The Authoring of an 'Unfinished Faith' – Part 3

Dearly Beloved,

There was a kind of Faith that once thrived in Eden before the fall of man. That Faith once flourished because of the availability of a dimension of the Presence/Knowledge of God that caused men to live about a millennia then.

Sin couldn’t reign in the souls of men (after man’s spirit had died through disobedience) until Satan successfully attacked the faith life by deceiving men to celebrate Independence From God and the creation of The First Idol Called Self through the likes of Cain, Nimrod etc. By the time the Lord Jesus came, man/nations had been weakened by the Love of The World (1Jn. 2:15) and virtually all men were without ‘strength’. (Eze. 14:12/Rom. 5:6)

God in His Wisdom therefore had to step-down and begin with a Kind of Faith that mankind could relate with, one that only required them to BELIEVE. With this, man could engage the beginner course of Faith where we BELIEVE IN GOD, were such can trust God to meet their personal needs, ranging from their marital, security, financial to their emotional needs, which brought us all to Christ. 

The phase wherein we are encouraged to ‘ONLY BELIEVE’ is meant to be a transitional phase and not a tabernacle to dwell in, because the actual experience of God is tied to KNOWING IN GOD. Believers therefore struggle with God when he attempts to wean such from the beginning meals of faith and introduce them to a higher kind of faith, just like a child about to be weaned from the breast would. (Mark 11:22-23/Isa. 28:9)

Some Scriptures Clarifying The Difference Btw BELIEVING & KNOWING CHRIST

Mark 5:36 “As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only BELIEVE” (i.e. the criteria for receiving miracles)

2Tim. 1:12 …nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I KNOW whom I have BELIEVED (i.e. he started as a ‘BELIEVER’ but ended as a ‘KNOWER’)

 

Isa. 28:9 Whom shall he teach KNOWLEDGE (i.e. knowledge faith meals)? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine them that are weaned from the Milk (believing faith meals), and drawn from the breasts.

Mal. 2:7 “For the Priest’s lips should keep KNOWLEDGE, and they should seek the law at his mouth”

(i.e. Gentiles/Children of Israel/Levites had no access to Gods Knowledge. Only priests did

1 Tim. 2:4 Who will have all men to be saved (i.e. become BELIEVERS), and to come unto the knowledge of the truth (i.e. become KNOWLEDGEABLE).

The Lord Jesus therefore struggled to speak of ‘Heavenly Things’ and had to narrow down his ministrations to the ‘Earthly Things’ which carnal men (believers and unbelievers) could relate with. He had to appear to the apostles for a space of 40 days after His resurrection before he could expressly communicate some Heavenly Things/Kingdom Secrets which still had to be amplified by the Spirit of truth. (Jn. 14:26/Acts 1:3)

Jn. 3:12 ‘If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?’

1. This is the reason why there is a difference between the exploits or fruits of Faith recorded in Matthew to John and those recorded in Romans to Revelation where there was hardly a record of a physical miracle. Why? Because the Faith in operation in the epistles awoke believers to ‘KNOWLEDGE OF GOD’ (1 Cor. 15:34/2 Cor. 10:5) while that in the gospels (Matthew to John) helped men to ‘BELIEVE IN GOD’ (Heb. 6:1)
2. This was the reason why the early Apostles were communicating things that were not just relevant to this present world but relevant to the world to come when Christ’s kingdom would be made manifest. (2 Tim. 4:10/Mark 10:30/1 Jn. 2:15/Eph. 2:7/Heb. 2:5)
3. The books of Matthew to Acts therefore contained experiences where Christ wisely promoted “Faith Towards God” unto the Jews and Gentiles who had been weakened by the inability of the Law to build men spiritually for centuries. This beginner course of faith could be assimilated by Children who had no clue of the responsibility of a spiritual maturity which they could only come into via a higher faith mean that transform internally and produces ‘Sons of God’.
4. This higher faith meal was described by Apostle Paul as The Faith of God or The Faith of The Son in Colossians 2:12/Titus 1:1/Gal. 2:20, while Apostle Peter described it as Our  Precious Faith in 2Pet. 1:1 and Jude described it as The Faith To Be Contended For/Our Most Holy Faith in Jude Vs. 1 & 20 respectively) 

Heb 5:12-13 “For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of ‘the Word of God’ (detailed in Heb. 6:1-2); and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. For every one that uses milk is unskillful in The Word Of Righteousness: for he is a babe.”

