for the Kingdom of God not of man
Guys a cool thing..we seek first the Kingdom of God. Well that rocks.
Kingdom - domain, dominion..place of rule, place where God is King over. He is King. He will be King, here. It says in the last chapter that Jesus' place of dominion, His Kingdom is with us; His people, the children on the earth, the children of God. He is to dwell with MANKIND here.
So as far as the Kingdom here on earth now...well mhmm..
Ideas in a general but diverse/ish expanse:
- His children - we are the dwelling place of His spirit which is with us.
- The church which is us/the body of Christ.
He is readying His Bride. He will make us SPOTLESS!!!
This making us spotless is a pretty big job..but the turn out is great-great fall but a great harvest. And remember God is going to do what He is going to do to make sure of our pure hearts and to get the greatest results with the least well what should I say MEANS.
So He wants more hearts than He has now and He wants those hearts to be; PURE/SPOTLESS/WHOLEHEARTED/RAVISHED/LOVEFILLED/FIRECONSUMED.
Those who are recognized when standing in front of the Father at His throne will be BLAMELESS before Him. PERFECTLY BLAMELESS!
This has to do with atonement of course but He is going to PURIFY HIS CHURCH/HIS BODY!
As far as how He's going to purify us...well there will be a lot of crazy things happening in the very near and present future. Things which are stated in Revelation and other books of the Bible(which is the INSPIRED WORD OF GOD)-now that is solved..along with the pain of the World - there will be pouring out of His spirit. As well through this He is going to remove all that hinders love.
PURIFICATION-REMOVE ALL THAT HINDERS LOVE.
Here are some ideas...what hinders love and are their things that hinder love in one persons life and those same things don't hinder love in another's.
I would say yes. However it is a very interesting issue for at the same time would He says He will remove anything that hinders love---for anyone? Everyone? And there is no gray area right? Isn't it right or wrong? Moral Absolutism or Moral Relavitism? Interesting..
I think that it's beyond me, but I believe ANYTHING that causes ANYONE to hinder...well there is no place for it, which makes sense. Why would there be leverage? There wouldn't.
This whole idea however attacks our way of life as does the entire Bible which makes all of us feel somewhat uncomfortable in our humanistic/egotistical/materialistic/sick and twisted ways. So there are those that deal with it and some/most which dismiss it.
But my main point in all this is, is there anything that is hindering love in your life? And yes this is where it is maybe not as simple but not for me for everyone and on a personal basis mostly, until it comes in relation with sin or the corporate body. But what if there is something in your life that is causing this problem and not in another's, well first it has nothing to do with others in this personal manor and YOU SHOULD REMOVE IT! JESUS WANTS TO! So if your wanting to get in tune with God then that's a good idea. When He says you obey-the yes in the spirit.
So just take sometime to think about this in a most personal manor, then more 'corporately' etc...
But just think about it. It was on my mind.
shaun
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