The heavenly vision - Romeu Bornelli

 HEAVENLY VISION – PAUL

“Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,” (Acts 26:19)

Just this verse. Let’s note this expression: “I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision”.

Brothers and sisters, the heavenly vision is not the all thing, but is the most important thing. If our eyes are not opened we’ll have all kinds of problems in our christian lives. When our Lord met Paul in on the road of Damascus, Paul said to Him: “Who are Thou Lord”, and the Lord said: “I am Jesus and you are persecuting me.” This word of the Lord on this road of Damascus, put the foundation of the old vision of the apostle Paul. The whole life of the apostle Paul was governed by this vision. So, the heavenly vision is not one thing, but it’s the most important thing in our life. It’s not the whole thing because we can be disobedient to the heavenly vision. So we need not just the heavenly vision, but we need to be obedient to the heavenly vision. But there is an important question: What is the heavenly vision? I think our Lord uses especially three servants to say to us, what is the content of the heavenly vision, and this content of the heavenly vision is very, very important. I think our Lord used the apostle Paul, apostle Peter and apostle John to give us a great vision and these three visions really are one, just one vision in three parts, three important parts. So, when apostle Paul exposed his vision, he spoke specially about the body of Christ. This is the chief part of the vision of the apostle Paul: The body of Christ. When the apostle John exposed his vision, he spoke especially about the family of God. So, this aspect: The family of God is the foundation of the vision of the apostle John. And when our Lord by His Holy Spirit used Peter, the fundamental aspect of the Peter’s vision was the house of God. So, let’s remember this because it’s so important, my brothers and sisters. The foundation of the vision of the apostle Paul was about the body of Christ. And the most important aspect of the vision of the apostle John was the family of God. And the most important part of the vision of the apostle Peter was the house of God. When we put together these three visions we have just one vision. When Paul wrote the epistle to the Ephesians, let’s open our Bibles in this epistle, please. Ephesians, chapter 1, verse 17. Let’s know just one phrase towards in this verse. “That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ - look this expression - the Father of glory...the Father of glory… may give to you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him.” Let’s note this expression: The Father of glory. Why Paul uses this expression: The Father of glory? Because before him, since the eternity, this wonderful Father, He established a vast, a imense, a tremendous scene of glory and this scene, this picture of glory that our Father before him planed, has its center in His Son, Jesus Christ.   

