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If We Are Beside Ourselves It is For God

(2Co5:11-19)

God is holy.

His nature is holy and

The Word, the Son and the Holy Spirit who all come from Him are also holy.

Faith is believing that one has been made holy by Him, and

The life of this faith is becoming beside oneself toward Him.

Since being holy means to be "set apart, "cut apart,

It is the state of being beside oneself, apart from oneself ”

In other words, being out of mind.

Those who are out of their minds act differently than the majority of people,

Because they hear and see things that others do not.

While those among them who cannot function in society have to be isolated,

Since they have no worries or fear they may actually be happier than the rest.

The men of faith in the Bible would have all been out of their minds

If there had been no voice of God first and no promise of God after.

Noah prepared for the flood and built an ark (Ge6:13, 7:1-24);

Abraham left his country not knowing where he was going (Ge12:1; He11:8), and

Gave his only son whom he received at the age of 100 as a burnt offering (Ge22:1-13);

The Israelites who followed Moses and left Egypt (Ex3:10, 5:1) and

Walked through the Red Sea into the desert (Ex13:18-19); and

The army of Judah that gave up to fight and instead praised the Lord (2Ch20:15-23).

The sanctuary was in their midst and it was where

The ark of covenant was (Ex16:32-34), and

It testified that they heard the word of God.

Yeshua said, "Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days (Jn2:19), because

Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body,

He would reveal His holiness.

Nevertheless, He is considered perhaps the most insane man in history for

He called Himself the Son of God, equaling Himself to God (Jn10:30, 36),

Led a group of runaways and denied relationships of flesh and blood (Mt12:46-50), and

Conversed with demons, the wind, the trees etc (Mk1:24-25, 4:39, 11:14).

He also said for men to eat His flesh and drink His blood for eternal life (Jn6:54) and that

After resurrection He would return (Mt16:21, 26:64-65).

Though He did not cause any harm or loss on any person or society (Mt26:59-60),

Since the world could no longer tolerate Him, it banished Him (Mk3:22-30).

However, as He died, Yeshua said, "It is finished (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Died according to the command testifying that the word of the Father is holy (Jn10:18, 17:17);
2) Legitimately condemned the devil who deceived Adam (Ge3:4-5); and
3) Willingly died for sinners though no one wanted Him to (Mt20:28; Jn10:17).

The Father raised Him, and

His resurrection testified that His word is true.

The Holy Spirit who comes to those who believe in His name

Lets them become beside themselves for God, for Yeshua.

Therefore, the man of the Spirit is he who

Speaks in tongues though no one understands (1Co14:2),

Speaks to demons though no one sees them, and

Presses on for the prize of the upward call though no one hears it ”

In other words, he is an unstoppable man.

O Lord,

Whatever the world says,

Let us become beside ourselves like You, Yeshua, and like Paul!

Let us toss away our rational, logical thinking and

Become more insane for You! Amen.