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Where is My Honor?
I want to address this question that so many have forgotten.
Where is my honor saith the Lord? Where is my holiness? Where is the humility? Where is my grace that overcomes the power of sin?
The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Holiness,
He is the Spirit of grace and is the Spirit of humility, the Holy Spirit will always bring glory to the Lord Jesus Christ. When ever the Holy Spirit is in control of a person's life, he will always bring out the beauty of holiness and the glory of the lord Jesus Christ. he will always create a hunger for holiness in a person's life. He never brings glory to himself. He is forever lifting up Jesus Christ, and he is the spirit of the father, who will reveal the son, and he is the Spirit of the son of God, who will reveal the father, and to who so ever he wishes to reveal the heart of the Father..
The Holy Spirit cannot work in a filthy vessel.
I don't care how good you look, how you can pray, how you can preach, or speak, how you can play an instrument, or sing, no matter how good you are in your talent, if your vessel is not clean the Holy Spirit will not work through you. a person may be able to sing where people will swoon and be thrilled, but if you are not clean, don't have clean hands, the people's hearts will never get pierced, for the simple reason, the Holy Spirit of the living Lord God Almighty was not in it. I seen people cry because the music touched them, but their hearts have never been touched by the Holy Spirit, where they fall upon the rock of ages and are crushed to the point of death to self. That is the only way the Holy Spirit can dwell. He is holy and pure and will not dwell in filth. Many look righteous in prayer meetings, and church services. They can touch the carnal man, and people say wow that was a good service, but they are still filthy, in the eyes of the Lord when they do not allow the Holy Spirit of the living God to live through them. And the spirit of Christ can not live in a filthy vessel. This is why there is so much lack of a holy life in the church; there is always an excuse why we can't live the holy life.
Jesus Christ came to give us life
And life more abundantly, he came to breathe on us his very Holy Spirit into us. It is his Holy Spirit that lives a life of holiness within our very lives. This is abundant life that Jesus Christ won for us. We can through his life, BECAUSE HE IS RISEN, WE CAN THROUGH HIM, live as God the father of our lord Jesus Christ wants us to. as the spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ says in
1 Peter 1:13, so brace up your minds;
The Holy Spirit is telling us through Peter to brace up our minds that is to strengthen them and invigorate our minds. we must be sober morally alert, quick to perceive and then quick to act what is moral, and run from everything that leads to immorality, we should run from everything that does not bring glory to Jesus. We must be morally watchful, have a warning signal of what is right and what is wrong, and set your hope wholly and unchangeably on the grace that is coming to you when Jesus Christ is revealed.
Today’s church is getting morally dead; she cannot discern right from wrong. she has become blinded to what God’s word says, but God is telling his own to become morally alert. you have to set your hope wholly/totally/solely and unchangable on the grace that is coming to you when our Lord Jesus Christ is revealed and when he is revealed there comes a grace to overcome and that grace comes from the revelation of Jesus Christ.
There is so much weakness and sin in the organize church today. The fear of the Lord has departed from it, and not only in the organize church but also in those who claim that they are following the Lord totally. we must checked your hearts daily to see if we are under the leading of the Holy Spirit and are yoked up to him and not going our own way.
That is why the heart of God is saying, where is my honor? Where is my glory? The Lord God Almighty, his heart aches for the way his people are not living the life that Jesus Christ has won for them. He gave us all that we need for a holy life. And that is, his Holy Spirit, The life that Jesus Christ came to give, is freedom from the slavery of sinful self. Many say, well God doesn't expect us to be perfect. Well let me tell you what the Lord God expects.
In 2 Chronicles 16:9,
the eyes of the Lord God looks throughout the whole earth to find that one whose heart is perfect/fully trusting in him, so that he can show himself strong in that one’s behalf. He will be a strength to that one where the spirit man will rise up and rule the souls and the soul in turn rule the body.
Many repeat this scripture to people, and not even know what it is saying. Many stop right there and will not continue that verse, because it has not become real to them, but let us put the whole verse together.
For the eyes of the Lord look to and fro throughout the whole earth, to reveal himself, so that he can strong in behalf of those whose heart are blameless (perfect) toward him. You have done foolishly in this; for this reason, YOU, from now on you will have wars.
The only way not to have wars is to keep ones mind on Jesus Christ and trust him with a full heart of faith, but let us get back to what we are talking about; For God has promised a perfect peace when w mind is staying on him, and because they trust in him. Now this is king Asa, that God was talking to, through the prophet, was not trusting the Lord and he was putting his trust in man, and also in (Jeremiah 14:5,) the Spirit of the Lord pronounces a curse on the man that makes the arm of flesh his trust, so the Lord knows exactly what we are trusting in, but if you are not having peace but are having wars check to see where you have went wrong. God is truth and he cannot lie.