The apostle James in his epistle, chapter 2 said that our Lord Jesus Christ not has glory, but is the glory. Jesus Christ is the glory. (James 2:1). He is the glory. And when the Father of glory established this purpose, the His Son was in the center of this purpose. Brothers, it is so important. If you open your Bible in 2nd Corinthians chapter 3, verse 3, Paul said there that by the Holy Spirit, God through the ministry of the apostle Paul, God has writing a letter on our hearts. What is the meaning of this? The one of the aspect of the supreme purpose of God is writing these letter on our hearts. And how God can do this? By His Holy Spirit, only by His Holy Spirit. So, when this Father of glory planed this purpose after the resurrection of our Lord, and His ascension, and His intronization, He received the Holy Spirit; the language of the Psalm 133 said that oil, do you remember? That oil over the head that Psalm 133, that Psalm 133? That oil is a type, a symbol of the Holy Spirit. And when our Lord was enthroned, He received this oil, this holy oil; the Holy Spirit. And when our Lord received the Holy Spirit - Acts chapter 2, verse 33 say that our Lord poured out this Spirit on the church, over the church and in the church. And we have the indwelling of the Holy Spirit in us. Praise God! So when Paul exposed this vision on the letter of Ephesians, He taught us about this heavenly vision. And I’d like to share with you the first aspect of this vision in this morning. This vision of apostle Paul, if the Lord wants, we can share something about the Peter’s vision and the John’s vision. Because you remember: these three vision are just one, because there are no many visions, there are just one vision, and it’s very important to know about the context of this only vision. God may bless us in this way, brothers. Let’s see something about the Paul’s vision. So when Paul wrote this letter, this special letter to the Ephesians, he shared about this heavenly vision centered in the Son of God, because this is the Father is called the Father of glory. So when we read chapter 1 and chapter 2, please open your Bible before your eyes just for reference, these two chapters, Ephesians chapter 1 until chapter 3. Because this letter, we can divide this letter in two important parts. The first three chapters has to do with vision, the first three chapters. And the last two chapters has to do especially with the practical life of the church. So my brothers you may have heard many things about the practice life of the church. I think so, but so we need so much to understand what the Bible says about the practical life of the church. In these three chapter, Ephesians 4 until chapter 6 has many things to do say to us about the practical life of the church. Because the emphasis is not to do some practical things about these, about that, but the essence of the practical life of the church. Not some ways of speaking, some ways of many things, but the content of the practical life of the church. But it’s wrong to begin in this part about the practical things, we need to begin with the vision. Because the vision is the foundation of everything. So let’s see something about the vision. Chapter 2, verse 10, there is another important word in this verse. Ephesians 2, verse 10 let’s read this verse. “For we are his workmanship”, another translation said “masterpiece”. Do you know what is masterpiece? Do you know? The masterpiece is that work, the greatest work of the someone’s life. The greatest work, the masterpiece. Brothers and sisters, this is a wonderful verse, because Paul said in this verse that we are His masterpiece. It is a marvelous thing: We are His masterpiece, His workmanship. What is the meaning of this? We called the verse 2nd Corinthians chapter 3, verse 3, and in this verse I think we remember, Paul said “God is writing a letter.” Do you remember? God is writing a letter and which letter? The letter is ourselves. And God is writing this letter by His Holy Spirit in tables of flesh, not in tables of stones. And this letter of Ephesians expose the manner, the way of the God is writing this wonderful letter. And this wonderful letter is His masterpiece. This is not wonderful, brothers? This letter is ourselves; we are His masterpiece. And when Paul use this word “masterpiece”, what is the meaning of this? If you read this chapter two carefully, we are going to note three things. Pay attention about these three things in just chapter 2. If you read verse 14 until the end, all the search, Paul uses three important words. First of all he said: “We are the family of God.” Do you remember? Verse 19, verse 20 of chapter 2. We are the family of God and this is the special aspects of the John’s vision, the family of God. And Paul uses another important word. Paul said “we are the body of Christ.” Just one body and this aspect of body is the chief aspect of the Paul’s vision. And look at the end of this chapter in your Bible, verse 20 until 22 of chapter 2 of Ephesians. Paul said in this portion: “We are the temple of God.” In this aspect “temple of God”, like we said, is the principal aspect of the Peter’s vision; the temple of God. And Paul uses these three types, the three words: “the family of God” - this has to do with John’s vision -, Paul uses the words “body of Christ” - this has to do with the Paul’s vision -, and Paul uses the words “a temple or sanctuary of God”, - and this has to do with Peter’s vision. So you know that these three visions are just one vision, because this Paul said before the King Agrippa: “I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision”, no heavenly visions, but heavenly vision; just one vision in three big aspects, important aspects. So my brothers we need to be governed, to be ruled by this vision. So let’s see something about this first aspect: the Paul’s vision. So when Paul uses this word “masterpiece” or “workmanship” in chapter 2, verse 10, the reference is second Corinthians 3, verse 3. “God is writing a letter on our hearts.” And brothers, if we are members of Christ, some ancient translation of Ephesians chapter 5, I think verse 12 or 23 said: “We are member of his body, his flesh and his bones.”

