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 Jesus on...
The
Real Thing
M.T. Vessel
 
Prologue:We're living in times in which it's hard to know at times what is real and what is fake. We're bombardedwith information which we accept as fact, only to find out at a later date that we had been either mistakenor deceived about some of the things we thought were true.Suppose that our world was in the hands of some evil force which had made it its goal to deceivemankind into accepting counterfeit and fake versions of the Real Thing, in order to hide from them thetruth and keep them from finding the path to happiness...It would cause us to be unhappy with the things we've originally had and to ever yearn for the grass onthe other side, full of tempting devices and thrills that life would have to offer for us if we could only getover there.Well, as unbelievable as it may sound, this is closer to the reality the author of this treatise on the RealThing has encountered than one would be willing to believe at first glimpse.The Bible, certainly considered by some as an authority on truth, even if some modern concepts and"truths" that frame our mindsets in this day and age threaten to strongly undermine it, tells us that indeedour world is presently under the rulership of a dark force that poses as an angel of light, and thankfully,points us in the direction of the truth, actual reality and the Real Thing.Contrary to what many believers in the Bible claim, though, its divine Author (although always availingHimself of human writers as vessels and scribes) has not stopped speaking 2000 years ago when the lastpage of the Bible was written.In fact, the Bible admonishes its followers to avail themselves of the gift of prophecy, which is not only agift that would aid one in foretelling the future, but principally the ability to hear the voice of God.Through this gift - as unbelievable as it may sound to some - anyone can have vivid and frequentconversations with their Maker.The following are excerpts and results of even such unusual conversations, all pointing us in therecovery of The Real Thing, as opposed to the many fakes that surround us from all sides.Come and join the author (although only another mere instrument in the hands of the True Author of allthings) in rediscovering the true foundation of things and what Jesus has to say about the Real Thing!
 
The Real Thing is......JesusI am the REAL THING!The real thing may not always be as attractive, especially when you’ve been spoiled by the attractivelooks of the fake, but it’s REAL! It’s going to get you through the winter! REAL fire will! Artificial firewon’t!The time for substitutes is over. It's time for the real thing, which is Me. I am the original Satisfier & theonly One Who can truly satisfy every longing of every heart.It's just that so many haven't even given Me a chance yet. They were too busy finding relief & temporarysatisfaction in their substitutes, which to them appeared more easily available, as they were right there inthe material world, where they could see them & grab them, no reaching out with the hand of faith for spiritual comfort required. But the time is now to really determine whether you will set your affections onthings above or things that are seen: the eternal or the temporal; the real thing or the cheap imitation &easy way out, Me or the Devil's substitute.Don't "sell" people your own idea of Me, but the Real Thing, and that you do it in
My 
strength, not your own, because this job is too big, too monumental for anyone to try to do in their own strength.
 You only become the real thing by keeping your eyes and focus steadily on the Real Thing, Me.I’m allowing the Enemy to play the role of the big, tough head honcho to see who’s going to fall for it, and whowill not be fooled by his act but will refuse to settle for anything less and other than the Real Thing.
Only those who seek the Real Thing and the truth are also going to find it.They ignore the headless chase that’s going on all around them for all those other things that aresupposed to bring happiness, and they want just one thing: to find Me again in all this chaos. They knowthis world, the way it is, is not their home, and that their 
must 
be something better. They refuse to becontent with the husks the Devil has to offer, they won’t settle for anything less than the Real Thing. Theyknow I’m the Prize, the One really worth getting and going after, and they won’t stop short of that ultimategoal.All they want and yearn for is to find Me, and they won’t be disappointed....Communication and Relationship with GodA love relationship with Me beats any Hollywood episode! Show them what love is
really 
all about! Thoseromantic love films are nice, but they’re not the
real thing 
that they could have with Me! Even in the midstof the greatest darkness on earth, we can have the fires of love burning! That’s the fire the world will needthen, the fire by which they will warm themselves through the long, cold, lonely winter before I finallycome to take you all Home with Me.The
Real Thing 
is not a group of people, but the Real Thing is relationship with Me. It’s loving Me, themeaning of life, and the secret.Whenever you neglect the Real Thing, it becomes “unreal,” and your life and everything going on in itbecomes less real, less what it’s supposed to be, less soaked in My love, simply because you’ve beenneglecting to make sure that you’ve got enough of it yourself in order to run over with it and spill it onothers, including those closest to you, who are still somewhat dependent on your faithfulness in your walk with Me.The most important thing is that
you
live the real thing, real relationship with Me and each other.
People who aren’t really real on the inside cannot really have a good and clean connection – the
real thing 
–with Me, the Real One, either, because they simply don’t have the faith for it. They subconsciously know thatthere’s something standing in the way between Me and them – their self-deception, their lie that they’re tellingthemselves and the pretense they think they need to put on in order to be able to stand to live with themselves.
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