Jesus Wants Us to Be Mature Christians ㅡ
“Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ:
But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:” (Ephesians 4:13, 15)
“Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.” (Revelation 22:14)
Your size as a human being is nothing, But if you have reached the full stature of a man in Christ Jesus, according to the knowledge you have had, you will receive an appointment to sit with Christ at the marriage supper of the Lamb; and through the eternal ages, you will never cease to learn of the blessings granted in the banquet prepared for you.
You may be tall and well-proportioned in self, but you cannot enter here.
None can enter who are grown-up children, carrying with them the disposition, the habits, and the characteristics which pertain to children.
If you have nurtured suspicions, criticism, temper, self-dignity, you cannot be admitted; for you would spoil the feast.
All who go in through this door have on the wedding garment, woven in the loom of heaven.
Those who educate themselves to pick flaws in the characters of others, reveal a deformity that makes families unhappy, that turns souls from the truth to choose fables.
Your leaven of distrust, your want of confidence, your power of accusing, closes against you the door of admittance.
Within this door nothing can enter that could possibly mar the happiness of the dwellers by marring their perfect trust in one another.
You can never see the King in His beauty if you are not yourself a representative of His character.
(Selected Messages Book 1 109, 110)
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