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April 23, 2026 · 8:48 am

Dying With Christ, Living Through Him: The Miracle of the New Nature

It is not enough to believe that Christ died, was buried, and rose again. Scripture calls us to believe something far more personal: that our old Adamic nature died with Him, was buried with Him, and that by believing in His resurrection, we too are “raised to walk in newness of life” (Romans 6:4). This is His requirement for true discipleship.

It is not difficult to believe that Christ existed or that He endured what Scripture records. “Even the devils believe…and tremble” (James 2:19). But Christ calls His followers to go all in—to lay everything on the line, to put real skin in the game. That means surrendering our old lives, ambitions, addictions, habits, and identities. He tells us to “count the cost” and see whether we are willing to undergo the spiritual growth process necessary to become like Him. Not merely improved versions of ourselves, but like Him.

We must first understand that when Christ expired on the cross, your sin nature and mine died with Him. That was us dying there. He took our sins upon Himself and, through death, eradicated them. All the sins of humanity—and the old nature that produced them—died when He died (Romans 6:1–15). This is precious knowledge, rarely heard in pulpits today.

Christ was buried, and with Him was buried every sin ever committed. Your sins, my sins, and the old nature that generated them were laid in that tomb.

And then Christ rose from the dead. But it was not only He who rose—we rose with Him. In His mercy, He provided a way for us to receive a new life before our physical bodies return to dust. He rose; we rise—by believing His word. He said it. He wrote it. Our task is to believe it.

So the issue is not merely believing that Christ rose. It is believing that we rose with Him. All we possess are His words, written nearly two millennia ago, promising this new life. Believing those words requires faith—trusting what we cannot yet see.

The Seed Germinates

When we truly believe in our own death, burial, and resurrection with Christ, the light of truth ignites within us. It is like a seed planted in the soil. The warmth of the sun and the moisture of the earth work together, and then a miracle occurs.

The seed ceases to exist in its former state. Its outer shell decays, returning to dust, while its hidden life breaks forth toward the light. So it is with God’s offspring. We are reborn like those garden seeds—by miracle.

The original spiritual Seed is the Word of God. Christ is the Author and Finisher of our faith. An author writes the script, and this Author wrote the play of Life by coming in flesh, giving Himself as a ransom, and embodying the Word on earth. That Word became the Seed. When we believe that Word—about Him and about our union with Him—we become “new creatures in Christ.” We become part of the divine drama. He is in us, enacting His love, which is the heart of the Script.

“Unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain” (John 12:24). Christ was that wheat seed. Had He not died, He would have remained alone. But by dying, He produced many grains—many sons and daughters in His likeness.

If a person refuses to die with Christ, he faces the lonely tomb of death. But if we choose His way, our old sinful heart dies, and we are freed from its tyranny. Once slaves to sin, we are now liberated.

Like that garden seed, through belief in the Word of promise, we rise with the Creator’s life surging through our new being.

Sprouted Wheat Becomes Grain

We, like freshly sprouted wheat, become potential grain the Master mills into flour for the spiritual “bread of life.” But we must grow to maturity—“first the blade, then the head, after that the full grain in the head” (Mark 4:28).

We are His seed, His children, destined to grow into His likeness and to be used in His purpose. If we are not growing, something is wrong.

To mature, we must “purge out the old leaven”—the false teachings handed down by well‑meaning people. We must “dig deep,” study His word diligently, and endure the opposition that will come, often from those closest to us.

This is the path of the Seed. This is the way of growth. This is how Christ reproduces Himself in His people.

—Kenneth Wayne Hancock

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April 15, 2026 · 10:30 pm

The Parables and the Hidden Architecture of the Coming City

When Jesus says His parables conceal rather than simplify, He is doing something profoundly consistent with His promise of New Jerusalem: He is revealing the mysteries of the Kingdom only to those who have ears to hear — the very ones who will inherit the God‑built city Abraham longed for.

When Christ began teaching in parables, He was not offering simple illustrations to make spiritual truths more accessible. He said the opposite. His disciples asked, “Why speakest Thou unto them in parables?” He answered, “Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given” (Matt. 13:10–11). The parables were not meant to clarify but to separate — to reveal the Kingdom to the faithful while concealing it from the indifferent. They functioned as spiritual filters, sifting those who merely heard from those who truly sought.

This dynamic is essential to understanding how the parables relate to Christ’s promise of New Jerusalem. The parables unveil the inner workings of the Kingdom, the very Kingdom that will culminate in the descent of the God‑built city. Christ was not simply describing moral lessons; He was revealing the hidden architecture of the world to come.

