In about four weeks we will be offering our fourth book “Raising a Remnant” written by Kemper Ditzler. I see this book as an instructional guide to those who have been called to bring forth the Kingdom. Yesterday, we submitted the book to the publisher. Coincidental to that submission, Stephen Jones wrote an excellent blog on “The Law of Gleanings”. See: http://www.gods-kingdom-ministries.net/daily-weblogs/2013/05-2013/moses-eighth-speech-part-10-law-of-gleanings/
Of course, Our Heavenly Father’s timing is perfect… once again. Our online Bible study has been focusing of the Sufferings of Christ. This runs parallel to Stephen’s comments:
Devotion requires death, and if we are truly devoted to God, He works in us to kill the flesh. It is only by dying with Him that we are raised in newness of life (Romans 6:4). In fact, this is the difference between the average believer and the one who is devoted to Him. Those devoted to Him seem to be the most mistreated people of all. We all feel sorry for them, but Jesus says of them in John 10:28 and 29,
28 and I give aionian life to them, and they shall never perish; and no one shall snatch them out of My hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.
This was the way Jesus expressed the law of devotion, for no devoted thing, once given to God, could be “sold or redeemed” from God’s ownership. In other words, they are not for sale at any price. When carnal things were devoted to God, He destroyed the flesh in them in order to consecrate them as a useful vessel in the house of God.
As I have written in my books and at this site, we must die to the flesh as we fulfill the Baptism of Love. Stephen, Kemper, and I are providing our brothers and sisters with the necessary witnesses of the path to be taken by the “remnant”. Let everything be established by two or three witnesses. As I have said in the past, two witnesses are important, three deal with a critical truth.
Further:
And so, we see that the law of gleanings speaks of a remnant, or portion of a field, vine, or tree that is devoted to God.
Those of us who have embraced our callings see ourselves as devoted to Our Heavenly Father. We are shedding the trappings of the world and accepting HIS perfect plan, will, and purpose for our lives. Our focus is on HIS plan, not the world’s system.
The gleanings are identified with the remnant of grace, which God has claimed for Himself. For those gleanings to be useful to feed the poor and needy nations of the world,
As we have discussed, our Census references Numbers 26 and John 21. The 153 fish were counted as a census. They were served up as “food” after the resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ. The seven disciples ate the “remnant” then went forth to spread the Gospel.
He has put that remnant through a vigorous training program in order to kill the flesh and set their spirit free to walk in a new way of life in accordance with the laws of the Kingdom. The gleanings company—the remnant of grace—are called to distribute the blessings of Abraham to all nations of the earth.
Only by having a revelation of Love would a gleanings company be willing to distribute blessings to all of the nations of the earth. Our Heavenly Father was preparing us as HE removed us from man’s covering. We became as “orphans” so the HE would be our covering. Each of us is being trained to hear HIS Voice and respond in Love. The Census is now being taken to establish a witness and evidence of our response to HIM.
I Love the way HIS plan comes together!