It's No Longer A Spectator Event
by PJ
Shemot/Exodus 21:29 AMP "But if the ox has tried to gore before, and its owner has been warned but has not kept it closed in and it kills a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned and its owner also put to death."
The Word concealed in the Tanakh is revealed in the Brit Chadesh. But sometimes it's just interesting to see how it's concealed in the Tanakh.
If one studies at great length the 21st Chapter of Shemot/Exodus, what will be found is the redemption story concealed, even down to the thirty shekels of silver. But also concealed is a hidden truth that is not normally taught to the followers of Yeshua.
When we make Yeshua the L-rd of our lives, we are given great weapons such as love, faith, the Name, the Blood, the Ruach HaKodesh to restrain and overcome the adversary. We are also indwelled by the Spirit of ADONAI as followers of Yeshua, meaning He lives in us. As we die out to Him, allowing Him to be L-rd and come to life over every area of our lives, we are resurrected into eternal life.
As we are filled by G-d's Spirit, we become one with Yeshua Who is also filled with G-d's Spirit. The way Yeshua described it was that He is the head and we are the body. But we are one. It is the Ruach HaKodesh, the very spirit of ADONAI, who indwelled Yeshua and resurrected Him. It is this same Ruach HaKodesh that indwells followers of Yeshua.
2 Thessalonians 2:7 AMP records, "For the mystery of lawlessness (that hidden principle of rebellion against constituted authority) is already at work in the world (but it is) restrained only until he who restrains is taken out of the way." And who is this One but the Ruach HaKodesh Who lives in all believers?
So what has this to do with an ox? It is a principle. The owner of the ox who allowed his beast to be unrestrained when he knew it to be dangerous made the owner a willing party to the injury that should be done. It is not enough just for us not to do evil, but we must make sure that no evil be done by those whom it is in our power to restrain.
Selah! Since we are filled with the Ruach HaKodesh that restrains the evil one, and since we possess all the weaponry of G-d to overcome the adversary, if we don't restrain the adversary are we not guilty of what ha'satan does?
It's no longer a spectator event once you know the truth.
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