The parable of the mustard seed shows a Kingdom that begins invisibly but grows into a vast, sheltering reality. The parable of the treasure hidden in a field speaks of a Kingdom so valuable that everything else is counted loss. These are not abstract spiritual ideas; they are descriptions of the process by which God prepares a people for the city He has prepared for them.

Psalm 48 sings of that city: “Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of His holiness.” The psalmist describes a city marked by divine stability, joy, and holiness — a city whose glory causes kings to tremble and whose beauty is to be “considered” and “told to the generation following.” This is not the fragile Jerusalem of history but the eternal Zion, the Kingdom‑mountain Daniel saw filling the whole earth. It is the same city Abraham sought, the same city Hebrews declares God has prepared, and the same city John sees descending from heaven.

Our Savior’s parables are the blueprints of that city. They reveal how the Kingdom grows, how it gathers, how it judges, and how it separates. The parable of the dragnet shows the final sorting of the righteous and the wicked — the very separation that precedes the unveiling of New Jerusalem. The parable of the wheat and tares describes the coexistence of good and evil until the harvest, when the righteous “shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father” — language that anticipates the radiant glory of the Lamb’s wife, the holy city.

In this way, the parables are not detached teachings but prophetic disclosures of how Christ will fulfill His promise. They describe the Kingdom’s hidden growth now and its visible manifestation when the city of God descends. The mysteries He revealed to His disciples are the same mysteries consummated in Revelation: a Kingdom prepared, a people purified, and a city built by God, descending in glory to fill the earth with His presence.

Thus, the parables, Psalm 48, the patriarchal promises, and the vision of New Jerusalem all converge into a single narrative. Christ’s parables unveil the Kingdom’s inner life; Psalm 48 celebrates its eternal city; Abraham longed for its foundations; and Revelation shows its final descent. The God‑built city is the culmination of everything Christ taught — the full flowering of the Kingdom He hid in parables and revealed to those who follow Him. For the Son of God said this about the parables: “I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world” (Matthew 13:35). They are the secrets and mysteries of the Kingdom of God. And the Kingdom is the very thing that we should seek first.

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April 4, 2026 · 9:48 am

How Christ Abides in Us—Getting to His Sustained Presence

This knowledge is extremely important—if you want to walk with Him.

Seekers of God must believe He wants them to grow. Without that faith, they remain spiritually immature, blown about like leaves in the wind. Christ has given clear commands for growth: “Abide in Me” and “Add to your faith” the seven attributes of His divine nature (II Peter 1).

These commands—and the seven additions—are explored in my books The Eleventh Commandment and The Additions to the Faith. These attributes are attainable; if Peter, Paul, and John grew into them, so can we. [Get your free copy here: Ordering My Free Books in Paperback | Immortality Road]

Some may think, “Here he goes again about becoming like Christ.” But Scripture says teachers exist to mature the saints until we reach “the fullness of Christ” (Eph. 4:11–13). Growth into His fullness is our calling.

This abiding is the indwelling of His heart and Spirit. “Christ in you, the hope of glory” becomes reality as we learn and practice the seventh addition—agape love.

Recognizing a command is one thing; learning how to obey it is another. We abide in Christ by believing His words about His presence through the Spirit of truth. He is the vine; we are the branches. Remaining in Him produces “much fruit.”

This aligns with the seven additions. When they are added, we are never barren but full of fruit—“much fruit.” Abiding and adding work together to make our calling and election sure.

Abiding is the sustained presence of the Spirit within us, made possible by these seven qualities, culminating in divine love.

But how do we abide? How do we add? What is the actual way forward?

Christlike Prayer

We abide in Christ through prayer—but not self-centered prayer. True prayer aligns with Christ’s own prayers and with God’s interests. Worship must be “in spirit and in truth” (John 4:24).

Our words to God should reflect what matters to Him. Christ taught this in the model prayer. Prayer shaped by His priorities gains His ear.

Dale Carnegie once wrote, “Talk in terms of the other person’s interests.” If this works with people, how much more with God? Self-focused prayers—“Bless me, help me get this job”—miss the mark. But if we speak with Him about His plan, His purpose, His Kingdom, He will listen.

Christ said the Father gives the Holy Spirit to those who ask. We ask—not command. When we pray according to His will and His plan, He abides in us.

God’s interests are revealed in the words of Christ, the prophets, and the apostles. He thinks about His Kingdom and His righteousness. Why not talk to Him about these things? Few do.

Thinking His thoughts is abiding in Him. Continuing in His teachings shapes our minds into His mind. Paul urges us, “Let this mind be in you.”

We gain His thoughts through knowledge taught by His servants, and we sustain His thoughts through prayer and study of His purpose.

Prayer becomes the rudder that keeps our minds on course toward the New Jerusalem and toward God Himself.

