LOVE, THE COMMANDMENT OF THE BEGINNING - Part 3

Dearly Beloved,

It may interest you to know that the journey of truth (light), from the mind (where we start by believing) to the heart (where we thoroughly believe,  understand, know as we ought, repent, acquire righteousness, then have some known/unknown sins remitted and finally change our ways) can take minutes, hours, days and unfortunately for some, decades!

The greatest drama and a rude shock awaits companies of believers in heaven, who would realize that their hearts never truly acquired spiritual understanding of various biblical truths, though they believed in it, came so close to it, while some actually PREACHED IT!

WHILE MANY WOULD HAVE USED THEIR SOULS TO ACQUIRE THINGS THAT LATER PERISHED WITH THE USE, others would have used theirs for the primary purpose for which the soul was mysteriously made i.e. TO ACQUIRE GOD LIKE THE SON LATER DID and ETERNALLY BECOME HIS FELLOWS!

But thanks be to God for the spiritual order that is gradually revisiting the church, whereby believers would be taught, warned and preached unto IN ALL WISDOM, SO THAT SOME WOULD ULTIMATELY BE PRESENTED PERFECT IN CHRIST, I.E. PERFECT IN LOVE - Col. 1:23

I perceive that the following religiously unfriendly and intellectually unappealing transcribed message is:

1. A timely purgative for the church; for those with contrite hearts and a broken spirit, whose spiritual ears has been pierced and awoken, who are gradually GENERATING A RESOLVE TO LOVE LIKE GOD LOVES

2. An appetizer for those inching closer into becoming an abode for the father and son in fulfillment of Isa. 66:1-2

3. Perhaps a companion for those who through their daily heavenly conversation on earth, look forward to summoning the world to come wherein dwells righteousness. (Ps. 40:6/1Cor. 15:34/Heb. 2:5b/2Pet. 3:11/13-14)

Graceful Reading!

LOVE, THE COMMANDMENT OF THE BEGINNING - Part 3

Scriptural Text: 1 John 3:10-16

• What would unveil the Children of God is LOVE.

• 1 Jh 3:10 "In this the children of God are MANIFEST, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God (i.e. not born of God – Vs 9), neither he that loveth not his brother."

• "Made manifest" means the thing is no longer hidden; it's been shown so that all might see. For something to be made manifest means it was hidden previously but has not been made manifest for the purpose of witness. It has come to light; it's no longer veiled.

• Vs 15 "Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer" is not referring to an unbeliever. As much as this letter of John was meant for admonishing and instruction, John the writer was seeing more of manifestation. It's like being on the verge of seeing the true colors of someone, such that we'll know the constitution of what makes up that person.

• John the beloved here was addressing those with a regenerated spirit, those born again. It means such a person is already a brother partaking of the brethren life. BUT such a one is still in death. Why? Vs 14- Because "He loveth not his brother…” and therefore abideth in death."

• The world generally is a domain of death. It fosters death in everything it does. It encourages and fosters competition, taking advantage of others, ambition, pride, lustful achievements, etc. And all these things the world promotes are carriers of death. Many learn how to use death before thriving in the world!

• Death here is not sickness or disease, but rather an operation of darkness. If I can still answer darkness when it calls, it means I'm still in death. Death and life are two different domains.

• Once upon a time, I was dead spiritually and had death in my soul operating strongly with every part of me answering to death. However upon believing/confessing Jesus as Lord and Savior, my spirit was quickened and raised, but the rest of me needs to move over and pass on to another domain.

• Our soul is meant to move from death to life. How? By loving the brethren (1 John 3:14). Thus far, only our human spirit has passed over from death to life. The movement the soul and body is to make is that of LOVE. As you love your brother, you're moving from death to life. There's no way you'll show you're alive without Love.                             

• Do you know you can still perform miracles while dead in your spirit? The Old Testament miracles were wrought by men who weren't regenerated in their spirits. The Lord didn't choose miracles as a way of manifestation of Who He is. He chose LOVE, therefore the saying "By this all men will KNOW that you're My disciples, if you have LOVE one for the other" (John 13:35). IF YOU'RE A DISCIPLE OF THE LORD, YOU'RE A DISCIPLE OF LOVE. 

• Our loving is our passage from death to life, our passage into being seen as children of light and not of darkness; as sons of God and not of the devil. He that hateth his brother abides in death – 1Jn. 3:14

• Indeed, you can be born again and still love darkness (Jn. 3:19). Not a few born-again folks dwell in the realm where death can reach them! It's a bitter truth to say especially in the light of new creation realities. 

