School of the Spirit (13th May, 2021)
Topic: Coming into Judgement and the Land of God
Ministering: Reverend Kayode Oyegoke
Tongues & Interpretation (1)
Closer! Coming closer! Closer and closer to the end, so there is a need to labour. There is a need to labour, even in prayer. Labour in prayer, for you are brought into a realm, says the Spirit of God, by reason of interactions, visitations and encounters, even in April. But it remains for you to occupy this realm. You are in this realm! Now, spread and occupy. Labour in prayer to master this realm. Master this realm and occupy! Occupy and unseat spirits! Unseat more spirits! Occupy; for when you have fully occupied, you will yet ascend. There be many more ascensions. It is closer; he (satan) is closer to his end, so you will expect backlash. Pray, labour and occupy. Occupy and move up! Establish and move up, says the Spirit of God.
Tongues &Interpretation (2)
"Eat, for before you is set a table, yea, your buffet in the spirit. Eat and receive strength to occupy this realm. You have to occupy this realm, and you occupy by eating. Eat and occupy! Eat, grow fat, occupy and take it over! Take it over, for it is for you. It is new land, says the Spirit of God. It is a new land that meant for your occupation, but you need to eat. Do not be tired of eating, for we are bringing meal upon meal, entrance upon entrance and food upon food, even for this realm. Eat and understanding will break forth. Keep eating!
Says the Spirit of God, do not excuse yourself. For there be some of you saying in your hearts, I am lower than this one, this is beyond me. It is not beyond you, for you have been brought here by mercy. He that has brought you here by mercy has counted you worthy. He has counted you favourable to be in this realm, so eat as an occupant. Eat as one that has been granted entrance even into this lofty realm. Its a lofty realm in the spirit, therefore, do not fall prey to that false saying and that exclusion that is false because I brought you here. It is not by might nor by power. I brought you here to establish you, so that you may occupy. So occupy this realm because it is for you. I journeyed through this realm and it is one of the many realms I conquered; one of the many lands I conquered on the way to glory. Occupy this realm also and do not excuse yourself. This land is for you. Occupy, for I am coming for you, says the Lord Jesus."
Tongues and Interpretation (3)
"Come up, for I am waiting for you at the heights. Come up! Take steps and come up for there be another heights that you need to measure up to. Come up, for the conclusion of all things is at hand. Come up! I am waiting for you at that height. Come up! Move higher! Move up! Come up! I have been waiting for you to come up. Come up, measure up and take that step. Come up to that height, for I am waiting for you and I have prepared the land. Come up, for I want to rapture you up! Come up! I want to catch you up, for I have told you ahead that it is a season for men to be taken. I want to take you up! I want to catch you up! Come up! Adjust your heart and come up!
Yes, you have walked to a particular realm and you have journeyed to a particular realm, but I want you to come up. I am beckoning on you to come. Even the minister of the sanctuary is beckoning for you to come up! Come up! You've done well in the spirit, but come up. Come up! I'm waiting! I need you to complete the agenda of the end. Come up! As a company, come up! I am beckoning; come up! I will cause you to come up. I will strengthen you to come up. I will give you understanding to come up. I will show you how to come up. I will bring skill, I will bring understanding and even entrance for you to come up. I am here for to bring this skill to come up. I am opening your eyes and I am anointing your eyes to see. I am anointing your eyes with eye salve to see the way up, for to come up, saith Jesus."
Tongues and Interpretation (4)
"Whole men! Two men! Two men from the other world! Two men with secrets of the Amen; of the 'Oh man', even the 'Oh God', even the 'Oh God-man'. Two men are here; two men with sense, even with resurrection sense. Two men! Wise men! Holy men! Two men from the other world are here. Two men from the other matters; matters of resurrection, matters of the raised man, even the raised man that is the O God, who is the Amen, that is the man on the throne. They are here with His matters and His might, even to minister to you."
