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[ Created: 2019-12-09 08:19:46  Updated: 2022-08-07 07:30:10 Owner: rl ]
Title: To literally put on or to pretend     
    
    
    
    
    
     
     
     
     
 

 

I used to hear the word Put On to describe a person who pretended to be something they are not.   

One of the things a Put On would do is to dress a certain way, speak a certain way or go to certain places.   

All of this was to present an image they wanted people believe about them.   

Put On in this sense has clearly bad connotation.   

However, in order for a person to become what they envision themselves to be (think in their hearts) they should do exactly what the Put On does.   

They should change the way they look, talk and the places they frequent.   In so doing they condition themselves to become the image of themselves that is in their heart.   

The Gift of God is Eternal Life through Jesus Christ our Lord.   Romans 6:23

Jesus came that we might have Abundant Life.   John 10:10

A Gift must be received and it must be valued to have the intended effect.   

Things that "might" happen may not happen.   Opportunities must be seized in order to produce fruit.   

So, the potential that we have in Christ must be claimed and must be exercised in order for it to manifest.   

Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it gives light unto all that are in the house. - Mat 5:15
Freely we have received, freely we should give.     This happens as we make opportunity for the light that is in us to be manifested wherever we go.

And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him. - Mar 7:32
Being Deaf and Dumb is not a challenge for Christ the Healer.

And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue; - Mar 7:33
When Jesus takes a person aside it is to remove them from an atmosphere of Doubt and Unbelief and take them into an atmosphere of Faith.     

The physicality of this interaction with the person in need was likely to get a sense of their Faith as the person had been brought to Him by others.

And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them. - Mar 10:16
Jesus blesses us as we come to Him in childlike Faith.

The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. - Rom 13:12
Armour protects our bodies from being injured by the attacks of the Enemy.     Our Armour is Light which is Truth, Love, Salvation, Righteousness and Power.

But put you on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof. - Rom 13:14
We have to knowingly and willfully 'put on the Lord Jesus'.     

We have to knowingly and willfully 'make not provision for the flesh'.     

What does it mean to 'put on the Lord Jesus'?     It means we hear His Words, believe them, receive them and do them (Joh 8:31 Jam 1:22-24).     

What does it mean to 'make not provision for the flesh'?     It means we take a mental, heart-felt stand against allowing the lust of the flesh to control us (Rom 8:13).     

For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. - 1Co 15:53
For our Redemption to be complete everything corruptiple must be replaced with incorruptible, This includes not only our Body but also our Soul with its memories and Emotions.

So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. - 1Co 15:54
Awesome.     we leave behind the Body of Death!

For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. - Gal 3:27
When we Receive Christ we are Born In Christ by the Holy Spirit

And that you put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. - Eph 4:24
We have to willingly and purposely put on the New Man, the New Spirit who is In Christ Perfect in Righteousness and True Holiness.     How can that be?     Because He is made of God - of God's own self, His Holy Spirit.

Put on the whole armour of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. - Eph 6:11
Implicit in the Command to put on Armour is the fact that you are in a Battle.     It is not possible to avoid the Battle in this age of the World.     

To ignore the Battle is to allow the Enemy to move forward and gain ground.     To fail to put on Armour is to make oneself an easy victim of the Enemy.     

When we look at the Armour, most of the implements are defensive with only one offensive Weapon - the Sword of the Spirit - the Word Of God.     But that one Weapon is all we need move Heaven and Earth.

And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: - Col 3:10
People who are In Christ have wilfully and purposefully put on the New Man who is Perfect in Knowledge as the Holy Spirit is who created him.

Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; - Col 3:12
Notice that we have to 'put on' these attributes of God.     Soul Salvation is a process by which we cooperate with the Holy Spirit to become what God has planned for us.     

We must willfully and purposefully allow the Holy Spirit to manifest His Character in and through us.

And above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfectness. - Col 3:14
The New Life that we have In Christ is saturated in and by love.     We must willfully and purposefully allow the love of the Holy Spirit to manifest in and through us.     

How is love the 'bond of perfectness'?     The Grace of God proceeds from the love of God.     
The faith that works is faith in the love of God ( Christ Jesus being the embodiment of that love).     

Our relationship with God is based on the Word of God which reveals the love of God and the indwelling Holy Spirit who manifests the love of God.

But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation. - 1Th 5:8
Though we are of the day, we must intentionally keep ourselves sober.     

We must put on the armour of God and be vigilant.     

Every success we have comes as an act of our will.     We must knowingly and willfully do the Word Of God to see the power of God manifest.

So, we have a lot to Put On so that Christ manifests in us and through us.   

Check yourself out in the mirror of God's Word.   If you find yourself lacking or mismatched ask God to "put you together".   

He will fit you properly for the work He has set for you to do.   
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God has before ordained that we should walk in them. - Eph 2:10
God's plan was Ordained or decreed, and big part of that plan is that all men come to Repentance, Receive Christ Jesus and be Born by the Holy Spirit as Children of God.     But that hasn't happened because of Free Will.     

Our part is to Willingly, Freely Receive Him and so be part of His Plan.     

Even after being Born Again as New Spirit beings we must, in our Soul ( Mind and Emotions), willingly and purposely abstain from Sin, spend time in the Word and Pray in the Holy Spirit so that we be Transformed by the Renewing of our Minds.     

So, we Walk in Good Works only when and to the extent that we are led by the Holy Spirit.