Abiding in Him

Love for Christ grows from gratitude for deliverance. “We love Him because He first loved us.” Because we love Him, we keep His words. Then He and the Father “make their abode” with us (John 14:23).

There is a progression: gratitude → love → obedience → abiding presence. He fulfills His promise: “I will never leave you.”

One of His commands is “pray.” Scripture emphasizes prayer repeatedly. It is essential. Praying according to His plan keeps us abiding in Him and bearing much fruit—fulfilling God’s purpose of reproducing His nature in us.

Christ promised that if we abide in Him and His words abide in us, our prayers will be answered (John 15:7). Abiding produces the fruit of the Spirit—love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance.

Spiritual Growth

Abiding in Him ensures spiritual growth. Look at Peter and Paul before and after the resurrection. If they grew into spiritual powerhouses, so can we. Their teachings—and Christ’s—center on abiding.

Conclusion

Abiding in Christ is not a mystical feeling but a deliberate walk of agreement with His mind, His words, and His purposes. As we pray according to His interests—His Kingdom, His righteousness, His plan for the nations—we open our hearts to the very thoughts of God. In that communion, His Spirit settles in us, shaping our desires and empowering our obedience. This is how Christ abides in us: through a steady exchange of His thoughts for ours, His will for ours, His love poured into our hearts. When we pray His way and think His thoughts, the vine’s life flows into the branches. Fruit appears. Growth becomes inevitable. And the Father’s purpose—to reproduce His own nature in His children—moves steadily toward fulfillment.

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February 13, 2026 · 2:01 pm

100‑Fold Fruit‑Bearing Spiritual Growth (Conversations with the Seer)

“Formerly in Israel, if a man went to inquire of God, he would say, ‘Come, let us go to the Seer,’ because the prophet of today used to be called a Seer” (1 Samuel 9:9).

It seemed like every time we met for Bible study—7:00 a.m., every day—the conversation would eventually circle back to those who would become that cadre, predestinated to be the manifested sons. The Seer spoke of them often, his voice rising like wind through the pines, full of faith and certainty. (Romans 8:18–19)

“I tell you,” he said one morning, “it is a worthy goal in this life to aspire to the high calling of God in Christ. But it is a paradox, for although we must study and pray to ‘make our calling and election sure,’ God chooses whomsoever He wills for this honor. No man ‘takes this honor unto himself.’ It is only by His grace that we can run the race.” (2 Peter 1:10; Hebrews 5:4; 1 Corinthians 15:10)

“I see what you mean,” I said.

“So,” the Seer continued, “knowing about the manifested sons coming on the scene in these latter days—and believing it—is just one of the puzzle pieces we need in order to see the whole picture. Christ, in chapters 14 through 17, elucidates several more and lines them out as a kind of stepping‑stone path to glorification with Him.”

“What’s the next puzzle piece?” I asked eagerly.

“Once a person learns and believes that there is spiritual growth in God’s plan for their life—growth like Peter, James, John, Paul, and yes, like the Savior Himself—then they are ready to actually walk the walk toward perfection, toward complete spiritual maturity. As Paul exhorts us, ‘Let us go on unto perfection.’” (Hebrews 6:1)

“Perfection?” I asked.

“Yes,” he said. “Have you not read where Christ commands us, ‘Be ye perfect, even as your Father in heaven is perfect’? If someone has enough faith to get this far, then they may begin to receive the next great teaching, found in John 14 through 17.” (Matthew 5:48).

“What is it?” I asked.

“It is to believe in the oneness of God. In order to be one of His elect manifested sons—to be just like Christ—one must get the correct concept of the Godhead. And here in John 14, Christ sets the record straight.”

The Seer leaned forward. “Christ flat‑out commands all manifested sons to believe: ‘Believe Me… believe that the Father is in Me.’” (John 14:10)

“Is that it? Just believe Him?” I asked.

“Yes,” the Seer said. “It is really very simple, and yet man’s innate unbelief hardens his heart so much that the seed‑word about God’s essence cannot get in. In John 14:1 He says, ‘Believe in Me.’ Then, in verse 6, He says, ‘I am the way to the Father; the truth about where God is and what His plans are; and the life, for very eternal life dwells inside of Christ.’ (John 14:1; John 14:6)

“Then Christ says, speaking of where the Father is, ‘He that has seen Me has seen the Father… Believe Me that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me.’” (John 14:9–11).

“Precisely,” the Seer replied. “Paul said that the fullness of the Godhead dwelt bodily in Christ. God is a Spirit. The Father is an invisible Spirit whose expressed image is His Son—Christ.” (Colossians 2:9; John 4:24; Hebrews 1:3).

I sat quietly for a moment, letting the Seer’s words settle. The morning light filtered through the trees, and his voice seemed to blend with the wind itself.