(Short Word of Exhortation)
Some may say Nigeria is directionless, but it is not. The boat of this nation is not being steered by a man's hand but by a Divine hand. The captain is driving this nation and will remove all the things that should be removed. Shaking is taking place and nobody needs to run to other nations.
Tongues and Interpretation (5)
"A nation birthed by prophecy! A nation of prophecy! Nigeria, a nation of prophecy! For you see, the adversary, even Satan, lusts after your nation. But be of good cheer, for there is overcoming, even on the side of the Lord. Oh, your Lord has prevailed over Nigeria! For what you see in the natural does not compare to what is happening in the spirit. For there is great overcoming in the realm of the spirit.
Nigeria! Nigeria is victorious! Nigeria is the seed to give birth to sons, even sons that will sit in the throne. It's a nation birthed by prophecy. So do not be afraid. Do not call confederation what they call confederation. Do not be afraid! Rather look up; look up for there is victory! There is victory! Even the evil tide will be swept off. Victories! For emissaries are landing upon Nigeria. Emissaries of heaven are landing upon Nigeria. The air space of Nigeria is changing, for we have dispatched emissaries, even Micheal! Even Michael, the archangel is landing feet upon Nigeria. Do not be afraid! Look up! There is victory!"
Tongues and Interpretation (6)
"Kenneth! You are in the core of such times, that Kenneth spoke of by the angel, even times wherein things that are glorious, things that are majestic, and things of great importance would be given, made known and made obvious to a people. You are in the core of such times of matters that are of great importance. For you see, the things that pertain to the resurrection of the dead are matters of great importance, and they are things that you are in the core of. They are things that are being sprung forth, things that are springing forth from Jesus, even springing forth by the Spirit, that you might come into the agenda, even the core of My agenda. The core of My agenda is to bring salvation to your soul, health to your flesh, and to cause your bones to rejoice. You are in the time that Kenneth spoke of by Me."
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We are having visitations of heavenly beings because the things that are being discussed are matters of great importance. On earth, one cannot easily see the feast and the attention that is given to opening these matters. Whenever judgment is about to be made known on earth, dignitaries gather in heaven. The conversation that heaven is bringing to the earth now attracts certain beings and dignitaries like Abraham, Enoch, Adam, Abel, Noah and Methuselah. These men are not dead as a natural mind would suppose because they are not alive to Satan. This was because while they were on earth, they received the training of dying to the death that Satan instituted in men on earth.
The only answer to death is death; the man who will overcome death (which is of satan) is one who is dead (to Satan). Such a man would no longer be able to respond to death. As such, God is distributing certain meals which are enriched with the substances of death to empower men with this kind of death. Death is the only thing that can answer the law of death because laws have extremely stubborn strength, just like how a viper or rottweiler clenches its teeth against the flesh of its prey when it attacks. Jesus has gone to where death lives, come out of it and now possesses the keys of hell and death. The last revelation upon earth will be the unveiling of the mystery that will demystify hell and death, and God will educate the church on what death really is.
Satan does not want men to know what death really is; he has lied to men to believe that death only means physical departure. However, God has issued out a commandment from His throne, so that men can be taught what death really is, how to be free from it, and how to overcome it. To overcome the devil, we need to be laid down and put to death. This is because death (Satan’s) cannot comprehend any other program of death; other death programs remain mysterious to it.
One of the names God bears, although unlawful for a man to utter, is that God is death. Therefore, anyone who will cross over to the realm of God must be put to death. Scripture says, love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave (SOS 8:6). This means that when God takes over a man, He does so completely and not haphazardly. The character of death is that it swallows its victim completely. God does not know compromise. We must be prepared before entering into certain realms of God because He is a land that devours its inhabitants.
(Extract from Jane Leades prophecy)
Hence these priests will have a deep inward search and divine sight into secret things of Deity, will be able to prophesy in a clear ground; not darkly and enigmatically, for they will know what is couched in the first originality of all beings, in the eternal anti-type of nature, and will be able to bring them forth according to the divine counsel and ordination.
