Our Spiritual Responsibility Unfolded

By Ellen K. Gordon

“Our Spiritual Responsibility Unfolded” is an “INVITATION” to the world to receive Christ Jesus. A book of revealed knowledge on how the whole world could be enjoying life as God intended. Once we understand that we are spirit beings created by God, and created to operate like God, we will begin to pay less attention to our bodies, and more attention to the spiritual power we have to operate the body and stay on top!

This book includes revelation in four areas, including how to obtain wealth, good health, promote prosperous living and obtain soundness and wholeness, which is being abundantly supplied. Being abundantly supplied means more than having more than enough money, it means having over-flowing peace in a troubled world. It means having soundness and wholeness in your spirit, soul and body. It means having rest and sweet sleep, to awaken completely rejuvenated and excited about life with Christ.

Our Spiritual Responsibility Unfolded, when applied, will escort you into the God-given good life!

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Sep 20, 2020
• ISBN: 9781728373096

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© 2020 Ellen K. Gordon. All rights reserved.

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Published by AuthorHouse 09/17/2020

ISBN: 978-1-7283-7311-9 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-7283-7310-2 (hc)

ISBN: 978-1-7283-7309-6 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2020917341

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Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1 The Contrast between the Spiritual and the Natural

Chapter 2 God’s Impartation into our Spirits

Chapter 3 Grace Revealed

Chapter 4 Jesus, Our Total Provision

Chapter 5 Living through Christ

Chapter 6 Natural Humankind’s Only Instruction

Chapter 7 Our Spirits, Souls, and Bodies

Chapter 8 In God’s Image and after His Likeness

Chapter 9 Zoe Life

Chapter 10 Freedom—Only through Christ Jesus

This book is dedicated to the people of the world.

And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell

on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times

before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation.

—Acts 17:26

You are invited to receive Christ Jesus.

Jesus, the Testator, has died. The Will has been read and is in force. You have a great inheritance! (Hebrews 9:15–17 AMPC)

Acknowledgments

All praise to almighty God for using me to His service.

To my husband, James, of forty-one years, thank you for your beautiful love and support.

To my two sons, Ryan and Abram, and my daughter, Brielle, you guys are the best! Much love.

To my four grandchildren, Kylah, Kyle, Cianni, and Cassius, thank you all for the sweetness you bring to my life.

Great honor and respect for my father, the late Deacon Nelson Kelly, and to my mother, Jeanie Kelly, who brings my heart joy with every thought of her.

To my pastors, Creflo and Taffi Dollar, to whom I give great honor and respect. Thank you for your teaching on understanding grace and empowering change.

Thank you to Robyn Norwood, facilitator of the Writers and Publishers Bootcamp, WCCI.

Many thanks to the editorial team at AuthorHouse

Preface

A few weeks after the initial announcement about the 2019 novel coronavirus in March of 2020, the Spirit of the Lord said to me, Be mindful of how you view the news reports. The news reporters are reporting about the United States and the entire world. Their calculations about people include you as well as everyone else. However, the world cannot report on the body of Christ. You don’t have to try not to fear. It doesn’t have anything to do with you [which eliminated all fear]. That’s your position in Christ Jesus.

Praise God! In other words, the body of Christ, which resides in and by the kingdom of God here on the earth, can’t be included in the reported calculations of people. The kingdom of God is not visible, but it exists nonetheless. Psalm 91 proclaims it this way in the New Living Translation:

Those who live in the shelter of the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty. This I declare about the Lord: He alone is my refuge, my place of safety; he is my God, and I trust him. For he will rescue you from every trap and protect you from deadly disease. He will cover you with his feathers. He will shelter you with his wings. His faithful promises are your armor and protection. Do not be afraid of the terrors of the night, nor the arrow that flies in the day. Do not dread the disease that stalks in darkness, nor the disaster that strikes at midday. Though a thousand fall at your side, though ten thousand are dying around you, these evils will not touch you. Just open your eyes, and see how the wicked are punished. If you make the Lord your refuge, if you make the Most High your shelter, no evil will conquer you; no plague will come near you home. For he will order his angels to protect you wherever you go. They will hold you up with their hands so you won’t even hurt your foot on a stone. You will trample upon lions and cobras; you will crush fierce lions and serpents under your feet! The Lord says I will rescue those who love me. I will protect those who trust in my name. When they call on me, I will answer; I will be with them in trouble. I will rescue and honor them. I will reward them with a long life and give them my salvation.

According to these scriptures and the word that came to my spirit, COVID-19 poses no threat to the body of Christ.

On May 2, 2020, the word of the Lord came up out of me, saying, When you read the Word of God and submit yourself to the teaching of the Word, the Word goes into your eyes, and ears, which are gateways into your heart, then spoken forth from your mouth, that deliberate process activates protection from the Word of God. The Word in you will repel everything unlike itself. It goes to work for you, repelling anything and everything that may cross your path that is not of God.

That’s unseen power! Repel is defined as to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).¹ Psalm 46:1–3 (NLV) reads,

God is our safe place and our strength. He is always our help when we are in trouble. So we will not be afraid, even if the earth is shaken and the mountains fall into the center of the sea, and even if its waters go wild with storm and the mountains shake with its action.

Some years ago, I had a vision. I saw Jesus standing upon the earth. His likeness was as a man. As I looked upward, he extended as far as I could see. One of His feet stood in North America, and the other was in Africa. Between the two was the Atlantic Ocean, enormous and blue. I saw Europe to the north of Him and South America to the south. Asia was to the east of Him, and the Pacific Ocean was to the west. There were Australia and Antarctica and all the earth in the distance. With His arms stretched outward, He invited whosoever will to come to Him. He said, Come unto me, all ye people, and be filled with my love. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and you shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light (Matthew 11:29–30). And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that you might be filled with all the fullness of God. (Ephesians 3:19). As I watched the invitation of Jesus, unspeakable joy flooded my soul. My entire being was praising the Lord! Then suddenly I realized this massive presence before me, who looked out over all the earth at once, was the Son. In great awe, I rejoiced in the presence of the Father. I fell on my face and worshipped.

As I pondered this vision, I realized Jesus was a gift from God to the whole world. John 3:16 confirms this: For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Regardless of the profound clarity of this scripture, much of the world has yet to receive Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.²

John 3:17 reads, For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

One might ask, Saved from what? From the oncoming destruction of this world, which is clear to see. The reception of Christ Jesus will provide divine protection over you in this life and ensure that the