IF

THESE THINGS BE IN YOU

Unveiling the Riches of the Finished Work of
Christ

Isaac Love Pappoe
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IF THESE THINGS BE IN YOU

Unveiling the Riches of the Finished Work of
Christ

Isaac Love Pappoe



 CONTENTS

Dedication i
Acknowledgements ii
Foreword vi
Introduction viii
Salvation 101: Understanding the
Principles of Your Calling 1
The Glory of Sonship 31
New Man Realities 65
Righteousness 101: Understanding Your
True Nature in Christ 80
His Death, My Forgiveness and His
Resurrection, My Justification 89
Righteousness; a Channel of Grace 100
Dos and Don’ts Versus Growth 120
Understanding Your First Love 127
Forgiveness, Confession,
Unpardonable Sin 144
Can You Lose Your Salvation? 164
Concerning Visions of Heaven and Hell
and the Deep Things of Satan 182
About the Book 197
About the Author 199












INTRODUCTION

And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to
virtue knowledge; And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance
patience; and to patience godliness; And to godliness brotherly
kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. For if these things be in you,
and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful
in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But he that lacketh these
things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was
purged from his old sins.
2 Peter 1:5-9 (KJV)

It saddens my heart to see believers who are so blind to the finished work of
Christ and suffer trying to use their self-effort to seek God’s attention. It is sad to
see believers being tossed to and fro with every wind of doctrine. It is very sad to
see another foundation being built upon in the body of Christ other than the
finished work of Jesus Christ. Peter tells us to add to our faith some very
important things and one of these things is knowledge. He says if these things
be in us and abounds, they will make us neither barren nor unfruitful in the
knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
There are different Greek words used for knowledge in this Scripture.
The first one is gnosis which comes from the root word ginosko, which means to
perceive or understand. The second Greek word is epignosis, which means to
recognize or have full discernment. This word also comes from a root word
epignosko, which means to become fully acquainted with, to know thoroughly.
This means there is a knowledge that leads to knowledge.
God wants us to perceive or understand some truths which will lead us
to an absolute full discernment and recognition of Him. David says, “In thy light,
we shall see light.” God wants a certain kind of knowledge to be revealed and
abound in us. This knowledge is a perception and understanding of the finished
work of Jesus Christ. Peter says, “If we lack this knowledge, we will be blind and
cannot see afar off and even live as people who have forgotten they have been
purged and cleansed of their old sins.” I t is only when we understand the
revelation of the finished work of Christ that we will fully grow in the absolute
knowledge of the Son of God unto a perfect man.

N o w to him that is able to establish you according to my gospel
(1Corinthians15:1-4) and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to
the revelation of the mystery which hath been kept in silence through
times eternal, but now is manifested, and by the scriptures of the
prophets, according to the commandment of the eternal God, is made
known unto all the nations unto obedience of faith.
Roman 16:25-26 (ASV)

The only message Paul recognized was the preaching of Jesus Christ.
And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech
or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. For I determined
not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
1 Corinthians 2:1-2 (KJV)

The original mandate given mankind by the Creator from the beginning

was to have “dominion” over the planet. That “dominion mandate” which is
translated in Hebrew as radah meaning treading upon; subjugating; crumbling
off; ruling; reigning; prevailing; and taking external management control over
the universe through the maximum deployment of the inherent power in man,
which the Creator termed, “His image and likeness in man” (Genesis 1:26).
Originally placed in the garden to deploy this inherent power, man yielded to the
deception of the devil leading to what is popularly known as the fall; though the
fall was not outside the divine will of the Creator.
Since that fall, mankind has been struggling to gain control over a
chaotic world. The ripple effects of the fall partly explain the abundance of
disease, sicknesses, poverty, fear, wars, conflicts, death, etc. on the planet. God in
dealing with that problem, has to personally intervene in earth’s history. Stepping
into the limited realm of humanity, the Unlimited God became known as Jesus
Christ, subjected to the weaknesses and principles of this world, but yet retaining
His Divine Power. In restoring and perfecting what man lost in the garden, Jesus
announced a message and communicated an information that humanity
desperately needed in order to fulfill their original purpose.
Known as the Gospel, Jesus announced the return of this “original
dominion capacity,” which H e variously refers to in the synoptic Gospels and
John’s Gospel.

 In Mathew’s account, He calls this dominion mandate, “the Kingdom of
Heaven.” In Mark’s account, He refers to it as, “the Gospel of Jesus Christ.” In
Luke’s account, it is called, “the Kingdom of God,” which when asked by His
students about its nature and location, this same Jewish Philosopher-King, Jesus of
Nazareth, responded: “… The Kingdom of God is within you” (Luke 17:20-21).
In John’s Gospel, this inherent power which was present originally in
man but was lost because of the fall is called “the word of God” or the “Holy
Spirit.” In the Epistles (Acts to Revelation), this power is alluded to using several
expressions such as: Spirit of God, Spirit of Truth, Spirit of Holiness, Christ in
You, Spirit of Christ, The Spirit of righteousness, wisdom of God, the power of
God, salvation, eternal life and seven spirits of God.
Unfortunately, this message — the Gospel — in its several
ramifications, has not been correctly and adequately preached. At best, what has
been preached represents people’s personal doctrinal biases and/or entrenched
religious positions. With this underpinning, this book, seeks to flood your mind
(spirit) with the knowledge of the truth, which is able to save your soul and
deliver you into your true inheritance. I t will challenge your theology, shake
your ecclesiological foundations, break your pride, demolish your mental
bondage and permanently damage your ignorance of the Truth concerning:
God’s plan for your life.
Who the Man Jesus was and what He has become [Christ] in you.
Fundamental principles of your salvation and the Christian faith.
Basic truths regarding subjects like faith, justification, righteousness,
sanctification, holiness, the grace and love of God.
Get ready for this knowledge journey that will, at the end, make you
receive a multiplication of grace and peace, simulate the inherent “Divine
power” to make you know all things given you that pertain unto life and
godliness. In addition, your adventure through this book will enable you
appropriate the exceeding great and precious promises that will make you a
partner in the nature, life and purpose of the Godhead revealed in Christ Jesus.
After painstakingly changing your attitude by the addition of character
to your faith, and to character knowledge; and to knowledge self-discipline; and
to self-discipline patience; and to patience godliness; and to godliness brotherly
kindness; and to brotherly kindness love, you will neither be barren nor
unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ, if these things be in you,
and abound.
The revelations you will gain through reading this book will protect your
spiritual eyes against spiritual blindness
— deception, unhealthy doctrines and teachings, etc. — and will make you
always remember that you have already been cleansed from your old sins.
Reading the book, you will receive compelling assurance of the reality of your
calling and election and you will never fall. Above all, reading the book, If These
Things Be in You, a rich welcome shall be ministered unto you abundantly into
the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
This book reveals a radical teaching of Jesus Christ and Him crucified
because this is what the whole Gospel is about with regards to our salvation,
victory, establishment and reign in life. This book has been made so simple for
easy assimilation and digestion by any category or class of people for the
purpose of making Christ known in the most comprehensive form.

CHAPTER 1

SALVATION 101: UNDERSTANDING

THE PRINCIPLES OF YOUR
CALLING

We must all understand that salvation or being born-again is not a feeling; it is
a knowing . Someone says, “I know I am saved because I felt the love of God all
around me when I went for the altar call,” another says, “Tears just flowed from
my eyes” or “I felt light and relieved.” All these feelings are good but the
question is what happens if these supernatural feelings stop? Does that then
mean you have lost your salvation? It does not mean so. The problem is that
many do not know whether they are saved or not and those who claim to be saved
point to their feelings as evidence. If they feel good then they are saved but when
they are feeling bad, it means they are lost.
2 Peter 1:10 says, “Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to
make your calling and election sure . . .” The calling and election as used in the
Scripture is our salvation and the word “sure,” in the Greek means, stable, firm,
of force and steadfast. This means that God wants us to be stable and firm in our
salvation and not waver asking questions like, “Am I saved?” Paul also in
Ephesians 6:17 says, “And take the helmet of salvation.” He described the helmet
of salvation as an Amour of God by which we withstand the wiles of the devil.
This means being sure of our salvation is a weapon to stand against Satan’s
schemes.
There are many who have gone for several altar calls because they
base their salvation on feelings. The question is how many times do you get
born-again? When you understand what salvation means, you will cease to be
naïve. Salvation is not based on good works or bad works, neither is
condemnation based on good works or bad works.

Who hath saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to
our works (whether good or bad), but according to his own purpose and
grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began.
(Paraphrased)
2 Timothy1:9
God chose to save us according to His own purpose and grace. Simply,
salvation is not about us but about God. He chose to save us by His own mercy.
Paul says we are saved by God’s grace through faith (i.e. believing that Jesus rose
from the dead), and that not of yourselves, it is a gift of God, not of works lest
any man should boast. Can you imagine how people will have boasted if our
good works could have saved us? It is not about how wicked (bad) or good you
are or have been.
Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his
mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the
Holy Ghost ; Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our
Saviour; That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs
according to the hope of eternal life.
Titus 3:5-7
Is it not so amazing that our salvation is not about us but God? We did
not do anything extraordinary to gain it; it was just by exercising faith. God’s
love for us is beyond human comprehension. Now how do I know am saved?
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt
believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt
be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with
the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Romans 10:9-10

Have you noticed that the Bible never mentioned that we confess
our sins to be saved? It simply says confess the Lordship of Christ. The reason
is that God has already forgiven us in Christ Jesus. The sins of the whole world
have already been forgiven (Colossians 3:13, 2:13, 1 John 2:12). Christ, was
sacrificed as a lamb to take away the sin of the world (John1:29). N o one
perishes because of his or her sins anymore. Anyone who perishes does so
because he or she does not believe what Jesus has already done in bearing our sins
and becoming sin for us. The truth is that God does not count or impute our
trespasses or sins against us (not only Christians, but the whole human race; 2
Corinthians 5:19, 1 John 2:1, 2), because it was imputed to Christ (2 Corinthians
5:21), the propitiation of our sins.
We do not confess our sins to be saved because they have been forgiven
in Christ’s finished work. We rather confess Jesus as Lord; as the Master, Creator
and Almighty. By doing that we acknowledge what He has already done for us.
We simply know we are saved by what God’s word says. That is our proof or
evidence and none other. It is by confessing with our mouth and believing with
our heart what God confesses and believes about us that makes us experience the
reality of our salvation.
We know we are saved because we did exactly that. I am saved because I believed
and confessed what God believes and confesses about me in His Son. Haleluya.
Secondly, when we believe, confess and become saved through the life
of Jesus, there is further assurance that comes into our spirit when we become
conscious of the Spirit’s presence in us. He testifies and bears witness with our
spirit that we are children of God and that we have peace with Him through our
Lord Jesus (Romans 5:1). The Spirit of God enables and activates us to call God
our Daddy.

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. The Spirit
 in itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God.
Romans 8:15-16

First of all, know that anything that binds you or puts you in bondage to
fear God is a demon spirit and not the Holy Spirit. To fear God is bondage if that
fear is terror and draws you away from Him. Anything that makes you see God
other than His love is a spirit of the devil wanting to put you in bondage. Thanks
be to God we did not receive that spirit but the spirit of Sonship that awakens us
to the fatherhood of God. We did not receive a spirit that makes us cowards, hide
from God in fear, guilt and shame like Adam. The Spirit of God bears witness
with our spirit that we are sons of God. Is it not so marvelous that though we
have not seen God, we still call him Daddy? Can you explain that in words?
Absolutely No!
How do you know you are a child of God? It is simply by the Spirit of God.
He bears witness or testifies with your spirit that God is your Father and you are
His child.

Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit
of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is
the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.
1 Corinthians 12:3
You will just know you are a child of God by an inner witness which
mere words cannot utter. You just know it deep down within you.

Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not,
yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory.
1 Peter 1:8

This work of rejoicing comes through the Holy Spirit (Romans14:17).

YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE

And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life
is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son
of God hath not life. These things have I written unto you that believe on
the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life,
and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
 1John5:11-13
To understand this Scripture clearly, you have to understand ETERNAL
LIFE. We have heard many people say we are going to have eternal life when we
go to heaven. Others say God is going to give us eternal life when we die and
go to heaven. But these are all fallacies that do not exist. John says, “He who has
the son has life,” which means it is a present hour possession. He also said, “I
write to you that you may know that you have eternal life.” It is something in the
now. Eternal life is not living forever because man, whether saved or unsaved is
an eternal being. God is a Spirit and man was created in the image of God
(Genesis 1:27-28, John 4:24); this means man is a spirit being. Man’s spirit was
created in the image of God and His body was formed out of the dust of the
ground (Genesis 2:7). The body is the clothing or housing of the spirit. The body
only gives the spirit man the ability to function in the physical realm. The real
you is “the you” inside you. I t is not your body but your spirit. Paul said,
“Though the outward man perishes, the inward man is being renewed day by
day” (2 Corinthians 4:16). This means there is an outward man and there is an
inward man. The outward man is the body and the inward man is the spirit. A
man does not die because spirits do not die. Physical death does not cause his
existence to cease.

The Person of Eternal life

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man
cometh unto the Father, but by me.
John 14:6

I n the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the
Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were
made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
John 1:1-4

That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we
have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands
have handled, of the Word of life; (For the life was manifested, and we
have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which
was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)
 1John 1:1-2

For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have
life in himself;
John 5:26

And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life
is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son
of God hath not life.
1 John 5:11-12

And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us as an
understanding, that we may know Him that is true, and we are in him
that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and
eternal life.
1 John 5:11-12

From these verses, we conclude that eternal life is a person. Eternal

life is the Son- Jesus Christ. First of all, to have eternal life is to have the Son
in you. It means to have His life flowing through you. Eternal life is Christ in
you; it means to have or share the same life with Jesus Christ. Whoever has
eternal life partakes in the same life with Jesus Christ.

Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in
him, and he in God.
1John 4:15

Eternal life is the very life and nature of God. It is God’s Essence and
Being. It is the very nature of the Father which Jesus lives now.

For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have
life in himself.
John 5:26

Then He also said, “I have come that you may have life and have it more
abundantly” (John10:10). John now says “he who has the son has life.” The
question is which life? The very life of His that made Him express His Father
fully. The very life that made Him spotless and supernatural. The Greek word
used for eternal life here is aionios zoe, which means the God-kind of life or the
Godlife. Abraham, the father of faith never experienced this kind of life. The Old
Testament saints longed to have an experience of this kind of life. This life is the
very life that makes God who He is.
This life is superior to demons, Satan, sickness, failure, defeat and
disease. Many Christians think Jesus only came to forgive us and wash us from
our sins but never see that He came to give us a new kind of life that comes from
above. This is the very life of God we received the day we were born from
above. God imparted this new life into our spirit the day we believed and
confessed Jesus as Lord. He gave us this life in Christ Jesus so we could live just
like Jesus and even more. This is what He meant when He said to Nicodemus,
“You must be born- again.” To be born-again means to be born with this very new
life. This is what made John to boldly say, “Beloved, now are we the sons of God
(1John 3:1), it is not when we go to Heaven.” We have God’s life, nature and
essence in our veins, arteries, tissues, ligaments and every fibre of our being.
John1:12-13 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.” This is very big. God is saying the new life we have is not
what our parents gave to us through our natural birth but what He Himself gave
to us through our spiritual birth. According to John, this life does not come from
neither the flesh, blood nor sperm. It proceeds from the womb and DNA of God.
God brings us into His realm by giving us His life. This life is incorruptible,
undefeatable and imperishable because it came from above. John is saying he
writes to us so we may know that we have God’s life now. Do you know you
have God’s love and righteous nature in you? Someone would say, but I do not
feel it. This is not feelings because John never said it is something you should
feel; he says it is something you should know (1John5:13).
The devil comes to question and accuse us of our salvation and new
birth, maybe because we did something wrong. He comes to ask you, “Are you
sure you are saved? If you are, then why are you still committing this offence
against God?” When he does this for a long time, we begin to doubt our
salvation because we do not know how we got it. You must boldly begin to tell
the devil, “I know am saved because I believed with my heart that God raised
Jesus from the dead and I confessed with my mouth that He is my Lord. Devil, I
have the very life of God in me and I know it because God’s word said so, and I
believe, the Spirit of God bears witness with my spirit that I am God’s son or
daughter. I believe and know I am born-again and nothing can change it. I am
saved and I know in God’s word.” If the devil is bold enough to remind you of
your past (sins), be bold enough to remind him of his future (i.e. his life in the
lake of fire). If you are born-again, it means you are a citizen of heaven; you
are registered in heaven (Philippians 3:20, Ephesians 2:19). You are accepted in
God’s beloved. Be sure of this and let this settle once and for all. Stop going
for series of altar calls; do you not know that you are crucifying the son of God
all over again? Going for several altar calls is a proof of an altered life of defeat.
It is a demonstration of lack of faith.
Rededication looks spiritual but it not scriptural. I wonder if anyone can
get born born-again in the natural life? Rededication unto God is not what the
believer needs; a believer needs renewal of mind through revelation and
understanding (Ephesians1:15-18, Romans12:1, 2). Rededication to God is not
God’s invention, its religious invention. We created that term. The only purpose
it serves is to make the death of Christ vain and incomplete. God’s idea was
regeneration and this is a one-time event that happens to us. We must stop the
rededication and embrace the reality of our regeneration that has already taken
place. Rededication to God reveals our weakness, unbelief, lack of faith in who
we are in Christ and our vulnerability to the devil. How many times do you want
to become new when God calls you a new creation? If the devil can get you to
the altar again and again always confessing your sins, making huge promises to
God which you cannot fulfill and feeling condemned because of a message you
heard about hell, then I believe you are not maturing into sonship and growing in
faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God. Paul defines such as “children
tossed to and fro.” I am saved, am born-again and I have God’s life and nature, it
is not what I feel, I know I have it because God said so. These are the things you
should be telling yourself. God’s word is the only proof of spiritual reality. It is
not your good works that got you cleaned up and saved; it is His (Jesus) good
work that got us cleaned, saved and filled with all the fullness of God. Faith
cleaned you up and this same faith keeps you cleaned.
Do not listen to Satan’s accusing voice, he is only there to condemn you
and make you feel wrong about yourself. If he comes, do not look at yourself;
what you feel or what you have done, look at Jesus through His word and
declare boldly that, “I am saved by Christ through faith” and give Jesus all the
praise. You will sense some inner peace from the innermost recesses of your
heart working in and out of you.

THE LIFE BEYOND CURSES
And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in
them. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a
curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus
Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
Galatians 3:12-14
From this Scripture we can understand that curses don’t operate in the
realm of the eternal life we have in Christ because Christ was made a curse for us
on the cross. Why do people keep breaking curses in their lives when Jesus
became a curse for us? I call this shadow boxing: we are fighting what is not there.
Curses don’t operate in the life of the believer; it is blessing that operates. The
truth is that whatever was not broken on the cross cannot be broken anywhere.
Many Christians always want to know which curse is operating in their family so
they can break it instead of discovering which blessing is operating in their life so
they can enjoy of it.
The curse you think came from your great grandfather goes beyond that.
If you think you have to be breaking curses from your great grandfather, I have
news for you; I think you should be breaking until you get into Adam. This is
because it all begun from there. Thanks be to God, who through Jesus, ended
every curse that was carried from Adam to his children. The Bible calls Jesus
“the last Adam and the Second man.”

 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last
Adam was made a quickening spirit. Howbeit that was not first which is
spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is
spiritual. The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the
Lord from heaven. As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy:
and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. And as we
have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the
heavenly.
Corinthians 15:45-49
This verse describes two people — Adam and Christ. It calls Adam the
first Adam but calls Jesus the last Adam. Again, it calls Adam the first man, but
Jesus the second man. Why is Jesus called the last Adam and the second man?
He was the last Adam to finally put the old man of sin to death once and for all.
He was the last Adam to bear the judgement of sin caused by the first Adam. He
was the last and final Adam to represent the whole Adamic race judged once and
for all. He was the last Adam representing the fallen race that begun from Adam.
Every man from Adam, including Adam himself, was on the cross when Jesus
died. In other words, He died as Adam, died with Adam and died for Adam at the
same time on the cross. This is a mystery.
The root of curse, the old man of sin, failure, poverty, shame, guilt, fear
and defeat was nailed in the person of Christ on the cross. He ended Adam on the
cross. This means the funeral for your old man of sin, curse and guilt has already
been organized through the crucifixion and burial of Jesus Christ. Furthermore,
the Bible calls Jesus the second man. This is a different statement all together.
As the last Adam, Jesus represented the fallen human race, judged and ended
once for all, but as the second man, He represents a new race of beings raised
unto glory.
As the second man, Jesus began a new order, a new species, a new kind
of beings called new creations. The old man ended in His death and burial, but
the new man began from His resurrection. As the second man, Jesus represents a
new race of glory, a race beyond curses, lack, disease and defeat. History may
record the death of one man, but eternity records the death of the old human race
that stood condemned before God. History may record the resurrection of one
man, but eternity records the resurrection of a new human race that stands
innocent and blameless before God. This race is called the Jesus generation. This
is what God says about the Jesus generation through Paul.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed
us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ; even as
he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be
holy and without blemish before him in love; having predestined us for
adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the
good pleasure of his desire, to the praise of the glory of his grace, by
which he freely bestowed favor on us in the Beloved, in whom we have
our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses,
according to the riches of his grace, which he made to abound toward
us in all wisdom and prudence.
Ephesians 1:3-7

We are blessed with all spiritual blessing in heavenly places in Christ.

We are identified with blessing. The Christian does not have ancestral curses in
his life; he has ancestral blessings. We believe these curses came from our family
background, but the truth is that when we became born-again, there was a
transfer.

