This
message could also be called “Coming into the Measure of the Stature of the
Fullness of Christ.” (Ephesians 4:10-32) or “Press On In”
It
is time for cleanup.... again...Time to go further and take the next step of
Glory... entering in to the Father through the Son...eating of His Body and
Drinking of His Blood... passing through His veil that is His flesh, and
sitting in the Father’s presence, swallowed up of His Son’s Life which is
Himself.
You
have received Jesus Christ as your Savior, and are sealed with that Holy
Spirit. That Holy Spirit is the testimony and spirit of Christ abiding IN YOUR
SOUL. He has now apprehended you.
Ephesians
1:13-14 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the
gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed
with that holy Spirit of promise, Which is the earnest of our inheritance until
the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
Philippians
3:12 ...but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am
apprehended of Christ Jesus...
What
may that reason be: Christ apprehending you? Read the full verse of 12
and let’s take it to verse 13-14 also:
v12
Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect:...but I
follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of
Christ Jesus...
Perfect
here means “teleioo” in Greek #5048. It is used in verb form and means “to
perfect, complete, finish; to reach a goal, be fulfilled, completed, made
perfect.
So
Christ is to apprehend you so you may become a “finished work,” “a completed
work,” ... a perfect work of His workmanship having reached “a
goal.” What goal?
Verse
13-14 tells us.... v13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but
this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching
forth unto those things which are before. v14 I press toward the mark for the
prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Goal:
hitting the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.....
A SON: a member of the many membered body joined to the head that is
Christ. One Spirit, One Mind, One Head, One Body... Coming into the
Measure of the Stature of the Fullness of Christ Jesus.
This
comes about and is achieved only by the working of the Holy Spirit in
you. As already said at the beginning of this message... Having been
sealed by that Holy Spirit whom you received after you heard that word of
truth...
Now
we see more as we read Ephesians 5:26-27:
v26
That he (Christ) might sanctify and cleanse it (church)
with the washing of water by the word.
v27
That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot,
or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
The
Process continues.... having apprehended you so that He may clean and release
you from all that old destructive, rebellious behavior and nature and spirit.
He’s already abiding in you and sealed you, but now He wants to produce His
life in you and flow through you and remove from your mind the things that
tries to kill, steal, and destroy your life and others.
The
Lord does not want you to stay in your filth, or mess, or old mindset. He
wants you to walk in the New Life – HIS LIFE.!... more abundantly.
That
LIFE is the Life that produces LIFE: Righteousness, holiness, love, peace, joy,
kindness.... the FRUIT of HIS SPIRIT as in Galatians 5:22, and Not the fruit of
the flesh (carnal spirit/mind) that is spoken of in verses 19-21. So He
Sanctifies you by Himself being your righteousness and then begins to FREE YOU
from all those things that are not HIS CHARACTER.
The
Lord sends His Gifts to be His hand in bringing each of us into the MEASURE of
the STATURE (Character/Maturity) of the FULLNESS (Completeness, Perfect One,
Maturity) of Christ Jesus (SON/LAMB of GOD). (Ephesians 4:12-16)
So
God’s plan is being worked in each of us as it is our appointed time to come
forth in Him. He draws us to Himself through His Son, who is the Door to
our New Life and Blessings! ...receiving His Life so that we may live
life more abundantly.
The
Holy Spirit in us begins to write upon our hearts and puts in our minds the
blood covenant of Jesus Christ. God’s Seal of His Holy Spirit in us is declaring
His Righteousness in His Blood that was poured out on our behalf through and by
His Son Jesus Christ: God’s Lamb – God’s Soul. He is our Approval,
Blessings, Benefits and Inheritance of the First Born that is the Word and Law
governing us.
The
Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus working in us has freed us from the
law of sin and death (Romans 8:1-4).
That
Holy Spirit is the witness and record of God revealing Christ Jesus to us, and
as we allow Him time to speak to us and reveal His Son, we are “changed”....
“transformed” into the image of Himself. Jesus Christ is the Power and
Wisdom of God removing our burdens... daily if we will allow Him to appear and
make himself known to us. (John 14:20-23). Acknowledge Him in all our
ways....
Philippians
3:21 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his
glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all
things unto himself.
And
in 2 Corinthians 3:16-18: Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the veil
shall be taken away. Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the
Lord is, there is liberty. But we all, with open face beholding as in a
glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
It
is God’s plan....
It
is God’s plan that through His Son Jesus Christ we are not just Sanctified and
left to continue in our filth.... BUT SANCTIFIED AND to be CLEANSED from that
body of the sins of the flesh. To walk in Newness of Life... His
Life. Amen!
Hallelujah!!!!
Romans
7:24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this
death?
