Gods Ultimate Intention Part 2

Gods ultimate intention Part 2

We saw in the last issue how that Gods ultimate intention is to have many sons Just like Jesus in this earth in these end-times

God will see His seed in the earth, His ultimate intention

The Scriptures tell us that the early church turned the then known world upside down. Why then has the modern Pentecostal movements not done the same?

The apostle Paul spoke about the possibility of the gifts of the spirit becoming as a sounding brass and a tinkling symbol, in other words very shallow. He also spoke about a better way, that of love. The Pentecostal movements have majored on gifts of the spirit but have been woefully lacking in emphasizing the fruit of the spirit as the foundation or the main emphasis. This has produced an immaturity and shallowness that has impacted upon our lack of fruitfulness.

1 Corinthians 12:31	But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet show I unto you a more excellent way.
13:1	Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
2	And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing.
8	Love 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.
9	For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
10	But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.

When that which is perfect is come this is not speaking of the second coming of Jesus. It is describing an end-time army made perfect in love.

A new seed is coming forth in the earth. It is the Lords seed in His likeness, a people like Him, who are love. These people God will entrust with great authority and power, power to love the world with and reap the last harvest.

Perfecting Love

This has to become our major goal as it paves the way to bring us into union with the Lord.

Ephians 3:16	That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
17	That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love
19	And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.

Change occurs by two processes:

By becoming love, and by exposure to the manifest presence of God.

As revelation is imparted and we understand this process, we can begin to enter into a new way of living, a new and living, a way of love.

The fullness of the new creation man is a man fully restored, in body soul and spirit. He then becomes a fully fledged New Creation, a new species in the earth of which Jesus was the first.

The warped, distorted and fallen state of man makes him unable to be one with the Lord; therefore this process of change is necessary.

The problem we have in coming into union with the Lord is that of incompatibility.

We have to become like him in order to enter into union with Him. God is love and we must become love to be compatible with Him.

Entering into this union or oneness with the lord, is not achieved by works it is a work of the Holy Spirit, it is a work of grace. I have seen Christians go down a road of self denial that borders on a form of monasticism. They separate themselves from normal living, believing that if they separate themselves from material things they will find favor with God.  This is a just another form of works and is a deception.

I have heard it said that you cannot have possessions and enter into union with the Lord.  It really doesn’t matter what kind of car you drive or what kind of house you live in, what matters is your love for the Lord and your willingness to obey Him.

Exposure to the manifest presence of the lord will change you

2 Corinthians 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.

This is one of the most remarkable verses of scripture in the bible. It is saying that we can become like Him by simply exposing ourselves to Him.

There is a spiritual law that states,

Whatever you focus upon, you will connect with and an impartation will take place.

For instance if you in heart and mind or imagination you focus upon a lustful scene, you will connect with the spirit behind it and an impartation will take place.

James 1:15

Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

Conception describes an impartation

However this law also applies to the positive, the good things in life.

When we focus upon the Lord opening our heart to Him a connection is made and an impartation occurs. This is the process of change, it is purely by grace. All you have to do is come to Him and behold Him.                                                                                                                 

We need to look at this verse of scripture from the original Greek to understand it more fully.

We are to behold the Lord with an OPEN  face  Gk  anakalupto

343. anakalupto, an-ak-al-oop'-to; from G303 (in the sense of reversal) and G2572; to unveil:--open, ([un-]) taken away.

Open face; an unveiled face this speaks of coming before the Lord with honesty, or with no pretense, warts and all just as you are, with sense of need, and a desire to be changed.

2 Corinthians 3:15	But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the veil is upon their heart.
16	Nevertheless when it (the heart) shall turn to the Lord, the veil shall be taken away.

You look at the Lord just as you would look at yourself in a mirror. You behold Him. This involves your imagination, that God given faculty that helps you focus or image in upon something.

What you see in the mirror is the Lord in all of His glory (goodness)

As you behold Him with love in your heart for Him,  YOU WILL CONNECT with Him and an impartation will occur. Something will change in you as a part of Him is transferred to you. You will begin to become like him.

The word changed in this verse is interesting. Beholding Him we are CHANGED. The Greek word for changed is  . metamorphoo:G3339  This is a very powerful word it means total change. We get our English word Metamorphous from this Greek word. The image we get from this is that of a caterpillar being changed into a butterfly.

This word is used in Romans 12:2 

Romans 12:2

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

The word transformed in this verse is the Greek word metamorphoo:G3339 

We will look at this verse in detail later. This word also is used for Jesus when He was transfigured on the mount ie  metamorphoo:G3339 

This is a major key to transformation:  Moses shone when he came down from the mount because he had been beholding the glory of the Lord; he had begun to be transfigured.  He became the meekest man that ever lived, a manifestation of true love.

Romans 12:2 says, be not conformed to this world. Don’t focus on the things of this world or you will become like them. Set your heart mind on things above where Christ is.

Colossians 3:2	Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
3	For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
4	When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.

You become like what you focus upon. This is a profound spiritual reality.

Psalm 135 is talking about idolatry tells us that those who make idols become like them.

Psalm 135:17	They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths.
18	They that make them are like unto them: so is every one that trusteth in them.
NRSV: Pslma 135:18	Those who make them and all who trust them shall become like them.

I have been in some of the darkest places on this earth with those who worship Idols, and you can see the likeness of their idols etched unto their faces, they begin to take on the likeness of the idols they worship.

How much more those who behold, focus upon the lord and His glory.

This exposure to the Lord is a key to transformation.

As you walk in Love in your thoughts, actions, words, and desires, the light flowing through you will begin to transform you.

As you spend quality time in the presence of the Lord loving Him as you behold Him this transformation will be accelerated.

If you fulfill the royal law the kingdom law the results will be tremendous and you will rapidly start to change as you whole being begins to undergo the process of transfiguration. Slowly but surely your will become more compatible with the Lord who is love, and you will begin to enter into oneness with Him.

1 Corinthians 13:4	Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
5	It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
6	Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
7	It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8	Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.
9	For we know in part and we prophesy in part,
10	but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears.
11	When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me.
12	Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
13	And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

Blessings
Neville Johnson 21st April 2009