Insights
The newsletter of Jim Bramlett
January 24, 2011
Who Really Owns the World?
Dear friends:
Who really owns the world? Is it the U.N., the New World Order, the
Illuminati, the World Bank, George Soros, or who?
The answer may surprise you.
This letter may be like the old 1950s television program, The
Millionaire, where a rich philanthropist would send his personal
emissary to deliver an anonymous check for $1 million to some
unsuspecting person. The surprised recipient was suddenly rich
beyond his or her dreams.
The essence of the plot was what they did with the money, and how it
changed them.
Riches far greater than $1 million are transmitted to you by this
letter. If you receive the message, by faith, you will be wealthy
beyond your wildest dreams, all free to you, pre-paid!
What will you do with it, and how will it change you? That is the
big question.
QUALIFICATION: Although free, there is one major
qualification for these riches. You can find it described at the
end of this message next to these seven asterisks: *******.
BACKGROUND. God previously gave dominion over the earth to
Adam. But Adam blew it by disobedience and forfeited his authority
over the earth to Satan, whom the Bible calls the “god of this world,” or
evil world system (2 Corinthians 4:4).
Many years later, God made a promise to Abraham to restore the earth to
Godly ownership, apart from man’s works or effort, but through the
phenomenon of faith. For that purpose, God called
Abram (later Abraham) out of pagan Babylon and led him into the Promised
Land, now the land of Israel. Abraham was the first Hebrew.
The Apostle Paul wrote: “The promise that he would be the heir of the
world was not to Abraham or to his seed through the law, but through the
righteousness of faith” (Romans 4:13).
The neat thing about faith is that it is an equal opportunity
opportunity. It affects every person the same. Education,
intelligence, race, wealth, or anything else neither helps nor
disqualifies a person. Also, something achieved by faith robs human
pride of a basis for boasting and gives all the credit to God.
Now it gets down to you! Paul also wrote, “Now to Abraham
and his Seed were the promises made. He does not say, ‘And to seeds,’ as
of many, but as of one, ‘And to your Seed, who is Christ (Galatians
3:16)…. if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs
according to the promise” (v 29).
Repeat: “If you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed,
and heirs according to the promise”
“The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are
children of God, and if children, then heirs -- heirs of God and joint
heirs with Christ” (Romans 8:16-17).
LEGAL OWNERSHIP. We know that God is sovereign and owns
everything. As the old hymn says, “This is my Father’s
world.” But we also know that because He is a righteous judge, in
His governing God establishes legal rights and honors those rights.
He honored Adam’s ownership until Adam legally gave it up to Satan.
Then through Abraham, God made a promise (covenant) to restore it all
back, not based on faulty human effort, but through faith.
He restored it back through “His Son, whom He has appointed heir of
all things (Williams translation: ’the lawful owner of everything’),
through whom also He made the worlds” (Hebrews 1:1-2).
Sleeping Abraham! This is fascinating: To make sure that
Abraham’s faulty human nature did not mess up God’s plan, He actually put
Abraham to sleep and immobilized him while He established a blood
covenant with Abraham and his seed (Christ, and those in Him). (See
fascinating process at Genesis 15:12).
So much for human effort!
We know “no one is justified by the law in the sight of God is evident,
for ‘the just shall live by faith.’” (Galatians 3:11).
QUESTION: So, who owns the world?
ANSWER:
1. Christ, who is “heir of all things,” (Williams: “the lawful
owner of everything”).
2. Also, those who are “joint heirs” with Christ; that is, those
who are “in Him,” by faith. “If you are Christ’s, then you are
Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise”
CONFIRMATION: Would you like confirmation of your ownership
of the world, even a title deed? Here it is, in the Amplified
Bible: “Now faith is the assurance (the confirmation, the title
deed) of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of things [we] do
not see and the conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real
fact what is not revealed to the senses].” (Hebrews 11:1). Faith is
your “title deed.”
Jesus also confirmed this, saying, “Do not fear, little flock, for it is
your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom” (Luke 12:32).
Abraham’s blessing is ours! “Christ has redeemed us from the
curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written,
‘Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree’), that the blessing of Abraham
might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus…” (Galatians 3:13-14).
The blessing of Abraham is not just for the afterlife, in the sweet by
and bye, but also in this life. God blessed Abraham with great
wealth, and he lived a long and prosperous life.
Condolences to those who have been teaching that God wants us poor
and does not want us to prosper, a false idea soundly disproved
throughout the Scriptures, such as the above and in 3 John 2: “Beloved, I
pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your
soul prospers.” Psalm 112:3 says of God: “Wealth and riches are in
his house,” and the Lord’s prayer says, “Thy will be done on earth as it
is in heaven.”
MYSTERY QUESTIONS:
1. If Jesus and His followers own the whole world, why is the world still
so messed up and full of evil? ANSWER: While his legal
right to the world was stripped from him at the cross, Satan is allowed
to run loose for a while until God’s plan for the world is complete,
allowing man’s free will to remain in effect, able to choose between God
and eternal life with Him, or Satan and a godless eternity.
2. When will our ownership be fully manifested and
consummated? Short range: By speaking and releasing God’s Word into
situations and allowing God’s love to flow through us, we as joint heirs
can manifest Satan’s defeat and spread God’s Kingdom, now, on a daily
basis, as we confront specific problems and challenges in life that may
arise. Long range: When Jesus returns, which may be very
soon.
”For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the
revealing of the sons of God…. the creation itself also will be delivered
from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children
of God. For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth
pangs together until now” (Romans 8:19-22).
Now back to our original question posed at the beginning of this
message: Who really owns the world?
Is it you? What does God say?
Do you believe?
Jim
******* QUALIFICATION: All you have to do to qualify to be a
joint-owner of the world is to be a born-again child of God, having
received Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. For the Scripture
says to “as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become
children of God, to those who believe in His name” (John 1:12,
NKJV). You can receive Him right now with this prayer: “Lord Jesus,
I believe that you are the Son of God, that you died for my sins, and
that you rose from the dead. I receive you into my heart now as my
Lord and Savior. Amen.”
The Bible is clear that the qualification for these riches is attained
only by faith and not by anything we do (Ephesians 2:8-9).
That is why it is free. We could never earn it. “The blessing
of the Lord makes one rich, and He adds no sorrow (or toil) with it”
(Proverbs 10:22, NKJV).
This is good news! For more information about this good news, go to
http://www.choicesforliving.com/spirit/part1/part1.htm
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