One body fitly joined together

Ephesians 4:16 ¹⁶ From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.

I believe that when a Christian is in the Spirit and lead by the Spirit, they will have the same messages as others who are also lead by the Spirit… we are one body and our job is to edify one another in love.

At night and some times in the day I will watch either TikTok videos from Christian content makers or I’ll watch YouTube videos by Christians… and from time to time on Facebook I’ll watch reels… and I noticed that a lot of time the message is the same from one video to the next. I’m not so much speaking about the messages to the world to repent because the time is at hand, but the messages to the believers to encourage us and to let us know that we are all fighting the same fight.

One message that has always been true that has been coming up lately is that the closer we get to God, the more sinful we feel. It’s almost like the more I push in towards Godliness, the less Godly I feel and the more aware of how wretched I am. I wrote that and this verse came to mind.

Romans 7:18-25 ¹⁸ For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.¹⁹ For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.²⁰ Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.²¹ I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.²² For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:²³ But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.²⁴ O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?²⁵ I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.

In reading Romans it becomes VERY clear that we are saved by grace through faith in the blood of Jesus. Paul outlines how he can’t depend on his flesh to save him. Any time we draw closer to Jesus we become aware of our sin because Jesus is the Light.

John 8: 12¹² Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

The result of being exposed to the light is clarity of vision… in this case, the more we hang out with the Jesus… who is Holy, the more aware of our unholy behaviors we become and the more repentant we become. You could even say that if you are spending time with Jesus and you don’t feel like you need to change anything or start repenting for your sinful behaviors… or even if you feel like you have no sinful behaviors… you might want to start worrying about your salvation. I’ve never been closer to God than I am now… and I’ve never felt like a bigger creep….. like I realize that I am just a horrible sinner… like when I look to repent, I feel hopeless….because the flesh is hopelessly sinful, but my Spirit isn’t hopeless, that’s the eternal part of me and… because Jesus paid the price I know one day I will leave this sinful life at the Cross and be changed incorruptible. I’ve even considered the fact that I am grateful to God because he is going to change me to be incorruptible since I used to worry about getting to heaven and doing something stupid and getting kicked out… I know that’s silly, but as a young Christian, I worried about that. Thank God that this won’t even be possible, he does change us and when God changes you, it’s done.

This message seems to be one I hear a lot lately in the body of Christ, that the closer we get to God, the more sinful we feel… when I heard this the first time…and even the second, it gave me comfort because my sinful nature wounds me… and I must not be the only one of Gods children to feel this, since so many are led to give that message….and I know it’s because God wants us to feel encouraged that those sinful feelings when pressing in to get closer to our savior… are just growth pains… it’s one way to get rid of the wood, hay and stubble as we repent and get those things out of our lives. There is a call to Holiness right now…. a call for us to get closer to Jesus… to learn everything we can… the time is coming when we will be the carriers of the Word… we need to get the Word inside of us and get our lives right so the Lord can use us.