Champions of Greed

Luke 12:13-21
New International Version 1984 (NIV1984)
Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?” Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced a good crop. He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’ “Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.”’ “But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’ “This is how it will be with anyone who stores up things for himself but is not rich toward God.”

If you are not "rich toward God", that would mean you do not have Christformation in you. How can you have Christformation in you, if you have been greedy for the things of this world? What more if, you have earned a title for yourself in this world that would show you as 'Champions of greed'. That would mean, you had appeared as a very 'clever' man or woman when it came to 'greed for more'. You have been an example of 'greed for more'.An example of covetousness! An example of abomination before the Lord! You have been as greedy as the grave that does not stop swallowing up the dead! Only a fool will take life easy; eat, drink and be merry. You can' have the best of both because living to please the sinful nature of the Devil in you is the root of all evil. When you say " take life easy, let's eat, drink and be merry" it shows that you only live to please the sinful nature of the Devil in you.

Matthew 6:23-25
New International Version 1984 (NIV1984)
But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness! “No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money. “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes?

It Will Not Be As It Was

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Ezekiel 21:25-27
New International Version 1984 (NIV1984)
“‘O profane and wicked prince of Israel, whose day has come, whose time of punishment has reached its climax, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Take off the turban, remove the crown. It will not be as it was: The lowly will be exalted and the exalted will be brought low. A ruin! A ruin! I will make it a ruin! It will not be restored until he comes to whom it rightfully belongs; to him I will give it.’

God always sets boundaries and limits for everythiing on His earth and Heaven which He had created for His pleasure and purpose.He threw the Devil and the all the other fallen angels, like lightning from heaven to this earth. This earth is the Devil's prison for all the arrogance and pride he had shown towards God. While he is in his prison, he is causing all the havoc on earth.But, God has set aside a date to end all the havoc he is causing on earth for good. He will never be found in the new heaven and new earth which God is creating in God's right hand now through His beloved Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. This new heaven and earth will be created with Christformation in you. God has placed all things on earth and heaven under Christ's charge now. Whoever obeys Him will be in the new heaven and new earth. Those who do not will be thrown into the lake of fire with the Devil and all his fallen angels.

Havoc is increasing on earth by the day, because the end is nearing.Confusion is in the Enemy's camp. The Devil and its angels can never be in agreement with each other. The Devil's kingdom is always a divided kingdom. Each demon has evil agendas of its own.This is the curse of sin. They will be forever in conflict with each other because of selfish ambition. Selfish ambition is evil in the sight of the Lord. It will be selfish ambition of each of the demons and the Devil that will destroy them once and for all from the face of this earth! Selfish ambition which is devilish wisdom, is self-destructive. With selfish ambition they will exalt themselves with pride and devilish arrogance but they will be brought low by the Lord, as low as the punishment of the lake of fire forever and ever! The more they exalt themselves, all the more will they be brought low to unprecendented ruins by the Lord God of hosts! Those who are humble through the divine natures of Christ that are formed in them will be exalted to God's right hand.

Luke 11:17-19
New International Version 1984 (NIV1984)
Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them: “Any kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and a house divided against itself will fall. If Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? I say this because you claim that I drive out demons by Beelzebub. Now if I drive out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your followers drive them out? So then, they will be your judges.

God Can Bring Conviction of Sins into Anyone

John 16:7-11
New International Version 1984 (NIV1984)
But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. When he comes, he will convict the world of guilt in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment: in regard to sin, because men do not believe in me; in regard to righteousness, because I am going to the Father, where you can see me no longer; and in regard to judgment, because the prince of this world now stands condemned.

God can bring conviction of sins into anyone, absolutely anyone! You may think that you are a sinner who cannot be forgiven by God but when the conviction of your sins come from God the Holy Spirit as promised by Christ our Lord, you would want to turn away completely from pleasing the sinful nature of the Devil in you, no matter who you think you are. You may think that you are somebody great in this world but when God's conviction comes into you, you would want to repent of all your sins and turn completely to Christ so that His divine natures are formed in you instead. God the Holy Spirit is a great Counsellor. He counsels us to do the most right thing that would please God through Christ. Christ died for our sins but what are you still doing with those sins? Why are you still cherishing those sins He died for? Why are you still cherishing the sinful nature of the Devil in you that He has put to death on the cross?

Joshua as an Example

Joshua 1:6-9
New International Version 1984 (NIV1984)
“Be strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their forefathers to give them. Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.

Among the many men who were delivered out of Egypt by Moses, it was Joshua who was seen by God as a capable man for taking over from Moses. Even Moses was not allowed to go beyond the wilderness. What was in Joshua that wasn't found in the other men? If you were to study the book of Joshua, you will find obedience to the Lord to be his plus point. He stood out with his obedience to the Lord. In the passage above,God was warning him not to give up on this and be careful to obey all the law Moses gave him. Obedience to the Lord, and not turning to please the sinful nature of the Devil in you as you like was the key factor for Joshua to be chosen as God's next leader. Moses was a leader cum deliverer of God's people out of Egypt while Joshua was to be a leader cum warrior in Canaan Land. The whole journey out of Egypt to Canaan Land is Christformaation in you. If you want successful full Christformation in you, you must obey all that Christ had commanded. You should realize by now that both Moses and Joshua are Old Testament types of Christ.Strength and courage to do God's will stems out of your obedience to the Lord.

Genesis 22:17-19
New International Version (NIV)
I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies, and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed,because you have obeyed me.”

