Now, little children, abide in him

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" 27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.

 28 And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming."(1John 2:27-28)

As for the anointing of the Holy Spirit,  1 John 2 is by far the best. The paint is a powdery particle. When it is mixed with water, it is water-based paint, and when it is mixed with oil, it is called oil-based paint. Unless it's water or oil, we won't be able to stick the powdery color on the wall. Likewise, in order to be united with God, who is spirit, the anointing must be within us. What I sometimes ask pastors is how to do true worship. Among those who talk about the Second Coming in the air and the Second Coming on earth, they say that worship is done in spirit and in heart. As previously tranlated, this man who speaks of spirit and heart does not know what worship is. After the Son of Man was crucified, God gave us his only begotten Son, Christ, so we have eternal life because we believe in the Lord in Christ. This is the result of being born again of water and the Spirit.(John 3:16, 3-5) In fact, we did not know that we were born again, but since we have eternal life in Christ, we know that we have been born again after being discovered in him. This is the work of the Holy Spirit who precedes and accompanies us.

As a result, we clearly distinguish between born-again and non-born again. If you keep the Son in you, you have eternal life. If you do not follow the Son who died on the cross and rose again, you are under the wrath of God.(John 3:36) The gap of this born again is clear. If you do not know this antipode, you will not know what sin is and what death is. Because the anointing dwells in you, you know the truth, gain freedom from sin and death, become one with Christ, eat the bread of life and drink water of life, and approach God. In this process, there is self-denial and self-cross, so there is a broken heart and a mourning heart, and with a longing heart, it becomes a new earth that reaches the new heaven. 

If we have accepted Christ as our Lord, it should be natural to abide in Him. As a weaned child cradled in its mother's arms, it will be calm and serene.(Psalm 131:2) After whining and praying for what we need, we finally pray like incense in a golden bowl. "Bless the Lord Oh! my soul...worship your Holy name" you will sing praises with tears. Because the anointing of the Holy Spirit makes us to grasp in us the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God.

If you follow Jesus, the Son of Man, to Christ, the Son of God, the only begotten Son, the veil will be removed from your face.(2 Corinthians 3:14)  Then we are changed into the image of the Lord, from glory to glory.(2Cor.3:18) It is a new covenant written in fleshy tables of the heart with the Spirit of the living God; not with ink in tables of stone.(2Cor3:3) when the light of the glorious gospel of Christ shines into you through the Holy Spirit, we are put on the image of God.(2Cor 4:4) Then, although we are like earthen vessels, we become God's vessels containing this treasure.(2Cor.4:7)

 You can feel God's love and maximize your sense of identity and value. A worn-out bag, but full of cash, the owner will appreciate it very much. God cherishes us because we  have His son in us. Therefore, those who live with the life of Christ in them will automatically be recorded in the book of life, and on the day they will stand proudly at the White Throne Judgment with the resurrection of life (John 5:29). The 144,000 on Mount Zion, the Second Coming in the air in 2026, and the Second Coming on earth in 2029, etc, the words of scammers who play with children with baby bottles are not taken seriously.

In our language hymn, we sing, 'I always look to the Lord for the time of glory to come', so everyone thinks that the day when they see the glory is the last trumpet. However, the original lyrics mean that we always look to the Lord so that the light of glory shines in us. This is the gap between the new covenant, where Christ now dwells in us, and the Second Coming Jesus, who is to come. As he says to become the bride of Christ, he says the time is coming when we will worship in spirit and in heart. How can we be clothed with the fine linen, which is the righteous act of righteousness, when there is no present whereby we become one spirit with Christ in the Spirit and the truth and come to the throne of God's grace?(Revelation 19:8) 

If the anointing of Holy Spirit abides in you, you will know the truth and see the glory of the Lord, so you will live in the Lord and enjoy freedom without shame before God. By keeping the commandments of the Lord, we will exercise the righteousness of faith by standing boldly before the Lord with the faith to strongly request the love of the Father and the appearance of the Lord. We changed our clothes with Christ through baptism and resurrection.(Galatians 3:27) It is a blessing to take off the corrupt, dirty, and tattered sinner's clothes through the Lord's death and resurrection, and receive the anointing and put on the clothes of Christ and always stand proudly before God. It is the blessing of the righteous who bathe in the cross of Christ and wash their feet according to the truth.

Written by Ptr. Yohan Kim.

Translated by  Nancy Chung

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