ejected Posted December 8, 2018 Group: Senior Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 47 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 761 Content Per Day: 0.17 Reputation: 225 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/17/2011 Status: Offline Share Posted December 8, 2018 When God speaks of a new covenant or agreement, He makes the first one obsolete (out of use). And what is obsolete (out of use and annulled because of age) is ripe for disappearance and to be dispensed with altogether. (Hebrews 8:13 AMP) This letter to the Hebrews sets forth the all-inclusive revolution or reconstitution which God made when He brought His Son, Jesus Christ, into the world – that is, the religious revolution. This revolution, which was rejected by Judaism, has been almost entirely overlooked or lost sight of by Christendom since Apostolic times. The entire present system of Christianity as generally accepted would be impossible if the meaning of this letter were received as a heavenly revelation in the power of the Holy Spirit. That is – if it came into the heart by the Spirit's power with the effect of a revelation in the same way as the Apostle Paul came to see who "Jesus of Nazareth" is, then a Christian-Judaism, or Judaistic-Christianity (which Christendom so largely is) would be impossible; as it became in his own case. The Letter to the Hebrews is only one other aspect of the battle fought out in the Letters to the Romans and Galatians. In the light of such a spiritual eye-opening a whole lot of things would go: but being a "heavenly vision," there would be no tears, no sense of loss, and no fond farewells. The gain and joy would rather put all such things into the category of a worn-out and no-longer-to-be-desired suit of clothes. In saying this we are only contemplating the full-tide of spiritual life known before any of these things came into being. These things only came in when the fullness of the Spirit had gone out, and, being an artificial substitute, they can never but be limiting things in the realm of Divine purpose. And yet, behold how these things have become the very nature of traditional and organized Christianity! So much so that to touch them in any way which threatens their existence is to meet something more bitter and formidable than any persecution from the world. This is not said carelessly. Religion can be, and is very largely, a terrible force; and Christianity has become a religion. There are very few communities of Christians – even the most evangelical, and spiritual – who wholly escape the tendency or propensity to persecute or ostracize other bodies of Christians who might be regarded as rivals in their field of activity... "God... hath at the end of these days spoken... in His Son." But the new era and new order had brought out a new and mightier-than-ever conflict. By T. Austin-Sparks from: "God Hath Spoken" - Chapter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willa Posted December 13, 2018 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 68 Topic Count: 185 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 14,204 Content Per Day: 3.35 Reputation: 16,629 Days Won: 30 Joined: 08/14/2012 Status: Offline Share Posted December 13, 2018 Not much has changed. The eye keeps telling the hand "I have no need of you" because it doesn't yet understand that we must function in coordination to accomplish the work of God. So the debates continue with one calling the other a heretic simply because they understand truth from a different perspective. How that must grieve the Holy Spirit of God! Each part of the body has something to offer to the common good; even those in the old worn out suits or old wineskins can birth the new wine that needs to be poured in new wineskins, just as Judaic Christians gave birth to the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtletwo Posted December 13, 2018 Group: Royal Member Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1,192 Topics Per Day: 0.20 Content Count: 7,264 Content Per Day: 1.19 Reputation: 15,710 Days Won: 194 Joined: 07/15/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted December 13, 2018 4 hours ago, Willa said: Not much has changed. The eye keeps telling the hand "I have no need of you" because it doesn't yet understand that we must function in coordination to accomplish the work of God. So the debates continue with one calling the other a heretic simply because they understand truth from a different perspective. How that must grieve the Holy Spirit of God! Each part of the body has something to offer to the common good; even those in the old worn out suits or old wineskins can birth the new wine that needs to be poured in new wineskins, just as Judaic Christians gave birth to the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. @Willa Thanks so much for speaking forth this truth. It needed to be said. It seems that an attack of the enemy upon the body of Christ today is going strong. It caught me by surprise. How long have you been noticing this? Do you think it is to do with the end times? It makes me really sad. The Lord deserves better. I'm sure that He is grieved. It is such a bad representation of our precious Lord when we are not at peace with one another. Remember the old song, "And they'll know we are Christians by our love?" That was the anthem of the 1970's Jesus Movement in which I got saved. Things have sure changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejected Posted December 22, 2018 Group: Senior Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 47 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 761 Content Per Day: 0.17 Reputation: 225 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/17/2011 Status: Offline Author Share Posted December 22, 2018 Again we have thousands of denominations competing. Operate in the flesh instead of in the Spirit and thats what you get. The word is not unclear in this matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heb 13:8 Posted December 22, 2018 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 35 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1,533 Content Per Day: 0.57 Reputation: 382 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/03/2016 Status: Offline Share Posted December 22, 2018 I like to wear tattered clothes (poor) clothing; holes, rips it don't matter. i don't wear colors either, just army green, black and grey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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