{"id":11951,"date":"2025-03-25T04:43:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T09:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/servias.org\/?p=11951"},"modified":"2025-03-07T07:43:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T13:43:39","slug":"proven-character","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/servias.org\/?p=11951","title":{"rendered":"Proven Character"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a><em>As we pursue our calling, our character will be purged into purity!<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The word character means: the essential qualities distinctive to an individual.&nbsp; Our character can and will be affected by the Word of GOD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is written by The Holy Spirit in Psalm chapter 105:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">19 God\u2019s promise to Joseph <strong>purged his character<\/strong> until it was time for his dreams to come true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is a time of testing for each of us as we pursue walking in the purity of Holiness.&nbsp; Can we expect to be entrusted with the power and authority given to us by Our Lord Jesus Christ before we have been sufficiently tested?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Philippians chapter 2:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">12 My beloved ones, just like you\u2019ve always listened to everything I\u2019ve taught you in the past, I\u2019m asking you now to keep following my instructions as though I were right there with you. <strong>Now you must continue to make this new life fully manifested <u>as you live in the Holy Awe of God<\/u>\u2014which brings you trembling into His Presence.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paul expressed the necessity of walking in the Fear of THE LORD in order to fully manifest Sonship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">13 <strong>God will continually revitalize you, implanting within you the passion to do what pleases Him.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do you have the passion to please HIM?&nbsp; I can testify that as you pursue Holiness, your passion to please HIM will increase.&nbsp; Paul provides the expectations associated with Spiritual growth:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">14 Live a cheerful life, without complaining or division among yourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The results:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">15 For then you will be seen as innocent, faultless, and pure Children of God, even though you live in the midst of a brutal and perverse culture. For you will appear among them as shining lights in the universe,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">16 holding out the words of Eternal life. I haven\u2019t labored among you for nothing, for your lives are the fruit of my ministry and will be my glorious boast at the unveiling of Christ!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Timothy is such an example of maturing in Christ:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">19 But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you shortly, that I also may be encouraged when I know your state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">20 For I have no one like-minded, who will sincerely care for your state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">21 For all seek their own, not the things which are of Christ Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">22 <strong><u>But you know his proven character<\/u>, that as a son with his father he served with me in the Gospel.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">23 Therefore I hope to send him at once, as soon as I see how it goes with me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">24 But I trust in the Lord that I myself shall also come shortly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How many of us would qualify to be sent out by Paul?&nbsp; Do you have a proven character as identified by the examination of good fruit produced by our walk?&nbsp; As you and I mature as Sons and Daughters, our fruit will reflect our proven character.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">David describes those with proven character as he recorded by The Holy Spirit in Psalm chapter 15:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1 YAHWEH, who dares to dwell with You? Who presumes the privilege of being close to You, living next to You in your shining place of glory?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2 <strong>They are passionate and wholehearted, always sincere and always speaking the Truth\u2014for their hearts are trustworthy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3 They refuse to slander or insult others; they\u2019ll never listen to gossip or rumors, nor would they ever harm a friend with their words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4 They will despise evil and evil workers while commending the faithful ones who follow after the Truth. They make firm commitments and follow through, even at great cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5 They never crush others with exploitation and they would never be bought with a bribe against the innocent. Those who do these things will never be shaken; <strong>they will stand firm forever<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tests that you and I are walking through are meant to purify us to the point where we have unshakeable, proven character.&nbsp; It begins with walking in The Fear of THE LORD.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we pursue our calling, our character will be purged into purity! The word character means: the essential qualities distinctive to an individual.&nbsp; Our character can and will be affected by the Word of GOD. It is written by The Holy Spirit in Psalm chapter 105: 19 God\u2019s promise to Joseph purged his character until [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-love","category-truth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11951"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11952,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11951\/revisions\/11952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}