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to the Father, both in perfect devotion to one another, is a pattern for that which Yahweh
desires with all of His sons. He wants sons who live for one purpose alone: to do the
pleasure of the Father who created them.

Revelation 4:11
Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast
created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

Consider the implications of the following words of the apostle Paul:

I Corinthians 7:32-35
But I want you to be free from concern. One who is unmarried is concerned about
the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord; but one who is married is
concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife, and his
interests are divided. And the woman who is unmarried, and the virgin, is concerned
about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but one
who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how she may please her
husband. And this I say for your own benefit; not to put a restraint upon you, but to
promote what is seemly, and to secure undistracted devotion to the
Lord.

Forget for a moment that Paul is speaking of whether one should marry or not marry.
The underlying theme of his words is “to promote what is seemly, and to secure
undistracted devotion to the Lord.” The word seemly in the Greek means “well formed,
attractive.” Who is the judge of what is attractive? God is the judge. What does He esteem
to be attractive in His sight? It is to have sons who have an undivided devotion to their
Father in heaven.
Yahweh’s sons, even in this late hour, are not undivided in their devotion. They have
many other concerns in this world. This is not His desire and will. The harvest is at hand.
It is time to loose oneself from all entanglements; to be free from all that competes for our
devotion to Christ.

II Timothy 2:4
No soldier in active service entangles himself in the affairs of everyday
life, so that he may please the one who enlisted him as a soldier.

II Corinthians 11:2-3
For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy; for I betrothed you to one
husband, that to Christ I might present you as a pure virgin. But I am
afraid, lest as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds should be led
astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ.

The apostle evokes an image of the saints being espoused to Christ as a pure virgin.
The church is to have eyes for no other loves or lovers. Her heart should be manifesting a
singleness of devotion for the One who gave all to purchase her.
This message of Yahweh desiring sons whose hearts are totally devoted to His will and
pleasure is everywhere throughout Scriptures. Yet how divided have been the hearts of