GAINING ACCESS TO OUR INHERITANCE

Text: John 5:19,30 One of the greatest challenge of the Christian is knowing the benefits that accompany salvation(Hebrews 6:9) and not enjoying it or falling short of it. The Bible says it is due to lack of knowledge(Hosea 4:6) and a lack of vision(Proverbs 29:18). Many Christians may say i have some knowledge in the area of my need.For example, i know that"by his stripes I am healed", why am i still not healed.The scriptures says in 2 Corinthians 3:6, that it is the spiritual understanding or revelation knowledge of the word of God that produces our blessings or life.Infact the letter ministers death or failure. The Bible tells us in 1 Corinthians 14:6 of different levels of understanding including:a)Doctrine or something to be learned b)Prophesy or something that can edify or inspire or comfort c)knowledge or something we understand well enough to teach others and d)revelation or that which transforms. If we take understanding to mean that which we see then it means we must have faith vision or the spiritual sense of seeing. We are not the doers. God is the Source and the Doer(James 1:17).We are conduits or channels through which God does things on this earth. We are instruments through which God manifests His glory and will and power on this earth as it is in heaven.It is all about God and what He wants and not about us at all. Yield the right of way to Him today in every area of your life. Ho owns you. You are His reasure(Exodus 19:5) Our connection to God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ is through the Holy Spirit in us. He unites us(God, the Father, God, the Son,God the Holy Spirit and the Body of Christ) in our spirits. But we are bidimensional, that is we have the ability to switch to the flesh or the spirit. The Holy Spirit leads us in all our journey here on earth and to eternity in heaven.It is our communion with the Holy Spirit expressed in true fellowship and partnership with the Holy Spirit(Acts 5:30-32) in envangelism to reconcile mankind to God that releases God's grace(favor) and love,the perquisites for enjoying our inheritance.(2 Corinthians 13:14) from our Head, Lord and Master, Jesus Christ and ultimately from Abba Father. If we neglect our partnership with the Holy Spirit and His leadership role in bringing us to our destiny,we will shortchange ourselves of our blessings, and we will continue and may ultimately end up in perpertual struggle with sin, sickness, poverty and may end up losing our place in heaven.Until we yield to the leadership of the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of holiness will not declare us as sons and daughters of God with power as He did for Christ.(Romans 1:4). Without power, we are at the mercy of the spirit of iniquity and the devil, to steal, kill and destroy our blessings, God forbid. For example the condition for access to our inheritance in Acts 26:18, 20:32, Ephesians 5:5-8,1 Corinthians 6:9, Collosians3:5, is that we should be sanctified and do righteousness(1John 3:7).Sin, transgression and iniquity are as a result of unrenewed mind and pressures from the devil to make us fall from grace.The Bible tells us in Titus 3:5 ans 1 Peter1:2. that the Holy ghost renews our mind and sanctifies us.However the Bible tells us in 1 Thessalonians 4:4 that it is our responsibility to possess our vessel in sanctifcation and honor, because we have been called to holiness and not to uncleanliness(vs7). As we commit ourselves to genuine thirst and hunger for holiness and righteousness to fulfil the purpose of our being chosen and for our creation:to serve God in love in holiness and righteousness all the days of our lives(Ephesians1:4, Luke 1:74-75), yielding to the leadership and obedience of the Holy Spirit and the Word of God through earnest prayers, sincere and continual worship, study and meditating the Word of God and being Christ-like,the Holy Spirit has promised that He will empower us to be holy and do righteously and do all the spiritual activities. THE ONLY CONDITION IS FOR US TO THIRST AND HUNGER(Isaiah 41:17-18) Without the empowerment of the Spirit of God, walking and living in the Spirit, and obeying God is practically impossible. So today yield to the Spirit through sincere thirst and hunger for His leadership and to please God; and let him direct what you say and do, like Jesus did in our text; and then you will start living the abundant life promised and covenanted to every kingdom child of God. God bless you.