The more you understand the cross, the deeper you “know” God, the less you care about yourself, your rights, your agenda and your circumstances. For on the cross we see the highest expression of “not my will but thine be done.”
To understand the cross more deeply is a revelation. To know God more deeply is a revelation, an encounter with the living God Himself. Revelation comes by the presence of God. Therefore all understanding of Spiritual things come by a revelation, by the Holy Spirit, and can't come any other way.
It is impossible for the carnal mind to understand Spiritual things. So, without a revelation, without an encounter, all we have is a head knowledge.
While reading the Bible is important in any Christian spiritual discipline, being “knowledgeable” about the Bible alone does not make anyone a better Christian. It is when we acquire the “heart” knowledge and seek a personal encounter with God that “knowing” becomes complete.
Man Looks on the outward appearance, but God looks on the heart. Circumcision is a metaphor for holiness.
Deuteronomy 30:6
And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
Search me, Oh Lord.
Psalms 139:23
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
Monday, January 5, 2009
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Awesome revelation from God my dear sister Glory to God, truly all He seeks is a willing vessel to move through and He will do great and mighty things in the hearts of men and women for His Glory.
Praise God!!!
Amen, Dear Sister Sue. Only God can reveal these things to our hearts, a heart bowed to Him. I had a head knowledge of the cross. It was a miracle of God and the work of the Holy Spirit that took the words of the bible and put them in my heart.
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