Jesus says,
“Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.”
Matthew 10:34-36
No one likes conflict and, to tell the truth, neither do I. However, in a world that’s against God, merely following His Spirit inevitably puts us at odds with those who don’t.
There are none so blind as those who refuse to see
It would be great if we could reason with everyone and convince them of the truth of God’s leading. However, reasoning with people presupposes that those we seek to convince are reasonable. This is simply not the case, for those who are against God do not do so because of reason, but because of Strong Delusion.
Morever, the things we have to share with others are recieved by revelation and not through reason. God has simply told us these things and unless others have a similar heart to hear God’s voice, they cannot recieve what He says.
The gospel has never been acceptable to the natural minded man.
There is a temptation to take the revelation we’ve
There is a time to speak and a time to remain silent. We are sheep among wolves and must be wise with how we conduct ourselves. Therefore we speak as we are led and we manifest God’s love as He chooses. Realize that to some God speaks plainly, but to
A sword of division
The Tabernacle Blessing is “God with us” and is oneness with YHWH. Yet to those who are steeped in the knowledge of good and evil, our words seem divisive. It’s not that we want people to break up their marriages, it is only that many have made foolish vows that God does not honor. It’s not that we desire to offend peoples’ concepts of purity, it is only that many have little idea of what God truly considers pure.
Though the Tabernacle Blessing is a healing balm to a lost and hurting geneartion, it will seem to be a sword of divsion to many. What gives life to us, feels like death to them. Though the Spirit spells certain doom to the doctrines and traditions of men, it gives life to us who believe.
Some see the light while others flee from it
Paul says,
‘ Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; “
2 thessalonians 2;3
While God’s revelation causes us to see the light, it drives others into even greater darkness. The Tabernacle Blessing is a sword of division in our generation and, to a large extent, percipitates the great apostacy. Those who embarace God rise in the rapture, while those who reject God’s intimacy sink into outer darkness.
Seek to be God’s servant
I urge you to open your mind and heart to receive God’s love however He desires to show it. God is sovereign and does things in His own way, in His own timing and with whomsoever He chooses. Seek to be a servant and not a master, yielding to everything God wants to do. Allow His Spirit to fill you and flow out of your body to others. Manifest God’s love and surely you will be called the sons and daughters of the Most High.
Good word!
This is such wisdom: “There is a time to speak and a time to remain silent. We are sheep among wolves and must be wise with how we conduct ourselves. Therefore we speak as we are lead and we manifest God’s love as He chooses. Realize that to some God speaks plainly, but to others His mysteries are spoken in parables.”
Jesus said that He spoke in parables so that “those who had ears to hear could hear”. I believe that, in the same way, there are those with “ears” to receive the Tabernacle Blessing and those who will reject it out of hand, without seeking the Spirit. Being wise as serpents and innocent as doves as we let the Spirit lead us is vital, I think.
This is a great point: “It’s not that we desire to offend people’s concepts of purity, it is only that many have little idea of what God truly considers pure.”
Jesus sitting alone with the woman at the well, speaking to her about intimate details of her life, and disclosing to her great Truth about God was very frowned upon by those who held to the traditions and teachings of man – and even to His disciples. And I think it would probably be frowned upon by many in the church today as well, maybe even as they quoted “Avoid the very appearance of evil” from the Bible. But it was never God’s Word that forbade this kind of action, just man’s understanding of it.
It seems to me that God’s Spirit never leads us against His Word, but may often move us in ways that are contrary to our “understanding” of His Truth. I think overall, like you said, most of us have “little idea” of God’s heart and intention about things, even through what He speaks through His Word, because so very often our understanding is flawed.
Great word! Thank you!
Big Hugs –
Dear CL,
I like what you said ,
“It seems to me that God’s Spirit never leads us against His Word, but may often move us in ways that are contrary to our “understanding” of His Truth.”
I think that is a profound revelation. Moreoever, so few understand it even though they might intellectually assent to it. It is simply breathtaking to realize, by the Spirit, how fundamentally flawed our understanding of even the most basic doctrines is. I have heard people say that we have most of the scriptures figured out except of some passages in Daniel etc. However, the truth is we have only the most rudimentary understanding of what God really means because we lack the frame of reference from which to view it.
The idea that we do not need experience, but only faith in His word to be good Christians, is simply wrong. We must experience God to truly know Him and only after feeling, touching, seeing, hearing, and tasting Him does His scriptures truly come alive to us. It is a fundamental fact that God is better felt than telt.
YHWH made us in His image and in His likeness. Therefore to accurately know Him we much know Him through one another. A holy kiss is affection from God expressed through another human being. The laying on of hands is God touching us through someone else. Love feasts are fellowships where we experience God manifest through each other’s flesh. None of these acts of God can be fully understood without participating in them with a fellow saint.
Jesus is God manifest in the flesh. The Body of Christ is God manifest in our flesh. Therefore, you have got to ask yourself when you are with another brother or sister “what would Jesus do?”
Holy kisses,
Michael