Friday, August 3, 2012

Our restoration



Paul in conclusion to his 2nd letter to the Corinthians coax everyone to greet one another with a holy kiss as all the holy ones welcome them. Likewise in finale, he said, “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you” (2 Cor. 13:12-13-NAB).

It should be noted that the name of Jesus Christ was mentioned first in this Trinitarian order. It reflects that the name of Christ is being emphasized first since it is through him that an actual process of Christian salvation was made manifest. Christ as an opener, which serves as an aperture into the abyss of insights that flood the enlightened believers, therefore functions as the key to the wonderful things even little miracles experienced by the Trinitarians.

Our consciousness is being instigated that we may then open our eyes to deeper truths. Likewise this chance harnesses our will to encourage each other to renew our love for our brothers and sisters in the Christian family, and develop our will to commune together.

In the sustaining work that leads us to the holy living obedience to the Son, the Spirit redeems us and we receive knowledge as the Father chooses us. With the rejoicing in praise and worship, as the Christians obtain focus, we are then being guided that in our insights may arise a revelation regarding the future coming of Christ, as it may then be known to the Jews that he was the messiah who obtains his wounds from the house of his friends (Zechariah 13:6).

The detailed analysis from the scriptures serves as support that to our hearts we may understand that we should unify the believers, as Jesus and the Father are one in communion with the Holy Spirit as they share the same spirit. This is revealed through the crystallized greetings of John to the seven churches in Asia: grace to you and peace from who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits before his throne, and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead and ruler of the kings of the earth (Revelation 1:4-5).

With this revelation, we are also encouraged to start a devotion to the holy Trinity, being the undivided unity that is the highest form of devotion as we may then be enlightened to the workings of the Holy Spirit, that our mind and heart may serve as illumined rays making us as light to others, that they too may receive foreknowledge from the Father and obtain revelation regarding the mystery of God.

Let’s allow the Spirit to push us, that we may encourage others too with us serving as light and salt to the earth. Knowing well from the Father as this is revealed through the Holy Spirit that dwelt in the Jesus paraclete, we too take part from the Trinitarian unity of which as Jesus is one with the Father, we are also one with Jesus, making us an extension in duality with the Master. If we were only observant of the nature of the Spirit that we receive through the indwelling of this in us, we would also feel the rupture of emotions, as we are in-filled with the Holy Ghost.

This indwelling of the Holy Spirit is the great mystery beyond human control. All you have to do is to be open as we are in praise and worship, and allow the Spirit paraclete to move in us as our eyes are closed. Making you stammer and speak in plain strange language is not the end of the in-filling but a possibility that through listening to others who are in tongues too, interpreting this would make you be endowed with the gift of prophecy.

The release of the Holy Spirit through healing, laying of hands and guided free praising/praying in tongues, is all you need to make our restoration complete as we may obtain both repentance, baptism and receiving of the Holy Spirit which are representation of the “gospel” this being ‘death, burial and resurrection’ (I Corinthians 15:1-3) as revealed in Acts 2:38-NAB: “Repent, and be baptized, everyone of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”

In testimony that the Spirit continues to move in us, we read: “And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in different tongues, as the Spirit enabled them to proclaim (Acts 2:4).” This revealed truth only signify that the speaking in tongues did not end in Judea and Samaria but also it continues in the uttermost part of the earth in the circle of the very Gentiles, of which we are regarded as such now.

As you have had repentance and baptism, the only thing you need to complete your plan of salvation is the receiving of the Holy Ghost and His gifts. For “it will come to pass that in the last days,” God says, “I will pour out a portion of my spirit upon all flesh. Your sons and daughters shall prophesy. Your young men shall see visions; your old men shall dream dreams… I will pour out a portion of my spirit in those days, and they shall prophesy (Acts 2:17-18).

Let us try to obtain the gift of the Holy Spirit particularly the speaking in tongues that the vessel, which is our body, shall be continually cleansed for us then to obtain pureness of thoughts and receive healing. In the time that we feel dry, we only have to obtain the refreshing in the Holy Ghost (Acts 3:19).



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