(i.e. This is an admonition to migrate from being ‘A BELIEVER’ to being A’ KNOWER’ via a higher/spiritual meal)

 Heb. 6:1 “Therefore LEAVING the elementary principles of the doctrine of Christ, and go on unto Spiritual Maturity/Perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of Faith Toward God

So there is a Kind of Faith that ‘Gentiles or unbelievers’ like the Syrophenician woman or the centurion man could relate with and get their financial/health or material needs addressed and because of the carnal state of Israel then, Christ called it ‘a great Faith’, even though they were unbelievers!

• Such was the same kind of Faith that Jews/believers like blind Bartimaeus/Zacheus employed to get their miracles as they responded to one ‘spoken word’ or another
• Such is the kind of Faith that young believers can understand or relate with, because it ‘brings many natural promises to pass’ and helps from childhood to infanthood but not adulthood! Though it has raised many great ministries to the glory of God and thereby brought Breakthroughs to different areas of our natural life and the outward man, it can’t transform/raise/build the inner man – THE SOUL
• The purpose of God's Faith or the Faith of The Son was therefore designed to culture the soul in the life already acquired by the spirit at new birth. 
• The Face Ministry of Christ (2Cor. 3:18/4:6) which is different from the preeminent Blessings of God's Hands is responsible for dispensing God's faith and this is the aspect of Faith that would bring us unto The End of Faith, The Salvation Of Our Souls! 1Pet. 1:9.

This is why Jesus was called ‘The Author/Finisher of Our Faith’ by those who saw and pressed into such order of Faith/Divine Life. (2 Cor. 3:18/Heb. 12:2/)

Selah!

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The Authoring of an 'Unfinished Faith' – Part 2

 

Beloved of heaven,

The Beginning of Faith comprises biblical teachings that can be embraced or understood during the early years of the Christian faith and was designed to give believers a foundation for The Building Of Faith that leads to The End Of Faith (1Pet. 1:9)!

Just like the Manna in the Old Testament was meant to be consumed within a day lest corruption sets into it, so also the initial Faith Meals would be overtaken with corruption or carnality if we tarry with it beyond the time frame calibrated by God and this has produced spiritual casualties in the Church.

-      The same God who provided for Elisha’s need though ravens by the brook Cherith was the same God who later halted that operation and ministered unto him via the widow of Zarephath. 1Kings 17:4/9

-      The same God that initiated a beginner course called The Milk of The Word (1Cor. 3:2) which every new/young believer can relate with is the same God that ordained a process whereby every believer would be weaned from such Milky Form of Faith unto a Meaty/Spiritual Form of Faith (1Cor 3:1/Heb. 5:14) needed to bring about the Full Formation of Christ In The Soul. This is the transition from Faith Towards God unto The Faith of The Son which part 1 to 27 of this series attempts to pay homage to this understanding.

So, in Part 1 of this series, I tried to explain the fact that Salvation is meant to be An Ongoing Process and not An Event because believers are meant to gradually graduate from the elementary doctrines of Christ stated in Heb. 6:1-2 where the ingredients of the milky aspect of Faith is communicated. This is where we find Faith Towards God, the aspect of faith gave birth to The Prosperity/Healing Message. This is also the terrain that gave birth to the Doctrine of Baptisms that later founded The Baptist Church. This is where Repentance From Dead Works that raise the so called ‘Holiness Message’ was born. These were The Apostles Doctrine, the Activities of The Apostles in The Early Part of the Book of Acts where the glory of the milk could be found’.

Heb. 6:1-2 Therefore leaving the ELEMENTARY principles of the doctrine (i.e. TEACHINGS) of Christ, let us go on unto perfection/spiritual maturity; not laying again the foundation of REPENTANCE FROM DEAD WORKS, and of FAITH TOWARD GOD, of the DOCTRINE OF BAPTISMS……

(i.e. Summarily put, THE ELEMENTARY TEACHING OF CHRIST CANNOT BRING THE SAINTS UNTO PERFECTION/MATURITY)

So we can see from Hebrew 6:1-2 that the beginner course of faith is what Apostle Paul described as the Milk of The Word in 1 Corinthians 3:2 because new or young believers/nations who have been previously weakened by the course of the world ((Isa. 14:12/Eph.2:2) can embrace and use it. It contains promises that addresses our day-day natural/carnal needs. It is a vital FOUNDATION but not the BUILDING that should enable a believer complete the course of faith!

