HEAVENLY INCLINED...: THE ATTITUDE & ACCOMPLISHMENT OF ONENESS IN CHRIST: MANIFESTATION OF HIS GLORY...

Thanksgiving for the LORD's Favor

Psalms 138 (A Psalm of David)
1/ I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.
2/ I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy loving-kindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
3/ In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.
4/ All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth.
5/ Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great is the glory of the LORD.
6/ Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
7/ Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.
8/ The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me:
thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands... AMEN!!!

One CANNOT earn GRACE, it is HIS own ESSENCE; a gift, still, IF one claims to be IN HIS GRACE, we ARE to, or, OUGHT to, be reflections of that GRACE! 2 CORINTHIANS 6:1, tells us not to take HIS GRACE in vain! This means, living in LOVE, morality, ethics, virtue, righteousness, and, spiritual improvement, TOWARDS, spiritual maturity, WHILE, visibly BEING as LIGHTS, beaming OF *GOD*, beckoning the world, TO THE LIGHT! Righteousness MEANS, conduct in conformity with *GOD'S* WILL, and, "Be HOLY because I AM HOLY!", therefore, indicating that knowledge, wisdom, and, effort, DO, apply TO the righteous!!! NEVER forget, we were grafted in, and, if we do not bear fruit, as a dead branch, we will be pruned out, just as were, the natural branches!!!

We are not saved by works, instead, works PROVE HIM in us: they identify HIS own...

IF I claim ONENESS with *GOD*, through CHRIST JESUS, I am DEAD TO THE WORLD, THUS, LIVING as HIM, which is, hopefully, witnessed IN, and, THROUGH, my every thought, action, and, reaction; MEANING, I am, THROUGH CONSCIOUS application OF THE WORD, HIS COMMANDS, HIS WILL, REFLECTING righteousness, not, merely, FAITH! I become, the TRULY FRUITFUL branch, of THE VINE, the TRUE member of THE BODY/THE CHURCH, CHRIST JESUS, and, TESTIFY, then, GLORIFY, BOLDLY, BY my thoughts, actions, and, reactions, HIS name, because, HE IS WORTHY, and, IN HIS LOVE, has SHOWN me, how I OUGHT to exist, to which, I eagerly, adapt, and, comply!!!

MATTHEW 5:48...
So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect

1 PETER 1:14-16...
14/ Like obedient children, do not act in compliance with the desires of your former ignorance
15/ but, as he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in every aspect of your conduct,
16/ for it is written, "Be holy because I (am) holy."

ROMANS 12:2...
Do not conform yourselves to this age but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and pleasing and perfect.

Conduct, in conformity to *GOD'S* WILL, marks the righteous; it is NOT because of guilt, or, ancient Laws, but, because of LOVE; LOVE for *GOD*, self, then, others! CHRIST JESUS gave us Commandments to live by, of which, the first is to LOVE *GOD*, with all of your mind, heart, and, soul; the second is, to LOVE one another!

LOVE COMPELS us to LIVE IN HIM, through conduct which conforms to *GOD*; in other words, morality, ethics, doing good, and, being good, and, ever striving to improve the spirit! It is about REFLECTING THE TRUTH, for ALL to bear witness to, FOR, and, TO HIS GLORY, RADIANTLY SHINING OF HIS POWER, GRACE, and, MERCIES!!!

It IS ALL ABOUT LOVE, baby, all about LOVE!!!

MATTHEW 4: 17...From that time on, Jesus began to preach and say, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."

JOHN 14:15..."If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

NOTE: I do not intend to preach, rather to reach; to stir up, awaken, to inspire, and, bring forth, in discussion, that which is, perhaps, dormantly existing in the heart of hearts, thus, little, or, no, sugar coatings, just THE WORD of *GOD*, the TRUTH, along with some of my thoughts. And truth is, I am reminding myself always, as I practice these reminders, in the best of my abilities, and capacities, while RELYING on THE LORD to lead me on that narrow PATH---> MATTHEW 7: 14: "For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it... TO *GOD* BE ALL GLORY...

THE ATTITUDE & ACCOMPLISHMENT OF ONENESS IN CHRIST: MANIFESTATION OF HIS GLORY...

