Reality of HEaven

   When we face events in our lives that consume us with grief and confusion, we have a tendency to say things such as, "God's ways are not our ways," and "No one knows God's specific purpose for our lives in the fullness of God, but His purpose is always good; no matter what the situation looks like from our point of view."

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   And although these statements are true, we use them to get us by when times are tough and we have a lack of understanding, more times than not.

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   God's specific purpose for our group (made in His image) is that we are tested. More than this, we are tested within a fallen version of what our group should be. Additionally, we are tested alongside temptation in our lives. After all, we fell because we (as a group) accepted temptation instead of resisting it.

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   Now, people blame Adam and Eve for our fall. But every single one of us would have succumbed to Satan's temptation(s) at one point or another. None of us would have resisted his temptation for eternity.

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   This, however, is the whole point of God's purpose for our group (made in His image). We are given the free will to choose either Jesus Christ or not. After we do, God sends angels to test us. We may or may not pass the test, but each time we are tested, as long as we remain in love with Jesus, we grow.

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   God cannot tempt. Temptation is of Satan, who is a being voided of all things of God except God's wrath. Temptation means to separate us from our God; whereas, testing means to bring us closer to God.

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   These distinct differences are how we can identify one from the other.

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   There is no other group like us. We are the only group which resides on the same planet as Satan and a third of Heaven that fell with him. We know temptation because of this.

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   Other groups, however, are still yet premium (not fallen). Our purpose is so great that God sends those premium groups here to learn from us. They watch and observe from a distance what it means to either live in disobedience or obedience of God. But more than this, they get to observe us when we accept His only begotten Son as Lord of our lives. And we do so with blind eyes and deaf ears; that is, we must have faith, first; unlike them, who can see and hear, already.

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   Now, for those of you who have accepted Jesus into your hearts and lives, you already know just how real the Son of God is. But before you, first, chose to believe, you did not know as you now do.

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   After we, first, believe and ask Jesus into our hearts and lives with sincerity, then our eyes become opened; our ears can now hear (Holy Ghost speaking to our heart). Furthermore, the longer we choose to remain in love with Jesus, the more we are able to see and hear those things that pertain to God.

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   As a group, our purpose is simple. We are given the free will to choose God through first believing in His Son, Jesus Christ. Furthermore, we are given this choice with blind eyes and deaf ears. Even more than this, we are given this choice while in the midst of a war where Satan bombards us with temptation from every direction. Add to all of this our fallen state, and we also, have this choice while residing within a body that has minimal understanding of everything around us - including the concepts of God.

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   This is our purpose as a group (made in His image). More specifically, this is God's purpose for us, as a group.

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   The specific purpose is the purpose of us in relation to God as individuals. The whole point of our existence is so that we are given the opportunity to choose God or not. Additionally, we are given this opportunity in the most dire and restrictive of circumstances, while still yet, maintaining a fair balance that we can choose. In other words, we are not born in the Place of the Dead (Hades), and Satan cannot walk up to us and shove a knife into our chest in a literal sense. If he could, we'd all be dead at birth, and no one would survive. The human race would, therefore, be already extinct, within this regard.

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   Our specific purpose and the reason you and I exist is so that we have the opportunity to gain a personal relationship with God - through His Son. There is no other way to speak to the Father. Without Jesus covering our sin, the bridge between us and the Father remains broken. Jesus Christ is the only way this bridge is connected. Anyone who prays to the Father without, first, accepting His Son, is praying words that fall on deaf ears, as God cannot hear them. They are not covered by the Blood of the Lamb. Furthermore, the covenant between God and man has been fulfilled, already; and therefore, God only hears those who have accepted His Son.

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   So, our specific purpose is to have a one-on-one personal relationship with the King of kings and Lord of Lords - Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

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   Within this relationship, as with all relationships, we should fall deeper in love with Jesus each and every day of our lives. We desire to read His Word because He is the Word. We desire to spend selfless time with Him, because we can't seem to get enough of Him. We desire to obey His teachings, because we are so far in love with Him, we cannot grasp the notion of disobedience. And when we sin, as we do every day, we are quick to approach Him with a repentant heart and ask Him to help us overcome this situation. Furthermore, we live a repentant lifestyle, because we adore Him and do not cherish the thought of causing Him pain. Moreover, we cannot bear the thought of Jesus dying in vain when it comes to our personal relationship with Him. We cherish, honor, adore, and obey Him, because we love Him.

