Endure persecutions to produce everlasting glory – Part 2

Everyone is a son, but we see the sheep when the Shepherd is stricken, they do not deny the Shepherd even when he is gone. [1 Corinthians 2:15], “But the spiritual man tries all things [he examines, investigates, inquiries into, questions, and discerns all things]…” No one can judge a Spirit man, so stop saying someone hates you. Those who oppose you fight what God has given you that is all. There is no bad luck. For us to see the crown someone must dig it out first.

Allow them to persecute you, they have been hired by the Father. As they are digging a diamond belongs to the Father. Do not make your fasting worthless by being offended. Let us not miss the mark because of how we are receiving. We are going to get persecuted but remember, when we are persecuted we merely hear God.

When you are persecuted do not defend the glory. At time knowing can become an obstacle and makes you to be puffed up, but love builds up. [Exodus 33:20], God said to Moses, ‘’you cannot see my face and live’’, He was speaking to Moses face to Face, but Moses perceived man and not God. It means that every time God revealed His face, for Him, it was from man to a friend. Verse (11), ‘‘…as a man speaks to his friend…’’, even though God was appearing before him he was still looking for another God because he saw a friend.

Verse (17), ‘’And the Lord said to Moses, I will do this thing that you have asked for you have found favour and I know you personally and by name, then Moses said show me your glory …’’ God forgave Moses for seeing Him as man, hence He became merciful and graceful. Higher wisdom was declared upon him. Moses saw and still lived hence anger and offence was able to be displayed, remaining as he was.

Verse (20), “And the Lord said behold, there is a place besides me … but when my glory passes I will put you in a cliff”, glory cannot come without the rock being crucified. The cliff hid the glory from Moses. He was the partaker of the former glory and not of the latter glory. He saw the former and not the latter. Hence he says, ‘’surely goodness and mercy will follow me.’’ Moses was not prayerful, he was a complainer, solutions came because of complains, he could not perceive God. We are of the latter glory. We die with Him and we crucify ourselves. In the midst of persecutions remain quiet, do not lose the Waters. Once again, when the Shepherd is stricken and the sheep scatter, they do so through different motives. Just as Peter denied Jesus because that is who he was, his heart was revealed when the Shepherd was stricken. Die to yourself, if not, persecutions will reveal such (that) character, that did not die.

I always say, “Winners do not win arguments, they walk away.’’ [2 Corinthians 4:16], “Therefore we do not become discouraged, our outer man is decaying day after day because of things that happen around us and the inner one is renewed day after day’’, so who is the real man in you? Let the one who testifies with the Spirit be the one to continue living. Everything you are going through produces an everlasting glory. They are fighting glory but the more they dig the more the gold is found. When you fail that is when you will achieve more because the eternal glory weights more. Do not fight the glory – the more you fight the more you find yourself outside the glory.

We are not afraid of going through persecutions and doing what God has called us to do. Verse (17), “For our light…an everlasting weight of glory’’, there is glory that is about to be revealed so there must be persecutions.

Those who possess glory are not afraid of persecutions. [Luke 7:36], “One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to dine with him…the prostitute woman came” She came and worshiped Jesus, this woman knew very well that the Pharisees will be there but she also knew that Jesus being there would prevent them from stoning her.  Verse (38), ‘’And standing behind him at His feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears”. What prevents you from worshiping God? She still went with the alabaster Jar, she was known as a prostituted. She knew about the laws and regulations yet she remained with boldness and worshiped the master. (38), ‘’…she took her hair and wiped the feet of Jesus’’. It was abomination for a woman not to cover her hair. According to the law if as a woman, if you do not shave your hair, it was better to cut it off.

Worship puts aside all laws. Meaning she accepted persecutions before she could even be persecuted, she was willing to die for the Lord Jesus. We do not care how many people will leave us because we are Spirit men. Mary also tapped in, and a testimony of two or three is valid this was another prostitute woman who Jesus casted out seven demons from her. [John 12:3], “she took a rare perfume and wiped the feet of Jesus”, the other woman used tears and this one used a perfume. In [Luke 7] she washed the feet of Jesus to take out dust and in [John 12], when Jesus was anointed it was for the preparation of His death. It does not mean that when we do the same act, we are doing the same thing. These are spiritual things that need to be discerned.

Once more, no one can judge the Spirit, they can speak all they want but the results are there. They will swallow their words because of what God will be doing in your life. Religion might reign in the flesh but it is a Spirit, the same as the devil who is a Spirit, but reigns in the flesh. Discern and look for the fruits. Do not be persecuted for wrongs deeds only, but be persecuted for the good things. And keep keep quite when you are persecuted for those good things. Do not lose focus, do not talk because other people are talking, the two women continued worshiping and Jesus spoke on their behalf.

LET HE THAT HAS AN EAR LISTEN TO WHAT THE SPIRIT IS SAYING TO THE CHURCH.

YESHUA; A CITY ON A HILL, THE LIGHT THAT CANNOT BE HIDDEN.