There is one ancient translation that put these in this way: “We are members of his body, of his flesh and of his bones.” Is it no wonderful? Do you remember when our Lord was resurrect in Luke, chapter 24, when our Lord ate a piece of fish, do you remember, in the presence of his disciples, do you remember this, that fact? What is the reason for this? Because our Lord was giving a demonstration of the reality of his real resurrection. He has a real body, a spiritual body. In this spiritual body is not just a spiritual body of Christ, but Christ, when Christ resurrect and He was enthroned, He was constituted the head of a big body with many members. So our Lord imparted his life with this member, his own life into these members. So because this, Ephesians 5 said “We are members of His body, of his flesh and of his bones.” So wonderful declaration! Because He remembered it the type, the symbol when God created the woman He presented this woman to the man, yes? And do you remember what the man said? “This is flesh of my flesh and bone of my bones.” Brothers this is just a symbol. Where is the reality? In our Lord, in his headship, his lordship and the communion between his lordship and the many members linked with Him in just one organism. This is the writing that our God is writing in on ourselves, on our hearts. This is his masterpiece, this is his workmanship. So this is the first aspect of the vision, the Paul’s vision. We need to be captured for this. Really when I gained some vision, brothers and sisters, we have no options before this vision. The vision is something so constrained, that have the vision, the real vision capture us, and it is so necessary. We cannot negotiate this vision because this vision is so important. When the vision is clear by the Holy Spirit, this vision give you so strong impression that we are made captive. Praise the Lord, because of this. So we are reading some letter of one of this man, Paul. Paul was a captive of Jesus Christ. When Paul touches the second part of this epistle, chapter 4 till chapter 6, he uses a word of a link words between this first section chapter 1,2 and 3, that has to do with vision and Paul uses a special word a link words between these first 3 chapters and last three chapters, because the last three chapters has to do with the practical life of the church. What are these important words? Do you have some suggestion? Look chapter 4, verse 1 (Ephesians 4:1) “I, therefore” - look this word now - “the prisoner”. Brothers, this is the main word in this last session. “I, therefore the prisoner”. Thanks Lord for this word. Note this important thing please, brothers and sisters. There is no possibility to live any church life without this reality. If we are not the prisoners of Jesus Christ, the church life is impossible. The church life is not a practical. Do you understand? To do something, to do others things, to speak in this way, to speak another way… Do you understand? The church life is a spiritual reality. If we are not the prisoners of Jesus Christ, there is no church life, there is no christian life and there is no church life. “Prisoner”, this is the most important thing. You remember I think the type, the symbol in the Old Testament. Do you remember? The book of Exodus and Deuteronomy, what the Lord said about that slaves, about the ear piercing. Do you remember? What is the meaning of the sign here "ears piercing", what is the meaning? We are the captives, but not just slaves or bond slaves, we are free slaves...we are free slaves. We are slaves or bond slaves by love or through love. Oh, Brothers, this is so wonderful! “I therefore, a prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk.” This is another important word in this verse, “walk”. The first important word is prisoner, this is the key of everything. So let’s remember this at the Lord’s feet. Amen? “Prisoner”. Another word in this verse is “to walk.” The first mention of this idea in Ephesians is in chapter 2. Let’s read since the verse 10. “For we are” - we read this verse some minutes ago -, “For we are his workmanship” or “masterpiece” created in Christ Jesus for good works.” Which good works? Which God prepared beforehand that we should”... What? “Should walk”, this is the first mention of this word “walk” in this letter. Why is this important? Because these good works, look “good works which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.” And we can ask: Which good works? Which are these good works and where is the answer? The answer is in chapter 4. Do you understand this? Because when Paul said “I, therefore, the prisoner”, since do verse 2 (Ephesians 4:2), Paul is quoting which are these good works. And let’s see there, chapter 4, look verse 2. Look the good works here. These are the good works. “I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk”, the same word, even chapter 2, verse 10. “to walk worthy of calling”... Worthy... This word worthy, in the original language has to do with harmony. This is important word too in this verse. There are many important words in this verse 1, many. This word “worthy” in original, in greek language is the word harmony. This is a wonderful word because God has a plan and we need to walk in Harmony with this plan. So Paul uses the word worthy in Harmony with the God's plan. So let's continue. “To walk worthy of the calling with which you were called”, and which are these good works? So the answer is in chapter four. Let’s continue then now, verse 2. “With all lowliness”. This is the first good work, “lowliness”. Do you understand this, brother? It's not to work that we do, something that we do, something that we speak, but something that has to do with character, character. Because where there is no character there is not work of God. God’s work, church life, christian life, everything is impossible, because there is no character. Because this we called in second Corinthians 3, verse 3: “God is writing some letter on our heart.” Brothers, that expression is so wonderful like we said, because we are living letters - living letters. We read the Bible and the world read the church. The world doesn’t like the Bible. There’s no pleasure in the world about the word of God. If God is writing some letter on our hearts, so we are living letters writing by the Holy Spirit. So which are the good works? Lowliness has to do with character. All has to do with character; the character of Christ formed in us. Lowliness and gentleness or meekness in other translation, gentleness or meekness with longsuffering or patience in other translation. Patience or longsuffering, “bearing with one another in love.” Because love is summarizing everything; in love. Like Galatians chapter 5, do you remember? Verse 22? “The fruit of the Spirit is love”. And after love we have many things. But love summarize everything, because this the last word that Paul put in this verse is love. In love. And with these words Paul introduced this practical session in this epistle. So my brothers, let’s summarize this. The most important aspect of the Paul’s vision is this masterpiece, this workmanship. And Paul sees this workmanship in this, in especially in this important aspect “We are members of the body of Christ.” And not only members of his body, but of his flesh and his bones. Because our unity with the Lord is so big, so full. “We are members of his body and in the last chapter Paul is saying about the manner of to live this christian life, and there are many important marks. In verse 1 and 2 summarizing this. In verse 1 and 2 we can summarize with the word love. This lowliness, this meekness or longsuffering, bearing with one another in love... in love. And verse 3, “endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. This is all the important thing in the Paul’s vision because, why my brother, why this is so important? Because this special aspect of the Paul’s vision was on head, just one head, and just one body. So we must preserve this unity because this unity cannot be promote. It’s necessary for us to preserve, not to promote. Do you understand this difference, my brothers? We can wear the some clothes, we can speak in same way, we can go to same place...It’s not the unity of the Spirit. The unity of the Spirit cannot be promoted. The unity of the Spirit is already. It has already been promoted. Our Lord promoted this unity. Our responsibility is to preserve this unity. And how we can preserve this unity? How? I think the key is this word that is around this verse.
We can preserve this word in humility, in lowliness. We can preserve this unity, this holy unity in longsuffering, in patient bearing one another. This is the way to preserve this holy unity. This is a wonderful unity. Oh, my brothers, It’s so necessary! Chapter 4, verse 4. “There is one body.” Do you know this chief aspect of the Paul’s vision? Do you realize this? Onde body! This is the foundational aspect of the Paul’s vision. “There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.” Praise the Lord! 

