Post by biblethumper on May 23, 2006 18:30:44 GMT -5
One spirit with the Lord:
by dan lirette
Beloved, today we want to take a brief look at what it means to be ONE SPIRIT with the Lord.
First, being one spirit with the Lord means just THAT; you're ONE spirit with the Lord if indeed you ARE joined to Him!
This means that YOU and GOD are ONE....LITERALLY!
1 Corinthians 6:17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
Being one with the Lord has several implications!
Being one with the Lord means:
a- you share His Heart
*God's Heart is GOD'S heart and we must never confuse the two...HIS heart always does that which is RIGHT and HOLY and LOVING and JUST while OUR hearts tend to things which are wicked...this is why being ONE with the Lord implies a sharing of God's Heart, because when we truly ARE one spirit with Him there won't be any time for "us"...we'll persue only that which is of the Heart of the Father*
b- You share His grief
*Did you know that God GRIEVES? Yes, Beloved! GOD GRIEVES! His heart is broken over a backslidden Church and a lost world! His heart is torn over those who hate His Son, Jesus Christ! His heart is saddened over those who REJECT the Gospel of Jesus Christ, for it is the ONLY Power of God to save and to heal and to deliver!God our Father is a GRIEVING God, and without you and I sharing His grief we CANNOT claim to be one in spirit with Him!The Lord WEEPS, my dear Saints in Christ!He WEEPS! Do YOU weep?Do you shed tears of angusih over that which hurts the heart of the Lord?Jesus Christ WEPT over Jerusalem (John 11:35)....Let us seek the Lord for GRIEF if we lack it and let us continually persue that which breaks the heart of God and may it also break our's!
c- You share His joy
Jesus Christ, though misunderstood by many, was not One who did not have JOY! The Bible, in Galatians chapter 5, tells us that one of the Holy Spirit's FRUITS is J-O-Y! Jesus not only GRIEVES, but He ALSO is the God of everlationg JOY! There is JOY in singing the praises of God! There is JOY in seeing a lost man or women come to Calvary for Salvation! There is JOY when all things around you look like they're falling apart even though God says "Everything is gonna be alright!"....There is JOY when nothing on the OUTSIDE looks good but GOD lives on the INSIDE of you and I! There is JOY JOY JOY for those living in the Presence of God on a moment-by-moment basis!.....Beloved, JOY isn't something we conjure up or "feel"! JOY is the abiding Presence of the Holy Spirit IN US allowing us the comfort of knowing that GOD IS OUR FATHER and NOTHING (Absolutely NOTHING!) can seperate you and I from His Love! THAT, my dear friend, is JOY!
d- You share His Love
God isn't only FULL of Love....God IS (He I-S) Love (1 John 4:8; 1 John 4:16)! Love is NOT a feeling or something we give and receive when WE want to! LOVE is GOD IN ACTION! Love GIVES when there is nothing to give! Love returns GOOD for evil! Love is NOT conditioned on OUTWARD circumstances but on the INWARD GOD Who is Love! What is the GREATEST display of Love even shown to mankind by God Himself? God GAVE His Only Begotten Son for you and I! Love ALWAYS gives it's BEST! God IS Love! Because of this, those born of God WILL Love, because if they don't, they aren't truly Born of God! Love LOVES!Glory to God!
e- You share His burden for the lost
God has a heavy heart for those who do not know His Son, Jesus! Now I know that may astound some Calvinists (Of which I am also!) yet I KNOW, because of the abundance of the testimony of the Scripture, that God has a BURDEN for the lost, for those who are RIGHT NOW on their way to a devil's hell!God is BURDENED over the lost, and if you and I are to be among those who are TRULY one in spirit with the Lord then let us MANIFEST that Divine Oneness with this burden! Oneness with Christ means we manifest the fruit of proclaiming the Gospel...NOT out of "duty" but out of a BURDEN, the burden GOD has for the lost!Amen!
f- You share His uncompromising stand for Truth
God doesn't play games with words or doctrines; either we stand where HE stands on the issue of Truth or we're found liars when we claim an intimate Oneness with Christ Jesus! Truth isn't for sale and neither is God's STANDARD on His Truth! We must be UNcompromising as it pertains to being truthful and STANDING in that Truth; the TRUTH of SCRIPTURE! God's Word is our final and absolute authority in ALL matters of life, godliness, doctrine and practice...there can be NO turning to the left nor to the right in this issue! An old hymn says it best: "The B-I-B-L-E, yes THAT'S the Book for ME, I stand ALONE on the Word of God, the B-I-B-L-E.....Praise the Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth!
Today, let us EXAMINE ourselves....let us come to God in open sincerity and ask: "Lord, do I manifest a Biblical Oneness with You, or am I self deluded? Cleanse me from all sin, filth and fleshly desire, Lord God, and cause me to walk in Your Ways, and Your Ways alone."
by dan lirette
Beloved, today we want to take a brief look at what it means to be ONE SPIRIT with the Lord.
