Dear John and Doves,
Satan Inspired distractions are going on all around us to try and unsettle our daily peace, getting us to follow MAN, instead of the ONLY VOICE, ALMIGHTY God, but we ARE NOT
Deceived
God is steadily building Himself into us each day to COMPLETE that measure of God-like-ness to be
READY for RAPTURE! That's WHY we're still HERE! Many ought to be VERY GLAD they're not gone!
For we are being changed from glory to glory unto the FINAL glorification! 2 Cor 3:18 New American Standard Bible
But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.
At the Rapture God, in Christ, will burst thru to the releasing of our Inner Man, that measure of Christ that has grown
In the likeness of God's nature, (Eph 4:13), which is the meaning of Phil 2:12
So then, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your salvation (soul salvationthat which is to be DAILY crucified, the SELF LIFE in us )with fear and trembling.
Remember, the whole issue of salvation depends on God! When He says to SEEK His Face, only then can one Believe on the Lord Jesus. Ps 27:8
When You said, "Seek My face," my heart said to You, "Your face, O LORD, I shall seek
He gives us a will so that we may accept or deny His offer of salvation.
But once that Holy seed has been Born in us from above, we CAN'T be UNBORN.
Next comes the LIVING and GROWING of that SEED He has planted within us.
That means we are to follow the Holy Spirits guidance ALL the DAYS of our Life to
Fullfill that measure of Christ that God has allotted to us! Sad to say, some believers will grow to maturity, but some will not. That's the purpose of the Bema Judgment Seat of Christ. That's why it's so important to DAILY walk with the Lord and pray that he forgives us all our sins of commission, that is, overt sins, and sins of ommission, things we should have done but didn't do them. The sum of what I'm saying is that we are to DAILY examine ourselves making sure we're relying on Christ!
Christ GREW in Grace and in the knowledge of the Lord! That's the plan for us after we are saved; we are to GROW in Grace and in the knowledge of Christ thru INGESTING HIS WORD and by PRAYER!!!!
Christ did Nothing but what the Father told Him to do in His short Life! In our short life,
We are to do Nothing but what we see of Jesus. IF we eat and drink the Word of God, we will KNOW how to hear what He has to say.
Until in an UNKNOWN SECOND......
In an instant we will unite with the other believers measure that will form the Fullness of THE Christ, that Glorified Christ, At the Rapture.
Christ will present His Bride to Himself in God the Father's Time When that Fullness has been accomplished ,
Trying to figure out a certain day of the Rapture may be futile, as only God knows when His Finished Fullness of The Christ, that Glorified NEW Man, will happen!
The Christ is called the mystery of God! That COMPLETED Body of Christ! Col 2:2
That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgment of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ
It is called the Body of Christ', or the Bride of Christ', or the Church'. It is not an organization, but an organism. The Lord Jesus is the head of this unique organism: [Eph 5:23b] Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body'. [1 Cor 12:27] Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.'
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OTHERS MAY; YOU CANNOT
-Author Unknown.
IF God has called you to be really like Jesus He will draw you into
a life of crucifixion and humility, and put upon you such demands
of obedience, that you will not be able to follow other people, or
measure yourself by other Christians, and in many ways He will
seem to let other people do things which He will not let you do.
Other Christians and ministers who seem very religious and useful,
may push themselves, pull wires, and work schemes to carry out
their plans, but you cannot do it, and if you attempt it, you will
meet with such failure and rebuke from the Lord as to make you
sorely penitent.
Others may boast of themselves, of their work, of their successes,
of their writings, but the Holy Spirit will not allow you to do any
such thing, and if you begin it, He will lead you into some deep
mortification that will make you despise yourself and all your good works.
Others may be allowed to succeed in making money, or may have
a legacy left to them, but it is likely God will keep you poor,
because He wants you to have something far better than gold,
namely, a helpless dependence upon Him, that He may have the
privilege of supplying your needs day by day out of an unseen treasury.
The Lord may let others be honored and put forward, and keep
you hidden in obscurity, because He wants to produce some
choice fragrant fruit for His coming glory, which can only be
produced in the shade. He may let others be great, but keep you
small. He may let others do a work for Him and get the credit for
it, but He will make you work and toil on without knowing how
much you are doing; and then to make your work still more
precious He may let others get credit for the work which you have
done, and thus make YOUR REWARD TEN Times GREATER
When JESUS COMES.
The Holy Spirit will put a strict watch over you, with a jealous love,
and will rebuke you for little words and feelings or for wasting your
time, which other Christians never feel distressed over. SO make
up your mind that God is an Infinitely Sovereign Being, and has a
right to do as He pleases with His own. He may not explain to
you a thousand things which puzzle your reason in His dealings
with you, but if you absolutely sell yourself to be His love slave,
He will wrap you up in Jealous Love, and bestow upon you many
blessings which come only to those who are in the inner circle.
Settle it forever, then that you are to DEAL DIRECTLY WITH
THE HOLY SPIRIT, and that He is to have the privilege of tying
your tongue, or chaining your hand, or closing your eyes, in ways
that He does not seem to use with others. Now, when you are
so possessed with the living God that you are, in your secret
heart, pleased and delighted over this PECULIAR, PERSONAL,
PRIVATE, JEALOUS GUARDIANSHIP and MANAGEMENT OF
the HOLY SPIRIT OVER YOUR LIFE, then you will have found
the vestibule of Heaven.
WHEN YOU ARE forgotten, neglected, or purposefully set at
naught, and you smile inwardly, glorying in the insult or the
oversight, because thereby you are counted worthy to suffer with
Christ, THAT IS VICTORY.
WHEN YOUR GOOD is evil spoken of, when your wishes are
crossed, when your taste is offended, when your advise is
disregarded, when your opinions are ridiculed, and you take it
all in patient, loving silence, THAT IS VICTORY.
WHEN YOU ARE content with any food, raiment, climate,
society, solitude,or any interruption by the will of God, THAT
IS VICTORY.I join in prayer for each and everyone of you to fulfill God's glory in Christ,
Time may be shorter than we think, let's not pursue the things of "this vain world", for
Christ has set "eternity" in OUR hearts........
Shalom, George E.