Matthew 18:18
"Truly I tell you, whatever you forbid and declare to be improper and unlawful on earth
must be what is already forbidden in heaven,
And whatever you permit and declare proper and lawful on earth
must be what is already permitted in heaven."
These words of Christ remind me of the prayer He taught His disciples to pray (Day 1 of our Prayer Commitment - Matthew 6:9-13) in which He says "Thy Kingdom come, thy Will be done, on earth as it is in heaven." That prayer, and the verse above, are guidelines for how to make earth a dwelling place for the Spirit. If we read on a bit into verse 19 and 20 of Matthew 18, Jesus gives us even more instruction on how to have God dwelling on earth as in heaven: that if more than one of us are in agreement, and if we gather, there God is in our midst - HERE on earth, as He is in heaven.
If we abstain from that which is not divine, and if we bring forth what is Godly, then His Will is done on earth, through us, and we bear witness to the kingdom that is coming - indeed, that has already begun to manifest, through us, by the grace of the Spirit.
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