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According to Jane Leades prophecy, we must be able to interpret the eternal anti-type of nature. An anti-type means the negative of something, and anything that is negative has a corresponding positive dimension. Therefore, these men should be able to interpret the negative dimension and bring it forth clearly, in positive terms.
God is a land. A land is powerful because it owns all things that are resident on it. No man can claim ownership over a land because when he dies, the land takes him over. Similarly, God is a land and has the right to claim ownership over all souls (Eze. 18:4).
For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land. [25] Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. [26] A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. (Eze. 36:24-26).
This Scripture expresses the heart of the Father, which is the heart of a judge. It is a heart that has been brought into judgement, that is, the heart of flesh. A heart must be tender before it can be taught of judgment (Ezek. 36:26-27).
Judgment is first given to a man as statutes. Statutes are pillars and erections, and can only be taught by one who has spiritual stature. Statutes refer to heights, elevations, erections, and things that stand on a ground. These statutes would communicate discernment to a man and cause him to judge. When a man judges, he arrives at a resolve. One who has made this resolve comes into an agreement and has made a covenant.
The statutes communicate an understanding of the desire of God; how He evaluates things and wants us to see things. By coming into judgment, a man is convincing himself about the things he is seeing and is proving God’s intents thereby. Then, he can do them. We often do these things unconsciously, especially when we crave to understand the things that are being preached as a show that we desire judgment.
We have been called into the feast of judgment and God wants us to arrive at understanding. Without statutes, we cannot receive discernment. Statutes impart skill for discernment (Heb. 5:14). Our senses are not our feelings, rather, they reside in our minds and hearts. Our senses are the things we use to discern things. Senses begin from within and take over the mind, till we arrive at a point where our minds become spiritual and progress beyond that state, to become divine. God desires that men come into the state where they possess divine minds.
When people journey to the Most Holy Place, they first reach a place of judgment, for they have warred to come into judgment. Afterwards, they will begin to exercise themselves from one judgment into another.
Statutes are elevations of the Most High and the Holy Ghost raises them by the wisdom of the Most High as everlasting. Statutes are revelations or installations of the heights in the Most Holy Place. All statutes stand erect, for they are the pillars of everlasting life that stand erect before God. Job spoke about the invisible pillars that hold the earth, referring to God Almighty (Job 9:6). These pillars are laws, just like how certain laws hold the earth together e.g. the law of gravity, centrifugal laws (or forces), etc.
Statutes fire up the molecules of judgment. The purpose of the statutes is to make us see how God sees because judgment refers to God’s sight. God is holy in His sight. A man may be holy before men but may be rejected by God because God has sight and all things are naked and open before Him (Heb. 4:13). His eyes are judgment. The communication of eyes was embodied in the stature of Jesus. Taking a cue from the natural, the outward eyesight was given to us so we can understand the operation of inward eyesight. Thus, the parts of our bodies express a spiritual reality.
Eyes are engraved into our members in the Holiest of All, for this is where men gather eyes. The blessing of the holiest is the engraving of eyes. Therefore, if a man arrives here with his own eye intact, that eye will be removed. Eyes are important. In the spirit, one eye in The Holiest can be as potent as several other eyes in other realms.
Upon one stone shall be seven eyes…(Zech. 3:9). The eye is equivalent to remission. Sin is an eye; iniquity is also an eye. Iniquity typifies how Satan sees, for Satan perverted his original eyes by using them for another cause. Satan began the self-willed generation.
The term 'engrave' used in Zechariah 3:9 is related to the word 'grave'. A grave is a house of laws. Laws are statutes and strengths; therefore, it has its direction. The direction of a law is the intent of that law. The grave carries a law that has an understanding within it. Every creation is an expression of a law.
When a mosquito stings a man, it introduces a parasite into the man. When the mosquito is killed, the parasite is not killed in the same way. This, therefore, means that the mosquito is not the problem but the plasmodium within it, which is a law. In the same way, when death stings a man, it introduces its law into him (1 Cor. 15:55).
