“Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us,
that we should be called the sons of God:
therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be:
but we know that, when he shall appear,
we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.” 1 John 3:1-2 KJV.
The word "behold" here could be interpreted as
"wow come and see" or "this is unbelievable",
"this is incredible" or "can you believe it!"
God has loved us so much in Jesus Christ
that He has made us sons/daughters in His own household.
He has opened a door for us to go in and come out,
He has given us the special son's/daughter's bedroom,
he has given us the special son's/daughter's seat at His high dining room table.
So great, so thorough, so effectual is the work Jesus Christ did for mankind
on the cross that when one believes in Him and acknowledges Him as Lord of one's life,
you become adopted by God,
you are given the right, the power and the privilege to be called a son/daughter of God.
That is why His word says:
"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.”John 1:12-13 KJV.
(see also the Amplified Version)
Three critical things happened in your spirit when you believed in Jesus Christ:
1. Your dead spirit was regenerated, made alive and joined (intermarried) to the Spirit of Jesus Christ.
Your spirit became brand new, old things have passed away,
all things have become new (1 Corinthians 5: 21, John 3:3,5).
2. You were adopted by God in Jesus Christ to become a son/ daughter in His house.
Therefore His word says:
"For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear;
but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. Romans 8:15 KJV.
His word also says:
“To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. Galatians 4:5 KJV.
That is why when the Lord Jesus taught us to pray in Matthew 6:9, He said
we should address God as "Our Father who is in heaven".
3. We received an inheritance, we are heirs of God and joint heirs with Jesus Christ.
The biggest of this inheritance is eternal life.
This inheritance includes everything that Jesus Christ atoned for,
including peace, joy, health and wellbeing in spirit, mind and body;
victory including emotional victory, His provision,
guidance which gives us the knowledge of the will of God for us.
That is why His word says:
“And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ;
if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.” Romans 8:17 KJV.
His word also says:
“Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son,
then an heir of God through Christ.” Galatians 4:7 KJV.
Remember in your spirit, you have the mind of Christ (1 Corinthians 2:16).
In your spirit you know all things. (1 John 2:20).
In you spirit dwells the fullness of Christ. (John 1:16).
Here is your challenge- to renew your mind with His word,
so that you are transformed in the thinking of your mind by the word of God. (Romans 12:2).
That will release the power of God from your spirit where Christ dwells into your body,
into your circumstances and to the people around you.
Remember your son-ship is in your spirit- this is also where the full word of Almighty God dwells.
Because in your spirit- the human spirit is conjoined to the Spirit of Jesus Christ.
As your mind is renewed with the word of Almighty God- the power of the word will flow into your body
and bring the reality of the word into flesh. Glory be to Almighty God!
Take some time to celebrate sonship.
When you are ready-
Prayer:
Heavenly Father in the name of Jesus Christ, I thank you for the love with which you have loved me in Jesus Christ.
Today I acknowledge the risen Jesus Christ as Lord of my life.
I set myself apart and consecrate myself for you.
I reject, renounce and denounce every influence, every working and every deception
of the enemy satan and his demons.
I ask you Father in the name of Jesus Christ to fill and empower me with your Holy Spirit right now.
I receive the abundant outpouring of your Spirit upon my life in the name of Jesus Christ.
Thank you Father for the incredible love by which you have loved me in Jesus Christ.
Thank you that in Christ I am an adopted child of God an heir of you Father
and a joint heir with Jesus Christ.
Thank you for the power, the right and the privilege to be called a child of Almighty God.
Thank you for making me a member of your own household.
Thank you that I am no longer a stranger and a foreigner but a member of the household of
Almighty God.
Thank you for making me a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation
and Almighty God's own special person.
Thank you for eternal life.
Thank you for the life of God in me.
Thank you for total and complete salvation,
total and complete soundness in spirit, soul and body.
Thank you for health and well being,
for your victory and your guidance.
In the name of Jesus Christ I pray. Amen.
Additional resources:
Https://planetministries.org.uk/message/needs/understandingsonship
Https://planetministries.org.uk/message/needs/righteousness.
Https://planetministries.org.uk/message/needs/understandingredemption
Https://planetministries.org.uk/message/promises/characterstatureandachievement
Https://planetministries.org.uk/message/turningyoursituationaround
Year in Focus:
With best wishes for the Year 2024, the year in which the Lord God is visiting His restless ones with an anointing that breaks the yoke of bondage of the enemy.
There is a big financial dimension to the victory for the restless ones in 2024. The yoke of poverty and financial struggles is being broken.
a) Things you need to know:
The year in which the restless ones rise up with the zeal of Almighty God to cause the spreading of the cities of Almighty God through prosperity.
