Love, the Greatest of All
Letter 7 to the Church
Rohnel, a bondservant of God, the Father, and Christ, His Son, to the little children of God scattered in the world, Grace and Peace be unto you.
Zec 8:3 Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain.
Zec 8:15 So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.
Zec 8:16 These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:
Zec 8:17 And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD.
Php 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
Php 4:9 Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.
Introduction
This is the seventh of eight Letters to the Church of God. Know that all eight Letters are spiritually discerned; flesh profits nothing. Knowing the mind of Christ is to know Him and God, the Father, that sent Him. It is to know the Gospel of Christ, the Gospel of Truth, so that men, which is a lie, may know that Christ is the most high over all the earth …. Psa 83:18 That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth. Knowing that Christ is King of kings, God, the Father, is exalted. Knowing this is Wisdom and Understanding; it is love. It is also the fear of the Lord.
Rom 11:34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?
Rom 11:35 Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?
Rom 11:36 For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.
1Co 2:15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
1Co 2:16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
Psa 25:14 The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.
To discern the Scriptures spiritually is the meat of the Word and the new commandment given in John [John 13:34, 1 John 2:7, 2 John 1:5], not seeking my own profit but the profit of many, that they may be saved. The meat of the Word is to do the will of the Father. The will of the Father is that none of the ones He gave us within and without should perish except the son of perdition, Judas, the man of sin within and without. The will of the Father is to show mercy, which is love. Speaking to the sons of God, which we are in Christ and in the Father if we hold fast to what we have heard from the beginning.
Joh 4:32 But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.
Joh 4:33 Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat?
Joh 4:34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
Joh 4:35 Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.
Joh 4:36 And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
Joh 4:37 And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.
Joh 4:38 I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.
Hos 6:11 Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.
Key points in this Letter: Introduction, Love the Greatest of All, Walking in Love, From Darkness to Light, Not our Own, Understand the will of God, The Grace of God is upon Us, Our lives are Hid, Treasures in Clay Vessels, Mercy, Spirit and Truth, A New Creation, Sanctification, Run with Patience, Today is the Day of Salvation, Rest, Confidence, Closing.
Love the Greatest of All
Nothing can be added to love, or nothing can be taken away from love. Love is the Wisdom of God. Love is the greatest of all. It is the fulfilment of the Law and the Prophets. Mercy is love, and mercy is to reveal the Father and Son and to obey the Commandments of Christ. Love is the testimony of Christ formed in us and the salvation of our souls … Psa 119:167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly. Love is the love of our lives, our first love, the wife of our Covenant, which is Christ, and love is to show the Father plainly.
1Co 13:4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
1Co 13:5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
1Co 13:6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
1Co 13:7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
1Co 13:8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
Mat 5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
Mat 5:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
We do not know love or hate, good or evil until the Spirit of Truth comes to us. Being children still under the carnal Law of the Gentiles, we see in a glass darkly, but now after the goodness and kindness of the Lord appears to us and is appearing to us, we see clearly as we go from glory to glory. Until Christ appears to us, we do not know the difference between good and evil because the natural man that we are is unable to discern the things of God. Without love, we hate, not knowing the power of God in Truth … Deu 30:19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them. Love and hate is life and death, and it is in the power of our tongues [James 3:5].
1Co 13:9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
1Co 13:10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
1Co 13:11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
1Co 13:12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
1Co 13:13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
Ecc 9:1 For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.
The love of God we remember more than wine. The love of God and Christ is better than the loaves and fishes that sustained us in the wilderness. The love of God is to show us mercy forevermore. It is the loving kindness of God. Only those drawn from the breasts can see this loving kindness of the Lord. Only the love of God and Christ can clean the inside of the cup. Through love, Christ drags us to the Father at first unwillingly and then willingly. Unwillingly, when we still abide in darkness, not loving but hating; and willingly, once we come to know the Truth, loving our brothers, loving our neighbours, becoming all things to all. It is to show mercy forever. It is a holy kiss.
Son 1:2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.
Son 1:3 Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.
Son 1:4 Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.
Psa 107:8 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
Psa 107:9 For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
Psa 107:10 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
Psa 107:43 Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.
