1 Timothy 3:16
And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
Whatever can be received up into Glory is heaven. The appearance of God is a mystery; you can see it and not know it. Jesus is a mystery being because he is the appearance of Godliness and the mystery that owns Godliness is the mystery of faith. Therefore Godliness must be preached. 1 Corinthians 13:13. When you believe Jesus, you are still “somewhere”, and not yet in the “Now”. Jesus is the ladder that links humanity to divinity; the ladder that connects the earthly to the heavenly. As you move further from the earthly, you are moving closer to divinity. At this point, the attributes that will stay and will not pass away will be faith, hope and charity for anything that must portray Godliness must have these attributes.
Ephesians 1:13
In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
The childlike faith is different from the faith that a grown up believer has, just as the meat that a child can eat is different from that which an adult will eat.
Ephesians 4:4-6
There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
Hebrews 6:1-2
Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
There are doctrines of baptisms. There is a baptism of the Lord that we must partake of to share in his nature. There is the place of unity, a place where everything looks alike. There is a place where everyone sees God in different ways and also a place where God is seen and He does not look variant. Christ is the express image of God because he shows all the sides of God as one. Also, there is just one Holy Spirit but he expresses himself through various gifts. In the realm of gifts there are variations. If you build your life or ministry around this realm, there will be diversities and such cannot perfect the Church for this realm is meant for children.
1 Corinthians 12:11
But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
You don’t need to know Christ to operate the gifts of the Spirit; you only need to believe in the name of Jesus. If you do not move to the place of ‘Now’, then you are a novice and can be seduced or tossed to and fro. In the name of Jesus, things happen but Christ is not made manifest. The name of Jesus is given to us so that we will receive from God. The basic way to operate faith in that level is by the faith in the Lord Jesus. This point is relevant but it does not make the Lord manifest. You can have all of these and still be a novice if the mystery of faith is not revealed to bring you to the NOW. Godliness begins when the Faith of the NOW opens up.
Jude 1:1-5
Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called: Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied. Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.
Anyone who is born again is called, and this point is the general place of calling. Jude was Jesus’ biological brother but at some point he no longer saw Jesus as his brother because he had seen Jesus in his glory. This was what qualified him to write the epistles. The Spirit sanctifies us. When we become born again we are sanctified or separated in a way. Also, when we receive the Holy Ghost we are also sanctified in a way. Each time mercy comes in; we have come to the zone of Eternal Life because mercy is a promise. We cannot come to the place of Life and Immortality if we have not been preserved in Christ Jesus. Not being able to come to salvation is condemnation; this is because we cannot reach the end of our faith. The essence of the mystery of Godliness is to take away lasciviousness and make God the gain.
John 17:3
And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
That you are born again does not make you have Life Eternal. Life Eternal is as a result of knowledge, so if you deny Jesus, you are denying his knowledge. It is not natural not to see gain. Something must have been done to you for you to see the people of God and not see money. You cannot manage the spirits of this age with personal commitment because the spirits of this age are very high. The spirits of this age are not dull spirits. Do not boast in your strength for commitment; your boast should always be in the Lord.
1 Corinthians 10:2-5
And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
And did all eat the same spiritual meat; And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ. But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
The wilderness is a place of spirits. The children of Israel overcame Pharaoh but could not overcome the spirits in the wilderness. The wilderness is a place where hearts will be tried and then cleansed, for that is the real salvation. If the things inside us are not treated, we will be destroyed with our enemies. The wilderness is a place of uncertainty and dark paths. It is a place of heart intercourse with the Faith that cleanses.
Acts 20:21
Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
Without the forgiveness of sins, we cannot come into the inheritance which comes by the opening of the eyes. There is a faith in Jesus that he lives by and that which made him the Son of God. When we believed, our sin nature was forgiven but our sins were intact. In the wilderness, the rod of Moses was not enough to save the Israelites. A response in their hearts to faith was what was required to save them.
Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
To have allotment in the inheritance is salvation. Faith in Jesus makes you a child of the Holy Ghost. There was a need for the Church of the Hebrews to enter into the wilderness but they were refusing this journey. There is a wonder in the wilderness. They do not want us to just see wonder, they want to make us a wonder. You must be a son to be led into the wilderness and not go back just like Jesus after his baptism at Jordan. In turning us to wonder, they have to change our faith operational system by what we see and the way we see. What makes God is that he sees what we cannot.
Isaiah 11:3
And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:
The Lord wants to change us from being children to the place of thinking first, understanding and then speaking. Jesus saved the world because he loved the world; those that will receive that which has not been seen are those that love him; those that no longer see their life. The Faith of ‘Now’ is the understanding of what man cannot see. Teaching the things that pertain to the world in the Church is a fall from grace. We should not just rely on our own ideas, we should trust more in what God has revealed to us.
Romans 1:16-17
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
The real course of the Gospel is in the place of the wilderness and we all need to go through it. The Faith of the Son is needed to grow us into a tree of righteousness. Psalm 1:1. The ungodly is the man who is not blessed. There is the congregation of the righteous. Psalm 82:1-4. The Faith of the Son prepares you to stand in the place of judgment. The wicked are the ungodly. To have God is Godliness. To be able to stand on mount Zion and communicate with God is Godliness.
Romans 1:16-17
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
The faith of Christ is the faith of the common salvation.
Prophecy
For many will walk in this path. That is the reason we opened this path. The enemy has fought this path for this is the path that raises gods. The path for mankind to become God has been opened again. There is joy in heaven because the only vocation has been opened. Though disobedience will be willful, many ministers will be raised because it is time to raise sons unto glory. Joy to your days, joy to this generation because the path has been opened again and many of you will walk in it.
