The Mystery of Comparison II

In the last post, I emphatically stated that when something is to lose its relevance, gain momentum, gain ground, or even shift suddenly; for us to perceive it is based on comparison. Without comparison, not only will our understanding be fragmented, but our perception will be null. What is that all about? Discernment.

Discernment

Discernment is when your spirit weighs the backing and notices a difference. There’s a reason why John said we should test every spirit. Our physical brain, mental mind, and spiritual conscience already run tests. Some signs are clear to differentiate because evil has a look, taste, feel, smell, and touch. However, when the enemy disguises himself as the angel of light, anyone walking by sight will fall for his deception. All physical and soulish comparisons will fail because he can pass all such perception tests. However, he can not hide the darkness of his heart.

Anyone who continually trains their senses to recognize the difference between good and evil have matured. I’m not the one saying this. Check Hebrews 5:14. During the perception test, your spirit compares the backing spirit with the Spirit in you. It is a skill and requires training. Discernment needs sharpening because all lies have an iota of truth in them. To weigh the spirit backing activities, doctrines, movements, systems, territories, instructions, etc is not something that can be extensively taught to full understanding; you have to experience it to fully grasp it. This is why all these are a mystery. In fact, the mystery of comparison has an underlying mystery; the mystery of measure.

Difference

We also spoke about the sense of judgement last week. Speaking on differences, it is the mystery of comparison revealed via judgement that brings about the clear difference between those on God’s side and those on the evil side. Malachi 3:17 explains it well; “They will be my people,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. “On the day when I act in judgement, they will be my own special treasure. I will spare them as a father spares an obedient child. Then you will again see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.” It is the kind of judgement where God judges all based on His standard; His revealed glory. The same stone will be a stepping stone to the righteous but a stumbing block to the wicked. This is what will happen on the general Judgement day.

The same water that hardens an egg softens the potato. If you have not read Number 16, now is the good time to read it. When God’s glory is revealed, all who are not on the Lord’s side are automatically consumed. God is pure and not a tiny amount of uncleanness can stand in His holy presence as Habakkuk 1:13 says. People are asking for God to reveal Himself/His Glory, and they don’t know what they are asking. That revealed Glory is a consuming fire; if you’re an ore, the discipline burns out all the impurities, and you are left as pure gold. This is why God moves us from glory to glory, gradually revealing His Glory in a measure we have the capacity to endure. Paul said that “we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.”

Dani-El

Because people do not understand this Mystery of Glory, they think the God of the Old Testament is different. No, He has not changed. It is the sacrifice of Jesus that has made us qualified. Jesus has made us friends with God so God’s revealed Glory will not consume as like it will do His enemies. God is still the same. That is why the writer of Hebrews admonishes us to “be thankful and please God by worshipping Him with holy fear and awe; for our God is a consuming fire”. This explains one major reason why we can not go to the Father except through Jesus. Try going to the Father with your self-righteousness and see if you can endure the fulness of His Glory. And oh, if you think that we have “lost the glory of God” in our gatherings today, it’s even a sign of mercy. If we haven’t surrendered to Jesus and consecrated our full self (spirit, soul, and body), we will be devoured in God’s presence. In this last days, God has promised to pour out His judgement. “‭This means that all of creation will be shaken and removed, so that only unshakable things will remain.”

Judgement Day is a great and terrible day, as Isaiah puts it. Great for those on God’s side. It’s terrible for the others. Does the idea of Judgement Day terrify you? Then you really need to surrender all to Christ. Because the saints in Heaven cannot wait for that day as Revelations 6:10 tells us. For those on God’s side, we are going to experience the fulness of His Glory, for “he has not yet shown us what we will be like when Christ appears. But we do know that we will be like him, for we will see him as he really is.”