“They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that you might affect them. But it is a good to be zealously affected in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.”
Galatians 4:17–18
The children of light and the children of darkness; these are all human beings, yet a hremnant has obtained obtained divine mercy, and not through their works or because of their righteousness, but God having provided for them a great destiny, has through the goodness of himself, set his Sun, who was not made by the Word, but by the Word of the Oath; Truth and Righteousness; the law not making perfect, but profiting unto all godliness, pointing at the Spirit of the Word, whom is our Father in Heaven, shall place all things under his Sun of Righteousness, that those whom shall be saved, be saved through Jesus, the Christ of God, and thereafter, Christ Jesus, in the presence of God, shall glorify God, that God be all in all.
The children of darkness; and such being the condition of humanity without the Light of God in them, having dead spirits, though they might accept the divinity of God, yet being in rebellion, shall lean upon their own understanding and manifest their life after their own imaginations, being free to choose or reject God as the only path of peace, love, joy, and goodness; these, having spirits that have not been ‘quickened’ or made living, shall slide into darkness of understanding, and their love will grow cold, and their mercy unto themselves and others shall decrease, and vanity shall be their way; and they will walk as it would be; they shall walk in darkness of heart and mind, and their soul shall not heal. Yea, they shall see those whom are of the light, and they shall not understand why they are at peace, and why they love, and abound with profound joy. Their vanity and imaginations shall cause them to seek to wear the ornaments of God, but having no understanding and being vain, they shall wear the manner of ancient Egypt, and shall go the way of ancient Babylon, whom sport themselves after what the human eye sees, and they seek peace to their flesh, blindly disregarding the famine of their dead spirit; showing themselves to have no understanding. Their ornaments do not profit them, and they find no healing of their soul, nor hope beyond this life, and so they shall be driven to spiritual darkness, having refused the gentle waters of God, which if they would be meek unto God, would replenish their soul, though they have not spirit: the things of God blessing all, and not only his inheritance.
“..but the word of the oath, which was since the law, taketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore.”
Hebrews 8:28b
Therefore, were the Spirit of God is, there is light for may, and were the son or daughter of God zealously seeks the face of the Spirit of God that they may be valiant and bold in all the strengths of God, that they may be fountains of living water, and good trees producing good fruit unto all; the Lord Jesus Christ having shown to us that pattern of being gracious and merciful, that all might be saved, has given unto us liberally, and so liberally we shall give, if we are the brothers and sisters of Christ Jesus, the Sun of God, whom is the way, the door, and the porter who opens the door unto the kingdom of God, which God has set in us, having set Jesus in us. Adam, that is ‘mankind,’ having been given all things plenteously, and having made the choice that the blessings of God were ‘not enough’ chose unto himself to gain an advantage upon God, and in that moment, his living spirit died in him, and he entered into darkness; not knowing God, or willing to be meek unto God, whom has given the earth and all things in it unto mankind, but has provided an eternal gift of better things which continue, whereas this world, and the things of this world will not always continue, even its gold and silver, and precious and pleasant things; none of these shall proceed into ‘everlasting,’ but the Spirit of God will, and all that great multitude that he has made to be his family, having God in them, these will continue unto a better hope beyond death, and beyond the fashion of this world, which is as nothing of importance, God calling us to a better life through the gift of hope in the Word of his Oath, which is our faith in his righteousness, even that we live with that ‘new song’ of thanksgiving, which none but the house of God can understand; we have obtained quiet assurance and can live peaceably knowing our election is sure, and this bringing in a passion for living after the pattern and example of Jesus, whom we see; he is lowly and meek, plenteous in mercy, gracious, and kind, with the holy strength of longsuffering; being able to save his house from the beginning of time, unto the utmost end of the world, whom the Father has set before us as his accepted and beloved only Son, in whom is Truth and Righteousness.
But the children of darkness shall be as those who mocked Noah in the building of the ark, which is also an allegory for the ‘last days’ that Jesus spoke of; Noah having built the ark in 100 years, and Jesus speaking of the last days as including his time walking the earth, they shall see the strength of life, and the life of these whom have a hope, but shall not get understanding of the Christ-mind, and so, they shall see all those who work in thanksgiving as foolish, and of no consequence, not caring or seeing the gain of good works, for as God says, they shall say that God will not do good, nor bad, and all things remain as they have always been, therefore, they live unto their bellies and life is meat and drink, and the seeking of merriness, and of pleasant things, and of following the vanity of their own imaginations, though God has given his Word as to how we must live if we want to enter into peace, and joy, and the healing of our souls, and a right relationship with God, who gives unto us better ornaments, which are invisible; better ornaments than those adornment of spiritual Egypt and spiritual Babylon, whose spirit is dead. Such holy ornaments being the fruit of the Holy Spirit, and such people being peaceful through God.
