Daily Rhema: UNDERSTANDING THE PERFECT CHURCH

Proverbs 31:10 KJV
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

The virtuous woman is a type of the perfect Church. In a sense, God uses the Outer Court as a filter for the Holy Place and the Holy Place as a filter for the Holiest of all.

The perfect Church is actually found in the Holiest of all, but saints are brought into it gradually through the filter of the sufferings experienced in the Outer Court and the Holy Place. These filters will maintain the perfect Church once it has been made manifest.

Everybody who gets born-again will have to go through the filter of the Outer Court: if they do not, they will not be allowed to go into the Holy Place even though they may remain in the Church (1Cor. 3:10-15). If they do not bring forth any fruit at all, they can be totally cut-off or removed from the Church (Jn.15:2,6).

It is instructive to see that we are now in the third day; the end of the age, so the separation is being done now in the Body of Christ to allow a perfect Church to come into manifestation (Matt.13:47-50).

Christians that enter into the Holy Place but who, after some time do not bring forth the fruit of the revelation knowledge of perfection (they may have revelation of other things like healing, prosperity and the gifts of the Spirit but should go on to the revelation of perfection – Heb. 6:1-3), symbolized by a wedding garment, will be taken back into the spiritual darkness of the Outer Court (Matt.22:10-14).

The wedding feast spoken of here is symbolic of the feast of the revelation of the knowledge of perfection in the feast of Tabernacles, that enables us to have a wedding garment and so become a part of the Bride of Christ: the perfect Church.

So by the filters of the Outer-Court and the Holy Place, God will maintain the purity of the perfect Church in the Holiest of all, fulfilling Ephesians 5:26-27.

So, to be a part of the perfect Church we must be perfected by the blood (Heb. 13:20-21), the Word (1Jn. 2:5) and the Spirit (1Jn. 4:12-18) through the sufferings of self-denial, temptations and afflictions (1Pet. 5:10).

We overcome the sufferings of self-denial and afflictions by the blood, the Word and the Spirit and so are gradually being perfected (Jam. 1:2-4).

It is vital to understand that it is not the sufferings that perfect us, but the application of the Word and the power of the Spirit to overcome the sufferings that perfects us; like the Lord Jesus too was perfected by the Word and the Spirit through the sufferings of temptations and afflictions (Heb. 2:10, 5:7-9).

To be made perfect through sufferings, practice the following as a daily habit:

(1) Humility (Phil. 2:8)

(2) The seven spirits of God (Isa. 11:2) including the spirit of wisdom and revelation.

(3) The life of God through the promises in the Word (2Peter 1:4).

(4) Praying with all kinds of prayer in the Spirit, including travail (Eph. 6:18; Col 4:12 and Gal. 4:19).

(5) Washing of feet (Jn. 13:14, 34) at least four times daily (Dt. 6:7; Mk. 13:35; 2 Sam. 6:13).

(6) Balanced bible reading and study (2Tim. 2:15; 3:15-16).

(7) Frequent (once every hour Mt. 24:42) asking the Lord for mercy (1Cor. 7:25) to triumph in all things (2Cor. 2:14) and praying in tongues to commune with God (1Cor. 14:18) especially during afflictions and temptations (Rom. 12:12; Jam. 1:2-4).

So, the perfect Church is being formed even as these words are being written; you can and should choose to be a part of it by using the blood, the Word and the Spirit as shown above to grow into the perfection and fullness of Christ!

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