DO YOU REALLY KNOW HIM?
'If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth...' - 1 John 1 vs 6
Beloved, do you truly know Jesus? This is a brief exhortation for thoughts, and I hope that changes springs up in your life in Jesus name. Amen.
Our opening scripture depicts a view to us, it says, if we say we have fellowship with Him, that is, if we say we know Him, and we walk in darkness, we lie! When the Lord brought this to my hearing, my response was like, 'what?' Note that to walk in darkness is to be yielded to the desires of the flesh.
My dear brother, my dear sister, no matter what you think, it doesn't matter if you think you are born again, it doesn't matter if you've received the Holy-Spirit, if your life is characterized by the flesh, then you don't know God!
From my life's experience, I have come to know that many who profess to be Spirit filled live their lives in lust after vain imaginations, malice, envy, lies, bribes, bitterness, hatred, masturbation, lesbianism, fornication, and the likes of the flesh, and they seem not to be Fazed by these terrible works they yield to. This is what the Apostle John is talking about in our opening scripture. If you are at this point where you think it doesn't matter whether your life is in the flesh just because you are saved by Grace, then you are so far from the knowledge of God, and you are really at the Risk of Judgement.
Listen, because we live in the flesh, it is utterly impossible for any of us not to have slight weaknesses at some point. When we make these mistakes, we
acknowledge these sins/errors in confession to God, and the eternal blood of Jesus cleanses us and we move on. {1 John 1 vs 8 - 10}But when your daily life is in sync with the flesh and it's deeds, then you are the one this Article is addressing.
WHY SHOULD A CHILD OF GOD NOT YIELD TO THE DESIRES OF THE FLESH?
First of all, let's understand the nature of the flesh! The flesh itself is the nature of sin. {Romans 8 vs 3} As a result of physical birth, the Adamic Nature was passed on us (it manifested in the flesh), hence we were sinful even at birth, because of that Nature. Now, when you confessed Jesus as your Lord, He filled you with His Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit brought into you the Nature of Righteousness. Hence, God no longer wants you to be ruled by your former nature, but He wants you to be ruled by the new nature the Spirit brought; that's why 2 Corinthians 5 vs 17 says, old things are passed away, all things are bocome new. Your body became the temple of the Holy-Spirit. When you live in the flesh, you've taking a stroll out of the Grace covering. My dear, this is the truth even if it seems untrue to you because of what you think you know.
When you live in the Spirit, that is, when you live by LOVE which is the nature of Righteousness, then your little faults, your weaknesses are covered {1 Peter 4 vs 8}. That's Grace! But when you live your life in the flesh, you are in for death (spiritual death which speaks of Hell). {Romans 8 vs 13}
'What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?' - 1 Corinthians 6 vs 19 {KJV}
You see that? He said you are not your own! Therefore, when the Holy-Spirit entered inside of you, you ceased to be your own, you became the house, the habitation, the body of the Lord. Hence, we cease to live according to the Adamic Nature which is according to the flesh, but we now live our lives in the Spirit.
Think this in yourself, when you lust after vain thinkings and imaginations, you are directly saying the Lord himself is lusting. God Forbid! Because we are told that our body is His body and we are not our own. When you touch (Romance) the body of a girl or a boy and do all manner of touchings, the Bible calls that sexual promiscuity {Romans 13 vs 13 NLT Bible}, you are directing saying the Lord is touching. God Forbid!
'Because we belong to the day, we must live decent lives for all to see. Don't participate in the darkness of wild parties and drunkenness, or in sexual
promiscuity and immoral living, or in quarreling and jealousy.' - Romans 13 vs 13 {New Living Translation}
You see that? When you lie, you are directly saying the Lord lies. God Forbid! When you fornicate, you are directly saying the Lord fornicated. God Forbid! Are you amazed or in doubts still? Let me show you some more;
1 Corinthians 6:15 Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.
6:16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
{KING JAMES VERSION}
Did you see that? Notice verse 15, it didn't say we make our members part of the members of an harlot, it says we make them the very members of the harlot.That's what happens during sex, the two fellows are joined by blood covenant, they become one! That's what you mean to do when you commit fornication with the temple of the Lord, to join the Lord with error. God Forbid! Little wonder the new testament spent almost all her time warning us against fornication and whoredom.
Listen, if the Spirit of God was not in you, that would have been a diffrent case. But now, your body is His body, hence, you cannot live the way you like. You've got to live your life His way and not your way. His way is LOVE. {Galatians 5 vs 22} The nature of the flesh is SIN, the nature of the Spirit is LOVE! We ought to cautioisly live by the nature of the Spirit as becometh Saints and not according to that old nature.
When the realization of this Truth dawns on you heavily, you will never yield to the flesh to fulfill it's lust anymore for the rest of your life. That Revelation automatically becomes your guide, and at that point, you just knew Him! - Selah
God Bless You.
