Embracing Your Divine Status
Acts 1:1-8
Where ever He has positioned you, you are positioned to be a witness. Reading the accounts of the disciples there are so many things concerning the Ministry of Jesus. Many of His teachings were not easily accepted by the rulers because they found it strange and contrary to what they believe because they have been baked in religion. But the ordinary people believed on Him but the intellectuals and rulers found His teachings strange and they were outraged and felt they were losing their own disciples. Jesus introduced to them something different from what they have been baked in at that time and that is religion which is all about form and formula. They have been doing the work without the Lord of the work. So, they obey all the feasts and the sacrifices but they had no relationship. But Jesus came to preach about a kingdom asking them to repent and they were confused.
Jesus was with the disciples for a space of 3 years and it is astounding that after His resurrection and having showed himself to the people in many ways what they asked him was when He would restore the kingdom of Israel. Now you need to understand the background to this question. At this time In Israel the people were still under bondage to the Romans and paid taxes to Rome. They were being ruled in their own land by Romans. This is the background. As a result, they were looking for liberty so they could govern themselves and be in control of their own affairs. And that’s what they thought Jesus came to do. They thought He came to set them free from the oppression of the Roman government.
So, they asked him when God would restore the kingdom of Israel. Jesus reaction to what they asked him was to tell them that they shall receive power and become witnesses unto him after the Holy Ghost came upon them. The Bible says Jesus was teaching and doing things pertaining to the Kingdom of God yet the people were asking for the restoring of the kingdom of Israel. Why? Because they still had the mindset of slavery. They didn’t understand that in the kingdom of God they are priests and kings and were yet to embrace the royalty mentality. They were concerned about the intellectual mindset and not even the spiritual. So their question actually came from an intellectual mindset not the spiritual. This was the base of their question. If we are going to manifest and become a genuine witness to Jesus we will have to allow your humanity to give way to divinity. You can never win spiritual battle with an earthy weapon. To be effective in the kingdom your intellectual mind is not needed. That’s why you find that no matter how cerebral a man is he can still be a spiritual illiterate. You may know all the wisdom and reasoning scheming and interpolations that get you by in the world but still be an illiterate in the things of the kingdom. In fact, we came into this Kingdom as illiterate.
The world may shower accolades on you. You may seem to have all the answers but still be spiritually illiterate. Because what got you over the line intellectually will not get you over the line spiritually. I’m hammering on this because the Bible says faith comes by hearing and by hearing the word.
Until you educate yourself with the right weapon in the spirit you will not get results in the spirit. Embrace your divine status. That’s why it’s important that you know that you are not who you used to be. You have changed address. You know I have learned since I gave my life to Christ kneeling down by my bed in my room and have seen how not so smart I was. Jesus was trying to explain this to the disciple when he said unless you actually have the mentality of a child you cannot effectively follow Him. A child does not reason things out. That’s why a baby reaches out to touch fire in the kitchen because he has no idea that it can burn. And this is why you have to learn new ropes in the kingdom. Not doing this is the reason why people seek redress outside the kingdom of God and then they compromise. They feel being in Christ is hard. Because the way they got results in the world has changed and is not working in the new kingdom of God they now belong to. They discover that the arithmetic of God is different from the one they are used to in the world.
Testimony is not a benefit. Angels don’t distribute testimony. If you don’t pass the “test” the “mony” will not be added to it. If you don’t have a testimony ask yourself if you are not still spiritually illiterate.
The bible says we are saved by grace not by our own works. Grace is a gift from God. So whatever grace is made available for you only your faith can receive it So if you are in the kingdom and still don’t understand grace and how faith works……! An illiterate in the kingdom has no knowledge of his rights in the kingdom and can easily be taken advantage of. In Galatians 4:1 the bible says as long as an heir is still a child (a spiritual illiterate) he will be in captivity; he remains a slave.
It’s a slave mentality that makes a retailer refuse to buy a business that’s being offered for sale when he says it’s not my kind of business. That’s royalty in captivity. When they come with a bad medical report that is a report based on all academic logic and achievements of the doctor. But in the kingdom logic is irrelevant. But you see a spiritual illiterate will agree with the doctor. That’s victim mentality. The one with a victim mentality say it’s the intellectual mentality that he will embrace. But you are in the kingdom where nothing is lacking and nothing broken. Jesus said it is finished. You just walk into what He has already accomplished. What is faith? Faith is your practical demonstration of faith in God’s word. You see in the kingdom you don’t die: you just change address. I have a mission from God to cancel your name out of the book of spiritual illiteracy. There are too many illiterates in the kingdom. We don’t know our rights from left; allowing ourselves to be victims wherever we go not embracing our royal and spiritual status.
If you are illiterate then you don’t know me. But if you have been schooled in the school of the Holy Ghost then you will know because we would be riding in the same vehicle. That’s why some of you do things shabbily in the kingdom of God and just do it slothfully without feedback. It’s because you don’t know who you are and whose you are. You may win awards in your secular job but you cannot transport that success to the kingdom because you may be excellent there and be a failure in kingdom business.