“So,” I finally said, “if the Father is the invisible Spirit inside the Son, then what does that mean for us? For ordinary believers?”

The Seer smiled. “Ahh, that is the next great mystery. Christ did not come merely to reveal who He is, but to reveal who we are meant to become. Listen carefully: the same Spirit that dwelt in Christ is the Spirit He promised to place inside of us. ‘I will not leave you comfortless; I will come to you.’” (John 14:18)

“You mean… Christ Himself comes to live inside us?”

“Exactly,” he said. “Paul called it ‘Christ in you, the hope of glory.’ And John said, ‘Of His fullness have all we received.’ The very life of the Father that filled Christ is the life Christ pours into His sons and daughters.” (Colossians 1:27; John 1:16)

I leaned forward. “But how does that actually happen?”

“Through yielding,” the Seer replied. “Through surrender. Through letting the old self die so the new life can rise. Christ said, ‘Abide in Me, and I in you.’ That is not poetry—it is spiritual reality. As we abide, the divine nature begins to grow in us, little by little, like a seed becoming a tree.” (John 15:4; 2 Peter 1:4)

“So spiritual growth is not striving,” I said slowly. “It’s receiving.”

“Receiving and responding,” he corrected gently. “For the Spirit will lead you, but you must walk. The Spirit will teach you, but you must obey. And as you do, something marvelous happens: the Father who was in Christ begins to express Himself through you. That is how manifested sons are formed—not by human effort, but by divine indwelling.” (Romans 8:14; Galatians 2:20)

I sat back, overwhelmed. “It’s almost too much to take in.”

The Seer nodded. “It is the Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom. And the Kingdom begins inside you.” (Luke 12:32; Luke 17:21)

The Seer closed his eyes for a moment, as if listening to something—or Someone—beyond the room. When he opened them again, there was a quiet intensity in his gaze.

“You see,” he said, “Christ didn’t just come to reveal the Father. He came to reproduce the Father’s nature in us. That’s why He prayed, ‘That they all may be one; as Thou, Father, art in Me, and I in Thee, that they also may be one in Us.’ That is the blueprint of manifested sonship.” (John 17:21)

I nodded slowly. “So the oneness Christ had with the Father… that’s the same oneness He wants for us?”

“Exactly,” the Seer said. “Not a lesser version. Not a symbolic version. The real thing. The same Spirit, the same mind, the same love. Paul said, ‘Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus.’ And John said, ‘As He is, so are we in this world.’ These are not metaphors. They are invitations.” (Philippians 2:5; 1 John 4:17)

“But how does a person actually enter into that?” I asked.

The Seer leaned back, folding his hands. “By beholding. By looking at Christ until His image becomes the image in your own heart. ‘We all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory.’ Transformation is not achieved—it is received.” (2 Corinthians 3:18)

I felt something stir inside me. “So the more I behold Him, the more I become like Him.”

“Yes,” he said softly. “And the more you become like Him, the more the Father’s life flows through you. That is why Christ said, ‘He that believes on Me, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.’ Those rivers are the Father’s own Spirit, moving through His sons and daughters.” (John 7:38)

I sat quietly, letting the thought wash over me. The Seer continued, “And when that life matures—when Christ is fully formed in you—you will bear the hundredfold fruit. Not by striving, but by abiding. Not by effort, but by union.” But  God uses suffering to purge us. Like a vine is pruned, so He prunes us. This increases our spiritual fruit production—from 30-fold, growing into 60-fold, and, on into 100-fold. But that is for another time” (Galatians 4:19; John 15:5).

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January 24, 2026 · 6:45 am

THE ABIDING OF GOD: TRUTH, PURITY, AND THE SPIRIT WHO REVEALS THE SON

Trying to grasp Christ’s mystical thoughts is like reaching for a golden butterfly shimmering in the sun—beautiful, near, yet always slipping beyond the grasp of our earthbound minds. And then we blink, and the revelatory thought evaporates before our outstretched arms.

Yet Christ did not speak to bewilder us; He spoke to draw us into the mystery of God’s own indwelling. He declared, “I am…the truth” (John 14:6), and truth is the condition of His abiding presence. God will not take up residence where falsehood remains. Christ teaches that the Spirit of truth comes only when we cease knowing Him “after the flesh” (2 Corinthians 5:16) and begin to see Him as the ascended Son who sends the Comforter.

Therefore, the central claim of this essay is that God’s abiding presence enters the believer only when false concepts are purged, for the Spirit of truth—whom Christ sends after we stop clinging to Him as a mortal—guides us into all truth and reveals the Father dwelling in the Son.

