Joshua, standing on the plains of Jericho, had to decide.
He
looked up and saw a Man standing in front of him
With
a drawn sword in His hand.
Joshua
went up to Him and asked,
'Are
you for us or for our enemies?'
Neither,
He replied,
'But
as Commander of the army of the Lord I have now come.'
Then
Joshua fell face down to the ground in reverence and asked Him,
'What
message does My Lord have for his servant?'
The
Commander of the Lord's army replied,
'Take
off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy.'
And
Joshua did so. (Joshua 5:13-15)
Who
are you for?
Are
you for a particular country, a particular church denomination,
A
particular city, a particular group within the city?
Are
you for your family, your wife, your husband, your son, your
daughter?
Are
you for a particular person? Who are you for?
That
single question will determine your eternity.
Joshua
answered by taking off his sandals acknowledging
That
the ground he was standing on was holy
Because
on it stood The Commander of the Lord's army, Christ Jesus.
With
your spiritual eyes can you see The Commander of the Lord's army
Standing
before you?
Are
you for Him? Have you taken off your sandals before Him,
And
reverenced Him?
Will
Christ Jesus find faith in you when you stand before Him?
Christ
is for no one, but those who live in Him.
If you live in Him you are of Him; of His Spirit.
He
upholds the integrity of Heaven, the integrity of His Kingdom.
It
is holy and undefiled.
His
ways are not our ways, his thoughts are not our thoughts.
As
high as the heavens are above the earth are His thoughts above ours.
(Isaiah
55:9)
The
only ones He esteems those who are of a humble and contrite spirit
And
tremble at His Word. (Isaiah 66:2)
Christ
Jesus said:
'I
tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man
And
drink His blood, you have no LIFE in you.
Whoever
eats My flesh and drinks My blood has Eternal LIFE,
And
I will raise him up at the LAST DAY.
For
My flesh is real food and My blood is real drink.
Whoever
eats My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me, and I in him.
Just
as the Living Father sent Me and I live because of the Father,
So
the one who feeds on Me will live because of Me.
This
is the Bread that came down from Heaven.
Our
forefathers ate manna and died,
But
he who feeds on this Bread will live forever.'
He
said this while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.
On
hearing it, many of His disciples said,
'This
is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?'
Aware
that His disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them,
'Does
this offend you?
What
if you see the Son of man ascend to where He was before!
The
Spirit gives LIFE; the flesh counts for nothing.
The
words I have spoken to you are Spirit and they are LIFE.
Yet
there are some of you who do not believe.' (John 6:53-64)
In
other words, only those
Who
are consummately identified with Christ Jesus;
Those
who continually feed on Him and His Word;
Continually
partaking of the Bread of LIFE, have LIFE.
Those
who live in and through Him and in whom He lives in and through.
Know
this, there is only One LIFE, Christ Jesus.
He
is the only Eternal LIFE
All
natural life and all Eternal LFE emanate from Him.
If
you live in Him you live in His LIFE.
If
you do not live in Him you have no life, you are dead while you live.
You
are either for Him, living in Him, or you are against Him.
Know
this, the world is the enemy of Christ Jesus. (James 4:4)
If
you love the world you are an enemy of Christ Jesus.
At
the last battle on earth, all the nations of the earth
Come
to fight against Christ Jesus.
They
are completely defeated and the kingdom of the world,
Satan's
kingdom, is done away with.
At
that time Christ Jesus, The Commander of the Lord's army,
Establishes
His Kingdom on earth for a thousand years.
As
God has spoken, so shall it be! Hallelujah! Maranatha!
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