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FUNDAMENTALS OF DISCIPLESHIP
A KINGDOM HEART – XIII
Kingdom heart: a heart that offers no resistance to the performance of the will of IAUE.
Acts 17:30 And
the times of this ignorance IAUE winked at; but now commandeth all men every
where to repent:
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We
are in our 43rd week of our study of the fundamentals of
discipleship. Much material has been
covered in a very short span of time.
There is an intrinsic danger to the speed at which this information has
been accessed. It is not practical to expect that every reader, and possibly
any reader, could have assimilated beyond the academic information unto the
revelation of the truths we have discussed in every single posting. I am sharing
with you words that express truths I have learned over 40 years of walking in
the Spirit and receiving the revelation and the discipline of IAUE. Remember our discussion of the difference
between understanding the information, and having the Truth within the
information “revealed” to us? Only IAUE
can take the words I choose to express these truths and break them like bread
to feed your spirit the revelation contained within them. This is my great desire for you; but without
that participation from IAUE, all you are capable of receiving is information…information
that you may choose to act on as a standard for living; but not LIFE that actually
redirects your choices and behavior emanating from a changed heart.
I
would strongly encourage you to revisit lessons throughout this blog with a
heart open to hear the voice of the Spirit, and a soul that prays with a
longing to have the Spirit bring revelation to you, so that you are able to
move beyond knowledge of these lessons to the Truth contained within them. Specifically, I would encourage you to study
again:
Lesson
#2 to understand why I do not use the names/terms of Jesus, Christ, Lord and
God;
Lesson #3 to understand the difference
between the “marketing” of doctrine/Scriptural
information, and “partaking”
of it;
Lesson #4 to understand that taking the
Master’s yoke upon ourselves is forsaking ourselves
entirely to become what he
wants us to become;
Lesson #6 to do “the Lists” again to
discover the true nature of our hearts more fully;
Lesson #11 to realize that man’s thinking
hinders the revelation of Truth from IAUE.
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Our
last post ended with this comment:
When
we understand the mechanics of how this process works, we can readily
understand how the grace to repent is accessed.
It is rooted in the choice of our relationship and fellowship with IAUE
over our own will to please ourselves.
The sorrow of the world never removes us from the desire to do our own
will; and that is why it produces death.
The sorrow that comes from IAUE causes us to grieve over the loss our
sin brings to our fellowship with Him.
It separates us from our desire to do our own will. It changes the way we think about the things
we do that displease IAUE.
Last week we explained that the Greek word for “repent” (metanoia) literally means “to change the mind,” or to change the way we think. There is another aspect of this word that you have probably heard more often than “changing the mind,” and that is “to turn around.” This concept comes from the idea that when we change the way we think about a given thing, we turn from the direction we were heading, toward the opposite direction. When we repent, we turn around. We turn from our life toward IAUE. There is a direction involved in repentance. Look at the testimony of Scripture:
Last week we explained that the Greek word for “repent” (metanoia) literally means “to change the mind,” or to change the way we think. There is another aspect of this word that you have probably heard more often than “changing the mind,” and that is “to turn around.” This concept comes from the idea that when we change the way we think about a given thing, we turn from the direction we were heading, toward the opposite direction. When we repent, we turn around. We turn from our life toward IAUE. There is a direction involved in repentance. Look at the testimony of Scripture:
Acts 20:21 Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the
Greeks, repentance
toward IAUE, and faith toward our Master Yahushua Messiah.
Acts 26:20 But
shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the
coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to
IAUE, and do works meet for repentance.
Hebrews 6:1 Therefore leaving the
principles of the doctrine of Messiah, let us go on unto perfection; not laying
again the foundation of repentance
from dead works, and of faith toward IAUE,
There can be no
repentance (metanoia)
without a very deliberate purpose of heart to turn toward IAUE…to become what IAUE
wants us to become. Any repentance that
does not bring us back to IAUE is worldly sorrow (metamelein), which the Scripture
says “worketh death.” Worldly sorrow,
regret, is about “us.” Repentance, where
we change the way we think and turn our lives back to obedience to the will of
IAUE, is about “Him.” Anything about “us”
is self-focused and brings forth death, because it causes us to continue to
walk in the path that has already been judged and convicted and which is awaiting
the execution of IAUE’s wrath.
Matthew
3:8 Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
When the Pharisees
and Sadducees came to John to receive his baptism of repentance, he challenged
them to demonstrate in their lives the fruit of genuine repentance; and not
just the fair show of false humility. By
this, we can know that genuine repentance produces a changed heart; and a
changed heart produces a changed life.
The key to all of this is the desire to be in relationship and
fellowship with IAUE. Without that
marking the very foundation of every aspect of our life, we are still living
for self; and we are not partakers of the grace of IAUE.
We are “saved”
(rescued from all that has kept us apart from IAUE, and set free to do IAUE’s
will) by grace. Never lose sight of that
fact. Grace is the power IAUE gives that
enables us to do His will. If we are of
a mind NOT to do His will, then our minds need to be changed. We need genuine
repentance that turns us from OUR way to HIS face. If this is not what we want in our lives,
then genuine repentance is not available to us; as true repentance is designed
to bring us to IAUE.
I cannot express
strenuously enough that IAUE did not send His son to die for us only to give us
a ticket to Heaven. He sent His son to
procure that path of restoration for man to be able to fulfill the very design
of his creation; and that is…to do the will of IAUE. It is imperative that you decide if that is
what you want for your life; or if you want to retain the right of
self-determination for your years on the earth.
If genuine repentance is what you desire, there are ways to pursue the
real thing.
Acts
17:30 And the times of this ignorance IAUE winked at; but now
commandeth all men every where to repent:
#1 – What IAUE
commands, He gives grace to obey. The
grace that enables us to change our mind, to turn from “our” way unto IAUE is
given to those who would obey His command.
We saw in last week’s posting from Hebrews 12:17 that Esau sought
repentance carefully with tears but could not find it. That is because Esau’s “direction” was
incorrect. He was not seeking repentance
to turn to obedience to IAUE. He sought
his birthright to be restored. His focus was selfish.
Romans 2:4 Or
despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering;
not knowing that the goodness of IAUE leadeth thee to repentance?
#2 – This passage
shows what we have been saying about repentance originating with IAUE. If He gives us the grace to repent, we are
empowered to repent; but if He does NOT give us the grace to repent, repentance
is impossible. Here we see that IAUE
uses the agency of His goodness to lead us to repentance. How does this work? By demonstrating His goodness to us, He makes
Himself desirable to us. When He becomes
desirable to us, we are drawn to want to be in relationship and fellowship with
Him. Thus, it is the goodness of IAUE
that provides the directional draw, to lead us to turn from ourselves unto Him.
2 Corinthians 7:9 I now rejoice, not
that ye were made sorry, but that ye were made sorry unto repentance; for ye
were made sorry according to IAUE, that ye might suffer loss by us in
nothing.
10 For sorrow by IAUE worketh repentance unto
salvation, a repentance which bringeth no regret: but the sorrow of the
world worketh death.
#3 – When IAUE moves
upon our hearts to make us sorrowful over our sins and our self-focused lives,
the sorrow He brings is the evidence that His grace is being extended to us to
enable us to repent. When that conviction
comes upon you, turn to Him. Forsake your own will and embrace His will
for you. Flee from your independent life
to be yoked with His son in service to IAUE.
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