1 Cor. 3:2 I have fed you with milk (i.e. as aspect/form of faith), and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.

We all need a foundation that we would  build on, therefore this popular aspect of faith which is juicy and ‘result-oriented’ is designed as a base for a higher faith called THE FAITH OF THE SON. This is the faith that brought all Christians to Christ BUT It Can Neither Enable A Believer To Discern And Overcome The World Nor Bring A Believer Into The Love Of The Father, which The Likes of The Son and His Apostles Partook of! 1Jn. 2:15

The ‘disciple-making and weaning-process’ of Jn. 8:31-32 can either take years or decades depending on a lot of factors. Summarily put, it’s the only legal ground by which Christ through the holy spirit can administer truth to a believer. So truth is not what a young believer can handle as many suppose.

What many believers and ministers today call ‘Truth’ is actually only an Introduction To Truth. The corporate church is yet to fulfill Jn. 8:31 and therefore such can’t come into Jn.8:32.

So the crux of Christ’s declaration in Jn. 8:31-32 which gave birth to this article is that ‘embracing the weaning process from the initial Faith Meals is the only way to qualify to receive answers to Pilate’s question of ‘What is Truth’ (Jn. 18:38) and it’s the only avenue whereby God can administer The Knowledge of Truth (1Tim. 2:4) and gradually grant an Entrance Into The Kingdom to a believer (2Pet.1:11). Knowledge of Truth has to do with the costly art of engraving the Laws of the Spirit of Life in our hearts and mind (Rom.8:2/Heb. 8:10)

The privileges and blessings of The Milk of The Word, which begins the Faith journey as we can see in the book of Acts and in the church today, has given birth to prophesies, baptisms, healing and brought about many laudable outward/physical/carnal exploits and breakthroughs in various facets of our natural life but the emergence of the glorious church is at the mercy of purely spiritual meals that tends towards The End of The Faith, THE SALVATION OF THE SOUL - 1Pet.1:9. You can’t claim it, you can only RECEIVE IT after walking worthy of the instructions documented in the epistles! When Peter, James and John exhausted the light governing the initial Faith Towards God teachings, they had to give a right hands of fellowship to Apostle Paul who then taught them FAITH OF THE SON (Gal. 2:9/2:20). Then and only then could they access and Accurately Interpret Revelations Of Truth and become qualified to write epistles to the Churches, glory!

Like Joshua and the children of Israel once did in Deu. 2:3, ‘The Blessed Church of Christ’ has so far tarried and encompassed around the mountain of initial ‘Proofs-Oriented Faith’ born by the elementary principles of the teachings of Christ (Heb. 6:1-2). The Church (Believers) need to be weaned from such ‘Milky Meals’ of the gospel unto the ‘Meaty Meals’ that are capable of making the Soul Spiritual or ‘Christlike’, for then would we press into Sonship, endure a catalogue of chastening, become epistles that our generation would read and also bear the Peaceable Fruit of Righteousness unto the father - (Heb. 12:11)

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The Authoring of an 'Unfinished Faith' – Part 1

Beloved of Heaven,

This series (Part 1 to 28 ) was born in 2010 through 2011 during my daily habit of sharing God’s word with colleagues at work in reverence to Heb. 3:13 when inspired to.  

Part 1 of this series is an attempt to breakdown the Lord’s weighty counsel in Jn. 8:31-32 which encompasses what began the faith walk and what would end it i.e. BELIEVING, CONTINUING IN HIS REVEALED WORD WITH ITS DEMAND, BECOMING A DISCIPLE,  THEN COMING INTO THE KNOWLEDGE OF TRUTH & BEING MADE FREE FROM THE WRONG NATURE WE INHERITED, which isn’t a one-off experience as perceived by many but A FAITH TO FAITH EXPERIENCE.

PLS FIND GRACE TO PERSONALLY REFER TO EACH BIBLICAL QUOTATION

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Dearly Beloved,

I realize that the Words of Christ Jesus during his earthly ministry are weightier than we readily comprehend and they are loaded with divine substances that can connect us to the throne!