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   We do not avoid repentance disguised under the name of Grace, Jesus Christ our Lord. We do not avoid a repentant lifestyle, causing us to become immune to the idea of sinning against God.

   No, because of the Holy Ghost within us, we know the ideology of this blasphemous notion spits on the very cross in which He hung from. This thought sickens us and brings with it disdain and disgust; for Satan is working to cause us to revolt within our hearts.

 

   Instead, when we sin after already accepting Him into our lives, we eagerly "repent and return to the way we first loved Him." In this, we are afforded the real Jesus's grace and remain within His presence; therefore, there is no self-condemnation to be had. This is because our sins are now totally erased, now and forever. And the next time we sin, we eagerly run back to Him and repent; again, and again, and again; because we love Him and do not desire to hurt Him.

 

   As such, we grow and are not stunted by false teachings and misconceptions concerning one of His many names, Grace. We practice the ability to repent after sinning. We get back up and walk within the presence of our Lord; made stronger each time. And with it, we grow within our personal relationship with the One who died for us. We cherish, honor, adore, and obey Him, because we love Him. And when we stumble (single sin) or fall (sinful lifestyle), we "repent and return to Him the way we first loved Him," just as He has commanded us to do so. We obey Him because we love Him.

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   Reading the Word of God is to spend time with Jesus. Additionally, we learn about Him, of Him, and get to see Him work on multiple levels within a single event. When we are babies in Christ, we may not always understand what we read, but we keep reading, anyway. The portions we need to understand, we will understand, because we are in a personal relationship with Jesus and the Holy Ghost helps us to learn what we need at the time. Moreover, we read the Word of God because we desire to spend time with Him. Above all other reasons, this should be the main reason we pick up His Word to read. The Holy Ghost will then reveal those things our God desires for us to understand. We may not understand every last word at the time, but a personal relationship is not about that. It's about God teaching and guiding us on an individual level, as this applies to our personal relationship with Him.

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   Going to church as believers, is also, spending time with God. But if your main reason in attending is for any other reason than this, you attend in vain; for your heart is full of things not pertaining to your personal relationship with Jesus and you lack in love.​ 

 

   For example, if you attend church, because you are made a deacon and not because you love Jesus so much that you can't seem to get enough of Him, then your status as a deacon has become an idol within your heart.​ And if you attend church because you are performing your duty within your calling, and you do so without your love for Jesus reigning above all, then your calling has now become your idol.​ If you attend church to be seen within the societal observation, and it is not because you want to spend time with Jesus, then your societal desire has become an idol and your love is lacking.​ Attending church should be something we do because we cannot get enough of our Lord, Jesus Christ. After this, then we perform our duties.

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   In all aspects of our lives, we should be so in love with Jesus, every decision we make, we think of Him, first.

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   "Many are called but few are chosen." This passage of scripture is instructions to what we can do as believers, as this applies to our personal relationship with Jesus.

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   Firstly, the "many are called..." portion, refers to every single one of us and our personal relationship with Jesus. First and foremost, we are to love Jesus with every ounce of our entire being. When we do love Him in this way, then we work outward within this love, such as loving our enemies and all others. After all, it was Love that laid down His life so that we might all live. None of us are worthy of such Love as this; yet, He did it, anyway - because He loved us, first.

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   Secondly, we are to spread the Good News. This is what Jesus has done for us; both in terms of the story of Him being our Savior (within the Holy Bible) and the story of how we came to Salvation as an individual. We do this within love. And remember, Love demands that we preach and teach Love in the fullness of God; meaning, we do not shy away from the story of the Lake of Fire. Some people need this side of the same coin.

 

   But when we choose to shy away from telling them the whole truth of God's Love and what Salvation means within its entirety; then, we also, choose to send away those souls who needed to hear this side of the coin - sending them away from the Kingdom of Heaven, the Lord's loving embrace, and sending them straight into the pits of hell. I ask you, who are we to do such a thing, as this - refusing to teach Love in its entirety?

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   Thirdly, each of us within our personal relationship with Jesus has a specific calling within the body of Christ. As babies (newly born again) in the Lord, we may not understand what our specific calling may be, per se. So, we begin with the first two steps previously mentioned and perform a wash, rinse, and repeat cycle; until, we do know. In other words, we first love Jesus, and from there, we spread the Good News. We are not ashamed of the gospel, and we tell everyone we know about how to find Jesus and what He has done for us in our lives. We remain confident within the Lord and believe that He will help guide us in these things. We wash, rinse, and repeat this cycle over and over again. And as we do so, we grow and grow and grow. Moreover, we ensure these first two steps never stop. Not now, not ever.

