The Three Highest Knowledge
By
The Man Who Saw God Face To Face
Raphael Okechukwu Nweze
An Invitation To Abundant Life
1 "Ho! Everyone who thirsts,
Come to the waters;
And you who have no money,
Come, buy and eat.
Yes, come, buy wine and milk
Without money and without price.
2 Why do you spend money for what is not bread,
And your wages for what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,
And let your soul delight itself in abundance.
Isaiah 55:1-2
Introduction
The three highest knowledge are to realize, know and experience:
The Almighty as Your God.
The Almighty as Your Lord.
The Almighty as Your Father.
The Height Of Glory
“My God, My Lord and My Father.” This is the height of humility. Also, it is the unfailing glory.
The Almighty Is Your God
Behold! The window of heaven opened in spirit, and God stood at the window. I saw Him with my eyes, face to face. He was directly looking at me. He was indeed glorious and great. He is spirit and wonderful. He is a very rich king, whose glory is better seen and experienced than heard about.
1 Make a joyful shout to the LORD, all you lands!
2 Serve the LORD with gladness;
Come before His presence with singing.
3 Know that the LORD, He is God;
It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves;
We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.
Psalms 100:1-3
God has created you as a free child. You have free will, free choice and sovereignty. You are free to decide or choose what you want. In addition, you have personal responsibility for your decisions, choices and actions. The best is to worship God as your God.
The Almighty Is Your Lord.
You belong to God. Therefore, you should not misuse whatever you have. When you get precious possession, you should ask God, “What should I do with it?” and “How should I use it?” Do not be like the prodigal son, a useless child, who goes about wasting His father’s precious possessions. Use your time, life and possession to support God’s work. By so doing, you invest in God, only to reap more abundantly. Many rich people have rendered their life useless by wasting their wealth, without investing in God’s vineyard. Today, such foolish ones are very poor, and may not rise again to glorious life. The worst is to trust in your money and wealth, and thereby make both your gods.
You seek freedom. But there is no freedom outside God. Outside Him all is darkness and foolishness. To get lasting freedom, abide in God.
When you know the Almighty as your Lord, you have to follow the guidance of the Holy Spirit. You will no longer do things the way you like. You have to enquire from God before, during and after doing things. You have to give accounts of things entrusted into your hands. God’s will become your will. One will.
The Almighty Is Your Father
You came forth from God. You have the same nature as His. That is why Jesus was always saying, “The Father and I are one!” The same is true of you. Whatever God can do, you can as well do. All your powers, authority and possessions come from God and are His. Humanity are children of God undergoing series of development and experiences to realize the God nature.
“18 Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God. 19 Then Jesus answered and said to them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner. 20 For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself does; and He will show Him greater works than these, that you may marvel.” John 5:18-21
That is also the reason why in the Book of Revelation, He said, “21 To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. 22 "He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” Revelation 3:21-22
48 Therefore, you must be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect. You must become what God is and one with God. This is the height of knowledge. Blessed, indeed, is whoever that attains this knowledge.
Matthew 5:48
God confirms the truth in 6 the Book of Revelation: And He said to me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts. 7 He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son." Revelation 21:6-7
“All My fountains are in you,” says the Almighty.
Be happy to say as often as you like, “My God, My Lord and My Father.”
To know God as your Father is the ultimate attainment and maturity, just as the ultimate development of a seed is to become like its parent tree. You are expected to be able handle chains of responsibility, to responsibly have and use the seal of the Father, to take care of others, to know God as He is, to experience Him as He is and to become one with Him, just a s a drop of water rejoins the ocean and becomes one with the ocean. Learn from the parable of the useless child.
The son belongs to the father and the father belongs to the child. But the father has a greater authority and right. When The Son Knows The Father As His Father, He Becomes One With The Father. His is the ultimate knowledge. Blessed is he who attains this.
"To him that overcomes
will I grant to sit with me in my throne,
even as I also overcame,
and am set down with my Father in his throne."
Revelation 3:21
Your overcome ignorance, disease, decay, death, devil and evils with one thing: knowledge. Hence, you shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free.
Such A Person Does Not Die
Whoever knows and lives by these three highest truth does not die for spirit is life, and life is everlasting. At death, the person simply lives on. He simply drops the body, which is a garment and continues to live as spirit. God is spirit. It is this spirit that makes all things possible and is all things.
All the above explanations are the reasons why you should seek, find, know and practice Truth. And continue to seek until you find. When you find, you shall become wise, knowledgeable and one with God. This is the greatest achievement, and God gives it freely. It is the Father’s pleasure to clothe all His children in His own glory.
All the experiences you have in your life are intended to make you realise this knowledge.
