THE MARRIAGE OF THE LAMB

43. THE PRAYER OF REBIRTH. In addressing the Galatian church as little children Paul indicated their immaturity. Their lack of spiritual growth and refinement is evident. They were yet dealing with the very fundamentals of spiritual life. They were babes, in spiritual understanding. Spiritual growth cannot be measured by the length of time that a person has been in the church. Many have been in the church for years and years and are still babes. Others come in with a hunger for the Word and grow quickly. Time has nothing to do with spiritual growth. Acceptance to, and a desire for the Word, promote the true church to a progressive spirituality. Gal. 4:19 

TRAVAIL. How interesting, Paul prayed that strong and sometimes painful, agonizing prayer, AGAIN. That he had begotten them after a spiritual manner in the Lord is very plain. Now, a second time, he is earnestly praying for them. How far had they slipped from the truth that it became necessary for him to pray with such intensity? The fervor and depth of such a prayer is something that not all experience. Jesus prayed that type of prayer in the garden with such a burden that He sweat great drops of blood. Luke 22:44 As babes are born into this world, so souls are born into the kingdom of the Lord. When Zion travailed, she brought forth. There is a travail in the Spirit that needs to be exercised to bring forth the end time work of the Lord. Isa. 66:8

UNTIL CHRIST BE FORMED IN YOU. Here we find the high calling in Christ Jesus. The human mind cannot comprehend the depths of such a statement. The word formed, is the key word here and perhaps a key word for the entire Word of the Lord. It is what the gospel is all about. Formed, is morphoo in the Greek and speaks to the transformation, the metamorphosis that transpires in the process of life that changes a caterpillar into a butterfly. A beautiful analogy of the drastic change that Christ makes in ones life. Gal. 4:19 The Lord Jesus is seeking a Bride like unto Himself. The King of Kings will not marry a commoner, a lay 
person. His wife will be a Queen of equal status and bearing. In order to arrive at such a holy status there must be a complete adherence to the Word. That Word is the seed that will germinate and produce the Christ Life in us. The Lord Jesus, who was in the form of God and equal to God, laid all that aside that He might become our Lord and Redeemer. His path was downward, He became a servant, a man. His purpose was to elevate His people, making them like unto Himself in His equality with His Father. Phil. 2:6-8 He took our place that we might share with Him in His eternal station and throne. Those who are fully conformed to His likeness will be privileged to sit with Him in His throne which is also the Fathers throne. Rev. 3:21 Through the avenue of the Spirit it is the purpose of the Lord to occupy every nook and cranny of our spiritual man. The Bride will be filled with all the fullness of God.Eph. 3:19