If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
John 8:7
So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.
The question that needs to be asked here for both these scriptures is:
Who is the responsible party?
Answer:
People of faith.
In the first one it is "my people, which are called by My name".
In the second one it's the "religious leaders" of the time with the stones in their hands.
In both cases it was:
The chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; 1 Peter 2:9
Is there a pattern here? Does all responsibility fall upon the chosen? The answer is "YES." God's plan in creation was to use man to "Glorify Himself in all the earth." What men? His men, His people, His servants, those who "call upon His name". For what reason? That ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: 1 Peter 2:9 b
Only "we" His people can do this: "Glorify His name." That is why only His people has the "anointing" (the precious Holy Spirit) to show forth the Glory of God. No one else can...........no one!
So what is this all about? Thought you'd never ask...........
We are on the downhill run to the end times........yes the end times. Christ's return is imminent and it begs the question: "never the less, when the Son of Man cometh shall He find faith on earth?"
We are "saved" so we can replicate the life of Jesus as a testimony to the Truth of Him being who He said he was. That is why the Holy Spirit is given. That is why all the promises and commands were given. All the commands and promises are "FAITH BASED". We are saved by faith, filled with the Spirit by faith, walk by faith, pray in faith, in fact anything outside of faith "IS SIN."
So do we ask "ourselves" is the world to blame for the derision it is in? OR has it fallen to the believers to accept the responsibility for it's corrupt pagan condition? Was God's plan for the Revelation of Christ faulted from the beginning? Absolutely not! That is why He covered (through Omniscience) our lack of faith with a final witness: The end times. He will do what we were meant to do with His coming again.
I find it strange that He gave us Power to manifest Himself to the unbelieving with signs and wonders and "greater things" knowing that only a few would "take up the Mantle", (the anointing), and "work the works" that He designed us to do. From Gen 1:1 through Rev 22:21 His plan was not only perfect but also complete in it's goals and accomplishments. With us or without us. His plan was "with us" first but He cannot deny Himself, so His plan also facilitated "our failure" by winding it up Himself by His Glorious return.
I marvel at the Wisdom of God, His plan, His Love, His Grace, His mercy, and His (best of all) Forgiveness. He chose us, a people destined for failure, even against His given anointing, to prove that "His will be done, His kingdom come, on earth as it is in heaven."
So why (some would ask) the creation in the first place?
Well lets look at the beginning:
God creates man and woman, instructs them and walks with them. They are in His very presence, there is no barrier of sin. God and man together. If that would of worked out we would of had the same experience today. But God knew it wouldn't and He already had another "answer" to the relationship problem, Jesus Christ, but only in due time. Man would have to stumble around until that time when not just "anointed" leaders would lead them but all mankind could have that anointing and be in fellowship with Him through Christ: relationship healed.
Maybe most Christians and man would of noticed that "WE" have a relationship problem. So we have to ask ourselves "what relationship problem do we have? What is there that always interferes with Intimacy with God?" Again back to the beginning: "DISOBEDIENCE". The only factor that ends relationships with God or each other is disobedience. There are laws of God and laws of man (really there should only be laws of God, again disobedience) in both cases lawlessness comes from disobedience. Rebellion to laws making us lawless in nature, to wrap it up with a better word: sinful. Sinful against God and sinful against man. Sinful all around, body soul and mind. Christ was sent to be the second attempt that God would use to reestablish the man-God relationship and He even sweetened the package by giving every one who "entered into Christ" all His authority and power. Again we cast aside His Gift (of Christ and the Holy Spirit) and decided that we could make our own "religion" application (not Word or Faith based, sin) what we would follow after. Wanting salvation but not wanting "to glorify His name" as the Holy Spirit enabled.
THIS IS NOT AN ATTACK ON EVERY CHRISTIAN! But here is how it can be viewed: "all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God". All. If you allow for "some more some less" and compare yourselves amongst ourselves then we are not wise. Each of us has to fess up to the responsibility of failure in the practice and use of God given faith and anointing. It's easier to say that "those things don't happen anymore" then to spend the time on our faces before God and beg His forgiveness and ask for the showers of blessings to fall. Ask, seek, and knock with passion is how the "Blessed Hope" arrives to empower us to know and do His will. Every time a Christian is taught or says that "the signs and wonders are past" calls God and His Word (Jesus Christ) a liar and exhibits disobedience and rebellion. If His people can do this what is the world going to have as a witness for Truth? No wonder hopelessness prevails not only in the world but also in the churches.
No wonder the Gospel and the Scriptures are debated and mocked being shown as natural occurrences by science or folly of men. Where is the witness against such attacks from "those who believe and are called by His name." For many believers silence is the only argument offered.
That does not mean that there is no "remnant" still at work for His Kingdom. But in lieu of the many who have called on His name for salvation we should be turning the world upside down that "the name of the Lord should cover all the earth" by now.
God our Father didn't just set the bar high for "His people" without empowering them to accomplish His purpose. He gave us the tools and the teachings (the Holy Spirit and instruction manual: the Bible) to accomplish His will and commands. He knew that we would "fall short of the Glory" so He, in His wisdom, placed "creation" in a timed setting, first for a witness to importance of task, second to show that, as from the beginning, "He would have to be His own witness to Truth and through the end times: manifest Himself.
That is the plan Brothers and Sisters. The question remains: Do we sit on our hands and let Him finish the work Himself or do we "as long as it is called today", "lift our hands in holy prayer" and seek the anointing to fall once again with power to prove His Love and mercy to all the earth?
The world is ours for the "turning of it upside down".
Thy kingdom come thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Love
J&E
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