CAPACITATING THROUGH SUFFERING

UNEDITED NOTES:

Loves Sufferings Passage…Or the attaining of the glorious life through the passage of suffering

Or self-consciousness verses God-consciousness

 “The Earth and all that is in it is the Lord’s”…. But the ‘World’ and all that is in it is the devils.

The devil is declared by Scripture to be the god of this World…which is to say the architect, the designer the mind and control behind it. Those unsaved in the World are in a state of deception and ignorant of how the World came to be and what the World really is, it is an enigma to them. But to the informed born again Godly the World is laid bare for their understanding by the Scriptures, particularly by those Words to Whom we are commanded to heed “This is my Son, hear Him.” 

Jesus says this in regard to the World: matt16:26 it shall not profit a man who would gain the whole of what the World offers and then in the doing lose his soul. Jesus declared His disciples were not of the World even as He was not of the World. The Word says that the Truth is hidden to the lost in that the god of this World hath blinded the minds of them which believe not. Those. He says His are to be the light for the blinded in the World. He says that the things of the World can steal away the effectiveness of the Word from the heart of the hearer. Satan offered all the kingdoms of the World to Him in exchange for worship. He said those in the World are caught up in seeking things of the World. Scripture says Christ followers will wrestle with the ruling spirits of this World. Scripture says that believers can love this present World. We are to keep ourselves unspotted from the World. It is Written a friend of the World is an enemy to God. It is Written there was a World before this one that God destroyed. The Word says marvel not if the World hates you.

What was the origin of the ‘World’?

The intent of God for the Creation of Man was to rule and take dominion in this restored Realm. To bring God’s will to the Earth as it is in Heaven, this is made clear in Genesis 1 & 2. The experience of Genesis 3 answers to the design of the ‘World’ (meaning an alternative order, disposition, and purpose. It being described by James as earthly as opposed to heavenly, sensual and devilish conceived by the deceiver (james3:15). Its malicious objective was to focus upon the new creature’s belief.

Their obedient belief in God’s Word was their foundation for guidance and instruction in ruling over the Earth in His developing theocracy. Attacking their belief was the foundational purpose for the design of the ‘World’ system …that answers to satan’s slandering lie about God’s intention towards them, initiating false reasonings that resulted in unbelief in her heart about God. Doubting His Word and willingly yielding to the temptation of disobedience,… and in a twinkling of an eye brought her lively spirit in all its communion capacities into the unanimated state due to that separation from God, predicted in the Curse. 

Which is to say from a God-consciousness into a self-consciousness. 

Self-consciousness being the great abdicating demise of the Garden sin, and then and now answers to the ‘souls’ God-less reasonings and the bodies sensuality without animated spirit;… that forever manifests in the lust of the flesh (desires without the control of the spirit), the lust of the eyes (evil curiosity to contemplate unholy things) and pride/vainglory of life (satisfaction and boasting of things of this World). 

This state of ‘soul’ without unanimated spirit is in every person born into this Earth, because the curse of death is transmitted through the seed of fallen Adam (roms5)…he is thereby born into the “World.” A citizen of the World. 

To then be removed from being a member of the World is to believe God’s gracious Word of redemption. Because the original sin entered into the ‘heart’ (spirit-controlled soul) through the door of disbelief and brought death…so hence ‘belief’ with the ‘heart’ (soul controlled) in God’s Word is the point of redemptive faith unto being born again, and becoming a child of God (roms10:10). 

So, it is, in the justice of God, by one man’s sin all mankind conceived and born into this earth have imputed ‘death; unanimated spirit, sentenced to be “flesh” which is to say controlled by the self-conscious soul encased in a sensual body. And so, also it is, in the justice of God, that by one sinless Man’s Blood Atonement sacrifice all men may be ‘imputed’ eternal life and made alive in their spirit by grant of His divine nature resulting in eternal life. They needed not to suffer with Christ to obtain this gracious gift with eternal life.

Yet this experience does not bring the soul completely out of the deep darkness into the brilliant light of the Truth…but can be likened unto that shadowed estate of the blind man seeing “men as trees walking’ …..the redeemed soul is set on a path with “…a dawning light which shineth more and more unto the perfect day (prov4:18 RV).”