Walking in Love
How do we walk in this great love? Down below is a contemplation of Scriptures to show us how. These Scriptures are a lamp unto our feet. It is the Commandments of Christ, the words of Spirit and Life. We owe it to each other to show mercy, to show Truth to each other, which covers a multitude of sins. This is the sacrifice God is well pleased with, a living sacrifice, not made with hands. A sweet-smelling sacrifice having the Power of God. God is the God of the living and not of the dead … Mar 12:27 He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err. He is our God as we walk before Him in love, as we walk before Him in obedience, having the eyes of a dove, looking what is set before us.
Rom 13:8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
Eph 5:1 Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
Eph 5:2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
Son 5:5 I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.
Son 5:10 My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.
Son 5:11 His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.
Son 5:12 His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.
Son 5:13 His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.
As we love each other more and more, we are no more tossed around by strange doctrines and endless genealogies but are established in faith, holiness, and in sobriety. Starting to know and understanding the Scriptures give us great joy, and as we grow into the grace and knowledge of God, we know His favour and have much love to show others, rivers of living waters gushing out of our bellies. We are the city of the great King, and we dwell on the great and high mountain of God, having power over sin, sitting in heavenly places … Eph 1:21 Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
1Th 3:12 And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:
1Th 3:13 To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.
Heb 13:9 Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.
Son 8:10 I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.
Rev 21:9 And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb’s wife.
Rev 21:10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
Rev 21:11 Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
Rev 21:12 And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
We are taught the love of God, through the Spirit of Truth, in the spirit of Elijah, which completes and fulfils our water Baptism, the First Covenant. Obeying the Truth, believing the one the Father and Christ send, we now keep the feast days of the Lord with sincerity and Truth. We love each other with a pure heart, wanting nothing in return, and pay our vows to God, our speech, preaching the Gospel, heard in all the earth … Psa 19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
1Th 4:9 But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
1Th 4:10 And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more;
1Pe 1:22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
1Co 5:8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Loving like this, we save souls from death and cover a multitude of sins. We give according to what we have and first show a willingness and a readiness to give. This is fervent charity amongst ourselves, giving without grumbling. It is our gift of faith that we are sharing with others. We share and share alike so we may eat and drink worthily of the Lord’s Supper. Who knows? The believing husband saves the unbelieving wife and vice versa [1 Co 7]. Our faith is most holy, obtained by the precious blood of the Lamb.
1Pe 4:8 And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
1Pe 4:9 Use hospitality one to another without grudging.
1Pe 4:10 As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
2Co 8:11 Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have.
2Co 8:12 For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
2Co 8:13 For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened:
2Co 8:14 But by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supply for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for your want: that there may be equality:
2Co 8:15 As it is written, He that had gathered much had nothing over; and he that had gathered little had no lack.
Jud 1:20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
Jud 1:21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
Jud 1:22 And of some have compassion, making a difference:
Jud 1:23 And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
We show mercy to all within and without. This is how we love our enemies. This is how we are being perfected. We do good to all men and show no partiality, knowing no man after the flesh. To those outside the faith, we walk the talk of Christ’s Commandments. We worship in Spirit and in Truth, doing the greater works, continuing in the doctrine, saving ourselves and others through the gift of faith. We give with a merciful and joyful heart. Doing the greater works of God, we visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction.
Mat 5:43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
Mat 5:44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
Mat 5:45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
Mat 5:46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
Mat 5:47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
Mat 5:48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
2Co 5:16 Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more.
2Co 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Jas 2:1 My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.
Joh 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
To love is to be merciful. It is to lend and expect nothing in return. It is to do good to all men, not rendering strife, envyings, and jealousy to all but rather showing mercy. When we expect a return, it is no more mercy but a reward. After the Lord appears to us and we come to our senses so to speak, we, like Jonah, in the fish’s belly, promised to pay our vows, and that is to love. With sacrifices of thanksgiving Christ is well pleased … Psa 50:14 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High: Jonah is a type of us.
Jon 2:7 When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.
Jon 2:8 They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
Jon 2:9 But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.
Luk 6:34 And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.
Luk 6:35 But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
Luk 6:36 Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
Gal 6:10 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
1Th 5:15 See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.
