From the record of Prayer Service in Medan
Peace and grace in the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The worship prayer is the process of tearing the flesh with all of its desires, lusts, and characteristics until the flesh sounds no longer or The Veil has been torn.
In the Tabernacle, Luke 12 refers to The Veil.
In Luke 12, there are five characteristics of the flesh that must be torn. Tonight, we learn about the three characteristics as follows:
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Peace and grace in the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The worship prayer is the process of tearing the flesh with all of its desires, lusts, and characteristics until the flesh sounds no longer or The Veil has been torn.
In the Tabernacle, Luke 12 refers to The Veil.
In Luke 12, there are five characteristics of the flesh that must be torn. Tonight, we learn about the three characteristics as follows:
- The hypocrisy or the pretense means not being sincere especially about the true teaching Word.
Luke12:1
12:1.In the meantime, when an innumerable multitude of people had gathered together, so that they trampled one another, He began to sayto His disciples first of all, "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
It happens because of keeping sins and false teachings.
If one is not genuine to the true teaching Word, he is not genuine too in the service and ministry to God and in everything.
The examples are as follows:- From the outside: the Pharisees rejected the true teaching Word because of keeping the teaching of divorce-remarrying.
Keeping one false teaching means rejecting the true teaching Word already. - From the inside: Judas Iscariot had been taught the right thing, but he kept sins, namely stealing and telling lies. He avoided the true teaching Word and always said "Is it I?"
Many people are not genuine to the true teaching Word because of keeping sins and false teachings. Even though it is just a little, one must reject and avoid the true teaching Word. - From the outside: the Pharisees rejected the true teaching Word because of keeping the teaching of divorce-remarrying.
- The covetousness or the greediness.
Luke12:15
12:15. And He said to them, "Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses."
It is the same as worshiping idol. It means that one feels that his life depends on the wealth of the world, not from God, so he is bound by the desire of money or the desire of wickedness.
If there is the desire of wickedness, there must be the desire of uncleanness.
The facts found in it are as follows:- Being unable to give anything for the ministry to God and to others who are in need.
- Stealing God's or others' possessions.
12:19. "And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink,and be merry."
12:20. But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?'
12:21. "So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."
Consequently, he becomes fools, poor, and naked. It means falling in sins up to the peak.
The worship prayer is the process of tearing the flesh from the characteristic of covetousness, so one can return God's possessions, namely the tithes and the special offerings. He can also give something for the ministry to God and others who are in need according to His commands.
The example is the poor widow.
Mark 12:41-44
12:41. Now Jesus sat opposite the treasury and saw how the people put money into the treasury. And many who were rich put in much.
12:42. Then one poor widowcame and threw in two mites, which make a quadrans.
12:43. So He called His disciples to Himself and said to them, "Assuredly, I say to you that this poor widow has put in morethan all those who have given to the treasury;
12:44. for they all put in out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all that she had, her whole livelihood."
There were rich people who were poor before God. But, the poor widow was praised by God because she gave with the sign of blood because she was moved by God. So, she was rich before God and pleasing to Him.
The results are as follows:- It is for facing the difficulties and destruction of the world in the end times. Mark 13 is about the preaching of the end times which tells that the temple of God will be destroyed.
- It is for getting the glistening white robe or the bride's clothes. We are not naked, but we can welcome Jesus who comes a second time in the glorious clouds. We come out of the world that has been destroyed.
- Being unable to give anything for the ministry to God and to others who are in need.
- The fear of the flesh.
Luke 12:4-5
12:4. "And I say to you, My friends, do not be afraidof those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
12:5. But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear Him who, after He has killed, has power to cast into hell; yes, I say to you, fear Him!"
It means being afraid of the things in the world such as humans, position, wealth, et cetera, until one is against God or the true teaching Word.
The fear of the flesh has started to happen from the book of Genesis. Adam was afraid of Eve, so he ate the forbidden fruit. Consequently, they were driven out from the Garden of Eden to the cursed world.
If it continues, meaning the husbands are afraid of the wives because of something until they are against God, they will be driven out from this world to hell.
The fear of the flesh is also experienced by the servants of God who are afraid to others until they are against Him.
Consequently, they will be thrown into hell and perish forever.
The worship prayer is the process of tearing the flesh from being afraid of something into the fear of God.
Isaiah 11:1-3
11:1. There shall come fortha Rodfrom the stem of Jesse, And a Branch shall grow out of his roots.
11:2. The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon Him, The Spirit of wisdom and understanding, The Spirit of counsel and might, The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD.
11:3. His delight is in the fear of the LORD, And He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes, Nor decide by the hearing of His ears;
Isaiah 11:3 [KJV]
11:3. And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:
'He shall not decide by the hearing of His ears' means that we must not follow others' words, but the Word of God.
The fear of God means that one only hold on to the Word of God.
It is the same as living in the anointing of the Holy Spirit.
The results are as follows:- The Holy Spirit helps us to testify. We are no longer telling lies, gossiping, slandering, et cetera.
Acts1:8
1:8. But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnessesto Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."
We testify to bring the fragrance of Christ to where God sent us.
We bring the fragrance of Christ through the Good News or the gospel of salvation to save the sinful men. It is also through the Bride Tidings or the true teaching Word to bring the saved men to be shepherded by God and enter the edification of the perfect body of Christ. We are used in the movement of edifying the perfect body of Christ. - The Holy Spirit helps us to pray with a broken heart.
Romans 8:26
8:26. Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses.For we do not know what we should prayfor as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
It means confessing our weaknesses physically and spiritually. We surrender everything to God, stretching our hands to Him, or crying out and fully surrendering to Him.
Without the Holy Spirit, one only grumbles and blames others. If there is Holy Spirit, we start to realize our weaknesses. The more clearly we know the persona of God, the more we know ourselves clearly in the weaknesses, so we cannot be arrogant.
We only cry out and surrender to God. Then, He will stretch the hands of the Holy Spirit to work in our lives, and miracles happen.
Romans 8:27-28
8:27. Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
8:28. And we know that all things work together for goodto those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
So, God works in all things beyond our mind. It is easier than turning the palm of the hand. He is able to make everything good and turn the broken thing into the good one, the failure into beauty and success, and impossible things into the possible ones. All things are finished, the rotten / bad thing becomes the fragrant one. We are renewed from the fleshly men into the spiritual ones. It is the same as being fruitful.
The examples are as follows:- The Samaritan woman who refers to the Gentiles did the divorce-remarrying five times. It means being rotten or destroyed like the stem.
The stem is the leftover of the harvest that will be burnt. It means there is no hope. Once she got the living water of The Holy Spirit, she could testify and worship God. It is the pleasing fruit before God. - Peter denied God. It means being rotten. Being anointed fully by the Holy Spirit, he testified in front of 3.000 people and worshipped God.
- The Samaritan woman who refers to the Gentiles did the divorce-remarrying five times. It means being rotten or destroyed like the stem.
- The Holy Spirit helps us to testify. We are no longer telling lies, gossiping, slandering, et cetera.
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