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Friday, October
24, 2008
How Am I Known To God?
Galatians 4:6-9 And because ye are sons,
God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba,
Father. (7) Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son,
then an heir of God through Christ. (8) Howbeit then, when ye knew not God,
ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods. (9) But now, after
that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to
the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?
(KJV)
How does God view you, and what is your
standing with Him? Well He actually considers you a part of His family,
wow. But how could that be? Well simply put, God Himself is a Spirit, and
sent the Spirit of His Son so that you could be adopted in as well. So in
essence it is not you, or should I say the carnal man, that God is looking
at, but rather the Spirit of His Son within you is what He gives credence
to and so should we. Pleasing our Father can only be in Spirit and according
to truth; and the only way that we will know that is by establishing a
relationship with our Spiritual Father through another Spiritual being,
that being His Son. So how well known you are to God is determined by how
well you know His Son and the message God is delivering through Him.
Galatians 3:26-28 For ye are all the
children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. (27) For as many of you as have
been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. (28) There is neither Jew nor
Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female:
for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. (KJV)
It doesn’t matter what your physical
lineage is or any other outward thing, but rather God is looking to the
heart to see if He can find someone in agreement with Him, that being
Christ in you the hope of glory. The only reason that you are a part of the
family of God and the only thing that will keep you a part of His heavenly
Spiritual family is your faith in Christ; you know, that part about being
doers of His Word and not hearers only?
Hebrews 3:6-8 But Christ as a son over
his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the
rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end. (7) Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost
saith, To day if ye will hear his voice, (8) Harden not your hearts, as in
the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: (KJV)
Hey don’t forget to read the fine print
folks so that you don’t fall from grace and be so easily removed from the
truth into some perverted version of the gospel. One of the biggest words
in these verses is the word ‘if’; and the ‘if’ part is on our end and not
the Lord’s. You allowed the Lord into your temple which is now considered
the Lord’s, and you are now considered one of God’s sons; now you need to
let the Lord continue to be the Head of your house if you desire to be firm
and steadfast to the end. Are you listening to the voice from above; you
know, that one from your true Father, or are you letting the father of lies
try to talk you out of your inheritance?
John 8:34-36 Jesus answered them, Verily,
verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. (35)
And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth
ever. (36) If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free
indeed. (KJV)
In the past we were the servants of sin
and not a part of the Heavenly family. It was when the Son was sent on our
behalf and delivered us from this bondage that we were then adopted back
into the family of God. If the Son shall make you free; well, the Spirit is
willing it’s the flesh that is weak, and so are those that choose their own
desires over the Lord’s. The Son has set us free; the question is, ‘will
you stay in that realm of freedom, or will you fall from grace and back to being
a servant of sin?’
from Barnes' Notes
John 8:35 [The servant abideth not ...]
The servant does not, of course, remain forever, or until his death with
his master. If he is disobedient and wicked, the master sells him or turns
him away. He is not the heir, and may at any time be expelled from the
house of his master. But a son is the heir. He cannot be in this manner
cast off or sold. He is privileged with the right of remaining in the
family. This takes place in common life. So said the Saviour to the Jews:
"You, if you are disobedient and rebellious, may at any time be
rejected from being the people of God, and be deprived of your special
privileges as a nation. You are in the condition of servants, and unless
you are made free by the gospel, and become entitled to the privilege of
the sons of God, you will be cast off like an unfaithful slave."
Compare <Heb. 3:5-6>.
Hebrews 3:14-15 For we are made partakers
of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the
end; (15) While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not
your hearts, as in the provocation. (KJV)
Your adoption papers, your justification
is only found in Christ and your ability to hear His message of truth and
respond accordingly. Again the warning about hardening the heart, because
today you need to make the choice of who you will actually serve, and not
just with lip service, but in deed. A hardening of the arteries in the
physical realm will shut down the heart and lead to death if not dealt with
properly. The same holds true in the spiritual realm; keeping the life of
Christ flowing through you so that you can continue to be a partaker of
Christ and the adoption that He provided for you. Basically what we are
seeing over and over again is the fact that how well known we make
ourselves to God, by being willing and obedient, is how well known we will
be to Him and still be considered a part of His family.
Hebrews 10:38-39 Now the just shall live
by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
(39) But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that
believe to the saving of the soul. (KJV)
Why are you drawing back when you should
be drawing near to God? How could you ever expect to know God let alone be
known of Him unless you are hearing how to operate in the realm of the
Spirit, which is the realm that He operates in and so do His people. The
only way you as a child of God can do those things that are pleasing in His
sight, is by hearing His message through Jesus Christ and then following
through with what He is asking of you this day, right now. So how am I
known to God? Well that depends on how well you make Him a priority in your
life; letting Him be your Father and you the adopted son or daughter. Look
at it this way, there is the Son that is seated at the right hand of God
who has been here and who has done what was needed. So with that in mind,
can you think of anyone better to be getting your heavenly instructions from?
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