We all have seen broken windows or graffiti painted on the walls of churches. We all think it is so sad the lack of respect or honor towards the Lord…..Well, He looks at His house, which is us now, the church, the same way! He does not like it if we allow the graffiti of the world to be allowed to be on and in our bodies, (the walls), in our minds,( the windows). Now I am not talking about tattoos but that can be included, there are more damaging graffiti out there that gets on or in us, that defiles the temple of God! The defilement turns us unclean before the Lord !
When God showed Ezekiel the temple and the abominations that were going on there, the Lord called that defilement of the place where He puts His name….. The same goes for us now, we are the house of His name and Spirit. As Paul writes we are now the temple of the God….in 2 Corinthians 6;16-17, And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living. As God has said: I will dwell with them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they shall be My people, therefore, come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean and I will receive you, and you shall be My sons and daughters, says the Almighty God.
The precious Blood of Jesus cleansed us from our sins. Do we really understand the abominations of God ? What is sin from His viewpoint? Our lives will reflect the knowledge, fear and value we have of the Lord and His house.
I see the flow of His blood as He looks down at me from His cross with those never ending love eyes, as I look up at Him in awe. I go there often, for I am learning to see how He sees, sometimes, I think I live there in the Spirit. Is that His plan?…..Is that the heavenly place? The lowest place for the King of all Kings is really the Highest in the eyes of God?Hmmmm…..So if we are followers of the Lamb, what does that mean for us? Selah…..
The lives of the people of God that were committing abominations, worshiping false gods, defiled His house in the days of Ezekiel. They had the law from Moses for their knowledge, now we have a close and upfront personal fellowship with His Spirit….. Our lives reflect our pursuing the knowledge of God or not….See our heart reveals our walls, windows and doors of His temple today.
What does verse 3;1 of Revelation and Zechariah 4;6 &7 have in common? Our King presents Himself has having the Seven Spirits of God and the seven stars, (the messengers). This salvation is by grace, grace and more grace and by the Holy Spirit.
Jesus Christ said in verse 4, You have a FEW names even in Sardis who have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with Me in white for they are worthy.
What are the works that are not found perfect before God as written in verse 2? Perfect in Hebrew in Strong’s Accordance means mature or complete…..If it is written in Colossians 2;10, that we are complete in Him. We can conclude that the works are to be from the empowerment of the Holy Spirit, not of our own making and doing…
When we do a project “for” God and we can boast of it, as it were us…. that is a spot! That is pride and independence….. Jesus Christ did not pray in John 17, that we would now be independent of Him and the Father in doing works! No, not at all! In John 17;21,That they all may be one as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me……
Even Paul went on to say in 1 Corinthians 1;26-29, For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things that are mighty; and the base things of the world and things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are, that no flesh should glory in His presence.
It is a wise way to allow the Holy Spirit to blot out our pride now, then we get blotted out from the Lamb’s Book of Life later. We need to understand what the Holy Spirit is saying to us.
Jesus gave us clear instructions in His example in John 15;1-6, I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
The works that are perfect that God desires comes from union with God. As we abide in Jesus Christ, we are simply the branch. God supplies the Sap, the power of the Holy Spirit, and the fruit is eternal because it is all from God… just as our Salvation is from Him…. We can not save others only be the vessel or vine that supplies the Word and His Spirit does the work in the hearts of people…. We are in union with God as He works His work through us as we abide in Christ. He then calls the work perfect because He loves the fruit! It is all His, from the Beginning to the End. As long as we remain in Christ, we are with the One that is the Beginning and the End…. Christ will be all and in all.
We can get kicked off the team here! It is written by God! God’s rules! He said and that settles it! It is written in red even! Look at verse 5&6, He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life; but I will confess His name before My Father and before His angels.
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. SELAH!!!!!
