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Title: You need holiness to see God.
“Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:” Hebrews 12:14 KJV.
It is the desire and will of God that you 'see' God, that you experience His working
and the manifestation of His power everyday of your life.
That He answers you when you call upon His name and that He manifests
His presence in your life.
He desires you to see Him, but not just with your eyes, with your every other sense-
seeing God here refers to experiencing His working and His manifestations.
Please note this scripture is not just referring to heaven.
Point of Reflection:
The essential ingredient you need to possess in your life to be able to walk with God,
experience His working and experience the manifestation of His power every day of your life is holiness.
God desires you to be holy for your benefit- because without holiness you will not be able to 'see' Him,
experience Him, receive from Him.
Holiness is a critical ingredient of your walk with God.
That is why when certain Greeks came to Philip with a request to see Jesus Christ in John 12:21,
they were not asking about seeing His face, they were asking about experiencing His manifestations, His power, His presence:
"The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee,
and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus.” John 12:21 KJV
That is why His word says in Leviticus 11:45 NKJV :
"For I am the LORD who brings you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God.
You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.”
It says also in 1 Peter 1:15-16 NKJV:
"But as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct,
because it is written, 'Be holy, for I am holy.'"
His word says I am the Lord who brought you out of Egypt, to be your God.
The reason for taking you out of Egypt, an image of the life of bondage and sin is so that God can be your God,
your everything, that you may experience Him in every area of your life,
He wants to be your righteousness, your healer, your provider, your guide and shepherd,
your banner of victory, your peace and more- and for Him to be that to you, you need to be holy, because He is holy.
Putting it differently: For God to manifest God to you, you need to be holy.
What then is holiness and how do you become holy?
You need to understand seven principal things:
1. The Holy Spirit is the standard for holiness- you need to be filled and empowered by the Holy Spirit.
2. You need your mind renewed and transformed by the word of God so that you think like God.
The correct understanding of the word of God is critical for holiness.
3. Holiness is co-operating with the Holy Spirit in the way you think, speak and act.
4. Holiness is refusing to co-operate with the enemy satan and his demons in the way you think, speak and act.
5. Without holiness you cannot and will not 'see' God, you cannot experience the works of God in your life.
6. You are saved by grace through faith, that brings you into the presence of Almighty God,
while in His presence, you need holiness to experience God.
7. The first step towards holiness is consecration or setting yourself apart for God. This is a decision followed by a declaration to God and also to the enemy satan.
I am yours Lord, with all that I am and with all that I am not, I give my life to you. Lord I set myself apart for you, do what you want with my life. And you satan, you have nothing in me and I have nothing in you, I command you to let me go and do the will of God. I know that you were defeated publicly and openly by Jesus Christ and you have a one-way ticket to the Lake of Fire for all eternity. In the name of Jesus Christ, I command you to let me go and serve my God.
The answer to the question- if Jesus Christ was here, in this situation, under these circumstances, what would He have thought,
what would He have said and done? The answer to that question leads you to the path of holiness.
To answer that question you need the word of God. Knowledge of the word of God is
therefore critical for holiness because the word of God reveals to us the character of the Holy Spirit and therefore the character of the triune God.
Holiness is to do with allegiance and co-operation with the Holy Spirit and refusing to co-operate with the
enemy satan in the way you think, speak and act.
Because we think before we speak and act- a thought process which is directed, inspired and conceived by the word of God is critical for holiness.
Do you desire to see God and to experience His working in your life?
Do you desire Him to be your God, your everything?
When you are ready-
Prayer of consecration:
Heavenly Father in the name of Jesus Christ, I thank you for your grace and mercy upon my life.
Thank you for giving me Jesus Christ by whom I am justified and made righteous.
Thank you for the blood that was shed for my redemption.
Today I acknowledge the risen Jesus Christ as Lord of my life.
I commit myself to allowing your word to renew and transform
the way I think so that my minds aligns with your word.
I refuse, I judge, denounce and renounce every working of the enemy satan and his demons upon my life.
I ask you Father in the name of Jesus Christ to fill me with your Holy Spirit right now
and I receive the abundant outpouring of your Holy Spirit upon my life in the name of Jesus Christ.
In Jesus Christ's name I pray. Amen.
Additional resources:
Https://planetministries.org.uk/message/needs/understandingholiness
Https://planetministries.org.uk/message/needs/understandingsonship
Http://planetministries.org.uk/message/needs/righteousness
Https://planetministries.org.uk/message/promises/characterstatureandachievements
Year in Focus:
2025 The Year of the Overcomer.
His word says in 1 John 2:12-14:I write to you, little children,
Because your sins are forgiven you for His name’s sake.
