Chapter X. – BE PERFECT
In this message I am turning to all those, which are now, or possibly will soon be, true disciples of Christ. First, I would like to say a prayer:
„I would like to ask You. Lord, that this Great Reality, which You are granting to us today, would be given out in Your Spirit and received in the hearts, which are open, through the same Spirit of God. That this Great Reality would bring forth fruit, that it would be living and a blessing and benefit for our spirit, soul and body as well as an encouragement to continue and be willing to go on, penetrate further on. Because what You are now granting to us is something that the heart of man cannot possibly imagine, absorb and understand. We thank You, Lord Jesus, for Your Grace and Love for us. We thank Our Father for His Magnificent Plan of Salvation and for the Magnificent Finale of Salvation, which we are going to touch in this part of the message, which You are granting to us. We thank You, Lord, and we pray in Your Beautiful Name. AMEN.
Because of those, which do no know me, I must say that I am not any evangelist, nor any preacher of the Scripture, not even a pastor or teacher in the standard sense of these words and functions and offices. My ministry is not oriented either toward pagans or the multitudes of believers. The multitudes NEVER cared for the Word of God or for God Himself. They never had “ears to hear”, never understood anything and it was not even given to them to understand. Why? Because of their heart! The Lord never spoke to them in any other way except in parables (Mt. 13:1-3,10-15,34). On the other hand, the disciples are all those that continue in His Word, are getting to know the Truth and that Truth is making them free (Jn. 8:31,32). They continue not only in reading His Word, hearing His Word and studying His Word, meditating about His Word, but also continue walking, working and living in His Word, and to such the Lord speaks directly… and to such the Lord is leading also me to speak directly. He is leading me to minister to such believers the Light and Life of Christ, which I have myself and live in my own life. Also to minister my testimonies about the perfection, which the Lord builds in me patiently and which I live in my own life. This is my calling and this is what I do in the power of the Holy Spirit and with joy.
With respect to this calling, I am now turning to these true disciples and share with them the following matters and facts. Every true disciple is called to the highest perfection, which exists, which is the perfection of Our Father in Heaven, even though few disciples will attain to it. Why? Well, I will now share with you the Reality in this matter, which the Lord is gracefully granting to us and his Reality and Truth are the following:
1) The precise meaning of the Word of God (Mt. 5:48) is this: “Be ye therefore perfect (in your personal eternal existence, in your personal life eternal), even as your Father, which is in Heaven, is perfect (in His Personal Eternal Existence, in His Personal Life Eternal)”. This is to say that NO MAN WILL EVER BE IDENTICAL WITH GOD IN HIS PERFECTION, but he will be conformed to God’s Perfection as he will be conformed to the Image of Christ and His Perfection (Rom. 8:29).
2) Perfection is the mater of our choice, our decision – and our choice, our decision is the matter of our seeing, understanding and obeying the Reality of the Word of God! Many disciples do not see the Word of God, and even if they see it, they do not have to necessarily obey it.
3) Perfection is not the mater of our faith – but of our love! Hence, our choice does not happen through our faith, but through our love! Even in our earthly life, we may only be perfected in such things, which we love, or love to do. Many disciples fail right here because they DON’T LOVE the Lord. And, naturally, all believers in the “multitudes” are failing right here as well, because they do not even know the Lord never mind loving Him.
All disciples should read again and realize the Word of God declared in 2Pet. 1:1-11. Here, I quote from verse 4: “Whereby are given unto us exceedingly great and precious promises; that by these ye might be partakers of the Divine Nature having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.” From this Word of God it is clear that to all of us were promised POSSIBILITIES – OPPORTUNITIES to become partakers-companions in God’s Nature-Character, in other words, have a share in the Personality of God and not only to remain a “saved man, which escaped from hell”! Also, notice that it is not written “that by these ye SHALL become partakers”, but it is written “that by these ye MIGHT be partakers”. In verses 5 to 10, concrete deeds or means are named by which “participation” in God’s Nature is attained. Finally in verse 11, a “gate of Glory” will wait for all these “participants in God’s Nature”. This verse says: “For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting Kingdom of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.”
All of us, who are gathered here together, who yearn after perfection, who also belong to the Word in 1Pet. 1:2, notice and understand the following three facts:
a) We all have been CHOSEN-ELECTED according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, Who knew about our love before we existed and on that basis He called us according to His Purpose (Rom. 8:28,29).
b) On the basis of His election, we all have been SANCTIFIED by the Spirit of God to OBEDIENCE – first to learn obedience as Jesus Christ Himself learned it (Heb. 5:8), and then demonstrate that obedience toward the Spirit and toward the Word of God as Jesus Christ also demonstrated it (Phil. 2:7,8). AND…
c) On the basis of His Sanctification, we all have been PERFECTED! When we realize on what basis and for what purpose we have been chosen and sanctified, we now can turn to Hebrews 10:14. It is a very little known verse about which I did not speak in any relationship. That verse says: “For by one offering He (Christ) hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.” The Lord has PERFECTED FOR EVER all those, which have been chosen and SANCTIFIED. And the degree of this perfection depends on the degree of our obedience, and the degree of our obedience depends on the intensity of our love toward the Lord. Later on, I will show a very important fact, namely, that our true love for the Lord determines our true desire for our own perfection!
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To be continued next week
brother Hanola
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