The law is a grave, death is also a grave. Hence, to really destroy death, one must destroy alongside the law it transfers, which is sin. Men do not really know sin, and sin recognizes this ignorance. Sin is wise, as such, it remains unknown to men. it points to something else as sin to deceive men. It morphs and can do so at any time.
Although sin is evil, it cannot handle the High Priest. As often as we call on Jesus the High Priest, sin cringes. The greatest weapon against sin is understanding or light, although not all lights can detect sin. The strength, formula or workings of sin is its law. Sin is an embodiment of the laws that make it up and it has the ability to replicate itself across several men. Similarly, Christ can be present in every single one of us in equal strength and quality.
The law of any creature is everything that makes it up. There is usually one law that makes up a creature, but within it are different laws, which work as one. Likewise, sin has many laws that work together as one law. Sin is in layers - grave, death, law (1 Cor. 15:55-56). It cannot be unraveled without understanding them. Law means strength and strength implies a learning or knowledge like is portrayed in these scriptures – ‘those who know their God shall be strong (Dan. 11:32); and A man of knowledge increaseth strength (Prov. 24:5). Thus, to tamper with the strength of something, its knowledge has to be accessed. One cannot handle something except one holds its law, and one cannot hold a law without the knowledge.
This is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. (John 17:3).
Knowing God is knowing His law. As the scripture says, For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people. And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest. (Heb. 8:10-11).
Christ is taught to a man who has become a neighbour. One is not yet a brother until he has known Christ. Therefore, it first begins with becoming a neighbour who is taught Christ and thereby becomes a brother. Hence, the Scripture, we know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren…(1 John 3:14). It is ‘love for all the saints’ that qualifies a man to be regarded as a neighbour. The law of neighbours is this: And thou shall love thy neighbour as thyself(Matt. 22:39). After this stage, the man is then taught to love his brother as Christ has loved him (John 15:12). Such a one has been taught love beyond that of the neighbour and is now ready to love as Christ loves. A neighbour is a saint who is mature in the milk of the word. He can risk his life, just like the good Samaritan (Luke 10:29).
We see two statuses of men; neighbour and brother. Yet, there is a higher level, which God ultimately desires we attain – people (of God). Each of these levels has varying expressions of love. Some men may use the neighbour kind of love to judge those who have already become people. The 'people' have peculiar laws of love that guide them, including laws of everlasting life. A person at the level of a neighbour may even interpret it as hatred if he does not understand the expression of that life. It is one who has attained the status of being a people that can decide to kill a son for God. Abraham had come to this estate. A neighbour would interpret such an action as murder. Abraham took some men (brothers) with him when he went to sacrifice his son, but he had to leave them at a stage in the journey. People are fathers; they are not children. Attaining to the level of a people is not reached in a day. Thus, the laws of love are from one level to another; there is a level called loving all saints and there is charity. Anyone who has charity has escaped being a neighbour.
Neighbours are people who live on the same street, while brothers live in the same house. The two tablets that God issued on the mount are laws for neighbours (Exo. 20:1-17). God is not going to allow the church to remain neighbours but brothers because neighbours can still have a heart of stone. A complete brother has however been healed from a stony heart. 'People' are men with a heart of flesh (Ezek. 36:26).
The judgment referred to in Ezekiel 36:27 is a sight that is acquired already. Statutes are erections to fire sight. The purpose of statutes is for men to see and read them. They are pillars or elevated platforms installed to call for attention; they are also landmarks. When statutes are raised, a vision is imparted, and what is gotten from that vision is understanding. There can be no vision without light. Hence, the purpose of statutes is for men to extract judgment.
