DIVIDED ROAD AHEAD

      Where would a rock be if it was not pushed ? Of course the answer is obvious; nowhere. That in short has been the story of my Christian walk for 37 years. often in need of a push. In light of my recent zealousness and the resultant shame, I have seen the fruit of Gods guidance in the need of a gentle shove. This has caused me to reevaluate my blog experience in hope of presenting to you my dear friends, a path, of His love and the patience of His Spirit as He guides  us into deeper truths.

      I really do not want to turn this into a Bible study or in any way take upon myself the provision of a well worded anthology for your spiritual guidance, at least as to experience. To be frank the thought of trying to present something more than my pilgrims progress weighs to heavenly on my heart. So I will endeavor to go upon the way and bring you my friends along. There will be Bible reference and suggestions for study, and let us keep in mind that as we progress down the road together, the only way we will arrive at our destination is if we take upon ourselves the hard work and study in solitude, necessary to mature in the things of Christ.

      This blog, as mentioned in my last writing was to be about sanctification[to separate, make holy]. I have talked about this before. I learned in my travels there are two ways of looking at this term, positional  and practical. You would be well advised to turn to Rom. 5, 6, 7 and read them slowly think about the positional aspects as we have discussed in much of the blog and then apply a practical approach to your Christian walk from what you have learned. I highly recommend  J. Vernon McGee and his thru the Bible broadcast series, do directly to Romans 5 and listen onward. One thing I do know ,we that have had our eyes opened to positional truth and have found our very Christian spiritual existence to be found in the Man Christ Jesus and Him in Heaven. Will find deep new revelations in this study !

      I want to briefly shift gears here, since our sanctification is really summed up in the person of Christ, not in what we do, but what has been done for us by Him. Our sanctification is found in heaven, that is where we are in spirit also. Which makes us Heavenly. Now that is what I call being sanctified.

      When Jesus was walking on the earth , you could say that something was being accomplished by Him here. He caused miracles and greatly influenced the people He encountered. He was a present cause on the earth. Now since His Rejection He is siting at the right hand of the Father, there is no earthly hindrance in that place He is found, and we as to positional Sanctification are there with Him. The Bible in Eph. 1:3 says "in heavenly places". If we are blessed with a presence there, how can we expect to find any blessing here? This is a hard concept. The truth is we are spiritual and all earthly things can never find blessing, as can the place we are in the eye of the Father in Christ. My friends this is again the basic of identification. Simply put we are to apprehend this truth apply it to our faith by the knowledge of our will. Your continued study of these truths on you own will bring a result. If by Faith we see oneself in Heaven and learn our identification in Christ this apprehension will allow us to appropriate this truth as to our walk here.

      I think of the story of the monk, who felt his need to close himself up in a monastery to not observe the world , that is not what we as the body of Christ are called to do. We are to be like the widow who after the great loss of her husband sat on the window sill looking out, could find nothing which pleased her. We Christians seeing our live found in Christ, sanctified in heaven, know that our joy is found outside this place; it is in heaven where our father has made us His in His Son. We can carry upon us the sense of the presence of the Lord Jesus as we look out and see no value in earthly things. Truly nothing of this place contributes to the people of God. It is only as we make our way into the identity of Christ we will have something which pleases the father to offer.