Bill Vanderbush

We've all seen waves of revival come and go. So why is does world is still seem so dark? What we need is not another spiritual high, but deep, lasting transformation by the living Jesus. In the New (Christic) Covenant, everything flows from relationship, not rule-keeping. The Holy Spirit doesn't just visit. He indwells. He doesn't command from a distance. He empowers from within. Holiness is no longer a heavy burden but the natural fruit of intimacy with Jesus.

A heart posture of mockery, cynicism, or hardened unbelief may cause the Lord to say, in effect, “Leave the room.” Not out of rejection, but because resurrection power flows where faith is present. Faith creates intimacy, mockery creates distance. Jesus is gentle and compassionate, but He is also holy and sovereign. When faith is required for a miracle, He creates an atmosphere where unbelief cannot remain.

Do not be pressed into the world’s mold. Instead, be metamorphosed by aligning your thinking with the Truth of the Word who is Christ. This produces discernment to “prove” God’s good, acceptable, and perfect will.

The revelation of holiness as identity and holiness as experience cuts to the very heart of the Gospel’s scandalous beauty and danger. It is not merely a theological nuance. It is the difference between freedom and subtle bondage, between resting in the grace of sonship and striving from thoughts that still whisper, “You are not yet enough.”

Holy Week is not a call to reenact or earn, but to behold and abide. In the Christic Covenant, every event shouts, "It is finished." You are not striving toward union; you are united with Christ. His entry, cleansing, supper, agony, death, burial, and rising are yours. Go forward in new life from this reality. "I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me" (Galatians 2:20).