I Am Not Only My Sister’s Keeper, I AM MY SISTER

I am not only My Sister’s Keeper, I AM MY SISTER"By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have LOVE for oneanother." John 13:35 NASIntroduction:On 8/22/2014 the Spirit of the Lord reminded me of a quote that I heard fromIyanla Vanzant which is, “I am not my sister’s keeper, I AM MY SISTER.” Heproceeded to tell me that there lays the message. So, I began to open myself tohear what the Spirit desires to share with me. So several weeks ago in bible StudyGod began to reveal to me the meaning of that quote. He first changed the titleby adding a word to read, “I’m not only my sister’s keeper, I AM MY SISTER”!There is a responsibility to be each other’s keeper as well as be our sister. So, thefollowing is the revelation I received from the Lord that first had to begin workingin me and then dispersed to His daughters.9/22/2014What makes us one with our sister and our sister’s keeper is the fact that we mustrecognize that we are all made up of the same identity. All of God’s childrenhouse the same DNA that makes us all one, which is Jesus Christ. Remember oldthings are passed away and behold all things became new. The Lord said, He doesnot identify His children by the old man, but Christ within. God answers to His Sonand all are saved because He lives in us and we live through Him.I AM My Sister’s KeeperA KEEPER is a person who guards or watches; as at a prison or gate; A person whoassumes responsibility for another’s behavior. A person charged withresponsibility for the preservation and CONSERVATION of something valuable, asa curator; A person who conforms to or abides by a requirement:

When we pray for our sister’s we must stand inside of them as if we are them anddeclare the Words of Jesus. It is through our faith that our sisters are madewhole. We must see each other as the Body of Christ and all of us as a significantpart. One part affects the whole. We are not only our sister’s keeper but we areour sister. We are One, just like God, the Son and the Holy Ghost are One. God’schildren are created after God’s image and likeness. When God see His children,He see Himself and when we see our sisters and brothers we MUST see ourselves.The Tale of Two BrothersToday, I’m going to walk you through a story about two brothers. One of thebrother’s life ended in death by the hands of his brother. We are going to seewhat the Holy Spirit revealed that caused the one to murder his flesh and blood.We are also going to see God’s expectation and what he needed to operate in ashis brother’s keeper. My desire is for us to all walk away with a greater burden foreach other as we see each other as ourselves and uphold each other in Christ.Yes! We are not only our sister’s keeper but we are Our Sister.A Word from the Lord9/26/2014“It is time that you see your sisters as My daughters, saith the Lord. Before thefoundation of the world I foreknew who they would be and knew that they will bestanding alongside of you and housed in My body. Treat them as My deardaughters in the same way in which I commanded them to treat you. For theworld will know that you are My disciples by the love that you have one foranother.We can no longer look or identify each other by the old man. You must see what Isee. All of My children are fearfully and wonderfully made and to know your sisteris to know My Son.”

“Today I am calling for the mature to arise and take their rightful position in Mewhere walking in the flesh is no longer an option. It is time to put away the milkand take hold of the meat of My Word. The hour has come where My trueworshippers will worship Me in Spirit and in truth”, saith the Lord.The quote, “I’m not only my sister’s keeper , I AM MY SISTER” derives from twopostures. The first posture is SELFLESSNESS and the second is IMAGE ANDLIKENESS.To build a foundation I want to visit the story of Cain and Abel. The story can befound in Genesis 4:1-16 (New Living Translation)“1Now Adam slept with his wife, Eve, and she became pregnant. When the timecame, she gave birth to Cain, and she said, "With the LORD's help, I have broughtforth a man!" 2Later she gave birth to a second son and named him Abel. Whenthey grew up, Abel became a shepherd, while Cain was a farmer. 3Atharvesttime Cain brought to the LORD a gift of his farm produce, 4while Abelbrought several choice lambs from the best of his flock. The LORD accepted Abeland his offering, 5but he did not accept Cain and his offering. This made Cain veryangry and dejected (low in spirit, depressed in spirit and disheartened.)6"Why are you so angry?" the LORD asked him. "Why do you look so dejected?7You will be accepted if you respond in the right way. But if you refuse to respondcorrectly, then watch out! Sin is waiting to attack and destroy you, and you mustsubdue it." (Subdue means to conquer, to bring it into subjection; overcome; tooverpower by superior force.)8Later Cain suggested to his brother, Abel, "Let's go out into the fields." Andwhile they were there, Cain attacked and killed his brother.9Afterward the LORD asked Cain, "Where is your brother? Where is Abel?" "Idon't know!" Cain retorted. "Am I supposed to keep track of him wherever hegoes?" In the NAS it reads, “AM I MY BROTHER’S KEEPER?”10But the LORD said, "What have you done? Listen—your brother's blood criesout to me from the ground! 11You are hereby banished from the ground you

