The Final Revelation of Jesus Christ - Session 8

This is the eighth of eight messages Doug gave in his interviews with GeorgeAnn Hughes in her podcast, The ByteShow. This installment takes a look at the predominant characteristics of the condition of the church, especially here in the west, known a the church of Laodicea.
Here are my notes:
o “God will have in His church the glory of Jesus Christ. He is going to prosecute and bring to conclusion in this last final generation that which will bring the church into conformity to the image of His Son. So in the midst of this darkness, in the midst of this falling away of Laodicea, God’s provision is a Person, Jesus Christ, the Amen, the faithful and true Witness… God’s provision for all declension, for all falling away from His full thought is a deeper and more full revelation of Jesus Christ.”
o I grew up in the church under some very good teaching – but for decades believed lukewarm members of the church of Laodicea that were going to be vomited out were unbelievers – ‘nominal Christians’ we called them – those who went to church every Sunday but weren’t really saved. Therefore I missed the truth that these are Christians – not unbelievers – who need to repent, or otherwise be removed in judgment prior to the rapture.
o Doug gives a very detailed helpful explanation of what it means for us to buy gold refined in fire. “And what is the money? I’ve suffered the loss of all things… it’s the very self-life rooted in Adam that must die. So, to purchase gold – we must die. Everything about us that’s not according to Christ must go through the cross; it must die.”
o Doug clearly defines the difference between positional (imputed) righteousness and experiential (practical) righteousness – who we are in Christ and that with we put on, the righteousness of Christ – the righteous acts of the saints.
o Though ‘putting on the full armor of God’ individually may remind us what it means to be clothed and protected in Christ, the passage in Ephesians 6 specifically teaches us it is a corporate putting on of the armor. For example, the shield of faith is not only for personal protection, but as we are joined together for battle as a phalanx, we also cover and protect those around us as our shields of faith are interlocked where the fiery darts become impenetrable.
o This whole message is chock full of detailed scriptural instruction on how to turn from apostacy and return back to first love, the beginning to reverse Laodicea and find ourselves in conformity to the church of Philadelphia.
o “Union and communion prepares us for throne union… Sharing His sufferings, sharing His glory. They are interdependent and interrelated.”
Resources recommended:
Great Fathers’ Day message (not just for fathers) by Eric Ludy: Lessons from the Storm - https://ellerslie.com/lessons-from-the-storm/
The Cross and Higher Ground by T. Austin-Sparks - https://bookministry1.s3.amazonaws.com/books/The+Cross+And+Higher+Ground.pdf

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