Rom 11:6 And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
One thing is needful, and that is to believe and to be released from that woman Jezebel, that is to have the gift of faith. What does it mean in the parable below? It means as Martha, as the other Gospel, we serve much, building the Temple with our own hands, our own beliefs. Mary, who hears Christ, receives the gift of faith to now show mercy and build the Temple without hands. Discern spiritually what is being said. Mary comes in the spirit of Elijah. Building the Temple with our own hands is an unclean offering to the Lord … Hag 2:14 Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the LORD; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean.
Luk 10:38 Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.
Luk 10:39 And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus’ feet, and heard his word.
Luk 10:40 But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me.
Luk 10:41 And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things:
Luk 10:42 But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
Showing love, showing mercy, we bear much fruit, unto all … saying blessed is he who comes in the Name of the Lord. We show mercy, which is the same for we give grace to the hearers and are careful how we build upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets. We bear much fruit after the former and latter rain which come on our land and the rain that comes often. The Lord’s eyes are ever on us, His people, to give us rain … Mic 6:8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
Col 1:4 Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,
Col 1:5 For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;
Col 1:6 Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:
Col 1:10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
Col 1:11 Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;
Tit 3:8 This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works.
Eph 2:20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
Eph 2:21 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
Eph 2:22 In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
Hos 6:2 After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
Hos 6:3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
Deu 11:11 But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven:
Deu 11:12 A land which the LORD thy God careth for: the eyes of the LORD thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.
We give to all asking of us and are careful how we walk and talk. The Lord visits us in this Day, and we are being judged to be made pure and white. To honour all men means to not be partial in Spirit. The day of Visitation is the day Christ comes with His ancient ones to save us … Job 10:12 Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.
1Pe 2:12 Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
1Pe 2:17 Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
Col 4:6 Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
We are always ready to give an answer of the Hope we have in Christ. It is the Hope that Christ appears and will appear often to give us of His Spirit, which is life aionios, so we may in turn give life aionios to others. It is the Hope that Christ gives us more and more of His Power to obey His Commandments. We do all to stand in this great Day, the Day of the Lord. The Christ of Christ speaks in the Power and Spirit of God because they have the gift of faith and do not preach the Gospel in man’s wisdom … 1Co 2:4 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
1Pe 3:15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
1Pe 3:16 Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.
1Pe 3:17 For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
Joh 7:6 Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.
1Co 13:12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
Eph 6:13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
How do we show mercy in our everyday life, that is to say, how do we love? We do it by obeying the Law of Christ, the Law of Liberty, as we go from glory to glory. To those worshipping in Christ, we do the greater works, showing the Father plainly. We are servants of all, yet we are free … Pro 14:35 The king’s favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causeth shame.
1Co 9:19 For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
1Co 9:20 And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;
1Co 9:21 To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.
1Co 9:22 To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
Sons of God are over God’s House if we hold fast to that which is given us. We lack nothing because Christ has given us all things, and we come behind in no gift. The secret things belong to us and our children, so we may show mercy all the days of our lives. Christ fulfills the Law and the Prophets, making it perfect [Matt 5:17]. Through the Renewed Covenant He makes with us, He writes His laws in our inward parts through trials and tribulations, our conscience towards Christ becoming the plumb line that guides us into all Truth of how to think, how to act, and how to live.
Heb 3:6 But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
2Pe 1:3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
2Pe 1:4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
1Co 1:5 That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge;
1Co 1:6 Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:
1Co 1:7 So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:
1Co 1:8 Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1Co 1:9 God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
Deu 29:29 The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
Sons of God, strive with all their might and look at the things set before them, forgetting what is behind, adding diligence, virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, godliness, brotherly kindness and love to the gift of faith given them this Day to enter into the Kingdom of God, entering into the holiest of holies, where God and Christ is. Working in the heat of the day until Christ brings the rain. Working like this, preparing portions, showing great love towards others, believing and receiving … Mic 7:20 Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old. Sons of God are the first to be raised from the grave and given life, and now they show mercy to others. Jacob and Abraham are spiritual symbols for the remnant of Israel that obtain mercy in this age and in every age since Christ.
2Pe 1:5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
2Pe 1:6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
2Pe 1:7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
2Pe 1:10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
2Co 3:15 But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.
2Co 3:16 Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.
