It may interest you to
note that we all inherited a cancerous sinful nature through the decision of the first Adam not to
become SOMEBODY before God. Adam missed out in degrees of glorification that
our Lord Jesus later came into by “foolishly” hearkening to God’s commandment to
him, which could be summarized thus, “become
the best of NOBODY before the world!”
In the same vein, it may
puzzle you to know that despite the example left of us by the last Adam - the
Lord Jesus, and by other few faithful saints, many believers, including my very
self, secretly disagree with God’s prescription on “how to become SOMEBODY in His sight”. Verily verily I can witness here,
that is easier to pay a lip service to this truth. Those who qualify to defend this
truth are those who received abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness,
while engaging and completing the course of falling to the ground and shedding what they inherited in the first
Adam, like a grain of seed does. They experienced God’s resurrection power in their
souls (Phil 3:10), God’s throne found an expression and habitation in their
midst (Heb. 2:12/2Cor. 6:16), and they are in much better position to witness to
this truth.
It is no news that heaven has
been heightening the intensity of the
true light among communities of truth seekers. Heaven started the early church with the Apostles doctrine (Acts 2:42/Heb.
6:1-2), and afterwards, through the commission given to Apostle Paul to establish
the church on the faith of the New Testament (Acts 26:16-18/Rom. 16:25), the first corporate vacancy for Christ-Like-Humility
was declared open by heaven. It is however a disturbing news that centuries
after the Spirit of Truth relocated to the earth (Jn. 14:16/26), few saints
have indicated their interest for this vacancy, as evidenced by the scarcity of
such values amongst believers.
The two trees in the
garden where knowledge-based, representing the statures of corruptible and incorruptible knowledge on earth till date, so our quest
for knowledge should be approached with fear. Our Lord Jesus had to counsel his
audience and posterity that even as truth would be visiting the earth, we
should “take heed HOW we hear and WHAT we heard” (Lk. 8:18/Mark 4:24). He
knew we need great mercies to rightly appraise
and approach the knowledge that the
software of our souls was deficient of, – THE
KNOWLEDGE OF LIFE THAT LEADS TO LIFE.
- This order of knowledge remains the sole guarantee that our souls would be healed from the limitation/curse of the first creation (Rev. 22:3), long before the dominion of the new creation overcomers is corporately unveiled in the-world-to-come (Rev. 21:2-3)
- This knowledge is what would install in us, New Things of God (Rev. 21:5/7), which in turn would make us NOBODY BEFORE THIS OLD CREATION, but gradually and ultimately make us SOMEBODY BEFORE THE NEW CREATION.
- Engaging this lively knowledge is a non-negotiable process that continues to demand that we “deal with our shame” (Rev. 16:15) by embracing the reproach that comes with God’s riches (Heb. 11:26/Rom. 1:16a), and trade our grassy glories (1Pet. 1:24). ANYTHING LESS IS COSTLIER!
Rev. 16:15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and
keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked (ie. Without the Glory of the Christ –
1Cor. 2:7c/2Cor. 5:2), and they see his shame.
One proof that we are
interacting with divine life that is present in streams of God’s knowledge is
the fact that, we would be clothed with no
other humility than that of the Lord Jesus - Phil. 2:8/Col. 3:12, which in turn would gradually earn us the
honor of being crowned with God’s Glorious Grace (1Pet 5:5), - while here on
earth! Such Christ-Like, Child-Like humility is the legal ground that God needs
to exalt us with the exaltation that comes with His Righteousness (Prov. 13:34/Phil
2:9).
What the devil dreads the
most is that we lose our reputation (Phil.
2:7/3:8), which remains useless to God but useful to them, and that we attain God’s
LIKENESS, which he once lusted after (Isa. 14:14), because that is the key that
would end his rain by bringing about the corporate fulfillment of Rev. 12:5-11),
and this should be our greatest ambition.
We must sincerely and selflessly
answer an anointed question, “what is the purpose of the periodic inspired knowledge
of God that has been coming our way”? Is it actually gradually making me SOMEBODY
before God and simultaneously NOBODY before the world?
