Hi there,
So I have this simple thought for your edification
We must take a stand against the world, that it will hear no more from us, until they have understood what has converted us, first. As Paul said "Follow me, as I follow Christ" (paraphrase letters, from memory). We can implore them, to listen to us, because our conversion has value, has meaning. There is power in this, because if we withhold our being completed, our being converted will grow in charge. The Holy Spirit, wants a "charged" conversion, one that is ready and active - hoping to save. The trouble is, that knowing the difference requires prayer and meditation. We should be praying that we have the strength to know the difference and empower the difference, between converting and completing.
Part of the situation with conversion and completion, is that conversion involves the Law - if we do not develop a conviction about the Law, then our soul will not know what it needs to be converted for. Likewise, if we expect works of completion because we are converted, we are creating a tradition that chokes the soul. Some tradition can be justified, simply because the Lord's burden is so easy and His yoke so light - but we have to remember that one day we will have to give it up - we will have to thank God, that we had it while it lasted. Going back to conversion then, we must trust that God will never beguile us, trap us, but that we knew the Law, before we were converted. The power of this is very simple, it means trusting God, that we will never be in a situation where our conversion is not good enough.
I hope this has been of some encouragement.
God bless.
So I have this simple thought for your edification
In essence, God will always put the will of His Son (Jesus Christ) before the will of the Holy Spirit. This is because to be completed means that you need a foundation, and the only way to develop a foundation, is to be converted by Jesus. The world does not understand this. The world thinks "you have been converted and completed, I can just take part in your being completed". This is wrong. Jesus said "the wise virgins said 'get your own oil'" (paraphrase Gospels, from memory) and "don't give what's holy to the dogs" (again paraphrase Gospels, from memory).Gottservant said:God will never complete you, before He converts you (selah)
We must take a stand against the world, that it will hear no more from us, until they have understood what has converted us, first. As Paul said "Follow me, as I follow Christ" (paraphrase letters, from memory). We can implore them, to listen to us, because our conversion has value, has meaning. There is power in this, because if we withhold our being completed, our being converted will grow in charge. The Holy Spirit, wants a "charged" conversion, one that is ready and active - hoping to save. The trouble is, that knowing the difference requires prayer and meditation. We should be praying that we have the strength to know the difference and empower the difference, between converting and completing.
Part of the situation with conversion and completion, is that conversion involves the Law - if we do not develop a conviction about the Law, then our soul will not know what it needs to be converted for. Likewise, if we expect works of completion because we are converted, we are creating a tradition that chokes the soul. Some tradition can be justified, simply because the Lord's burden is so easy and His yoke so light - but we have to remember that one day we will have to give it up - we will have to thank God, that we had it while it lasted. Going back to conversion then, we must trust that God will never beguile us, trap us, but that we knew the Law, before we were converted. The power of this is very simple, it means trusting God, that we will never be in a situation where our conversion is not good enough.
I hope this has been of some encouragement.
God bless.