Hebrew 11:9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as [in] a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: {11:10} For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker [is] God.
Those who are on a journey towards a definite destination do not build permanent place of habitation. Those who are on a pilgrimage do not stop half way on the Journey and build permanent structures as this will certainly deter them from reaching their destination. Pilgrims who cannot take their mind off where they are coming from may not be able to reach their destination as they will turn back at the slightest discouragement which is certain to come. Men who keep thinking of their old girlfriends even when they are married will never be able to build a strong marriage. Those who are pressing forward to join the overcomers company must follow the path of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob who “Lived in Tents” as they are looking for a city whose builder and maker is God, an eternal city where God is not ashamed to be called their God,. This is not a physical city but a divine estate belonging to sons, it is a life fully powered by divine life in his fullness.
Our call is to be perfect as our heavenly Father is perfect. Our call is to possess Immortality where all corruption is swallowed by divine life and as we journey towards the fullness of God, we are to grow in the knowledge of God and drop the carnal knowledge and nature we inherited from Adam progressively until we fully put on Christ in all his fullness. What we know now is not the complete knowledge of God and we are not to behave and assume that we know all but we are to change our theology as more light is shed into our heart through the Holy Ghost who opens seal after seal unto us and bring us into the full revelation of Christ .
As more and more of Christ is revealed, we move from our Initial Salvation into a new status where we experience the baptism of the holy spirit which is a foretaste of what is to come and beyond this, we are to consistently press on in the knowledge of God until we become filled with all the fullness of God.
Live in tent.
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