The New Covenant

THE NEW COVENANT
Hebrews 8:9-11
Wednesday, January 13, 2016

“…For all shall know me, from the least to the greatest” (11)

Oh how easily we get carried away by “new waves” of the Spirit and soon we forget the real essence of the new covenant, the real WHY, Jesus died.

Here is the response of an average believer in the 21st century
Why did Jesus die? “To save us from sin” Why did he save us from sin? Two answers
First, “So we can go to heaven” Why heaven and not earth? ….
Second, “So that we can be like him” Why? ….

In other for man to live effectively he must understand where he is coming from and where he is going to. Man must also understand precisely what he lost or better put what he had; who he once was, his initial purpose, inter alia, otherwise he would only be in a hot chase for shadows.

Scriptures was very precise from our reference that God’s desire in the new covenant is that we know him (his personality) and his words (thinking pattern, ways). And so the word became flesh so that we might know him, he died so that we might have access forever, to the end of knowing him.

One of the prophesies that went ahead of Christ was that he would be “the repairer of the breach, the restorer of paths to dwell in”. We often cry, “show us the ancient paths”, the ancient path is simply Intimacy and the things the ancient did under the influence of intimacy with God.

There will be a lot of surprises in heaven as men would meet a different God from whom they were taught. In the New Testament, God’s ultimate priority is to be known. This is His dire target in the last time, not even signs and miracles. When you know Him everything falls in line.

Now the Psalmist said, “You are worthy O Lord, for you have created all things for your pleasure” Have you ever tried to demystify the operation by which God derives pleasure from man? God derives ultimate pleasure from man when same knows him, just like when a man knows his woman.

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Spiritual Paralysis

SPIRITUAL PARALYSIS
Tuesday, 12th January, 2016

“Remember the Lord that giveth thee power to get
 wealth…” (Deut. 8:18)

Men would rather embrace the God that gives wealth but not the God that gives the Power to make wealth. Lazy generations like Israel who seek to see the acts of God but are impatient to learn his ways. (Ps 103:7)

The kingdom of God is a system and this connotes the existence of a network of principles and laws; lights and greater lights, all revolving around the royalty of a deity; God. Man’s engaging of these principles is God’s formula for dominion in this realm.

Spiritual paralysis is to embrace the life of God and neglect his principles, to receive the gospel of salvation and neglect the gospel of the kingdom; to desire to see his acts but neglect his ways. A natural paralyzed man is alive but unable to navigate cosmos; so is a paralyzed Christian.

It is not sufficient to be informed. In the kingdom, revelation and not knowledge is power.
The ways of God may be taught, but it cannot be transferred into another individual except by personal revelation, or by the agency in a man’s speech called utterance.

Revelation is a deep intercourse with a dimension of God whether suddenly or with time that espouses that dimension of God to him in a manner more real than his senses. The ripple effect of same is conviction which leads to an action that command’s notable result.

Revelation may be through a strong knowing, a real vision, or an encounter. It is God’s created means of empowering his children. It is spiritual paralysis for a man to make the apogee of his quest for God the seeing of his ways, it is only children that think that way.

When children sing “Awesome God!”, sons sing, “Awesome God,” plus “Show me the mystery of your awesomeness” It is really unfortunate that our generation line up to get healed in great meetings and an infinitesimal percentage of the population considers doing same for others.

Why should I learn how to heal the sick when I can get healed in a great meeting? That exactly is the mindset of a paralyzed and childish Christian. The hallmark of childishness is the absence or avoidance of responsibilities. The church must contend for the revelation of the ways of God.

SELAH: You have seen his acts, but do you know him and his ways?

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Purpose Demystified

PURPOSE DEMYSTIFIEDSTIFIED

Exodus 4:1-20

Sunday, January 10, 2016

“And the Lord said unto him, what is in your hand? And he said, A rod. And He said, cast it on the ground” (Exodus 4: 2,3a)

Until a man finds what to die for he has not begun living. Physical death on the other hand is primarily because of two factors; first, unbelief towards Jesus and his victory over death. Second, the purpose factor (failure to walk in purpose or on the fulfillment of purpose) 

Once you have faith in Jesus and his victory over death, and together walk in His purpose and not yours, then death has no victory over you. No one has ever died who believed in Jesus’ power over death, and walked in His purpose, except if he had finished his assignment.

Due to Jesus’s victory, death is only a voyage or car out of this world. When it’s about time, you would know, and then invoke death (your driver) to come and take you to heaven. Death has no victory over you. (Although, such knowing of times comes in intimacy with God) See Heb 2:15

Now many have come to the realization of the power of purpose, that man has no duplicate and that there is a space of dominion every man can assume and be an asset to the world; This without struggle, but by the doing of things of personal passion. Hence, the quest!