1. God’s Abiding Presence Requires Truth

God offers us His abiding presence—His very life dwelling within us. But because He is truth, He will not inhabit a heart governed by falsehood. Christ’s own words establish this: “I am…the truth” (John 14:6). Truth is not merely a doctrine; it is the very nature of God. Therefore, abiding cannot occur where untruth remains.

Before God takes up residence in us, the old belief system must be purged of its errors. False concepts about God create a dwelling place unfit for His presence. The heart must be cleansed of misconceptions, distortions, and inherited traditions that obscure the true knowledge of Christ. Only then can the abiding begin. [Several false teachings are found here: false doctrines | Immortality Road]

2. The Spirit of Truth Is the Means of Abiding

Christ reveals that the abiding presence comes through the Comforter, “the Spirit of truth.” He says, “When the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth…he shall testify of me” (John 15:26).

The Spirit of truth does not speak of Himself. He speaks of Christ. He unveils Christ as He truly is—not as we imagine Him, not as we have been taught by human systems, but as the Son of God in His present glory.

Abiding begins when the Spirit comes. And the Spirit comes only in truth. He cannot testify of Christ to a heart still clinging to falsehood. He cannot reveal the Son where the mind refuses to be renewed.

3. Christ Must Depart Before the Spirit Can Come

Christ makes a startling statement: “If I do not go away, the Comforter will not come unto you. But if I depart, I will send him unto you” (John 16:7).

This departure is not merely physical. It is spiritual. Something in our perception of Christ must depart. We must release our limited, flesh-bound view of Him.

As long as we cling to Christ as a mortal man—full of passion, pain, and the limitations of flesh—we cannot receive Him in His ascended form. The Spirit cannot reveal the glorified Christ to a heart still fixated on the earthly Christ.

The departure Christ speaks of is the departure of our old way of seeing Him.

4. We Must No Longer Know Christ “After the Flesh”

Paul echoes this truth: “Though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more” (2 Corinthians 5:16).

This is not a denial of Christ’s incarnation. It is an invitation to move beyond it.

We must not cling to Christ merely as the suffering man of Galilee. We must see Him as He is now—the ascended, spiritual-bodied King who reigns at the right hand of God. Only when we release the fleshly view can He return to us in a spiritual way, in the capacity known as the Holy Spirit.

5. The Spirit Reveals the Father in the Son

The Spirit of truth guides us “into all truth” and “shows us things to come” (John 16:13). This is not abstract knowledge. It is revelation. It is the unveiling of the Father in the Son.

Christ pleaded with His disciples, “Believe me that the Father is in me…doing the works” (John 14:10–11). This is the truth the Spirit reveals. The Father dwelling in the Son, and the Son dwelling in us through the Spirit—this is the abiding.

The Spirit’s work is to manifest Christ within us, and in manifesting Christ, to manifest the Father. This is the mystery of the abiding presence. Knowing Christ “after the flesh” must go before He can come to us “after the Spirit.”

Conclusion

Christ’s teachings on the abiding presence are not easily grasped. They shimmer with spiritual light, always just beyond the reach of natural understanding. Yet He has given us the key: truth. God abides only in truth. The Spirit of truth comes only when we release our fleshly view of Christ and allow Him to reveal the Son as He truly is. When the Spirit comes, He guides us into all truth, testifies of Christ, and unveils the Father dwelling in Him. And in that revelation, God takes up His residence within us. This is the abiding. This is the promise. This is the life of God in the soul of man.     Kenneth Wayne Hancock   [If this and other articles have helped you, please hit the “like” button and subscribe.]

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January 19, 2026 · 10:29 am

THE CALL TO GROW: WHY SPIRITUAL FRUIT MATTERS

Christ and His apostles taught a real, measurable spiritual growth—thirtyfold, sixtyfold, and hundredfold—and that this growth is not optional. It is the very purpose for which Christ chose us: to bear enduring fruit, to grow into His likeness, and to make our calling and election sure.

The Vision Many Cannot See

Someone may say, “I just cannot see this spiritual growth you speak about—this thirty‑fold, sixty‑fold, and hundred‑fold fruit‑bearing. Why is it so important? I don’t believe we can be like Christ.”

To such a person I would answer kindly; it is understandable. This vision of sonship is not given to everyone. It is the Creator who calls and chooses. Christ Himself said, “You have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you and ordained you, that you should bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain” (John 15:16). There goes Christ again, talking about fruit bearing. Read John 15 alongside the parable of the Sower in Matthew 13, and the pattern becomes unmistakable.

Many gladly receive His gift of salvation but never move beyond it. Not because they are evil, but because they have never been taught the spiritual growth cycle. They assume they do not need it—or worse, they simply do not believe it.

The Tragedy of Refusing the Call

But imagine realizing that you were not chosen to walk with Christ as the early apostles did. Would that not wrench the stomach with a bitter churn of regret? The doubters received salvation, yes—but they rejected His invitation to sit with Him on His throne (Rev. 3:20–21).