God placed pillars in the spirit, in the realm of judgment, so that we can see and read and by so doing, gain sight. Sight means 'how to see', and it informs how to think. How to think is informed by what to think. Materials are given to make us know what to think and how to think in the form of sight. God gives sight to us through His statutes. To know what to think is to have judgment, while to know how to think is to reason. It is one thing to acquire judgment and another thing to use it. Full age belongs to those who have exercised themselves (Heb. 5:14). Exercise comes by engaging thoughts when they are given via the word of God. Grace follows these thoughts, releasing energy to think them. God is encouraging us to continue to exercise ourselves in the thoughts He releases to us per time. We should allow it and not be lazy to think them through because those thoughts are judgment.
Gods thoughts are higher than our thoughts (Isa. 55:9). Many Christians are in heaven but are not higher than the mundane; they are carnal. When such men pass on, they arrive at heaven with such carnal thoughts intact. Heaven is the home of angels. Angels are mights, dominions, thrones; hence they are kings. Heaven is not the house that was promised to us as believers (John 14:2-3). This house is an abode of God. It would take judgment to accurately discern God. God is a being that is not limited by anything; He can even use a stone as a dwelling place. This is because he is humble, however, He is also real. To know God is to have His things and you get to know Him through fellowship (1 Cor. 2:11).
Tongues and Interpretation (7)
I'm an embodiment of judgment. Every fibre of My being is judgment upon judgment, for My cells are judgment. My systems and organs are judgment; even judgment that is raised. Raised judgment, even judgment higher than creation, even judgment higher than heavens, even judgment higher than earth. Even judgment that you ought to know, that you ought to fellowship with, that you ought to relate with by My Son. Come know Me! For you can know Me saith God. You can relate even to Me via My Judgments. As you know Me, I'm being transferred into you. I am entering into you by My knowledge. Know Me! You can know Me!
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By this statement, ‘that I may receive you unto myself again’ (John 14:3), Jesus was referring to an abode. He was referring to an eternal bosom, not just an everlasting bosom. Jesus is in the bosom of the Father (John 1:18). The Lord promised to give a land to the fathers of Israel and took an oath (Ezek. 36:28; Deut.1:8). Thus, the promised land is a land that has an oath attached to it. It is also a land that devours its inhabitants (Num. 13:32).
Land is always constant; even when war happens and every other thing passes away, the land still remains. When the land of promise was being divided, the Scriptures made mention of mountains, valleys, rivers, high and low places; these all constitute the land. Therefore, whatever remains when everything else is gone is the land.
A land carries (i.e. bears, takes responsibility for) its inhabitants; it is a source of living for its inhabitants. God is our promised land. Just like the promised land, every land is a devourer. Physical lands can eat up various kinds of materials including wood, iron, brass or even gold, and cause them to decay. Many earth metals can be devoured by the land except precious stones. Precious stones are formed by the activities going on within the earth crust; while some others have been in existence since the earth was formed. The aforementioned indicates that certain things can still survive the devouring of land.
Lucifer is also a land, but not a land as our God. Fire is also a land, because it consumes/devours. The reason the bodies of dead men are buried is so that they can be eaten up by the land; it takes them and uses them to mature. Hence, their substance is dissipated in trees and the likes. The earth knows how to distribute the nutrients that it gets from the decay of bodies to the right places. Thus, when a dead body is buried, it means the earth has taken back that which it gave to the man. God created man's body from the dust and unto the dust shall he return (Gen. 3:19). This means that God took all he used to make the body of man from the earth.
The only thing He added was the power to lift it high, by turning it into flesh. No one can make a body out of sand. The best man has tried to do is clone another man. Cloning was even what was originated by God when He created the woman out of man (Gen. 2:21). The Holy Ghost acted upon that bone to make it into a body. This displays the mighty works of God’s hands. It was these same hands that made the heavens and the earth. This same hand turned dust into flesh. There was a power that was released from Him that moved the sand into another state. God had the design, He only needed clay; although one cannot create organs, tissues and all that we see manifest in the human body with only clay. God however knew what to do when He put His hands upon the dust so that various parts of the body began to form. Then, God breathed into it and it became a living soul.