• This doesn't mean you have death in your spirit, but it does means your abode/place of habitation is still death. It's about where you operate; where you can be found, therefore the saying in Lk. 24:5 "Why seek ye the living among the dead?"

• If Lazarus had remained in the grave when he was raised, there will be no manifestation. That which had been wrought (i.e. life) won't have been seen. The tomb is where the dead is laid; if you have been raised, you need to come forth to be seen. You need to manifest light/life/love! 

• "Lazarus come forth!" When he came forth, Jesus said, "Loose him and let him go". Even though he had been raised, he was still bound; he was still within the parameters of death. Imagine him going about with grave clothes! But that's how many believers are. Their rapport with darkness is evident.

• "Come forth" was actually the Lord talking to us, saying "I have raised you in your spirit but you need to pass from death to life”. How? "By loving your brother and thereby making movement from darkness to light. The passage, the movement you're to make is walk in love towards one another- WALK 

1Jn. 3:14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.

• As we love, we're passing and disobeying a law that governs those who are living in death; we're passing over from death to LIFE. Soon we'll get to a place where the evil one can't get us - 1 John 5:18.

1 Jn. 5:18 We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that WICKED ONE TOUCHETH HIM NOT

(i.e. with corruption/death/darkness because such is out of his reach and now abides in the abode called love)

• There's a place you are that some things can reach you; but there's another place you can be and some things won't be able to reach you. God wants us to go beyond where death can touch us

• The evil one is the one governing the air (the air/realm of authority over the earth which Adam sold to the devil –Eph. 2:2), from whence he is able to touch everyone at the same time. But when a man has passed from death to life, the enemy's touch will not be felt by such a one. It'll be like touching wind.

• The devil is not too troubled that you're born-again, as long as he can reach you. But when you're taking steps beyond where he can reach you by walking in love, he'll get troubled. His confidence is that as long as we're in this world, we'll always dwell with him. But we'll all escape him -2Pet. 1:4b, amen!

• I've seen how to desert the evil one; how to get to where he can't reach me and it’s by LOVING MY BROTHER.

• PRAY that you'll escape the evil one by your love walk; that you'll pass on from death to life even while in this mortal body.

• CRY: "I don't want to be where he can reach me. Help me keep passing Lord!" Open my eyes more to what Love is: deal with my heart on the issue of Love. As we hear this, we would change our dwelling; we'll have nothing to do with death any more, amen!

      - Pastor Emeka Egwuchukwu

       (Day 1, Sept. ’13 Monthly Writing The Vision Preparation Prayer Meeting)

LOVE, THE COMMANDMENT OF THE BEGINNING - Part 2

Dearly beloved,

After a series of exposures via teachings on the above subject, I found some great mercies to realize how shallow I have been in God’s definition of Love which remains the primary secret to living supernaturally.

In the spirit of 1 Cor.13, a wise man once said “… you can give your substance and still hold back self. You can even give your flesh to be burned and yet take the glory while something inside of you would celebrate such exploit and that thing (darkness – 1Jn. 1:5-10) inside is what heaven actually want to treat.

Humanly speaking, to love as God loves is not possible! That thing (darkness) within wants to always keep/hold back! Self or darkness might permit one to give all his goods, but would scream don't touch me!"

What the Lord wants is not primarily your goods, but you and the only way to get through to us is through the command, "LOVE AS WE LOVE". When you love as the godhead loves, darkness would expire! It's not by bragging or mire confessions. You need the Holy Spirit to help you love as such.”

The following transcribed msg is a great expose on the issue of love for the brethren from which the following excerpts was culled:

1.   THERE IS A REALM IN WHICH GOD INDWELLS AND THIS REALM IS GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF LOVE. IT’S THE COMMANDMENT THAT THE GODHEAD SUBMITS TO.

2.    The Realm Of Man Is Governed By The Law Of Fear. We cannot attain the realm of God even if we were to build the fastest rocket plane and the only way to reach this realm is by walking in love for one another.

3.    When one is able to love the brethren, he’s learned to truly walk by FAITH and not by sight; and as he walks, he’s being made perfect in love.

4.    Until we practice CONSISTENT love unto the brethren, we will never be able to arrive at where God dwells, the realm of perfect Love.

5.    When keep walking INDEED, we’re getting closer to the realm that will embody us with the nature of LOVE and make us BECOME as God.

Grace for change has been encapsulated in the following painstakingly transcribed message and I pray you’ll find grace to patiently read/forward to your circle of influence.