The quest of purpose is very frustrating if you have ever tried. But I bring a revelation to you this morning. God is saying, “Your purpose is not far from you. What is in your hands? Drop it like Moses’s rod before my feet, and let me give a new definition to what you have”

God often would pick what you have and make it supernatural. The gospel is a mindset that seeks to enforce God in all strata of the society. It is God’s desire that we go into the system (world, cosmos) and extend his empire. Lay it all down before the Emperor today.

SELAH- Your purpose is not far from you, just submit to God.

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The Spirit of Ressurection

THE SPIRIT OF RESURRECTION
Monday, 11th January, 2016

“But if the Spirit of him that raised Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he..shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his spirit that dwells in you” (Romans 8:11)

This is for those who have “wasted years”. To those that feel they have lost so much. You find it difficult to start again. Your life right now feels like shambles. Your mates are far ahead of you. Perhaps you are grouping in the darkness of shame and disgrace…

Be strong dear, whatever it might have been, there is an ability of the Spirit called the Spirit of resurrection. The Spirit of resurrection is often mistaken to be just the spirit of restoration, but it’s far more than that; it is a combination of God’s creative power with His restoration ability.

Now consider Jesus while he was on earth, he was not Lord, he was Emmanuel. Before his death he did not have the name above all names, the devil had partial dominion over the earth due to the authority he stole from Adam.

In revelation however, we see Jesus introducing himself, I am he who was, who is and is to come and I (now) hold the keys of hell and death.  (Revelation 1:18). So he who once lived on earth experienced transformation by the spirit of resurrection and was exalted to heaven.

Now this is how it works. When the Spirit of resurrection steps into your situation it does not merely restore you to your former state but it creates a by far greater reality so that your later is greater than your former.

God is love. He is not just able to restore your lost years but also to transform you into a better person, with a brighter future.

SELAH: No matter how bad it has been, the spirit of resurrection is more potent.

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Expressing Love

EXPRESSING LOVE
Saturday, 9th January, 2016
“…let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth” (1 John 3:18)

I never saw Jesus say, “I Love you”, no, not even to Peter, James and John. Yet you could not be around Jesus and not feel loved.

Today there are a lot of emotional screams in the air, “I love you!” and all kinds of emotional response, yet relationships are on the downward slide, unity is nowhere, and people don’t feel loved.

In fact, more people have committed suicide because of the vain expression “I love you”, than the real expression “I hate you”

There is no issue with saying “I love you”, only that it is the same thing as saying “I bless you” You don’t have to say I bless you, simply bless by words of comfort or by acts and demonstrations of blessings.  It is same instance with love.

Although we didn’t see Jesus screaming “I love you”, He said, “I am with you always” In evidence we saw Emmanuel, God became flesh, and next we saw the Holy Spirit bearing witness within us. He said. “I will die for you” and then he did. He also spoke words of comfort.

Even if your love language is words of affirmation, I bet you cannot stand words without performance. In addition to “I Love you”, why not say; “I understand your pain”; “I would react same if I were in your shoes”, “don’t cry”, “it will be well”, “I’m thinking of you”

Make a decision to love for real. You may say I love you, but remember that words never moved Jesus when speaking to Peter, he said if you love me, Feed my sheep. (John 21:15-17)

The God way of expressing love is through words of comfort, exhortation, actions and deeds, the least is saying, “I Love You”, although you may add it. “I love you” is only one of many kind words.  Love God and man this way.

SELAH- (kind words, deeds) + Sincerity (actions)  is God’s way of expressing love.

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The God of Visions

THE GOD OF VISIONS 

Habakkuk 1:12-2:3
Friday, January 8, 2015

Many persons are exposed to the revelation of the God that answers by fire, or popularly called, the God of Elijah. But there is another dimension of God, you may call it the God of Habakkuk; the God that answers by visions.

So the Prophet Habakkuk lodged a major complaint to God on how the Babylonians were oppressing the Israelites and God said, this is my answer to your prayer; write a vision/ write the vision. How can a vision be an answer to a prayer? Selah

He further gave instructions that this vision must not be ambiguous, but plain. It must be in a conspicuous place (tables). Perhaps the most exciting essence of the written vision is that it has the ability to put strength into the bones and muscles of the reader, such that it makes him run.

The secret to speed in life is neither strength nor anointing; it is a clear and conspicuous vision. Now God said, write anything, create the answer you want to see, and wait on my faithfulness.

Sometimes God supplies an express vision; other times he would have us dream in line with his word, either ways, write the vision! Man in history has most times missed his answers, he prays for what he has already because he does not have a clear picture/understanding of what he wants.

For many decades the Jews prayed and waited for Jesus, but when he came, they could not identify him. They never understood the picture and nature of their answer. What does your answer look like? What is a successful year for you? Write it down!

SELAH: God wants to do more than your vision, but have one first.

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