2Co 3:17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
2Co 3:18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
The peace that surpasses all understanding fills our hearts when we lay down our lives for others. We are now living sacrifices, building the Temple made without hands. Our righteousness is from the Lord. We are at peace in the House of the Lord; nobody can say it better than David … Psa 122:1 I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD. Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem. Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together: Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD. For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces. For my brethren and companions’ sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee. Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.
Rom 14:17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
Rom 14:18 For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.
Isa 54:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.
From Darkness to Light
Loving our brethren, showing mercy, delivers us from darkness and transforms us into the Kingdom of God. Without love, this cannot be done. When we start loving our brothers, doing the greater works, we love each other with a pure heart. To not love our brothers is to hate them. Hating our brothers, we do not give them life aionios or obey the Commandments of the Lord. To give life aionios is to show mercy. When our senses return, eyes and ears being opened, we praise the Lord like Nebuchadnezzar, a type of us, after we are being converted … Dan 4:37 Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase. We have been given the Spirit of Truth; Christ is come in our flesh.
Col 1:11 Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;
Col 1:12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
Col 1:13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
Col 1:14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
1Jn 2:7 Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.
1Jn 2:8 Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.
1Jn 2:9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
1Jn 2:10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
1Jn 2:11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
Not our Own
Loving, showing mercy, we are ambassadors for Christ and bondservants as in chains for Christ, yet as Christ’s free man. We are bought with a price; we are bought with the blood of Christ. We are set free, not using our freedom with a cloak of wickedness, remembering where we come from. How do sons of God redeem their brothers? They redeem their brothers by laying down their lives for their brothers. Being poured out, working in the heat of the day, to declare the counsel of God, which is the gift of faith. It is our sacrifice that cleanses the heavenly things … Joe 3:20 But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation. Joe 3:21 For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion. Sons of God have this honour not only to believe in Him but also to suffer for His Name’s sake. We have Christ for an example.
2Co 5:20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.
2Co 5:21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
2Ti 1:16 The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:
Isa 35:8 And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.
Isa 35:9 No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there:
Isa 35:10 And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Understand the will of God
The will of God is to show mercy to our brothers, becoming all things to all men. It is to be found in peace and holiness without spot or wrinkle, waiting for the Lord to appear more and more, redeeming the time because the days are evil. We are now being led where our flesh does not want to go, but we put our bodies under subjection to Christ. As sons of God, we are the husband to the church. Discern spiritually what is being said. Sons of God love the church, cherish it, and nourish it. Walking by faith and not by sight, we follow the Lamb wherever He goes.
Eph 5:14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
Eph 5:15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
Eph 5:16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
Eph 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
Eph 5:26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
Eph 5:27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
Eph 5:28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
Eph 5:29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
Eph 5:30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
1Co 9:27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
Joh 21:18 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.
The will of the Father is to gather in one all things in Christ through mercy, which is love, and that Christ would be glorified in His saints when He comes with His ancient ones. Coming with His ancient ones is the second coming of Christ. It is the Spirit of Prophecy; it is the gift of faith. It is the Renewed Covenant and our fiery Baptism into His death. Christ promised us that He would gather us in the latter days to save us from our sins … Psa 106:47 Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise. Spiritual Jew and spiritual Gentile alike are gathered to be made into one, the true Israel of God. The true Israel of God are the ones He chose before the foundation of the world. You who hear this Word today, let your hands be strong.
Eph 1:8 Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;
Eph 1:9 Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
Eph 1:10 That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:
Eph 1:12 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
Zec 8:9 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.
Eph 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
Eph 1:4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
Eph 1:5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
The Grace of God is upon Us
Sons of God have access to grace through faith, being the first fruit unto God. We tasted death for all, laying our lives down. What is grace? Grace is to be raised from spiritual death, receiving life, to sit in heavenly places, which means to have the Father and the Son, which is to understand the Scriptures. It is to obey the Lord’s Commandments. Grace is the gift of God; the dream is one. What an unspeakable gift … Rom 6:14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. What is man that you think of Him, Lord? This is the love of God towards His creation.
