We will learn about the characteristics of the fifth level of faith, which pleases the Lord God, and the heavenly dwelling prepared for those who reach this level.
Reading Passage:
“Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God; and whatever we ask, we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His sight.” (1 John 3:21–22, NASB)
“And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of Heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.” (Revelation 21:2, NASB)
When the faith of the fourth level— the faith that deeply loves the Lord God— becomes even deeper, a believer reaches the fifth level of faith. This is the level where one goes beyond loving God and obeying His commandments. The believer understands the heart and will of God and submits with joy. This is why the fifth level of faith is called “the faith that pleases the Lord God.”
1. The Fifth Level of Faith That Pleases the Lord God
Children may say they love their parents, but few obey their parents with 100% obedience. Some children resist and go the wrong way. Some obey only because they are told to do so. Others obey because it is their duty, even if their heart is not fully willing.
But a child who truly loves the parents obeys so that the parents’ hearts will not be hurt. If the child’s love becomes deeper, the child understands the parents’ heart and acts in a way that fully matches their desire. This brings great joy to the parents.
In the same way, God loves the children who obey His commands completely. But He is even more pleased when a believer understands His deeper heart and acts according to His will with overflowing obedience.
The fifth level of faith is like this. The believer does not only obey what God commands. The believer understands why God commands it. Then the believer obeys even more than what is commanded.
This overflowing obedience is not shown once in a while. It is not temporary emotion. It continues every day, twenty-four hours a day. And it does not fade after ten years or even one hundred years. It grows even deeper.
When a believer reaches this level and becomes a person of spirit, whatever the believer asks is answered immediately. Even the desires hidden in the heart are answered. The believer sees the path of wisdom in all things. No disease or weakness can come near.
The believer can heal others, drive out demons, and destroy the works of darkness. There is no sin for Satan to accuse. Therefore, trials and hardships cannot be brought against such a believer.
2. The Characteristics of the Fifth Level of Faith
First, it is the faith that obeys fully, even to the point of giving one’s life.
The fifth level of faith goes beyond loving the Lord God deeply and obeying His word. It is the level where the believer understands the deep heart and will of the Lord God and acts according to His desire. Even if God commands something that looks impossible, the believer answers only “yes” and “amen” and obeys even with life.
A believer in the fourth level may also give life for God. But it is different from the fifth level, where one obeys with full understanding of God’s heart.
For example, a mother says to her children, “Clean the house before I return.” One child cleans unwillingly. Another child loves the mother, so he cleans happily and carefully. But a better child thinks, “Mother will be tired after work. What else can I do for her?” and does even the things not commanded.
A parent with such a child will feel more than love. The parent feels joy and pride. This is the same in our relationship with the Lord God. A believer in the fourth level obeys because of great love, but still does not fully know God’s deep heart.
The believer in the fifth level obeys not only because God commanded. The believer understands why God gave the command and goes beyond what is required. This brings great joy to the Father God.
Second, many prayers are stored up, and signs and wonders are done.
When the heart is full of truth and perfect faith is formed, the believer prays many prayers to live according to what pleases the Lord God. The believer also prays to receive power to lead many souls into the Kingdom of Heaven.
When the believer prays with burning love and stores up countless prayers, signs and wonders begin to appear.
The Lord Jesus said, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you simply will not believe.” (John 4:48, NASB)
During His public ministry, the Lord showed many powerful works and saved countless souls. When we reach the fifth level of faith and pray with burning passion, we can also receive power to perform signs and wonders.
“These signs will accompany those who have believed: in My name they will cast out demons, they will speak with new tongues; they will pick up serpents… they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.” (Mark 16:17–18, NASB)
When these works appear, people’s fixed thoughts are broken, their hearts open, and works of salvation follow.
Third, the believer is faithful to the whole house.
“Now the man Moses was very humble, more than any man who was on the face of the earth.” (Numbers 12:3, NASB)
“My servant Moses… is faithful in all My household.” (Numbers 12:7, NASB)
Moses, the leader of the Exodus, was more humble than all men and was faithful in all God’s house. He lived in the fifth level of faith that pleases the Lord God.
To be faithful in all God’s house means to fulfill every duty completely and to do more than what is required in every field.
In our Christian life, God gives us many duties. Some duties look important and are recognized by people. Others are hidden and seem small. But being faithful in all God’s house means being faithful in every duty with all the heart.
A believer in the fifth level, who has entered spirit, treasures every task given by God. The believer does the best in every field, whether the duty is big or small. Even with many duties, the believer is never careless and produces fruit in all things. This is because the believer has the heart of the Lord Jesus Christ.
3. The Most Glorious New Jerusalem
The New Jerusalem is called the holy city and the city of glory. It is the place where the throne of the Lord God is, and it is as beautiful as a bride prepared for her husband (Revelation 21:2).
The wall of the New Jerusalem is made of jasper, and its foundation stones are decorated with many kinds of precious stones. There are twelve gates, three on each side— east, west, north, and south— and an angel stands at each gate.
The houses in the New Jerusalem are multi-story. They are made of pure gold and precious stones and are far more splendid than anything on earth. Although the houses in the third kingdom are also made of gold and jewels, the New Jerusalem is different. The New Jerusalem has many kinds of jewels, and each jewel shines with double and triple layers of glorious light.
Each house is different because it shows how deeply the owner entered spirit, how much the owner was faithful, and what the owner loved while living on earth.
By looking at the glory of the light around the house and the jewels that decorate it, anyone can know how much the owner pleased the Lord God.
The New Jerusalem is the most beautiful heaven, and it is the place for believers who reach the fifth level of faith.
In this place, the believer receives every facility desired— a lake, a garden, a zoo, a golf course, and even a ballroom. All are given as personal property.
The believer also receives a personal cloud vehicle. The Lord God remembers everything the believer wanted to have or to do on earth but gave up for the Lord, and He rewards the believer in the New Jerusalem.
The believer receives a gold crown and the crown of righteousness as basic crowns (Revelation 4:4; 2 Timothy 4:7–8), and many other crowns are also given. Angels follow the owner like a shadow. They serve, help, and prepare what the owner desires. The number of angels depends on how deeply the believer entered spirit and how much the believer was faithful.
Therefore, may you reach the heart of holiness, be faithful in all God’s house, and have the faith that pleases the Lord God.
Grow deeper every day, and enter the New Jerusalem where you will shine like the sun forever.
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What is “whole spirit”?
Whole spirit means the state where every form of evil has been removed and the heart is filled only with truth. It is the complete restoration of the image of the Lord God.
It is the level of the fifth level of faith, where the believer is faithful in all things, and the spirit fully rules and leads the soul. When one reaches whole spirit and prays with burning passion, the power and authority of the Lord God follow.
Memory Verse:
“Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God.” (1 John 3:21, NASB)
Reference Passage:
“These signs will accompany those who have believed: in My name they will cast out demons, they will speak with new tongues; they will pick up serpents…” (Mark 16:17–18, NASB)
