THE LIFE OF FAITH AND THE GLORIOUS CHURCH - 2009
january 20th
"TAKE HEED THAT THE LIGHT THAT IS IN YOU BE NOT
DARKNESS"!
...."Your
eye is the lamp of your body; when your eye [your conscience] is sound and
fulfilling its office [purpose], your whole body is full of light; but when it
is not sound and is not fulfilling its office [purpose], your body is full of
darkness. Be careful therefore [take heed] that the light that is in you be not
darkness"....
Luke 11:34-35 Amplified Translation
It becomes a very difficult situation when one is dealing with someone who
insists they are walking in revelation knowledge - when the truth of the matter
is that they are deceived by their own "self-desire". Because of a
continual holding to an element of self-desire in their life and ministry,
Satan is able to counterfeit his darkness into "light" in that one's
heart. The sure give away is that the deceived one ultimately
"insists" [in a spirit of self-justification] that they are right [or
in God's will as the case may be] and, thus, their heart becomes more and more
"impenetrable" [hardened to receive the truth] until such a time as
they truly humble themselves before the Father and His Word. It is very
important for every one who would truly seek the fullness of the Father's will
in this last hour to: "Take heed that the light that is in you be not
darkness"!
AN
"ABIDING" PERFECT FELLOWSHIP WITH THE FATHER AND HIS WORD
How is it possible for one to operate in pride and fear - holding to their
"own" vision of what they "think" would please God and call
it "faith, love, or obedience? That one is held captive by a
"deluding spirit" - the direct result of a lack of intimate
fellowship in the "inner chamber with the Father and His Word. As one
comes into the place of an "abiding" and perfect fellowship with the
Father and His Word - having laid down [by an act of their will] the last
vestiges of "self-desire" - THEN the Father is able to
"reveal" - in an ever expanding way - a "revelation" of His
highest purpose where that one is concerned.
THE FATHER IS CALLING HIS PEOPLE TO
ACCOUNTABILITY AND PART OF THAT IS THAT WE ARE TO BE A PEOPLE WHO WALK BY
"REVELATION" (FAITH) AND NOT BY SIGHT [SENSE KNOWLEDGE] - AT ALL
TIMES!
It is truly
time for every child of God to forsake, by faith, every ground of fear
[mistrust of God] that remains in their heart. If one will place themselves in
the proper position, daily, before the Father and His Word in the "inner
chamber" they will "allow" themselves to be purged - in and by
the power of the Holy Spirit - of ANY impurity that would, in some way, hinder
the flow of God's life and love through them. EVERY believer needs to
"allow" the Word of God to continually work in their heart - in order
that they might gain the necessary revelation for them to fulfil their part in
the Father's plan for the establishment of The Glorious Church, and this will
NOT happen apart from an intimate and abiding fellowship with Him - regardless
of how many "good intentions" one has or how much self-effort they
put forth. The Father is calling His children to accountability, and part of
that is that we are to be a people who walk by "revelation" [faith]
and not by sight [sense knowledge] - at ALL times!
Related Scriptures: Hebrews 3:7-4:16; 2 Corinthians 5:7;
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