For He has delivered us from the power of darkness and has translated
(transferred or conveyed) us into the kingdom of His dear Son;
Colossians 1:13

The new life we have does not come through flesh, blood or sperm. It is
born of God, meaning it carries a God content. Can you imagine God being
under a curse? Not possible! This is the same life you have in God. Again, the
Bible gives us an idea of our citizenship and where we came from.
Now therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow
citizens with the saints, and of the household of God.
Ephesians 2:19

For our citizenship is in Heaven, from which also we are looking for the
Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
Philippians 3:20

We are citizens of heaven. Heaven is not our goal or dream, it is our point of
departure. That is where we came from. We proceed from there. If you buy any
product or machine for use and you want to know where it came from, you
would check around or beneath it to find out. The origin of the product gives you
an idea of the strength, quality and durability it carries. When you scan or
scrutinize an unbeliever, the tag, indication or seal you will see is “made from
Adam” or “made from earth,” but when you check that of the believer, you will
see an indication written “Made in Heaven.” Is it not amazing that we are
heavenly beings. Our source and origin proves our strength, quality and
durability. What we have according to Galatians 3:14 is the blessing of Abraham
might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the
promise of the Spirit through faith. What we have is the blessings of Abraham.
The blessings of Abraham is not material things. Material things are the results
of the blessing.
There is a teaching going on that says that there is always a curse that
affect every first born in this life. I hear people say every firstborn needs to pray
and break this kind of first born curse in order not to experience disappointment,
struggles etc. because their first born blessings that has been is not in effect.
Most of these teachings usually refer to Cain and Abel, where Abel took the
blessing (Genesis 4:3-5); Jacob and Essau, where Jacob took the blessing
(Genesis 27); Manasseh and Ephraim, where Ephraim got the blessing (Genesis
48:12-14), etc. Others also teach that firstborns suffer in life one way or the other
and that firstborns don’t enjoy the blessing of the firstborn. Honestly, I believe
this is one of the most dangerous teachings that opposes the Gospel and
goodness of the birth, death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Have you
really considered what happened in Egypt and Goshen? Why the firstborns of
Egypt died by the striking of the angel of death but the same angel passed over
the firstborns of the Israelites? It wasn’t because they were special or so good
but because a lamb without blemish stood as their firstborn.
Therefore, as the angel of death passed and saw the blood, he saw an
already slain, dead firstborn so it wasn’t necessary to strike another firstborn. I
believe strongly that during that time, there were some evil men who were
firstborns but so long as they were behind the door covered with the lamb’s
blood, they were saved and safe. That lamb pictured Jesus Christ as the Lamb of
God that took away the sin of the world. The Bible calls Jesus Christ the first
born over creation (Colossians 1:15), the first born from the dead
(Colossians1:18) and firstborn among many brethren (Romans 8:29).
The teaching of the firstborn curse doesn’t hold in the Gospel because
Christ is our firstborn. As the firstborn over creation, He pre-existed before
creation; as the firstborn from the dead, He was the first person to be born again
from spiritual death; and as the firstborn among many brothers, He’s our big
brother. So if there is any curse, sufferings and struggles for firstborns, then
Christ as the firstborn has already borne and carried it all. He has buried every
struggle and He resurrected without it. As such, if you’re a firstborn reading this
book, the original firstborn has an information for you: “Drop that reasoning,
philosophy and weak thinking”. If you’re a teacher of the word of God, please
let the flocks you feed with the gospel feed on the truth about the Gospel.
Jesus never preached about ancestral curse, Paul never taught on that
subject, the Apostles never did, because they were convinced of the work and
worth of the complete finished work of the original firstborn and living ancestor
Jesus Christ who completely dealt with every form of curse as He hanged on that
cross. Therefore, if you are firstborn, you enjoy the blessings God has for you
and not the curses that comes with firstborns.
The word blessing means an empowerment or a force that works in a
man to make him succeed. The concluding part of the verse tells what the
blessing of Abraham really is. It says, “That we might receive the promise of
the Spirit through faith.” This means the blessing is the receiving of the Spirit.
The Spirit of God in us is that empowerment and force to succeed. This is
beautiful.
The Bible says you shall receive power after the Holy Spirit comes
upon you. This means the Spirit of God in us (believers) is the empowerment
and force to succeed, prosper and be in good health (3 John 2). A friend of mine
said, “Money comes from the word currency and the word currency also comes
from the word current and current means power.” That also could mean you shall
receive money (power) after the Holy Spirit shall come upon you. That means
receiving the blessing of the Holy Spirit is receiving money itself and the power
to make wealth. Glory to God, we are blessed with all spiritual blessings; not
some. Don’t focus on curses in your life, focus on blessing as your life. Blessing
is not just on us; blessing is actually a life we are living in the Spirit. You can’t
have the Holy Spirit and be under a curse. In Christ, we don’t just receive the life
of God, we receive God as life. This life is beyond ancestral curses, soul ties and
family trees. If there are ancestral curses, then Christ was our ultimate ancestor
who ended it, if there are family trees, then there is only one tree we are
connected to: we are in Christ, the true vine and we in Him are the branches. The
only thing attached to us is being fruitful, multiplying and taking dominion
through the knowledge of Him that called us by glory into glory. Every identity
or family lineage or trace or roots is a lie if it is outside the lineage or trace or
roots of the finished work of Christ. Jesus was successful, let’s not preach the
devil back into business. Do not settle for anything less than Christ in you, the
hope of glory. You are a son of God, much more an heir of God and a joint heir
with Christ. The Bible never said curses, witches and wizards will follow you, it
says goodness and mercy will follow you. You are MOST WANTED. Goodness
and mercy is after you to chase you and hunt you down. If you still experience
ancestral curses in your life, don’t check your family background; check your
belief system and revelation background. You don’t have ancestral curses, you
have revelation crisis. You lack knowledge. Be free because you are free.



MAN BORN OF AWOMAN VERSUS
MAN BORN OF GOD
The Bible talks about two kinds of men. Job describes the first and
John, by revelation, describes the second. Job calls the first, “A man born of a
woman” and John calls the second “A man born of God.” This is the description
Job gave to the man born of a woman.
Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. He
cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow,
and continueth not. And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one,
and bringest me into judgment with thee? Who can bring a clean thing
out of an unclean? not one.
Job 14:1

Job describes a man born of a woman as one who has few days and full
of trouble. He compares the life quality of such a man with that of a flower that
comes forth and is cut down. H e also describes how impossible it is to bring
something good out of that life within him because he is unclean. Following are
John’s description of a man born of God:

He that cometh from above is above all . . .
John 3:31

Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except
 it were given thee from above: . . .
John 19:11

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

The man born of a woman is of many troubles and limitations, but the
man born of God is not of blood, nor of flesh nor of the will of man. He is born
from above and is above all things (sicknesses, attacks, diseases, lack, sorrow, sin,
etc.). He is a partaker of the divine nature having escaped the corruption of this
world through lust (1 Peter1:4). Anyone who has received Jesus is a man born of
God. The life within him is greater than the life in his body. It does not matter the
sickness in your body. Doctors might have said you have sickle cell (SS) or your
son is a sickler. Once there is Christ inside of you, you do not have to accept that
report.
When you received Jesus Christ as your new life, your cells were
replaced with the DNA and cells of God. The life within you is not a human life,
it is God’s life. Never listen to what men say, let this revelation be final in your
spirit. You are not a sickle cell patient, you are a Christ cell victor. You are not a
sickler, you are a “Christler”, a life giver and a quickening spirit because your
life proceeds from Christ Himself.

And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last
Adam was made a quickening spirit. Howbeit that was not first which is
spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is
spiritual. The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the
Lord from heaven. As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy:
and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. And as we
have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the
heavenly.
1 Corinthians 15:45-49

We bear the image of the last Adam, second man and a heavenly man,
Jesus. A woman went to a lab to do a test because she felt she was pregnant.
When the results came, the doctor said she had fibroid. Immediately she heard
that, she remembered the revelation she had about who she is in Christ and
screamed, “I do not have fibroid, I have a fine boy.” She left the hospital and
after 9 months, she delivered a fine boy, exactly as she said by revelation. Glory
to God! We are not men or women born of a woman but born of God. You are a
super person.

Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a
kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
James 1:18

There are about five kinds of life species. We have the plant life, animal
life, human life, angelic or demonic life and the God life. The life of the believer
moved from human life to the God life through salvation. This is the divine
nature and new creation life. Animals dominate plants, humans dominate plants
and animals, angels or demons dominate plants, animals and humans, but the
God life dominates plants, animals, humans, angels and demons. The God life
cannot be dominated. It is undefeatable, unstoppable, unbreakable and
mysterious. There are herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, and what I tern as
Godivores. There are cold blooded animals, warm blooded animals and God
blooded beings. Herbivores feed on plants; carnivores feed on flesh and blood;
omnivores feed on both plants and meat; and Godivores feed on the body and
blood of Jesus Christ and the drink the Spirit of God as life. Jesus said His flesh
is real meat and His blood is real drink. In Christ we are Godivores and God
blooded beings. We cannot be affected by the rudiments of this world. You are
born of God. Glory to God.

WE LIVE THROUGH HIM

In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent
his only begotten Son into the world, that WE MIGHT LIVE THROUGH
HIM.
1 John 4:9

A man’s whole lifetime can be lived peacefully by this verse of the

Bible. That God’s love was manifested toward us in that He sent His only Son
into the world that we might live through Him. Have you ever heard of someone
living through a life — supporting machine? Have you ever heard of someone
living by dialysis daily before? Have you ever heard of someone living by pills
and drugs before? Have you ever even seen an asthmatic patient living by an
inhaler? Then you can understand clearly when the Bible says, “THAT WE
MIGHT LIVE THROUGH HIM.” If someone is living through a life-supporting
machine, it means without that machine, he can’t live. If someone is living
through dialysis, it means without it, he can’t survive, if someone is living by
drugs, it means without those pills he can’t live. I t means he has to carry it
wherever he goes so he could live. I was told of an incident that happened where
an asthmatic patient forgot her inhaler at home and unfortunately she had an
attack on her way. She could not find her inhaler and that led to her death.
Can you imagine? Thank God we don’t live through pills, thank God we
don’t live through dialysis, thank God we don’t live through a life-supporting
machine, and thank God we don’t live through inhalers. The Bible says, “We live
through Him (the Son). He is our Life. My mind cannot take this, it’s too big for
the natural mind no wonder it cannot receive the things of the Spirit of God for
they are foolishness, neither can the natural mind know them because they are
spiritually discerned.
By this verse, it is either God is lying or telling the truth, and I believe
H e is telling the truth because His word is truth. The word says that
CHRISTIANS don’t live by natural blood. We live by the Son’s Life: we live by
Christ’s Life.

Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the
will of man, but of God.
John 1:13

Understand this; our new birth in Christ did not emanate from the blood
of any man but of God. Therefore, CHRISTIANS do not live by blood because
they were not born of it. The life of a CHRISTIAN is not the life of the flesh,
it’s the life of the Spirit. CHRISTIANS have no connections with blood. They
live a totally different life. The man of the flesh cannot get this, neither can he
know or live this life.
The Bible in Leviticus 17:11 says, “the life of the flesh is in the blood.”
Another version says, “the life of the creature is in the blood. If the life of the
flesh is in the blood”, then according to Romans 8:9 “we are not in the flesh; but
in the Spirit if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in us”; If we are not in the flesh
then our life is not dependent on blood but in the Spirit if the Spirit of God
dwells in us.
John 6:63 says it is the Spirit that gives life, the flesh profits nothing. If
Leviticus 17:11 says the life of a creature is in the blood, and 2 Corinthians 5:17
says that if any man be in Christ, He is a new creature, old things are pass away,
then surely the old life of blood is pass away and all things have become new
meaning a new life has come. What is this new life? It is eternal Life and this
Life lives through the Spirit. Romans 8:1 says, “but if the Spirit of Him who
raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, then He who raised Christ from the
dead will also give life to your mortal bodies by the Spirit who dwells in you.”
This answers it all. It states clearly that the resurrection life of Jesus is also at
work in every believer. If that Spirit that raised Christ from the dead dwells in
you, He will also give life to your mortal body (not your spiritual body). He will
give life to this mortal body of yours. It means H e will keep your body from
disease. He keeps you from going for check-ups because H e becomes your
doctor daily; He will keep you from sickness; He will keep you from going to the
hospital; He will keep your body from pain. Halleluya.
Why do we not live by the flesh or why does God not permit us to live
by our flesh or by blood. 1 Peter 1:24 says, “All flesh is grass and all the glory of
man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers and its flower falls away.” An
unbeliever is equated to a flower. An unbeliever’s life is as that of grass. A natural
man is no better than grass. An unsaved man’s life is like that of any animal. They
die at any time and anyhow. They are no better than grass or flower, but that’s not
so of believers.
We live the Life called the resurrection life. The fullness of it will be
revealed at the appearing of Jesus Christ. This is the mystery of the Spirit life.
Christ died without blood. He was pierced on His side by one of the soldiers to
see if he was really dead. The Bible says that blood and water gushed out of
Him. The water that came out proved that His heart has been raptured (i.e. His
heart had broken). His blood came out of Him and He was buried without it. If
the death of Jesus was for our benefit, then everything that happened to Him
conveyed a very significant truth for our understanding and living. H e died
without blood to give us a new consciousness that in believing in Him, our life
would no more be dependent on blood in our thinking.
On the third day, He was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father
(i.e. the Holy Spirit). He appeared to His disciples but they were terrified
thinking H e was a ghost. He said to them “why are you troubled?” Why do
doubts arise in your hearts? Behold My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself.
Handle Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see I have.
Christ Jesus currently lives by flesh and bones quickened by the Spirit (Romans
8:11).

Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were
baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism
into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory
of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we
have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also
in the likeness of his resurrection.
Romans 6:3-5

The Bible is simply saying that we died with Christ. When He was
bruised we were bruised, when He was whipped we were whipped, when He was
pierced on His side we were pierced on our side, when He lost His blood we lost
our blood, when He was buried we were buried, when He conquered death, hell
and Satan, we conquered too, when He was raised from the dead, we were raised
together with Him by the glory of the Father (Ephesians 2:6). Paul is urging us to
walk in that newness of life. The word new in the Greek means kainos — fresh
and unused. This new resurrection life is unused by many CHRISTIANS. You
can have something but not use it. If we have been united together in the likeness
of His death certainly (surely) we also be in the likeness of His resurrection. If
we looked like Him when He died, then we also look like Him in His resurrection.
We do not have to die before we experience the resurrection life. It is a present
hour reality.

For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that
we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be
swallowed up of life. Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing
is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.
2 Corinthians 5:4

All Paul is saying is that we believers who live in the body, groan and
being burdened, not because we want to die and leave this body, but we want to
live in this body in a better way, we want to be further clothed i.e. to have a taste
of an immortal body so that mortality (ability to die) may be swallowed up by
life immortality. No wonder the Bible says that Jesus Christ has abolished and
destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light through the
GOSPEL.

But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ,
who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light
through the gospel:
2 Timothy 1:10

I was surprised seeing this scripture. There is a possibility of experiencing

immortality here on earth through the Gospel. This means the Gospel carries in it
surpassing jolts of glory we haven’t yet tapped into. I will tell you a mystery.
Living through the Son is living through the Gospel for in it is the revelation of
the true life and immorality. Living through the Son is living through the Spirit of
Christ (Holy Spirit).
The Bible says He who has prepared us for this very thing is God who
has given us the Spirit as a guarantee. God who has prepared us for this very life
has given us the Spirit as a deposit, foretaste, down payment, advance and first
fruit. Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine. O’ what a foretaste of glory divine.
Thank God I live through Jesus Christ, He is my life, I live by the Spirit of God,
He is my life giver. The Christian’s body is made up of flesh and bones. If we
don’t live by blood, then we can never have blood related diseases, we cannot
have cancer, we cannot have kidney diseases.
The Spirit of God is at work in us; producing daily the life of Christ in
us. The Spirit gives us life, the Spirit makes us alive. Paul was so much in tune
with this revelation to the extent that a viper fastened itself on his hand and I
should believe it bit him but yet the Bible says He suffered no harm. You don’t
expect a venomous serpent to coil around your hand and lick your fingers. It
actually bit Paul.

And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm. Howbeit they
looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but
after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they
changed their minds, and said that he was a god.
Acts 28:5-6
After the people of the town had looked for a long time and saw no harm

come to Him, they changed their minds and said that he was a god. This was
because he had the life of God in Him and He was conscious of the revelation of
that life which had swallowed mortality. He had a consciousness that He was a
partaker of divine nature. Likewise, in Him we live and move and have our
being. W e would experience this life and even beyond if only we would
appreciate the fact that we live through the life of Christ through the Spirit of
God (our resurrection life and glory). Your new dialysis is Christ life, your new
life support machine is Christ, your new inhaler is Christ. He is not just resident
in you, He is President over every fibre of you being. By this insight, you can
now live a sickness free life, a disease free life and a death free life. Psalm 82:6-
7 says “I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.
But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes. The new creation is
not a mere man, he is a god on earth. Refuse to die because death is an
appointment according Hebrews 9:27 and as far as am concerned, appointments
can be cancelled, postponed or honored. The choice is yours. If Hezekiah could
have fifteen more years added to his years after convincing God with his good
works, then we the new creations can enjoy more because of the convincing
work of Christ from the cross to the throne. We actually have the keys of death
and hades. Glory to God!

GOD’S BELIEF AND CONFESSION ABOUT YOU

There is a truth God believes and confesses about us through the Gospel.
This belief and confession about us is Jesus Christ. What God believes and
confesses about Jesus is what H e believes and confesses about us. When we
believe and confess Jesus, we actually believe what God already believes and
confesses about us in His Son. Salvation is simply the reality of who we are in
Christ. To experience salvation is simply experiencing your true identity, who is
Jesus Christ.
Sometimes we think preaching the Gospel is a means of changing Gods
mind about the people we preach to, but it is rather the opposite. Preaching the
Gospel is a means of changing man’s mind about God. Satisfaction is not just
found in your prayer life, neither is it just in your word life nor in just your
fasting life, though they are necessary in building you. This is because prayer,
fasting, devotion, etc. will fall in its original and proper place when one thing is
settled. It is only found in knowing that you are greatly loved by God.
Keep drawing and drinking from the wells of your first love — Christ.
The Gospel is not a means through which God accepts us back, but a means
through which God makes us accept His acceptance of us. It is not a means by
which God says, “I’m taking you back” but a means through which H e says,
“Take me back.” God is so obsessed about you. Paul says:

And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus
Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; Now then, we
are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us:
we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God.
Corinthians 5: 18-20
Is it not amazing to know that all things are of God, who hath reconciled us

to Himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation?

To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself, not imputing
their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of
reconciliation (2 Corinthians 5:18).
The word reconcile also means “to kiss.” The Scripture therefore can
read, God was in Christ kissing the world. Can you imagine God kissing us? Can
you kiss your enemy? A big No! This means God does not just love us; He is in
love with us. In the person of Jesus, God has begun a divine romance and He
wants you also to be reconciled to Him. In other words, you also should respond
by kissing back to make the ignition of that romance complete in perfect
beauty and harmony. God just wants you to respond by believing and receiving
the depth of His love, which exceeds all understanding. H e wants you to be
overwhelmed by His perfect love, which cast out fear.




CHAPTER 2

THE GLORY OF SONSHIP

THE TOMB WAS A WOMB OF HIS SONSHIP

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for
the gospel of God — the gospel he promised beforehand through His
 prophets in the Holy Scriptures regarding His Son who as to His human
nature was a descendant of David and who through the Holy Spirit of
holiness was DECLARED with POWER to be the SON OF God by His
resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ OUR LORD.
Romans 1:1-4

Get this, Jesus Christ on earth was the son of God, but had not yet
become the son of God. The Bible says who as to His human nature was a
descendant of David. Jesus Christ functioned on earth as the Son of man. In
Psalm 115:16, the Bible says the Heaven even the highest heavens belong to
God but the earth He has given to man. This means Jesus could heal the sick,
raise the dead and cast out demons because He functioned on earth as the Son of
man. John 5:27 says, “And hath given him authority to execute judgment also,
because he is the Son of man.” H e could not have saved humanity had He
functioned in full glory as a Son of God. He had to be a man to save man.
Jesus could only exercise authority on earth because He was a man. The
reason Jesus was the Son of man was because he had human nature. Romans 8:3
says, “. . . God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin,
condemned sin in the flesh.” His own Son in the likeness of the sinful flesh. He
did not have the nature of sin, but came in likeness of the sinful flesh — His body
and appearance was like that of a sinful man. Hebrews 2:14 says, “In as much as
the brethren have partaken or shared in flesh and blood, H e (Jesus) Himself
likewise shared in the same.”

Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with
God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in
fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death,
even the death of the cross.
Philippians 2:6

How was He in the form of God? The Bible in John1:1 says, “In the
beginning was the WORD and the WORD was with God and the WORD was
God.” This is was what made Jesus equal with God. H e was and is the Word.
How did He make Himself of no reputation? The Bible says in John 1:14 and the
WORD (which was God and is God) became flesh and dwelt among men. This
was when He came in the likeness of man and was found in appearance as a
man. The Word (which was God) made himself of no reputation by entering into
a sinful womb to be conceived and made flesh.
The life of Christ never came from man, but the body of Jesus came
from a woman. If the life of Christ had come from a man, He would have been
sinful and wouldn’t have been a perfect sacrifice for salvation. That is why the
prophecy of Genesis 3:15 says “the seed of the woman” not the seed of the man.
Mary received from the angel the Word, which is the seed, into her womb by
saying “be it done unto me according to your word.” The “word” is a seed
according to Jesus. And that seed (which comes from the Greek spora called
Sperma from which we derive Sperm) caused her to conceive Jesus. Through
Mary, God put on a human body in order to save man from his sins.
Hebrews 10:5 says, “. . . Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a
body hast thou prepared for me.” God needed a body through which He could
step into the realm of the flesh and senses to redeem man. 1 Timothy 3:16 says,
“And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in
the flesh. . .” Jesus came to fulfill all that was said concerning Him through the
aid of a human body. If Jesus was the Son of God (in His glorified state as
creator), He could not have been a perfect substitute for man in His redemption
when He was on earth. If He was the Son of God while on earth, H e couldn’t
have tasted death for mankind.

But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art
mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him? Thou madest
him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and
honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands: Thou hast put all
things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection
under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not
yet all things put under him. But we see Jesus, who was made a little
lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and
honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
Hebrews 2:6-9
Jesus was the Son of man and functioned with the authority of man on
earth. Jesus Christ, while on earth, never violated the laws of nature. Walking on
the sea wasn’t any problem. It was normal to do so because He was functioning
with the authority of man on earth. Man was originally given dominion over the
birds of the air (I believe Adam could fly), fishes of the sea (I also believe Adam
had authority to walk on the sea) and over every created thing. But the fall
introduced all these limitations we are seeing now. Jesus came to give man a
glimpse of how Adam was functioning and operating before the fall.