The Path From man with saved spirit, having eternal life, to a saved man having his soul saved, unto eternal glory.

Now the fullness of the Gospel of God’s Salvation Plan answers to God’s manifold wisdom in the balance of satisfying or propitiating both His holiness and justice with His loving mercy and goodness, in the realization of His purposes for the creation of man. In that redemption from the just penalty of imputed sin is one thing but overcoming sanctification from the internal nature of sin in the soul unto worthiness to rule is another.  

So it was In Gods mysterious Plan of Salvation for man that within the Atonement propitiation of Jesus; man is redeemed out of the ‘World’ into which he was subjected for no sin of his own, and in a very real way, is brought back into a reset like condition of Adam before the fall. And is also empowered that he might overcome the devil, by overcoming the ‘flesh’ while living in this World.

The blood/Blood Atonement on the Alter of God alone (without the further work represented in the Laver) reaches no further than Christ’s imputed Redemption righteousness for fallen man before God for forgiveness of sin and rebirth of the spirit. 

So it is represented in Old and New Testaments that ruling regality for which Adam and Eve were created is mostly unaddressed. In that if it could have been possible to by-pass (the Laver for) the ordained will of man and by imputation built into his DNA less volition/will and therefore less fallibility into the ‘living Soul’ (which is to say the reward of glorification in union, into the holiest place, as that New Creature) while satisfying the desire of the Sovereign God and all His attributes, it would have been granted to Adam and Eve in order that they might have in that appointed infallibly replaced fallen lucifer and ruled in this Realm.

So what answers to God’s desire and all His attributes in the creation of all intelligent creatures?… ‘tested and tried loving faithfulness.’

Treading lightly on sacred ground; could it not be considered that Christ’s Blood Atonement offering would have been sufficient for redemption with eternal life (as was the blood of the Passover lamb for Israel) but in His Blood the efficacy for all mankind had He laid down His sinless life when He was 30 years old (numbs4:3), when He was immersed in consecration waters/in the baptism of John, and received the anointing oil/ the Holy Spirit, all in the fulfilling of the Law of Moses as an intermediary Priest of God. But as it was/is in the marvelous wisdom of the Fathers Plan and the Sons willingness, His offering went far beyond just being God’s sinless Son unto the severe trying of His soul in loving faithfulness… through 3 ½ years of soul sufferings (hebs5:8). It is in the severe trial and testing of His willing soul in loving faithfulness which then makes the greater provision for the ‘saving of the soul of a saved man’…that which  the blood/Blood redemption alone would have been insufficient, and left him forgiven of sin, but without the capabilities and possibilities to successfully be tried and tested in the further cleansing; the overcoming the flesh/sin nature within, the World and the devil, to ultimately be found in the World walking in loving faithfulness. (none of this is to diminish the power of the blood/Blood for it is the basis or foundation for all communion with God…but the foundation is not the superstructure, nor can the Blood do away with the need for ongoing instruction in the Word of God, faith, obedience, discipline, communion, or active spiritual warfare). 

So in Christ’s Soul’s suffering; the loving faithfulness was tested and tried even unto death…and being found faithful the Soul was resurrected in the newness of life in which power all those ‘saved’ in His justification atonement being set apart to be ‘saved’ may now walk in…  the greater provision of grace/divine power; that is the indwelling Holy Spirit, with the intent of sanctification of our willing soul by crucifixion of the sin nature/the old man, in our living in loving faithfulness unto God. This loving faithfulness after being justified servants/children of God is gauged or weighted by one means that of morals; keeping the commandments of Christ and doing those things that are pleasing to God. This is an administered death to the carnal soul unto the renewed souls salvation in order that he might be brought into the mysterious union with Jesus at Resurrection or Rapture into the heavens of this Earth being then filled with glory of God, becoming the essence of that Union the New Creature promised,… that will more than fulfill the original stated purpose of Man…

The example of calling out of a saved people unto a closer intimacy is set forth in Scripture type by Gods declaring of the inheritance of the faithful ‘first born’ is to be greater than the rest of His children. To which Israel is set forth in the Old Testament as an example in that God call out 12 Tribes out of Egypt in redemption Blood but called but one Tribe into a closer intimacy with Him in the spiritual economy set forth in the Old Covenant…Those who were to have no inheritance in this Earth goods. Which is to express the idea of their willing separation from the things of the World. 

