Thoughts
on Michael Wells’ teachings in My Weakness for His Strength (Vol. 1) - #
340
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Michael always said “we rise and fall with our
definitions.” I totally agree. 100%. Words have meaning, but the exact meaning
one gives can differ from another’s. It is imperative to have God’s meaning,
and not some man’s.
Notice how Michael sticks (no pun intended, re:
his first definition) to God’s Word for his definitions. Amen.
DAY 355
Why Are Unbelievers Happy?
But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who
persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He
causes His sun to rise on the evil
and the good, and sends rain on
the righteous and the unrighteous. –Matthew 5:44, 45
First, take a brief look at three definitions.
The Divine Glue:
Jesus is the invisible Divine Glue that holds all things
together. “Yet for us there is {but} one God, the Father, from whom are all
things, and we {exist} for Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all
things, and we {exist} through Him” (I Corinthians 8:6). This does not mean
that every person is born again or that creation is to be worshipped. It does
mean that Christ is in every created thing holding it together. “For in Him we
live and move and exist, as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we also
are His offspring’” (Acts 17:28). When I refer to the Divine Glue, I am
referring to the person of Jesus Christ.
Sin:
The natural is holy.
Why? It is because the Holy One holds it together. “For the anxious longing of
the creation waits eagerly for the revealing of the sons of God” (Romans 8:19).
Why? Because the sons of God will see that the God who holds them together
holds the world together and will therefore treat it with more respect. One
unavoidable aspect of sin is that it invites something anti-Christ into one’s
natural being that is held together by Christ. It is to invite a solvent into
one’s being, causing him to come apart. On this level, then, sin and punishment
are one and the same. The punishment for sin is immediate! Every sinner
punishes himself. Sin is like that, as though through it man has a go at his
own body with a hammer and chisel! “They exchanged the natural function for
that which is unnatural . . . and receiving in their own persons the due
penalty of their error” (Romans 1:26, 27).
The Glory of God and Worship:
“And every created
thing which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the sea,
and all things in them, I heard saying, ‘To Him who sits on the throne, and to
the Lamb, {be} blessing and honor and glory and dominion forever and ever’” (Revelation 5:13). I was in Tonga with
my brother when we decided to go to the only movie theatre in the nation. My
brother disappeared and returned to invite me to go upstairs and look at the
projector. I was fascinated with what I saw. The projector had two carbon rods
that fed from ninety-degree angles, and there was a blinding spark where the
two met, creating enough light to project the image onto a large screen. Every
created thing has in it the one rod, the Divine Glue, that, when it meets with
the rod, or Divine Glue, in another created thing, gives a spark of
recognition, a light. One day everyone who has Jesus dwelling within (born
again) will stand before the Jesus on the throne. There will be such a spark of
life and light that all will fall down and worship. Even now, if it were not
for the fact that God has stayed them for our faith’s sake, the trees would shout
to us, “Glory to God!” For now they are only allowed to whisper! “Let the field
exult, and all that is in it. Then all the trees of the forest will sing for
joy” (Psalm 96:12).
Those are the definitions; now to answer the question of
why unbelievers are happy, for some are, though they do not have joy, which
is the fruit of the Spirit. I would like to offer only one opinion; you
may have another, and to that I say amen! Have you ever been walking in the
mountains, turned a corner, saw a beautiful sight, and just sat there saying,
“Praise God”? Though not born again, the unbeliever has the Divine Glue holding
him together, this same Divine Glue that is also holding all other created
things together. When the glory of God in one comes in contact with the glory
of God in the other, there is a small spark called happiness. Christ is not abiding in the unbeliever but is holding
him together. If the unbeliever limits contact with the rest of the created
world, he will have less happiness. Hence the unbeliever under self-confinement
to his house will appear to be a recluse with no happiness. The unbeliever who
has more interaction with creation via nature, humanism, social activities, and
human compassion will naturally have a greater experience of the Divine Glue as
it holds him together witnessing to the Divine Glue without, and therefore will
have proportionately more happiness.
The above brings some
insight into what hell is. “They shall be cast out into the outer darkness; in
that place there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth” (Matthew 8:12). Why is hell such a place of torment? During the
days of the unbeliever’s life, the glory of the Divine Glue holding him
together has witnessed to the Divine Glue holding all creation together. This
has produced a measure of wonder and happiness. The unbeliever might have
thought it was his perception that caused the happiness, but it was not. Even
on the darkest night, in the loneliest place, in the worst of situations, there
was like calling to like. There was hope! For where Christ meets Christ, there
will always be hope. This is God’s secret work in every person. God is
witnessing to Himself through the natural to get the unbeliever’s attention
until his death. The frightening thing about hell is that it gives the unbeliever
what he always said he wanted! Hell is remarkably full of God’s absence; He
leaves those within alone. After death there is no more witness! The Divine
spark is seen no more! There is nothing to stir the unbeliever to hope or
happiness. There can be no excitement or sensations, and it is a bleak new
experience. For the first time God has truly left alone the unbeliever, who has
entered a void. On earth darkness is held together by the Divine Glue, but hell
is not darkness, it is an abyss. Hell is the granting of an unbeliever’s wish,
an empty separation from God.
Yellow – VIP, Very Important Point Green
– IT, Incredible Truth
Red – GP, Greatest Promises
Turquoise – UR, Unfathomable Riches Pink
– PV, Priceless Victory
Leave it to Michael to jump right into the
deep! For some things it will take the backstroke. For some things it will take
the breaststroke. For some things it will take the sidestroke. For some things
it will take the butterfly stroke.
I will leave it to God to speak to what is of
interest to you…
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