Sonship is the highest form of holiness set by God in order that one can be led and walk truly in the Spirit, aligning our thoughts to the mind of Christ. This is the level of dying to self, leaving everything behind, carrying the cross and following Jesus.
Many Christians are offended by the verses in Luke 14:26-27, “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters–yes, even his own life–he cannot be my disciple. And anyone who does not carry his cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.”
Most Churches would not preach about this for fear of losing their congregation but this is the truth - the message of the Cross that Paul preached after he saw the light - to detach our hearts from the grip of worldly things.
After Paul had encountered the light that blinded his eyes for three days, purged him of his self-righteousness, and opened his spiritual eyes to see how rotten and sinful he was, he began to preach the message of the Cross with miracles, signs & wonders.
1 Corinthians 1:17
“For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel—not with wisdom and eloquence, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.”
Romans 15:18-19
“I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obey God by what I have said and done— by the power of signs and wonders, through the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.”
1 Corinthians 2:4-5
“My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power.”
1 Corinthians 4:20
“For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power.”
There is no other way to live the standard of God’s holiness except that we are full of the Spirit. In order to be full of the Spirit, we must go through the fire cleansing, refining and purification before our bodies can be worthy to host the manifest presence of His glory - through the Baptism of Fire.
The Lord said in Revelation 3:18, “I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see.” White clothes represent holiness and salve to put on our eyes means to see with our spiritual eyes what others could not see.
Holiness will open our spiritual eyes.
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May 25, 2019
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信徒要么过着充满基督的生活，要么过着世俗的生命。“向自我死”意味着“现在活着的不再是我，乃是基督在我里面活着”（加拉太书二章20节）。保罗说：“我是天天冒死”（哥林多前书十五章31节）。
如果我们没有经历向自我死，从世俗事物的控制中被释放，我们的属灵生活将没有什么进展。
许多基督徒都被路加福音十四章26至27节中的经文所冒犯，“人到我这里来，若不爱我胜过爱自己的父母、妻子、儿女、弟兄、姐妹和自己的性命，就不能做我的门徒。凡不背着自己十字架跟从我的，也不能做我的门徒。”
大多数的教会都会因为害怕失去会众而不宣讲这个，但这是事实 - 保罗在看到光后所传讲的十字架的信息 - 使我们的心脱离世俗事物的束缚。
在保罗遇到了使他的眼睛失明三天的光，清除了他自以为是的态度，打开了他的灵眼，看见自己是多么的腐烂和有罪之后，他开始以异能、奇事和神迹宣讲十字架的信息。
哥林多前书一章17节
“基督差遣我原不是为施洗，乃是为传福音；并不用智慧的言语，免得基督的十字架落了空。”
罗马书十五章18至19节
“除了基督借我做的那些事，我什么都不敢提，只提他借我言语作为，用神迹奇事的能力，并圣灵的能力，使外邦人顺服，甚至我从耶路撒冷直转到以利哩古，到处传了基督的福音。”
哥林多前书二章4至5节
“我说的话、讲的道，不是用智慧委婉的言语，乃是用圣灵和大能的明证，叫你们的信不在乎人的智慧，只在乎神的大能。”
哥林多前书四章20节
“因为神的国不在乎言语，乃在乎权能。”
除非我们被圣灵充满，否则没有别的办法可以遵守上帝圣洁的标准。如果我们要被圣灵充满，我们必须通过火的洗礼才能让火洁净，炼净和净化。将祂荣耀彰显的同在显明在我们的身上。
主在启示录三章18节说到，“我劝你向我买火炼的金子，叫你富足；又买白衣穿上，叫你赤身的羞耻不露出来；又买眼药擦你的眼睛，使你能看见。”
更多见解链接： -
https://arsenaloffire.blogspot.com/2018/04/the-three-levels-of-anointing.html
https://arsenaloffire.blogspot.com/2019/05/arise-shine-for-your-light-has-come.html
https://arsenaloffire.blogspot.com/2018/01/a-true-disciple-of-jesus-christ.html
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2019年5月25日
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