Is.59:1-2(Amp) says, "Behold, the Lord's Hand is not shortened at all that it cannot save, nor His ear dull with deafness, that it cannot hear. But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His Face from you, so that He will not hear you."
God did more than forgive our sins. In Jesus, our sin and iniquities were not forgiven, but were totally removed on our behalf. We were born-again by the Seed of God Himself and ,made new creation children of God. We became heirs of God and joint heirs with Jesus, in our new creation birth. Our righteousness is now the Righteousness of God Himself.
2Cor.3:18(Amp) says, "And all of us, as with unveiled face, because we continued to behold in the Word of God, as in a mirror the Glory of the Lord, are constantly being transfigured into His Very Own Image in ever increasing splendor and from one degree of glory to another; for this comes from the Lord, Who is the Spirit."
Jesus came to earth, in order to bring all of God's children back into family, instead of strangers who were separated from Him by sin and death. Jesus accomplished the goal of God's heart to restore His children back to Him. Jesus said in John17:3(Amp), "And this is Eternal Life. It means to know (to perceive, recognize, become acquainted with), and understand You, the Real God, and likewise, to know Him, Jesus as the Christ (the Anointed One, the Messiah) Whom You have sent."
It's awesome that we're going to spend Eternity in Heaven when we die, but the Truth is that the Father has given us the privilege of knowing and fellowshipping with Him now, by the Spirit. Religion has told us that, "No one can come into God's Presence, because we're all sinners." God could have continued in the Law, where man's sins were covered by the blood of animals. This meant that God couldn't leave the Holy of Holies and we couldn't into it. Through Jesus, God accomplished His Own desire, to once again be a Father and have His family.
Few in today's Church have come into the Revelation that we can know Him, while we're still on earth and in these mortal bodies. It's hard to keep the human body of flesh and blood in check, if we don't understand who we've now become here and now, in Christ Jesus. John17 is filled with Revelation for us today, if we'll simply believe what Jesus said and then walk in it. Jesus prayed, "The Glory You have given Me, I have given them." He prayed, "Show them that You Love them even as You Love Me," and "Don't take them out of the world, but keep them from the evil." These all pertain to our position with God, while we're still here in this world.
Jesus said in John4:24(Amp), "God is a Spirit (a Spirit-Being), and those who worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in Truth (reality)." We can't build a knowing of God, by our emotions or feelings, because that's not where He has called us too and deals with us by. God deals with us by His Spirit and by His Word. Feelings might arise in us, as we enter in His Presence, but feelings aren't reliable and are constantly changing. We can't count on feelings to build a strong foundation on which to "know" Him. Ps.119:89(Amp) tells us that, "Your Word, O Lord, is forever settled (standing firm and unchangeable)."
The world, along with many in the Church, share the opinion that, "You never know what God will do." This is based on their not knowing God or Jesus, in a personal way of Eternal Life. I want to know Jesus, when I see Him. I don't want to arrive in Heaven and have someone introduce me to Jesus, because I'm unable to recognize Him. I want to know Him now, so I don't need an introduction there.
Do you recognize God's Voice, when He speaks to you? Do you spend time in His Presence, in order to converse with and get to know Him? Do you spend time in His Word, in order to understand His Heart? Or, do we hold tightly to the time we received Him as our Lord and Savior, instead of learning to Him as Lord?
The Father has invited us into His Own Presence, to know and understand Him, by His Spirit. Is.55:7-10(Amp) prophesies about the "Abundant pardon (Who is Jesus), saying in Vs.8-9, "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My Ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My Ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts." God isn't boasting here, but is inviting us to come to Him, in order to learns His thoughts and His Ways. God describes how His Word works and tells us how to use it, in Is.1:18-19(Amp), saying, "Come now, and let us reasons together, says the Lord. Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be white as snow: though they are red as crimson they shall be like wool. If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the Land."
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