The
reality is, we are spirit beings imprisoned in a physical body with the
potential of becoming the adopted sons of God for which of course Satan and his
demons will do any and everything to thwart the plan which God has in store for
us and for this reason we have been duly instructed saying; “Be sober, be
vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion,
seeking whom he may devour: Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that
the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world” (1Peter
5:8-9).
Therefore,
the crimes and violence that we are experiencing now worldwide is Satan’s wrath
against humanity especially knowing that he has but a short time as we have
been forewarned saying; “Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in
them! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come
down to you having great wrath because, he knows that he has a short time"
(Revelations 12:12).
What
most professing believers have not seriously and literally taken into
consideration is the fact that, once we have believed and accepted Jesus Christ
as our Lord and Savior, we should give thanks to the Father who has qualified
us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light. He has
delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the
Son of His love, in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness
of sins” (Colossians 1:12-14).
And
although we have been duly instructed saying; “Let every soul be subject to the
governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the
authorities that exist are appointed by God. Therefore whoever resists the
authority resists the ordinance of God and those who resist will bring judgment
on themselves.” And are reminded: “to be subject to rulers and authorities, to
obey, to be ready for every good work, to speak evil of no one, to be
peaceable, gentle, showing all humility to all men” (Romans 13:1-2; Titus 3:1-2).
Nevertheless,
since our citizenship is in heaven and we are ambassadors of the Kingdom of
light we represent the kingdom of God here on earth and therefore, we ought to
obey God rather than men and therefore our personal lives ought to be governed
by the laws of God and not by the customs and traditions of men especially when
it comes to the worship of God, for this is what the Lord says; “Hypocrites!
Well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying: These people draw near to Me with
their mouth, and honor Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. And
in vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men"
(Matthew 15:7-9).
What
we all need to know, understand and believe is that, from the first Adam we
received the breath of life which is temporary, but from the last Adam we
received the gift of life which is the absence of death and our responsibility
whilst we still have the breath of life, is to construct our human body as our
permanent dwelling place so that what is mortal and corruptible will become
immortal and incorruptible.
Now
the way this is done is by imitating the life of Jesus Christ so that the
nature of Christ can be formed in us as we have been duly admonished saying; “Behold
what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called
children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know
Him. Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what
we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we
shall see Him as He is. And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself,
just as He is pure” (1John 3:1-3).
We
have been further instructed saying; “Love has been perfected among us in this:
that we may have boldness in the Day of Judgment; because as He is, so are we
in this world” (1John 4:17).
It
is by trying to imitate the life of Jesus Christ that we all, with unveiled
face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed
into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord”
(2Corinthians 3:18).
And
finally at the resurrection there will be different degrees of glory just like
“there is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of
the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory. So also is the
resurrection of the dead” (1Corinthians 15:41-42).
Our resp
onsibility therefore in the midst of all what is taking place around us is to be co-workers with Christ, building our spiritual house with enduring materials like gold, silver or precious stones which will be able to endure the test by fire so as to receive a reward in the final analysis.
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With brotherly love
Lucius Joseph
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