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 which is synonymous to the reformation and also to the
new and living way to the Father 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).
With
regards to the reformation it is stated s follows; “the Holy Spirit indicating
this that the way into the Holiest of All was not yet made manifest while the
first tabernacle was still standing. It was symbolic for the present time in
which both gifts and sacrifices are offered which cannot make him who performed
the service perfect in regard to the conscience ---concerned only with foods
and drinks, various washings, and fleshly ordinances imposed until the time of
reformation (Hebrews
9:8-10).
And
with regards to the New and living way we have been duly instructed saying; “Therefore,
brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new
and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His
flesh, and having a High Priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a
true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil
conscience and our bodies washed with pure water” (Hebrews 10:19-22).
The
first established will of God the Father, the reformation and the new and
living way to the Father which was reformed and 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 which had to do with how one
approaches the throne of grace and had to be reformed 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 which was reformed or
the now second established will, the objective of this will is to present those
who approach the presence of the Father in a perfect, blameless and
irreproachable state. Please note carefully that 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.”
To be continued
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With brotherly love
Lucius Joseph
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