LOVE, THE COMMANDMENT OF THE BEGINNING - Part 2

1 John 3:2  “Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear

what we shall be: but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is.”

·         The end of all knowledge is to BECOME. The end of divine revelation is to bring divine nature, not to endorse you with more knowledge. As the Lord opens us to portals of revelation, we must be careful lest we fall into the temptation of ever learning yet never able to come to the knowledge of truth (2 Tim. 3:7).

·         The essence of revelations is to MAKE us like Him. We won't just know; we'll become whom we've learned. The reason we learn Him is to become Him. You can become Him: you'll not only be like Him, you'll be Him! Michael was "like"; Adam was "like" ... But for us, we're being called to partake of His very essence.

·         The Lord’s ultimate prayer and desire was to indwell us and for us to indwell him, I in you, you in I (pls see John 14:11/15:4/Jn. 17:21). If He'll be in you it means "You" will be no more. It would be him” The "I" in you is the Lord. When He's in you, you become His very nature; you're not different from Him.

·         To partake of that nature means to partake of things that has to do with the beginning, things prior to creation; it means to partake of Light not made, Light from which every other thing came.

·         The scripture, "Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed upon us that we are called sons of God" (1 John 3:1) is a calling to have a share in their capacity- to become of their own very person. This can only be LOVE that can do that!

·         Love is not just an act; firstly, let's see it as a realm. Like the heavens are separated from the earth by a firmament. It could just be a thin layer, but you can’t cross this firmament as a physical man. In our heaven, there are also demarcations and boundaries. There is no distance you can travel that will bring you beyond this universe. If you like, build the fastest rocket, but it won’t ever get you to the realm of heaven of where angels called Might and Dominion dwell.

·         Indeed, there are heavens. We need to know all about the heavens—if you’ll judge angels, shouldn’t you know about their terrains? The Holy Ghost will unveil these things to us as we follow on to obey the Lord. Then we’ll get to the point where we go beyond talking about these heavens and actually experience them.

·         Indeed, as we continue to receive the Knowledge of the truth of the Lord, we'll be translated into the realm of love. This experience doesn't have to come after death; it can be a within-the-body or out-of-body experience while the person is alive. (2Cor. 12:2/Rev. 1:9). The days are not in the far future when man will come into experience of the heavenly realm while on earth; these days are already upon us.

·         The days are not long when men who will have fellowship with what John fellowshipped with and come into all that they heard. We'll see and hear and know and experience things. Heaven is real; it's not a figment of your imagination. Many will indeed be caught up to the heavens as John was (Rev. 1:10, 17).

·         You can smell heaven; it has a spiritual aroma. When you've been there, others will know because you'll carry with you an atmosphere of heaven.

·         God will make us experience things. In heaven, there are firmaments which the Lord uses to connect. The Cherubim’s connect with the third heaven; but there is a realm higher than theirs, i.e. the firmament where Elohim Himself could be found.

·         The reason John wanted to bow to the angels is because they were of a different nature higher than the realm where he came from (earth). If you're not of their realm you'll not be able to stand their presence which is consistent with their realm and will push one down on his knees.

·         For you to receive what they’ve come to give, you need strength. If you meet those cherubim’s, you'll think you've met with God! But God is of the highest; higher than the things He created. You can't equal Him with the works of His Hands. The realm where HE dwells is love and it is consistent with His nature.

1 John 3:24 “And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.”

·         The commandment here is the Word. He that keepeth His commandment (Word) dwelleth in Him and Him in him.

1 John 4:21 “And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.”

·         The commandment here is LOVE. If we love one another, He dwells in us. So when you love as They love, you're dwelling in God and God in you; you’re dwelling in the realm that the Trinity dwells in! If you hate your brother, you're in another realm. Which commandment are you obeying? The commandment you're obeying will determine which realm you're dwelling in.

·         A law rules in every realm to make the beings there consistent. Adam could govern the whole world from one spot without need of modern technologies like internet, Satellite, or phone. And how about Noah? Did he learn Zoology? Yet he successfully gathered those animals as instructed by God. It was his walk with God that brought him into some influences whereby things created answered to him. Adam was a king in his universe; he didn’t use our modern technologies, yet he ruled this universe well; why? Because he had not transgressed the law of life that governed the realm where he lived.

·         The Garden of Eden (Eze. 28:13 – different from that of Adam) which Lucifer once managed before he fell wasn’t just a garden; it was a firmament from where the heaven of the earth cascades and touches down to our earth all because there was someone there who had the law governing that realm, a law that abode in him. When he transgressed against that law, something happened.