They resemble the lukewarm Christians, the five foolish virgins, who missed the great celebration because they dismissed the oil—doctrinal truth—as unimportant. They would not study it, believe it, or walk in it. These five virgins were indeed Christians (Matthew 25:1), yet their unbelief barred them from the royal feast. They hid when they should have feasted with the King. And Christ warns that such loss brings weeping and sorrow.

The Command to Grow

Scripture does not leave us passive. We are told to “make our calling and election sure” and to “examine ourselves, whether we be in the faith.” And what should we find in that examination? A young Spirit of Christ within us—alive, growing, maturing.

So, when someone says, “I don’t believe we can be like Christ,” they are not merely doubting themselves—they are limiting God and rejecting His own declaration: “Christ in you, the hope of glory.” I understand the struggle; decades ago, I wrestled with the same doubts. But a mentor helped me cast them off and pursue the calling with certainty. All doubt springs from spiritual blindness. And Scripture tells us plainly what restores sight.

The Seven Additions: God’s Eye Salve

Peter teaches that the seven additions to faith—listed in II Peter 1—is the very eye salve that heals spiritual blindness. Speaking of the additions, Peter writes: “For if these things be in you and abound, they [the additions] make you that you shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But he that lacks these things is blind, and cannot see afar off…”

These additions are the engine of spiritual growth. They move a believer from barrenness to fruitfulness, from blindness to sight, from mere salvation to sonship. Some will answer this call to bear 100-fold fruit and be His manifested sons and daughters in the end times. Christ spoke it; I am only repeating His words.

Conclusion

Spiritual growth is not an optional doctrine or a private theory. It is the clear teaching of Christ and His apostles. We were chosen to bear fruit, to grow into His likeness, and to walk the path laid out in Scripture. Those who embrace the seven additions to the faith will see; those who refuse remain blind. The call is before us. The fruit is promised. The choice is ours.  Kenneth Wayne Hancock [If you believe me, hit that like button, subscribe and make a comment.]

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January 7, 2026 · 1:39 pm

War in the Invisible Spiritual Dimension

     1. The Christian Life Is a Spiritual Battle

Scripture teaches that believers are drawn into a conflict that is older and larger than human history. The rebellion of Satan and his angels (Revelation 12:7–9) forms the backdrop of a war that now touches every believer. This conflict is not symbolic; it is a real struggle against real spiritual beings.

Today, these forces remain on earth, awaiting the moment when God’s sons—His children—awaken to their true calling. Our role is clear: we are to be witnesses who testify to the accomplishment of the fall of Satan’s kingdom. As believers, we stand as living evidence that the defeat of the enemy has been accomplished in the spiritual realm and is now being manifested through our lives and testimony here on earth.

     2. The Enemy Is Not Human

Paul’s central statement reframes the entire Christian worldview: “We wrestle not against flesh and blood” (Ephesians 6:12). People are not the enemy. Behind human conflict stands an organized kingdom of darkness—“principalities,” “powers,” and “spiritual wickedness in heavenly places.” Humans may oppose believers, but they are captives of the enemy (2 Timothy 2:26), not the enemy themselves.

     3. Satan and His Host

The Bible presents Satan as a fallen spiritual being (Revelation 12:9), the “prince of the power of the air” (Ephesians 2:2), and a roaring lion seeking to devour (1 Peter 5:8). His forces are structured, intelligent, and active in the world. Their aim is to deceive, accuse, tempt, and destroy.

     4. How Believers Enter the Fray

Christians do not volunteer for this war; they enter it by being united with Christ. When God transfers us from darkness to light (Colossians 1:13), we become participants in the conflict between these two kingdoms. The battlefield is the mind, the heart, and the world around us.

     5. The Armor of God

Because the enemy is spiritual, the weapons must be spiritual (2 Corinthians 10:4). Paul’s armor in Ephesians 6:13–18—truth, righteousness, faith, salvation, the Word, and prayer—is God’s provision for standing firm. These are not metaphors for feelings; they are the practical means by which believers resist the enemy’s schemes.

     6. Christ’s Victory Is Our Confidence

Believers fight from a position of victory, not uncertainty. Christ has already disarmed the powers (Colossians 2:15) and destroyed the works of the devil (1 John 3:8). Our task is not to defeat Satan but to stand in the triumph Christ has secured.    

