Publisher's Synopsis
We all are work in progress as Paul stated in Philippians 3:12-14 (NKJV); "Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. 13 Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, 14 I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of GOD in Christ Jesus."
To use the words of Jeremiah, we are like clay in the hands of The Potter, but there are three key instruments that the Great Potter, even Father GOD, utilizes to perfect us into the vessels He ordained by His determinate counsel are: The inner workings of The Holy Spirit who searches our hearts, minds and attitudes to reveal where we have fallen short of His glory. Secondly, the LORD uses what we have passed through to teach us His ways when, after passage of time we are able to, by the workings of the same Holy Spirit see how poorly we handled situations. Thus convicted, repentance is occasioned and we are able to move forward wiser and better. The third instrument is the Word. The Word has extreme capacity to search out and bring substantial transformation in our lives.- Hebrews 4:12-13 (NKJV); "For the Word of GOD is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. 13 And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account."
For this reason, we need to be open continually to the ministry of the Holy Spirit, our experiences and The Word of YAH.
It is needful therefore for us not to allow our past to trap the future! That is to say, whatever our experiences have been in the area of marriage, we must not allow our personal perspectives derived there from to filter the Word or constrain the work of the Holy Spirit. As Sons of YAH, our attitude is: "LORD, your Word is true!" Therefore, we will allow our lives and experiences to be dealt with by the Word while we are yet alive so that we will approach the end of the age and His soon appearance without avoidable baggage and fear. The Blood, after all is still powerful enough to deal with every sin and infraction against the ordinance of The Kingdom. This is to say: if any of us experienced bad patches or downright "failure" in marriage, knowledge of the Truth will not condemn us but will enable us to discover the truth that sets free.
- John 8:32, 36 (NKJV); "32 And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. 36 Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed."
Yeshua laid out the degree of unity He called His Body to operate in John 17: 11, 20-23 (NKJV); "11 Now I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep through Your name those whom You have given Me, that they may be one as We are. 20 "I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word; 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. 22 And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one: 23 I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me."