Eze. 28:13  Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering,

·         The realm of God is called LOVE; man’s realm was the Eden where Adam ruled. That Eden was a love garden.

·         When you hear “He that loveth his brother dwelleth in God” (1 John 3:23-24), that realm of loving the brethren, all of it is God. It’s a mystery, but we must obey the commandment; “And this is His commandment that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as He gave us commandment.” (1 John 3:24).

·         As you keep the love law of the realm of that garden, you actually dwell IN God. “In Him we move and live and have our being” (Acts 17:28). That realm, Love, is actually Him, and He is also in that realm. When you keep the following command, “And this commandment have we from Him, that he who loveth God love his brother also” (1 John 4:21), He’ll say to you, “All you’ve been doing is IN me”. Therefore we always find “In Him” in the epistles; that’s His realm.

·         You see then that love is not just acts but a realm; a realm that is strictly all God! If you’re going to be found there, you must have walked and walked in this law of love until you become Him (until you become Love).

·         Geographical location is not what matters here. That realm, as mighty and glorious as it’s been described in the Scriptures, if we love one another, we’ll be walking in that realm too! That’s why if you hate your brother, you’re in another realm. The commandment you obey will determine which realm you’re dwelling in.

Psalm 91:1 “He that dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty”

·         Its fear that makes us to quote such scriptures like Ps. 91:1 before we go to bed or as we prepare to travel. But it's not something you just quote and ‘gbam’, you find yourself in the secret place of the Most High! No! It’s our walk (keeping the commandment of love) that will journey our souls into the secret place of the Most High.

·         Imagine it! Being in this realm where no pestilence or destruction can get to you! The commandment to love one another is the law that governs that realm. It’s not because you’re “lucky” that these things (pestilence, destruction) escape you. It’s because you’re walking, you’re dwelling! If you desire to dwell in that realm you have to be consistent in your love walk towards the brethren.

·         You love because the Seed is in you and you can’t do otherwise. You love because you're acting out a law inside you. You're being consistent with your place of abode. As earlier mentioned, such laws rule in a given realm to make the beings there consistent with that realm. If you decide you’re not going to obey that commandment, you drop. If you keep that law, you’ll ascend to inherit as yours, the things that are in that realm.

·         Can you keep that law? God the Father keeps it; He is Himself Love. That’s His law which governs Him and the realm wherein He dwells. One thing that doesn't allow us walk in perfect love is FEAR. But obeying the commandment to love the brethren is a step of faith that counteracts that fear—“Perfect love casts out fear” (1 John 4:18).

·         We ought to be made perfect in love. We start by TRUSTING God. Fear won’t allow us journey into the realm of Love (the realm of God). I read this story; someone was falling off a cliff and held on to something while crying to the Lord for help. And the Lord said, “Remove your hand from that thing you’re holding!” (lol!) He could have quoted “Beneath are the everlasting arms to hold you less you dash your feet against a stone (Psalm 91:12), but the Lord said, “Remove your hands!” TRUST GOD!

·         But FEAR, fear always acts contrary to that law of love. That’s where hatred comes from. The reason I’ll want to struggle with you for position is fear. Fear governs the terrain of the fallen man; that’s the law that governs his realm—FEAR! And it’s what makes us not to obey. It keeps telling you, “If you remove your hands now!” Faith says, “Remove your hands”; Fear says, “You’re not too sure. Hold the one you know because the one you know is better than the one you don’t know!”

·         Our God decided to come down to be like what His Hands created; how could He do this without fear of polluting Himself? Perfect love did it! It casted out the fear of taking flesh; and so love triumphed over death! Wow! Unimaginable! God sent His Son, His only Son, to become propitiation for the sins of the whole world!

·         Jesus could have recreated after mankind fell; He had the power to create new species after man transgressed and disobeyed the law of life. Instead, the Word became flesh and dwelt among us - He became man! (John 1:14) He said, "I love my own: It's just corruption, and it can be taken away".

·         When I see Him face to face, I'll ask Him how He agreed to become man forever. He'll most likely show me His scars on His Hands forever inscribed there. What is this kind of Love?!

·         He's showing you where He is and Who He is. He Himself is the "thing" – He is “the place”, the realm; He is “the thing” being described—LOVE! Why won't I be like Him? He always tells us, "Fear not", because fear will keep you away from His realm; fear will prevent you from becoming like Him.

·         Pst Emeka Egwuchukwu

Rev. Hr. 7^th September ‘13