UNDERSTANDING TRUE GROWTH
IN CHRIST (The Series) Part4
Brother James, OIC
Joh 3:5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
1Pe 1:23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
Jas 1:18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
In order to satisfy their own powerless lives in Christ many today no longer believe that God still performs Miracles. Many believe their answer to an Altar Call: saved, in-filled and sealed their lives for the of redemption. What it did do was perform a Miracle. And that miracle gave them some spiritual rights to an inheritance of eternal life if they continued to exercise those rights to become a son and daughter of God.
Joh 1:12-13 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
The Greek word for that was translated Power in this verse is not the word used for the explosive Power (dunamis) of the Holy Spirit that is evidenced in His performance of Miracles either through you in Gifts or by you once you are transformed and have reached Spiritual Maturity. It is the power of Choice, a right is given to choose and its freedom entered your life. You now have the privilege to work out your salvation and by the free gift of Grace become a son or daughter of God. It gives you the right to seek God for His Spiritual Understanding of His Truth written in His Living Word.
exousia
ex-oo-see'-ah
From G1832 (in the sense of ability); privilege, that is, (subjectively) force, capacity, competency, freedom, or (objectively) mastery (concretely magistrate, superhuman, potentate, token of control), delegated influence: - authority, jurisdiction, liberty, power, right, strength.
Many will say to this that they have always had a choice; they did but not Spiritual. The choices were only between Good & Evil both fallen states of mankind, both hell bound. The best choices before Christ were as “Filthy Rags” before God. But now God has given us True Righteousness through Faith in Jesus Christ.
It is True Faith that separates the Children of the World from The Children of God. Now comes the hard part many today say they have Faith but do they?
Heb 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
True Faith doesn’t just say it Trusts God then turns to man for its solutions, no True Faith has absolute reliance on Gods Promises which then makes that human vessel a partaker of Gods Divine Nature.
2Pe 1:4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
In our opening scriptures we see one must be born of the Water and of the Spirit in order to enter Christ’s Kingdom. The Word of God, Truth Rightly Divided and applied to your life in Faith Filled Obedience performs the manifold operations by the Holy Spirit to born you again by Water and of the Spirit.
The Word is Water: Ephesians 5:26
The Word is Spirit: John 6:63
The Word Cleanses: John 15:3
The Word Sanctifies: John 17:17
The Word Transforms You: Romans 12:2
The Word Births You: 1 Peter 1:23; James 1:18
But only if it is Rightly Divided in Spiritual Understanding:
2Ti 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Mat 13:23 But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
Many are satisfied with just the Social Gathering of Americanized Organized Religion and the non challenging watered down teachings. But to be fully recovered you must:
Php 2:12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