When the body had been fully formed, God woke the man up by breathing into the body. Sometime later, God put the man to sleep and cloned a woman's body out of the man’s own. At this point, God did not have to make the woman's spirit and soul because they had already been created in Genesis 1. Her husband already possessed her flesh, so all that God needed was His bone. When God made Adam, Eve’s flesh was included. Thus, Adam’s body originally had both souls in one body. Then, God said it was not good for the man to be alone. The rib typifies the spirit and soul of the woman that was dwelling in Adam. Just like evil spirits can inhabit a body, Adam and Eve's soul resided in Adam's body. God originally put both the man and woman in one body, but He later separated them and gave the woman her own body. The woman is the body of the man, while the man is the head of the woman (1 Cor. 11:3; Eph.5:28). The house (head) of the woman is the man; while the completeness (body) of the man is his wife.
When men die, their bodies are either buried and returned to the ground or set ablaze. This means that land is equivalent to fire. In the Old Testament, the flesh of animals is set ablaze upon the altar and ash is gotten from them. In the same vein, when Jesus was buried, His body was a type of the animal that is burned outside the camp. When an animal is burned, the fire takes the nutrient away and leaves ash behind. Dust is not sand, rather it is the residue of sand when its nutrients are gone. Ash is like that too because the nutrients are taken off during burning.
While the bodies of men are still alive, there is already a burning that is taking place. If a man puts fire in his bosom, his clothes will be burned (Prov. 6:27). There are different kinds of fires that have worked on our bodies and stolen things from our original bodies. Things have been stolen from that everlasting kind of body that Adam had, as such, the body is no longer firm to endure everlasting age. The souls of the early men were still strong enough to keep their bodies up for almost a thousand years. Adam understood some secrets of the resurrection of the dead. He must have learnt some lessons of everlasting life through the obedience he carried out, which brought certain adhesives back into his body. Thus, it can be said that those adhesives can now be equivalent to the strength of the testimony, which are the conversations of everlasting life. The kind of everlasting life Adam had cannot be compared to that which Enoch had because they were of different generations.
God trained and led these early men, like Enoch. There can be no restoration of flesh without the leading of the Spirit, especially when it pertains to the realm of the Holy of Holies. God would have to strengthen us to fulfil the obedience of The Holiest. The Apostles didn't die of sicknesses, not because they applied faith, but because through their journey in God, their bodies were worked and they collected its substances back. This means that they received their bodies; they inherited the earth. There are certain things about the earth that are going away, hence, it would take the meek to be led to the point of restoring that which was taken. The meek is he who is beautified with salvation.
All manners of fires have come upon our bodies and have taken age and seasons from us. Our bodies are weak, but as we apply our hearts to the things we are hearing and rejoice in them, our bones shall rejoice (Ps. 51:8).
Counsel on Marriage and Godly Relationships
Sex between a man and a woman should not be practiced outside marriage. Concerning sins like fornication, the Bible says that it is better for a man to be married than to burn (1 Cor. 7:9). When Satan wants to destroy a man's body, he sets it on fire. Therefore, we must desist from fornication. We do not know what kind of fire of fornication may be burning in men. Vices like smoking may not be as destructive as fornication. However, anything can destroy the body when in excessive amounts.
The acts of homosexuality do something to the body that humans are yet to realize. Men can pick up strange fires and keep them in their bodies for decades. The fire of fornication is so powerful that it can enter into the genes of the body and soul, and be passed on to a man's offspring. When people fornicate, they exchange communications and fire is transferred.
Even when you are not committing fornication physically, do not communicate such thoughts with someone who is not your spouse because fire can also be transferred in this manner. Do not exchange emotions with someone who is not your spouse. It will take the teaching of the resurrection of the dead to remove fornication from us completely and we would need to resist it until we meet with everlasting life.
