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Glorification Won’t Be Cosmetic

03 Thursday Aug 2017

Posted by Rev. Nadine Drayton-Keen in Devotional

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Glorified Bodies Not Made Cosmetically

 

 

VERSE:

so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.

 

Ephesians 5:27

 

COUPLET:
Spotless and wrinkleless in ageless dreams
Can’t be achieved with anti-aging creams.

 

 

Anti-Aging Creams

 

 

PRAYER:

Holy Spirit, thank You for teaching us. Thank You, too, for changing us into the likeness of Christ, so we will be without spot or wrinkle, so others will see Christ in us, and so we’ll never resort to being those actors who once played three different roles: a “religious” role, a public role, and a familial role. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen.

 

 

~ this blog entry is from my manuscript Daily Manna: Bible Verse, Couplet & Prayer for Each Day of the Year

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Overcomers’ Rewards

18 Saturday Feb 2017

Posted by Rev. Nadine Drayton-Keen in Spiritual

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Who shall ever separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? Just as it is written and forever remains written,

                     “FOR YOUR SAKE WE ARE PUT TO DEATH ALL DAY LONG;
                     WE ARE REGARDED AS SHEEP FOR THE SLAUGHTER.”

Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors and gain an overwhelming victory through Him who loved us [so much that He died for us]. ~ Romans 8:35-37, AMP

Overcomers or those believers who truly are more than conquerors clearly are the faithful and obedient victorious members of the Body of Christ—the faithful and obedient spiritual conquerors. Notice that, in Revelation chapters 2-3, Christ never addresses the entire Body of Believers, which is His whole Ekklesia, as overcomers. Nor does He address one entire ekklesia (one entire assembly or one entire “church”) as overcomers. While speaking individually to the seven “churches,” Christ promises heavenly rewards ONLY to the saint who overcomes—Christ uses only the singular pronoun when He says: “He who overcomes.” Thus, Christ makes it clear that not all saints, not all members in His Ekklesia, are or will be overcomers. These overcomers are the saints who shine like the stars that are far and above the spiritual corruptions or spiritual problems in Revelation’s seven “churches” (see Revelation 1: 16).

I know what I said above is an uncomfortable truth, but the Truth is that Bible verses prove that the overcomers—the ones to whom specific rewards are promised/offered and to whom these promised rewards will be given—are separate and distinct types of saints. If we read closely, we see that in every one of the seven “churches” mentioned in Revelation chapters 2 and 3 there were—and, indeed, there always have been—those saints who were faithful believers in Christ and those saints who were unfaithful believers in Christ. There were—and there always have been—those saints who were obedient children of God and those saints who were disobedient children of God. In other words, there were then—and always have been—spiritual and carnal members in the Body of Christ. Therefore, there also always were (and always have been, even now there are) overcomers AND those saints who were/are overwhelmed/worn down/defeated. To put it differently, from the beginning of Christ’s Ekklesia, there always have been those believers who have become spiritual conquerors and those believers who have been spiritually conquered!

Again, the Scriptures prove that Christ only promises EACH spiritual conqueror in each of Revelation’s seven “churches” that if that person—if he or she—is a faithful and obedient overcomer; that is, if the spiritually mature man or spiritually mature woman in each “church” continues to fight against Satan’s fiery darts, his destructive deceptions, and his toxic lies AND WINS, even if his or her resistance leads to his or her death, then that OVERCOMER is the believer who will receive the following specific rewards:

1. The Tree of Life

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will grant to eat of the tree of life which is in the Paradise of God.’ ~ Revelation 2:7 (Ephesus)

2. The Crown of Life

Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, so that you will be tested, and you will have tribulation for ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life. ~ Revelation 2:10 (Smyrna)

3. The White Stone

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, to him I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and a new name written on the stone which no one knows but he who receives it.’ ~ Revelation 2:17 (Pergamum)

4. National Authority

He who overcomes, and he who keeps My deeds until the end, TO HIM I WILL GIVE AUTHORITY OVER THE NATIONS; ~ Revelation 2:26 (Thyatira)

5. White Robes

He who overcomes will thus be clothed in white garments; and I will not erase his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels. ~ Revelation 3:5 (Sardis)

6. The Permanent Pillar

He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will not go out from it anymore; and I will write on him the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God, and My new name. ~ Revelation 3:12 (Philadelphia)

7. The Throne

He who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. ~ Revelation 3:21 (Laodicea)

Anyone who has an ear needs to hear that Christ’s overcomer is not just the run-of-the-mill kind of saint, who gets into Heaven with the smell of smoke on him or her (see 1 Corinthians 3:15). To get these mentioned rewards that saint must be the spiritual conqueror (more than a conqueror) kind of overcomer—a faithful and obedient even unto death kind of saint.

