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Sons To Glory
15:22,25,28 shows: “for it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us, to
lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things...” If Jesus
is head of the assembly then Jesus is well able to give us His mind on
issues which is why Scriptures so often admonish us to be of “one
mind” (Rom 15:5-7; 1Cor.1:10; 2Cor.13:11; Eph 4:3, and Phil 2:2,
4:2). The problem is often a matter of patience and trust. If Jesus was
able to entrust the entire future of God’s Kingdom on earth to His
disciples who had just betrayed Him, how much more should we be
able to trust Christ who lives in our brothers and sisters regardless of all
their imperfections. It is not about us, it is about Jesus IN us (Col.
1:27) and we must be patient until we see Him.
This trust will build a unity that is unbreakable. The scheme of the
enemy is to divide and then conquer, which is why we have so many
denominations and sects. We need to be able to communicate about
our differences without “cutting off” each other. We need to endeavor
to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace, even if we cannot
come to agreement on every single issue. We already HAVE a unity in
the Spirit, because Eph. 4:3 tells us to KEEP it, and this unity does not
have to be broken because of minor doctrinal disagreements. Satan is
the one who brings division and is behind “cutting off” people from
fellowship who see things differently than we do.
God is changing how we understand “church” and part of this paradigm
shift is understanding how spiritual authority works apart from the
controlling and dominating hierarchical methods of civil authority.
This will liberate and set free God’s leaders from false obligations to
unrighteously “rule over” others. It will also set God’s people free to
hear from God themselves and function in their high calling as priests
and kings. I pray that this false doctrine of the Nicolaitans will be
exposed and repented of so that Jesus can once again be head of His
church and so that we can see His glory in His Bride Body.
This proper understanding of authority will help prepare us for the
coming new age of the Kingdom. The Kingdom Age is expanded upon
in the Scriptures as the “Covenant of Peace.” The next chapter will
discuss this Covenant of Peace which God has made with mankind
describing the Millennial (1,000 year) Age in which we find ourselves
transitioning into. It will be a time when mature sons come to glory!
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