John 14:26 (Amplified) tells us, "But the Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, Strengthener, Stand-by) the Holy Spirit, Whom the Father will send in My Name (in My place, to represent Me, and act on My behalf), He will teach you all things. And He will cause you to recall (will remind you of, bring to your remembrance) everything I have told you."
1Corinthians 2:9-13 (Amplified) says, "But on the contrary, as the scripture says, What eye has not seen and ear has not heard and has not entered into the heart of man, (all that) God has prepared (made and keeps ready) for those who love Him (who hold Him in affectionate reverence, promptly obeying Him and gratefully recognizing the benefits He has bestowed). Yet to us God has unveiled and revealed them by and through His Holy Spirit, for the Holy Spirit searches diligently, exploring and examining everything, even sounding the profound and bottomless things of God (the divine counsels and things hidden beyond man's scrutiny)." Verses 11-13 go on, "For what person perceives (knows and understands) what passes through a man's thoughts except the man's own spirit within him? Just so no one discerns (comes to know and comprehends) the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. Now we have not received the spirit (that belongs to) the world, but the Holy Spirit Who is from God. (Given to us) that we might realize and comprehend and appreciate the gifts (of divine favor and blessing so freely and lavishly) bestowed on us by God. And we are setting these truths forth in words not taught by human wisdom, but taught by the Holy Spirit, combining and interpreting spiritual truths with spiritual language (to those who possess the Holy Spirit)."
God's Word simply tells us, in the above scriptures, that we only understand the mysteries of God from man's point of view when we don't have the Holy Spirit to reveal them to us. Man man religion has never been acceptable to God and never will be. Without the Holy Spirit, man can only come to his own conclusions about God and His plan. Only the Holy Spirit can show us the "hidden things" of God.
The Holy Spirit reveals the very person of the Father to those who will hear. For those who do not hear the things from the Holy Spirit, these revelations become controversial and misconstrued. Therefore, we have division in the different denominations of the Church. The Holy Spirit doesn't tell one group something about the Father and then tell something completely contrary to another group. If we would only listen, then the Holy Spirit will tell each of us the same truth. Man's wisdom will not entertain the truth if it contradicts his own ideals.
We have walked in the darkness of man's ideas for so long, that when the truth is given, it seems completely wrong to us. Some believe that it's blasphemous to say that, "We are like Jesus." Yet, Jesus said in John 17:20-23 (Amplified) that, "Neither for these alone do I pray (it is not for their sake only that I make this request), but also for all those who will ever come to believe in (trust in, cling to, rely on) Me through their word and teaching. That they all may be one (just) as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You, that they also may be one in Us; so that the world may believe and be convinced that You have sent Me." Verses 22-23 go on, "I have given them the glory and honor which You have given Me, that they may be One, (even) as We are One. I in them and You in Me, in order that they may become one and perfectly united, that the world may know and (definitely) recognize that You sent Me and that You have loved (them) even as You have loved Me."
We have just read the Words or Truths that Jesus said, but without the Holy Spirit to reveal these truths, we think only of their applying when we arrive in heaven and not for when we're alive in these flesh and blood bodies. Having a Christian proclaim that "he is in the same Likeness and Image of Jesus," will most likely end poorly in today's Church.
I'm not saying that you are the Savior or the Lord, but only that through what Jesus has done we were born again by the Seed or the Word of God into the same Image and Likeness of Jesus Himself. I have brothers and sisters among my own earthly family, but we are not the "same one"rather, we are of the "same blood." We share the same parents, the same DNA and the same likenesses as our parents. No pregnant mother would ever think that her child would be something other than human. It would be a human being whether it's a boy or a girl. It would look human, talk like a human and it would grow to be an adult and produce another human.
We were a "new creation" created by God into His Own Image and His Own Likeness. This was God's plan from the beginning and He has not changed. When Adam fell in the Garden of Eden and man was separated from the Father in his spirit, God set a plan in order to bring His children back to Him. Jesus was the Plan and It Worked! Now, through Jesus, we can be born again back into what the Father intended us to be when He created all things for us. The Inheritance that Jesus has, is also ours, through Him.
Jesus said in John 16:14-15 (Amplified) that, "He the Holy Spirit will honor and glorify Me, because He will take of (receive, draw upon) what is Mine and will reveal (declare, disclose, transmit) it to you. Everything that the Father has is Mine, that is what I meant when I said that He, the Holy Spirit, will take the things that are Mine, and will reveal (declare, disclose, transmit) it to you."
Romans 8:16-17 (Amplified) says, "The Spirit Himself (thus) testifies together with our own spirit, (assuring us) that we (are God's children) or children of God. And if we are (His) children, then we are (His) heirs, also; heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ (sharing His inheritance with Him); only we must share His suffering if we are to share His glory."
Can you recall the things that Jesus suffered when He told the people that "He was God's Son" and that "The Father and I are One?" When you try telling people that you are God's son and that you are one with your Heavenly Father and Jesus, you will suffer like He suffered in the opinions of the people.
It will sound like you're boastful and arrogant when you tell others these truths, if they do not have the Holy Spirit to reveal it to them. Denying that what Jesus said is true is saying that His Word is wrong and what He said is a lie. We are either what He said we are or He lied. You know that Jesus is not a liar, so we must agree with His Word. It might make you uncomfortable initially because we were taught differently, but once we know the truth, IT CHANGES EVERYTHING!
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