for understanding. He says let my supplication come before thee. Deliver me according to thy word. My tongue shall speak of thy word, for all thy commandments are righteous. I have chosen thy precepts and thy law is my delight.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 35:24

Consider when you read Psalm 19,. To have that mind be in you. He read the scriptures. He only had the Old Testament scriptures and they were made alive to him. They were opened unto him. He realized I am here to fulfill his word. And later on he then opened the scriptures. He opened the scriptures to who? The disciples, because they did not understand that all the things that were spoken of through the prophets needed to be fulfilled.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 36:00

Think about Psalm 111.10. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. A good understanding have all they that do His commandments. Consider in Proverbs the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. Fearing the Lord is to depart from evil. It also says in Proverbs Fear of the Lord, men will depart from evil. This man, jesus Christ, had a fear of the Lord and he departed from evil because he inclined his heart toward loving his law and keeping it. Consider Psalm 86, 11 through 17. Consider that these are not the words of David himself or whatever the psalmist was, but consider that the spirit of Christ injected himself through these words, For it says teach me thy way, o Lord. I will walk in thy truth. Unite my heart to fear thy name.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 37:07

I believe these scriptures are opening up the very prayers of this man, the very prayers of this man unto his God, for great is thy mercy toward me. Thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell. O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of the violent men have sought after my soul and have not set thee before thee. But thou, o Lord, art a God full of compassion and gracious, longsuffering and plenteous in mercy and truth. Turn unto me, have mercy upon me, give thy strength unto thy servant.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 37:44

Can you imagine if that was his prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane, when the disciples were sleeping and he ended up saying, not my will but thine be done? There was no doubt that that man needed strength. He was grievous almost unto death on the Garden of Gethsemane that night, and here is this man crying out Shew me a token for good. It says in verse 17 that they which hate me may see it. Did not Jesus become a token and a sign unto everyone when he hung on that cross lifted up upon the earth? Because thou, o Lord, has hope in me and comforted me? So I say here our life must conform to His Word. It must, it must conform to His Word.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 38:46

There are prophecies that speak of His destiny In Isaiah 11, there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse and a branch shall grow out of his roots, and the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, of counsel and might. These are all prophetic of what was going to be upon this man, but all the other scriptures are the heart of that man Revealed unto us. He says in Isaiah 42, behold my servant, whom I uphold. God is responding. I uphold my servant, mine elect. My soul delights in him. I have put my spirit upon him. He shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles and he shall not cry nor lift up or nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.

j - Jesus M. Ruiz: 39:34

Jesus was the fulfillment of this word. Thus said the Lord God, that he created the heavens and stretched them out, that he spread forth the earth which cometh out of it. He that giveth breath unto the people upon it and spirit to them that walk therein. I, the Lord, have called thee in righteousness and I will hold thine hand and will keep thee and give thee for a covenant for the people. He's responding to that man's cry and giving him a promise of his word. I will uphold thee, I will keep thee, I will not fail thee. You will be a covenant unto the people, a light unto the Gentiles To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison and them that sit in the darkness.

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And isn't that the same scripture in Isaiah 61, that Jesus himself read in the temple when he began his ministry? The Spirit of Lord God, is upon me, because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and the opening of the prison to them that are bound. Is that not the words he spoke in the temple? And he said this day it is fulfilled. He's constantly fulfilling God's word, and he does it on purpose. He's willing to do that, to commit his life, to sacrifice his will, to do that which pleases the Lord.

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Consider, in Psalm 16, verse 8, that these are the cries of the man Jesus Christ. He said I have set the Lord always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. You think? Well, that's just David. Therefore, my heart is glad and my glory rejoices. My flesh shall also rest in hope, for thou will not leave my soul in hell. Neither will thou suffer thine Holy One, to see corruption. Thou will show me the path of life. In thy presence is fullness of joy. At thy right hand, there are pleasures forevermore. Poetically beautiful words of David. And if that's all we see, then we are seeing it carnally.

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For even Peter had the revelation. For he says on the day of Pentecost, in Acts 2, verse 25. He says hey, David spoke. Concerning this man, Jesus, who I am preaching to you of. He said I foresaw the Lord always before my face. He's quoting Isaiah. He says for he is on my right hand and I shall not be moved, excuse me. He's quoting David in the Psalms. He says, therefore, did my heart rejoice and my tongue was glad. Moreover, also my flesh shall rest in hope, because thou will not leave my soul in hell. Neither will thou suffer, thine Holy One, to see corruption. Thou hast made me known to me the ways of life. Thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance, and he stops. He says hey, david spoke of this, and we thought it was David. But men and brethren, he says let me tell you our patriarch David, he's dead. How does that apply to him Because he's dead, he's buried, he's in that sepulcher, over there in the kings, with the rest of the kings.