Jn. 8:31-32 “Then said Jesus to those Jews which Believed on him, If ye Continue in my word (i.e. not all would carry their cross daily), then are ye my Disciples indeed (not by words); and ye shall know the truth (which is different from believing in the truth), and the truth shall Make You Free.”

I’ll hereby detail what is not a ‘clad rule’ or what I would even label as a principle but rather, an inspired introductory understanding that buttresses Salvation as an ONGOING PROCESS which only ends when a Christian finishes his/her Course i.e. As unbelievers, we later became Saved in our Spirit (Jn. 3:3), as believers, we are meant to be experiencing an ongoing Salvation of Our Soul (1 Pet. 1:9/Jam. 1:23) so we can ultimately attain the fullness of salvation (i.e. our being saved unto the uttermost) before we depart to be with the Lord (Matt. 13:33/Heb. 7:25)

Dan. 12:13 “But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.” (Daniel finished His Course)

2 Tim. 4:7 “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: (Paul finished His Course)

1 Tim 1:19 “Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck (i.e. not all believers would finish their course)

Matt. 13:33 Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures (i.e. the spirit, soul & body) of meal, till the whole was leavened (i.e. salvation unto the uttermost)

• A Believer - One whose human spirit is regenerated/born again (Tit. 3:5) and can fellowship with the Milk of God’s Word (1Cor.3:2/1Pet.2:2). Such qualifies for the 1^st infilling or initiation into the realm of the Spirit and is expected to profess his conviction in his new found love. Such can relate with principles of sowing & reaping among others & should partake of some the gifts of the Spirit - 1 Cor. 12:31

Mark 5:36 As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe (the criteria for receiving miracles for young/growing  believers)

• Continuing in His Word – This is a more matured phase which is higher than the initial ‘only believe’ demand of Faith. Believers are expected to appreciate in the quality of their faith therefore the phrase ‘Faith and Love In the Lord Jesus (Eph. 1:15/Col. 1:4) where we gradually learn to add Patience to Faith and CONTINUE (Jam. 1:25) accordingly. Here, the condition ‘IF YOU CONTINUE IN MY WORD’ comes into play because the glories and cares of this World (Mark 4:19/2 Tim. 4:10/2 Pet. 2:15) that pulled back the likes of Righteous Lot, Demas and many till date promises to ensnare many and render make such a captive of a lesser/carnal life.

Heb. 10:38 “But 10:38 Now the just shall live by faith: BUT IF ANY MAN DRAWS BACK, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.”

• Discipleship – This is a phase of complete weaning from the Milk of the Word (1Pet.2:2/1Cor.3:2) where the enlightenment of the Eyes of the Heart (Eph. 1:18) prepares us for an access to the Secrets of Christ (Isa. 8:16). This is where a believer gradually understands the Parables of Christ which was only broken down in the Epistles via sound teachings, after which such would be strengthened to disown philosophies, traditions/doctrines of men and the rudiments of this world. Believers that reach such stage can delightfully endure trials and prepare to migrate further to a ‘soul state’ called which Isa. 13:12 likened as Gold (Rev. 3:18) 

Phil. 1:29 “For unto you (disciples) it is given in the behalf of Christ, NOT ONLY TO BELIEVE ON HIM, BUT ALSO TO SUFFER FOR HIS SAKE”

Job 23:10 “But he knows the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold”

• Knowledge of Truth – This is where the mystery of godliness (1 Tim. 3:16) is demystified to a believer as the eyes of his heart is further enlightened to can discern the true color and Wisdom of The World, which remains the primary enemy of truth. Saint would have journeyed from BELIEVING IN THE FATHER to gradually KNOWING HIM by KNOWING/LOVING THE SON (Jn. 14:21). This is a phase where we are prepared to become a ‘Prisoner of Christ’ whom He can confidently commit His Righteous Judgments and strengthen to overcome the world and attain the New Creation State in his Soul (Rev. 12:11/2Cor.5:17)

2Cor5:17 ‘Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is A New Creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

(i.e. our recreated human spirit is a citizen of the world to come and is seated with Christ in heavenly places @ new birth, but the Soul needs to be thoroughly feed with REVELATIONS/THINGS OF GOD to attain/inherit the new creation state)

Isa. 28:9 “Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts”.