Yet, the children of darkness shall see the life in the children of light, and will be moved to jealousy of life, for their soul will see, but their minds, being in rebellion since Adam and Eve forsook God, shall refuse God, but they shall through craft, seek to pluck the righteousness off of the righteous, and cast them aside. Hence, the people whom have the power to hope in God, not being diligent readers of his Word, seeking the light of the knowledge of the understanding of God, shall be as the saved malefactor who was crucified next to Jesus, having not sought the Lord in the years of his life, he did not enjoy the full blessings of God, though God had mercy on him and gave him eternal life. But the children of darkness, shall see the living and shall lead them astray, and spitefully use them, and cast them down, and steal, as if it were possible, steal their righteousness and wear it upon themselves, fooling themselves, causing their countenances to fall, and creating division between themselves, even a schism in their soul, because they have sought to enter into the kingdom of God, set within his people; they have sought to enter into the kingdom through vanity and robbery, and God has cast them down.
Therefore, as God has commanded us, put on the ornaments of the Spirit of God, and show your love through works of thanksgiving, and of the vain seek to ‘steal’ your righteous persona and cast you aside, lose not your joy, nor your faith, nor your love of God, but diligently fortify your fervent zealousness in God through the watering of your Spirit and soul, in the reading of his perfect book of liberty, that you might show God that you are of his house, knowing that Jesus was also treated spitefully and with great contradiction, though he performed so many good works and was so gracious and genuine with all. That if you see that they zealously seek to affect you, that they may, as they suppose, vainly gain righteousness through craftiness and heap stolen waters upon their dead spirits, show unto them that you are a fountain of life brimming with the power of God, and whose soul does not weary, and whose countenance does not faint, but is valiant in a godly way, and is made beautiful because he has moved you to read his Word, which has brought you to the understanding of the Holy Spirit of God, which shall more and more show itself upon your manner, and your thoughts, and your intentions, and then you shall be as a fine instrument that God can work with. Then you shall see the soul and spiritual poverty of those whom zealously affect you, to move you into jealousy and anger, causing you to put off your ornament of graciousness; that you might affect them, who suppose they have gained godliness through their own work, for they have begotten the attention of a godly person, even of they whom are of the house of God; the Israel of God; but having their spirit dead, they receive no ornament of God; but vainly; self-glorifying themselves, through craft, they exclude you from their show of such false graciousness, of a semblance and false appearance of divine glory. Of whom we were as, had not God shown mercy, and so, we must, if it be possible, work the work of the love of God, through the grace of God, after the example of the manner of Jesus, showing unto them, with all love, patience, and goodness, and with all holy wisdom because we read, also be the right example unto them, the they might find the way for their soul to walk in peace, and we gain a brother, a sister, a mother-in-Christ Jesus; that they may be at liberty from vain gain and advantage, and of ‘not enoughness,’ which is the rebellion of humanity, having entered into spiritual famine of the soul and spirit, having refused to be watered with the Truth and Righteousness of the Lord.
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And, being a diligent reader of the things of God, having understanding, we know that it is the work of God ‘in us’ and not ourselves, that can convert another, and it is the degree of our holy meekness which can greatly establish a more perfect way of our profession to be effectual; and so, perhaps you shall continue to be gracious, in spite of their wrongdoing, showing the power of God in you clearly, according to the degree of your understanding, that in such diligence of God’s holiness, being a perfect ambassador of God; being a hardened soldier according to the manner of God, and not of men, you might show to them that they have not robbed you, though they might use you; nay, in our everlasting patience possess we our souls, and in that light, we remain that people whom are known of God; the Lord finding us bearing fruit in and out of season as he has called us to do, that his will be steadfastly accomplished through us. For the Holy Spirit does not return void unto the Lord, but accomplishes all that needs to be done, be it through us, or if we put off our holy fervency, it shall certainly be accomplished through another.
Hearken unto the Lord then while it can best said, ‘today is the day of the Lord,’ whom has been refused. Hearken unto the King of Kings, whom beholds the world and the people of it; whom sees our vain ways, whom knew the end of all things and of this world from the beginning, and has asked if any have believed the Word of His Oath, that they love his Sun, and live their life after the example of lowly Jesus. His Word being not only mere words, but the oracle of God. And the knowledge found in his book, a ready help and strengthener of all them that believe; healing and converting, and speaking unto us of better things through God, and endowing us with heavenly power to hope and not be weary, to joy with godly strength through all things as the sons and daughters of God; adopted brothers of Christ Jesus, our Lord.
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