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With us, this afternoon is Pastor @TaiwoLemoshe of the @GodsChamberMin
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First and foremost, the believer is defined in Christ. Any other definition would be injustice. John declares that as He is, so are we. Jesus is the pattern and the mould. Anyone that will come out of Christ would be as Christ
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Our alignment to the image of Christ is a function of knowledge. We experience variations because we deviate from the knowledge of Christ. Meetings like these are supposed to recalibrate us with the Knowledge of Christ
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Conformity makes us partakers. We are associates with Christ. When we came into Christ, we came into a union that changed our status totally.
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The word 'calling' is a summoning, a calling for salvation. It is our response of faith that brings us into Christ. This is the call of separation out of darkness into light. It is a call of grace despite who we were
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This heavenly call is a call to sonship.
This heavenly call is a call to sainthood. We do not become saints after death, we become saints because we are called.
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This is a call to glory; a call to salvation It is a continuous call still being heard by people today.
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God called us to be partakers. Without a call, we can't be partakers.
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Before we are called to partake in the divine nature, He came to partake in our own nature. He became one of us, so that we can be lifted to Him. He came so that we might be raised.
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God does not excuse our weakness, but He understands them. An advocate can only adequately represent us only when He totally understands us.
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Phil 3:14 This call is a high calling
2 Tim 1:9 This call is a holy calling
Eph 4:4 We have all being called alike, no call is superior
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We must walk consciously in the call we have received
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This call is irrevocable. God will not change His mind about us.
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We must treasure this call of God. It is a precious holy calling.
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The call comes first. Our response of faith to the call of salvations makes us partakers.
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There are four levels of response to this call
- We are partakers of Christ Heb 3:14
This is a response that changes our position. We must understand our position in Christ. Who we are isn't as important as where we are
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Paul's prayer for the Corinthian Church is for the spirit of wisdom and revelation to know the gravity and worth of our call and the power at work in us.
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This is a call that joins us to the Lord. We are the body of Christ. We are where God is. We are where Christ is. We are not inferior to Christ. We carry His authority and audacity.
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Sometimes, our prayer is a reflection of the understanding of our position. We do not need to beg. Our heavenly Father knows what we want. If we need to bleed, it's no longer a gift of God, it is an award.
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Christ is the vine. We are the branches. The same life that flows in Christ flows in us. When we came into Christ, we became one in Him.
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After the prayer of faith, every other thing is doubt
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It is because we do not know the trajectory yet, that is why we need 2 hours to reach heaven. If you are a frequent visitor, straight connection.
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- We are partakers of the divine nature
Righteousness is the nature of God. It is first imputed but then becomes natural to us. Love is God's nature. We need not force it. It should emanate from us naturally
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Holiness is beyond the physical signs. It is first of all who we are before what we do. if we force it, we would be exhausted. If we leave the life of God mechanically, we would wear out.
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- We are partakers of His inheritance Eph 1:11
Being sons and heirs, we are entitled to same inheritance as Christ. We have these inheritances because we have been called. We appropriate it in faith.
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One word for all these entitlements in Christ is The Blessing. It can be manifested in different forms. We do not receive them forcefully, we receive them because we share His nature.
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- We are partakers of His Spirit Rom 8:9
We need to remove the inferiority complex that we have an inferior Holy Spirit to the one Jesus has. We have the same spirit that raised Jesus from the dead and sat Him down on high
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We often admire and class the mighty men of God differently from ourselves. The same Holy Spirit that worked wonders and exploits is alive, accessible and at work in us
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If we cannot demonstrate our faith, we should leave it, it doesn't work
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Our tracts don't work anymore. Our results are the tracts for today.
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- We are partakers of His suffering
We would experience oppositions because of our stance in Christ. We would lose opportunities because we would not compromise.
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What God cannot give me, may I never have it. I will rather be denied than to dip my hands in iniquity
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We would be confronted with compromise. We would be delayed because we would not go the world's way.
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Our calling is too precious to be lost in exchange for a moment of pleasure
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2 Tim 1:8, 1 Pet 2:20-21
Suffering for the sake of Christ is part of the call.
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1 Pet 4:14 If you are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are you, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. On their part He is blasphemed, but on your part He is glorified.
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If we do not partake in this suffering, we cannot partake in some levels of glory. Suffering is an access to some levels of glory. We do not need to pray for it. It comes. We only need to pray for strength not to fail and fall
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Do not serve God because of what he gives. Serve Him for who He is. It is our knowledge of the Lord that sees us through these trying times. A life focused of God's gifts cannot endure these times
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A conscious effort to stair joy is the solution to the spirit of depression.
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All these things should not just stop at knowledge. We must press into a dimension where this is a day-to-day reality. It should not just be things we heard and saw but also the things we handled.
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We don't just quote the scriptures, we live them. We do not need stickers, we appear and Jesus appears.
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What you are afraid of is afraid of you, only if you know your position
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