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Friday, June 13,
2008
A Secret Test
Williams New Testament translation
for Matthew 6:4-6
4. so that your deed of charity may be
secret, and your Father who sees what is secret will reward you. 5. "Also,
whenever you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, for they love to
pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners, to attract the
attention of people. I solemnly say
to you, they already have their reward. 6. But whenever you, follower of
mine, pray, you must go to your most private place, shut the door, and pray
to your Father in secret, and your Father who sees what is secret will
reward you.
God’s realm is different than man’s
realm, one is spiritual one is carnal. If you wish to operate in the realm
of God then it will take a certain mindset to see into this secret or
hidden realm, the mind of Christ. How do you look at people and determine
who they truly serve; do you base your assumptions on the outward as many
do or do you look to the secret inward man to make your determination? When
you attend an organization do you base your fellowship with them by the
size of the building and how nice the people are or are you looking for
something deeper, something with some spiritual depth and truth?
1 John 4:1-4 Beloved, believe not every
spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false
prophets are gone out into the world. (2) Hereby know ye the Spirit of God:
Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of
God: (3) And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in
the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye
have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
(4) Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater
is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. (KJV)
Actually there is a test, a simple way to
truly determine if someone is of God or what could be categorized as a not
exactly, close but this isn’t a game of horseshoes. Remember when the Lord
said many are called but few are chosen? Well we see in the above verses
what has happened to the many and is still happening. Simple, but they just
don’t pass the test, the spiritual discernment that separates the men from
the boys, the can do people and the wannabes. If the teaching and preaching
doesn’t focus on Christ, the inward spiritual Son of God that was leading
and guiding a man named Jesus, then they haven’t come to a working
knowledge of the mystery of the gospel; which sad to say is still a mystery
to many. While many teach and preach in the name of Jesus, they in essence
have got the cart in front of the horse, or in this case they put more
emphasis on the outward than the inward. However if one goes through the
New Testament and sees what the mystery of the gospel is and the name that
was and still is revealed to God’s people, it goes way beyond just a man
named Jesus the son of a carpenter. Those that confess that Jesus Christ is
come in the flesh have a personal working knowledge of who the Son of God
is and what is the only true hope that will get us access to His kingdom.
When I hear people end their prayers in the name of Jesus and those that
write books about all the power in his name, it tells me they don’t truly
know God or His mystery, a secret that they are still in the dark about.
The only way one can be whole and complete, to grow and mature in the
things of God, is by knowing the mystery of the kingdom of God which is
only found in Christ, while anything less is antichrist. Which if one is
not for Him then they are against Him.
1 Timothy 2:5-7 For there is one God, and
one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; (6) Who gave
himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time. (7) Whereunto I am
ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie
not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity. (KJV)
You know, if the word of God says there
is only one mediator between God and man, and our God is not one to lie,
then anything else is just that, a lie. If you were to ask people today
what their access code is to their bank account most everyone would be able
to tell you exactly what it is so that they can access it. But ask people
what the spiritual access code is to heaven and you will find few that
truly know the answer to this secret. Just like with an access code to a
bank or a computer, if you leave out any part of it you don’t get access
in. Is it any wonder then that the enemy is referred to as the spirit of
antichrist and not anti Jesus? You wouldn’t leave any part of your code out
to get into a bank account, why would you omit the most important part to
get access into your spiritual account as well? Why be half right, when you
could be all right? The fact that God used His people to write about His
mystery and the sufferings they endured for it as well, it would do you
well to give heed to His message and know that the scriptures were given
for our benefit to see into His secret realm.
2 Corinthians 5:16-18 Wherefore
henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ
after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more. (17) Therefore if
any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away;
behold, all things are become new. (18) And all things are of God, who hath
reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry
of reconciliation; (KJV)
Again we see that we should no longer be
looking after the flesh or the outward, but rather into the inward new
creation to find the answer to the mystery of the kingdom of God. The
things of this fallen realm are old news, same o same o, it’s in Christ
that all things are new because you have entered a new realm of the Spirit
that is eternal. Remember God said that He is a Spirit and so is His Son,
so if you are going to know Him and how to operate in His wisdom it can
only be accomplished through Christ that you can be a new creation in Him.
God is not a God of the dead but of the living, so old things and old
thinking needs to be passed away, dead and buried, so that a new man can
resurrect in you.
John 4:22-26 Ye worship ye know not what:
we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews. (23) But the hour
cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in
spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. (24) God
is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in
truth. (25) The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is
called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things. (26) Jesus
saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he. (KJV)
Many today don’t pass when it comes to
the heavenly test because what they call worship is mostly done in vain,
something that looks good to the outward but does nothing to further the
growth of the inward. Jesus had an answer to a secret and that answer was
in the direction of Christ, the inward new creation that was within Him and
is within you also. Here is a test, a homework assignment if you would, go
back through the scriptures and see if you can find a common denominator to
what the Lord called Himself and what name He gives credence to. After all
what better example could we have than one that already passed the test
from above and is now seated at the right hand of the Father? Test the
Spirit and know this, that if you don’t know or are unable to pass it today
don’t wait until it’s too late to know the secret that will get you access
into God’s kingdom.
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