My friend Sunny sent me this writing last night. Father has been telling me the same things. :HeartThrob:
Blessings.
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LOVE PERFECTED
BY: BETTY HOUK
I have walked in this Kingdom message for many years and it seems to me that the longer I walk the more apparent the division in the Body of Christ becomes. We see little groups here and there that may agree on most things, but as a whole there seems to be division in even some basic doctrinal beliefs. We expect there to be division in the 1500 or so, Christian denominations and sects, but I have been amazed that those who claim to be the overcoming sons of the Living God are also divided in many areas.
My heart has asked over and over, "How will the watchmen ever see eye to eye?" It has been my assumption that if we are anywhere near the time of the unveiling of the sons, shouldn't the more mature ones be speaking the same things as it also says in I Cor. 1:10?
However, recently the Lord has given me some understanding that has changed the way I see this. I heard the Lord say, that He is not perfecting "doctrine" in us at this present time, although he has and is giving such great light in this hour. He is now perfecting "Love" in us. Even if we have all knowledge, faith, etc. it profits nothing without love. Just knowing the great mysteries of God and speaking them is not enough to bring us to that ,,perfect man" we are called to be.
Yet, how do I manifest this love to another? This love must go beyond compassion in dealing with those God has placed in our lives with whom we must interrelate. We have gotten very religious with our "I love you brother" and words are easy to say. In seeking to understand another person we will listen with an open, non-judgmental heart and then validate him as a person. It does not necessarily mean that we will see things the same way. They may even believe doctrinal elements that you consider to be heresy, but God loves them as much as he loves you. He may not see clearly yet, but every person needs validating. Also, I am coming to understand that we are stewards (managers) of God's 'multi- faceted grace.' (I Peter 4:10) Multi-faceted means one grace with many facets. There are 6.5 billion people on this earth and each person needs grace in diverse areas. No two people are alike. Remember, we are steward/managers of His grace. I am not talking about God giving these people grace, for they already have His grace. It is grace that I must give. The homosexual needs grace in his area. The harlot needs another, the alcoholic another. That doesn"t mean I agree with his lifestyle, but I validate him as a person that God loves and can receive him as he is.
I dare say that most people have, to some degree or another, a deep feeling of unworthiness and inadequacy. What we as God's people have done in the past is confirm those very feelings in one another in word or attitude. Love does just the opposite. It esteems another better than ourselves. It has been said that knowing I am loved just as I am, unconditionally, gives me the power to change. What we have called love in the past has fallen woefully short of what God has called us to.
What we have loved has been our doctrines, our ministry, our church, and we will go to any measure to defend any of these, even if it means to leave others wounded along the way and invalidate other brethren in the Lord, if they do not see things exactly as we do. The past two years God has been dealing in every area in my life, leaving no stone unturned concerning this unconditional love. He has gone into every dark corner and crevice of my being searching out any last vestige of superficial love, where any traces of prejudice and bigotry might remain and is shinning His spot light of Truth upon it. Love must not just be words anymore brethren but in actions and deed.
I have also wondered how it would be possible in a lifetime to learn enough knowledge of God to rule and reign with Christ as the scriptures say in the Book of Revelation. Rev. 12:5 says that the manchild will be caught up to God and to His throne to rule all nations. I believe we are at the threshold for the body to be changed from mortal to immortal and I am seeing that this love is the key. My heart has been given fresh hope with the insight about being perfected in Love. I saw in the spirit as God perfects His love in us, then that Love which we are will flow out to all that is needed to bring deliverance to a groaning world. The two words caught up mean to be seized upon. The action is not on our part but on the One doing the seizing. I believe that we will be drawn into that realm of dominion in a moment and be given unlearned knowledge. I have known in a moment things by the spirit that I had not learned in the natural. So, I am no longer expecting everyone to see things exactly as I do. I believe God is not as concerned about getting our doctrine straight as He is about getting our hearts right with one another. He is causing us to see each one through His eyes. Then when that Love is perfected in us we shall know as we are known.
(I also believe this is why He lets many of us still struggle against some very obvious sins or character flaws... will we love each other in spite of it?) :HeartThrob:
I KNOW I am Lomarah :HeartThrob: But Jesus never fails
Love your enemies !! Ironic as that is If God wants us to love our enemies , He sure does LOVE ALL despite everything ''His character'' is what I need fully to come
True sons understand that love is the foundation doctrine. There are many immature children who have the terminology of "sonship" and "kingdom"- what they lack is the mature discipleship of love.
"That you may be one even as I and the Father are one.........that your joy may be full."
I really like this thread...some wonderful things brought up here..... :thumbsup:
we must never sell loving-kindness short........there was a quote from the 'Syrian" someone put up on this forum a while back....it went
something like this.....'Be very tender with everyman you meet...for he fights a great battle"
Quote from: lomarah on June 21, 2013, 05:54:20 PM
My friend Sunny sent me this writing last night. Father has been telling me the same things. :HeartThrob:
Blessings.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
LOVE PERFECTED
BY: BETTY HOUK
I have walked in this Kingdom message for many years and it seems to me that the longer I walk the more apparent the division in the Body of Christ becomes. We see little groups here and there that may agree on most things, but as a whole there seems to be division in even some basic doctrinal beliefs. We expect there to be division in the 1500 or so, Christian denominations and sects, but I have been amazed that those who claim to be the overcoming sons of the Living God are also divided in many areas.
My heart has asked over and over, "How will the watchmen ever see eye to eye?" It has been my assumption that if we are anywhere near the time of the unveiling of the sons, shouldn't the more mature ones be speaking the same things as it also says in I Cor. 1:10?