Almighty God says: proclaim saying 'Thus saith the Lord of Hosts: "Iam zealous for Jerusalem with great zeal."' Zechariah 1:14
He also says: 'Thus says the Lord, "I am returning to Jerusalem with mercy; My house shall be built in it," says the Lord of Hosts,
"And a surveyor's line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem."' Zechariah 1:16. See also Zechariah 8:1-5, 12-13, 15, 21 and 23.
He goes further to say: "Again proclaim, saying, 'Thus says the Lord of hosts: "My cities shall again spread out through prosperity;
The Lord will again comfort Zion, And will again choose Jerusalem."' Zechariah 1:17.
He says: "Take the silver and gold, make an elaborate crown, and set it on the head of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest." Zechariah 6:11.
Almighty God wants to put a crown of gold upon your head.
b) What you need to do:
1. In 2024, take away your measuring line.
Do not limit what God can do for you and through you in the way you think, the way you speak and the way you act.
Do not limit the Holy One of Israel. ( Zechariah 1:1-5 )
In Psalms 78:41: His word says:Yes, again and again they tempted God,
And limited the Holy One of Israel.
Remember also Ephesians 3:20 says: He is able to do exceedingly abundantly, above all we think and ask, by the power at work within us.
2. Call with a strong conviction on the Almighty God for whom all things are possible, for whom nothing shall be impossible.
Remember His word says in Genesis 18:10-14:
10 And He said, “I will certainly return to you according to the time of life, and behold, Sarah your wife shall have a son.”
(Sarah was listening in the tent door which was behind him.)
11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age; and Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.
12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I have grown old, shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?”
13 And the LORD said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Shall I surely bear a child, since I am old?’
14 Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.”
See also Jeremiah 32:17-22, Jeremiah 32:26-27.
In Luke 1:34-38 we read:
34 Then Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I do not know a man?”
35 And the angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you;
therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God.
36 Now indeed, Elizabeth your relative has also conceived a son in her old age; and this is now the sixth month for her who was called barren.
37 For with God nothing will be impossible.”
38 Then Mary said, “Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.
See also Mark 10;27 and Matthew 19:26.
Remember the Holy Spirit comes upon you and the power of the Most High overshadows you- to make the will of Almighty God happen in your life and in the work of the Ministry.
In Jeremiah 32:19 -21 we read that our Almighty God is great in counsel and mighty in deeds and that He brought out His people Israel from the land of Egypt with signs and wonders,
with a strong hand, and an outstretched arm and with great terror and He gave them the land that flows with milk and honey- they came in and took possession of it.
Let Him give you His counsel, let Him show you His signs and wonders, go in and take possession.
c) What you need to understand (have a revelation of):
You need to understand the following things:
1. There is in the calendar of God something called the fullness of time.
In Genesis 21:1-2 we read: 1 And the LORD visited Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah as He had spoken.
2 For Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
2. Almighty God fulfils His promises.
In Numbers 23:19-20 we read:
19 God is not a man, that He should lie,
Nor a son of man, that He should repent.
Has He said, and will He not do?
Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?
20 Behold, I have received a command to bless;
He has blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
In Isaiah 46:9-11 we read:
9 Remember the former things of old,
For I am God, and there is no other;
I am God, and there is none like Me,
10 Declaring the end from the beginning,
And from ancient times things that are not yet done,
Saying, My counsel shall stand,
And I will do all My pleasure,’
11 Calling a bird of prey from the east,
The man who executes My counsel, from a far country.
Indeed I have spoken it;
I will also bring it to pass.
I have purposed it;
I will also do it.
3. It has been done before-
Remember in her restlessness Rachael cried: Give me children or else I die (Genesis 30:1). God answered her prayer and she bore Joseph, who subsequently received
the portion of the first born of Israel.
In her restlessness, Hannah prayed for a male child and pledged to give him to the Lord all the days of her life. God answered her prayer and she bore Samuel,
a mighty prophet of God who was also a judge of Israel. (1 Samuel 1:11).
In her restlessness Mary Magdalene sought to find where they had laid the body of the Lord Jesus Christ and she refused to be comforted.
The Lord Jesus had to make an unscheduled visit to the tomb while on His way to the Father. The Lord Jesus Christ had to appear to Mary. (John 20:11-18).
We love you and continue to pray for you as you set yourself apart and consecrate yourself for the purposes of Almighty God on the Earth in our day.
Apostle Dr Max and Joyce Matonhodze.
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