At any rate you are forcing me to study more.
Me too, Brother. Lol
Ephesians 1:16 KJV
Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;
17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
II Corinthians 4:7 KJV
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
The real difference in our thinking seems to be the New Testament description of the container, or the balance / differentiation of soul and spirit. I finally see Romans 7:25 as a way to see the differing areas of us. Very little error allowed in OC, but the New Jerusalem is coming down and not totally arrived: has the tree of life on either side of the river. We should be able to believe Romans 1:19-20 and figure out the cerebellum is the organ of balance and is between the mind and heart. I will not see with absolute clairaty till judgement, but the enlightment is coming down now. You tend (IMHO) to see it as totally arrived now. Prophetically it is a done deal (Lambs book of life), but the body of death still clings till the last trump.
At any rate you are forcing me to study more.
eddif
Yep, that's the thing. I think it did arrive on the morning when Christ arose. Or maybe pentecost when the Comforter came. I believe that we all should be living under an open Heaven. There's so many clues...we have been given all authority in Christ, approach the throne with boldness, on earth as it is in Heaven, All that I do, you shall do and more, heal the sick raise the dead cast out demons, Arise, shine let your light be seen before men, and it goes on and on. When you put all of that together and look at the big picture it paints...it's very simple and plainly speaking to us.
Then it all gets simplified in the verse that says, seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and all these things will be added unto you. Of course we don't all get all of the gifts of of Holy Spirit, some be prophets, some teachers, some tongues, some healers. Seems like it's all very compartmentalized. Which is a good thing because now there's room for me (Praise the Lord!). I would think that we as individuals, need to look at our heart and life, to see wherein the Lord has called us specifically, into the Kingdom. Then step out in faith in that direction.
Maybe you like working with kids, maybe you have received premonitions of things since you were young, perhaps you have a healers heart? Whatever's in our heart already probably is our calling I think. All wew have to do is to step into the promises to receive them. Seek ye the Kingdom of God...not, sit down and wait on God. Seek Him. Interesting.
I seen one video testimony where the man had a visitation, and was instructed to practice shedding the garment of flesh and allowing our spirit to emerge and come out. Just like Jesus did on the mount of transfiguration. I try it sometimes, but have not been successful yet. I guess that I have not been made perfect in love yet? I pray for a sanctified imagination, because I know that's where pictures are formed in our mind, and the Lord uses pictures and visions quite often. If you see it you can own it (believe in it). Jesus said He only does what He sees the father do, too.
If the Lord will be returning for an unblemished Bride, then that means that He's about to do a mighty work in the Church. Watch and see, Brother. Righteousness, Holyness, and the fear of God will be returning to the Church very shortly now.