“The Jerusalem which is above is free and is our mother” {Gal.4:26}
Heaven which is above; the state of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit within any living soul is free for every living soul who is willing to conform to the standards of righteousness without compromise till the day of judgment and not those who want to experience this state of bliss with their own dogmas and doctrines which is compromising righteousness forgetting that nobody who is condoning unrighteousness will enter this city (Rev.21:27/ Heb.12:14)
This city is our mother that is; the place of our origin “Heaven is our home…” [Phil.3:20] and righteousness is our primary nature since GOD who is righteousness per excellent created us in his own image and likeness without compromise {Gen.1:26-27} thus anybody who compromises righteousness will not be able to co-exist in this city. This is therefore a call for all of us to dispose ourselves towards this basic nature of ours {righteousness without compromise}, begin to practice it now and here so that we can find heaven our home and mother appealing and habitable when death bell rings or the trumpet blast sounds.
We cannot do this by our own strength (‘by strength shall no man prevail…’ 1 Sam.2:9) but by every second renewal of our faith in GOD through an honest and sincere desire to increase our faith in JESUS CHRIST through the types of videos/magazines/pictures/novels e.t.c we watch/keep around us, friendships/jobs/relationships/write-ups/statements/speech/silence we encourage/nurture/maintain since our righteousness is not defined by obedience to the law but by our faith in Jesus [‘a man is made righteous not by obedience to the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ’ Gal.2:16]
We are left with the option of reiterating the prayer of the man whose child was possessed by demon that often throws him into the fire in response to what Jesus told him and is still repeating to our hearts/mind/body every second “Jesus said to him, if you are able!—all things can be done for the one who believes” (MK.9:23) then came his response and the prayer that should always be on our lips ‘immediately the father of the child cried out, I BELIEVE; HELP MY UNBELIEF!’ [MK.9:24] when overwhelmed by our unrighteous desires/attitudes/behaviors/passions e.t.c followed up by honest and sincere actions to renounce and flee from environments that leads to such unrighteousness being conscious of its ability to make God forget about all our righteous deeds and induce biological death [‘but when the righteous turn away from their righteousness and commit iniquity and do the same abominable things that the wicked do, shall they live? None of the righteous deeds that they have done shall be remembered; for the treachery of which they are guilty and the sin they have committed, they shall die’ Ezek.18:24] as well as condemn a soul to eternal damnation {“but as for the cowardly, the faithless, the polluted, the murderers, the fornicators, the sorcerers, the idolaters and all liars their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulphur, which is the second death” Rev.21:8}.
Heaven which is above; the state of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit within any living soul is free for every living soul who is willing to conform to the standards of righteousness without compromise till the day of judgment and not those who want to experience this state of bliss with their own dogmas and doctrines which is compromising righteousness forgetting that nobody who is condoning unrighteousness will enter this city (Rev.21:27/ Heb.12:14)
This city is our mother that is; the place of our origin “Heaven is our home…” [Phil.3:20] and righteousness is our primary nature since GOD who is righteousness per excellent created us in his own image and likeness without compromise {Gen.1:26-27} thus anybody who compromises righteousness will not be able to co-exist in this city. This is therefore a call for all of us to dispose ourselves towards this basic nature of ours {righteousness without compromise}, begin to practice it now and here so that we can find heaven our home and mother appealing and habitable when death bell rings or the trumpet blast sounds.
We cannot do this by our own strength (‘by strength shall no man prevail…’ 1 Sam.2:9) but by every second renewal of our faith in GOD through an honest and sincere desire to increase our faith in JESUS CHRIST through the types of videos/magazines/pictures/novels e.t.c we watch/keep around us, friendships/jobs/relationships/write-ups/statements/speech/silence we encourage/nurture/maintain since our righteousness is not defined by obedience to the law but by our faith in Jesus [‘a man is made righteous not by obedience to the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ’ Gal.2:16]
We are left with the option of reiterating the prayer of the man whose child was possessed by demon that often throws him into the fire in response to what Jesus told him and is still repeating to our hearts/mind/body every second “Jesus said to him, if you are able!—all things can be done for the one who believes” (MK.9:23) then came his response and the prayer that should always be on our lips ‘immediately the father of the child cried out, I BELIEVE; HELP MY UNBELIEF!’ [MK.9:24] when overwhelmed by our unrighteous desires/attitudes/behaviors/passions e.t.c followed up by honest and sincere actions to renounce and flee from environments that leads to such unrighteousness being conscious of its ability to make God forget about all our righteous deeds and induce biological death [‘but when the righteous turn away from their righteousness and commit iniquity and do the same abominable things that the wicked do, shall they live? None of the righteous deeds that they have done shall be remembered; for the treachery of which they are guilty and the sin they have committed, they shall die’ Ezek.18:24] as well as condemn a soul to eternal damnation {“but as for the cowardly, the faithless, the polluted, the murderers, the fornicators, the sorcerers, the idolaters and all liars their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulphur, which is the second death” Rev.21:8}.
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