Your Earthly Father Is Not Your Father
Your earthly father is not your father. That is one of the illusions of life. Your father was intended to teach you the relationship between you and God because the world is God's own school. Supporting Bible references include:
- "And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven." Matthew 23:9
- Your body, the flesh, which perishes as corpse, was produced by your earthly parents. Your spirit came from God. Earthly relations shall eventually perish when the world passes away. The spirit is everlasting. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit." John 3:6
- It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life. John 6:63-64
The Ultimate Knowledge
Desire to experience the Supreme Being. Then you recognize, know, experience, respond to and become one with:
- The Spirit as Supreme Being.
- The Joy of the Supreme Being.
- The Omnipotence of the Supreme Being.
- The Presence of the Supreme Being.
- The Authority of the Supreme Being.
- The Independence of the Supreme Being.
- The Brightness of the Supreme Being.
It is to know and experience:
- The Freedom of the Lord Almighty.
- The Very Nature of the Lord Almighty.
- The Presence of the Lord Almighty.
- The Spirit as the Lord Almighty.
- The Light of the Lord Almighty.
- The Omnipotence of the Lord Almighty.
The omnipotence of God is His inherent nature.
Life Is Wonderful!
Imagine the situation wherein:
Spirit is the message.
Spirit is the paper.
Spirit is the ink.
Spirit is the writing.
Spirit is the meaning.
Spirit is the colour.
Such is the nature of spirit.
It is omnipotent.
And it is wonderful.
Therefore, ask yourself the following questions:
What Is Your Pride?
What Is Your Joy?
Where Is Your Attention?
What Is Your Intention?
Who Is Your Model?
What Is Your Pride?
Many pride themselves with what they have. They forget that all wealth end up in the refuse dump. Others glory in some other things. Let all learn the excellent way.
Some boast of their chariots, and others of horses,
But we boast of the name of the Lord, our God.
They shall collapse and fall,
But we shall rise and stand firm.
Psalm 20:7,8
23 Thus says the LORD:
"Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom,
Let not the mighty man glory in his might,
Nor let the rich man glory in his riches;
24 But let him who glories glory in this,
That he understands and knows Me,
That I am the LORD, exercising loving-kindness, judgment,
and righteousness in the earth.
For in these I delight," says the LORD.
Jeremiah 9:23-24
What Is Your Joy?
What makes you happy? Some are happy because of their money. Others are happy because of their wealth. This happiness is an illusion. It does not exist. Or, it only exists as long as the money or wealth lasts.
Learn the true joy from the Father. Strive to know the Lord. Then you shall have the joy of the Supreme Being. This joy flows like a river. It is always flowing. It does not dry up. It is always there for you. It does not depend on money or wealth. This joy is the joyfulness and gladness of the Holy Spirit. It is a choice wine. It is so good and abundant that it shall surely overflow from you to others, especially when you love/serve them.
Where Is Your Attention?
The spirit becomes whatever it places attention on. When the attention is focused for a long time, it becomes passion. Then the spirit becomes one with the object of attention. Whatever happens to the object automatically happens to heart that cherishes the object. When the things perish, your heart grieves because what it desires is no longer there. Then there is pain, regret and disappointment. The evil spirits use the opportunity to torment you. Both the evil spirits and the torment attract more demons and black energies which add more sorrows to your heart. They love to see you die, to see you angry and to see you fail. They are wicked and merciless.
“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
And wherever your heart is, there yourself is. Matthew 6:21
All things may perish, but God is everlasting. Therefore, place your attention on The Most High, so that you can have everlasting peace and delight. Remember that we are always in the presence of God, just as we are in the presence of the sun everyday. You do not see God, but He sees you. Always. No one is ever alone. This is the great secret of life. Hence, God is Love, Loving and Beloved.
What Is Your Intention?
What is purpose? What is aim? What is target? What is plan? Whatever your intention becomes food for your soul. It makes your soul grow accordingly in spirit. If the intention is good, your soul becomes good. If the intention is bad, your soul becomes evil. A bad soul has lost its saltiness, and is therefore worthless.
Let your intention be to become one with God. By so doing, you place yourself above disappointments, above failures, above evil forces, above manipulation.
Who Is Your Model?
Who inspires you? Whose ways of life are you emulating? You become like whoever you emulate, and in spirit, you go to the same abode with him.
Emulate God. Learn and follow His footsteps. This is everlasting life and it is both good and wonderful.
Parable Of The Useless Child
Have you heard of the parable of the useless child? Every year, he goes to his father to ask for favours, and the father would bestow favours upon favours on him.
Each time he receives favours, he leaves his father’s house for a distant place, where he wastes the precious wealth of his father.
The worst of all is that he refuses to receive advice and does not accept correction. He is worse than the prodigal son, and majority of humanity are like that. Many are always asking for one favour or the other, praying for money, wealth and pleasures, without seeking to find, know and become like the Father. They refuse to learn some useful skills, neglect to develop their spiritual talents and would not bend down in serious study of Godliness. They shy away from God by letting others represent them, by always belittling themselves, by calling themselves sinners or nonentities. No wise and good father wants any of his children to be a useless child. Instead, he wants each to become as glorious, as prosperous, and as secure, as himself. This is the Father’s pleasure and His love for His children.