Orange Moon Monday, September 7, 2026 "Alien Invasion"

The Special of the Day… From the Orange Moon Cafe…

    

“Alien Invasion”

    

      

       The alien invasion of earth began 2,000 years ago, when the God of Heaven took upon Himself physical and human substance.  “God was manifest in the flesh” (I Timothy 3:16).  

   After the Lord’s return to Heaven by way of death, resurrection and ascension, the invasion continued, this time in multitudes of beings originally born of the earth, but born again of spiritual being and nature.  Believers are not of this world in the innermost essence of our being, having been spiritually birthed by the Lord of Heaven in the moment we believed.  “That which is born of the Spirit is spirit (John 3:6).

    As the old hymn sings, “This world is not my home.”  Or, as the saying goes, “Believers are in the world, but not of it.”  Once aliens to Heaven, we are now aliens to earth.  Of course, we still bear its remnants in our fleshly souls and bodies, and are thus susceptible to live as if we are citizens of the world.  Moreover, we still must and should function in a manner whereby we are of proper earthly good in this present realm.  However, as was our Lord, we are alien to the present world in the innermost spiritual being of our Christ-indwelt selfhood.  “Ye are not in the flesh, but in the spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you” (Romans 8:9).

   “And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God” (Romans 12:2).

   

   Every born again believer in the Lord Jesus must seek God to discover how we may be “conformed to the image of His dear Son,” as opposed to conformity to the world (Romans 8:29).  How do we live as the aliens we are, while influencing unbelievers to discover the Alien, and also helping fellow aliens - believers - to not “walk according to the course of this world?” (Ephesians 2:2).  Just now would be a good moment for us all to seek God’s leading in so vital a matter, asking for confirmation whereby we grow in the awareness that we serve as members of our Lord’’s alien invasion…

“Our conversation (citizenship) is in Heaven, from whence also we look for the Savior.”

(Philippians 3:20)

“And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from Heaven. As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the Heavenly, such are they also that are Heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the Heavenly.”

(I Corinthians 15:45-49)

Weekly Memory Verse

     Ye are not in the flesh, but in the spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you.”

 (Romans 8:9)

    

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Orange Moon Saturday, September 5, 2026 "A Wedding"

The Special of the Day… From the Orange Moon Cafe…

    

“A Wedding”

    

      

       It is telling that the first miracle of the Lord Jesus Christ occurred at a wedding, where He changed water into wine (John 4).  This foreshadows the supernatural work of God that occurs in all who believe in the Savior:

    “For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh” (Ephesians 5:31).

    “He that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit” (I Corinthians 6:17).

    The new birth through faith in the Lord Jesus transforms a spirit alone into a spirit united with and indwelt by the Spirit of God.  He remains Himself, of course, and we remain ourselves.  However, a vital spiritual union occurs in the very depths of our being where we become the temple of the living God (I Corinthians 3:16).  Christ becomes our life, the very Life of our lives.  “He is thy life” (Colossians 3:4).  Never again will we be merely ourselves, but rather ourselves as inhabited, led, and enabled by the presence of the almighty God.  “I will dwell in them and walk in them” (II Corinthians 6:16).

    To the degree we know, believe, and submit to such wondrous truth will be the degree to which we walk in the sublime wonder of   “Christ in you, the hope of glory” (Colossians 1:27).  This presents great challenge in our presently earthly lifetime.  Appearances, experiences, feelings, and sensations all conspire to tempt us to view ourselves as alone, rather than as united to the Holy Spirit.  We do not always "walk in the Spirit," despite the reality that we eternally “live in the Spirit” after the new birth (Galatians 5:25).  Consider the Corinthians, to whom Paul wrote, “Ye are the temple of God.”  Nothing appeared to be less true at the time the Apostle directed his indictment to a body of believers who were remained carnal in their walk despite being born again in spirit (I Corinthians 3:3).  Their actions did not change their being in Christ.  However, Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians serves as one of Scripture's great tragedies, namely, a people inhabited by the living God and filled with His life, but who lived as if alone and still dead in sin (thankfully, II Corinthians indicates a good response to Paul’s challenge, and much repentance - II Corinthians 7:9-11).

   In the depths of believers' spiritual being, a “wedding” occurred, as it were, at the moment of our new birth.  The Spirit of the Lord Jesus entered into our hearts, creating a “newness of life” based on spiritual union with Him.  “God hath sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying Abba Father” (Romans 6:4; Galatians 4:6).  We may or may not walk accordingly in this present lifetime.  However, nothing changes the fact and reality of this unimaginably glorious gift of grace.  Of this we can be sure: we must know and grow in the truth if we are to more effectually avail ourselves of the gift.  Moreover, when we consider the price that made such presence possible - “My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?” - few greater tragedies can occur than for the believer to live as if alone (Matthew 27:46).  We never are, nor will we ever be.  May our Father grant much grace of remembrance and growth in this “hope of glory," and may we heed Paul’s command to…

“Reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.”

(Romans 6:11)

Weekly Memory Verse

        Oh the depths of the riches of both the wisdom and knowledge of God.  How unsearchable are His judgments, and His ways past finding out!

(Romans 11:36)

    

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