The Church is the ekklesia meaning the called out. Called out of what? Anything that is not of God. The Church of God was never to be a 501c non-profit organization approved by some branch of government, but it is to be the mighty called out of God that all governments should seek approval of. In the Bible it was not newscasters that told the people what was happening, but it was God’s true prophets. We are not to quote man, but we are to quote the Word of God. You can be drawn out into the sea of despair by listening to what man says and thinks. For the ekklesia of God, it is the voice of God that fills their minds and thoughts. God has told us in His Word, “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him”  (Colossians 3:16-17 KJV). The Church should be the sons of God being led by the Spirit of God.

   Yes, friends, God is making a change and He is not asking our permission to do so. Our daily activities are changing to meet the needs of the world around us. By change I mean He is causing us to return to His Word. In the English language I am referring to the King James Verison of the Bible as His Word is revealed to us by the Spirit of God. New translations have taken the revelation out of His Word and have replaced it with the doctrines and teaching of men. When people say, “I understand this translation better.” what they are really saying is that some one that believes like them has added that to the Word of God. The Word of God is never to be understood by us, but it is to reveal to us the plan and purpose of God by the Spirit. Revelation of God’s Word comes to us through the mind of Christ and is made known to us through the Spirit. Only through the Spirit can the revelation revealed in God’s Word change our understanding so that His truth can be revealed to us.

   In the fourteenth chapter of John, Jesus was preparing His disciples for what was about to happen. That is the Lord’s way. He always prepares His people for things before they happen. The first verse of this fourteenth chapter starts out with words of instruction. He says to them, “Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me”  (John 14:1 KJV). Sudden changes in our lives can cause heart trouble. People stay up all night troubled about what is happening to them because it is not happening as it always has in the past. Sudden changes can cause fear. The Bible says concerning fear, “There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.”  (1 John 4:18 KJV).

     “...fear hath torment.” The last thing Jesus wanted for His disciples was for them to be in torment. The reason He was going to the cross is so they could be relieved from torment. His encouraging word to them would not be understood at the time when He gave it to them, but it would be understood after His resurrection from the dead. He was assuring them that what ever happened, they would not be left out of the plan of God.

    In verse two He shares with them the preparation He was making for them. “In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you”  (John 14:2 KJV). Notice that when Jesus uses the word mansion, He is not speaking of some kind of house for He makes it clear that the mansion is on the inside His Father’s house. You don’t have houses inside a house. You have rooms or apartments to live in. Here Jesus was telling the disciples of their place of abode that He was bringing about for them by going to the cross.

    “...that where I am, there ye may be also.” Where was Jesus at the time He was speaking to them? He was in the place of the Son of God. When He was in the natural body, all the fulness of God was in that one body. “For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;”  (Colossians 1:19 KJV). Jesus was going to the place of the Father so that through Him many sons could be born into the kingdom of God. The disciples would no longer be observers, but they would be sons of God. Sons of Jesus the only true God, and Jesus would no longer be the Son, but He would be the Father of the New Testament. John has already declared in the first chapter of the book of John that Jesus’ purpose concerning those that would believe on His name. “But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:”  (John 1:12 KJV). The disciples were the first to believe and now Jesus was telling them that the power (right) to become sons, as He was the Son, would be given to them through the work of the cross. “And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also”  (John 14:3 KJV). Yes, the glorious realm of sonship was about to come to those faithful disciples after first a great test of faith. They would first have to endure the crucifixion of their Lord, the Son of God.

 "For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified”  (Hebrews 10:14).

   The “He hath perfected” is translated from the Greek word teleioo which is from the Greek word   teleios meaning complete. Let us take a look at where it is used elsewhere in the Bible. “Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work” (John 4:34 KJV). In this verse it is translated “to finish.” I am not going to take a lot of time explaining all the details concerning the word but I only wish to show that it means to complete or finish. In Hebrews 10:14 He is saying that He has completed them that are sanctified. It is not saying that those that are sanctified are complete, but it is saying that by one offering He has made it possible. When for ever is used it is referring to the end of the age, and is meaning the end of their age or, if it is in reference to the present, it means the end of the present age. Because the Word of God is quick, in this case, it is referring to all that are sanctified or set apart in Jesus in every age. By quick I am saying that it is able to come alive in each generation as it is needed.

    Notice that it does not say it is for everybody, but it is for those that are “set apart,” those that have been make clean by the regeneration of the cleansing power of His Word. We may not always realize it, but exposure to God’s Word at any degree changes us. The Word tells us that as we look into God’s Word, we are changed. “But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord”  (2 Corinthians 3:18 KJV). Only the Lord can make this change in us, and that is what He is doing this very day. Yes, the things which have come to try our faith have become the devices that are changing us into the very image of the Father and are causing sons of God to emerge in His very image.

   The call to sonship has a divine purpose. First of all, it shows forth the Father’s love for us. “Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.” (1 John 3:1 KJV). Second, it opens our divine vision through the Word of God to see Him. “Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is”  (1 John 3:2 KJV).

   Let me now explain what Hebrews 10:14 is really telling us. It is telling us that in God’s plan we are right where we are suppose to be at this time in our Christian growth. Those around us may be disappointed in us, but God is not. For it is not up to us to be what He wants, but it is up to Him to bring forth in us what He wants. We may sometimes feel as if everything is going wrong for us, but it just could be that everything is going right for Him. God’s way is not our way and our way is not God’s way.

   The thing that is most despised by most Christians is the growing process which brings forth the son nature in them. Most of us like for God to do things our way which is completely against God’s way. The Lord Jesus saved us from ourselves before we completed self-destruction. Our nature and knowledge is against God’s will. What we may call disappointments can very well be God’s will being manifested in our lives.

   Sonship and overcoming are not popular in some Christian circles because, in order to overcome, you must have something to overcome. The Bible says that the trial of our faith is more precious than gold. It also points out that gold perishes. 1 Peter 1:7, “That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ.” We can see from this that the trial we face as servants of the Lord is not for the purpose of destroying us, but rather it is for our perfecting.

   Sonship requires submission. In sonship we cannot be our own leader, but we must be led by the Holy Spirit. There is an inner moving of God in this day to send His people to new locations. Some people live their whole life in one place, but in the Lord we cannot do that. Jesus sets the example for us. He seldom ministered in a place more than three days. When He drew large crowds in an area, He left that area and went elsewhere. The disciples were always desiring to stay with the crowds, but Jesus told them that He had to go to the next town.

   The sons of God, as the Son of God, have to be about the Father’s business. They are like the wind of the Spirit. When their Master speaks to them in that still small voice of His—the voice that they alone can hear—they must move at His command.

    Faith must come forth in us like a mighty river that is overflowing its banks and flowing over every dam that man had made. Faith is the gospel message being sounded forth like a mighty trumpet by the sons of God. Remember that in God’s king¬dom there are no males and females, but there are only sons. When we come to Jesus, He changes our nature to His Spirit. We are born of Him and washed in His blood. He has made us partakers of His divine nature.