Enlightenment must be done and lived out in the Holy Spirit.
Enlightenment has confines and principles because Jesus is enlightenment itself. If you don’t have Jesus you cannot live in enlightenment. You can instinctively know words of enlightenment but they aren’t much good if you don’t know the source of where that enlightenment comes from. It is like having a sink connected to no source of water. It is like a light switch connected to no power. It is like having a loved one’s perfume but not being with the one you love.
Jesus is enlightenment. Jesus is the Word. People need to be connected to him to be enlightened and walk in enlightenment.
John 1:1-4 “In the beginning the Word already existed. He was with God, and he was God. He was in the beginning with God. He created everything there is. Nothing exists that he didn’t make. Life itself was in him, and this life gives light to everyone.”
Isaiah 55:8-13 "My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts," says the LORD. "And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts. The rain and snow come down from the heavens and stay on the ground to water the earth. They cause the grain to grow, producing seed for the farmer and bread for the hungry. It is the same with my word. I send it out, and it always produces fruit. It will accomplish all I want it to, and it will prosper everywhere I send it. You will live in joy and peace. The mountains and hills will burst into song, and the trees of the field will clap their hands! Where once there were thorns, cypress trees will grow. Where nettles grew, myrtles will sprout up. These events will bring great honor to the LORD's name; they will be an everlasting sign of his power and love."
I used to live where thorns and nettles once grew until I gave my life to God and Jesus was revealed to me. I could not have joy or peace without Jesus who is the Word. I could not accomplish what God set before me without Jesus. He is the everlasting sign of power and love. What is even more satisfying- is he is continually to be revealed to me. He is never grows old or becomes boring. Like it says in Ephesians 3:19-20 “May you experience the love of Christ, thought it is so great you will never fully understand it. Then you will be filled with the fullness of life and power that comes from God. Now glory be to God! By his might power at work within us, he is able to accomplish infinitely more than we would ever dare to ask or hope. May he be given the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus forever and ever through the endless ages. Amen”
In John 8:12 Jesus spoke to the people once more and said, "I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won't have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life."
John 10:9-11 Jesus said “Yes, I am the gate. Those who come in through me will be saved. They will come and go freely and will find good pastures. The thief's purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd sacrifices his life for the sheep.”
Jesus is the source of enlightenment he sends the power to the switch, the water to the sink, and is the source of LOVE. Not the love the world was twisted and manipulated to it shameful and sinful ways.
Psalms 19:7-9 The instructions of the LORD are perfect, reviving the soul. The decrees of the LORD are trustworthy, making wise the simple. The commandments of the LORD are right, bringing joy to the heart. The commands of the LORD are clear, giving insight for living. Reverence for the LORD is pure, lasting forever. The laws of the LORD are true; each one is fair.
Living in enlightenment glorifies God but those who seek enlightenment to glory themselves will reap decay and death. Enlightenment taken out of the context and being of Jesus is a mess of perverted truths.
Enlightenment taken out of the context and Spirit of Jesus breeds- twisted human understanding and reality. Words of Enlightenment not used in the confines and Spirit of Jesus indulge and thrive in “worldly” society, religion, pride, sexually immorality, which obviously denies any reverence towards God. Twisted and manipulated theses truths of God are once used by one not filled by the Holy Spirit. Symptoms of these individuals are arrogance, disobedience, presumption, broken promises, cold heartedness, idol worship, un-forgiveness, greed, coveting, hate, drunkenness, envy, murder, fighting, deception, gossip, and encouraging others to do the same. These incrust the soul and hold it slave and captive to the devil. (Romans 1:21- 32)
Ephesians 2:2-3 talking to Christians says, “You used to live in sin, just like the rest of the world, obeying the devil—the commander of the powers in the unseen world. He is the spirit at work in the hearts of those who refuse to obey God. All of us used to live that way, following the passionate desires and inclinations of our sinful nature. By our very nature we were subject to God's anger, just like everyone else.”
Galatians 5:19-25 “Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told [you] in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. And those [who are] Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.”
We must live via the Holy Spirit to walk in the light of Jesus Christ.
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