A REALM BEYOND

The realm of the spirit is a realm beyond, a very real place.  It exists beyond the reach of your five senses.  If you believe that only what your five senses perceive is real, it is time to rethink that paradigm.

Although the function and expanse of this dimension is greater, it is somewhat like the physical realm in that laws govern both.  We make contact with the earth through our five senses.  We make contact with the realm of the spirit through the senses of our spirit. 

To understand this realm you must recognize that just as the physical realm has substance, so too does the spiritual realm.

Substance is defined as physical material from which something is made.  John G. Lake described it as follows:

Now as to the composition of the personality of God, for God has a personality and a being and a substance.  God is a Spirit and Spirit is a substance.  That is the thing I am trying to emphasize.  All heavenly things are of spiritual substance.  The body of the angels is of some substance, not the same character of materiality as our own, for ours is an earthly materiality; but the composition of heavenly things is of a heavenly materiality.  In other words, heavenly materiality is Spirit.  The Word says "God is a Spirit" [John 4:24].  He is a Spirit.  Therefore, "They that worship him must worship him in spirit."ⁱ

The substance of the things that God promises in His word exists and are stored in the realm of the spirit.  By faith, we access that provision and bring it into the natural realm.

"Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."ⁱⁱ

God's Word, spoken in faith, is substance.

Example:  When my father contracted lung cancer, God gave me a word. 

"When a wicked man turns from his wicked ways, he shall surely live, he shall not die."ⁱⁱⁱ 

At first, I did not recognize that it was a scripture.  In fact, it directly related to my father's repentance and trust in Christ just days before (which I knew nothing about).

That word was substance to me.  I warred, using that promise, as the enemy tried to take his life.  With every apparent setback, I spoke that word into the realm of the spirit. I was releasing its substance — life!  I was also establishing the boundary of the enemy. . .  He shall live, he shall not die!

My father's turning point in intensive care was dramatic.  He was on a ventilator, and had just failed a test to breathe on his own.

That night, in an open vision, he watched angelic and demonic activity around him.  He heard the 'perfect man' sitting by his bedside say "you can go this far and no farther, the price has been paid!"  Shortly after the 'man' helped the doctor remove the ventilator and he was gone.  No one but my father ever saw him.

The doctor said, "We cannot explain what happened to you".  My father's answer was "I asked my daughter to pray".

My father believed everything that he saw and heard was happening in the natural realm.  It was, however, all transpiring in the realm of the spirit.

Spiritual substance exists in the realm of the spirit and then manifests in the natural realm.  As we respond to the Word of God with faith and action, we release that substance.  God's will can then be done on earth as it is in heaven. 

Listen for the Word God quickens in your spirit and boldly declare it in faith.

It is time to release Kingdom substance

into the earth!

See also HOW DO I ACCESS THE SPIRITUAL REALM and EXPLORING THE UNSEEN

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ⁱ John G. Lake, His Life, His Sermons, His Boldness of Faith, p23

ⁱⁱ Heb 11:1

ⁱⁱⁱ Ezekiel 18:28