"Physical Correction"

"Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast." (Psalms 135:8)

  To make myself clear, the Holy Spirit is key to the physical side of the heart; making way for the Spiritual rebirth that must take place in the very center of our being. That is pretty much the heart of the matter; so, if that is how you want to look at it, then the Holy Spirit is the first on the scene when there is going to be a transformation within us. That said, Jesus knocks upon the door of our heart, and it is a audible knock! This is not anything like any other experience we can have; no other god can do what the LORD our GOD can do; He makes all things new! Our stoney heart is change, just like that; and there is nothing we can do about it: we cannot undo a new birth; not a real rebirth, that is for sure! I know, you are probably thinking I am trying to say, 'Once saved, always saved,' which is literally taken way out of context, literally! I am of the belief that we cannot undo what God has done; but we can undo what we have done. John says it best, in 1 John 2:19; "They went out of us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us." You either are or you aren't; there is no other way to put it. Does that mean we don't have issues of sin in our lives? No, not in the least; we are still walking around in the flesh; but we have the ability within us to now walk in the Spirit! Big difference has been made, if we can learn to take advantage of what we have been given. There is something significant about what took place in Egypt, the night of Passover; the firstborn that was killed represented that fleshly life that we must walk away from. Why do you think the children of Israel were all dressed and ready to leave? They had their sandals on, and their staff in hand, and they were ready to depart; even though they knew they could not go anywhere outside of their own door...

"And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD'S passover. For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn the the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD. And the blood shall be to you a token upon your houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt." (Exodus 12:11-13)