(i.e. the bible contains the milky and meaty forms of faith)

1 Tim 2:3-4 “God our Savior; Who will have all men to be saved (i.e. born again), and to come (i.e. journey) unto the knowledge of the truth”

• Truth Making One Free – This is the phase/realm of liberty to actually engage God’s mysterious will after escaping from the bondage of corruption that has flourished for ages through lusts - 2 Pet. 1:4. This Is Where We Attain Our NEW TESTAMENT PRIESTLY CALLING (1Pet. 2:9/Rev. 1:6&5/10) and can MANIFEST OUR SONSHIP/DOMINION IN CHRIST  JESUS after a consistent walk in the Spirit (Rom. 8:19-21). This is where a disciple presses into the measure of The Stature of The Fullness of Christ, The Complete Man that can ‘house the fullness of the Father & The Son’ - Eph. 1:11& 4:13/2 Cor. 6:18/Rev. 21:3

2 Pet. 1:4 “….that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, after escaping the corruption that works in the world through lust”

You would therefore see why Christ was called The Author and Finisher of Our Faith by a glorious saint who Saw and completed His course (i.e. by those who reached the threshold called ‘The end of The Faith, The Salvation of the Soul’) - Heb. 12:1/1 Pet. 1:9

1 Pet. 1:9 … “Receiving the end of your faith, even the SALVATION OF YOUR SOULS”

(Pls note that Apostle Peter was writing to THOSE ALREADY BORN AGAIN)

1. My question now is ‘since those things Christ said while on earth were weighty, what adjective would be used in qualifying those things which he couldn’t say but had to leave for the coming of the Holy Spirit’? Jn. 16:13. 
2. My other question is ‘what is Christ currently speaking expressly of, from a More Excellent Name and a More Excellent Ministry (Heb. 8:6/Heb.1:4) that he attained after resurrection which was superior to the earthly ministry where he made declarations like Jn. 8:31-3 above?

Christ through his apostle began to speak of “The End of The Faith (the actual syllabus of  our perfection)  through his appearances to his holy apostles. Paul therefore said ‘God would Judge the secrets of ALL MEN according to what he documented in 2/3^rd of the Epistles (Rom. 2:16)

What Christ revealed to His Holy Apostles by His Spirit are the declarations of the epistles and it is the wisdom for The Salvation of The Soul. So, understanding how the faith walk begins and ends is the secret to Completing Our Course Of Faith, for thereby would Christians Grow from being ‘Children of God’ to becoming ‘Sons of God’

Rom. 1:17 For therein (i.e. in the revelations of the Gospel expounded in the epistles) is the Righteousness of God revealed FROM FAITH TO FAITH: as it is written, The just shall LIVE by faith.

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GLORIES Vs. THE GLORY! - Part 2

Beloved of God,

You may agree with me that the New Testament places so much emphasis on ‘seeking things’ that are not subject to degradation/corruption, seeking spiritual things that would determine our personality in the ages to come when time would have been swallowed up with eternity, seeking enduring things which would enable our earthly existence to count/speak volumes in the ages to come like the walk/lives of various biblical saints still does and therefore qualified them to be a company of those that would reign with Christ in the ages to come

With this understanding, Paul counseled those that would begin such rear journey to discover and experience God’s definition of ‘THE BLESSING/GLORY’ not to lavish their affections on the ephemeral, while Christ confirmed that those who would tread that narrow path and become the company of “FEW” in every generation are those who won’t ‘labour for the meat that perishes but for that meat which endures unto everlasting life. The question now is ‘Why has God always been concerned with things that transcend time, i.e the realm of the UNSEEN? Matt. 5:29/Matt. 6:33/Matt. 13:45/Col. 3:1/Heb. 11:14&13:14/1 Pet. 1:4&23/Matt. 7:14/Jn. 6:27

2 Cor. 4:18 “While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; BUT THE THINGS WHICH ARE NOT SEEN ARE ETERNAL.”

1 Pet. 1:24 “For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower thereof falls away. BUT THE WORD OF THE LORD ENDURES FOREVER.”