Jas 1:18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
Eph 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Eph 2:9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Eph 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Joh 1:16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
Joh 1:17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
Joh 1:18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
As the seven angels of the seven churches, like our Lord Christ, we taste death for every man, pouring out the seven plagues of God, bearing the sins of many so we may bring many sons to glory through suffering. We are being poured out to fill up what is behind in the afflictions of Christ, so our brethren may live. This is the greatest love any man can have. The woman pouring out the ointment on Christ’s body is what sons of God do; they pour out their souls unto death, declaring the Gospel to their brothers so they may be saved from the Lord’s wrath to come … Mat 26:12 For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial. Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her. This spiritually means that we, as God’s elect, prepare our brothers to die in Christ so they may also live with Him.
Heb 2:9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
Heb 2:10 For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
Heb 9:24 For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
Heb 9:25 Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;
Heb 9:26 For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
Heb 9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
Heb 9:28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
Col 2:12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
Col 2:13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
Rom 4:25 Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.
Our lives are hid with Christ
Love means preaching not ourselves but Christ … to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. Without the Spirit of God, it is not possible to have faith, and without faith it is impossible to please God. Our sacrifices of bulls and goats in the past, having the water Baptism of John, do not suffice, remaining in unbelief and not overcoming. Once we receive Christ, our lives are hid with Him. We die daily to our carnal nature so that His life may be manifested in us. This is life aionios. Having the Light of Christ’s countenance, we, like our Lord, become the I AM …. Joh 8:58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
Php 1:21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
2Co 4:3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
2Co 4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
2Co 4:5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake.
2Co 4:6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts,
Rev 14:13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.
We have Treasures in Jars of Clay
Troubled on every side, we live the two-edged sword of the Lord. Being made out to be deceivers when we preach the resurrection, we overcome evil with good, loving our enemies, expecting nothing in return. Our joy is in Christ, and we do all for the sake of others so they in turn may be where we are. Having no beginning or end, being made into the image of Christ with eyes like a flame of fire and hair as white as wool, sons of God are like the wind. As new born babes, we desire the sincere milk of the Word so we may grow in the grace and knowledge of Christ.
1Pe 2:2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
1Pe 2:3 If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
2Co 4:7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
2Co 4:8 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
2Co 4:9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
2Co 4:10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
2Co 4:11 For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
2Co 4:12 So then death worketh in us, but life in you.
2Co 4:15 For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.
Joh 3:8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
Joh 14:1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
Joh 14:2 In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
Joh 14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
Heb 7:3 Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.
Mercy
Showing mercy makes all men see we belong to Christ. When Christ comes to us, we have our bath; through the Spirit of Truth and walking out His Law, we wash each other’s feet. We are being renewed day by day through the knowledge of Truth. The anointing we have is the Spirit of Truth that causes us to be in His Word and stay in His love. This is the new commandment, the new Covenant Christ makes with us, writing His laws in our hearts and minds through much tribulation.
Tit 3:3 For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
Tit 3:4 But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,
Tit 3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
Joh 13:34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
Joh 13:35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
Isa 61:8 For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
Isa 61:9 And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the LORD hath blessed.
Worship in Spirit and in Truth
We are the little children of God, worshipping in Spirit and in Truth; our flesh profits nothing [John 6:63]. Our outward man is perishing, yet our inward man in Christ is living and being renewed day by day. We look for a new heaven and a new earth, that is to say a new heart and a new mind wherein righteousness dwells. Our light affliction for the moment as Apostles and prophets is to pour out our souls, so others may be saved. Sons of God have this honour. We are all sons of God because of each other. We declare all the counsel of God as it is given us. Doing this is finishing our ministry.
Joh 4:21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.
Joh 4:22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.
Joh 4:23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
2Co 4:16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day.
2Co 4:17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory,
2Co 4:18 while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
Act 20:27 For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
We are in silence without the gate, praying and fasting, working night and day, thanking the Lord always, who provides for our every need. The Word is a fire within us, compelling us to preach the Gospel of Peace. Our suffering comes through those who do not believe and those that are still dead in their sins, not wanting to go unto perfection, the law of sin and death in our members within and without. We are like a woman in travail until Christ is formed within and without in all of our brothers. As Apostles, we have great concern for ourselves and those the Lord has given us. Repairing the breeches in the wall of the Temple, we are the peacemakers. We hunger and thirst for Christ’s righteousness in ourselves and in all that worship with us.
