Hebrews 11:1 says that Faith is the substantiation of the things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Many people are born with a particular religion and base their faith on the objective teaching, practices and rituals that have been passed on to them since birth. The Apostle Paul was a good example for he was one of the foremost leaders in the Hebrew religion. He zealously defended his faith and arrested many believers who lived contrary to what he was taught and practiced. It was only when he met Christ, the anointed, as a shining light on the road to Damascus that he was converted. It was by a baptism or immersion into the Holy Spirit.
From that day onward Paul changed course regarding his faith, because he had received a personal revelation regarding the substantiation and realization of the reality of the Spirit of Christ within his being. A little later he followed the same course of those whom he formerly persecuted. Christians who previously also had had the same realization upon been baptized and immersed into the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost. What a change had been wrought in Paul's life and what an assurance of better things that were to come. Paul being a Hebrew was turned upside down regarding his former belief system, especially after receiving a subjective revelation or substantiation of the things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
It was not long after upon having received the Holy Spirit that he no longer cared about the outward forms and doctrines of his former religion. From his later writings we can see that he only cared for the Spirit of reality that was now real and substantiated into his mind, emotion and will. Paul's natural zeal was not diminished neither, but actually increased since He had been chosen and anointed by Christ himself to proclaim the message of salvation to the Gentile Nations baptizing or immersing them into One Spirit, One Body for Christ corporate expression allover the earth.
In Acts chapter nine, when he met the anointed one, the Lord said," Saul, Saul why are you persecuting Me? Saul answered "Who are You Lord?" and Jesus answered and said," I am Jesus whom you persecute". He had no realization that in fact he was persecuting the Body of Christ. It was here that he received a further revelation of the Body of Christ.
Paul first received a personal revelation of the Christ as the anointing subjectively. The Greek word for the anointed is Christos and the English name is Christ, moreover the anointed in Hebrew is Messiah. Many people today believe in Christ and the Messiah yet there faith is still based upon a mere objective knowledge. Unless we enter into a subjective experience of Christ we only know and have the outward teaching or dogma regarding Christ. The fact is that the Messiah, Christos,Christ, or the anointed one is already here. Acts 2:4 tells us that on the day of Pentecost when the believers were gathered together they were all filled with the Holy Spirit. The Spirit of Christ had descended upon and within them and that was the beginning of the Church, the Body of Christ.
If you like to know Christ subjectively, simply pray "Lord Jesus reveal yourself to me as you did to Paul and all the other believers. Come into my heart, fill me Lord with Joy and Peace. Fill me with your Holy Spirit, baptize, immerse me into you Lord and fill all my heart Lord so that I can substantiate you as the anointed One and become part of your Body, your corporate expression and dwelling place on earth. Praise You Lord Jesus. Amen...
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