The past 6 months have been like a whirlwind!  The Spirit has been moving in tremendous ways!

As you may know, my worldly skill set revolves around web based technology, sales and marketing for the past two decades.  Over the last 2-3 years though, there seemed to be a conflict going on about how I was applying that skill set in my life.  Through hindsight, it became clear that God intended me to have these gifts to further His Kingdom here on Earth, not just to make money and have fun.  ;0)

When we start uncovering and using our talents, it’s real easy to forget who gave them to us.  I was in just such a boat!  I’m sure a lot of people can relate to this and I pray you lean hard on your Heavenly Father for the answer, just as I did and the Word declares, in prayer and meditation.

So I set off in prayer and meditation to find out what, or rather HOW, God wanted me to use the talents He gave me.  As I began to communicate more with God on the matter, He brought me closer to a man I’ve been working with, Michael Eilermann, on Atlanta Christians in Business Network (ACIBN) for over 7 years.   As we joined in prayer and meditation, it became clear that we were being asked to transition the refined concept of ACIBN into a full blown website that would bring the body of Christ together not just in person, but virtually as well.

Enter G6ten (Galatians 6:10) The Body of Christ Online!

God had given us the name G6ten to play with and meditate on for nearly a year; and then something really awesome happened… this February (2010), God straight up lit the fire under me to get me moving on this website.  It wasn’t like a dad saying, “hey son, go do this please.”,  it was more like, “do this, NOW!”

After just 2 months of focused planning and development, I launched the first release of the G6ten website.  Since then (April 1 2010), God has been bringing the concepts for upgrades and enhancement and I’ve been rolling them out as quickly as possible.  The last set of upgrades were rolled out last night (May 18, 2010).

G6ten is a website for Christians to work together as One Body in Christ, regardless of their gender, race, creed, culture, denomination, and this summer, language.  Non believers will be able to come and see the body of Christ in action and become “virtually grafted” into the vine, because there is only one doctrine G6ten promotes and that’s Christ!  Guest Members to have Free Access for life.

So, in conclusion, if you are a Christian, join G6ten and start interacting with the Body Online, it’s free.  Additional features are simply unlocked when you upgrade.

I give God the thanks and praise for every single ounce of idea and action that resulted in this wonderful opportunity for the Body of Christ to come together online and off.

This was a message circulated through one of the many wonderful internet groups with which I associate. I have posted it for your edification in the Spirit of our Lord, Jesus Christ. It was an original work written by G. D. Watson (1845-1924).

If God has called you to be really like Jesus, He will draw you to a life of crucifixion and humility, and put upon you such demands of obedience, that you will not be able to follow other people, or measure yourself by other Christians, and in many ways He will seem to let other good people do things which He will not let you do.

“Other Christians and ministers who seem very religious and useful may push themselves, pull wires, and work schemes to carry out their plans, but you cannot do it; and if you attempt it, you will meet with such failure and rebuke from the Lord as to make you sorely penitent.

“Others may boast of themselves, of their work, of their success, of their writings, but the Holy Spirit will not allow you to do any such thing, and if you begin it, He will lead you into some deep mortification that will make you despise yourself and all your good works.

“Others may be allowed to succeed in making money, or may have a legacy left to them, but it is likely God will keep you poor, because He wants you to have something far better than gold, namely, a helpless dependence on Him, that He may have the privilege of supplying your needs day by day out of an unseen treasury.

“The Lord may let others be honored and put forward, and keep you hidden in obscurity, because He wants you to produce some choice, fragrant fruit for His coming glory, which can only be produced in the shade. He may let others be great, but keep you small.

“He may let others do a work for Him and get the credit of it, but He will make you work and toil on without knowing how much you are doing; and then to make your work still more precious, He may let others get the credit for the work which you have done, and thus make your reward ten times greater when Jesus comes.

“The Holy Spirit will put a strict watch over you, with a jealous love, and will rebuke you for little words and feelings, or for wasting your time, which other Christians never seem distressed over. So make up your mind that God is an infinite Sovereign, and has a right to do as He pleases with His own.

“He may not explain to you a thousand things which puzzle your reason in His dealings with you. But if you absolutely sell yourself to be His…slave, He will wrap you up in a jealous love, and bestow upon you many blessings which come only to those who are in the inner circle.

“Settle it forever, then, that you are to deal directly with the Holy Spirit, and that He is to have the privilege of tying your tongue, or chaining your hand, or closing your eyes, in ways that He does not seem to use with others.

“Now when you are so possessed with the living God that you are, in your secret heart, pleased and delighted over this peculiar, personal, private, jealous guardianship and management of the Holy Spirit over your life, you will have found the vestibule of Heaven.”

“And you shall be holy to Me, for I the Lord am holy, and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be Mine.” Leviticus 20:26

“I am the Lord your God, who has separated you from the peoples.” Leviticus 20:24

“For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever? ?And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God.

“As God has said: ‘I will dwell in them and walk among them.
I will be their God, and they shall be My people.’

“Therefore ‘Come out from among them and be separate,’ says the Lord. ‘Do not touch what is unclean, and I will receive you. I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters,’ says the Lord Almighty.” 2 Corinthians 6:14-18

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

As it is written:
‘For Your sake we are killed all day long;
We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.’

‘Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.’

‘For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.’ Romans 8:35-39

If you have been touched in some way by this message, please send it forth or direct others here to read and reap some spiritual fruit.

As I near the 30 year marker, my own mortality (in the flesh) begins to clarify with the help of God’s Word.  Having studied many subjects on my own, with small groups and even educated and gifted pastors, I’d like to share some insight on the flesh with you now.

To begin, God made several things about the flesh body very clear:

• It won’t last more than 120 years. (Gen 6:3)
• It’s not being used again. (1Cor 15:53)
• It was made in the likeness of the spirit body. (Gen 1:26)
• It’s a temple of the Spirit. (1Cor 6:19)

With these keys in mind, let’s add some perspective.  When God set the length of flesh man’s life to 120 year, He had already mentioned how it repented Him that He made man flesh, which is to say, put our souls into flesh bodies.  He was contending with the wickedness of man’s imagination continually, as it is to this day. 

Having placed an incredible ammount of toxins ino the environment, we’ve lessened that 120 year marker by 30-40%.  If we don’t pick up habbits like smoking, drinking, fast food, laziness, etc.. we may come close, but from this vantage point, it’s highly unlikely for the vast majority of the living, human race.

This flesh is a peculiar thing though, to be called a temple.  It’s far from deserving of the title.  It’s what is inside of the flesh that gives it the honor of being a temple, namely your spirit – for each flesh body was made like unto it’s spiritual counterpart (think of all the depictions of angelic beings with spiritual bodies, or even Christ after the ressurection).  The spirit being the thing inside which transcends every possible understanding of the flesh vessel which holds it dear for its duration.  Considering we do not use this flesh body once the connection is broken and it ceases to give new blood, it’s safe to conclude that one ought to be focused on the thing within.

I hope you find some clarity on the flesh here and if you have questions, please post a comment

In His service,

Joshua