Heb 13:12 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.
Heb 13:13 Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.
Heb 13:14 For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.
Heb 13:15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
Jas 3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
Jas 3:18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
Mat 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
Mat 5:6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Christ touching us, making us perfectly whole through faith, healing us, we become new creatures in Him, seeing Him as He is. Through us, the many sins of others are forgiven. Touching means laying on of our hands, which is showing mercy. Showing mercy, we love. We heal on the Sabbath day, because as the Christ of Christ we are Christ in the world and are Lord of the Sabbath. This spiritually means we are king of kings because we have the Truth of His Word. We have the Spirit of prophecy and the power to obey Christ’s Law.
Mat 14:35 And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that country round about, and brought unto him all that were diseased;
Mat 14:36 And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.
Pro 10:12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
Mat 12:6 But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple.
Mat 12:7 But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
Mat 12:8 For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.
Rev 19:10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
A New Creation
Keeping the festival with sincerity and Truth, we do not lie to each other anymore. We are renewed in the Knowledge of the Lord and put on bowls of mercy, kindness, humility, meekness, and longsuffering, becoming all things to all men. Esteeming every man better than ourselves, we now have love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness and faith against which there is no law except the law of Christ. Unleavened bread means we are not spoiled or marred by the doctrines of men; that is to say, we are not spoiled by the carnal reasoning or lies of the natural man within ourselves and in others. This is a work in progress, as we are slowly transformed into Christ’s image.
Col 3:9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
Col 3:10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
Col 3:12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
Col 3:13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
Col 3:14 And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
1Co 5:7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
1Co 5:8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Gal 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Gal 5:23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Gal 5:24 And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
We become the lively stones of the Temple built without hands, a living sacrifice well pleasing to God. This is our service to each other which is acceptable by God. We greatly care for each other as Paul mentions in 2 Cor 11. A type and shadow of the high priest Aaron carrying the names of the children of Israel upon his shoulders to bring them into remembrance before the Lord is found in Exo 28. Showing love, showing mercy, we repair the wall of the Temple in Spirit, the restorer of paths to dwell in.
Rom 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
2Co 11:27 In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
2Co 11:28 Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.
Exo 28:11 With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold.
Exo 28:12 And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a memorial.
Isa 58:12 And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
The love of God constrains us to give cheerfully to all. Christ loves a cheerful giver, and it is more blessed to give than to receive. We support the weak and uphold the feeble. Through love, which is mercy given, we heal, we cleanse lepers, we raise the dead, and cast out devils. We freely give because we received freely from the Lord, having the first and the latter rain. We live the words of the woman that fears the Lord … Pro 31:10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. We are all things to all men in order to save some.
Rom 12:5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
Rom 12:6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;
Rom 12:7 Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching;
Rom 12:8 Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.
Act 20:35 I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
Mat 10:8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
Sanctification
Making many sons perfect in Christ, sons of God, are sanctified through the Spirit of Truth, which was given by Christ, revealing Himself to us through the revelation of Christ, and justified by obeying the Commandments of Christ through His Power as we enter into the Kingdom with God through much tribulation and sorrow. This is the greatest love shown to man, and now in turn we lay our hands on the remnant of Israel. Christ is glorified in His firstborn, as we are glorified in our firstborn whom He has given us, speaking of things not yet as if they are. We declare the Name of the Father to the little children in this age, as others have done in every age since Christ. This is how we sanctify others, and this is how we are being sanctified ourselves. Sanctification only comes through the Spirit of Truth. Without the Spirit of Prophecy, we do not know the Truth and are not able to go unto perfection to do the will of God. Without walking the talk of Christ’s Commandments, we do not have works and are not made perfect.
Joh 17:16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Joh 17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
Joh 17:18 As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.
Joh 17:19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
Joh 17:20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;
Joh 17:21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
Joh 17:22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:
Joh 17:23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
Joh 17:24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
Joh 17:25 O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.
