The Word of Their Testimony 2
Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following their example of disobedience. (Hebrews 4:11-NIV)
Dying in the Lord, the one certain protection from deception, means we will�faithfully, patiently, seek and perform His will every moment of the day�and night, through painful as well as joyous experiences.
He knows what He�wants done at every moment. We are laboring to enter the rest of God, the�place of untroubled abiding in the very center of God's Person and will.�If this is what you desire, why don't you tell Him about it right now!�
The testimony that overcomes the accuser of the brothers is developed and�maintained along two lines: morality and miracles. If either of these is�absent the testimony is not effective.�We see both lines of the testimony in the Lord Jesus.
He was morally pure�and He worked miracles.�If the Lord Jesus was not morally pure we would judge the miracles were�coming from the spirit of Satan.�
If the Lord Jesus was morally pure but worked no miracles we would doubt He�indeed was the Christ, the Son of the living God.�The Charismatic churches are seeking power today, often power that can be�used for self-aggrandizement. But the testimony in America has been greatly�weakened by the immorality of the believers.
We must have both power and�morality if we are to overcome the accuser of the brothers who accuses us�before our God day and night.�The two dimensions of the word of our testimony, morality and power, are�seen in the pomegranates and bells around the hem of the robes of the High�Priest.�
Make pomegranates of blue, purple and scarlet yarn around the hem of the�robe, with gold bells between them. (Exodus 28:33-NIV)�The pomegranates symbolize the fruit of the Spirit, love, joy, peace and so�forth.
This is the realm of moral behavior. The blue, purple, and scarlet�portray respectively the life of Heaven, the majesty of Christ, and the�blood of the cross.
All these are necessary to bring forth the fruit of�morality in us.�The gold bells represent the miracles of the Holy Spirit, the signs and�wonders that call attention to the Word of God. The gold signifies Deity is�at work in Kingdom demonstrations of power.�
The linen curtains that formed the ceiling of the Holy Place of the�Tabernacle of the Congregation were linked together with fifty gold clasps.�The gold clasps speak of the Glory of God that will be manifest as we pass�from the Church Age to the Kingdom Age.
The sections of the goat-hair tent that covered the linen curtain were�linked together with fifty bronze clasps. The bronze clasps symbolize�Divine judgment on sin and thus have to do with the morality of the testimony.�
The testimony that overcomes the accuser has no human element in it. We�humans can tell about the testimony. We can tell of the creation of�morality in our life or the life of someone else. We can describe a miracle�we saw take place or a healing we experienced.
But this is not the Divine�testimony, this is our testimony of the testimony, so to speak.