From the recording Perfectly Perfect
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Perfectly Perfect
Pt 1 – My Testimony
By Lawrence DeMetrius
Yahweh has given me a remarkable testimony. HE has also given me the authority to share it with all who will listen. My life is now devoted to being HIS praise in the earth by obeying and proclaiming HIS Word of Wisdom. I begin my testimony by declaring that Lucifer is indeed the Chief of liars, murderers, and thieves. The Lord Jesus said,
He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
[Jn 8:44]
He also said,
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy:
[Jn 10:10]
Lucifer has the ability to deceive those who reject divine words and those who receive them. The Lord Jesus said,
For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
[Mt 24:24]
Apostle Paul writes,
And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
Therefore, it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness;
[II Cor 11:14, 15]
I know this to be true because I am an Elect of God and Lucifer fooled me. Although he meant it for evil, Yahweh purposed it for my good. THE LORD said through Prophet Jeremiah, a Word fitting for all of HIS worshipers throughout all generations,
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
[Jer 29:11]
Reflecting on The Wilderness Experience of Jesus Christ, I personally discovered that our HEAVENLY FATHER will also at some point in one’s walk with HIM, instruct the Holy Ghost to lead them into their own personal Wilderness Experience, for a season of testing. Such experience is reflected in the lives of all the Old and New Testament Patriarchs. It is an inescapable period of intense development of spiritual character, faith in and devotion to Yahweh as HIS son.
Apostle Matthew writes,
Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
[Mt 4:1]
The Lord Jesus said,
Take no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
[Mt 6:34]
Apostle James writes,
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations:
Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire <spiritually mature>, wanting <lacking> nothing <that Yahweh desires in, of and for you>.
[Jam 1:2-4]
Apostle Peter writes,
Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to HIM in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
[I Pet 4:19]
But the God of all grace, WHO hath called us unto HIS eternal glory by Christ Jesus, AFTER that ye have suffered A WHILE, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
[I Pet 5:10]
The Holy Ghost revealed to me that Yahweh did appoint a season of great challenges for me. As a result, I now have knowledge and understanding about myself that I did not recognize before. This revelation makes me the overcoming believer I am today. Yahweh intends for HIS worshipers to be victorious. HE has already glorified them in HIS CHRIST, so they may glorify HIM in victory. One’s allotted Wilderness Experience is what THE LORD employs to reveal to each of HIS sons, the true glory they already possess as born-again spirits. Insight regarding one’s self as a SON OF GOD is imperative, especially before being launched into their appointed public ministries. Apostle Paul writes,
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to HIS purpose.
For whom HE did FOREKNKOW, HE also did PREDESTINATE to be CONFORMED to the Image of HIS Son that He might be the Firstborn of many brethren.
Moreover whom HE did PREDESTINATE, them HE also CALLED: and whom HE called, them HE also JUSTIFIED: and whom HE JUSTIFIED, them HE also GLORIFIED.
[Rm 8:28-30]
Blessedly, Yahweh places no more on HIS children than they can bear. Apostle Paul writes,
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, WHO will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
[I Cor 10:13]
THE LORD knows that HIS worshipers wholeheartedly desire to worship HIM in spirit and in truth, which is with spiritually renewed intellect and in reality. HE has done everything necessary to equip them to do so. The Lord Jesus said,
But the hour cometh, and now is, when the TRUE WORSHIPERS shall worship the Father in SPIRIT and in TRUTH: for the Father SEEKETH such to worship HIM.
God is a Spirit: and they that worship HIM MUST worship HIM in SPIRIT and in TRUTH.
[St Jn 4:23, 24]
It has always been that Yahweh searches throughout the whole earth in every generation for mortals who will worship HIM in this manner. Hanani the Seer writes,
For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew HIMSELF strong in the behalf OF THEM WHOSE HEART IS PERFECT <whole> TOWARD HIM.
[II Chr 16:9a]
This WHOLEHEARTED nature toward THE LORD is what mortals were initially created with and by which they were able to perform the duty they were purposed to carry out on earth. King Solomon writes,
Let us hear <know and understand> the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear <reverence> God, and keep HIS commandments: for this is THE WHOLE DUTY OF MAN.
[Eccl 12:13]
In this work, PERFECTLY PERFECT, I am simply sharing the goodness of THE LORD in my life with others. I hope my personal testimony will shed some light on the divine power that is resident within all born-again believers. It is that which enables them to be and remain victorious over the constant opposition of evil. Apostle John writes,
For this is the love of God, that we keep HIS commandments: and HIS commandments are NOT grievous.
For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith
Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
[I Jn 5:3]
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