God Thinking XCII - Question Of The Heart 4

"I hear a lot of talk about getting in the presence of God, but if I do will I have to believe just like my wife or my husband?

No.  But there will be some similarities.  God imparts Himself unto you as you get into His presence.  And God’s self that He imparts unto you is not different than what God imparts unto others.  Our character and personality is different one from another, but God does not change. 

When you truly receive God into your being, the fruits of the spirit rise to the top and are revealed, despite your character, upbringing, nationality, previous religious philosophy, despite your past, your talent, your skill or your intellect.

The fruits of the spirit are:   “love, joy, peace, longsuffering,

gentleness, goodness, faith,  23.  Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.   Galatians 5:22-23

These attributes transcend the character and personality of each believer.

(Again) when you truly receive God into your being, the fruits of the spirit rise to the top and are revealed, despite your character, upbringing, nationality, previous religious philosophy, despite your past, your talent, your skill or your intellect - but not in spite of your current situation. 

If you are in rebellion or if you are knowingly living in sin, (against your own knowledge of God's intended will) the fruit of the Spirit will not rise to the top - the Spirit is quenched and the fruit is not produced until you yield. 

When you backslide, the fruit of the Spirit is stiffled - It’s God’s way of reminding you of your total inability to accomplish the will of God on your own. 

The will of God is accomplished when the fruit of the Spirit is present.  The fruit of the Spirit is present when the will of God is accomplished.  The will of God is only accomplished in you when you yield to the Spirit of God and the Spirit of God only produces fruit when you accomplish the will of God.                 

The Bible says, “...For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?

 6.  Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.”  Matthew 19:5-6

I hear a lot of talk about getting in the presence of God, but if I do will I have to believe just like my wife or my husband?

No, you do not have to believe just like your wife/husband, but if and when each of you submit to the will of God, you will believe the same.

    Excerpt from God thinking XCII - Questions Of The Heart by Keith C.                                          Powell Copyright 2015