1. Grace Fellowship Church Pastor/Teacher Jim Rickard Thursday, April 14, 2011 www.GraceDoctrine.org

2. Doxology Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.— Amen.

3. Memory Verse 1 Cor 13:13 “ ” Memory Verse 1 Cor 13:13 “But now abide (live forever) faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.”

4. John 16:5, “But now I (Jesus) am going to Him (God the Father) who sent Me, and yet not one of you (the disciples) asks Me, ‘Where are you going?’”

5. John 16:6, “But because I have said (taught) to you all these things, sorrow (inward stress) has completely filled your heart (right lobe of the soul).”

6. Doctrine of Occupation with The Lord Jesus Christ

7. E. The Pattern and Mechanics for Occupation with Christ.

8. Priority Number One (P 1 ), =

9. Priority Number One (P 1 ), = Concentration on your number one priority (C 1 ), +

10. Priority Number One (P 1 ), = Concentration on your number one priority (C 1 ), + Organizing your life around your number one priority (O L ), +

11. Priority Number One (P 1 ), = Concentration on your number one priority (C 1 ), + Organizing your life around your number one priority (O L ), + Organizing your thinking around priority number one (O T ), +

12. Priority Number One (P 1 ), = Concentration on your number one priority (C 1 ), + Organizing your life around your number one priority (O L ), + Organizing your thinking around priority number one (O T ), + Concentration on Christ (C C ), =

13. Priority Number One (P 1 ), = Concentration on your number one priority (C 1 ), + Organizing your life around your number one priority (O L ), + Organizing your thinking around priority number one (O T ), + Concentration on Christ (C C ), = Occupation with Christ (O C ). [P 1 = C 1 + O L + O T + C C = O C ]

14. F. Occupation with Christ begins in Spiritual Self- Esteem (SSE).

15. 1. SSE is the status of cognitive self-confidence. It is the first time in your life when you stop competing with and undermining people.

16. You stop slandering, gossiping, maligning, and judging other people and use impersonal love towards others.

17. Gal 4:19, “My Children with whom I am again in labor until Christ is formed in you.”

18. a. This means Christ will be formed in your thinking. He will have precedence at all times in your thinking.

19. b. Also for the first time in your life, no one can do anything to hurt you, (Providential Preventative Suffering - PPS).

20. c. This does not mean you merely grit your teeth and take it. It means you are totally relaxed, happy, and have a Personal Sense of Destiny.

21. d. You come to love TLJC above everything else and you relate grace and grace functions to Him. 2 Cor 5:14, “The love for Christ motivates you.”

22. G. Occupation with Christ increases in Spiritual Autonomy (SA).

23. 1. SA is characterized by cognitive independence, when you stop leaning on people for advice and counsel, and start using the PSDs so that your problems remain your own.

24. Eph 3:17, “That Christ may be at home in your hearts (right lobes) through faith (Bible doctrine) when you have been rooted and established in virtue-love (personal love for Christ).”

25. 2. Once Christ is formed in you (SSE), you advance when Christ is at home in your right lobe (SA).

26. 3. Bible doctrine as the written Word becomes the means of causing Jesus Christ, the living Word, to become number one priority in your life.

27. a. Your concentration expands from learning doctrine into the utilization of the PSDs.

28. b. You organize your life around your number one priority in the reception, retention, and recall of the Mystery Doctrine under your right Pastor/Teacher

29. You use the PSDs in Momentum Testing (MT). 1) Thought Testing 2) People Testing 3) System Testing 4) Disaster Testing 5) Prosperity Testing

30. 4. In SA, nothing in your life depends on outside influence. You depend entirely upon the accumulation of doctrine in the right lobe of your soul. 1 Peter 3:13-16

31. H. Occupation with Christ reaches its peak in Spiritual Maturity (SM).

32. 1. SM is the status of the winner and the invisible hero, characterized by cognitive invincibility, Phil 1:20.

33. 2. The ultimate in O.C. is when He is “exalted in your body”, whether you are in a state of living or in a state of dying.

34. 3. First, Christ is formed in your soul (SSE), then He is at home in your right lobe (SA), now He is exalted / glorified in your body (SM).

35. 4. You now have a dual #1 priority: Bible doctrine and Jesus Christ, (i.e., the written Word and the living Word), the mechanics for glorifying God to the max. in the Christian way of life.

36. 5. You concentrate on sanctifying the Lord Christ in your right lobe (1 Peter 3:15) so that there is maximum invisible impact in your life.

37. 6. At this point O.C. equates living with dying. Phil 1:21, “For me, living is Christ and dying is profit.”

38. Grace Fellowship Church Thursday, April 14, 2011 Tape # 11-044 Occupation with the Lord Jesus Christ Upper Room Discourse, Part 496 John 16:6; Gal 4:19; Eph 3:17; Phil 1:20 James H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2011