The
image depicts the Spirit of Prophecy using Moses and Elijah with
Jesus at the transfiguration of Christ
Today,
reply is on converting others, prophecy, the duty of believers, and
the testimony serving as witness from divinity to mankind. The
disciples of Jesus are commanded and ordained to proclaim the gospel
from GOD to others on the earth. However, rather than a process of
verbal exchanges among men, humans lecturing one another, or the
divine voice being heard from mountains and from the sky, on earth,
the testimony of GOD is shared as an embodiment of spirit content
from divinity whereby the living are made Christ-like. Because words
whisper and actions shout, believers are to display through their
lifestyles and daily routines the spirit substance they contain, and
do not serve only by sacred practice (e.g., fasting, praise, prayer,
prophecy, suffering). It is written: 1st Corinthians 12:
3, King James Version (KJV): 3 Wherefore I give you to understand,
that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed:
and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the
Holy Ghost. One of the fighters in the “Yahoo! Answers” forum on
Religion and Spirituality who uses the ID “Anonymous” (no profile
is shared) posted the following:
Do
Christians have a duty to attempt to persuade non-believers to
convert to Christianity?
THE
GOLDEN ARROW: But when they shall lead you, and deliver you
up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye
premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that
speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost. (Mark
13: 11, KJV)
THE
DOUBLE DAGGER: The Presence of GOD (04/02/2019); Bible Language
About Spirit? (06/13/2018); Possibilities Through “Active Presence”
(04/30/2018); Divine Holiness and Sanctity (12/25/2017); An
Incarnation of Divinity? (10/12/2017); Conversion is by GOD?
(08/23/2016); All Who Read Convert? (10/10/2014); Not Told in
Advance? (10/11/2014)
“Anonymous”,
Christian beliefs are not shared as a matter of influencing others,
manipulation, and persuasion. Christian believers all are to
acknowledge that they have been called and recruited to minister
sacred knowledge, spirit gifts, and divine substance on the
earth. The finite human tools for such academic and secular focus as
argument, debate, carnal reason, and critical thinking may not be
relied on for growth and nourishment of ones life essence
(breath, spirit, word imparted from the makeup of divinity).
Emotions, intellect, and logic are not enough to transform
consciousness and self-will (willpower) within the living.
Inseparable aspects of divine fullness must be received as fresh
deposits and endowments from GOD. Included are faith, forbearance,
joy, longsuffering, lovingkindness, oneness without sameness,
personhood, wisdom, and wrath against sin. The testimony from GOD
who remains unseen is not merely an authoritative eyewitness account,
proclamation, or statement of plain truth; the testimony is an active
presence, and we say, an abiding, indwelling Spirit (the
Comforter; the Holy Ghost; the Holy Spirit; the Spirit of Prophecy;
the Spirit of Truth). With this in view, the birth, death on the
cross, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus testify that the
operations, purpose, and substance of divinity must be known through
spirit existing within ones own character and nature. Consider again
the following that uses language from the Bible, and a presentation
from the music ministry of John Michael Talbot:
(1.)
1st Corinthians 2: 1-5, King James Version (KJV): 1 And
I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech
or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. 2 For I
determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and
him crucified. 3 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in
much trembling. 4 And my speech and my preaching was not with
enticing words of man’s wisdom,
but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: 5 That your faith
should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
(2.)
Romans 8: 15-17, KJV: 15 For ye have not received the spirit of
bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption,
whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 16 The Spirit itself beareth witness
with our spirit, that we are the children of God: 17 And if
children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if
so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified
together.
(3.)
1st John 5: 9-13, KJV: 9 If we receive the witness of
men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God
which he hath testified of his Son. 10 He that believeth on the Son
of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath
made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of
his Son. 11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us
eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 He that hath the Son
hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of
the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that
ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
There
is far more that should be said, correctly examined, and spiritually
apprehended. (For example, the testimony of mankind can be “the
Lord is my shepherd”, because the testimony of GOD has been, “This
is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.”, (4.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s28s0_pAnRY&list=PLN-HWgUQXbLMTSzGiuTABz_u7Lqbc7AF8&index=6&t=0s.) Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto
you according to your faith.
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