Once again, every saint—each believer in Christ, every Body of Christ member—must model his or her life after the One who first overcame this world and the devil. That Overcomer is Christ Jesus! Is anybody listening? Selah . . . . .

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Witnesses for Christ Jesus

22 Tuesday Oct 2013

Posted by Rev. Nadine Drayton-Keen in Poetry

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Your Testimony Not Your Title
Witnesses for Christ aren’t event spectators;
No, no; they’re those who face execution—the
Courts of public opinions’ unjustified verdict
For bearing TESTIMONY to the Truth.
Highlighting Christ-like character, power, authority, while
Downplaying reputation, fame, possessions, money, life;
They soon enter their Bermuda Triangle of
Cross-currents that secular judgments generate,
Indomitably ever choosing loyalty to the Lord over
Conforming to worldly paradigms, yardsticks,
Morals, rules, beliefs; of any kind.
 
God most assuredly secured their Faith’s TESTIMONY,
Confirming as well the ultimate intent for
Their Witness; that being, First Fruits raised saints’ TESTIMONY
Continually resonating within earthbound Age of Grace
Saved through Faith believers in Christ, so as to
Uplift Testifiers striving to show same perseverance;
Encouraging steadfast, immovable, and abundant
Excellence—meritorious service exemplified by cloud of witnesses who
Spur on centuries of Christ followers, inspiring them to excel
Required labor God’s call initiates.
     
What’s more, the Lord’s vineyard workers instantly
Learn mankind’s appellations attached to names
Are unnecessary titles; just more secular labels
Used to pressure conformity—compliant behavior
That promises acceptance, approval, adherence to
Ungodly, inferior standards current ruler established.
Only title that matters to Christ, the soon-to-be
King and Lord over entire Earth is
WITNESS—someone deprived of life because of
Being totally surrendered to the Lord;
WITNESS—universal identity vineyard workers share—
For Witness is Testifier; someone whose content
TESTIMONY is:  Bought with a price;
Made Christ’s Own via His shed on the Cross
Priceless Blood!
 
Whether witnesses in legal sense, historical sense or
Ethical sense, believers in Christ are called to
Be His Testifiers, who sooner or later prove their
Faith in the Gospel Message, and in Him Who is that
Nearly too-good-to-be-true Good News,
Through martyrdom, in all its forms.
 
TESTIMONY is a reasonable service;
Voluntarily and gratefully professing, confirming,
Bringing to light the knowledge of God and His Son,
As empowered by Holy Spirit, pleases God.
Testifiers boldly, firmly, faithfully, plus unadulteratedly
Speaking, teaching, thoroughly trusting God’s Word
Pleases Him immensely, too.
Christ’s Witnesses in return receive this distinction:
Earth and Heaven’s Overcomers (Conquerors),
Who, by the Lamb’s Blood and their devotedly
Spoken TESTIMONY, victoriously defy this
Sin-sick world’s threats to silence them by
Law, flogging, incarceration, or worse,
Public execution!

 

Jesus answered, Even if I do testify on My own behalf, My testimony is true and reliable and valid, for I know where I came from and where I am going;…. ~ John 8:14, AMP

But you shall receive power (ability, efficiency, and might) when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be My witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria and to the ends (the very bounds) of the earth. ~ Acts 1:8, AMP

Therefore then, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses [who have borne testimony to the Truth], let us strip off and throw aside every encumbrance (unnecessary weight) and that sin which so readily (deftly and cleverly) clings to and entangles us, and let us run with patient endurance and steady and active persistence the appointed course of the race that is set before us,  Looking away [from all that will distract] to Jesus, Who is the Leader and the Source of our faith [giving the first incentive for our belief] and is also its Finisher [bringing it to maturity and perfection]. He, for the joy [of obtaining the prize] that was set before Him, endured the cross, despising and ignoring the shame, and is now seated at the right hand of the throne of God. ~ Hebrews 12:1-2, AMP

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An Invitation To The Walking Dead: Come Alive Through The Baptism Of The Holy Spirit!

