By THE SPIRIT Paul wrote in Ephesians chapter 3:
14 For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
15 from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man,
17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height—
19 to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
The Holy Spirit will strengthen our inner man that Christ may dwell in our hearts through the faith which comes by embracing Love and Truth. This faith is not as focused on doing as it is on walking in a Christ-like manner knowing that we can and should walk accordingly. This faith allows us to walk in the perfection of Christ in our lives and we no longer reason why we can’t. Our trust is IN HIM and we mature to the point of being expressions of FATHER and HIS Love toward mankind. We cannot be wronged by man just as Jesus could not be wronged.
Matthew recorded the Words of Jesus in chapter 5:
8 Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God.
Jesus tells us we can have a pure heart otherwise He would not have told us of it. Walking in the faith of the reality brings forth an expectation of a pure heart. We must cast down all of man’s teachings that would have us believe we cannot attain a pure heart. We are born again and behold all things are new! Our faith accepts this Truth so let us protect this Truth from the world’s logic and reasoning.
We are valuable to Christ for He shed His blood for each of us. We must not place any hindrance between us and HIM for any issue that causes a veil will simply hinder our intimacy with FATHER. There are no secrets or issues that HE is not aware of so let’s simply come clean and be transparent. We must trust HIS faithfulness to guide and guard us when we remove the worldliness from our midst. Jesus shed His blood to redeem you and me in our fallen state. If He did not believe we were worth the price, He would not have done so. Accept it, He was willing to pay the price so let us express our gratitude to Him in return.
We find our identity through Christ, not men’s opinions based on some attribute, performance, or history. We must let the past go because it can keep us from receiving the Love of FATHER.
Jesus spoke in John chapter 8:
31 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed.
32 And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
Truth comes from FATHER and we must no longer accept the world’s alternative to the Truth. Truth makes us free and our faith in our walk in Christ strengthens to the point where any pressure applied against us only produces a response of Christ. We’re not offended, we’re not second guessing our salvation, and we don’t condemn the one who brings forth the pressure. As we have matured in Christ, people will see Christ in us when the trials and tribulations come.
Paul wrote by THE SPIRIT in Ephesians chapter 4:
13 till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;
The mature believer has become Love just as Christ is Love. The unbeliever is in need of Love. Let us be rooted and grounded in Love so that we are ready to be Love to the unbeliever. Let our faith be strong in this area.