So, when the disciples were agitating about the restoration of the Kingdom of Israel to the Israelites Jesus directed their focus on the kingdom telling them they will receive power when the Holy Ghost comes upon them because you need power to get things done. When you come to the kingdom you need to surrender and tell God ‘I can of my own self do nothing”. Many have been using the wrong weapons to try and get results that’s why you struggle. You need to understand the way the kingdom works is different. So, Jesus was telling them not to attempt it but that they will receive power when the Holy Ghost comes upon them and then they can manifest royalty. And that is to act like Him and think like Him. Remember He told the woman at the well “My meat is to do the work of him that sent me and to finish his work”. And Peter was asking whether anybody had given him food in their absence. See the difference in their thinking. So, Jesus told them to look at the harvest. They were looking at different things. How come we have not even done greater than He has done even though He said we would do greater? If there’s trouble how do you act? When the bible says one thing and you still act contrary to it you are still a spiritual illiterate.
In Luke 11:52 Jesus was telling the Pharisees they will not enter into the Kingdom and enjoy the benefits but they are preventing others from entering. There is so much intellectuality in the churches today. Many have not come close to experience the power. Church services are like lecture rooms. People just sing and listen to good music Nothing wrong with good music though. At a praise concert, there were so much flashing lights that it was as if we just came out of a disco hall that my brother had to ask “where did we just come out from?” When 5000 people gave their life after Peters sermon there was no flashing light. Some people have blocked the entrance to people entering. We have substituted gimmicks for power. Paul addressed it correctly when he said they have the form of Godliness but they deny the power thereof.
I once attended a prayer meeting and it was as if dew was falling literarily. They brought heaven down. They don’t even have any church banner and they didn’t care. The bible says those who thirst after righteousness…. Nobody thirsts anymore. If there is no air-conditioning…they say ah that means it is not a church with power. The best experience I have had is with me and the Holy Ghost. Rolling on the floor and crying with red eyes to the Holy Ghost saying you have to help me.
Today people receive religion now not relationship. A lot of people are just doing follow-follow to church. People are being invited to Church and not the kingdom. The Syrophoenician woman typified the religious mentality. She was telling Jesus this is the well our forefather drank from. You are still an illiterate when you keep saying the God of pastor so so…I call on God of Rev xyz. It’s because you are still an illiterate that you are hanging on to someone else’s father. Because He is your father also. The veil is torn. You can approach the throne of Grace with boldness. That’s why there are so many illiterates in the church today. Someone will say it’s because they said God of Elijah in the Bible. Today we are in a different dispensation. Pray to God yourself. Lay hands on yourself. Deliver yourself. I once went to see a woman pastor for a particular challenge I was facing and two hours later waiting at the reception I was yet to see her. The Holy Ghost began to speak to me there and to open my eyes. And I got up from there the case settled without having to see the person. Once the devil knows you are someone relying on somebody else he will take advantage of you. Today is the day you embrace your divine status. Stop that nonsense. How can you be royalty and you will be manipulating people? Kings have wisdom and reign by wisdom. They don’t need to manipulate or lie to get something. As royalty, if you are still giving yourself to all the works of the flesh that Galatians 5 told us about it is because you are still illiterate. If you are still walking according to your sensual desires you an heir but still a royalty in captivity.
In Ephesians 5:8-14 the Bible explained that you were in darkness before but now that you have given your life to Christ you are in the light. You were oppressed by satanic activity but you are now in the light and in the kingdom of light and revelations and insight to your rights and privileges in the Kingdom. You are now in the light. If you are in the light you have to walk like children of light not children of darkness. You have no business with unfruitful works of darkness but only to reprove them and tell them what they are doing is wrong. Christians call gossip sharing today. If you are just sharing something without providing a solution you are a gossip. It’s a shame the things you do in secret. You know what you do in secret. You can hide it from me but not from God. Awake. You are sleeping. It’s time to wake up and stop all these nonsense. Arise from the dead; from illiteracy. You are dead to your rights and benefits in the kingdom. That’s why you give yourself to work of the flesh in Galatians Chapter 5. You can manipulate Gods word but what I know is that the Holy Ghost is true. The Word has been tried and tested and it will not change for anyone.
It says if you are led by the spirit you’re no longer an illiterate. The works of the flesh are fornication. Idolatry. lasciviousness which is greed. Witchcraft. If you are one who intimidates, dominate and manipulate other people you are already practicing witchcraft. So, don’t think it’s someone in a coven somewhere that is a witch. Hatred, variance, strife, Envy, drunkenness. These are the things we should teach people about in the house of God so you know its not your longevity in the house of God that entitles you to the benefits. How can you be a witness when you still do these things? What is the purpose of power? It is to be a witness. Grace is not a permission to continue in sin. Grace is power to do what you cannot do in your own strength. You cannot do it in your own strength but grace is available. This is how you can be a true witness. It will take grace.
Paul said grace bestowed on him was not in vain. And that he laboured more abundantly not submitting to his lustful desires. He did not allow it to have dominion over him and his decisions. He concluded it was not in his strength but the grace of God that was with him. If you walk in the spirit you will not fulfill the lust of the flesh. Where the demonstration of power is possible is in the ability to walk in the spirit, not in the flesh. You have to move out of the school of spiritual illiteracy.
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