For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him
the seed of Abraham. Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made
like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest
in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the
people.
Hebrews 2:16-17

Adam was created in the image and likeness of God. He was created to
look like God and function like God in every way. He had the opportunity to eat
from the tree of life and become fully God in expression. Though he was the son of
God (Luke3:38), he was the son of God on probation.
From my point of view, Adam was the son of God on probation till he ate
from the tree of life to fully manifest that life. Additionally, Adam was created
neutral; he was neither mortal nor immortal, neither righteous nor unrighteous. This
is how come Jesus took upon that same process of being son of man (though son of
God). He was also a son of God on probation. He came as innocent and neutral just
like the probationary moment Adam had. No wonder Adam was a pattern of Him.
He was also given the opportunity of drinking the cup of man’s judgment, to die
for humanity and with humanity. Thank God He passed successfully unlike
Adam who failed. When Adam sinned, He became full of himself and the sin
nature. After he sinned, the Bible says in verse 3 of Genesis 5 “Adam lived an
hundred and thirty years and got a son in his own likeness after his (fallen)
image.”
Understand that the life of Jesus never came from man. The child Jesus
who was born in Bethlehem, grew up to the adult Jesus, died and resurrected on
the third day never existed in heaven before. Sometimes we hear some people
say there was a meeting in Heaven years ago where God asked, “Whom shall I
send” then there was silence in Heaven. All of sudden someone said, “Send me I
will go.” This text in Isaiah 7 is attributed to Jesus. This is never true! Jesus had
never ever been in heaven before. He was not staying in heaven and then later
made into a sperm and entered into Mary. That is not scriptural.
Isaiah 7 was referring to Isaiah. It was Isaiah who said “Send me I will
go.” Jesus was in the bosom of the Father as the Word or Wisdom. The Word had
been in the Father’s bosom since creation. . . . and the word was with God and
the word was God (John 1:1). How was the word with God?
When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon
the face of the depth: When he established the clouds above: when he
strengthened the fountains of the deep: When he gave to the sea his
decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he
appointed the foundations of the earth: Then I was by him, as one
brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before
him;
Proverbs 8:27-30

The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of
old. I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth
was. When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no
fountains abounding with water. Before the mountains were settled,
before the hills was I brought forth: While as yet he had not made the
earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.

Proverbs 8:22-26

Bible says He was in the beginning with God. Another version says He
was as the word the master craftsman. All things were made through Him and
without Him nothing was made that was made. Jesus Christ was with the father
in the bosom as the word. For by Him all things were created that are in heaven
and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominion,
principalities and powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. In
Him all things consist.
It is obvious from the scriptures that not only was the Word of God in
the bosom of the Father, but He was also the Creator in Genesis 1:1. He is the
Creator of the universe. That Jesus, who hanged on the cross crucified by men,
was the same Creator God of the universe. Jesus was in the bosom of the Father as
the word. John 1:14 and the word (which was in the Father’s bosom) became
flesh and dwelt among men. The angels rejoiced because they saw the creator for
the first time (Luke 2:9-14). No one has seen God at anytime, The only begotten
Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.

Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I
proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he
 sent me.
John 8:42

That ends it all. The only time His humanity was revealed was when He
was spoken forth as a sperm by the angel into Mary and as she received it, she
conceived and gave birth and God put that word into a body. Jesus’ life did not
come from man that was why He was sinless and could be a better substitute. He
lived His life as Adam lived before He sinned — powerful, guiltless, stainless
and blameless, righteous and full of life. His blood wasn’t even corrupted. When
God referred to Jesus as His son, He was referring to Jesus as the first Adam
would be called if sin had not set in. God said, “You are my Beloved Son, in you
I am well pleased.” God was referring to Jesus as He referred or called Adam in
the garden before He fell. God referred to Jesus as being a Son — H e was a
representative of Adam who was once the son of God (Luke 3:38).
In John’s Gospel, it was said God had placed a seal upon Jesus,
meaning God had confirmed Him to be the representative of Adam who was the
head of the fallen race. God had confirmed Him to be blameless just as Adam
was before the fall. The writer of Proverbs referred Jesus as Wisdom and in the
Father’s bosom, He was His delight and Joy; So God said “in him I am well
pleased.” The wisdom that was God’s delight had been made flesh; now capable
of leading a whole human race in righteousness- not as Adam who failed. Adam
was once the son of God created to carry out the plan but he fell. God raised and
prepared the last and original Adam to take His place and represent Him since
Adam was only a pattern. Jesus Christ lived in three stages;

The life of flesh and blood without sin : This was the life Adam lived before
the fall, which made Him the Son of God on probation: the innocent and
spotless man created without a trace of sin. Jesus came to teach man how to
live and how life was before the fall. All the miracles He performed was not a
surprise to Him because He saw Himself fulfilling Adam’s life.
The life of flesh and blood with sin : This was where Jesus became sin and
shed His blood for the whole world to be reconciled unto God, redeemed,
forgiven of their sins and brought to a new life. This was where Jesus took the
place of fallen man and He ended Adam in Himself.
The life of flesh and bones forever righteous: This is His new nature,
functioning fully as God and Lord. The Christian is united to Jesus in this
realm of life. The Christian through the Spirit of power functions with flesh
 and bones though H e may still have blood in his system. Due to the
resurrection power of Christ, all power was vested in Christ and in every
believer making them partakers of this life.

Jesus actually became the divine Son of God when He was raised from the
dead. Jesus became the son of God by the resurrection and that was where our
identity came. Acts 13:33 tells how Jesus was begotten as the divine Son of God.

God has fulfilled this for us His children in that He has raised up Jesus.
As it is also written in the book of Psalms, “You are my Son today I have
begotten you. And that He raised Him from the dead, no more to return
to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of
David.
Acts 13:33

The Bible says, “for it was fitting for Him for whom are all things by
whom are all things in bringing many sons to glory to make the captain of their
salvation perfect through suffering”. Jesus Christ by virtue of His resurrection
has made us perfect and brought us into full glory.
Our sonship is possible not through Jesus’ birth, neither in His death nor
burial, but through His resurrection. He brought forth seeds of same quality. John
12:24 says, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a grain of wheat fall into the
earth and die, it abideth by itself alone; but if it dies, it beareth much fruit”
(ASV). Jesus was that grain that fell to the ground in His death. Every seed
carries in itself several others seeds and we were those other seeds in Him. When
He was raised, we were raised with the same quality and durability.





JESUS IS NOT THE ONLY SON OF GOD

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his
glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and
truth. No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which
is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
 John 1:14, 18

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is
condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only
begotten Son of God.
John 3:16, 18
John in his Gospel tells us that Jesus was the only begotten of the father
before He died. Basic English version of the Holy Bible says, “Such glory as is
given to an only son by his father.” Understand that revelation is progressive and
from the time Jesus was born till the time He died, many things changed. It takes
revelation to really appreciate this. The passage above was only true of Jesus in
His incarnation; it is no longer true in His resurrection. In His incarnation or
when He was born, He was the only Son of God (bear in mind as we explained
earlier that though He was the Son of God He hadn’t become the Son of God yet
in divine glory). It was true when you called Him the only Son of God at that
time, but not this time when He died and resurrected from the dead.
Though Jesus came alone on this earth, He did not die alone or resurrect
alone. God included humanity in His death and resurrection. In His resurrection,
everything changed. Andre Rabe says, “The Adamic race met its final end in the
last Adam — Christ.” For as surely as one died for all, all have died . . . not one
survived! He is the firstborn of a new creation — God’s authentic and original
intent of man — His image and likeness in human form — has been restored.
What H e accomplished is reality and it is complete. H e was not the only
begotten or only Son anymore, He became the first begotten or firstborn.

And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten
of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved
us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
Revelation 1:5

For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to
the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
Romans 8:29

 Because those of whom he had knowledge before they came into
existence, were marked out by him to be made like his Son, so that he
might be the first among a band of brothers:
Romans 8:29 (BBE)

Jesus has a band of brothers. This indeed awesome.

And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the
firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the
preeminence.
Colossians 1:18

The only Begotten Son means only begotten Son exactly as it says and
firstborn simply means there are other brothers. He is the first born from the dead
implying that H e was not the only one raised from the dead. We were raised
together with Him. Jesus is not the only Son of God, He is now the firstborn
among many brethren. We are also brothers who proceeded with Jesus from the
same womb of resurrection. We are twins from the same womb, just that He
came first as the head so He might have preeminence and seniorship in
consummating our eternal bond with God forever.
It is right for you to say Jesus was the only Begotten or only Son of
God, but wrong for you to say He is the only begotten Son of God, because He is
not. It is time for you to recognize that Jesus is the firstborn, your big brother and
not the only born or the only Son of God. The resurrection changed everything.
You are also a Son born from the same womb. God now has many Sons and you
are one of them.

THE HIGHEST REALM OF THE SPIRIT

And raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly
places in Christ Jesus.
Ephesians 2:6

Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every
name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to
come: And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head
over all things to the church, Which is his body, the fullness of him that
 filleth all in all.
Ephesians 1:21