have defiled with your brother's blood. 12No longer will it yield abundant cropsfor you, no matter how hard you work! From now on you will be a homelessfugitive on the earth, constantly wandering from place to place."13Cain replied to the LORD, "My punishment is too great for me to bear! 14Youhave banished me from my land and from your presence; you have made me awandering fugitive. All who see me will try to kill me!"15The LORD replied, "They will not kill you, for I will give seven times yourpunishment to anyone who does." Then the LORD put a mark on Cain to warnanyone who might try to kill him. 16So Cain left the LORD's presence and settledin the land of Nod, east of Eden.”A Matter of Honor and ReverenceGenesis 4:3 “ Cain brought to the LORD a gift of his farm produce, 4while Abelbrought several choice lambs from the best of his flock ”This was a matter of a heart posture of honor and reverence to God. There is acommandment that says, “And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thineheart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.” Deuteronomy 6:5 KJV.When we are walking after the Spirit it will always be Jesus’ intention to give thebest. God sees the heart of man. The giving of sacrifice is an opportunity for Godto see where our heart really is. When it is time for us to present our sacrifices toGod will we give our best to him, like He gave us His Son or would we only offerup to him something that is more pleasing to us than to Him. That is what Caindid. It pleased himself to keep the best and to offer something else to God, butAbel bought not just a best, but several of the best. He truly thought aboutpleasing God than himself. That is why God accepted Abel and his offering."Not everyone who says to Me, Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, buthe who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter.” Matthew 7:21NAS

Remember, what God was looking for here was a heart posture. How did theyhold God in their eyes? Are they going to honor themselves more highly thanGod? He looks at our giving the same way. Do we honor God enough to give ourbest. He loved us enough to give us His best."For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoeverbelieves in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.” John 3:16The following is the will of God exposed that became law. God knew where thereis no law there is no sin. That is why Cain was not killed for his choice and wouldpunish anyone that tried to kill him. Today, nothing has changed. Our God stilldesires the best from us and will not accept anything less. What is interesting isthat no matter what the world has become, God never lowered his standards,regardless if they knew clearly what His standard was. Now that we know thestandard we are held accountable to that standard. We now live without excuse.A person can choose to ignore the law, but that does not stop him from beingaccountable and judged by it.“Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and withall thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.” Luke 10:27KJV“Make sure that GOD's portion is the best and holiest of everything you get.” Byoffering the best part, you'll avoid guilt, you won't desecrate the holy offerings ofthe People of Israel, and you won't die." Numbers 18:29;32 MESSAGEWe Must Consider our Giving The LORD accepted Abel and his offering, 5but he did not accept Cain and hisoffering God accepted not only Abel’s offering but Abel himself. Sometimes the enemy willdeceive you to think that you can offer just anything to God and God will stillreceive you. Remember it’s not the sacrificed offering that God looks at but theheart of the giver. If your heart is defiled then your gift will be to and if your heartis pure then you offering will be pure as well.

We have to ask ourselves, when we are giving to Lord are we really giving ourbest. Only God and us know the answer to that question. God is wanting us toCONSIDER OUR GIVING. When we seriously take time to think about that, we canclearly see if we were following the footsteps of Cain or Abel.Apostle Paul urged us by the mercies of God, to present our bodies a living andholy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is our spiritual service of worship. (seeRomans 12:1)And when we give “Each one must do just as he has purposed in his heart, not grudgingly or undercompulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.” 2 Corinthians 9:7 NAS.Cain’s Choice was Rejected.When God rejected Cain’s offering, “This made Cain very angry and dejected.”Dejected means low in spirit, depressed in spirit and disheartened.This is an important point that we all must get.Cain wanted God to accept what he was WILLING to give, but God did not. Cain atthat point chose what was acceptable in his heart to give and was ok with hischoice and was hoping that God would APPROVE. Yes, God gives us the freedomof choice but still desires that we make the right choice. There was clearly awrong and a right choice here and it was Abel that chose the latter. Yes! Godgives us our own free will and our will is our greatest prize and possession. It isour right and we have freedom in our will. Cain clearly understood his freedom ofchoice and kept the best for himself and gave God a portion of the remainder. Hischoice proved what god he served.“Who is the man who fears the LORD? He will instruct him in the way he shouldchoose.” Psalms 25:12 NAS.