Paul
already said that he had not yet obtained perfection but he was forgetting all
behind that he may apprehend that for which Christ had apprehended him.
This was noted in Philippians 3 which is earlier in this message. Please reread
if necessary.
But
verse 25 he gives the victory cry: I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law
of sin.
Paul
hadn’t obtained that victory yet, but by faith pressed on... so must all that still
find a war within themselves wanting to do as God would have them do, yet, find
themselves still opposing God’s will. And also for them that love the
Lord and spend time daily, but still find manifestations of carnality.... to you press
on and in.
But
we have the ASSURANCE and ANCHOR already established in our souls DECLARING HIS
RIGHTEOUSNESS on our behalf. !!! Hallelujah!
Now
PRESS IN and ON ... Allow the Holy Spirit to BRING YOU THROUGH THE SON... and
RELEASE You from the body of the sins of the flesh. Forgiveness is
Eternal now.
Sin
has ceased and can no longer hurt you since you have received Jesus, but why
carry around the affects and weight of it: wounds, scars, bitterness, anger,
adulteries, fornications, idolatries... Let God REMOVE the weight of the
body of the sins of the flesh....
GRACE
ABOUNDS for this reason. You have the victory. Period. Now use that
Victory to ENTER THE PROMISED LAND. The Lord has given us His
Word.!!. Allow the Lord to cut OFF the hinderances of the character of
that old nature... circumcise you in heart and mind.
Only
the death of Christ is needed in your remembrance: mind and thoughts...the
Blood Covenant – Eating of His Body and Drinking of His Blood until He
appears... until the Resurrection and Life appears – the One who is without sin
comes for you... Have you received Him? Has He knocked on the door of
your heart and you said Yes you are my Savior, Please forgive me of my sin and
be my Lord and Savior. Come in to my heart, Lord. Haven’t you
already done this? Then Jesus Christ is come for you to redeem you
unto Himself.
Now
allow Him to continue His clean up in you and open your eyes and ears to behold
Him and be changed into His Identity and Divine Nature. He works this
pressing in a little at a time for us; otherwise, it would be too overwhelming
for us all at once. Yet we are anchored and have all assurance of our
salvation that has already been purchased for us through the blood and body of
Jesus Christ.
You
have God’s WORD (in you) that you have the Victory. Now ENTER INTO the PROMISED
LAND. Hallelujah!!!
Romans
6:6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body
of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
Colossians
2:11 In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands,
in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
Circumcision
of Christ is God’s WORD... that two-edged sword... that is spirit and life
(Hebrews 4:12, John 6:63)... cutting away the flesh of the heart and mind.
Circumcision
of Christ is God’s WORD... that washing of the water by the word spoken of in
Ephesians 5:26, for the cutting away of the flesh of the spirit and mind.
God’s
Word is Spirit and Life (John 6:63)...God’s WORD IS Jesus Christ. God’s
Word that Is His Will for us... to liberate us, Wash us, Cleanse us from all
sin and its affects and wounds, and decay. Death is no more. Once
Christ is in us, we live forever without sin and death. That is what
Jesus has done for us. He walked on this earth after the resurrection
without sin as the first one to do that, so that we may follow Him in this
glorious walk... on earth as it is in heaven. Oh Hallelujah!
Some
fight this to their own defeat, only because they refuse to see God’s truth
here... so they have no understanding.
In
John 11:25-26 Jesus says “I am the resurrection, and the life: he that
believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth
and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?”
Press
On and In to the Promise Land that is Jesus Christ in the Father. He has
apprehended you for this purpose... (Read John 14:20-23 for insight.)
So
that you may have Eternal Life and Abide in Life Eternal Today. (1
John 5:11-13, 1 John 5:20)
1
John 5:20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an
understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is
true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
No
More Delay... Today is Your Day of Victory... Jesus Christ is Come... In You....
Without Sin... To Redeem you and bring You into Himself... where He is...
Today. It is a process.
Jesus
Christ is our present day truth... the Spirit of Truth working In Us... His
Body... made manifest on earth as it is in heaven... God’s will being done....
Setting His creation free... as the manifestation of the sons of God come
forth.
Romans
8:18-21 v18-19 ...glory which shall be revealed in us. For the earnest
expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of
God.
John
1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to
become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
Press
on for the high calling of God in Christ Jesus....
Ephesians
5:26-27
That
he might sanctify and cleanse (you) with the washing of the water by the
word... present (you) to himself a glorious church, not having spot,
or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
Having
been sealed by His Holy Spirit, who is the first (earnest) of His Life and
Heritage revealed, now allow the fullness of His Life to come forth...
Continue
on and allow the Lord to birth more of His Divine Life forth...as your new life
in Him... Sanctified and Cleansed.
Amen.