     Conclusion

The Christian life is participation in an invisible war. Our enemies are not human but spiritual; our weapons are not earthly but divine; and our confidence rests not in ourselves but in Christ’s finished work. To understand this is to see the world as Scripture sees it—and to engage the right battle with the right weapons. Kenneth Wayne Hancock [co-pilot]

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January 3, 2026 · 6:31 am

Christ the Door into the Heavenly Dimension

The door to the other dimension — the spiritual dimension — is Christ Himself. Scripture teaches that we must enter the Kingdom of God, but the question remains: How do we enter? Jesus answers plainly: “I am the door.” But a door always opens somewhere. Christ is the Door that opens into the righteous, heavenly dimension — the realm where God’s will is done, the realm Jesus taught us to seek when He said, “Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth…” Through His righteousness, we step from the natural into the spiritual, from the earthly into the heavenly.

Peter expands this truth by explaining that an entrance into this Kingdom is “supplied” to those who add seven attributes to the faith already operating within them (2 Peter 1:1–8). These seven additions are nothing less than the divine nature of Christ, spiritually transposed into our earthly vessels. As we add them, we are not merely improving our character — we are entering the righteous spiritual dimension where God’s Kingdom operates. Christ is the Door, and these attributes are the steps through that Door.

This is the very purpose of God: to multiply His divine nature into “many sons unto glory.” We have been chosen to walk this path of apostleship, following Christ step by step, for “the steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD.” The Kingdom we enter is invisible, spiritual, and real — a dimension into which Christ alone grants access.

Christ has given us “exceeding great and precious promises,” and through these promises we become partakers of His divine nature. Peter, in the opening chapter of his second letter, lists the very qualities that form this path of entrance: virtue, knowledge, self‑control, perseverance, godliness, brotherly kindness, and love. These are not suggestions; they are commands spoken by an apostle who walked with the Savior Himself.

Peter’s authority is not theoretical. His life bears witness:

•           He performed the first apostolic miracle after Pentecost (Acts 3).

•           He opened the gospel to the Gentiles through Cornelius (Acts 10).

•           He served as a foundational leader and spokesman of the Jerusalem church (Acts 1–12).

•           He authored 1 & 2 Peter, strengthening believers and clarifying doctrine.

•           He displayed boldness under persecution (Acts 4–5).

•           He confessed Jesus as “the Christ, the Son of the living God,” by revelation of the Father (Matt. 16:16–17).

•           He was restored by Christ and became a model of grace after failure (Luke 22; John 21).

This is the man who tells us how to enter the Kingdom. His words carry weight because he walked with the Door Himself.

Therefore, we can trust Peter when he declares that adding these seven facets to the gem of God’s faith will open to us an abundant entrance into the everlasting Kingdom. Each attribute is a deliberate step deeper into the spiritual dimension where Christ reigns. We are not passive spectators but active participants in this transformation. As we cultivate these qualities, they become signposts marking our progress into the Kingdom, confirming our calling and election.

And the more faithfully we walk in them, the more abundantly the entrance is supplied — until we find ourselves fully stepping through Christ the Door into the dimension He has prepared for His sons and daughters.   Kenneth Wayne Hancock

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December 1, 2025 · 2:55 pm

The Scapegoat Symbol—The Laying on of Hands

Believers “shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover,” said Christ.

In the Aaronic priesthood, the priests laid hands on the head of the goat. This symbolized the transferring of the sins of the people onto the sacrificial goat. One goat was sent out into a forgotten wilderness where God would no longer remember their sins. The other was sacrificed and placed on the altar to be burned as a sacrifice to Yahweh.

That passage is found in Leviticus 16:7–10, 22. It describes the Day of Atonement ritual where two goats were chosen: one sacrificed to the Lord, and the other (the “scapegoat”) symbolically carried the sins of the people into the wilderness. That was under the Old covenant.

Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection bring us the New Covenant where our sins have been forgiven. By believing in His Sacrifice for us, our sins are completely forgotten, removed far away, as though they had never happened. He has transmitted our old sinful self unto Christ by the laying on of hands of the pastor, His death symbolized when we are baptized. Christ is our scapegoat, and with his shed blood, our sins are departed. They are sent far away, never to return. This is the forgiveness that God has given us.

“For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with,[a] that we should no longer be slaves to sin—because anyone who has died has been set free from sin” (Romans 6:6-7).

The Parallel Between Sins Departing and Healing

There is a meaningful correlation between the Old Testament ritual of Aaron laying hands on the scapegoat and the Christian practice of laying hands on the sick. In both instances, the act of laying on of hands represents the departure or removal of something harmful—sins in the case of the scapegoat, and sickness in the case of healing. This parallel invites reflection on Christ’s words: “Which is easier to say, ‘Your sins are departed, sent away from you,’ or ‘Your disease is departed, sent away from you’?” Both declarations emphasize the power of faith and the transformative act of laying on of hands, symbolizing the removal of burdens, whether spiritual or physical.  kwh

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November 3, 2025 · 9:14 am

Loving Your Wife Like Christ Loves Us (Conversations with the Seer)

(Formerly in Israel, if a man went to inquire of God, he would say, “Come, let us go to the Seer,” because the prophet of today used to be called a Seer. I Samuel 9:9)

My wife Linda and I were twenty-six. Two years prior, we had sold all that we had and had donated it to a little ministry in the piney woods of East Texas. We now were in northern Mexico being visited by the Seer, the one that sent us here.

