Today’s devotional reading in Sanctuary: Moments in His Presence by David Strutt, eloquently brings back to life a special revelatory moment in my early years as a believer; after the events told in my testimony.
I was left in awe upon meeting ‘Abba’ at an evening meeting of worship and prayer for healing held by a charismatic, inter-denominational group in the mid-Thames valley region.
I’d had the strong visual and emotional impression of having been lifted up, put upon Father’s knee and seeing His grinning in delight at me.
So in connection with my testimony and that event, David writes for today about one of the greatest changes that God brings to believers: that of ‘Sonship’ and, thus, being heirs with Christ – plus linkage between His Spirit and ours.
Also, we are no longer orphans but legally and spiritually adopted into His family. Each of us may need a complete change in understanding the fullness of Who Father Is. Do read David’s thoughts on this important matter of our true identity:
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The NT provides us with an amazing development of the sonship motif found in the OT, and the two together are an important point of comparison between the Judeo-Christian salvation story and Islam. Islam fails on both counts.
A) It does not provide a covenantal link with YHWH, the God of Abraham,Isaac, and Jacob: for its covenant is with Allah, and not YHWH.
B) It does not provide sonship in the intimate Christian sense. Allah is distant and unknowable, not close to us, sympathetic and empathetic as YHWH, who took on our flesh and weakness in Jesus Christ. There is no adoption by Allah in Islam. Furthermore, it fosters the orphan spirit – for Mohammed was an orphan, and his orphan state is not redeemed in the Islamic metanarrative. By making Ishmael rather than Isaac its line of salvation, it further embeds orphanhood into the nations it touches, for Ishmael was sent away. Paul identifies Ishmael as the spirit of law, and Isaac as the spirit of grace in Galatians, and that difference we see in comparison between Islam and Christianity.
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Thanks for such a succinct summary of why the god of Islam isn’t the real One, Nicholas. All it offers is desolation and Bilquish Sheikh goes to town on this stark difference in ‘I Dared To Call Him Father’. I cover some of this when blogging on that religion (see ‘Islam’ Category) and in brief summary in ‘I’m Free!’ > https://richards-watch.org/about/am-free-true-story/
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Hopefully, some of what I’ve read or listened to via your blog on the revival re: outreach to Muslims will come true. If God visits us with Millennial miracles, that will probably challenge them. I’m thinking especially of that recorded word you shared delivered at a church in Gosport? Havant?
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Pls remind me on the last. I’m in receipt of regular news from a small mission to Muslims in N. Africa, and recently noted headline many are coming to Christ in areas devastated by ISIS, which reminds me of the ancient saying ‘The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church’.
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Here we go; it was at Lee-on-Solent:
https://www.livingwordchurchnetwork.uk/all-sermons/prophecy-of-warning-and-blessing-for-great-britain-25-november-2018/
https://richards-watch.org/2018/12/03/prophetic-word-of-warning-and-blessing-for-britain-re-the-eu/
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Many thanks and I note this has cropped up again across my Fbk ‘home’ page showing friends’ content.
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It really struck me at the time. It is probably too early to determine if it is true or not, but some of the theology in it seems right and if we agree to a deal, it looks likely the deal will be bad – but I will be partially content provided it truly separates us.
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Found it. A reader refers to Chris’ word in an email sent Tues saying, “I think that we have forgotten a prophecy from Rec Chris Wickland posted Thursday 25th November ( the day after Theresa Nay’s agreement on the 24th with the EU.) It said MENE,MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN’……..I had. So, I was trying to understand and Sunday am 4.30am! God awoke me and said ‘you are under judgement and also reminded me of recent prophecy which said that we are under judgement because we divided the land.”
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