Just as God carried Israel on eagle’s wings from Egypt into the Promised
Land (Exodus 19:4), H e has also carried us in Christ and made us sit in the
heavenly places. We are not only in the spirit realm of God but we are also seated
with Christ in the highest spiritual realm any man or spirit could imagine. We are
seated in the highest realm where God lives and functions. This is where no spirit,
demon, angel or principality can come unless God Himself permits it. We are
seated far above all principality and power and might and dominion and every
name that is named, not only in this age, but also in that which is to come. Every
spirit or demon that would ever be discovered is still under us because of where
we are in Christ. This simply means demons are not our classmates or our
talking mates to be reasoning with.
It was this revelation that stopped attacks in my dreams. At a point in my
life, after I minister at services, heal the sick, cast out devils and work miracles, I
begin to have attacks in my dreams. I see myself fighting with marine spirits,
demons, occults, witches and wizards. I would wake up about two or three times
in my sleep and pray for over three hours and before I realize, it’s morning
already. Instead of having a good rest, I was having bad fights. I became
frustrated because I lived my life fighting instead of resting. I asked God several
times why that was happening and this was the answer He gave me: I heard Him
say read the book of Ephesians. So I started and just in Chapter one and two, my
eyes were opened. When I received the revelation of being seated with Christ, I
stopped praying about my attacks, I only declared who I am before sleeping. I
declared that demons are not my classmates to be fighting with them and that I
am an authority, raised with Jesus far above them and seated with Christ in
heavenly places. In the beginning, the funny dreams seemed to be worsening,
but I still slept anyway declaring who I am. In less than two months, I forgot I
was even having such dreams. I t just vanished. We are seated with Christ far
above all principalities and powers. This is where I realized there are three
sources of dreams. They could either be from the Holy Spirit, an evil spirit or
your own human spirit.
Many believers think they should be dealing with every kind of dream
through prayer and fasting, but it is not so. By revelation, it is not every dream
that we must pray about. The Bible tells us to test every spirit, but instead, we
accept every spirit. Evil spirits can give you dreams that can put fear in you and
keep you in bondage. They can give you dreams that would make you focus on
Satan rather that looking unto Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith. Your
own human spirit can even give you dreams as a result of the activities you
engaged in during the day. This can also instill fear in you but probably, have no
important meaning in your life. As a Christian, you should be able to test, scan
and rightly divide every dream with the lens of the word of God. Don’t just
accept every dream as a revelation from God. Any dream you have from God
should be confirmed with the word, make you experience righteousness, peace,
joy in the Holy Ghost, confirm your ministry, guide your path, purpose and
assignment on this earth with few exceptions when He wants to warn you or
wants you to intercede for someone urgently. For example, if you have a dream
wearing a school uniform, it might not necessarily mean your life is going
backwards though it may mean setbacks in the demonic view. You must try to
find out what it means in God’s perspective. That is actually what matters.
A school uniform simply means you are a student and from the
Scripture, Paul tells us to study to show ourselves approved unto God. Peter tells
us to grow in grace and in the knowledge our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Any time you have a dream wearing a school uniform, I believe God is telling
you to sit up in your journey in knowing Jesus as a student of the word. Is this
not liberating?
As a man thinks, so he is (Proverbs 23:7). If you see such a dream as
setback, you will experience setbacks. You must walk in revelation and insight
into the Gospel. If you see tortoise in your dream you must interpret it from
Scripture. W e are told it means your life is going to be slow. I t has been
established that this life we have inside us is the God life, it cannot be slow,
rather it can only be patient. Seeing a tortoise in your dream can mean that God
is reminding you to be patient about something you are praying about. A
tortoise has a hard strong shell it hides in. God could be telling you He is that
hard shell and He is hiding you in Him (Colossians 3:3). If you find yourself
eating in a dream, wake up and laugh, thanking God for sending angels to feed
you. And if in case you think it’s demonic, I have an answer for you; “you shall
drink or eat any deadly thing and it shall not harm you, whether in a dream or
physically (Mark16:18).
A man of God woke up early in the morning to go check something
outside, only to find two eggs and a red clothe lying in front of his door. To His
wife’s surprise, he picked up the eggs, brought it to the kitchen, gave thanks to
God for provision and fried it for breakfast. Can you imagine the audacity of
such faith? You can only live such a life if you have insight into the mind of God
through His word.
God wants us to operate in this realm as if the devil does not exist. A
prophet came to visit a very anointed man of God and whilst they were having a
conversation, the prophet activated his prophetic antenna and said he sensed the
presence of demons in the house. Can you guess the reply of this great man of
God. He said, “Then you brought them here, there are no demons here.” The
prophet got offended and left the house. You must live and feed on revelation. I
realized spiritual marriages, family yokes and curses lose their power when we
stop focusing on them and start looking unto Jesus and our marriage union with
Him. We are the bride of Christ and cannot have any other spiritual husband or
wife. Stop feeding that powerless demonic belief system and focus on God’s
divine belief system- the gospel. We are engaged to Christ and the Holy Spirit is
our promise ring. It’s up to you to choose to accept that and drop that thinking
that dishonors the finished work of Christ. If God can change your mentality
through the instrumentality of the simplicity of the revelation of Jesus Christ and
Him crucified, then you’ll not face the brutality and fatality of any principality.
The Bible never told us to fight a good fight with the devil, it rather told
us to fight a good fight of faith and lay hold on eternal life (1 Timothy 6:12).
This is because the devil was destroyed so many years ago through the death
burial and resurrection of Jesus. The devil therefore is not the problem, but our
believe system.

Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the
wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to
nought: But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden
wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: Which
none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they
would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
1 Corinthians 2:6-8

Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also
himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might
destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; And deliver
them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to
bondage.
Hebrews 2:14-15

And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and
over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt
you.
Luke 10:18-19

And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them
openly, triumphing over them in it.
Colossians 2:15

Jesus spoiled principalities and powers completely on the cross and

made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it. The Amplified
Version of the Holy Bible says, “God disarmed the principalities and powers
t h a t were ranged against us and made a bold display and public example of
them, in triumphing over them in Him and in the cross” (Colossians 2:15).
There are people who believe there are levels of demons and there is a
way of dealing with each one of them. If that is the case, just consider this:
During the fight between David and Goliath, David represented Israel and
Goliath represented the Philistines. When David defeated Goliath, Israel shouted
and rejoiced, but the philistines fled (1Samuel 17:51, 52). When their master was
defeated they all saw their defeat in him and fled. Goliath said if he defeats
David, Israel will be subject to them and if David defeats him, the Philistines
will be subjected to Israel.
This shows the victory of Jesus was the victory of humanity and the
defeat of Satan was the defeat of all his demons, no matter their names and levels
of authority. When Jesus defeated and conquered Satan, all his cohort became
subject to Him and His body i.e. the church. There are no levels of demons and
therefore there are equally no special way of dealing with them. Jesus dealt with
their master and the defeat of every other demon was found in that defeat. They
have all been made a public spectacle.
In Genesis 3:15, there was a prophecy that the seed of the woman will
crush the head of the serpent. That seed was not Abel, Noah, Isaac, Moses,
Joshua or Isaiah. That seed according to Galatians 3:16 is Christ. On the cross,
Jesus crushed Satan’s head and brought his brains out. When you cut of the head
of a serpent, it only shakes it tail, but that does not mean it is still powerful. Its
power and poisonous ability is in the head. Satan’s power and poisonous ability
has been crushed: he is only shaking his tail now.
We have been admonished to put on the whole armour of God
(Ephesians 6:11) not so that we will fight against the devil, but rather withstand
the wiles of the enemy.

Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against
the wiles of the devil.
Ephesians 6:11

The word stand against means to withstand boldly and face to face. The
word “wiles” in the Greek is methodeia, which means method, trickery and lies.
The word devil in Greek is diabolos, which means traducer (one who speaks
badly or tells lies about), false accuser and slanderer (the action or crime of
making a false spoken statement damaging to a person’s reputation). With this
understanding, Ephesians 6:11 can be read as, “Put on the whole amour of God
that you may be able to withstand boldly and face to face against the methods,
trickery and lies of the false accuser, traducer and slanderer.”
The strategies of the devil include lies, tricks, ignorance and deception.
He will keep you in a lie, give you a wrong identity of who you are in Christ,
accuse you to God, accuse you to others and accuse you to yourself. All these
tricks and lies are the effects of his shaking tail, pretending to be alive and strong
when he has already lost his authority and power to dominate the lives of those
who have received the life of Christ.
Beloved you are seated with Christ, you are in the class of God, you
have the mind, image and glory of Christ. That is who you are. Don’t waste much
of your time praying about witches and wizards in your family. They are not your
classmates. Many believers focus 95% of their prayer topics on demons and 5%
on fellowshipping with God, but this should not be the case. The church of God
must grow up and keep our eyes on Jesus, the author and finisher or our faith.
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For
the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the
pulling down of strongholds;). Casting down imaginations, and every high
thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bring every
thoughtto the obedience of Christ; (2Corinthians 10:3-5). It is so clear that
the warfare we are engaged in is beyond shooting witches and wizards with
spiritual guns; it’s a battle against our imaginations, knowledge and thoughts.
This means if we are able to reorient our imaginations, knowledge and thoughts
with our very identity with Jesus Christ, a lot will change in our experiences in
this life. Yes! It is true you see demons walking in and out of your room
physically, it is true you experience dirty manifestations of the demonic world
and it might look and even feel so real, but if you can accept what God is saying
about you in Christ and start ignoring all these things no matter how real they
might look, they will all fade out with just a little matter of time. You can kill all
the witches in your family and still be under demonic bondage because we are
not wrestling against witches, we are wrestling against principalities, powers,
might and spiritual wickedness who don’t die and cannot be killed (witches,
wizards, occults and fetish priests are only tools; killing them is not the solution,
you only give the demon the opportunity to indwell another body to continue the
assignment and mission. If you know who you are, no witch or wizard or occult
or spirit can dominate you because you have been raised far above them; and if
you know, they know you know). These demonic spirits rule over people through
strongholds established in the mind. The word stronghold in Greek is ochuroma
which means a castle; anything on which one relies; of the arguments and
reasonings by which a disputant endeavours to fortify his opinion and defend it
against his opponent; it also means to fortify through the idea of holding safely.
Paul used the term stronghold metaphorically to mean faulting attitudes, wrong
thoughts, wrong philosophies and doctrines that imprison people and blinds
them to the truth of the finished work of Christ. Some of these strongholds also
include rejection, depression, fear, unforgiveness, suspicion, addictions, failure
etc. Some man-made doctrines has also become strongholds in people’s lives.
Pulling down strongholds is simply destroying every thought you have held on
to and relied on for many years that has no foundation from the death, burial and
resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is the demolition of all these wrong belief systems
and identity we have accepted and embraced that is not found in the new life
Jesus Christ brought to us. The only way we can do that is to change our
thinking, change our imagination, change our knowledge and change our prayers
and confessions, bringing them in submission to the obedience of Christ (His
obedience by dying for us and not our obedience- Read Philippians 2:8, Romans
5:19). It is time to fill and engage your thoughts, knowledge, imaginations and
prayers with whatsoever things are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, and of good
report (Philippians 4:8,9). If your thoughts, imaginations and knowledge of other
things is higher than that of Jesus Christ and His finished work, you have a very
big problem that needs serious attention.
CHRIST, THE PLACE OF POWER

And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe,
according to the working of his mighty power, which he worked in Christ
when H e raised Him from the dead and seated Him A T HIS RIGHT
HAND in Heavenly places.
Ephesians 1:19-20

First of all I want you to understand something. The Bible says, “Which
He worked in Christ.” It never said “Which He worked in Jesus or Jesus Christ.
When the Bible talks of Jesus or Jesus Christ, it talks of the name of the person
and person in heaven — the personality. However, when the Bible talks about
Christ, the whole meaning changes. Anytime Christ is used in a scripture, it
actual means the head and the body, which means Jesus Christ and His church
which is His body. In other words, the church is Christ and Christ is the church.
If the head is called Christ, then the Body is also called Christ. The church is
called Christ.
1 Corinthians 12:12 says; “For as the body is one, and hath many
members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so
also is Christ.” 2 Corinthians 6:14 says, “Be ye not unequally yoked together
with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness?
and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ
with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what
agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living
God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their
God, and they shall be my people.”
First of all, the word of God calls the Christian righteousness, then it
calls him light, then also it amazingly calls him Christ, then a believer and the
temple of God. What a Scripture? No wonder the Bible says in Colossians 1:18
that He is the head of the body, the church who is the beginning. Ephesians 1:22
also says and He put all things under His feet and gave Him to be head over all
things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
The Bible is implying that without the church, Christ is not complete or
full. The church is the fullness of Christ. In Ephesians 4:12, the Bible calls us the
body of Christ. I know one thing: that the head and body do not have different
names, they are all one and respond to one name. So also is Jesus Christ (head)
and the church (body). It is also called Christ. From here we can understand what
Paul meant by saying; “which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the
dead.” Paul was mystically saying “which H e worked in the head and body
(Christ) when He raised Him from the dead.” The word “Him” in this Scripture
doesn’t refer to Jesus alone because in Ephesians 4:13 the Bible calls both Jesus
and the Church (which is Christ) a perfect man, so the “Him” there means the
head and the body which makes up Christ.
From this, we can now fully understand Ephesians 2:6b which says,
“And raised us up and made us to sit together with Him in the Heavenly places in
Christ Jesus.” This means Christ (the head and body) were raised together to sit
together in heavenly realms in Christ Jesus. This means the Spirit that gave life
to the head is that same Spirit producing that life in the body also. The life in
Jesus is the life in us (His body).
“And seated Him AT HIS OWN RIGHT HAND in Heavenly places.”
What’s the meaning of this? This does not mean Christ is seated at the right hand
side of God because the Bible never said Christ is seated at God’s right hand side
in the Heavenlies. It says He is seated at God’s own right hand. Right hand here
means A PLACE OF POWER AND AUTHORITY. I t means a position of
POWER, ABSOLUTE DOMINION, AUTHORITY and RULERSHIP.
And what is the exceeding greatness of His power to us-ward who
believe according to the working of His mighty power, which He wrought
in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and set Him at His own
right hand in Heavenly places, far above all principality and power and
might and dominion, and every name that is named not only in this
world, but also in that which is to come. And hath put all things under
His feet, and gave Him to be the head over all things to the church which
is His body, the fullness of Him that filleth all in all.
Ephesians 1:19-23