My wife and I were having problems I was learning that we men do not naturally have it in us to love our wives properly. We are to love them the same way that Christ loves us, His church. But it takes a supernatural, spiritual connection to Christ, that will enable us to love our wives like that. “Without Him we can do nothing.”

This was the theme of a conversation I had with the Seer. His wisdom and knowledge really helped me. It hurt at first, but joy came with the morning light:

“I get this feeling that she just really doesn’t love me,” I said, head hanging down slightly.

“What makes you say that?” the Seer asked, looking right through me.

“She is like a bobcat, beautiful at first glance but then, when things don’t go her way, she erupts.”

“Is she faithful to you?” the Seer asked.

“Yes.”

“Does she do things for you like clean the house, take care of the children, wash your clothes?”

“Yes, she does, but I am not sure that she is doing it for me.”

“Have you considered that she is doing all those chores without modern appliances? And she keeps house despite the dust and dirt of our current missionary efforts here in the Sierra Madre mountains?”    

“She does all that. She’s very industrious. She is working all the time” I said. Wait a minute. I was building a pretty good case for her through this line of questioning.

The Seer said, “You should be grateful. Many men have lazy wives and would love to have a wife like that. The opposite is true: Many women have lazy husbands and would love to have a husband that works hard. What do you expect from her?”

“As busy as she is, I still feel like I’m #5 on her list.”

“And you want to be number one?

“I want her to look up to me and respect me, especially now that I’ve found the truth and am endeavoring to walk in it.”

“So, she does not sit at your feet gazing longingly into your eyes?”

His tone was not sarcastic; it was piercing. “I am not exactly expecting that. But she is so independent. She doesn’t seek my advice or counsel. She has her own agenda and platform of action,” I said.

The Seer looked at me and smiled. “Don’t you see that she is a direct reflection of how you have been toward Christ? She is inadvertently doing to you the same thing that you are doing toward God.”

“I don’t get it.”

“Listen. You have acted independently, doing things with no regard as to what God’s thoughts would be concerning a matter. Even in your first endeavors to serve God, you strike out on what you think would please Him, but you speak and do whatever pops into your mind.”

“I know. But I’m trying,” I said.

“Did you ever think that your wife just may be trying, too? In her own way. Maybe doing the household chores is the only way she knows how to show her love. Let me ask you a question. How has God treated you lately even though you have not been dependent upon his true direction for your life?

The cold heat of pride began to exude through every pore of my torso. I know my face was red, and my cheeks were beginning to twitch in the steam. “Well, He has been patient with me.” The temperature began to lower a bit.

“Yes, patience is part of His divine nature. And we are to add patience to our faith. Patience is endurance. When we endure the spiritual growing pains in each other, then His Spirit is manifesting Himself in us. Now you are to add patience, and God is using her to show you that you need to add it. For with great mercy and patience he has loved, and, yes, endured your meanderings.  And now He is requiring you to show forth the same degree of patience with her as He has had with you. ”

“That is great, but I can’t do it. I have tried.”

“Of course, you can’t do it. That is the whole point. It will have to be “Christ in you” doing it. That is the great lesson that wives teach husbands, and very few husbands are spiritually attuned to be able to receive it. Husbands get frustrated and throw up their hands, and say, I just can’t live with this woman.”

“I have felt that way, I have to confess,” I said smiling.

The Seer paused. “The revelation is this: you don’t have it in your old nature to love her as you should. It is only the Spirit of God in you that will bring forth the patience and the love to really meet her need. For a wife’s heart is crying out to be loved the way Christ loved all of us. They can tell. That is true love, the melting kind of love that softens the heart.”

“She would love to hear this.”

“She would rather hear your words, born of patience and mercy. And it will come to pass. But it won’t be overnight. Not until “Christ be formed in you.” Not till your thoughts to God and to her are pure. When she feels the purity of your intent, then she will look inside her own heart and see a bit of the vacuum created by not trusting you now in your regenerated state. She will then come to you and long to be close to you, and she will realize that you are her life. All those other things that she had put before you–they will fall away in importance and will be seen a bit trivial when compared to the great love you share.”

Another seeker came to ask questions of the Seer. So, I got up and thanked him and left, thanking God for a revelation that would not really come for another twenty years.   Kenneth Wayne Hancock

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