Do not move too close to a person when there is no definite reason for the relationship. This is because intimacy might develop and cause you to fall in love with someone who is not your spouse. Intimacy is not enough reason for marriage. It takes more than your body and soul to determine who you are going to live the rest of your life with. A soul that has not yet been redeemed does not have lasting judgement. There is a lot of information about the person you might be intimate with that you do not know. The Holy Ghost knows everyone and their destinies; He would have to look for someone you can key with in this journey, and who will not be a burden to you. When you want to choose a life partner, check your spirit.
The love between a man and a woman is nice but it is not the gift of the spirit; it is the character of the soul. You can train your soul to be free and unafraid of who God will choose for you. You can fall in love with someone that is your spirit’s choice but not your soul’s choice. It takes a soul that is submissive to God to allow this.
It is almost certain that Jacob's real wife was supposed to be Leah and not Rachel. However, Rachel was Jacobs soul design. He wanted to marry a beautiful wife like his father (Isaac) and grandfather (Abraham) did. That definition of beauty is not Edenic; it started from Genesis 6. It is in Genesis 6 that it was first mentioned that women were fair. However, there is no woman on earth that is not beautiful. The world parades the definition of beauty based on physical features. Beauty pageantry is a Satanic standard; it is not of God. God will not call a woman ugly, irrespective of her shape and size. Every woman was created beautifully by God.
For sisters who have the attributes of the ladies who are revered on earth, do not let that puff you up. This wisdom will help you. A large percentage of men will be attracted to you because you have that external beauty, however, there is more to a woman than her outward body; there is a lot that lies beneath the external. If a brother compliments your beauty, appreciate it, but do not let that word lift you out of your base; do not be too light. After some years into marriage, all those external features will wane.
Marriage is older than the church; it is four thousand years older than the church. Some unbelievers have more wisdom about marriage compared to some believers. If marriage is scattered, humanity is gone. The Bible is about marriage.
What makes a woman beautiful is her meek and quiet spirit, for it is an ornament in the spirit. Whatever physical beauty a woman may think she has, there are yet unborn women who will surpass it. So also, what makes a man is not his height or his physique, rather, it is the content within him. These things are our pride. We should therefore not be fooled by how we look outwardly.
Our hearts should be tuned in such a way that it is not attached to any physique. Rather, they should be trained on everlasting life. We should be sincere to the Lord concerning our preferences, but we should also be open to accepting who He chooses for us. You may think height matters until you grow more spiritually. It is these vain desires that cause us to make costly decisions.
Fornication not only weakens the cells of the body but also the soul. That's why he that commits adultery destroys his own soul (Prov. 6:32). We should not commit adultery; it should not be once named among us. It is a direct assault to our building. The thought of fornication is the fire of fornication. We should therefore cut it off.
Many civilised nations set kids on fire and teach them to explore that fire. Sexual passion is fire and you need guidelines for it. You need barricades to contain that fire because sexual fire should burn well. Fire is useful. The fire that will incinerate a whole house is the same fire that will light and warm it up. Sex is a fire of the soul; it is a passion of fire that is meant to fuse a husband and wife. It is not a 'handshake' for friendship; it is an exchange of power. It is the move of souls and the transference of persons. If a man commits fornication with a harlot, he is joined to her (1 Cor. 6:16). This means that sex can weld two people.
The context of marriage is the guard around this fire; it curtails, directs and instructs it. We can use fire to feed everyone in the house. However, if the fire is left open, it can be destructive: it can destroy everything and everyone in a house. When you get to a marriageable age, begin to prepare yourself for your spouse. Your body is holy; you are supposed to be chaste. Do not get into an emotional game because it will progress to other physical sexual acts. Rather, you should grow stronger than that.
If you are being pressured to go into a relationship, the only answer is to shut down your mind and follow God. You will not lack a spouse in this company. Therefore, use this time of singleness to learn. Use your fire for God; burn your energy for Him. If you use your fire for God, there will not be fire left for other things. Burn holily! You are supposed to be a seraphim for God; therefore, you should burn for Him. The Lord will grant you grace.
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