Jesus said, Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. Luke 6:38 God's written Word teaches all of His Children, of His Biblical principles and His Word teaches, us to abide in them. As a Child of God, every one of us has a spiritual duty, to apply Gods teachings, unto our everyday lives. So that Gods love may be ministered, unto us, in all of the heights that God has always intended, for every believer, to become a partaker, of Gods hidden Grace. In which every Child of God can be a partaker of because of the works that God created, in Christ Jesus, through the plan of salvation. As a Christian, we are living in a New Covenant with Christ Jesus, which is built upon promises and ordinances that God has ordained for every Child of God to learn and spiritually grow to known, on a personal level. However though, these things are taught to a Child of God, in your walk with God and the spiritual journey that you are upon, as you personally serve God. Many of Gods Children are living, far below Gods ordained plan for them, in this life. Many of Gods Children, do not even know that they can, be a partaker, of more of the Grace that Jesus has blessed, the Church with, through the works that God has created through Christ Jesus and the many things that Jesus accomplished, upon the cross, when He died, resurrected and was set at the right hand of the Father in His throne, as the accepted sacrifice, as the ultimate gift unto the Church that God is building. We are Heirs unto the Kingdom of Heaven and according to Gods riches, in glory. This book, is a teaching on giving and lining up to scriptural teachings that you and I may walk in Gods hidden Grace of many unrealized blessings that await, every Child of God that abides in the teachings of the Bible and learns to apply the gospel teachings, unto your life. Blinded Because Of Being Born In Flesh And With The Nature Of Sin We were all born in a fleshly body, with the nature of sin. However though when we were born again by the Spirit of God, we were translated into Gods Kingdom and all of His hidden and loving Grace. However because of being born in this flesh, we were born with the nature of a fleshly mind. Because of the nature of the flesh and its thinking, God's blessings of many are hidden from us, until they are revealed and taught, unto us by the Holy Spirit, our spiritual teacher that renews our minds by everything that He reveals unto us and everything that He teaches you and I, in our walk with God, upon our spiritual journey, as a Child of God. Every Christian should be growing and having their mind renewed, by the Holy Ghost your spiritual teacher. He was baptized in you, to lead and guide you into all truth, for He is the Spirit of truth. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. John 14:16-17 God is the writer today, my dear reading friend. However God is building a good foundation for this teaching, in this book, to explain many unrealized spiritual truths that many of Gods Children over look, as you read the Bible and its teachings. Also to give you the thoughts of Gods will for you in life, and your journey through this world, with your mind being renewed as a believer that is following Jesus Christ and His teachings. To the point that you personally are experiencing the many spiritual blessings of God's love towards you, as the Holy Ghost teaches you spiritual truths, as your mind is being renewed and as God is raising you up... THE VILLAGE CARPENTER PUBLISHING HOUSE, PO Box 133, Lakeview, Ohio 43331 USA or see TheVillageCarpenter.info
About the Author: My name is Pastor Luke L. Chapman. I haven't always been a preacher, quite the contrary. When I was a young teenager everyone always said: "Boy what a good kid Luke is. He is a wonderful young man." Because of a stepfather that had no love for me, my clothes were packed for me and placed on the front porch on Christmas morning. Arrangements were already made for a near friend to pick me up to take me to my real dad's home. This became a cycle unto me. I learned soon to take flight in life, realizing I'm on my own. I was kicked out of school for truancy, failure to want to go to school and to learn. This started a foundation for my life, for my ongoing future. My new friends taught me how to smoke, drink, and cuss and to tell lies. I graduated to smoking weed and using cocaine. I never drank or used cocaine on a regular basis. I just started on weekends or invited parties. I got married and had a Child when I was 21 years old. But, with a lifestyle of drinking, spending money in bars and not on bills or in my home, I soon went through a divorce. Does this sound familiar, like today's youths? At this time, now I'm remarried my wife and I are both cocaine addicts. My wife smoked weed? I sold weed and cocaine to supply our habits. My wife left me one day. I was arrested the same day and put in jail. In jail, I bowed my knees on the floor in my cell. I was the only one there that day. I called upon Jesus and was saved and sent to North Central Correctional Institution. I never thought anyone cared. But I was so wrong. What was meant for evil for me, God changed for the good. Prison became My Bible College. Prison was where God counseled me about my morals. God taught me about being a good husband, a good father unto my Children and how a preacher must live and act. I served six and a half years in prison to learn not do use drugs, not to walk through life aimlessly. I learned my lesson. God raised me up to be a preacher in prison. Prison was my lifesaver. Wow, what a statement one might say! The reason prison was my lifeline was I could have graduated to the other side of life... Six Feet Down. I almost did! I had a heart attack, just before I was sent to prison, from smoking crack cocaine. I almost died. Your Friend... The Harley Davidson Preacher Man Luke L. Chapman Gods Vision... A Ministry of Fire