The second established will of God
If there is one thing I would
like to see happening between everyone who professes to believe in Jesus Christ
is that of knowing, understanding, believing and practicing the second
established will of God. It is the Lord’s desire that we are all one because He
prayed to the Father saying; “Now I am no longer in the world, but these are in
the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep through Your name those whom
You have given Me, that they may be one as We are” (John 17:11).
The apostle Paul also made a plea
pleading with the church saying; “Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name
of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be
no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same
mind and in the same judgment” (1 Corinthians 1:10).
But despite of the Lord’s desire
and the apostle Paul’s plea for the church to be perfectly joined together the
church is more divided than ever before and the catalyst for this division is
the myriads of denominations with each having their pet doctrines despite the fact
that the scriptures clearly states that, sectarianism is a sin: Because when
one says. “I am a Catholic, a seven day Adventist, a Baptist, a Jehovah Witness,
a Church of God, a Methodist, and an Anglican etc. The question is, were we baptized
in the name of these religions and which one of these religions that was
crucified for us?
Therefore, the solution to this dilemma
is that everyone who professes to believe in Jesus Christ get to know,
understand, believe and begin practicing the second established will of God
because, according to the holy scriptures when Jesus Christ came into the world
He said “Behold, I have come to do Your will, O God." He takes away the
first that He may establish the second. By that will we have been sanctified
through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all” (Hebrews 10:9-10).
The first established will of God
the Father which was taken away by Jesus Christ was the shadow and copy of the
reality by which one presents him/herself to the Father as we have been duly admonished
saying; “Therefore, when He (Jesus Christ) came into the world, He said: "
Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You have prepared for Me.
In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin You had no pleasure. Then I said,
'Behold, I have come --- In the volume of the book it is written of Me --- To
do Your will, O God.' "Previously saying, "Sacrifice and offering,
burnt offerings, and offerings for sin You did not desire, nor had pleasure in
them" (which are offered according to the law), (Hebrews 10:5-8).
The fault with the first
established will of God was that, it was first and foremost a copy or shadow of
the reality and was insufficient to fulfill the will of the Father as we have
been duly admonished saying; “For the law, having a shadow of the good things
to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with these same
sacrifices, which they offer continually year by year, make those who approach
perfect. For then would they not have ceased to be offered? For the worshipers,
once purified, would have had no more consciousness of sins. But in those
sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year. For it is not possible that
the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins” (Hebrews 10:1-4).
So here we see plainly that, the
rationale or the main objective for the established will of the Father whether
it was the first or the now second established will, it is to present those who
approach the presence of the Father perfect, blameless and irreproachable in
His presence. Now if the first established will which had to do with animal
sacrifices could have obtained this objective we are told that; “they would not
have ceased to be offered.”
This prerequisite of being
perfect, blameless and irreproachable in the presence of the Father has been
God’s pre-ordained plan for man even before the foundation of the world. For we
have been duly admonished saying; “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly
places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the
world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, having
predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the
good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He
made us accepted in the Beloved” (Ephesians 1:3-6).
What has eluded the minds of the
majority of professing believers is that there is a protocol, an ordained
manner by which one can draw near to the Father. In the first established will
of the Father, animal sacrifices were the substitute gateway to the Father, but
with second established will we are told; “For on the one hand there is an
annulling of the former commandment because of its weakness and un-profitableness,
for the law (of sacrifices) made nothing perfect; on the other hand, there is
the bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God” (Hebrews
7:18-19).
It is imperative therefore that
we all who profess to be believers in Jesus Christ be perfectly joined together
and be of the same mind when it comes to the protocol as to how and when we
have access to the presence of the Father in the manner that is acceptable to
Him.
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To be continued
With brotherly love
Lucius Joseph
