Friday, October 9, 2015

Spiritual Gold

I keep saying we're going to study more in-depth, and I want to, but I don't want that meaning we are just rereading the same stuff over and over. I'm going to try, by the grace of God through the Holy Spirit, to pick out a few of the many things we need to comprehend more deeply and hopefully expound upon them. But first, the Bible verses we are studying more-

Rev 3:17  Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
Rev 3:18  I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
Rev 3:19  As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Rev 3:20  Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
Rev 3:21  To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
Rev 3:22  He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

Points to ponder-
  1. We can comprehend easily enough how one can believe they have riches, goods, and need nothing, when in truth they are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked. Spiritual wealth is not something we measure as most measure their material wealth. We can think we are spiritually rich too, but in truth be spiritually destitute. This happens when we don't have a heart relationship with our God, with our Savior, but rather a relationship in name only.  When our relationship with God is in name only- we are NOT known by our Savior. We fall among the many who are false believers. Our Savior tells us emphatically that we will SAY we are rich and need nothing when we ARE REALLY wretched and in need of everything. We MUST examine our spirituality! Seriously! EXAMINE your spirituality! Are you in need? Have you bought of Christ all you need spiritually?

  1. We must BUY of CHRIST. And the first step to buying anything of Christ is ACKNOWLEDGING our NEED of what ONLY CHRIST can give us! Can you buy without a need? Sure. People buy stuff for perceived future needs. People buy stuff because they want, without needing. But if you NEED something, you know why you need that something. You will not you need anything, without knowing your need. Even if the need is as simple as satisfying a desire, a need to satisfy that desire. You know why you need. And to buy something from someone- you know why you need to do that, right? To buy of CHRIST we have to know what we need from Him, we have to know what He has to offer us,  what He and He alone CAN give to us that no other can give.

Christ alone can give us 'gold tried in the fire', 'eyesalve', 'white raiment'.  NO other can give us these things, no one!

When we acknowledge we have this need to buy from Christ, we must ASK Him for these things! We must ask Him.  Have you ever asked a person how much they wanted for something- fully expecting to have to pay for the thing you want only to be told to take it at no cost? The intent, the expectation was buying, it was having to pay for something. We are to buy from Christ with the same comprehension. We are in NEED of what He has to give to us, but we can't pay for it. When we ASK for what we need, He will give it to us freely, at no cost to us, He will absorb the cost Himself. He will gladly give us ALL we need comprehending we have nothing to pay with. We do not have anything of spiritual worth except what He can give to us. He does not NEED anything we have to offer Him in exchange for what we NEED of Him. We do NEED to buy it though with the comprehension we need these things so greatly it's as if we needed them desperately enough to pay for them. They are WORTH so much, these spiritual needs are to be prized greatly, they are to be comprehended as being the most costly things we possess!  Freely given to us but at a price we can scarcely comprehend. Our Savior PAID for all that He gives to us!

  1. What are we to buy from Christ?  Gold tried in fire.

Jas 2:5  Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?

Gold makes us rich and we are to be rich in FAITH.  This spiritual gift only our Savior can give us!

Mal 3:2  But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:
Mal 3:3  And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.

A refiner's fire! Purged!

1Co 3:12  Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
1Co 3:13  Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.

Revealed by fire!

1Pe 1:7  That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ

Our faith MORE precious than gold that perishes, even though that gold is tried with fire. 

SPIRITUAL GOLD.  Spiritual gold tried with spiritual fire.

Faith.  Is there any spiritual gift more precious, more tried than faith?

Heb_11:6  But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

Rom 4:13  For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

Promises though faith! There is a righteousness of faith that we are in desperate need of, and only our Savior can give us this righteousness of faith. Faith is tested and tried.

Heb 11:4  By faith Abel OFFERED unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
Heb 11:5  By faith Enoch was TRANSLATED that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
Heb 11:6  But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Heb 11:7  By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, MOVED with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
Heb 11:8  By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, OBEYED; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
Heb 11:9  By faith he SOJOURNED in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
Heb 11:10  For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
Heb 11:11  Through faith also Sara herself RECEIVED strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.
Heb 11:12  Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.
Heb 11:13  These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
Heb 11:14  For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.
Heb 11:15  And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.
Heb 11:16  But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
Heb 11:17  By faith Abraham, when he was TRIED, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,
Heb 11:18  Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:
Heb 11:19  Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.
Heb 11:20  By faith Isaac BLESSED Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.
Heb 11:21  By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, BLESSED both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.
Heb 11:22  By faith Joseph, when he died, MADE mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.
Heb 11:23  By faith Moses, when he was born, was HID three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment.
Heb 11:24  By faith Moses, when he was come to years, REFUSED to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;
Heb 11:25  Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
Heb 11:26  Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.
Heb 11:27  By faith he FORSOOK Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
Heb 11:28  Through faith he KEPT the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.
Heb 11:29  By faith they PASSED through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.
Heb 11:30  By faith the walls of Jericho FELL down, after they were compassed about seven days.
Heb 11:31  By faith the harlot Rahab PERISHED NOT with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.
Heb 11:32  And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:
Heb 11:33  Who through faith SUBDUED KINGDOMS, WROUGHT RIGHTEOUSNESS, OBTAINED PROMISES, STOPPED THE MOUTHS OF LIONS,
Heb 11:34  QUENCHED THE VIOLENCE OF FIRE, ESCAPED THE EDGE OF THE SWORD, OUT OF WEAKNESS WERE MADE STRONG, WAXED VALIENT IN FIGHT, TURNED TO FLIGHT THE ARMIES OF THE ALIENS.
Heb 11:35  Women RECEIVED THEIR DEAD RAISED TO LIFE AGAIN, OTHERS WERE TORTURED,  not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:
Heb 11:36  And others had TRIAL OF CRUEL MOCKINGS AND SCOURGINGS, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
Heb 11:37  They were STONED, they were SAWN ASUNDER, were TEMPTED, were SLAIN with the sword: they WANDERED about in sheepskins and goatskins; being DESTITUTE, AFFLICTED, TORMENTED;
Heb 11:38  (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
Heb 11:39  And these all, having OBTAINED A GOOD REPORT THROUGH FAITH, received not the promise:
Heb 11:40  God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.

Heb 12:1  Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
Heb 12:2  Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

And through FAITH all other things are obtained!

1Co 13:13  And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

1Jn_4:16  And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

Heb_11:6  But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

God is love, and we come to God through faith, and faith is -

Heb_11:1  Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen

2Pe 1:1  Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:
2Pe 1:2  Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
2Pe 1:3  According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
2Pe 1:4  Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
2Pe 1:5  And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
2Pe 1:6  And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
2Pe 1:7  And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.

We must BUY of CHRIST GOLD TRIED IN FIRE!  We must BUY from CHRIST ALL that we need spiritually! We can obtain NO spiritual necessity without CHRIST giving it to us! We MUST RECOGNIZE our NEED!!!!!!!

BY HIS GRACE, HIS MERCY, HIS LOVE, HIS ALL IN ALL!

In HIS NAME ALWAYS!

IN JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD NOW AND FOREVER!

AMEN!

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