PASSIONATE PURSUIT...CHASING AFTER HIM

Luke 17:22-25

And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it. 
And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after them, nor follow them. 
For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day. 
But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.

This is the day that the Lord has made. I will rejoice and be exceedingly glad in it. O taste and see that the Lord is good, and his mercy endureth forever. The Lord spoke by His spirit to the disciples while working signs, miracles, and wonders in the midst of them and stated that there would come a time when many would desire to see the son of man. Meaning they would desire to see the works of faith from on high. Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen. (Heb 11:1) Faith is what moves the Lord on our behalf. The works of the son of man confirm His word and stand as a light to the people in the midst of darkness. People will attempt to gather to see open displays of mockery and gatherings together of a fleshly unity, but the Lord Jesus says when they say come here or there, do not follow them. The Lord says just as one sees lightening, so shall the Lord do works by his Spirit. He said, “if I be lifted up I will draw all men.” His spirit will do the drawing, and we don’t have to suspect. His word will go forth to the four corners of the earth and perform His will. This is the taking up of the cross. We must pick up our cross and deny ourselves daily. To carry the cross means we must show the death of the flesh, minute by minute and hour by hour. We put our flesh under subjection to the Holy Spirit as He leads and guides us to do.

Romans 8:13

For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. 
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 
The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: 
And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; If so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. 
For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
Therefore, the Lord Jesus Christ has revealed himself in us. He has completed us by His spirit. Everywhere we go, we are bearing witness about the death of Christ with us. We carry the Lord Jesus. Wherever we go we are making His name known. If we’re making His death known, then we’re also bearing about the resurrection and the power of his redemption with it. Yet, before we get to our expected end in Christ Jesus, we, like him, must suffer many things, not giving into the cares of the world or the changes that continue to come forth to eliminate His spirit, but the faithful will endure to the end and see the salvation of the Lord. This is judgment hour. Through our sufferings the Lord Jesus is perfecting holiness in us and purifying His body. At the same time, the Lord is saying we must be rejected of this wicked and perverted generation. The Lord Jesus is allowing the tests and trials to purify us as gold. If we are not rejected of this world then we have no part in him, for the world loves its own.
John 15:18-20

If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; If they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.

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