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...."And He raised us up together with Him and made
us sit down together [giving us joint seating with Him] in the heavenly sphere
[by virtue of our being] in Christ Jesus [the Messiah, the Anointed One]"....
Ephesians 2:6 NASB
...."How great is Your goodness, which You
have stored up for those who fear You, which You have wrought for those who take
refuge in You, before the sons of men! You hide them in the secret place of Your
presence from the conspiracies of man; You keep them secretly in a shelter from
the strife of tongues".... Psalms 31:19-20 NASB
...."For in Him
[Christ] we live, and move, and have our being".... Acts 17:28
KJV
"perfect obedience"-
the seeking after [and gaining] a
"revelation" of God's Will and, THEN, carrying it out to fulfillment from
beginning to end [moment to moment]-
regardless of how long that may take - in the unction and power of the Holy
Spirit, alone.
When one is walking in "obedience" [which is not only an "outward" thing but an "inward
state of heart, also] they are IN the Presence of God - and, thus,
the particular aspect of the Covenant that is needed in any given moment in the
obedient one's life and ministry spontaneously manifests: where protection is
needed, protection [see scriptures
below]; where healing is needed, healing; where prosperity in any of
its forms is needed, prosperity etc.
...."The Spirit of the
Lord [is] upon Me, because He has anointed Me [the Anointed One, the Messiah] to
preach the good news [the Gospel] to the poor; He has sent Me to announce
release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to send forth as
delivered those who are oppressed [who are downtrodden, bruised, crushed, and
broken down by calamity], To proclaim the accepted and acceptable year of the
Lord [the day when salvation and the free favors of God profusely abound]. [Isa.
61:1, 2.] Then He rolled up the book and gave it back to the attendant and sat
down; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were gazing [attentively] at Him. And
He began to speak to them: Today this Scripture has been fulfilled while you are
present and hearing. And all spoke well of Him and marveled at the words of
grace that came forth from His mouth; and they said, Is not this Joseph's Son?
So He said to them, You will doubtless quote to Me this proverb: Physician, heal
Yourself! What we have learned by hearsay that You did in Capernaum, do here
also in Your [own] town. Then He said, Solemnly I say to you, no prophet is
acceptable and welcome in his [own] town (country). But in truth I tell you,
there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heavens were
closed up for three years and six months, so that there came a great famine over
all the land; And yet Elijah was not sent to a single one of them, but only to
Zarephath in the country of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. [I Kings 17:1,
8-16; 18:1.] And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the
prophet, and yet not one of them was cleansed [by being healed] - but only
Naaman the Syrian. [II Kings 5:1-14.] When they heard these things, all the
people in the synagogue were filled with rage. And rising up, they pushed and
drove Him out of the town, and [laying hold of Him] they led Him to the
[projecting] upper part of the hill on which their town was built, that they
might hurl Him headlong down [over the cliff]. But passing through their
midst, He went on His way".... Luke 4:18-30 The Amplified
Translation
...."The Jews then gathered around Him, and were
saying to Him, 'How long will You keep us in suspense? If You are the Christ,
tell us plainly.' Jesus answered them, 'I told you, and you do not believe; the
works that I do in My Father's name, these testify of Me. But you do not believe
because you are not of My sheep. My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and
they follow Me; and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and
no one will snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me,
is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand.
I and the Father are one.' The Jews picked up stones again to stone Him.
Jesus answered them, 'I showed you many good works from the Father; for which of
them are you stoning Me?' The Jews answered Him, 'For a good work we do not
stone You, but for blasphemy; and because You, being a man, make Yourself out to
be God.' Jesus answered them, 'Has it not been written in your Law, 'I SAID, YOU
ARE GODS'? 'If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came [and the
Scripture cannot be broken], do you say of Him, whom the Father sanctified and
sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am the Son of
God'? "If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me; but if I do
them, though you do not believe Me, believe the works, so that you may know and
understand that the Father is in Me, and I in the Father.' Therefore they were
seeking again to seize Him, and He eluded their grasp".... John 10:24-39
NASB
I would think that generally speaking when an enraged
"crowd" set themselves to take one to the top of a cliff to hurl one to their
death [or in the case of the second incident to
stone someone]they would most times be found successful in their
endeavour BUT Jesus suddenly passed through their midst [eluded their grasp]. Whether or not He
became invisible to them or the eyes of the Enemy [and his vessels were temporarily
blinded]I'm not sure BUT, as I mentioned earlier, when one is
"abiding" [living, moving and having their
entire being] in Christ, the Holy Spirit will do WHATEVER is
necessary to protect and honour the obedience of that one. So, to summarize:
when one is walking in obedience [regardless of
how seemingly insignificant it may appear] THEN they are "abiding"
[dwelling] in the "secret place" of
God's Presence [a place that the Enemy can
neither access or understand {hear} what is transpiring there on an ongoing
basis]. It is the "inner chamber" first thing in the morning that
sets one in that "place of abiding" - which, THEN, sets the tone for the rest of
the day in one's walk. |
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