THE SEVEN SPIRITS OF GOD Part IV “Grace be unto you, and ...

witnessing an increase in QUANTITY in the things of the Spirit, but I
declare unto you that at the same time we are seeing a DECREASE in
the QUALITY of the manifestations of the Spirit of God. And this is of
GOD! God has limited us, He has weakened our strength until we are
beginning to realize: Oh God, we can do nothing to meet the need! We
are NOTHING AS WE OUGHT TO BE! The situations are too great for
us!” God is doing this that we might not trust any longer in our
PARTIAL SUCCESS, that we might not rest in the “in part” realm of the
Spirit, but that we shall cry out unto the Lord until he moves afresh in
the earth and brings forth in us THE SEVENFOLD BRIGHTNESS OF
HIS GLORY!
What a high, holy, heavenly calling! And how reminiscent of
Paul's statement in Eph. 2:4-7: "But God, who is rich in mercy, for His
great love wherewith He loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath
quickened us together with Christ, and hath raised us up together, and
made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: that in the ages
to come He might SHOW the exceeding riches of His grace in His
kindness toward us through Jesus Christ." So vast, so marvelous are the
wonders of His grace, it will require the ages to come to continue to
unfold these wonders, and He has purposed that there should be a people
through whom He would give this demonstration that in the ages to
come He might show..." "Show" is from a Greek word meaning "to
exhibit, to put on display like a work of art, to demonstrate." The
Amplified Bible reads, "He did this that He might CLEARLY
DEMONSTRATE through the ages to come the immeasurable
(limitless, surpassing) riches of His free grace in Kindness and goodness
of heart toward us in Christ Jesus." Kenneth Wuest translates, "In order
that He might EXHIBIT. . . in the ages that pile themselves upon one
another in continuous succession the surpassing wealth of His grace in
kindness to us in Christ Jesus." Show… demonstrate… exhibit the riches
of His grace – unto whom? Not to those who already know it – that
would be useless nonsense. But to those who do not know it! To the
whole vast creation of men and worlds who dwell in darkness with the
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