02 Monday Nov 2009

Posted by Rev. Nadine Drayton-Keen in Devotional

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addicted, defeated, fire baptism, habits, harmony, healing, hurting, overcomer, testimonies, walking dead

There are many Christians who are alcoholics, workaholics, shop-a-holics, smoke-a-holics, lie-a-holics, sex-a-holics, and so forth. These are hurting people seeking to ease their pains of life with habits and activities that they believe will feed their own “hungry” spirit. They are addicted to habits and activities that, on the surface, appear to enliven them. In actuality, these Christian addicts are nothing more than the walking dead—their spirits are alive but their bodies and minds are still enslaved by the world’s systems. They are dead to a Holy Spirit-filled life—a life in which believers not only are living in close fellowship with God but also are living as overcomers with Christ Jesus, while trusting God for more supernatural endowments (gifts) and a deeper empowerment than most believers ever experience.

Then there are many Christians who live miserable, defeated, and/or walking dead lives, all because they stray off the path that leads to righteousness and do not return to the Lord’s way. Furthermore, while traveling down the wrong path, most of them become utterly deceived. Their ignorance about what truly is in the Holy Bible also causes them to operate or function outside of the full power of God. Because they put their faith in their own strength, intelligence, wisdom, fame, money, and/or possessions—instead of living a Christ-centered life that yields to (submits to) the supernatural workings of the Holy Spirit—like the abovementioned Christian addicts, these believers also end up trying to ease their hurts and pains with their own methods, which are in accordance with their own understandings.

Jesus the Christ wants hurting, addicted, and defeated people, non-Christians and believers, to live lives that are in harmony with His Word. However, before they can live the God-kind of Christian lifestyle, these hurting, addicted, and defeated people first must realize that they only can come alive in Jesus Christ once they are baptized in the Holy Spirit and in Fire.

Living a life without having Jesus the Christ as the source of their help and healing, especially in these times of need, will cause these hurting, addicted, and defeated individuals to continue to be the walking dead. The Lord, however, wants their lives to be LIVING testimonies of the goodness, mercy, grace, and love of God. For this reason, these walking dead also must give Jesus the Christ all of their hurts and pains so that He can let the Holy Spirit give them the peace of God.

Christ invites every hurting, addicted, and/or defeated person to come alive in Him by being baptized in the Holy Spirit and Fire (cf. Matthew 3:11, KJV). Both baptisms refer to making a permanent change. Being baptized in the Holy Spirit is being filled or flooded with supernatural power and gifts. Being baptized in the Holy Spirit also means being saturated with zeal—to be fired up for Jesus Christ and for the sake of the Gospel (change number 1). Being baptized in Fire is becoming sanctified (purified)—becoming a spiritually mature fruit producer (change number 2).

The Holy Spirit is God’s fiery Spirit who baptizes, floods/fills, God’s children by endowing and empowering them so that they fervently can work as One Body in Christ toward fulfilling the purpose  of making disciples of mankind (the Great Commission). He also fills their hearts/spirits with the LIGHT of Jesus the Christ so that they can shine in this dark world. Next, the Holy Spirit fire baptizes God’s children by thoroughly cleansing (burning off the impurities of sin) so as to make God’s children holy/pure. Baptism in fire, thus, symbolizes the transforming energy of the Holy Spirit’s sanctification actions. Therefore, both baptisms are needed in the sanctification process, for they work together to shine/burn in humans, to fuse believers into one Body in Christ, to lead, to guide, to teach, to reveal, to heal, to mature, to make spiritually productive, and to refine or purify the body and soul/mind so that they (the body and soul) can be glorified.

The bottom line is that it is not enough to have the Holy Spirit living on the inside of believers.  Every justified believer receives (possesses) the Holy Spirit. However, the Holy Bible has Scriptures that prove that  the baptism of the Holy Spirit is a separate event. Therefore, the Holy Spirit also must fill/flood and fire-purify believers so that He can transform them into the image of Jesus the Christ! AMEN.

“God is not the God of the dead, but of the living” (Matthew 22:32b, KJV).

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