Becoming a witness of God and of Jesus Christ is by
election, not by volunteering.
It is the Father that draws you to the Son, and the
Son that reveals the Father to us. It is
that Holy Ghost (Holy Spirit) which is the Lord that delivers us from death and
sin, causing us to become sons of God. (John 6:44-45, 65; 2 Corinthians
3:17-18)
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: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor
of the will of man, but of God.
Acts 1:8 But ye shall receive power, after
that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses
unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the
uttermost part of the earth.
After Jesus spoke this, ‘he was taken up; and a
cloud received him out of their sight’ the scriptures reveal.
Then two men stood by them in white apparel…
V11 Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye
gazing up into heaven: this same Jesus, which is taken up from you in heaven,
shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
How did he go?
A Cloud received him …. The cloud
of witnesses.
Another place in Hebrews we find a cloud of
witnesses…
Hebrews 12:1-2 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed
about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight,
and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the
race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our
faith;…
Who is this?
The cloud of witnesses? They are the spirits of just men made perfect, and much
more which we can see in Hebrews 12:22-24.
Hebrews 12:22-24 But ye are come unto mount Zion,
and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an
unnumerable company of angels,
V23To the general assembly and church of the
firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the
spirits of just men made perfect,
V24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant,
and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
You have received the first of God’s divine nature
when you received the seal of God, His Holy Spirit.
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 unto the redemption of the
purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
The earnest means the first of His divine nature
and kingdom manifested in your soul and body.
So you continue the journey and press on to Enter His Kingdom and Learn
more of Jesus Christ as the Holy Spirit is revealing Him to you. This is soooo awesome! You eat and drink of
the Lord and behold your inheritance with the inheritor Jesus Christ and
Father.
You are sealed with His holy Spirit and have become
witnesses of Him in heaven and earth. But you only see and experience a little at a
time… as He works this process in you and through you. You are receiving HIM and HIS KINGDOM. Entering through the Son and Entering His
Kingdom. You are now His expression, His witness …. That has Received Him…. His
Body and Church.
So,… in like manner, a cloud of witnesses receives
Him… which you have become.
Again, as Hebrews 12:22-29 tells us that we are
come unto Mount Zion…. And unto the spirits of just men made perfect.
Your spirit man, or rather, inner man becomes
perfect when you receive Jesus Christ as your Saviour.
Paul tells us in Hebrews 11:40
God having provided some better thing for us, that
they without us should not be made perfect.
He was talking of those that were before Christ
that had walked in faith and had not received the promise …. He was saying in verse 40 that they DID
receive the promise in Christ Jesus and they did become perfect and entered
God’s kingdom through the Saviour Jesus Christ.
Likewise Paul and that generation that received Jesus Christ as their
Saviour also were made perfect at that same time.
Look at 1 Thess 4:15-17…
Some were concerned that those that now had died,
or sleep after Christ had risen from the dead, they were concerned that they
had missed out on their salvation and resurrection into eternal life and were
doomed.
Paul tells them that they which died will rise
first, then those that are still alive and remaining on the earth shall also be
caught up together with them IN THE CLOUDS…. Together with the Lord ….
Forever. They would be made perfect at
the same time.
You who have received the Lord, that holy Spirit,
have received Him whom is the Power that causes you to become the sons of
God…. He has sealed you and is revealing
Himself through you, as His Witnesses and Power and Wisdom whom is Jesus
Christ. Not separate from Him, but
yielded to Him to appear through His Cloud of Witnesses… His Body and Glory.
He is delivering and setting free every soul from
their grave of death…that hears His voice and Receives His Word and Testimony
that is His Son Jesus Christ. He is our
Resurrection and Life.
John 11:25-26 Jesus said unto her, 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?
In Him we come out of our death clothes and put on
the garments of Righteousness and Eternal Life… whether alive and remaining or
having put off the natural body.
This Word will set you free and cause you to come
out of your Egypt and begin your journey into His Kingdom of Blessings and
Benefits that exceeds all expectations! Heaven and Earth brought together…in
Christ Jesus.
This working of the Lord is FINISHED and from age
to age this Word of God is being revealed and worked in every soul that He is
calling.
The fullness of time was come, the consummation of
the new order established, and the regeneration of a new generation (of Jesus
Christ) was established in the new kingdom and city of the living God.
Righteousness, Peace and Joy in the Holy Spirit is
come, and is now being worked throughout all ages as it is being planted in the
hearts of those souls that have heard and received the Truth of God through His
Word and Son Jesus Christ: The Eternal King, Priest and Lord overall all,
forever.
But how are any to receive and know unless one is
sent to declare, through the simpleness of preaching, the good news of Jesus
Christ, in the demonstration of the Spirit and of power….
But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy
Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me….
Hallelujah!
Amen.
