This lesson will be in 4 parts:
Sonship- The revealing of the children of God
Born again- Your new identity as the Beloved
Open your eyes- Light vs darkness
Beholding- How do we live with unveiled faces
Sonship-
I could go on and on and on, believe me about sonship but I won't, at least not for now. LOL I want to first set some facts straight. The basics so to speak about the House of God:
We are citizens of Heaven not of this world. Remind yourself that we are on vacation while we are in this body and here on the earth. Behave yourself, have fun and do every good work that is on your agenda. Don't return home broke, ashamed and with less than what you had when you left. Remember what happens in Heaven is shouted on the rooftops.
We dwell in the Father's house of Peace. Every step and every breath should be in Peace. Peace can only be received. If you are struggling in your faith or in your TTnT (trials, tribulations and temptations) then you have not yet fully received the Peace that surpasses all understanding. It is abundant and free for the taking. In this life if you know where you came from and know where you are going then you will have Peace.
As children we are not responsible for paying the bills. You can not repay God or anyone else for that matter for what He did. He is the Father and we are the children. As children we are not to concern ourselves with what he is doing or the running of the Household. He will handle that as the parent. Yes, we are given our part. Chores for lack of a better word. Responsibilities that contribute to the overall benefit of the Family. Responsibilities that heal wounds, bind the work of the enemy, break the chains, and release the prisoners. We are to eat to our fill and have no lack.
Wherever we are and whatever we are doing we are all witnesses of Christ and of the Father. We don't become a Christian and then choose to witness or not to witness. When you become a Christian you automatically become a witness. Your testimony, as stated in my previous post, is a good one or a bad one but it is one. So the next time someone ask if you witness to people say Yes!
The way we live our lives is a direct reflection of our knowledge of Christ. When Christ said you will know the truth and the truth will set you free, He meant you will know the truth and the truth will set you free. LOL.There is no hidden agenda. He is the Truth and the more you know about Him the more freedom you have in Him. What you do not know will not set you free. That's why we read the Bible, so we can recognize what we did not know, as we go about our day to day. When we bring what we did not know subject unto what we now know freedom reigns in our lives.
God knows who His children are. You share the gospel on every occasion. Everything that you do speaks for or against who Christ says he is. You are not converting people when you share the gospel. God's children are living on this earth whether they know they belong to Him or not. When you share the gospel you are telling them that the Father is here. If they are His they will come. If they are His they will stay. When they come heal their wounds and when they stay teach them all that He has commanded.
Trials, tribulations and temptations are for the purpose of building character and testing your faith. God will not tempt but he will allow temptation. Satan, the enemy has many things that he has planned for you. His goal is to lure you into the darkness, blind you along the way, confuse you, make you sorry you ever listened to what he said, and hope that you do not know enough to cry out to God.
It's a vicious cycle. Since he can not kill you, he will keep you on this endless rollercoaster of temptations so that when Jesus comes you will have nothing to show for your newborn life in Christ.
One of the most asked questions is why does God allow it. In your tribulations and tempations, God always ask, " Have you consider my servant (insert your name)?". Just as Jesus told Peter Satan is asking for you, do not misunderstand the fact that your name is also on his hitlist.
God will allow you to go through what Satan has planned for you, confident that when you return to Him you will be all the more stronger for it. Remember that a test is just to verify how much you have understood in the lesson. The test should come before the knowledge is required. Yes?
The opposite of unbelief is Rest. Those that do not believe cannot enter into God's rest. What should you believe? Believe that God is who He says He is and will do what He says He will do!
