I heard Norton preach last night. He was
so inspiring and full of life. He taught that perfection
in Christ ultimately means that one does not have to die.
Sin brought death. Adam, in the image of God, moved from the
image of God to mortality, which is death. Jesus died to give
us life. Through obedience to Christ and by the purging of
the Holy Ghost, a reverse action takes place to bring us back
to all life – we get rid of sin, or death. By Christ,
this mortal shall put on immortality, or all life. Immortality
by Christ means the glorified body. According to what Norton
quoted out of the scriptures, that body is flesh and bone
(thus, immortal or like Jesus glorified), not flesh and blood
(as we are now). I believe this.
I know that Jesus is coming
for a Bride without spot or wrinkle. It must mean –
just like him – perfect.
Jesus died so we don't have
to. It's the greatest hope. Norton preached that the last
enemy to be destroyed is death. He said you do not destroy
death by dying. If you die, you have been overcome by death.
To overcome death, you do not die; you live.
It is that simple.
There are phrases similar to
perfect
throughout the Bible. Some of them are: blameless,
without fault, without blemish, no sin, without spot, complete
in him, equal with God, pure, be ye holy, bride, firstfruits,
firstborn, members of his body, undefiled, manchild, alpha
and omega. We must be blameless and without spot,
without fault before his throne. We are to be holy and without
blemish. In him is no sin; we are to be complete in him, purifying
our selves, to become pure as he is pure.
We are the firstfruits unto
God. Last night I heard, "Let this mind be in you as
was in Christ Jesus who thought it not robbery to be equal
with God." We are to have that same perfect mind, that
we can be equal with God, because God wants to share all of
himself with us. That means you cannot sin, because God doesn't.
You will not die, because God can't. You have to be blameless,
sinless, spotless, without fault, because these are the attributes
of Christ. You inherit all things in him, Jesus.
In Rose's Bible, she writes,
Perfection means no death.
That means that we come to a place in the
Spirit where Jesus walked. In her notes, when Jesus says,
"I am glorified in them," Rose writes,
as we testify who we are in him.
I have to know who I am in him and believe
it. When Jesus says, "Holy Father, keep through thine
own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one
as we are," she writes,
disciples and us.
I am to be one with my Father. I am to be
in that exact same place as Jesus was – perfection.
When Jesus says, "I pray not that thou shouldest
take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them
from the evil," Rose writes,
overcome sin.
Norton said that Jesus is speaking of being
holy, here on this earth. This means what it says: Do not
sin. If sin is overcome, that reverse action of the Holy Ghost
takes place to bring us back into that immortal body that
Jesus attained. In Jesus' last prayer before he is taken prisoner
in Gethsemane, he says "I in them and thou in me
that they may be made perfect in one." Rose writes,
whosoever liveth and
believeth in Jesus shall never die.
She emphasizes liveth
and believeth. She writes in Revelation:
The saints will be overcome, but those that
have attained life
will not be overcome, but live. They shall never die.
I am convinced of perfection. It is my bridal
vow to Christ. I will be his bride.
I've been watching the ocean at night
these three evenings. With the full moon and the calmness
of the glassy waters, I could almost hear my Love. All his
words sing to me. And I believe I shall be perfect. The glass-lit
floor of the ocean reminds me of the day when I shall be married.
The scriptures have so much
more meaning to me now. They are full of life. His words touch
me now. I can almost feel my Love. O Love, I understand you
now. I wait for the day. I will be perfect.
I am your
Bride. Perfection is his Life.
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