First, being one spirit with the Lord means just THAT; you're ONE spirit with the Lord if indeed you ARE joined to Him!
This means that YOU and GOD are ONE....LITERALLY!
1 Corinthians 6:17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
Being one with the Lord has several implications!
Being one with the Lord means:
a- you share His Heart
*God's Heart is GOD'S heart and we must never confuse the two...HIS heart always does that which is RIGHT and HOLY and LOVING and JUST while OUR hearts tend to things which are wicked...this is why being ONE with the Lord implies a sharing of God's Heart, because when we truly ARE one spirit with Him there won't be any time for "us"...we'll persue only that which is of the Heart of the Father*
b- You share His grief
*Did you know that God GRIEVES? Yes, Beloved! GOD GRIEVES! His heart is broken over a backslidden Church and a lost world! His heart is torn over those who hate His Son, Jesus Christ! His heart is saddened over those who REJECT the Gospel of Jesus Christ, for it is the ONLY Power of God to save and to heal and to deliver!God our Father is a GRIEVING God, and without you and I sharing His grief we CANNOT claim to be one in spirit with Him!The Lord WEEPS, my dear Saints in Christ!He WEEPS! Do YOU weep?Do you shed tears of angusih over that which hurts the heart of the Lord?Jesus Christ WEPT over Jerusalem (John 11:35)....Let us seek the Lord for GRIEF if we lack it and let us continually persue that which breaks the heart of God and may it also break our's!
c- You share His joy
Jesus Christ, though misunderstood by many, was not One who did not have JOY! The Bible, in Galatians chapter 5, tells us that one of the Holy Spirit's FRUITS is J-O-Y! Jesus not only GRIEVES, but He ALSO is the God of everlationg JOY! There is JOY in singing the praises of God! There is JOY in seeing a lost man or women come to Calvary for Salvation! There is JOY when all things around you look like they're falling apart even though God says "Everything is gonna be alright!"....There is JOY when nothing on the OUTSIDE looks good but GOD lives on the INSIDE of you and I! There is JOY JOY JOY for those living in the Presence of God on a moment-by-moment basis!.....Beloved, JOY isn't something we conjure up or "feel"! JOY is the abiding Presence of the Holy Spirit IN US allowing us the comfort of knowing that GOD IS OUR FATHER and NOTHING (Absolutely NOTHING!) can seperate you and I from His Love! THAT, my dear friend, is JOY!
d- You share His Love
God isn't only FULL of Love....God IS (He I-S) Love (1 John 4:8; 1 John 4:16)! Love is NOT a feeling or something we give and receive when WE want to! LOVE is GOD IN ACTION! Love GIVES when there is nothing to give! Love returns GOOD for evil! Love is NOT conditioned on OUTWARD circumstances but on the INWARD GOD Who is Love! What is the GREATEST display of Love even shown to mankind by God Himself? God GAVE His Only Begotten Son for you and I! Love ALWAYS gives it's BEST! God IS Love! Because of this, those born of God WILL Love, because if they don't, they aren't truly Born of God! Love LOVES!Glory to God!
e- You share His burden for the lost
God has a heavy heart for those who do not know His Son, Jesus! Now I know that may astound some Calvinists (Of which I am also!) yet I KNOW, because of the abundance of the testimony of the Scripture, that God has a BURDEN for the lost, for those who are RIGHT NOW on their way to a devil's hell!God is BURDENED over the lost, and if you and I are to be among those who are TRULY one in spirit with the Lord then let us MANIFEST that Divine Oneness with this burden! Oneness with Christ means we manifest the fruit of proclaiming the Gospel...NOT out of "duty" but out of a BURDEN, the burden GOD has for the lost!Amen!
f- You share His uncompromising stand for Truth
God doesn't play games with words or doctrines; either we stand where HE stands on the issue of Truth or we're found liars when we claim an intimate Oneness with Christ Jesus! Truth isn't for sale and neither is God's STANDARD on His Truth! We must be UNcompromising as it pertains to being truthful and STANDING in that Truth; the TRUTH of SCRIPTURE! God's Word is our final and absolute authority in ALL matters of life, godliness, doctrine and practice...there can be NO turning to the left nor to the right in this issue! An old hymn says it best: "The B-I-B-L-E, yes THAT'S the Book for ME, I stand ALONE on the Word of God, the B-I-B-L-E.....Praise the Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth!
Today, let us EXAMINE ourselves....let us come to God in open sincerity and ask: "Lord, do I manifest a Biblical Oneness with You, or am I self deluded? Cleanse me from all sin, filth and fleshly desire, Lord God, and cause me to walk in Your Ways, and Your Ways alone."