- Pastor Jenning Uweye
Many More @ Pastor Jenning Online
'If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth...' - 1 John 1 vs 6
Beloved, do you truly know Jesus? This is a brief exhortation for thoughts, and I hope that changes springs up in your life in Jesus name. Amen.
Our opening scripture depicts a view to us, it says, if we say we have fellowship with Him, that is, if we say we know Him, and we walk in darkness, we lie! When the Lord brought this to my hearing, my response was like, 'what?' Note that to walk in darkness is to be yielded to the desires of the flesh.
My dear brother, my dear sister, no matter what you think, it doesn't matter if you think you are born again, it doesn't matter if you've received the Holy-Spirit, if your life is characterized by the flesh, then you don't know God!
From my life's experience, I have come to know that many who profess to be Spirit filled live their lives in lust after vain imaginations, malice, envy, lies, bribes, bitterness, hatred, masturbation, lesbianism, fornication, and the likes of the flesh, and they seem not to be Fazed by these terrible works they yield to. This is what the Apostle John is talking about in our opening scripture. If you are at this point where you think it doesn't matter whether your life is in the flesh just because you are saved by Grace, then you are so far from the knowledge of God, and you are really at the Risk of Judgement.
Listen, because we live in the flesh, it is utterly impossible for any of us not to have slight weaknesses at some point. When we make these mistakes, we
acknowledge these sins/errors in confession to God, and the eternal blood of Jesus cleanses us and we move on. {1 John 1 vs 8 - 10}But when your daily life is in sync with the flesh and it's deeds, then you are the one this Article is addressing.
WHY SHOULD A CHILD OF GOD NOT YIELD TO THE DESIRES OF THE FLESH?
First of all, let's understand the nature of the flesh! The flesh itself is the nature of sin. {Romans 8 vs 3} As a result of physical birth, the Adamic Nature was passed on us (it manifested in the flesh), hence we were sinful even at birth, because of that Nature. Now, when you confessed Jesus as your Lord, He filled you with His Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit brought into you the Nature of Righteousness. Hence, God no longer wants you to be ruled by your former nature, but He wants you to be ruled by the new nature the Spirit brought; that's why 2 Corinthians 5 vs 17 says, old things are passed away, all things are bocome new. Your body became the temple of the Holy-Spirit. When you live in the flesh, you've taking a stroll out of the Grace covering. My dear, this is the truth even if it seems untrue to you because of what you think you know.
When you live in the Spirit, that is, when you live by LOVE which is the nature of Righteousness, then your little faults, your weaknesses are covered {1 Peter 4 vs 8}. That's Grace! But when you live your life in the flesh, you are in for death (spiritual death which speaks of Hell). {Romans 8 vs 13}
'What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?' - 1 Corinthians 6 vs 19 {KJV}
You see that? He said you are not your own! Therefore, when the Holy-Spirit entered inside of you, you ceased to be your own, you became the house, the habitation, the body of the Lord. Hence, we cease to live according to the Adamic Nature which is according to the flesh, but we now live our lives in the Spirit.
Think this in yourself, when you lust after vain thinkings and imaginations, you are directly saying the Lord himself is lusting. God Forbid! Because we are told that our body is His body and we are not our own. When you touch (Romance) the body of a girl or a boy and do all manner of touchings, the Bible calls that sexual promiscuity {Romans 13 vs 13 NLT Bible}, you are directing saying the Lord is touching. God Forbid!
'Because we belong to the day, we must live decent lives for all to see. Don't participate in the darkness of wild parties and drunkenness, or in sexual
promiscuity and immoral living, or in quarreling and jealousy.' - Romans 13 vs 13 {New Living Translation}
You see that? When you lie, you are directly saying the Lord lies. God Forbid! When you fornicate, you are directly saying the Lord fornicated. God Forbid! Are you amazed or in doubts still? Let me show you some more;
1 Corinthians 6:15 Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.
6:16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
{KING JAMES VERSION}
Did you see that? Notice verse 15, it didn't say we make our members part of the members of an harlot, it says we make them the very members of the harlot.That's what happens during sex, the two fellows are joined by blood covenant, they become one! That's what you mean to do when you commit fornication with the temple of the Lord, to join the Lord with error. God Forbid! Little wonder the new testament spent almost all her time warning us against fornication and whoredom.
Listen, if the Spirit of God was not in you, that would have been a diffrent case. But now, your body is His body, hence, you cannot live the way you like. You've got to live your life His way and not your way. His way is LOVE. {Galatians 5 vs 22} The nature of the flesh is SIN, the nature of the Spirit is LOVE! We ought to cautioisly live by the nature of the Spirit as becometh Saints and not according to that old nature.
When the realization of this Truth dawns on you heavily, you will never yield to the flesh to fulfill it's lust anymore for the rest of your life. That Revelation automatically becomes your guide, and at that point, you just knew Him! - Selah
God Bless You.
- Pastor Jenning Uweye
Many More @ Pastor Jenning Online
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