However, recently the Lord has given me some understanding that has changed the way I see this. I heard the Lord say, that He is not perfecting "doctrine" in us at this present time, although he has and is giving such great light in this hour. He is now perfecting "Love" in us. Even if we have all knowledge, faith, etc. it profits nothing without love. Just knowing the great mysteries of God and speaking them is not enough to bring us to that ,,perfect man" we are called to be.
Yet, how do I manifest this love to another? This love must go beyond compassion in dealing with those God has placed in our lives with whom we must interrelate. We have gotten very religious with our "I love you brother" and words are easy to say. In seeking to understand another person we will listen with an open, non-judgmental heart and then validate him as a person. It does not necessarily mean that we will see things the same way. They may even believe doctrinal elements that you consider to be heresy, but God loves them as much as he loves you. He may not see clearly yet, but every person needs validating. Also, I am coming to understand that we are stewards (managers) of God's 'multi- faceted grace.' (I Peter 4:10) Multi-faceted means one grace with many facets. There are 6.5 billion people on this earth and each person needs grace in diverse areas. No two people are alike. Remember, we are steward/managers of His grace. I am not talking about God giving these people grace, for they already have His grace. It is grace that I must give. The homosexual needs grace in his area. The harlot needs another, the alcoholic another. That doesn"t mean I agree with his lifestyle, but I validate him as a person that God loves and can receive him as he is.
I dare say that most people have, to some degree or another, a deep feeling of unworthiness and inadequacy. What we as God's people have done in the past is confirm those very feelings in one another in word or attitude. Love does just the opposite. It esteems another better than ourselves. It has been said that knowing I am loved just as I am, unconditionally, gives me the power to change. What we have called love in the past has fallen woefully short of what God has called us to.
What we have loved has been our doctrines, our ministry, our church, and we will go to any measure to defend any of these, even if it means to leave others wounded along the way and invalidate other brethren in the Lord, if they do not see things exactly as we do. The past two years God has been dealing in every area in my life, leaving no stone unturned concerning this unconditional love. He has gone into every dark corner and crevice of my being searching out any last vestige of superficial love, where any traces of prejudice and bigotry might remain and is shinning His spot light of Truth upon it. Love must not just be words anymore brethren but in actions and deed.
I have also wondered how it would be possible in a lifetime to learn enough knowledge of God to rule and reign with Christ as the scriptures say in the Book of Revelation. Rev. 12:5 says that the manchild will be caught up to God and to His throne to rule all nations. I believe we are at the threshold for the body to be changed from mortal to immortal and I am seeing that this love is the key. My heart has been given fresh hope with the insight about being perfected in Love. I saw in the spirit as God perfects His love in us, then that Love which we are will flow out to all that is needed to bring deliverance to a groaning world. The two words caught up mean to be seized upon. The action is not on our part but on the One doing the seizing. I believe that we will be drawn into that realm of dominion in a moment and be given unlearned knowledge. I have known in a moment things by the spirit that I had not learned in the natural. So, I am no longer expecting everyone to see things exactly as I do. I believe God is not as concerned about getting our doctrine straight as He is about getting our hearts right with one another. He is causing us to see each one through His eyes. Then when that Love is perfected in us we shall know as we are known.
Love perfected? Can we truly look at another person regardless of their belief and accept that it is more important to God as to the love released within that other person than what they actually believe in the mind? Can we do this truly? Is it possible for someone with a "doctrine" to see the love in another as being more important to God than belief?
Can we overcome our own mind's thoughts by following Christ's command to love others as He has loved us (John 13:34), or shall we place words and beliefs in the way of the real love which emanates from the spirit within which God has given?
Of course, what is believed in the mind will affect how we go about our business, but I believe that if we can see the love in another as being more important to God than their doctrinal belief or indeed our own, then we are closer to God than we have ever been.
It is so simple and yet too simple for the complicated mind of man which must seek some more convoluted reason for God's relationship with man - and indeed, in my opinion, most of so-named Christianity right from the time after Jesus Christ left His body on the Cross is based on a false premise that never fell from the lips of the Master.
Is it more important to God that His child have an idea in the mind as a doctrinal belief rather than His child be overflowing with unconditional love for others and Himself? He has already made clear His greatest commandments (Matthew 22:36-40). Truly, looked at impartially, the answer is glaringly obvious to anyone who has experienced real love from the spirit and can set aside for a moment the clever structure he or she has built up for the mind. There are words that have been offered to fight back God's love but there is only one true answer to this question in my opinion.
And that opinion will always remain, in the same way that someone entering the understanding that God will save all beings rather than just a few will always remain with that person. There is a point reached - here or hereafter - concerning God's Love, when there is never any return to a lesser revelation of Divine Love. And this goes on forever.
And how should we know in which direction is Divine Love? "He that holds close to my commandments* and observes them he loves me dearly, and he that loves me dearly shall be dearly loved by the Father and I will love him dearly and will manifest myself to him" (John 14: 21 ).
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The teachings of God while in the flesh as opposed to Mosaic law, e.g. "love others as I have loved you", "no more is it an eye for an eye...", adulteresses should not be stoned as all have sinned, do not commit adultery in heart and not only deed, "blessed are the peacemakers", heal the sick on any day, do not store treasures on earth, "judge not others...", etc. etc.)
This is an encouraging post, lo. It is a challenge for us to love the "unlovely", but also a challenge to believe that God does. I have several character flaws that seems to challenge God's love, but He challenges me instead--can I believe God loves me? One day I was very frustrated over a matter and threw the phone I was talking into at the time. I went for a walk to calm down and cried. Disappointment and self loathing came on the walk as well, but God's comfort won out. He told me He loves the girl who throws phones. The focus is not the act, but the person is. God loves the girl... whatever the rest of the sentence is. His challenge is to me (us)-- can I believe it?