Joh 17:26 And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
Giving up our lives for each other, showing mercy, speaking Truth, giving eternal life to those who hear us, we bring many sons to perfection. This is the Body the Lord prepared for us. This is the living sacrifice God desires. This sacrifice is not according to the Law, the work of our hands, but the offering up of ourselves, the offering up of our lives. When we see Christ for the first time after the Spirit of Truth comes to us, we start seeing the Father and are now able to do the greater work, which is love. Giving up our lives for each other in spiritual language means to pray and fast for each other. Ceasing to pray means we do not show mercy and hate each other, sinning as we are shown in type in 1 Sam 12. Read the chapter; it is a type of us as it was in times past, and discern spiritually. Obeying Christ’s Commandments that which we have heard from the beginning, is part and parcel of love. Obeying Christ is how we love the world and how we are freed from the strange woman.
Heb 10:8 Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;
Heb 10:9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
Heb 10:10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
Joh 14:8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
Joh 14:9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
Joh 14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
Joh 14:13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
Joh 14:14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
1Sa 12:23 Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:
1Sa 12:24 Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.
1Sa 12:25 But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king [carnal mind].
We Run with Patience
Pouring our souls out unto death, sons of God, run with patience the race set before them. We are counted worthy to run this race, and we run so we may obtain the prize. We trust in the Living God to save us from every wicked work formed against us and run with patience and longsuffering, despising the shame because we know we have an eternal crown of glory waiting for us, an incorruptible crown. Suffering afflictions through unbelief and covetousness within and without, being made like Christ, suffering His reproach outside the camp, we know that we are being judged, and without these trials of faith we do not enter into His Kingdom. We have to suffer like Him, buried with Him in death in order to also reign with Him. Remember we are one body and one bread. All things come alike to all.
1Th 3:3 That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto.
1Th 3:4 For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know.
2Th 1:3 We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;
2Th 1:4 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:
2Th 1:5 Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:
1Ti 4:9 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.
1Ti 4:10 For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, especially of those that believe.
1Ti 4:11 These things command and teach.
1Ti 4:12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
We gird up our loins and examine ourselves if we are in the love of God, putting on the armour of God. Striving against sin, we have not yet resisted unto blood. Striving against sin in spiritual language means we strive against the Jews that do not believe in us, unbelief, and we strive against wickedness, the woman Jezebel, and principalities within and without that desire to steal our crown of righteousness. We learn to be ever on our toes because Satan, within and without, is a roaring lion. Having these temptations is the Father’s chastening to make us perfect in all ways. Keeping ourselves, being aware of Satan’s devices, we are delivered from the power of the lions if we continue in His goodness … Dan 6:27 He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.
2Ti 4:17 Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
2Ti 4:18 And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Heb 12:1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
Heb 12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Heb 12:3 For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
Heb 12:4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.
Heb 12:5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
Heb 12:11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
Suffering as evil doers, bound in chains for Christ, we cease from sin [we believe and do not believe the lie to not obey Christ, overcoming] and commit our souls to God … 1Pe 4:19 Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator. To be made a reproach for Christ means we are humiliated as Christ was. Christ, in the form of God, being made like a servant, becoming a curse, so He could go before us, being made a compassionate high priest, is not believed by many. Happy are we if the reproach of Christ is on us because the glory of Christ also rests on us when He is being revealed in our hearts and minds. These are spiritual words. Do not be surprised when you suffer reproach for His Name’s sake. It is a fiery trial of trial and error.
Heb 13:3 Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.
1Pe 4:1 Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;
1Pe 4:2 That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
1Pe 4:12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
1Pe 4:13 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
1Pe 4:14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
2Ti 1:12 For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
Being made a reproach for Christ, we endure many afflictions until all come to the unity of Truth, to the measure of a perfect man within and without. This means we all come to understand the Truths spoken, which is the fullness of God, the all in all, that dwells in us. This takes time and is a fiery process. In our walk of faith, the Lord makes us err, but now, through water and fire, the two baptisms, which are one, we are being brought out into a wealthy place, which means we have the mind of Christ. This is our own land, and we will never be moved again if we are His. This comes little by little.
Psa 66:8 O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard:
Psa 66:9 Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.
Psa 66:10 For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
Psa 66:11 Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins.
Psa 66:12 Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.
Psa 66:13 I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,
Heb 10:32 But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;
Heb 10:33 Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.
Heb 10:34 For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.