This right hand being referred to is a place above all forces of darkness,
a place above all power, a place above all dominion and every other name not
only in this age, but also in that which is to come.
The Bible says, He (Christ) is the head of all principality and power. It
also says all angels are in submission to Him. This right hand is a place where He
fills all in all and subdues all things to Himself. This right hand is a place of
sovereign rule over all things under Him.
Luke 22:69 states, “Hereafter the Son of Man will sit on the right hand of
the POWER OF God.” This clearly has got nothing to do with right hand side. It
says the Son of Man will sit on the right hand of the power of God. This clearly
explains that Jesus is seated at the place of power and we are seated together
with Him at that place. Christ was raised and seated at God’s own right hand of
power. I will tell you a mystery. When you get to Heaven, you will see only one
man or one person and one God on the throne. His name is Jesus Christ. On the
throne of God is seated Jesus Christ the only true God.
Hebrews 8:1 says, “Now, this is the main point of the things we are
saying; we have such a High Priest, who is seated at the RIGHT HAND of the
THRONE of the Majesty in the heavens. I don’t believe there are two thrones in
heaven; one for the Father and one for Jesus. A king has only one throne which
he sits on to rule and the Bible states it clearly here that Jesus is seated on that
throne. Hebrews 1:36 says: “When He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down
at the RIGHT HAND of the Majesty on high.” Someone will ask so then if this is
true where is the Father? I will tell you as you read but you must know this,
Jesus Christ is the only one sitting on the throne in HEAVEN.

While Stephen was still speaking to the counsel in Act 7:55-56 the
Bible says, “But He, being full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into Heaven and saw the
glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God and said, Look! I see
the Heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the RIGHT HAND of God.”
If Stephen saw the Father, he would have said that exactly as he saw. H e saw
only Jesus and the glory of God. Does this mean Jesus had dethroned the Father?
Does it mean the Father has lost His place? A big NO! Where then is the Father
if Jesus is on the throne.

For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the
Son quickeneth whom he will. For the Father judgeth no man, but hath
committed all judgment unto the Son: That all men should honour the
Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son
honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
John 5:21-23

This shows the place of Jesus in Heaven as a Sole judge.

And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face
the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for
them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the
 books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of
life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in
the books, according to their works.
Revelation 20:11-12

Reading Revelation 5 reveals that God loves the Son and has given all
things into His hand (John 3:35). Indeed everything the Father has are His. The
question still arises again? Where then is the Father? After Jesus offered himself
as sacrifice, after He had borne the iniquity of us all, after He had been made sin
who knew no sin, after He died a painful death and was buried, after He gave up
His spirit and entered the place of departed spirits, the regions of hell and
conquered hell, demons, death and the devil; the Bible says, He was raised from
the dead by the glory of the Father and came back into His body. He resurrected
and became immortal. Mary came to the grave to complete her embalming but
the body of our Saviour was nowhere to be found. She looked into the tomb and
began weeping. Then she saw two angels, one at the head and the other at the feet
where the body of Jesus had laid. They asked her why she was weeping and she
told them. Jesus disguised Himself as a gardener and spoke to Mary. He revealed
Himself by saying to her, “Mary”; she turned and said to Him “Raboni” (which is
to say teacher). Notice carefully what Jesus said in John 20:17, “Touch me not;
for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them,
I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.”
Jesus made this comment because he had to do one more last thing to
fully please the Father of His finished work. What was that thing? Just as the
high priest enters the Holy Place once a year with blood, which He offers for
himself and for the people’s sins committed in ignorance, Christ also came as a
High Priest of the good things to come, with the greater and more perfect
tabernacle not made with hands, that is not of this creation. Not with the blood of
goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once
for all, having obtained eternal REDEMPTION. Christ Jesus was made High
Priest forever when He was resurrected from the dead by God’s sovereign will.

So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he
that said unto him, Thou art my Son, today have I begotten thee. As he
saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of
Melchizedek.
 Hebrews 5:5-6

Just as Moses sprinkled the blood of goats and calves on both books
itself and all the people saying, “This is the blood of the covenant which God has
commanded you,” Just as he sprinkled with blood at both the tabernacle and all
the vessels of the ministry as according to the law, all things are purified with
blood, it was necessary that the copies of the things in the Heavens should be
purified with these, but the Heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices
than these. For Christ has not entered the holy places made with hands, which are
copies of the true, but into Heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God
for us.
Jesus entered the heavens and then sprinkled His own blood on the
mercy seat to obtain eternal redemption and purification and complete the work
(finished work). When H e had finished, H e presented Himself to the Father.
After He had obtained eternal salvation and redemption, He showed Himself to
the one who sent Him. Revelation 5 gives us the picture of the event that took
place in Heaven. When He had completely proved Himself worthy, blameless
and spotless and faithful, all power and authority was vested in Him, He received
it by the Father’s own pleasure.

And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts,
and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as though it had been slain,
having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God
sent forth into all the earth.
Revelation 5:6
The Bible says, “Stood a lamb as though it had been slain.” This means
the lamb was and is alive. What does “though it had been slain” mean?
Remember Thomas said, “Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails and put
my finger into the print of His nails and put my hand into His side I will not
believe.” Jesus appeared to Him and said to Him; Thomas, reach your finger here
and look at My hands; and reach your hands here (this means the hole the spear
bore in Jesus was so big that a man’s hand could enter) and put it into My side.
This means Jesus doesn’t have a scar, He has wounds. If you see Jesus now, He
doesn’t have a scar, He has a wound. The Bible, saying “stood a lamb as though it
had been slain”, simply means Jesus stood in the midst of the throne with His
wounds. He showed all to the Father as an inspection and proof of His work.
The Bible says having seven horns and seven eyes which are the seven
spirits of God. What are the seven horns? First of all, seven is a number of
perfection and completeness and horns represent strength, authority and power.
So Jesus had received perfect or fullness of authority. He received this after
He had offered His blood in the sanctuary in the Holy place. These seven horns
are named in Revelation 5 verse 12:

Saying with a loud voice; “worthy is the lamb who was slain to receive
POWER and RICHES and WISDOM and STRENGTH and HONOR and
GLORY and BLESSING.
Have you got that? The seven Spirits of God or the seven eyes are listed in Isaiah
11:2:

And the SPIRIT OF THE LORD shall rest upon Him,
the SPIRIT OF WISDOM, the SPIRIT OF
UNDERSTANDING, the SPIRIT OF COUNSEL,
the SPIRIT OF MIGHT, the SPIRIT OF KNOWLEDGE
and the SPIRIT OF THE FEAR OF THE LORD.
So Jesus received fullness of authority and fullness of the Spirit. He then
returned to the earth and showed himself to the disciples. At this time, they could
touch Him because they touched Him. This was possible because H e had
completed everything concerning sin forever and had received all that sin had
taken from man. This was the way He could restore dominion unto us. When
Jesus came to them, He said “all hail.” Then He again made a decree sovereignly
which only God could make. He said, “All authority has been given to me in
HEAVEN AND ON EARTH.” This was what He received from the Father as a
token to His obedience. Someone will ask, why did He not include hell? Well,
He was just from there and there was no one strong enough. This tells you simply
that there is no authority in hell. Authority is only in HEAVEN AND ON
EARTH.
If Satan is the master of hell, it means he is the master of the powerless.
The Bible says, “In the beginning God created HEAVEN and EARTH.” Notice
that hell wasn’t included. This means hell was not the original intent of God. Hell
is a place for the hopeless and Satan is the leader of them (the hopeless).
Furthermore, Jesus said, ALL POWER IN HEAVEN and ON EARTH has been
given to Me. That was what He received when He took His blood into the Holy
place to obtain eternal redemption and sprinkled the books in Heaven.
 After returning to the earth and showing Himself to disciples, He spent
some time with them and spoke to them about things concerning the kingdom of
God. Acts 1:9 says, “And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he
was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.” That was Jesus’ second
and final ascension. Jesus ascended to Heaven twice. The first was when He went
to offer/sprinkle His blood in the Holy place and the second is when He finally
sat down on the right hand of God. Hebrews 1:3 says, “When He had by Himself
purged sins (or provided purification for sins), he sat down at the right hand of
the Majesty on high.”
Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and
authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
1 Peter 3:22

Compare this with Acts 1:9. This second ascension took place after
Jesus had shown Himself to His disciples and talked to them concerning the
kingdom of God and opened their eyes that they may understand the scriptures.
As H e ascended, a cloud, which Paul now calls the cloud of witness, received
Him (Hebrews 12:1). The cloud in Acts 1:9 was not the cloud in the sky. The
cloud the Bible says received Jesus were the Old Testament Saints who died and
were kept in Abraham’s bosom for the appearing of the Saviour. Abraham’s bosom
was also called Paradise, which was a part of hell. All the Old Testament Saints
who died in the faith walk with God beginning from Abel, were kept there.
There were two sides or divisions in hell; Abraham’s bosom and the place of
torment, hades. Lazarus was there, Abraham was there, David was there, Caleb
was there, Joshua was there, Jacob was there, Isaac was there and many others
were there too. There was a great gulf fixed between them and those in the place
of torment (where the rich man went to, when He died).
Jesus said on the Cross to the man (who asked Him to remember Him
when He comes into His kingdom), “Assuredly I say to you today you will be
with Me in Paradise.” Paradise here was Abraham’s bosom where the saints were
kept. The Bible says, Abraham believed God and it was counted to him for
righteousness. Also this man on the Cross believed Jesus and it was counted to
him for righteousness. This is what permitted him to be in Paradise (his faith).
Anyone who died righteous was carried by angels to Abraham’s bosom (which
was a part in hell) because at that time, it was not possible for anyone to go to
heaven.
 As Goshen was in the land of Egypt, so was Paradise (Abraham’s
bosom) in hell. Whatever suffering the people of Egypt faced, the Israelites
who were in the place called Goshen did not receive though they were all in the
same land. In the same way, whatever suffering the wicked in hell faced, the
righteous saint in Paradise, though they were in hell, did not suffer same. As the
Israelites in Goshen still awaited a Saviour, Moses, so were these saints awaiting
a Saviour who will liberate them from being held against their free will. Their
deliverer was Jesus.

Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also
himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might
destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; And deliver
them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to
bondage.
Hebrews 2:14-15

As Moses went to Pharaoh saying; “Let my people go,” so did Jesus

also go to hell and this time He took the keys of death from the devil, disarming
and paralyzing all principalities and powers. He released all those who were kept
in bondage against their free will just as Moses delivered them from the power
and kingdom of darkness.
Many people find it difficult believing that Jesus went to hell as a
sinner.

He (David) seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that
his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
Acts 2:31

Romans 10:7 says, “Or who will descend into the abyss?” (That is, to
bring Christ up from the dead). Psalms 49:15 also says, “But God will redeem
my Soul from the power of the grave, for He shall receive me.”
Ephesians 4:9 says, “Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also
descended first into the lower parts of the earth? He that descended is the same
also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things”.
The Bible said He first descended into the lower parts of the earth.