Brothers, this unity is our responsibility to preserve it. But let's note this: we cannot promote this unity and this unity it’s not an external unity. This is inner unity promoted by the Holy Spirit. So let’s see some just one or two things more. Since verse 1 till verse 16, this of the chapter 4, there is four sections, four sections. The first section comprehend the verse one and two, and the most important word is love. Because we said: the love summarize everything; humility, meekness, longsuffering and bearing one another. Love is the summary, it’s summarizing everything. So love is the chief word of this first section, verse 1, verse 2. And after the section is another section, since verse 3 till verse 6. Look at the Bible please, since verse 3 till verse 6. And what is the chief point of the section? The chief point is unity. In first section love, in the second section unity. Is the first word. Seven times you can see the word “one, one”... One Lord, one baptism, one Spirit, one body...seven times. The unity of the Spirit. This is the second section, unity, and we need to preserve this unity. So since verse 7 now, look this expression: “But to each one of us”,  it’s very different this section. The previous section, the second section unity, one, one, one. In this section “each one”. So the same, the matter, the issue of the section is diversity, diversity. Brothers it is so wonderful, because in the same body we have the unity and we have diversity, in the same body. Praise the Lord! We have not just one ministry; we have many ministry; “each one of us.” Praise the Lord because this! Unity of the Spirit and many members. Do you see the Paul’s vision? One head, many members, one body; corporate man. So let’s see something more. “But to each one of us grace was given.” Praise the Lord! Apostle John said in his gospel, John chapter 1, verses 16 and 17, he said: “Every one of us has received from Him, from His fullness, grace upon grace”. Grace upon grace from his fullness. So wonderful, my brothers because the fulness is in the Head, and by the Head, through the Head by the Holy Spirit. We are receiving grace upon grace. The great question is: We are good receivers of the grace? We are good receivers? Do you remember that birds inside some net, with their mouths opened to the mom, do you remember? This is an important type, symbol. It must be our attitudes before our God, because the fullness is in Him and every one of us are receiving of His fullness. He is our Father of glory, our mom. Do you understand? The Father of glory and we are receiving from Him, grace upon grace. So verse 7 says: “But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ.” Brothers, what is the measure of Christ? Can we understand this? It’s impossible! Look chapter one verse 22, the last verse of the chapter 1. “And He put all things under his feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church.” This is wonderful expression! But look this: “Which is his body.” Once more we are note this expression: “He is body”. This is the special factor of the Paul’s vision. “Which is his body, the fullness”. Look the word “fullness”. “Every one of us has received from Him, from his fullness, grace upon grace.” “The fullness of Him.” Which is the church, my brothers? In my opinion there is no better definition of the church in the whole Bible. Which is the church? The church is “His body, the fullness”. Praise the Lord! “The fullness of Him.” Praise the Lord! 

