Spirit of Leadership

THE RESTORATION OF THE LEADERSHIP SPIRIT manufacturer and are familiar with the product. The same principle holds true in the case of the fall of man from his relationship with his Creator. The Creator sent his one-and-only Authorized Dealer to give us the original information about ourselves and to repair our damaged relationship with the Manufacturer. The coming of Jesus to the earth was not so much a reli gious activity as it was a “business” transaction. His “assign ment” was to do everything necessary to reconnect mankind back to his Source. Following our earlier analogy, Jesus came to restore power to the “computer”—he restored the Spirit of the Creator to our lives and gave us a new awareness of our purpose. Now we have the power to become what we were created to be. He restored our “hard drives.” J ESUS ’ S COMING TO EARTH WAS MORE A BUSINESS TRANSACTION THAN A RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY . We read earlier that “the Word is God.” God sent him self to give us the true information about ourselves. Jesus said, “You will know the truth [through the Word], and the truth will set you free.” Through the Word, we are set free from all the misconceptions and mental illnesses that resulted from our disconnection. One of the statements Jesus made numerous times before he explained something was, “I tell you the truth.” If you want to know the truth about yourself and the attitude you should have about yourself, you have to listen to the words Jesus spoke about you. We need truth, and he is the source of it. He said, “I am the way and the truth and the life.” I read this as, “I am the way to the truth that gives you

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