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  Then the day will come when we know the specific calling God has placed upon our lives. We may be called to teach, preach, prophecy, interpret prophecy, work within the Kingdom of God (i.e. laborer in church, feeding the hungry, clothing the homeless, etc.), bring healing, or another of the many jobs available that Jesus gives us. No single person is given every job to perform upon themselves, as this applies to an individual calling. This is what it means to be a part of the Body of Christ. That is, each one of us is only a single part.

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   With that being stated, if our calling happens to be in the realm of bringing healing to others, per se; and we pass by someone who is hungry, and we have the means to help them; and yet, we refuse to do so because it isn't our specific calling, then we have skipped over the first step and are guilty of not obeying Jesus within love. That is, our calling never eliminates the first two steps within our personal relationship with Jesus. It is but an add-on to the first two - a building block on top of the foundation consisting of loving Jesus with all of our being and spreading the Good News.

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   Now, as for the "..., few are chosen" portion of this scripture, this applies to all of His children, as well; as He is no respecter of persons. But this is something that Jesus hands us individually, and furthermore, we may not always be aware when we are 'chosen', so to speak.

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   For instance, imagine a person who refuses to listen to God, as this applies to every sense of the term. They skip over television channels when the Good News is spoken, they silence people around them when they attempt to speak about the Salvation of Jesus, and they may even curse the very existence of God, altogether.

 

Now, you know this person and have known them for many, many years. They have never changed in their stance, and if anything, they have become more solidified within their hatred of God. But as with any child of God, this person is very aware of where you stand with Jesus, because you always stood on the Word and was not ashamed to do so. Through the Holy Ghost, you could always feel the door to their heart was never opened, and as such, you never pushed beyond what the Holy Ghost would lead you to do. But one thing is for certain, this person, most definitely knew where you stood with God.

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   As time rolls on, you and this person are separated for some years because the Lord has taken you elsewhere; into the ministry as a missionary, for this scenario. Then, seemingly out of the blue, this person calls you up to see how you are doing. They laugh and mock, like usual, after they ask if you are still serving the Lord and you tell them how wonderful He has been in your life. You smile knowingly; as you have always held this person in prayer concerning their soul.

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   Then it happens. They say, "Hey listen, is that stuff about Jesus actually real? Do you really believe in that stuff?" Your heart bursts with the heat of the Holy Ghost, as He tells you in His still, small voice, "It is time. Tell them about Salvation. The door is open."

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   Before the call ends, another soul finds its way into the Kingdom of Heaven. You sit down in utter shock while your heart rejoices. And while joyous tears stream down your face, you realize something you did not see before. You realize that you were 'chosen' to be in this person's life for all of those years, so they could find Jesus on this particular day.

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   See, the reason this happens as it does within this scenario, is because you (in this case) remained faithful to the Word of God, Jesus Christ. You loved Jesus with all of your heart and for all of those years. You practiced steps one and two; wash, rinse, and repeat. Furthermore, this never changed within you; even after God separated the both of you when calling you into the ministry. For you always adored Jesus with all that you are, first and foremost. As such, you spread the Good News within His love. And lastly, your ministry was built off of this important foundation.

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   King David and King Solomon were both 'chosen' by God to be kings. This kind of 'chosen' is self-evident in its appearance. That is, everyone can see they were both kings.

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   But as with the case with our earlier scenario, not everyone can see this occurrence of being 'chosen'. In truth, there is a very high chance 'you' in this story may not realize it, either.

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   When God says, "few are chosen," He really means that in its entirety. If we look to our previous example, there may indeed be a lot of believers in and out of this person's life over the years. But all of these people might have been 'chosen' for something else. Or maybe, they were silent when they shouldn't have been. Or maybe, they didn't love Jesus as they first loved Him. But whatever the reason, they were not 'chosen' for this particular scenario within God's tapestry. 

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   But because you always loved Him as it was the first day you ever met - only with each passing day you fell deeper in love with Him - practicing steps one and two became second nature to you. And because the Lord knew this about you; even before you were ever born, He 'chose' you to be in this person's life.

 

   This way, Jesus could reach this one soul that was so precious to Him, just as every soul is so precious to Him. So much so, He laid down His life for us all. But you knew that already because you love Him with all of your heart. And this is why you were 'chosen,' and are of the few; at least, as this applies to this tiny portion of the Tapestry of God.