Jesus set forth this Truth in the New Testament as He chose 12 disciples from among the ‘saved’ of Israel but brought three into closer mountain top, heavenly intimacy with Him.

So, it is imperative that a follower of Christ must awake and become aware of the enemies deceiving lies resulting in disguised religious reasonings of the justified that perpetuate the carnal soul’s nature within of self-consciousness that always tends to selfishness, with the flesh dominating over them (although often cleverly concealed)…by renewing the mind to the spirits/Spirits intent in the Word’s Commands; loving faithfulness,.. bringing spiritual reality to the mind and engaging the will/volition to overcome all unloving unfaithfulness .. To see the wisdom of God that the ‘saved’ must mostly be changed little by little day by day into the Character of Christ by activating loving faith in response to circumstance after circumstance in the power of the Holy Spirit unto the hope of glory  (2ndcor3:18) As God throughout His Word has declared to rule in this Realm one must be capacitated in this life through loving faithfulness, not somehow magically capacitated at death and go to Heaven. This great disqualify deception answers to Adams and Eves believing the lie, being forgiven by blood atonement, yet locked out of the Garden in the disqualifying themselves from union regality with Christ.  As it has been declared the ‘merely justified’ cannot receive as a gift, what is a reward for overcoming, through imputation, any more than it could have been originally with Adam and Eve. Loving faithfulness must be proved out by actions under test and trial and temptation… not just hearing and mental assent. 

The soul’s salvation is aptly put by the Holy Spirit as a process as opposed to the event of justification with eternal life…in tht it must be worked out with fear and trembling (reverence for God) through loving faithful living of this life on earth connected to the Vine in Heaven. A connection that is maintained by consecration, a wiling soul yielding to the Fathers hand in the maturing us from mere spiritual babes to the inheritance endowment of the worthy first born. 

Peter speaks of the ‘saved’ faith’s proving and testing and that even by fiery trial in this Worlds environment. The Father has determined no better way to show the saved souls capacitating consecration than to endure patiently sufferings while in the World, but proofing up that we are no longer of it?

The decever will come as he did to Adam and Eve with “hath God really said?” And as he did  with Christ making is half-truth statements of “It is Written.”…satan quotes Scripture in order to harbor his lies… “Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them (‘he says see you have already overcome them by imputation’): because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.” Twisting the encouraging comforting Word of God addressed to those who are in the process of overcoming through suffering; wherever he can, and preaching / teaching as something already obtained by the merely saved through imputation, or through ritual or religious works void of loving faith, so that those ‘babies’ will misappropriate the promise or encouragement, and own it as their own, without death to the carnal soul in an unrealized holiness, and by the believing the lie will have eliminated themselves from the race with great reward, that could have accomplished in them the salvation of their soul, that which ultimately will manifest in their ruling in this Realm in his stead.

Unsaved mankind in the World, and the merely saved babies with the love of the World yet dominant in them.. tend to embrace deception when it comes in a flattering way that appeals to their self-consciousness contending with God-consciousness. It’s destructive indicting consequence is they “received not the love of truth” (2thess2:9-11). The justification light within the ‘saved’ being spurned for a lie becomes a light of darkness and so great is the darkness within the saved soul. And increasingly therefore are subject to the many religious lies spun by the deceiver, such are the effects built into the design of the World. 

The ‘saved’ did not, nor need to, suffer in order to obtain eternal life. Belief in Christ’s offering Himself that we may receive the imputed gift of eternal life is documented in Scripture. The issue for the ‘saved’ then is if then they will answer the call unto worthiness regality the heart of the unregenerate that demands a form of suffering….a form because as one yields to it in all its different manifestations, the enabling power of the Holy Spirit comes to grant peace and facilitate capacitating for Christlikeness unto the salvation of the soul. 

Jesus is the Author of our justification faith…but He is also the finisher of faith that brings our souls into glorious life.

Here is the law from eternity that speaks to the necessity of the ‘salvation of the soul’;  “Every one that exhalteth himself (in self-consciousness) shall be humbled; but he that humbleth himself (in God-consciousness) shall be exhalted.” Matt23:12 lk14:1;18:14.