PHILIPPIANS 2: 1-11...
1+++If there is any encouragement in Christ, any solace in love, any participation in the Spirit, any compassion and mercy,
2+++complete my joy by being of the same mind, with the same love, united in heart, thinking one thing.
3+++Do nothing out of selfishness or out of vainglory; rather, humbly regard others as more important than yourselves,
4+++each looking out not for his own interests, but [also] everyone for those of others.

5+++Have among yourselves the same attitude that is also yours in Christ Jesus,
6+++Who, though he was in the form of God,
did not regard equality with God something to be grasped.
7+++Rather, he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, coming in human likeness; and found human in appearance,
8+++he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, even death on a cross.
9+++Because of this, God greatly exalted him and bestowed on him the name
that is above every name,
10+++that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend,
of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11+++and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.

Here are further exhortations to Christian duties; to like-mindedness and lowly-mindedness, according to the example of the Lord Jesus. Kindness is the law of Christ's kingdom, the lesson of his school, the livery of his family. Several motives to brotherly love are mentioned. If you expect or experience the benefit of God's compassions to yourselves, be compassionate one to another. It is the joy of ministers to see people like-minded.

Christ came to humble us, let there not be among us a spirit of pride. We must be severe upon our own faults, and quick in observing our own defects, but ready to make favourable allowances for others. We must kindly care for others, but not be busy-bodies in other men's matters. Neither inward nor outward peace can be enjoyed, without lowliness of mind.

The example of our Lord Jesus Christ is set before us. We must resemble him in his life, if we would have the benefit of his death. Notice the two natures of Christ; his Divine nature, and human nature. Who being in the form of God, partaking the Divine nature, as the eternal and only-begotten Son of God, Joh 1:1, had not thought it a robbery to be equal with God, and to receive Divine worship from men. His human nature; herein he became like us in all things except sin. Thus low, of his own will, he stooped from the glory he had with the Father before the world was.

Christ's two states, of humiliation and exaltation, are noticed. Christ not only took upon him the likeness and fashion, or form of a man, but of one in a low state; not appearing in splendour. His whole life was a life of poverty and suffering. But the lowest step was his dying the death of the cross, the death of a malefactor and a slave; exposed to public hatred and scorn.

The exaltation was of Christ's human nature, in union with the Divine. At the name of Jesus, not the mere sound of the word, but the authority of Jesus, all should pay solemn homage. It is to the glory of God the Father, to confess that Jesus Christ is Lord; for it is his will, that all men should honour the Son as they honour the Father, Joh 5:23. Here we see such motives to self-denying love as nothing else can supply. Do we thus love and obey the Son of God?

One of the most remarkable aspects of our LORDS perfect model, is the fact that HE EMPTIED HIMSELF in order to fulfill the WILL of THE FATHER, FOR HIS GLORY, and thus, for our sakes! This is the EPITOME of HOMAGE, HONOUR, and HUMILITY, WHICH we should imitate, in the best of our understanding, abilities, and capacities, for in ONENESS with HIM, we are likened unto HIM, and as THE BODY of THE CHURCH, CHRIST JESUS, we should exemplify HIM, better than in thought or word, more, more, and more, as we grow, as we mature into our TRUTH!!!

1 comment:

Lynda said...: SO many say that we don't have to change in our walk with *GOD*, and I have much to say about this...

In the first place, IF *GOD* is in a person, HE IS going to set them on THE PATH, HE IS going to work in them, through them, and around them, HE IS going to humble them, HE IS going to use them according to HIS WILL, FOR HIS GLORY, and well shall I go on???

CHRIST JESUS says that we should seek to do the WILL of THE FATHER; can this be done without changing???

Change is intrinsic to existence; NOTHING can come about without change, and where *GOD* is, change is to be expected, because HE IS CONSECRATING, and SANCTIFYING HIS own FOR LOFTY use, and for what is to come, AND we are no longer flesh, but spirit, which is far different, and implies change, as we live not for flesh, but for HIM, in allegiance, and if that doesn't involve change, then I don't know what does!!!

HOW can anyone go through life and never grow? This is change! As a Christian it isn't that WE are manifesting the change, instead that we are RECEPTIVE to the improvements THE HOLY SPIRIT is rendering in us, and that we utilize these improvements FOR BUILDING UP THE CHURCH, THE BODY OF CHRIST JESUS! We ARE being transformed, cleansed, and purified FOR our future in THE KINGDOM, and like it or not, this involves change, which IS for the better of all, and FOR HIS GLORY!!!; November 20, 2014 at 9:00 AM