Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself to have attained this. Instead I am single-minded: Forgetting the things that are behind and reaching out for the things that are ahead, with this goal in mind, I strive toward the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
- Phil 3:13, 14
While in the womb, a baby strives in an atmosphere of water and is nurtured through the umbilical cord connected to the body of its mother. The baby grows and is comfortable in water, but in the fullness of time, it must breach a new frontier and must learn to live in an atmosphere filled with air.
And so it is in the spirit. Every human becomes comfortable with the environment he is used to. To him, the old is good enough. Man develops traditions and even if it does not make much sense, he will insist on living by his traditions. The man of the world is used to listening to the voice of the world and his frequency is always tuned in to its channel. To him, the reasoning and theories of the world are facts and truth. Listen to what the people of Thessalonica said about Paul and Silas:
“These people who have turned the world upside down have come here too!”
- Acts 17:6b
The worldly Jews and Thessalonians were screaming in a riot because Paul and Silas had upset their belief system. They were not willing to investigate but would rather jump to an erroneous conclusion.
YESHUA said, “Unless you are born from above, you cannot see the Kingdom of GOD.” (Jn 3:3) Unless we trust in GOD, we cannot even see, much less, enter the Kingdom of GOD. To be born from above means to be born by GOD’s SPIRIT in GOD’s way. A baby does not choose when he is born but GOD does. In the same way, a man does not choose how he is born from above but have to submit to GOD’s will and GOD’s way. When asked by the Jews, “What is the work of the FATHER”, YESHUA answered, “This is the work of the FATHER, that you believe in the One whom He has sent.”
GOD’s will is that every man must be born from above. GOD’s way is that we believe in His One and only SON, YESHUA the Messiah! As it is in the womb of the mother, so it is with the world. Man cannot remain in it and live; otherwise, he is stillborn or shall we say, unborn (i.e. to the Kingdom and dimension of GOD).
The revelation of GOD is progressive. So is man’s life. There is a progression in everything around us. History is a witness to the events that is leading to a culmination of GOD’s purpose for all creation. YESHUA came to lay down the foundation of a new race – GOD’s kind. A race of priests and kings who will serve GOD in excellence. A new race of man who take after their real FATHER.
Are you GOD’s kind? Who is your father?
מלאך
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