November 18, 2002 (56)
THE HOUSEHOLD OF FAITH. The occupants of a household may be as low as one and as many as scores. Depending on the country and culture. The Lord has called His people to be Members of the <household of faith >. Dwelling together in glorious and wonderful unity. A people who have believed fully in the truths of His Word. They have accepted and live according to the will and instructions of the Lord. Gal. 6:10 Regardless of conditions and situations, what the Lord has purposed He will accomplish. He will have a people who are bound together as one. Bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh. In other words, perfectly functioning in divine harmony.
THE HOUSEHOLD OF FAITH, IS HIS TEMPLE. It is amazing that He has determined to have a church, composed of human beings which will become His eternal dwelling place. Buildings, palaces, He could well speak into existence by the multitudes. But He has chosen to make the redeemed His dwelling place. What a tremendous high calling and privilege is ours. He will dwell in the place of His holiness, high and lifted up. Exalted on high. Those who become His household are they who are contrite and lowly in their spirit being. He will revive the heart and spirit of the contrite ones. The Lord knows exactly the type of individuals He will chose to make up His temple. Isa. 57:1
IT IS THE PLACE OF HIS ETERNAL HABITATION. The temple of the <living God >, the Lord of life, natural and spiritual. He has spoken and it shall not be altered. He will abide in His people, not only among them but within them. He will walk in them. They are motivated by His presence that abides within them. They may claim Him as their God, the one and only true God. He in turn will proclaim them to be His very own people. By the Spirit and the Word the call has gone out to be a holy people, separated from all ungodliness and unrighteousness, that he might be able to receive them unto Himself. He has promised to be a Father and accept them as sons and daughters of the most high. He longs for a people of this nature, and He will find them in these last days. 2 Cor. 6:16-18
A PEOPLE CHOSEN EXCLUSIVELY FOR HIMSELF. The world, the unsaved cannot be accepted in this < set apart > number. They do not know THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH, The truth is not in them, therefore they cannot know Him or receive Him. He can only be found where truth reigns supreme. Those who have been born of the Spirit will know Him for He has begotten them into the kingdom of the Lord. They not only have been born of His Spirit but they have also received of His Spirit. In this fashion they will know Him and will be aware of His Spirit dwelling within their Spirit nature. Truth becomes the evidence of the nature and the Spirit that dwells within that person. They have been born into the truth. The very Spirit of truth has been imparted to them, it now dwells within them and will manifest itself by living and speaking only that which is the truth of God. They are new creatures, and that new being prevails and will show forth itself. Jn. 14:17