13 I write to you, fathers, because you have known Him who is from the beginning.
I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the wicked one.
I write to you, little children, because you have known the Father.
14 I have written to you, fathers, because you have known Him who is from the beginning.
I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you,
And you have overcome the wicked one.
To overcome the wicked one you need the word of God to dwell in you richly, you need to know Him who
was from the beginning (to know God) and you need strong conviction regarding His promises to you. These are the three critical attributes of an overcomer.
He also says: Look among the nations and watch—Be utterly astounded!
For I will work a work in your days, which you would not believe, though it were told you. (Habakkuk 1:5)
Almighty God wants to work a work in our day, in your day, in the work of the Ministry and in your own life,
which you will not believe even if it is told you. For you to be a part of what He is doing, you need to acquire and grow in the three critical attributes of an overcomer.
He says further:
Then the Lord answered me and said:
“Write the vision and make it plain on tablets, that he may run who reads it.
3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time; but at the end it will speak, and it will not lie.
Though it tarries, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. (Habakkuk 2:2-3).
He says write the vision and make it plain upon tables that he may run who reads it.
As you enter another phase in your walk with God and as we enter a new phase in our calling as Planet Ministries, remember the vision is for an appointed time.
That time is nigh. Wait for it, it will not be late by one second. Remember Genesis 18:10-14; Genesis 21: 1-2 and Exodus 12:40-41.
a) What you need to know:
We are moving into a period of accomplishing the vision which Almighty God has set before us.
There is in the calendar of God something called the fullness of time.
The vision is for an appointed time and that time is nigh.
You need the knowledge of the Father and His essential attributes, a knowledge of the word of God- you need the word of God to dwell in you richly
(see also Colossians 3:16) and you also need strength of conviction.
As these three attributes increase in you, they will make you to become an overcomer of the wicked one.
b) What you need to understand (or have a revelation of):
1. There is in the calendar of God something called the fullness of time.
2. As we enter the fullness of time you need to continue waiting upon God.
3. You need a revelation of the essential attributes of God.
That He is good to you all the time. He is holy, that means He gets it right all the time ( Leviticus 11:44-45; His mercies are new every morning (Lamentations 3:23);
His loving kindness is better than life (Psalms 63:3), He is faithful (1 Thessalonians 5:24; Genesis 28:15; 1 Kings 8:56; Numbers 23:19-20; Isaiah 46:9-11),
He is righteous and He is just (Psalms 89:14). He promises to go before you. He says He will not fail you. (Joshua 1:5; Deuteronomy 31:6, 8;
1 Chronicles 28:20; Psalms 89:33-35).
c) What you need to do: Activities of 2025:
Run with the vision. Remember we are:
1. Witnessing the love of Jesus Christ and making disciples across the nations. (Matthew 28:18-20). Use every avenue available to you to send the message of the gospel.
2.We are praying and interceding to the God of the harvest to send labourers into the harvest. (Matthew 9:37-38; 1Timothy 2:1-5). Take time to pray.
3. We are faithful stewards of time, the mysteries of God and of substance. (Luke 12:42-44; Luke 16:10-12; 1 Corinthians 4:1-2; 1 Peter 4:10). Prayerfully examine your stewardship of time, mysteries
of God and substance.
4. We are light to the world- dispensing darkness- let your light so shine that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. (Matthew 5:14-16).
5. We are salt, condiment to the earth to give flavour and fight the unsavoury works of the enemy satan ( Matthew 5:13).
6. We release the fragrance of the knowledge of Jesus Christ - God wants to diffuse through you the fragrance, perfume of the knowledge of Jesus Christ as you allow the fruit of the Holy Spirit to
manifest in your life. ( 2 Corinthians 14-15).
d) In all this remember to have your own personal agenda with God as you stand on His promises.
He says in John 16:24: Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.
He says in John 15:7: If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.
He says in John 14:13-14:
And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
14 If you ask anything in My name, I will do it.
He also says in John 15:16: You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you.
Remember, we have been given exceedingly great and precious promises that by these we may be partakers of divine nature. ( 2 Peter 1:4, John 16:24).
In this year of the overcomer, as you run with the vision, remember to have a personal prayer agenda with God.
Keep a prayer diary and tick things off, as He answers your prayers.
We love you as we invite you to be counted among the overcomers of the wicked one in 2025 and beyond.
As you run with the vision, we are praying for you and wish you a 2025 filled with the victory that comes from God.
In the service of Jesus Christ.
Apostle Dr Max and Joyce Matonhodze.
Planetministries.org.uk