imonlywood.com

Hello, and welcome to imonlywood.com!

As expressed, the main purpose to this site, is to help you find your freedom in Jesus Christ. It’s already been given, we just need to learn to receive it! Some of the key things you will need to understand in taking these steps are found in this post, so please read it carefully! While we’re going to be studying a wide variety of topics as time goes by, many of them hinge on a few key facts.

#1. “We live by faith, not by sight.” 2 Corinthians 5:7

#2. ” …imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.” Hebrews 6:12

#3. “Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commands.” Deuteronomy 7:9

These are important things to remember. We live by faith, not by sight. Through FAITH and PATIENCE we will inherit what has been promised. God is faithful in keeping his covenant to those who love him and keep his commands. Another crucial key to understanding how and why things are the way they are for many of us, is this: There are two “kingdoms” in which we can choose to live…the kingdom of the world…and the kingdom of God. There are so many Scriptures that point to each one as being a seperate kingdom that I’m not even going to attempt to mention them all! If you’ll bear with me for now, I’ll give you plenty of verses for both as time goes by. For the moment, I’ll share one verse to validate each kingdom and its existence.

“As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient.’ Ephesians 2:1,2

Obviously, this verse speaks of the kingdom of the world. The kingdom of the world follows the ruler of the kingdom of the air…the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient.

“He told them, “The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside everything is said in parables…” Mark 4:11

It’s important for us to understand this concept of two kingdoms. It’s crucial! Why? Because so much of what we’ll learn in the days to come, depend on our understanding this concept. For instance, if you live in the USA, you are accustomed to the laws of the USA. You drive on the right side of the road, for example. If you were to visit Great Britian, and you were to drive on the right side of the road, you would face great danger and the risk of death or serious injury, because in Britian, they drive on the left side of the road. If you were to drive on the right in Britian, as you do in the US, you would run headlong into oncoming traffic. Why? The laws are different!

Another example…if you were to travel to China and try to purchase a Big Mac with your American dollar, you would leave hungry. Why? Two different kingdoms…two different currencies. Would you allow a customer to pay at your American business with yen? Probably not. Why? It’s useless to you. You’re in the US. In the US, we use dollars. Your dollar is as useless in China, and their yen is here in the States. Two different kingdoms. Two different sets of laws. Two different currencies. See where we’re going here?

Two different kingdoms. Two sets of laws. Two sets of currencies. The kingdom of the air…or the world…and the kingdom of God. We were born and raised into one…the kingdom of the world.  We’ve had centuries to have laws and traditions passed on to us…to learn its ways. Now, suddenly, if we’re children of God, we find ourselves living in a new kingdom…with different laws…a different ecomony. And we wonder why we struggle. It’s because we’re uneducated in this new kingdom. We’re taught how to get here…but not how to live here.

Folks, we’re gonna learn how to live here. In freedom. In freedom that Jesus died to give us. The laws have already been established. They’re written down in the Book. We just have to do a little figuring on how to get them to all make sense. That’s the purpose of this site. To become educated in the kingdom of God…to find the freedom that Jesus gave us!