Heb 10:35 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.
Heb 10:36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
Today is the Day of Salvation
As sons of the Living God, we do not withhold good when it is in our hand to give. We are redeemed from among men, and we do not pass up such a great salvation, speaking like a man. The Lord knows those who are His, and nobody or nothing will separate us from His love. Today, when we hear His Voice, we open the door so He may come in. We have this Hope of Him coming in every day of our lives. Do not ignore or suppress Christ when He comes. Open your mouth wide and eat what He gives you, and then go and do. This gift of faith is given to us so we may be saved. If we turn away from the workers of iniquity, which means thoughts of unbelief and lies, we have peace … Psa 125:5 As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel. Having peace, we have boldness to ask in His Name.
2Co 6:1 We then, as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain.
2Co 6:2 For He says: “IN AN ACCEPTABLE TIME I HAVE HEARD YOU, AND IN THE DAY OF SALVATION I HAVE HELPED YOU.” Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.
Heb 10:19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
Heb 10:20 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
Heb 10:28 He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
Heb 10:29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
Rest
We were once dead but now we live if we hold fast to what we have. Resting from our works, we enter into the Kingdom of God, speaking of things that are not yet as if they are. Our works of mercy follow us so all may see they are wrought in God. Only we know the Father and the Son, and we reveal Them to the ones God gave to us. Our yoke is easy, and our burden is light. Showing mercy, showing love, doing love is the easy yoke Christ talks about in Matthew. We die in the Lord every day, not doing our own pleasure but doing His will as He now leads the way. Christ is bringing us into our own land where there is rest for our souls. He abundantly gives us more than we ask for and deals bountifully with us. We are the people of His pasture, is, was, and will be.
Eph 3:20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
Eph 3:21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
Rev 1:18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
Rev 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
Rev 14:13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.
Mat 11:27 All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
Mat 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Mat 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Mat 11:30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
Heb 4:11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
Psa 132:13 For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
Psa 132:14 This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
Psa 132:15 I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread.
Psa 132:16 I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.
Psa 132:17 There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.
Psa 132:18 His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish.
Confidence
Without the Lord we can do nothing. Thus, believing, asking, we receive, and our cup runneth over to give to others for whom none is prepared. We share our meat. We draw near to God to help us in our time of need. If we lack wisdom, we ask of the Lord, not doubting, and are content with what we have. Love follows us, which is after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, and meekness. Everything is made new; the old is passing away. No more tears, no more bearing the heat of the day when the race is finished, but only love, which is to show mercy, speaking of things not yet. Children of God, receive mercy first; we receive strength every day to finish what is set before us for the day … Exo 15:13 Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation. This is the new and holy way for the people of God, a high way, the narrow way … Psa 18:33 He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet, and setteth me upon my high places.
2Co 3:5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God,
2Co 3:6 who also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
Heb 10:19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
Heb 10:20 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
Heb 10:21 And having an high priest over the house of God;
Heb 10:22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
Heb 10:23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
Heb 10:24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
Heb 10:25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
1Ti 6:6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.
1Ti 6:7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.
Closing
Love is unquenchable; where will we go from your Spirit, Lord God? In Psalm 139 there is much to learn and understand. This in part describes the love God, the Father, and Christ, His Son, have for us. We are not left in the grave; the Truth, which is love, is setting us free. Love gives us Power to obey Christ; therefore, love is the greatest of all. There is nothing like it. Nothing can be added to it, nothing can be taken away from it. It is the existence of our being because … to Him, through Him and for Him are all things.
Son 8:6 Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
Son 8:7 Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.
Psa 139:1 O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
Psa 139:2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
Psa 139:3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
Psa 139:4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
Psa 139:5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
Psa 139:6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
Psa 139:7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
Psa 139:8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
Psa 139:9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
Psa 139:10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
Psa 139:11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
Psa 139:12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
Psa 139:13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
Psa 139:14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
Psa 139:15 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
Psa 139:16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
Psa 139:17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
Psa 139:18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
Receive ye the Gospel, receive ye the Holy Spirit.
2Th 3:17 The salutation of Paul [Rohnel] with mine own hand, which is the token in every epistle [Letter]: so I write.
2Th 3:18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.