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Joining the Dots (Ian's response to Vincent)
19. Hence we have been given this entry into the holy sanctuary by the blood of Jesus, with uncovered faces, (The Holy of Holies where we get in touch with God on a personal level if you have to go to a church to do that, you have a problem)
20. And the road for life eternal that has been renewed by the entry through the two-sided door, which is His flesh.
21. And we have a King Priest who is Lord of His House of God. (We have a house in the heavens, a body in the heavens, not made with hands, the temple of the living God, New Jerusalem; dont you know that YOUR BODY is THE TEMPLE OF GOD that THE TEMPLE OF GOD is YOUR BODY?)
22. Let us, therefore, accept the offering with a sincere heart and through the testament of faith, as our hearts are sprinkled [with His blood] and our consciences are cleansed of evil and our bodies are washed by the cleansing Waters.
23. And let us become leavened by the celebration of our Hope without fail. For Faithful is He who sent us this Message of Hope.
24. And let us look at one another with the enthusiasm of love and the performance of good deeds.
25. And let us not leave our community, as is becoming the habit with certain people, except love one another from within,
OK, so what is OUR COMMUNITY? Is it talking about church, or our gathering together unto HIM our entering into and maintaining the holy sanctuary hope and experience? It is about a 24/7 state of being, whereby we are cleansed we walk in the Spirit we do not have to go to church to be church, it is our ongoing experience and reality our life condition because we realise who we are and who others are and we are not fooled by the flesh.
Let us not depart from our community in Christ. When Paul said to come out from among them and be separate, he was talking about apostate, reprobate believers who corrupt the faith and who are enemies of the cross. By understanding our community and being the SALT, we preserve what is around us we bring hope and meaning and clarity and purpose. We attract the lost, we bring a sense of salvation to the situation, because we are immersed in a different culture, even though we may labor in the flesh we are not of the flesh. We are of a different culture, we are of heaven we can walk into any situation where God leads us and possess it without fear we are well able to take the land! We are not affronted by nor afeared of the world, the flesh or the devil we are more than conquerors through Him that loves us, not just conquerors but MORE THAN CONQUERORS Jesus was the conqueror, he destroyed the devil and his works, he made a show of him openly, he led captivity captive, and then said, YOU GO IN MY NAME! The works that I do and even greater works shall you do! We are MORE THAN CONQUERORS through Him who loves us!
25. And let us not leave our community, as is becoming the habit with certain people, except love one another from within,
Our community is CHRIST it is the body of Christ BUT, it is not the fractionated, dispersed and variable organized gatherings which have a pretense or show of righteousness but deny the power. Sure, you may get a semblance of anointing, of presence etc, but it is the spontaneous moment which has the real eventfulness. I think that God works in spite of us, rather than because of us. If and when we come together in a group setting, it ought to be celebration of the life which sustains us 24/7, and not an end in itself.
Words fail me in this respect, but I have found that the real times of deep intimacy tend to happen in the secret place. Church is so often something of an public orgy or pretentious praise, hence it can be and is typified as a whore. We wonder why we cannot carry that grace, that presence with us where ever we go the answer is simple religion! How come Peter went from healing people with his shadow, to running away from the Pharisees and having Paul withstand him to his face for his partiality? He lost sight of the BODY. If we do not DISCERN THE BODY, then we are in danger of dis-ease. The next time you look at a pretty girl and find your mind wandering, ask Jesus to show you what her inner man looks like. The next time you look at a retard or Downs or spastic, ask Jesus to show you there inner man ask Him to show you their spirit.
God is so right, we are often too sensual, too ruled by our senses and not enough by our spirits hence, as Paul said to the Corinthians, I could not converse with you as spirits, but as men, because you were of the flesh. The Word of God is SPIRITUALLY DISCERNED.
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