Beholding His Glory

Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. (2nd Tim. 2.15)
And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. (Mark 7.9)
But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. (2nd Cor. 3.18)

Thursday, August 10, 2006

Seeing the Wisdom From Above

The wisdom from above is near:

Deuteronomy 30:14 KJV But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.

The wisdom from above is accessible, "easy to be intreated":

James 3:17 KJV But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

The wisdom from above will accomplish God's good pleasure:

Isaiah 55:10-11 KJV For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: (11) So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

The wisdom from above has been placed in the hearts and minds of the born again:

Hebrews 10:16 KJV This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;

The wisdom from above is spiritual, telling the born again of the things freely given them by God:

1 Corinthians 2:12 KJV Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.

The wisdom from above has renewed the mind of the born again after the image of the Creator:

Colossians 3:10 KJV And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:

The wisdom from above has spoken to the born again in and through a Son, the unique Son of God:

Hebrews 1:2 YLT in these last days did speak to us in a Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He did make the ages;

The wisdom from above could be seen in the unique Son as in a glass in the time of the apostles:

2 Corinthians 3:18 KJV But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

The wisdom from above may be seen more clearly in post-apostolic times:

Revelation 22:4 KJV And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.

The proper application of Revelation 22:4 is little understood. Few have overcome the traditions of men when it comes to translating and interpreting the first verse of Revelation 1:1.

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