Joshua experienced the fulfillment of God's promise to Abraham. In which way are you going to experience the fulfillment of God's promise to Abraham? The enemies in the seven cities were stronger and larger than the people of God who entered Canaan Land with Joshua as their leader cum warrior. This is a picture of Christ our Lord leading us after our salvation experience at the cross. The 'enemies' are the sinful nature of the Devil that has overpowered and ruled us all this while. With the help of the Lord our God, we shall overcome the sinful nature of the Devil in us and gain full Christformation in us if we obey Christ our Commander in chief till the end of our Christformation journey.

God Cannot Stand the Sight of Hypocrisy

Matthew 23:27-28
New International Version 1984 (NIV1984)
“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and everything unclean. In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

Why whitewashed tombs, you may ask. You are a 'whitewashed tomb' when you claim you have known and seen God but keep on obeying the sinful nature of the Devil in you. Because you keep obeying the sinful nature of the Devil in you, the Devil claims ownership over you. He claims he owns you.This is so because you choose to keep on feeding on the nature of the Devil in you, even though you claim you have come to the knowledge of Christ. Instead, as someone who has known and seen Christ, you should have chosen to put to death all the misdeeds, desires and passions of the sinful nature of the Devil in you and feed on Christ's divine natures so that the divine natures of Christ are formed in you eternally. You cannot claim you know God when you keep living according to the desires and passions of the sinful nature of the Devil in you. On the outside you may appear as good as an angel but on the inside you know that you only obey the wants of the Devil. That's why Christformation does not happen until you put to death the evil passions, desires and misdeeds of the sinful nature of the Devil in you.What more if you are a teacher of hypocrisy! God is always concerned about what is insiide of you. Can you see this truth here. You are either filled with Christformation in you or with hypocrisy and wickedness.

Revelation 3:17-18
New International Version 1984 (NIV1984)
You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked. I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see.

Gold refined in fire is Christformation in you.You have to pay a price for it. You must buy Christformation in you, which is gold refined in fire.You have to give up pleasing the sinful nature of the Devil in you, before Christformation can happen in you.It is a costly price to pay if you have been in the habit of pleasing the sinful nature of the Devil in you.But, think of the eternal reward through full Christformatiion in you. All His divine natures will be formed in you through your obedience to God's word. Won't you be truly rich in every sense of that word,white and clean before God, fully dressed before God and no more blind or living in darkness about God. You will be found fully worthy to be in His presence for eternity through full Christformation in you.

I Will Write on Him My New Name

Revelation 3:12
New International Version 1984 (NIV1984)
Him who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will he leave it. I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on him my new name.

The Christformed, Transformed and Christconformed Man is what God desires to see formed in you eternally.He will be very pleased to see all the divine natures of His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ formed in you fully.This new man in Christ will never be removed from God the Father's presence. Whenever He sees this new man, He sees His Son in him and He will be very pleased with him. That was what God had planned from the beginning.There would be no trace of the sinful nature of the Devil in Him as he would have put it's misdeeds to death in himself by the power of God the Holy Spirit.

Christformation will be built in the new house and not in the old. The new house is the born again spirit in redeemed man who have believed in the Lord Jesus Christ to be the Savior and Lord of their lives. The new house is the new man in whom Christformation happens. He becomes a new creature as God's new creation in Christ. Christformation happens in your new self and not in the old. The old self must die in order for the new self to be full of Christformation. Only the new creation in Christ through full Christformation in them will bring newer and greater glory to God. Glory to God will come through full Christformation in you. True peace can only come through Christformation in you, for peace is one of Christ's divine nature that must be formed in you in order for you to experience it for eternity.

Haggai 2:6-9
New International Version 1984 (NIV1984)
“This is what the LORD Almighty says: ‘In a little while I will once more shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land. I will shake all nations, and the desired of all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory,’ says the LORD Almighty. ‘The silver is mine and the gold is mine,’ declares the LORD Almighty. ‘The glory of this present house will be greater than the glory of the former house,’ says the LORD Almighty. ‘And in this place I will grant peace,’ declares the LORD Almighty.”

You Have Kept My Command to Endure Patiently

Revelation 3:10
New International Version 1984 (NIV1984)
Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come upon the whole world to test those who live on the earth

The Lord Jesus Christ knows those who have endured patiently. Doing as God says till the end and not changing course or direction in between, for any reason is what Christ our Lord had commanded us to do. The Lord Jesus had given those who believe in Him the commandment to endure patiently every trial and testing of the faith in order that full Christformation happens in them.You will go through difficult times if you do not obey the sinful nature of the Devil in you. Your faith in Christ will be tried to the maximum when you fully obey all that Christ had commanded. One of His command to us is to endure patiently all these trials and testing of your faith in Him and your obedience to the words He spoke. The others who do not obey Christ now will also be tested finally, but their test will be different in form.These are people who never knew suffering, can you imagine their test? They chose to live in the comfort of this world and now they will be tested at the hour of trial that is coming upon the whole world.No way of escape!

The Lord Jesus Christ knows those who keep His command to endure patiently, as well those who don't.The most difficult thing to do is to patiently wait for God to act and demonstrate the power of God the Holy Spirit in and through us. All our talking will be useless if there isn't any demonstration of God's power in and through us.Full Christformation is God's full power demonstrated in you. With this full power He will demonstrate the power of God the Holy Spirit through you whenever necessary.Through Christformation in you, you will have the approval of God in your life. If there is full Christformation in you, you will have the full approval of God upon your life. This is what we are created for, to be filled with the full approval of God through full Christformation in us.