(This is the last of the original writings of the Wholeness Vision that God laid upon me. I am sure that there will be more in the future. I know that He is preparing me to write on the Servant-hood of Wholeness as well as the Gifts of Wholeness Spirit. As of yet, He has not led to me to write because my heart is not open to receive all that He intends. At the present there is still a lot of hurt that I must deal with before I can write objectively and completely of a Christ heart rather than of my own.)
Isa. 59:21. “As for me, this is my covenant with them,” says the Lord. “My Spirit, who is on you, and my words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth, or from the mouths of your children, or from the mouths of their descendants from this time on and forever.” says the Lord. (NAS)
Isa. 34:16. Look in the scroll of the LORD and read:None of these will be missing, not one will lack her mate. For it is in His mouth that has given the order, and His Spirit will gather them together. (NIV)
Rom. 15:5 May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you a
Spirit of Unity among yourselves as you follow Christ Jesus. (NIV)
[all text are from the NIV unless marked otherwise]
Unity of Spirit in the Holy Spirit is the last thing I want to touch on. If we are to exalt Christ in the Lovingkindness that He has mercifully poured out for us, then we need to accept the Grace of the Holy Spirit in unity. We need to cling to each other like Velcro. While searching the scriptures for the best way to express the sense of Spirit Unity that should dwell within us, I found that Psalms proclaimed this; “Create in me a clean Spirit,” and “Where ca I go from Your Spirit?” It was proclaimed by Isaiah; “The Spirit of the Lord will rest on Him — the Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding, the Spirit of Counsel and Power, the Spirit of Knowledge and of the fear of the LORD.” To Ezekiel the Lord said; “I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh.” and “I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.”
To Zechariah, he told: “I will pour out of the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a Spirit of Grace and supplication. They will look on Me, the One they have pierced, and they will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.” I know that many churches don’t care to teach the mourning for our sins as the cause of the cross, but it is part of the healing process in becoming whole in Christ. It is a fact that our sins put Jesus on the cross. But it is also a fact that the Holy Spirit raised Him up and raised us up from the torment that we as sinners all share.
That is an issue that we could spend years in debate and I will leave it at that. What we need to see is that we, as Children of God and as brethren in Christ, need to proclaim that we have Unity by and in the Holy Spirit with each other as proclaimed by Christ. The Gospel of John states: “For the one whom God has sent speaks the word of God, for God gives a Spirit without limit.” (John 3:34) “Yet the time is coming and has now come when TRUE WORSHIPPERS will worship the Father in Spirit and Truth, for they are the kind of worshippers the Father seeks. God is Spirit, and His worshippers must worship in spirit and truth.” (John 4:23-24) Also (John 14:16) “I will ask the Father and He will send you an Advocate to be with you forever.” We know that the Advocate is the Holy Spirit and the spirit of truth and holiness, and that He dwells in us as He dwells in all the Children of God. the world can not see Him because we know that His home is in our hearts. As Christ is with us, the Holy Spirit is within us (or at least that is how it should be). Let us therefore, live and act like it and seek the Holy Spirit in each of our brethren in Christ.
There are many places in the New Testament that I have not referred to that express the call to Spiritual Unity and I am sure that those who would debate me can find verses that reflect a different view that seem to contradict what I believe. To those I say; examine our motives before you condemn mine. What I have shown is how and why I feel that the Lord Jesus wants us to be comfortable with each other even though we may not agree exactly on how to respond to God’s Love. I believe that God wants us to be as brothers and not rivals in our Love and service to Jesus, Christ and Redeemer and to live with Lovingkindness to all. I want to leave with one last thing that I believe sums up the Wholeness of Christ best. It is my favorite Scripture and I always felt that the words of scripture speak more clearly that any that I could make up. Rely on the Word of God to open the hearts of man and be assured without question of God’s intent for your lives. Ephesians 1:3-14 (NLT) says it best for me.
[All Caps are mine]
” All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with EVERY SPIRITUAL BLESSING in the heavenly realms because we are UNITED WITH CHRIST. Even before He made the world, GOD LOVED US and CHOSE US in Christ to be HOLY AND WITHOUT FAULT (Blameless) IN HIS EYES. God decided in advance to ADOPT US into HIS OWN FAMILY by bringing us to Himself through Jesus Christ. This is what He wanted to do, and it gave Him GREAT PLEASURE. So we praise God for the GLORIOUS GRACE He poured out on us who BELONG TO HIS DEAR SON. He is so rich in KINDNESS and GRACE that He PURCHASED OUR FREEDOM with the BLOOD OF HIS SON and FORGAVE OUR SINS. He has showered His kindness on us, along with ALL WISDOM and UNDERSTANDING.
God has now REVEALED to us HIS MYSTERIOUS PLAN REGARDING CHRIST, a plan to fulfill HIS OWN GOOD PLEASURE. And this is the plan: At the RIGHT TIME HE WILL BRING EVERYTHING TOGETHER UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF CHRIST – EVERTHING IN HEAVEN and EARTH. Furthermore, because we are UNITED with CHRIST, we have RECEIVED an INHERITANCE fro GOD, for HE CHOSE US IN ADVANCE, and He makes everything work out according to His plan.
God’s purpose was that we Jews who were the first to trust in Christ would bring Praise and Glory to God. And now you Gentiles have also heard the Truth, THE GOOD NEWS that GOD SAVES YOU. And WHEN YOU BELIEVE IN CHRIST, HE IDENTIFIED YOU as HIS OWN by GIVING YOU THE HOLY SPIRIT, (or; He put the seal of the Holy Spirit on you, or; witnessed by the Holy Spirit.) whom He promised long ago. THE SPIRIT IS GOD’S GUARANTEE that He will give us the inheritance He promised and that He has PURCHASED US to be HIS OWN PEOPLE. He did this so that we would Praise and Glorify Him.”
I have said it the best I could. Jesus proclaimed it, Paul confirmed it by the Holy Spirit, God the Father wishes it and has ordained it Good. So let us do it together as a people chose to be Holy before Our God. Let us declare that we are a people chosen to Love as one, the Mercies and Forgiveness of the Father. Then we can sing praises to the heavens for the Grace given and share as one people, “Our God is a just God and we shall Serve Him in Wholeness. Then we can worship Him together, whole and completed in Christ Jesus.