“The fullness of Him”. Him who? Who fills. Something? No, all... “All in all.” Praise the Lord! So in chapter 4 we read, let’s go back to this verse. “But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure...” And the measure we read in chapter 1, verse 22. The measure is our Lord fills all in all. This is the measure: Fills all in all. Praise the Lord! “To each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift. Therefore He says: When He ascended on high, He led captivity, captive…” Wonderful word. This word, Paul imported from the Psalm 68, verse 18. And it is very interesting the difference between the Psalm 68, verse 18 and this quotation here. There is a difference. Do you have noted this or no? In Psalm 68, verse 18, Paul said this captivity of our Lord, in Psalm 68, received men for as gifts. Received first the men as gift - In Psalm 68, verse 18. But now in Ephesians by the Holy Spirit, Paul is interpreting this verse in Psalm 68, and in Ephesians 4, Paul exchanged the word and he said: “He has given to the church.” It’s wonderful my brothers. When we put this verse together, so notice and take note of this. Psalm 68, verse 18 and Ephesians 4, verse 8. “When he ascended on high he led captivity captive and gave…” And the word in the Psalm is received and here is gave.
So do you understand? In first place our Lord received man as gift. So my brothers, pay attention here. How is the mechanism?  First of all the church is a gift from the Father to the Son. Because this our Lord said in John, chapter 10: “My sheep hear my voice.” Do you remember? Show the sheep are the special gift from the Father to the Son. So in first place when our Lord penetrate this places underground, He received men as gift. Gift from the Father to the Son, His gift. We are gift for the Lord in first place. Because of this we are his prisoners, brothers. Brothers, theses verses in the Bible you don’t have one verse here on a verse there on verse there… Do you understand? You have something here, something there and something here, through light upon something there… This is the word of God! So when we put this thing together, we have a wonderful picture. First of all our Father gave us to the Son; we are His gift, special gift. Because this He said: “My sheep”. There's no confusion in there. “They hear my voice”, “they understand my voice.” Oh, my brothers! Praise God by the ministry of the Holy Spirit! We know the voice of our Father. So when the Son received His gift from the Father, what he did? He gave. He gave to the church, to us , to the church, to build up the church, to edify the church, to perfecting the saints. Praise the Lord! So this is the vision about ministry in the scriptures, not men to be up on the platform to be observed, but our God gave gifts to the church, to perfect the church, to mature the saints, to perform their ministries. Praise the Lord, my brothers. This ministry is corporate ministry, not a singular ministry. “When he ascended on high, He led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men.” Now “he ascended (verse 9) now this “he ascended”, that does it mean: “But He also first descended into the lower parts of the earth”, He himself, He who descended is also the One who ascended far above all”, not just above all, but far above all. Brothers this expression “far above all” has to do with the measure of Christ. Has to do with his fullness. He was put far above all, but He is our hand, our head in vital unity with his body. It is not wonderful, my brothers? “Far above all (verse 10) the heavens, that He might fill all things.” Look the word “fill” again like in the chapter 1, verse 22. “He fills all in all”, and here again. “That He might fill all things”, and one question here. How our Lord will fill all things, how? Through his body. This is the one way: The head is in heaven. The head is enthroned, this is the head. But his members are on the earth and He will fill all things through the church. Because this, dear brothers, in Ephesians 3, verse 10, there’s a wonderful word there. The church is his fullness, all the principalities, all the powers will see the might power, the grace of God, the glory of God because our God is the God of glory, the Father of glory. So His glory will be seen in the church, on the church. So Let’s continue just some minutes more. Ephesians chapter 4, verse 11. “And He Himself”. Do you noted this important word “He Himself”? Not other man, one man cannot constitute other man. “He Himself” gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saint for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, till we all…” Again the word all. Our Lord fills all in all. And we all because we are receiving from his fullness, grace upon grace. Like that birds with their mouths opened. “For the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ till we all come to the unity.” Again the unity. “Of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God to a perfect man, to the measure…” Again the word “measure”. Do you remember? So you need to read, brothers and sisters, this epistle very carefully because it’s so amazing. “The measure of the stature of the fullness.” And here again, “fullness - again - of Christ”. This is the church. Chapter three, just one more verse. (Chapter 3, verse 10) Let’s read verse nine because we need the context (verse 9). “And to make all see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the ages has been hidden in God (in God) who created all things.” The word “all” again - once more -, “all things through Jesus Christ; to the intent that now - now, not tomorrow, but now -, “now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places, according to the eternal purpose.” This is the theme of this letter: The eternal purpose of God. And brothers, we need put this at the Lord’s feet, because we need open eyes by the Holy Spirit. This is the prayers of Paul in the chapter one. Do you remember? Chapter 1 of Ephesians, verse 17? Open eyes enlightened by the Holy Spirit. Hearts enlightened by the Holy Spirit. So brothers, when we have a real vision, decision and we don’t put us in this position: erect. Do you know?