When the Holy Spirit of Christ Lives:
In someone's life, he never is cruel to the wife, and he is never abusive, or tongue lashing. He is a builder up, He builds one life up in the grace that he is. Also wives when the Holy Spirit lives in your life, he knows how to bring the submission to Jesus Christ, and he never rails insults for insults, For he is the grace of God that keeps the tongue. parents, the Holy Spirit when he lives in a life, knows how to teach a child in the way that he or she should go, he knows the makeup of that child, and when we trust the Holy Spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ to teach us, and we wear his yoke upon us and learn of him, how he is meek and lowly of heart. There is no proud heart in the holy spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit will always lead us into truth of the word of God, and not for selfish self.
The carnal nature is opposite of the Spirit of Christ. The carnal nature is hooked up with satan nature. When man fell into the sin of disobedience to God's word, he became flesh, everything opposite of God. He became flesh; he could not communicate with God. He tried to hide his sin by fig leaves. I call this fig leaf religion, and that is self righteousness, a refusal to go God's way. Man is still like that today, and satan the god of this world blinds their eyes to the glorious light of the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
As God says in 2 Corinthians 4:3-4
But even if our gospel also be hid, concealed and covered up with a veil which hinders the very knowledge of God. the Holy Spirit tell us that the god of this world wich is satan the deceiver, blinds the eyes of those who are perishing. When the gospel is hid, it is hid only to those who are being deceived/perishing and concealed only to those who are spiritually dying, and the deceptive veiled, is on those who are lost. The god of this world which is satan, is preventing them from seeing the illuminating light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image and likeness of God.
The Holy Spirit tells us in. 2 Corinthians 3:16-18
When a anyone turns in repentance to the Lord, the deceptive veil is stripped off, and removed. now, right now the moment you turn in true repentance to the Lord, the Lord is the spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is there is complete freedom/liberty.... everyone of us, who with unveiled faces... continue to, behold, God’s holy word... like looking in a mirror, the glory of the Lord, we are constantly being transformed into his very own image in ever increasing brilliance, we go from one degree of glory to another.; for this comes from the lord who is the spirit....
Hallelujah!! What a glorious gospel we have in Jesus Christ. Who gave his own self to redeem us from the very grips of sin. Jesus Christ had to by back what Adam lost and gave to the devil, and Jesus Christ had to fight it in the power of the Holy Spirit. He left all of his glory and came and became one of us, and he then could conquer the devil. He fought the devil not by his own strength or will, but by the very power of the Holy Spirit of God. He died to his own strength and will, and put on the armor that his Father gave to him, and it is the same armor that God gives to us. We don't walk by our natural strength or knowledge, but we walk according to the spirit. If we say we are in the spirit, and then let us also walk in the Spirit.
There is a remnant of God's people: who are hungry for the very truth of God's words. I believe there are some teenagers that are a remnant of God people, who are not going to settle for a worldly life, but they are going to go all the way with the Lord Jesus Christ and live the abundant life that Jesus Christ is talking about. it is time to rise up out of mediocrity and show forth the power of a crucified life. To many times the devil says that you need to have what the world has or you will discourage and fall away. It is time to rise up and say i had enough of this kind of life.
What makes us think that we have to partake of what the world has? Isn’t the Holy Spirit enough? Has he gone weak? Is he just some other god? We should be ashamed of ourselves in the way we have treated the Holy Spirit of God. He is the Spirit of Grace that has been given to us to live the life that Jesus Christ has come to bring to us. We must rise up in the humility of our Savior and take our rightful place in the body of Christ and allow the Holy Spirit to have his rightful place in the church, in everyone's life who is called of God. That is why God's Holy Spirit is crying out. Where is the glory that belongs to Jesus Christ? Where is his honor? Take a look at allot of lives especially our own and see if we are where we should be with God, is Jesus Christ Lord?
Let us really believe what God has to say and humble ourselves under the mighty hand of God and in due time he will exalt you. Casting your whole care upon the Lord for he cares for you. Let us be watchful and pray, for the devil, our adversary is roaming around in fierce hunger seeking whom he may devour... and believe me, he is devouring a lot of Christians today, because of lack of watchfulness. The Lord God also says, if you think you are standing, take heed, lest you fall. It is when pride comes into the heart that satan can devour that person. The devil cannot eat humility, but he sure can eat pride. So we must take care that we don't allow satan any foothold. (1Peter 5:6, 7, 8, 1 Corinthians 10:12, Ephesians 4-27)
When man fell, God told him that he was dust. Dust you are and dust you shall return, and the curse of the snake was that he would crawl on his belly and for his food it would be dust. So when we are walking according to our own willful way we are food for satan.
