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Kinds Of Spiritual Garments by Nobody: 1:17pm On Apr 10, 2015
[quote]The differentiation between different
people is best understood from the
point of view of garments. Garments
depict status in spirit. The scriptures have a
different types of garments refered
to. for example, the possibility of being
clothed with 'our habitation from
heaven'2nd cor 5:1. also there are
many references concerning garments
being as white as snow. these are
garments adorning believers.
White garments, in the old testament
adorned the priesthood as a show of
righteousness. they
spiritually,symbolize our status with
God. There are also numerous
references to the garment of humility,
and in the first chapter of proverbs,
honor of parents is refered to as
ornamental on the obedient. The priests
in the Israelite temple adorned
themselves with different frocks,
ornamented by what was a likeness
of fruits, and the fruits of the holy
spirit , like humility, are refered to as
garments.It therefore follows that
these garments, spiritual in nature, are
also fruits of the work of the Spirit of
God in Us, starting with the first grace
we received, of conviction by the Spirit
of God. The garments can therefore be
refered to as depiction of the grace of
God as we are gradually transformed
by his Spirit. We do grow in grace; 2nd
peter 3:18.
The fuctions of the garments are as
our physical garments. they are
protective, which is also in reference to
the angelic protection accorded to all,
from the elements and there is a type
of garment for war/ combat ; Eph
chapter 6. This armoury is the
culmination of the grace of God over
our lives.
There is another kind of dressing, the
we need to be ware of. There are
wolves dressed in sheep clothing.
Believers are refered to as sheep and
therefore a wolf dressed as a sheep is
a masquerader. the description also
depicts mischief(1Tim 4:1).
The first step in unclothing these
mischief is in the basics. If it is a
sheep, the the grace of God availed as
described above should enable them
give forth fruit worthy of their
alleged repentance . It therefore
follows that a mismatch between the
type of tree and the type of fruit it
is bearing should raise eyebrows.
Growth in the grace and the resultant
power is of course gradual and space
should be given and therefore this
distinction should not stand on its own.
Neither should it be ignored. The lord
delt with these kind of people. In
his teaching he called himself a
true shepherd, and juxtaposed the
simile with a false shepherd, that in
actual sense was a thief. These are
both two kinds of people who want to
associate themselves with the flock.
One is sympathetic, and wills to feed,
protect and care, while the other is
mischievous, like a hunter, is looking
for merchandise, food and his
association leads to destruction(the
thief comes not but to kill, to steal and
to destroy). This is true of even these
times , where there are some shepherds,
and some thieves masquerading as
shepherd. They all, like in the parable,
are calling out to the sheep, and some
sheep are responding to the call of the
thieves, to their hurt. Within Christs
realm were those he called 'rulers of
the people' who out of their ill
intention opposed Christ and his
teachings. the paradox is that they too
claimed to be ministers of the same
God whose Son, they later crucified.
Thats a classic example of the works of
darkness hidden in church
and purporting to be works of light. It
is for this reason that a warning is
given that the devil transforms himself
into an angel of light, and his
messengers into ministers of
righteousness(2nd cor 11:14,15). Judas
escariot perfomed an award winning
discipleship role, even going forth with
the other eleven when Jesus sent them
two by two. This just proves the extent
of involvement that these messengers
of the devil can go too, and Christ
must have kept this masquerading
disciple as a lesson for us. Like Judas
they will betray you to the snares of
the devil with a kiss, and they come as
both members of the congregation, like
Judas, or shepherds, like the priests set
up the accusations and cried out,
" crucify Him."
Like the rulers of Israel in the times
of Jesus, these are false teachers
which are liable to come against any
congregation(2nd peter 2:1) and
through their knowledge of the laws of
God and the curses of the law(rom
4:15), will search out
the Christians liberty through the
Grace availed by Christ in order to
bring them into bondage(Gal 2:4)
These are led by demons whose
knowledge of the word is used to
accuse the people of God. That is why
Christ is an advocate for
us before God, to counter these
mischievous accusations. As shepherds
or just members of the fellowship,by
use of Gods word they emphasize on
condemnation, or the curse of the law
and its works, as opposed to the Grace
of God through His Son . This is because
for one, they have no experience of
this grace. They are not sons of God
And therefore the light of the word of
God is non-existent in them. for this
reason the works of the law- do this or
that to be righteous, or you are
cursed because you have not done this
is not only beneficial to their
mischievous cause but it is their
weapon of choice, which i must say
seems to be working well. In such
congregations are members who are not
sure of their salvation, of low self
esteem and wouldn't even rebuke the
lowest caste of demons for their paths
due to feelings of unworthiness. These
masqueraders successfully break
the amour off the bodies of the
christians through these smooth
disarming tactics and leave them open
for their ravenous intentions over the
flock. These are more than just
ravening wolves, they are serpents
whose tongues are poisonous and
deadly.

( All Scriptural reference is to
the Authorized King James Version of
the bible.)
http://sheep-talk..com/2012/01/garments-clothes-differentiation.html

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