12) Our Perfection. This is the last point of our present fellowship before Our God and with Our God, of our present message from the Holy Spirit, of our great blessing and an enormous privilege to be participants and objects of this precious Word and Light from the Throne of God.
For the presentation of this particular point 12), the Lord led me to chapters VII. and X. of my book “The Mystery of Reality”, which describe the issues of perfecting of believers in sufficient details. I took from there the most basic and important excerpts and present them in an abridged form for each above chapter extra. We shall thus repeat some basic facts, which is the purpose of the Lord for refreshing of our memory and deepening of our understanding and conscience about our perfection.
Chapter VII – THE PERFECTING OF SAINTS
In Matthew 5:48 the Lord says: “Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in Heaven is perfect.” I would like to put to you a simple question: Do you know to whom the Lord speaks here? The Lord speaks here neither to Israel, nor to the Church. Here the Lord speaks solely to His disciples and not to the multitudes! What is the difference between disciples and multitudes?
The saved ones are divided into four groups: 1) Multitudes, 2) Disciples, 3) Servants and 4) The Beloved John. The division starts with multitudes, which no man can number and ends with one man, John. From the multitudes disciples are coming out, from the disciples servants are coming out, which from the very beginning were twelve, and from the twelve apostles comes out John, who was the beloved of the Lord. Number four is related to the earthly creation of God. We have four cardinal directions: north, south, east and west. Four seasons: spring, summer, fall and winter. Four parts of the day: morning, noon, evening and night. Four corners of the earth, four winds of the earth (Rev. 7:1) and also four Gospels. Hence, number four is related to the creation of God which is earthly and which is about to become Heavenly.
Apostles represent the servants of God given by the Lord to His Church (Eph. 4:11,12): “And He gave some apostles; and some prophets; and some evangelists; and some pastors and teachers; for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ.”
Disciples are those that continue in His Word (Jn. 8:31), in which He says: “And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” (Jn. 8:32). The multitudes will not know the truth and will not be delivered or made free, but the disciples will. From among the disciples the Lord is choosing those that desire to serve Him and His Church and He gave them to us as apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers. Not every disciple was given to the Church to minister Christ. I am speaking here only about the true servants called by God and not about those, which may have graduated from seminaries and gained theological degrees. And from among these true servants the Lord calls such, that love Him from their whole heart, and the representative of these is John the Beloved.
This is furthermore shown quite clearly and proven in the Song of Solomon 6:8: “There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number. My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother; she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.”
Virgins without number are the multitudes. Concubines are the disciples. The queens are the servants of God and the dove is John the Beloved, that is, the Bride of Christ. This is the beauty of the Word of God and this is the Mystery of Reality related to the perfecting of saints. And we are only starting, because the above has a relationship and impact on the reality of the perfecting of saints.
Just as there are four groups among believers, and four Gospels, similarly there exist four different depths of love and four different degrees of perfection. And I can before the Lord declare very clearly and openly that His Love for a sinner or for a believer, which has just believed – that Love is very different from the Love for His disciples; and again, that Love is very different from His Love for His true servants; and His Love for His true servants is yet different from His Love for John the Beloved – His Bride! There are different depths of love. And for these different depths of love, there exist different depths and requirements for the perfection of saints. What the Lord requires, demands, expects, desires from John the Beloved, He does not require from His apostles, prophets, pastors or teachers. And what He requires from these He does not require from His disciples; and what He requires from His disciples He does not require from the multitudes.
Let us read some parts from the Book of Psalms. I am sure that many Christians know that Psalms came out of David’s heart, which was pulling him to the Lord and that’s why the Lord considered his heart as perfect. It is possible that not all Psalms that follow will relate to the perfection or to the process how the Lord is perfecting His saints. But these verses were not given to me to speculate over, but that I would “drink” them because they, even at this time, have something beautiful to give us.
“I will praise Thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all Thy marvelous works. I will be glad and rejoice in Thee, I will sing praise to Thy Name, O Thou most high” (Ps. 9:1,2). No man can praise the Lord in this manner, if his heart was not already reformed, changed, if it was not perfected to some degree.
Psalm 12:6: “The Words of the LORD are pure Words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.”
Psalm 18:32: “It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.”
Psalm 19:7-14: “The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. The statutes of the Lord are right rejoicing the heart; the Commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever; the Judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether. More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. Moreover by them is any servant warned; and in keeping of them there is great reward. Who can understand his errors? Cleanse Thou me from secret faults. Keep back Thy servant also from presumptions sins; let them not have dominion over me; then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression. Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in Thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my Redeemer.”
This is a beautiful passage of the Word of God, where man speaks to God! Where God decided to use this testimony of man, David, into His Word because it is truthful and brings Glory to God.
Psalm 25:9: “The meek will He guide in judgment; and the meek will He teach His way.” In verse 14 we will also learn to whom the Lord reveals His secrets: “The secret of the Lord is with them that fear Him; and He will show them His covenant.”
Psalm 145:3: “Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and His greatness is unsearchable.”
Psalm 145:8-12: “The Lord is gracious and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy. The Lord is good to all; and His tender mercies are over all His works. All Thy works shall praise Thee, O Lord, and Thy saints shall bless Thee. They shall speak of the Glory of Thy Kingdom, and talk of Thy power. To make known to the sons of men His mighty acts, and the glorious Majesty of His Kingdom.”
Psalm 145:16-21: “Thou openeth Thine hand and satisfieth the desire of every living thing. The Lord is righteous in all His ways, and Holy in all His works. The Lord is nigh unto all of them that call upon Him, of all that call upon Him in truth. He will fulfill the desire of them that fear Him; He also will hear their cry and will save them. The Lord preserveth all them that love Him, but all the wicked will He destroy. My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord; and let all flesh (humans) bless His Holy Name for ever and for ever.”
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To be continued next week
brother Hanola
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