Do you want to host the Glory of God? Yes? Then do you love God? Do you love Jesus? Don't be too quick to answer. A requirement for hosting His Glory, is the Genuine Love for God manifested by an Obedience to his Word birthed from submission and not agreement.
John 14:23 "Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him."
Do you Sincerely and genuinely love The Lord? An undefeatable, an unquenchable Love sponsored by the Holy Spirit in you. This is not just the confession of "oh how I love Jesus", No. Are you passionate about him? You love God, okay! But is He your priority?
You can't claim to love God and be passive about your walk with Him. No. Does your love For God drive you to Obey His word? Not out of agreement, not because it pleases you or it appeals to your senses! This is not genuine Obedience. Genuine Obedience is Obedience birthed from submission. It's not entirely wise to Overemphasize the separation of scriptures and claim an aspect is irrelevant as long as your Christian walk with respect to the new creation is concerned, if you do that, you'd have a stunted growth.
Jesus speaking in Matthew 24:35 says "Heaven and Earth will pass away, But my words will not pass away"
Don't say the words of Jesus are not to be considered because he was in the old testament and it was after he died that the new testament was instituted so you're only concerned with the epistles. A testament is like a will, The will is written whilst the person is alive but the will doesn't take effect until the person dies. The fact that the person is dead doesn't cancel the relevance of the will, No. You don't ignore the will and run after the inheritance. The will grants you access to the inheritance. You can't ignore the words of Christ and run after the riches in Christ. You can't ignore the speakings of God that reflects His nature and seek the manifestation of the promises of God. Your Love for God must be manifested by An Obedience of His Word, Not the New testament, His Word! Not the epistles, His word!
John 14:23 "Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him."
"Word" there is "Logos", His thoughts, His utterance. The end result or the reward of your Loving him and by implication Obeying His Word is that Two things Happens to you.
1) The Father Loves you. Now Calm down a bit and think about this, doesn't the father already love you? Was it not love that sponsored sending His first begotten to Die for you? Does scriptures not make it clear that He loves the whole world? This is true! But this is Jesus talking, He says There's a dimension of Love that you attract! A love that causes God to trust you! This is a bitter truth, but not everyone has truly experienced this! Abraham Experienced this after he was tested! God told Him "Now I Know you Love Me" and something followed afterwards! The Love he had for God Placed a demand on God's integrity and God had to swear by His Name! This is the kind of Love that makes Him reproof for their sake saying "TOUCH NOT MY ANOINTED AND DO MY PROPHET NO HARM". There's this dimension of Love that involves a jealousy dimension of God, whoever touches you suffers for it! This is a reality! It's not just confession! Not everyone is exposed to this Love! It's for only those that sincerely and genuinely Love and Keep His Word!
2) "We will —The Deity comes to make our home with Him" The shekinah Glory descends! You already Have the Holy Spirit in you, All that was required for that to happen is for you to give your life to Christ. But you can step up higher! There's a dimension! Where you can host the Tangible and the Manifested presence of God! That the celestial comes to find their dwelling with you!
We must lift up our voice and cry out as Moses cried! As the ancients Cried! God Show me your Glory!
But let's be ready to answer the question that he will ask, "Are you ready to Love me and Obey Me?"
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