11/03/14 NORMAL CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE AND LIVING

11/03/14 NORMAL CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE AND LIVING

Though Satan has poisoned the minds of people against the thorough and miraculous work of salvation, and has stigmatized the idea of total commitment and complete deliverance from the power, pollution and penalty of sin, the fact is, the perfection God provides for Christians in this present evil world is NORMAL CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE AND LIVING.

When someone attacks Biblical, Christian perfection by calling it "PERFECTIONISM," (erroneously equating the perfection God provides for believers with the Absolute Perfection that only God possesses), you need to hear it in its Biblical terminology, which is, "... filled with all the fullness of God" (Eph. 3:19). When we are filled with all the fullness of God, we will be perfected in the graces He bestows on us.

(If you do not know what I mean by Atonement or Biblical or Christian Perfection, then please read my Facebook Note on Believer's Perfection).

PASSAGES...
Matthew 5:6
(6) Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

John 1:16
(16) And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.

John 15:9-12
(9) As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
(10) If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
(11) These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
(12) This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

John 16:24
(24) Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

Acts 2:4
(4) And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
(note... other languages)

Acts 4:8
(8) Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,

Acts 4:31
(31) And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.

Acts 6:3
(3) Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.

Acts 6:5
(5) And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:

Acts 6:8
(8) And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.

Acts 7:55
(55) But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,

Acts 9:17
(17) And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.

Acts 11:24
(24) For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.

Acts 13:9
(9) Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him,

Acts 13:52
(52) And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost.

Romans 15:14
(14) And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.

Romans 15:29
(29) And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.

Ephesians 3:19
(19) And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.

Ephesians 5:18
(18) And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

Philippians 1:11
(11) Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.

Colossians 1:9-10
(9) For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
(10) That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

Hebrews 6:11
(11) And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:

Hebrews 10:22-23
(22) Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
(23) Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)

James 3:17-18
(17) 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.
(18) And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.

1 Peter 1:8-9
(8) Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
(9) Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.

1 John 1:4
(4) And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.

Also consider this statement from Jesus.

Matthew 6:19-24
(19) Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
(20) But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
(21) For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
(22) The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
(23) But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
(24) No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

I don't mind repercussions. However, I do seek God's wisdom in sharing.
As a fellow said a long time ago, we should suffer for the foolishness of preaching (1:Co. 1:18), not for foolish preaching. Hehehe.
It is possible to speak so often and so loudly (in the flesh) that we are not heard today.
And there is always the possibility of casting pearls in the wrong place (Mt. 7:6).
I subscribe to the concept of, "a word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver" (Pr. 25:11).
Not only do I share with people on a personal level, I invite them to church and offer to have Bible studies in their homes, or meet with them privately and answer any questions they may have, and I tell people I am available if they need me, at any time.
I try to present the truth in love (Ep. 4:15).
I preach in season and out of season (2 Tm. 4:2).