Jesus also said. Watch with me for one hour, so you won't fall into temptation, because the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak, and he has given us warnings about that. god says in his holy word. How can a man keep himself pure, by taking heed to the word of God? That taking heed is, watching and praying and allowing the word of God to cleanse us. Wearing the yoke of the Lord Jesus Christ is submission to the Holy Spirit’s leading and guiding us to the place that Jesus Christ has already prepared for us.
The word of God is a lamp unto my feet and lamp is to light the way, where our feet will walk, and a light unto our path, the light of God’s word lights our path, so that no darkness can get in. Thy word have I hid in my heart that I might not sin against you. Where there is light, it chases away the dark/evil.
God cannot bless a lazy Christian who will not watch and pray and read and do God's word. Our God promises that if we are doers of the word we will be blessed in our doings. Do you really eat the word of God, or is it only in your mind? When you eat the word, you are doing what the Holy Spirit has bid you to do, and you can only eat enough for one day. When you try to feed your self big portions and just get a big head, you will not prosper until you put to action just what the holy of Christ has revealed to you.
Jeremiah 15:16.
Your words were found... he was so excited to find God’s word and it was the Holy Spirit of the Lord God Almighty that had revealed that to him, and I ate them. Wow, some will try to understand how you cna eat the very word of God, but you see flesh and blood cannot understand the word of God, it is only revealed by the Holy Spirit , and if you go in with your fleshy eyes you will not understand any of God’s precious holy word. Many have went into legalism and rash freedom, all because the received the word with fleshy ears/natural man. Let us behold the word of God. the spirit man finds God’s word and eats them by hearing with the spiritual ear and then goes off and meditates on that very word until it enters into the heart and the spirit man is strengthen. Again Jeremiah says, your words were to me a rejoicing and a joy of my heart, because I am called by your name o, Lord God of host. Hallelujah, called by the very name of God. What a privilege to be called by God’s name, many never take the advantage of that.
Let me tell you something, if you are in sin and you are still under the blessing of God, and you do not repent. God will expose you and you will die in your sins, but if you will repent and turn from your sins, God in his mercy will forgive you, but if you won't it is just a matter of time before the judgment falls, we cannot tempt a Holy God.
In James 1:13 God says: don’t say I am tempting you, because I will not tempt any one with evil for it is impossible for god to be tempted by what is evil, and he himself tempts no one, but every one is tempted when he is drawn away, attracted and baited by his own evil desire (lust and passion). Then the evil desire when it has gotten you pregnant with sin, you will in turn give birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown up it will brings forth death.
You see where God says the person is drawn away by his own evil desire? Well if we have never dealt a death blow to the lust, but harbored it in the heart, in time when a temptation comes, because that lust has never been dealt with, the person will fall into sin. We all must be on our guard and watch and pray and allow the word of God as a sword pierce our hearts. It is better to be cut by God's word and made clean, than to have judgment fall upon us and destroy us.
John 10:10
Jesus said, that the thief comes for one reason and that is to steal... if lust in you has never been dealt with, the thief will see that and the first thing he comes for is to steal, he will throw darts (lustful thoughts) into and you don’t put them down but choose to dwell on them in secret because you are enjoying what you see. Then the thief comes in to kill the more you allow those thoughts to stay, then you will start allowing your eyes to look at filth of all kinds, and you will be on the phones with the porno. People and listening to the filth and you are getting pregnant with the sin, and when that sin is come to birth, it will finally destroy you. If sin of any kind is not dealt with, you will be on L.S...D. First lust, then sin, then death.
You know God is faithful and will keep us if we allow his Holy Spirit to take control and destroy that very sin. it is time to rise up and live the life that Jesus Christ has won for us.
Let us go forward in the light of his grace and walk in that very fear of the Lord, the devil is your adversary and hates anything that is godly, and too many times we think we are stronger than the devil and we go on presumption, and then the fall comes. it is only in humility that the war can be won. so dress up in the full armor of God and allow his holy spirit full sway in your life and you will find that you too can walk that glorious victorious walk. it is not something that you have to strive for in your own strength, but it is something that has been set apart for you and only the holy spirit can bring it forth.
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