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Therefore, being a prophet, he says, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the prophet, he says, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on the throne. That word was for Christ, that word was for that man, so that he would understand. Oh my God, you're calling me to this. Not my will, lord, but thine be done. So be it, because I have your word. You will raise me up, you will not let me see corruption, you will not let the enemy have the final say.

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Even Peter had the revelation. The scriptures were open to him. It says he, seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell. Neither did his flesh see corruption. This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we are all witnesses. So what was his purpose here, he said? In Matthew 26, jesus said how, then, shall the scriptures be fulfilled? That thus it must be. In that same hour, said Jesus to the multitudes are you come out against a thief with swords and stays for you to take me? I sat daily with you in the swords and stays for you to take me. I sat daily with you in the temple and he laid hold, not upon me, but all this was done that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. It's all according to his word, and if you want to be contrary to His Word, then he's also got a word for that too. It says in Luke 24, 27,.

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When Jesus was speaking to His prophets, they described Him as and Jesus, from the beginning of Moses and through all the prophets, expounded unto them in all the scriptures, the things concerning Himself. There are a whole lot of scriptures out there through the prophets that are actually concerning Christ, and I just read a bulk of them to you to give you the idea. Maybe it'll open up the crease of revelation for you to realize what you have at your fingertips if you receive the revelation. And they said to one another, as they were walking through the Emmaus Road did not a heart burn within us while he talked with us? By the way, while he opened unto us the scriptures, did not the man Jesus, through the other prophetic words he opened up my ears to hear.

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He said in Luke 24, these are the words which I spake unto you while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled that were written in the law of Moses, in the prophets and in the Psalms. Concerning me, that was me he's saying that was about me, but it was also me speaking through them. Paul said to the Corinthians I delivered unto you first of all, which I also received, how Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures, and that he rose again on the third day, according to the scriptures. Consider Psalm 40. Let this mind be in you. That was also in Christ.

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Jesus Then said I lo, I come in the volume of the book. It is written of me. I delight to do thy will, oh my God, yea, thy law is within my heart. This is a glimpse of this man and how he loved the Lord. He delighted to do his will, even unto death. I have preached righteousness in the congregation, lo, I have not refrained my lips, o Lord, thou knowest, I have not hid Thy righteousness within my heart. I declared it. I declared Thy faithfulness and Thy salvation. I have not concealed Thy loving kindness and Thy truth from the great congregation. Don't withhold from me Thy tender mercies, o Lord. Let Thy loving kindness and Thy truth continually preserve me.

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If this man was capable of doing these things as a man, he was the son of man. He was the son of God. Does he not call us the son of man? Did he not call Ezekiel? He never called Ezekiel Ezekiel. Every time he spoke to Ezekiel he said son of man, son of man, all throughout the chapter. Son of man, prophetic. Does he not call us they that are led by the Spirit are the sons of God? He was the blueprint, the prototype. He blazed the trail that we are to follow if we conform our life according to his word.

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And it is no easy, simple sacrifice. For he says if any man come to me and hate not his father and his mother and his wife and his children and his brothers and his sisters, yea, even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. He cannot. And whosoever doth not bear his cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. So, likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple. Don't put aside those words. They carry great weight and gravity. You can't just say well, I'm just going to give you a part of this, but not, don't touch this. He's all or nothing.

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Whether you like it or not, whether you think it's fair or not, he wants all of your heart and the man, Jesus Christ, was willing to give all of him for the service of his God. Which of you intended to build a tower? Doesn't sit down first and counts the cost. You want to be a disciple of Christ? You want to call yourself a real and true Christian? Count the cost, because it's going to take every ounce of your life, of your heart, of what's important to you. You have to be willing. Hear what I'm saying. You have to be willing to sacrifice it all in order to have Him.

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It says in a parable or in a story that a man found a pearl of great price in a land and he put it back in the land and then he sold everything that he had so he can have that land, and by having that land, he then has the pearl of great price. You have to be willing to sell it all. Abraham had a promise His son Isaac, and he had to be willing to sacrifice the promised son. And then he found out the Lord himself will provide the sacrifice, but he had to be willing. You must be willing to sacrifice what is so had to be willing. You must be willing to sacrifice what is so important to you, to have what's more important than anything else in this life. That is the word of the Lord for today. Consider the words and let this mind be in you. That was also in the man, christ Jesus.

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