But in this position we bow our knees before our eyes. When we are captives this is the only attitude: We bow our knees, like Paul, Like John, like Daniel. (Chapter 10) “to the intent that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places, according to the eternal purpose which He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord, in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through faith in Him.” So brothers, this is Paul’s vision. It has to do with this masterpiece, with this workmanship in these aspects. So let’s take these things and let’s put this at the Lord’s feet with the same prayer of Paul’s in chapter one. Let’s see this prayers and we’ll finish this time now. Let’s read this prayer. Ephesians 1. You know that there are two prayers of Paul in this letter, yes? Two prayer: one prayer in chapter one, another prayer in chapter three… two prayer. Let’s read this first prayer. Ephesians 1, since verse 15. “Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers.” Look the prayers now, first 17. “That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation.” Oh, my brothers, we need so much this work of the Holy Spirit giving us wisdom, given us revelation, because brothers, if we don’t have this attitude our the mark of our walking, we will be like Laodiceia: superb. We have all things, we know all things… I have heard all things, I had been in all conference, I’ve read all the books... and we put a hindrance for the work of the Holy Spirit. It’s so necessary brothers.* “May give to you the Spirit of wisdom and the revelation in the knowledge of Him the eyes…” Look this wonderful verse brothers and sisters. “The eyes of your understanding, our understanding is so blind. “The eyes of your understanding being enlightened.” Praise the Lord! “Enlightened that you may”... that you may know. In other words “without the ministry of the Holy Spirit we  have nothing, nothing. Without humble, (humility) we have nothing. “That you may know that is the hope of his calling what are te riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints.” Oh brothers, this is the  prayer, not the Paul’s prayer, this is the Holy Spirit’s prayer. Because we cannot pray in a good way. Praise the Lord! May the Lord continue speaking on to our hearts, brothers. Let’s pray.

“Our God, Father of glory, we praise you. Give us this spirit of wisdom and knowledge. Open our eyes to see. We need you. O Lord, do His work in us, Sir. We pray in the name of our Lord Jesus. Amen.

Thank you brothers.        

          

NOTES

* I believe that in this sentence the author is referring to the fact that there is great need for us be able to identify this contrary attitude to what he set out in the two paragraphs above. (note of the translator)