Dearly
Beloved,
Once upon a time, Adam walked in a
measure of Faith that made him mindless of his natural needs, including the
need for a wife!
By that Faith, Adam summarily governed all of God’s earthly creation but by the
time Christ came, he met a generation that couldn’t comprehend the weightier
matters of the Law like Judgment, Mercy and Faith so he had to
christen that generation as a Faithless one!
(Matt.
23:23/Mark 9:19)
Christ
then prepared and left behind some Disciples-Made-Apostles with a
Message of Faith and with the Holy Spirit who continued on the path
of initially promoting The Milk of God’s Word where believers can trust
God for what they could readily define as their needs. Unfortunately,
undiscerning Christians still get stuck with the ‘Milky/Juicy Aspect of
God’s Word’ like the Corinthian Church did! Even though they came behind in
no spiritual gift (which is rear today), they still struggled with various
works of the flesh (Gal. 5:19) and this was because Apostle Paul couldn’t disengage them from The Milk
of the word. He couldn’t link them with The Meat of the word like he did
unto the Ephesians/Colossians Churches after they had Added Love To Their Faith!
The Corinthian Church therefore ignorantly rested with the carnal dimension of
faith and couldn’t go unto maturity (Heb. 6:1-2), the same unfortunate scenario
we have in the church today!
Scriptural References:
a)
1
Cor. 3:1-2 “And
I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal
(earthly), even as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and
not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet
now are ye able.”
b)
Heb.5:12
‘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 oracles of God; and are become such as have need
of milk, and not of strong Meat”
c)
Heb.
6:1 Therefore
LEAVING (i.e. the milk stated in Heb. 5:12/1Cor. 3:1-2) the principles of the
doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection (i.e. Maturity whereby God can
speak of HIS WISDOM to us as unto Spiritual = 1Cor. 2:6); not laying again the
foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God
d)
1Cor.
2:6 Howbeit we
SPEAK WISDOM among them that are PERFECT (i.e. matured): yet not
the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought
So,
the Faith Walk that Apostle Paul referred to in the first chapter of the book
of Ephesian and Colossian was a New Testament expression of what was previously
promoted as Faith Towards God to the Jews or Hebrew Church but now
called Faith in The Lord Jesus. Unfortunately, the brand of faith we
have today is a diluted edition of this, a User-Friendly Problem-Focused
Gospel that subconsciously tosses believers to and fro by winds of
doctrine.
Eph. 1:15 “Wherefore I also, after I
heard of your Faith In The
Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,”
Col. 1:4 “Since we heard of your Faith In Christ Jesus,
and of the love which ye have to all the saints…”
2 Thes.1:3-4 ‘...because Your Faith Grows Exceedingly,
and the LOVE of every one of you all toward each other abounds; So that
we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your Patience and Faith
in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye ENDURE
So, the crucial direction which
believers who are aiming at spiritual maturity should pray about was only
revealed after the Churches had fulfilled the syllabus of FRUITFUL LOVE
and a PRACTICAL PATIENCE which is the
proof of a genuine trust in God! This is a biblical standard documented
for all generations of believers who would journey beyond the Beginning of
Faith! This is the secrets of The Fathers of Faith who raised spiritual
ministries and sound/balanced believers because they prayerfully sought
the face of the Lord and had the EYES
OF THEIR HEART/UNDERSTANDING OPENED!
(Eph.
1:17-18)
When
believers/churches open up their hearts to this wisdom, the Lord would begin to
grant access into His Truths/Secrets which he would then share with such Believers-Made-Disciples.
The Lord would begin to open such people by His Spirit to dimensions of The Meat of The Word
which would give birth to those whom Apostle John later called ‘Young Men’
– a state we must all earnestly desire!
Ultimately,
a critical mass out of those described as ‘Young Men’ who would have
Faithfully/Fully exercised themselves with The Meat of The Word would
then partake in what Apostle Paul later called The Strong Meat of The Word
and Apostle John described such as Fathers. Then would the Book of Revelation
be fully opened and The Sons of God would arise and bring about
prophetic fulfillments that would bring down The prince of The Power of The
Air, i.e. Satan!
So,
a graceful migration from a kind of walk where a believer handles the initial Sincere
Milk of The Word to The Meat of The Word and finally unto the Strong
Meat of the Word was what took biblical faithful and an Unknown company of
Saints in every generations quite some decades while journeying from Faith
(initial-faith) To Faith (finishing-faith)!
Rom 1:17 … For therein (in the
Gospel/Secrets of Christ –Rom. 16:25) is the Righteousness of God revealed From
Faith To Faith: as it is written, THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH.”
THE LORD IS CONCERNED ABOUT
AN UNPROPORTIONAL MEASURE OF GRACE BESTOWED UPON HIS CHURCH VS. HER RATE OF
FAITH GROWTH! THE ANSWER TO THIS IS THE CHURCH, YOU & I!! WE MUST OPEN OUR
DOORS & HEARTS TO THE GOSPEL OF SPIRITUAL MATURITY/PERFECTION WHICH IS THE
FOCUS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT.
(Heb.
6:1/2 Cor.13:9/Lk. 8:14/Heb.10:1/11:40/1 Pet. 5:10)
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