Speaking against Jesus Christ.....

Luke 2:34-35 (New International Version)

Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother: "This child is destined to cause the falling and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against,so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed. And a sword will pierce your own soul too."

These are prophetic words that are being fulfilled today.Simeon was a godly man who knew about the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ as the Messiah.He had prayed that God would not decide to take him away through death before he meets His Savior face to face.God granted Simeon his desire and Jesus Christ our Lord was in Simeon's arms as a baby,in human form.

Simeon prophesied to the the mother of Jesus our Lord that, "He will be a sign that will spoken against..".He even said: Mary, as the mother, will also at one point speak against Him.That will be the time that Jesus Christ the Son of God will pierce her heart as the Word of God,the Sword of the Spirit and change her.She will experience the power of the Word of God in her life too.God had made His Son a 'sign' to be spoken against.Speaking against the Lord Jesus Christ is like 'kicking against pricks'.

Saul who became Paul in Acts chapter 9,through his meeting with the Lord Jesus Christ on his way to Damascus also 'kicked against the pricks' by persecuting the believers of Christ.When someone speaks against Christ,the thoughts of his/her heart will be revealed.You will be able to see the true condition of the heart,whether,it is good or evil? the Lord Jesus can change any evil heart,like Paul's convertion.

God will judge us according to how we speak of Jesus Christ when He is revealed to us.The problem is He will appear to us as someone who is the least of Him.That will be the test of our hearts,to see if we genuinely believe in Him.If our heart is proud,it will block us from coming to the Lord because He will appear very humbly to us.

Many among God's own people will fall because they could not recognize who is appearing before them. Christ our Lord will appear to us as someone least like him,but its Him. We will miss Him for eternity if we did not recognize Him then,a high price to pay for pride and arrogance. Do not 'kick against the pricks' if you don't recognize its He who is appearing before you.Be careful not to speak against Him.

All Authority belongs to Jesus Christ!

Colossians 1:15-16 (New International Version)

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by Him and for Him.

All authority in heaven,on earth,and underneath the earth has been placed under the feet of Jesus Christ our Lord.There is no authority in the entire universe that can come against His authority.

Philippians 2:9-11 (New International Version)

Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,to the glory of God the Father.

God the Father Himself has exalted Jesus Christ our Lord to the highest place over all thrones,powers,rulers, and authorities.This is so from the beginning because all things you see on earth and all things invisible on earth were created by Jesus Christ and for Jesus Christ our Lord.It pleased our Father in Heaven to bestow on his beloved Son the Lord Jesus Christ all authority over all His created things in this universe.

What about those who hatefully reject Him as the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords?They will be objects of His wrath.At His victorious return to earth, all objects of his wrath will face His fierce judgment.That day will be a frightening day of his wrath.

You have a choice of acknowledging Him as the King of your life now or never, before it is too late.You can accept His love today and have peace with God.

What about those who do not show fear or reverence for Him.They too will face the judgment of God.Every proud and arrogant person on earth or in this universe will be destroyed.Every proud and arrogant nation on this earth will be leveled to the ground,flattened and disgraced.

Those who do not acknowledge Him as their God,Savior or Lord will be crushed.Those who do not accept His authority over all things created will face destruction.Those who oppose Him will be put to eternal shame.

Jude 1:14-16 (New International Version)

Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men:

"See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of His holy ones to judge everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of all the ungodly acts they have done in the ungodly way, and of all the harsh words ungodly sinners have spoken against him." These men are grumblers and faultfinders; they follow their own evil desires; they boast about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage.

Every knee will bow before him one day and confess with their mouths and tongues that Jesus Christ is Lord,the glory of God the Father. No matter who you are on this earth today,the day will come when you will have to come and bow before Him and say with your mouth that Jesus Christ is Lord,you might as well say it now and escape the coming wrath!

All proud,arrogant,greedy,boastful,lustful,vile and violent person who call God the Father a liar by not accepting and acknowledging God's sent One will be judged severely.If you wish to continue in your sins and sinful ways ,do so to your own destruction soon.

Matthew 28:17-20 (New International Version )

When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted.
Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in[a] the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."

If there is no Christformation in you...what happens then?

Luke 11:24-26 (New International Version)

"When an evil[a] spirit comes out of a man, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, 'I will return to the house I left.' When it arrives, it finds the house swept clean and put in order. Then it goes and takes seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that man is worse than the first."

What happens when a believer in Christ willingly turns from following Satan and is no more housing a walking den of demons in him or herself? He has renounced every evil and unclean works of the Devil and have turned away from sin. He is made clean and he is now a house put in order.

What made the devil or demon to decide full occupation of the house again? This house was left clean and put in order! This house was cleansed(swept clean) by the blood of Jesus Christ and put in order by the Holy Spirit and now needed someone to occupy it.The Devil saw that the believer did not know who should occupy that house which was cleaned and put in order!

The Holy Spirit in him or her must have witnessed to them that the house is to be occupied with Christ being fully formed in them.There must have been no obedience on their part to the voice of the Holy Spirit.Christformation in us requires a price to be paid by us.We need to pay a price for Christ to be formed in us.

Luke 9:23-25 (New International Version)

Then he said to them all: "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will save it. What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit his very self?

Salvation is free in Christ through His perfect work of sacrifice on the cross of Calvary only if we believe in Him. Christformation in you follows with the full help of the Holy Spirit promised to you and me. In order for any of God's promises to come to pass in our lives, there is a basic need for faith and obedience on our part to the Holy Spirit's leading.Faith plus obedience equals to God's promise fulfilled in our lives.Many would want to believe in His free salvation in Christ but do not want to pay a price for full Christformation(full-occupation of Christ)in themselves. So,The Devil comes and brings in full occupation of himself in that 'house' cleaned and put in order now.

The price we would have to pay for Christformation in us is 'deny ourselves'.Deny ourselves of pleasing the sinful nature and willingly put to death all the pleasures it may be seeking in us.In this way, the nature of Satan in us will be voluntarily put to death and we will be sowing to the divine nature of Christ in us instead.The divine nature of Christ must fully be formed in us in that 'house cleaned and put in order' by the Holy Spirit.With full Christformation in us we be will holy as He is Holy.

Galatians 6:7-8 (New International Version)

Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature[a]will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.

There is a price to be paid for Christformation in us on our part, with faith and obedience to the Holy Spirit,our gentle Helper in us.We have to take up our cross daily and follow Christ fully for Christ to be fully formed in us.The work of sowing and reaping is a persevering task.You will need to persevere through till the end till you see the full 'fruit' formed to please the Owner of the garden.

Romans 5:1-5 (New International Version)

Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we[a]have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we[b] rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we[c] also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.

Believers are willing to believe in the saving works of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and rejoice in it but are not willing to rejoice in the sufferings of carrying their cross daily by denying themselves of the pleasures of sinful nature,the nature of the devil(Satan )in them.They would want to continue in them.This will work to their own destruction.The 'house that is cleaned and and put in order ' will become the den of demons again which God will have to destroy.

Allow Christ to be formed in you fully with the Help of the Holy Spirit. Continue in it faithfully even if you have to lose your own life.You will gain Christ fully in the end.That is eternal life with the fulness of Christ in you-the mystery of God in you.