The Good Of The Father (Real ID)

 

In that day you shall know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you

Johns Account 14: 20, Concordant New Testament 

One of the hot button political issues of the day is that of the real ID.  As of May, 2025, all it is now a requirement to have a real ID for any domestic air travel.  Since I don't fly, I don't need to worry about the travel aspect, although I did upgrade my license for the government issued identity papers.  But of course, that is all they are is simply documents displaying who you are.  Or, more importantly, who the world sees you as.  For me, my real ID doesn't come from a document, but from who it is that I am assured that I am in my heart.  For this, I turn to Jesus.  For it is Jesus who has proclaimed our union life with He and the Father {Johns Account 14:20}.  Far too many believers and non-believers alike, however, continue to see themselves as a false identity.  The lie spoken by the accuser in the garden promised Eve that if she partook of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, that she would then "Be like God, knowing good and evil" {Genesis 3:1-6}.  The truth is, if real ID had been around in the days of Adam and Eve, they might have been able to see that they were indeed already like God.  For it is the Father Who has created us in His likeness {Genesis 1:27}.  It is also the Father who has breathed into His image the breath of life, creating a living soul {Genesis 2:7}.  Yet it seems that the lie spoken by the accuser is easier to proclaim than the truth of our inion in the Father.  I had a conversation with a fellow gym rat the other day, a believer, who pointed out to me that it is our sin which separates us from God.  His reference for this is from Isaiah 59:2 in the old testament.  Here, the prophet proclaims that "Your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God."  Granted, this passage is from the old testament, which predates the sacrifice of Christ on the cross.  So, one could easily be led to believe that they are indeed separated from God.  Even I fell for this line of thinking long before my eyes were opened to the truth we have in the Father.  The truth that we have never been separated from He Who created us.  

For you died, and your life is hid together with Christ in God 

Paul to the Colossians 3: 3, Concordant New Testament 

A good friend recently reminded me of how it is that the mainstream church has departed from Paul's evangel in order to preach sin management.  Of course, this was all too apparent in my conversation with my gym friend.  For instead of focusing on what Christ has accomplished, the church instead focuses on the past.  Yes, I was once a sinner, as Paul clearly states in Romans {Paul to the Romans 3:23}.  But the church conveniently seems to ignore his words in the following verse.  That we are justified by the Fathers grace, through the deliverance which is in Christ Jesus {Paul to the Romans 3:24}.  Not to sound contrite, but what are we to now consider ourselves?  Do we dwell in the past and wallow in sin?  Or do we accept what Christ has accomplished on our behalf and recognize the redeemed life which we now live?  Well, I definitely know which side of that fence I'm on.  Our one true identity does not lie in the past, but in the present life we live in God.  I have commented to a friend that our speaking to the revelation which we have received will be at odds with thousands of years of mainstream church teaching and theology.  Keep in mind, this theology is based on a religious SYSTEM which must be maintained in order to remain relevant.  All too often, this leads to people being in bondage to a particular teaching with all of its traditions and trappings.  This is exactly what Jesus called out the Pharisees of His day for {Matthews Account 23:15-33}.  To the Pharisees, tradition had replaced the true worship of God.  I have often wondered, how many modern day pastors would fall victim to Jesus' "Woe to you pastors?"  Although I have been extremely critical of the church for good reason, our identity in the Father has never been apart from Him.  It is He who gives us life {Acts of the Apostles 17:25}.  

Neither is He attended by human hands, as if requiring anything, since He Himself gives to all life and breath and all 

Acts of the Apostles 17: 25, Concordant New Testament 

~Scott~