It would take a humble disposition for us to acknowledge that ‘the new birth experience’ does not deal with blindness of the heart. In fact, a believer can spend decades in numerous ‘religious activities’ available from the days of the Pharisees/Sadducees till date and not have The Eyes of Their Heart Enlightened! Apostle Paul’s  prayer to the Ephesians Church confirmed this as he only prayed for their blindness to be ‘treated’ after they had excelled in the twin course of “Faith and Love”. His defense in Acts 26:18 also confirmed that the there is a kind of Power governing blindness and only an access to a body of knowledge committed and revealed to the apostles through the epistles could actually undo the effect of that power on the souls of Christian after receiving him as Christ The Savior to begin seeking intimacy with him as Christ The Lord. (Eph. 1:15&18/2Cor. 4:4-6)

  

Paul found himself writing his autobiography as one that ‘lived in the Spirit’ when he described This Glory as A BODY OF KNOWLEDGE RESIDENT IN CHRIST’S FACE. But before we appraise in a subsequent editions what that knowledge is and why it does not reside in His Hands (operation of miracles/gifts/physical blessings), we may need to consider why ‘RELIGION’ or a ‘PERCEIVED KNOWLEDGE OF GOD’ is one of its greatest enemies. By ‘Religion’ I mean that which is inferior to Satan’s Wisdom, born when the Adam began to relate with God with his fallen/darkened understanding and therefore sowed fig leaves which God later replaced with coats of skins. By religion, I mean the vast intellectually appealing thoughts/paths, weaved by the Prince of the World, presented to every man from creation at one point in time or another but lacking a divine revelation of ‘How To Please God’.

By religion I mean a knowledge that is traceable to knowing Christ in the flesh (carnally), the stumbling block of the Pharisees/Sadducees and even Apostle Peter at various point in time. By religion, I mean that which despises the Life of Faith by settling for forms of godliness which never lacks the audience and approval of men. By religion, I mean that earth bound philosophy of Cain which couldn’t thrive in God’s presence, making him to depart and make exploits sometimes christened today as ‘Prosperity’. By Religion, I mean that which I practiced for the 1st 18 years of my life when I believed I was a Christian because I always went to Church! By religion, I mean that body of intellectual information traceable to ‘the letters in the bible’, handed down for centuries as traditions but not revealed by the Spirit of Truth!

                                                                                                           

Just like a child uses milk for a season, so also there are milky promises/words in the bible meant to help the interim state of believers for a particular season. But there is a class of Words/Promises designed to take over from here, empowering a believer to deal with the intelligence of corruption and end the Faith walk. That was the class of the Lord Jesus used while on earth and it’s called The Word of Righteousness – Heb. 5:13. Satan would remain ‘The Prince of the Authority of the Air –Eph. 2:2’ and carnality in the church would continue as long as Christians limit themselves to the aspect of God’s word that only have to do with Promises of the Physical Life, i.e. The Milk of The Word – 1Cor.3:2/Heb. 6:1-2

Heb. 4:12 For THE WORD OF GOD is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

So the class of Word made reference to in Heb. 4:12 is one beyond natural promises/blessings as it would ENDURE FOREVER and EVER! That word is the two-edged sword that discerns that which is Soulish from that which is Spiritual. That word handles and circumcises a believer from The Love of the World. That word begins by weaning a believer from “Milky aspect of God’s Word” unto the “Meaty aspect of God’s Word”. Hebrew Chapter 11 kind of Faith gave birth to ‘Good Works’ but this order of word opened up Heb. 12:1 with a kind of Race whose focus is to come into That Which The Lord inherited, The Promise of Eternal Life!, This is the Promise that would furnish us with eternal materials that can enable us ‘House The Father and The Son’ like we currently ‘House The Holy Spirit’! (1 Cor. 3:2/Heb. 5:12/2 Cor. 6:18/Jn. 14:23)

Heb. 11:39 “And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.”

1 Jn. 2:25 “And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.”

Jn 17:3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.  (i.e. Eternal Life is The KNOWLEDGE RESIDENT IN THE FACE MINISTRY OF CHRIST – 2Cor.4:6)

The Lord’s burden therefore is that his Church would begin to Seek His Secrets which would enable them to gradually See the Invincible like Moses did after responding to The Call To Spiritual Maturity, for then and then alone would we esteem and prepare to partake in Christ’s Greater Riches (Our True Riches/Spiritual Inheritance). Heb. 11.26/9:15/Eph. 1:3/3:8/1 Tim. 6:17/Lk. 16:11

Bless You!

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