The Holy Nation
Today’s Focus: An Expression of Love in the Kingdom of God
Scripture: 1 John 4:8; John 1:14; 1 Corinthians 12:13
Greetings Kingdom Citizens
Why would God want to build His House in the Earth to come and live in it? Why would he save mankind, whom He created, by coming Himself in flesh and enduring all of the hardships and brutality of this life? Why would God want to do all of this?
1 John 4:8: He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love
How do we know that God loves us? He shows us by His actions. Love has to be a functioning reality for every son of God because if you do not love then you do not know God. The concept of love that God displays is very unique because in our worldly definitions, love is defined by what you do for a person. In the Kingdom of God love is when you fully commit yourself to be displayed through another. When you commit yourself to be displayed through another that requires deep humility. Let’s show the spiritual example of this very concept.
When God created man, He gave man a spirit directly from God Himself. This man whom God created is in the image of God, His Father and Creator and then God sends His Holy Spirit into the man to empower Him to be in the likeness and character of God. This is a lot to give of yourself to a untried creation but God is Alpha and Omega and since He knew the end from the beginning, God knew what He was doing and How it was to be done. When Adam and Eve sinned against God and fellowship was broken between man and God. God comes Himself in a house of flesh to redeem the fallen man.
John 1:14: “And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
So God comes in the flesh, in the man of Jesus who is the standard for grace and truth to redeem the fallen man. So even here we see that God is presenting Himself through another. Now when it was time for Jesus to ascend back to the Father, He did not leave us in a state of separation, Jesus sent Holy Spirit to assemble the Body of Christ. The Body of Christ is made up of spirits rolled into one spirit. The Spirit which was in the person of Jesus was designed to accommodate all the spirits who were born again of that Spirit.
1 Corinthians 12:13: For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
So it is the role of Holy Spirit to assemble the Body of Christ. In the next message we will look at the concept of the Body of Christ and how it is created and composed.
At Our Father’s Service,
Elder Calvin Calhoun, Jr.
