God’s will in Heaven is Eternal Life Part 2

Messages for February 2018: Our Month of Refreshing

Message for Sunday 25^th February, 2018

Theme: Refreshing from the Effects of Heat

Topic: God’s will in Heaven is Eternal Life Part 2

Introduction: As we are already aware, the will of God in Heaven is already put together for our use on earth by God in the Bible. For that reason, as we seek to experience heaven on earth, we have the bible to turn to for counsel and power to actualize God’s will in heaven for our earthly triumph.

First, let us understand that Apostle Paul in his letter to the Church at Ephesus has helped to paint a picture of the possibility of our bringing heaven on earth in the first Chapter of the book of Ephesians. That scripture tells us in verse three that God has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in the heavenly places in Christ. However, we should realize that those blessings are no good in the heavenly places if they cannot be brought down into the material realm for our actualization. The lifestyle that makes it possible to bring them down is eternal life which reflects to those around us that we know God and Jesus Christ whom God has sent. See Jn.17:3 and Col.3:1-3.

It was the spirit that got saved at new birth: When we got born again, it was our spirit that got saved; our souls and bodies remained the same. God’s intention is for us to cultivate our spirits in such a way that our souls and bodies would be led by our spirits so that we can reflect the nature of God here on earth thereby bringing heaven on earth. 

Please understand from above that this life is a life of the spirit because God is a spirit and He cannot relate with flesh. We must therefore cultivate our spirits to grow up to be able to get the best of this life. This is why the bible teaches us that to be carnally minded is death but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. The carnal mind life style is distinguished from the spiritual in Gal.5:16-17; 18-23 and Rm.8:5-9    

In that relationship, we are introduced to God as His children and then we are expected to understand this:

1.     We must first get acquainted with God as long as we are in time. This is why God sent the Lord in the first place. In Jn.3:16, we learn that God so loved us that He gave His only begotten Son. He gave him for our redemption through the death, burial and resurrection on the Cross of Calvary. As we saw last week, this acquaintance with God is the beginning of eternal life for anyone who would receive it.

2.     The next step is to grow in this relationship. When we grow, we develop our spirits which gets born again to the point where we can begin to hear the voice of God and be led by the Holy Spirit. See Gal.4:1; 1Cor.3:1-3 and Heb.5:12-14.

How to develop the Spirit: It is very important for us to actualize our heritage of eternal life here on earth as it is in heaven by taking the time to grow up spiritually. The reason is that when we get saved, it is our spirits that get born again and they are born as new born babies into the kingdom of God. Consequently, we are supposed to take the time to develop our spirits so that they can mature enough to be led by God. To grow our spirits, some keys we can apply and are:

Ø The word of God: Just as every new born child needs to be fed to grow up in the natural, we also need to be fed spiritually to grow our spirits. We are taught in God’s word that the word of God is the food for our spirits. 1Pet.2:2 tells us to desire the sincere milk of the word of God to enable us grow up spiritually.

Desire alone would not do, we then need to read the word because it is in the reading of the word that we collate data from scriptures that the Holy Spirit can use to help us in our meditations.

The beauty of majoring on the word is that everything revolves around it [Col.1:16-17 and Jn.1:1-5]. We must meditate on it, speak it, do it, create with it etc. truth is that how our lives turn out has to do with what we do with the word of God. If we do not know it, we may not do it and failure to do it can rob us of God’s greater blessings. If we do it, we would have demonstrated faith which is the reason we are blessed. So we cannot take the word of God lightly. See Jas.1:21-25; 1Tim.4:13-16 and Jos.1:8. Finally, understand that the application of scriptures is as simple as reading, meditating and doing the word. If you read and meditate on the word of God, God will release the power to do it into you as shown in Jos.1:8. See Jn.8:31-32

Ø The blood of Jesus: The blood of Jesus Christ is the proof of our redemption before the throne of God. When the Lord was crucified on Calvary’s Cross, He moved from there in the spirit to hell to take our place in the punishment for sin. When God saw that the demands of justice for our sin was fully met, He raised Him from the dead having loosed the cords of death. From there the Lord went to the holiest place in Heaven and poured His blood on the mercy seat thereby obtaining eternal redemption for us. This is the mystery behind God forgiving every sin we repent of. This explains why the blood of Jesus Christ is present in every meeting the saints have with heaven. The blood is ever present to forgive all our sins cleanse us from all their unrighteous consequences. The grace here is in the ability to recognize that we have sinned. Failure to recognize this results in our not knowing we have what to repent of and the result is certain judgment because it would be tantamount to frustrating the grace of God. See 1Jn.1:8-10; Jn.1:17 and Gal.2:20-21. See also Heb.9:11-22; Rm.5:1, 9, 19; Heb.12:18-29.

Ø The name of Jesus: We have a power of attorney to use the name of Jesus in such a way that it could be taken that it was Jesus Christ himself speaking the order so that to whoever it is addressed, the person would respond as though it was Jesus Christ Himself speaking in person. The most important place we use the name is the throne room of God and this happens in the place of prayer. When we engage the name here we have access to God. This is the only name God has given by which we can be saved and therefore by which we can approach God and secure His audience. See Acts 2:22-35; 4:12; Mk.16:15-18 and Philippians 2:5-11. This is the most powerful name in the entire universe. It grants access to the greatest audience and enables us to get business done for God anywhere and at any time.

Ø Praise: Praise is the reason God made us so that each time we praise God we are fulfilling the purpose for which we are made. This enables us to enjoy favor with God and receive access to the secrets of His heart. It is the revelation of these secrets to us that puts the keys of the kingdom in our hands that help us to grow in grace on a consistent basis. The more we grow in grace, the more spiritual we become and the more we can fulfill our purpose in time to bring glory to God. In addition, praise brings us into God’s presence and causes God to descend and take over our battles thus increasing our faith. Do not forget that it takes faith to live this life and to please God. In God’s presence we enjoy fullness of joy which happens to be the bucket with which we draw water from the wells of salvation. Water from the wells of salvation speaks of spiritual understanding that only intimacy with God can deliver to us. See Isa.43:7; Lk.1:74-75; Ps.149:5-9; Ps.16:11; Isa.12:3 and Acts 16:25-31.

For want of time and space, we will draw the curtains here and tidy up this message on Wednesday by looking at Carnality as the main enemy of our heaven on earth. Meanwhile someone is reading this blog who desires to grow in the Lord but has not taken the first step of salvation. This is your opportunity; you can do so right away by saying the sinner’s prayer below and the Holy Spirit shall cause you to be born again:

Heavenly Father,

Have mercy on me a sinner. Today, I believe that Jesus died for me and you raised Him from the dead for my Justification. I therefore declare that Jesus Christ is my Saviour and Lord and from today, I renounce the fatherhood of Satan and embrace Jesus Christ as my Saviour and Lord. Thank you for this father in Jesus’ name! Amen.

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