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1 CORINTHIANS 6:9-11.
THE BEGINNINGS OF HOLY ONES.
"What! Do you not know that
unrighteous persons will not inherit God's Kingdom? Do not be misled. Neither
fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men kept for unnatural purposes,
nor men who lie with men, nor thieves, nor greedy persons, nor drunkards, nor
revilers, nor extortioners will inherit God's Kingdom. And yet that is what
some of you were. But you have been washed clean, but you have been
sanctified, but you have been declared righteous in the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ and with the Spirit of our God."
(1 Cor 6:9-11).
"AND YET THAT IS WHAT SOME OF YOU WERE"?
These members of
the congregation of God were transformed by taking the necessary steps to
discern the Will of God for them. What they proved for themselves of His Will,
they practised. (Rom 12:1,2). Almighty God then anointed and sanctified them in
spirit. The heavenly Kingdom of God is to be made up of 144,000 of these
sanctified ones. (Rev 7:3,4). The important point is that they had to be
"washed clean" of spiritually unclean practices. The remainder gathered
from among mankind who have "washed their robes and made them white in the
blood of the Lamb" are described by The Christ as the "other
sheep, which are not of this fold; those also I must bring, and they will listen
to my voice, and they will become one flock one shepherd." (John 10:16)
(Rev 7:14). They will be subjects of the heavenly Kingdom of
the "little flock" of 144,000 underpriests. (Rev 5:9,10. Luke 12:32). These underpriests will judge as to the "good deed" toward
one's spirit sanctification. (Rev 20:4). This is in contrast to those ruling today
who judge as to the "bad deed" and issue ineffective punishments.
(See Rom 13:3).
SPIRITUAL "JEWS", AND THE WAY THAT THE
"OTHER SHEEP" TAKE HOLD OF THEIR "SKIRT".
In persecuting The
Christ's disciples, Saul was persecuting The Christ. But he was transformed by
our Lord. (Acts 9:1 8). Indeed, the "great crowd" of "sheep"-like
ones "not of this (anointed) fold" that come through
the "great tribulation" embark on a process of spirit
transformation by taking hold of the "skirt" of a man who is a
"Jew", just as it is written: "This is what Jehovah of
armies has said, 'It will be in those days that ten men out of all the languages
of the nations will take hold, yes, they will actually take hold of the skirt of
a man who is a Jew, saying: "We will go with you people, for we have
heard that God is with you people.'" (Zech 8:23). These spiritual
"Jews" are Spirit anointed sons of God. Their "circumcision
is that of the heart by Spirit". (Rom 2:29). To take hold of their
"skirt" is to accept Spirit teachings of God being administered
through them which confirm they are spiritual "Jews". The
"Little Scroll" contains Spirit teachings, "bitter"/"sweet"
spiritual understandings. (Rev 10:8-11). These teachings are the
"skirt" of a "Jew".
The love of God is directed toward
those lowly in spirit. Only then are they malleable for spirit growth toward
becoming a "new creation". (Gal 6:15). By contrast, rather than
allow superfluous badness to be removed by "circumcision" of the
heart by Spirit towards holiness, cowards make self-destructive excuses. (Rev
21:8). Those accepting the process of spirit creation have already begun to
offer up to God spirit sacrifices by correcting superfluous ways that offend
Him. But the longer this process is postponed, the more difficult it becomes,
and greater are the sufferings to be endured. So why delay?
27/1/89.
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