Spiritual Sacrifices for Edification

Dear Brethren,

I would like to share with you all these Spiritual Sacrifices for edification:

Inequity is not our equity; we cannot build up in faith by tearing down for equity is formed within as the result of carrying the yoke of Christ which is through our choices of faith with the tools of the second covenant and not through sowing discord.

We resist awakening anger in others through our choices of faith for then are we sowing charity rather than discord; peace rather than bitterness.

Discord is an act of tyranny; it strips the heart of grace and plants the seeds of bitterness whereby anger is awakened which is Satan’s shadow of turning to turn those who love God away from God.

We turn to God in our choices of faith but to Satan in our faithlessness. For the simplicity of truth is sharp severing the kingdom of darkness from itself thus the Spirit of God bears witness to our faith when Christ is the expression thereof.

The trying of our faith is for a moment but the reward is eternal if we endure till the end.

Apart from Christ faith is reprobate having no value before God but when joined to Christ is absolutely perfect for Christ is the perfect plan of God.

There is nothing within the flesh that God wants, what He wants is His Christ for what He gave was His Christ.

Having the foundation of truth set within your heart by God's living covenant apostles is to have Christ; the living word of God written in your heart which does not fade with time but increases as are repentance is kept sealed through our steadfastness of faith.

Instead of weighing what was negatively spoken of us consuming the mind with vain things whose end is death we can choose to reflect on the revelation of Christ that our focus may remain set on the things above which is accompanied by the peace of God whose end is life.

God authorized that which contradicts His character, His purpose and His plan to exist for the trying of our faith. Those who remain steadfast overcome; possessing the mind of Christ within who is the hope of glory. Whereas everything that is in opposition to the kingdom of God shall come to its end.

What is of honor before God is not the giving of ourselves; but the dyeing to self as we give back to Him what He first gave to us; His Christ, His perfection through our labor of faith with the works of the second covenant.

Our hope carries substance as our faith remains joined to god through the contact points of the Spirit (Christ).

The righteous find refuge in Covenant (in Christ) for therein despite unfavorable or favorable circumstances we abide under the Lord's care; and our destiny is being governed by His presence back to our origin.

The curse is reversed through Christ; in Christ we are empowered by the grace of God to remain consistent in faith; for it is by grace through faith that we are saved.

God justifies what He sanctifies; He will empower us, and set us free do to that which He has commanded; that which He is expecting from us.

God has not promised us perfection in the flesh; circumstances are "subject to change" but the good news is that He promises to sustain our faith whereby we are joined to Him forever but only on the terms of His New Covenant.

The Spiritual is greater than the physical thus the New Covenant is better than the Old Covenant for therein the New do we experience remission of sins and partake of Christ and His fullness.

Blessed are the humble for by the power of God's grace they lay down their aspirations and principles which are temporary that they may gain Christ who is eternal life.

Service to God must be with the things that He has provided (sanctified) for our faith otherwise we reject the righteousness of Christ who is perfection only to bring before the Lord our own righteousness which is as a filthy rag.

The righteous focus not on the death of the body which is temporary in purpose but on the death of the soul which eternal; thus they endure the passage of time through faith with patience and long suffering that their soul remain filled continually with the light and life of Christ which before God is a delight for it reflects himself.

Blessed are those who believe the report for their reward is Christ; that is life and its many benefits.

The will of man is empowered by the grace of God through faith expressed with the works of the Second Covenant.

God is holy, but man inheriting sin through Adam is blemished and spotted by the world and therefore must be joined to God to be identified with His holiness.

Yours in Christ,
Deborah Florio
Student,
Second 8th Week Apostolic Institute of Theology