For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so
 shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the
earth.
Mathew 12:40

As Jesus gave up His spirit (Mathew 27:50), He entered into the heart of
the earth (hell) — the place of torment. Then all principalities and power and
host of spiritual darkness came upon Him to seize Him and torment Him. When
the supreme court of justice in heaven saw that He had settled the sin issue, the
Bible says, He was justified in the spirit (1Timothy 3:16) and made alive by the
Spirit (1Peter 3:16). Then He put off and shook off Himself from them as they
gathered against Him.

Having despoiled the principalities and the powers, he made a show of
them openly, triumphing over them in it.
Colossians 2:15 (ASV)

Jesus faced Satan alone and destroyed Him completely. He then freed all
the righteous saints locked up in the other part of hell.

Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the
bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; And the graves
were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, And came
out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and
appeared unto many.
Mathew 27:50-53

On that day, Abraham rose up, Isaac, Jacob, David, Samuel and many
saints rose up waiting for Jesus’ resurrection so they would ascend together with
him to Heaven (Acts1:9).
Now back to the question on what proves Jesus is on the throne.
Colossians 2:9 says “For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.”
Colossians 1:19 also says, “For it pleased the Father that in him should all
fulness dwell.” This simply means in Christ dwells the Father and the Spirit in a
bodily form. No wonder Isaiah prophesied that the government shall be upon his
shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God,
The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace (Isaiah9:6). The Father has emptied
Himself into Christ and has invested all He is and has in Him. In Heaven, you’ll
see the glory of God and Jesus Christ on the throne; And the good news is that
this fullness invested in Jesus Christ is also invested in His body-the church. The
fullness of authority and the fullness of the Spirit dwells in Christ and the
church.





CHAPTER 3

NEW MAN REALITIES

THE POWER OF THE NEWMAN

There is a mystery that has been hidden in God from ages which now has been
revealed by God’s Spirit to His Holy prophets and messengers. This mystery in
God is what makes a man function from divinity among humanity. This mystery
is called Christ.
When God created Adam, He saw the whole human race in him
(Adam). Before the fall, God saw every righteous man in Adam, He saw every
son in Adam, He saw every champion in Adam, He saw every ruler in Adam, He
saw every light in Adam, He saw every good man in Adam, He saw sons who
would look exactly like Him (God) in Adam. However, man (Adam) committed
high treason. He by one offence caused the whole human race that was in God to
face judgment. When Adam sinned, the whole human race in Him sinned. That
is why Romans 3:23 says, “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of
God.” All sinners came from Adam’s life in the blood. The life of a child does
not come from the woman, but from the man. The woman is the means through
which their child becomes a reality in the physical world.

The Bible says the LIFE of the flesh or creature is in the blood,
(Leviticus 17:11).
And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the
face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and
the bounds of their habitation.
Acts 17:26
The life carrying ability of Adam became corrupted through sin, so all
sinned in Him. Now to creation, God looked unjust because how can one man’s
offense bring suffering and bondage to an innocent human race? How can God be
seen as just if innocent people proceeding out of the bloodline of Adam become
slaves of sin and Satan, living in a dead world spiritually dead? How is it that
I’m told I am a sinner, because of Adam, when I had not even committed a single
sin in my mother’s womb?
God had to prove Himself just although He is just in all He does. He had
to save this fallen human race by bringing them forth again in a spiritual way.
Through the sinful act of one man, innocent people became guilty. This made
God look unjust so he had to redeem Himself also through Jesus Christ. For God
to be just, through the righteous act of one man (Jesus), guilty people should also
become innocent. That is justification.
Jesus did not redeem only mankind, He also redeemed God Himself.
Jesus saved not only man, but God also; not as in giving Him life, but as in what
people thought about Him and saw Him to be. Until Jesus stepped on earth, no
one knew God is love and is gracious and full of compassion. Some Old
Testament folks like David did know about His mercy, but not as we know of the
fullness of His love through His Son Jesus Christ.
Through one man’s offence or transgression, all innocent men were
judged, condemned and charged guilty even though they did not transgress as
Adam did. Even so through one man’s (Jesus Christ’s) righteous act, all guilty
men were forgiven, redeemed, justified, regenerated and charged not guilty even
though they did not do any righteous act as Christ did. We are sinners not because
of what we do but because of who we were (in Adam). Likewise, we are
righteous not by what we do, but by who we are (in Christ).
When God looks at the whole human race, He sees only two people
(Adam and Christ) — sin and righteousness, of the flesh and of the Spirit, death
and life, new man and old man, respectively. In Adam, God finds sin, the flesh
and death, but in Christ, He finds an end to sin, the flesh and death. He now imparts
righteousness and life to the full. He looks at people through their head. Adam
was the head of the fallen human race and Christ is the head of the new creation
— those who have become partakers of the divine nature and walk in the
newness of life and newness of the Spirit. If God will never condemn Christ
again, then God will never condemn anybody who proceeds out of Christ. This
is the simple truth of the gospel; if God condemned the whole human race and
declared them guilty as though they had sinned just as Adam sinned, now God
justifies the whole human race through faith and declares them just and righteous
as if they have done righteous deeds just like Jesus Christ.
We are sinners by birth but are righteous by faith. We were declared
guilty by the act of one man but are now declared “not guilty” by the act
of another. This is how God became just. Through the pleasure of one man all
became sinners, so also through the suffering of another man, all became
righteous.

Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood,
to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past,
through the forbearance of God; T o declare, I say, at this time his
righteousness: that he might be JUST, and the JUSTIFIER of him which
believeth in Jesus.
Romans 3:25-26


God became just by justifying the sinner through another man — Jesus
Christ. H e demonstrated His fairness by making the human race fair. In other
words, God was fair in making us fair. The fallen race was formed by Adam’s
blood (the life giving substance in him), likewise the new creation was formed
by Christ-shed blood (the life giving substance in Him). In the Old Testament,
sin was covered, but in the New Covenant relationship with God, our sins are
blotted and washed away (Revelation1:5). All the sins that were covered was still
before God but He passed over them until everything was gathered and borne in
Christ who totally and completely cancelled them with His blood forever. God is
just by justifying us. Glory to God.

WALK IN THE NEWNESS OF LIFE

Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were
baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism
into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory
of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
Romans 6:3-4

This Scripture was not talking about water baptism but of Christ’s
baptism. There is baptism into Christ by the Spirit into the body of Christ, and
baptism into water. Baptism into water is just a physical symbol or ritual to
remind us of our union with Christ in His death, burial and resurrection. That is
the only purpose it serves. It has nothing to do with your eternal salvation; if not
the thief who repented on the cross should have been baptized before he could
gain eternity.
You can have a water baptism certificate and still go to hell because it is
not the proof of your salvation. The certificate can only prove before men that
you were baptized, but not before God. You do not need baptismal certificate to
enter heaven, you need eternal life. Water baptism is an outward expression of an
inward experience that happened to you some 2000 years ago. It is an antitype
that gives an answer of a good conscience toward God (1Peter3:21). It is done to
bring you to a consciousness of a new kind of life at work in you called
resurrection life. It does not change anything in your spirit or your eternal
salvation or security in Heaven.
John the Baptist says, “I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance,
but He who is coming is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry.
He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire (Mathew3:11). This simply tells
us Jesus did not come to baptize with water as John did; He came with a better
baptism. This was the baptism into His death, burial and resurrection by means
of the Holy Spirit and made members of the body of Christ; much more
members of the Godhead. Let’s see this verse.

0 Go ye therefore and teach all nations, BAPTIZING them in the NAME
of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. Teaching them……
Mathew 28:19

This Scripture has been misinterpreted by many simply because we
don’t read through the lens of Mathew 3:11. We read that John prophesied Jesus
will not baptize with water but with the Spirit; so this verse was not talking
about water baptism. He says we should go and teach, baptizing in the “name”
not water. What does it mean to baptize in the name of the Father, Son and the
Holy Ghost? The word baptize in the Greek is baptizo which means to dip,
immerse, submerge, fully wet and overwhelm. The word name in Greek is
onoma which means authority, character and ranking. So it reads this way, “Go
ye therefore and teach; immersing, dipping, submerging, fully wetting, and
overwhelming all nations in the authority, character and ranking of the Father
and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. This Scripture is far bigger than water.
This baptism is a teaching that includes, overwhelms and saturates men with the
authority, character and ranking of the Godhead. It is an immersion into the life
and nature of divinity. Jesus meant, this baptism is a teaching, a consciousness
that includes sons of men as members of the Godhead; declaring them as the
sons of God. Jesus confirmed this union in the scriptures by saying, “In that day
you will know that I am in my Father and you in me and I in you.” The reason
why this baptism is a teaching is because it has already taken place. The Holy
Spirit consummates this by including us into the body of Christ.

For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with
wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.
1 Corinthians 1:17

All Paul was trying to tell the Corinthians is that his baptism was in
preaching a particular kind of message and that message was the cross. The
baptism God wants us to focus and feed on is baptism into Christ through the
Holy Spirit into the body of Christ. They are one and follow a process.
Baptism into Christ according to Paul is a baptism into the death, burial
and resurrection of Christ. Colossians 2:12 “Buried with him in baptism, wherein
also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath
raised him from the dead”. This baptism happened to us some 2000 years ago.
We did not make it happen. When Jesus died, we also died with Him. Also when
He was buried, we were buried with Him and when He rose, we rose together
with Him. This therefore means that Jesus did not die alone. He did not just die
for us, but he died with us 2000 years ago. Baptism into Christ is simply baptism
into His death, burial and resurrection.

For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews
or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to
drink into one Spirit.
1 Corinthians12:13

To be baptized into the Spirit is to be baptized into the body of Christ. It

means to be included in the body of Christ. We had no part or role to play in this
event (baptism). It was an operation of God. Our only contribution to it is faith.
We were baptized into Christ and included into the body of Christ through the
Spirit; and as far as God is concerned, there is one Lord, one faith and one
baptism (Ephesians 4:5). This is the baptism into the death, burial and
resurrection of Christ by the working of the Spirit in making us included
members of the body of Christ. Now through this reality, we can now walk in the
newness of life. This newness is the newness of expressing the divine life, the
resurrection life and the God-kind of life



THE GLORY

For ALL HAVE SINNED, and come short of the glory of God; BEING
JUSTIFIED FREELY by his grace through the redemption that is in
Christ Jesus.
Romans 3:23-24

When the Bible says all have sinned, it does not mean personal sins or sins men
commit daily. It doesn’t mean stealing, lying, killing, envying and all forms of sin
committed by men in this life. This verse will help us.

Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin;
and so death passed upon all men, FOR THAT ALL HAVE SINNED:
Romans 5:12

This gives us the key to Romans 3:23. All sinned not because of what
they did, but because of who they are and where they came from. For all have
sinned and fall short of the glory of God through one man (Adam). We didn’t fall
short of the glory of God because of what we did. We fell short of the glory of
God because of what Adam did. We had sinned because we came from the loins
of Adam (who introduced sin into the world and death through sin) and we fell
short of the glory because we proceeded out of Adam. We came out of the spirit
of sin into a world of sin. Our life came out from the sperm — (seed or life) of
sin and from a womb of sin. Man grew in sin and moved in the sinful nature.
“. . . and fall short of the glory of God.” Now the glory of God is not just
His power, neither is it just the brightness and beauty of God. The glory of God
is the nature of God. God’s nature is His glory. Man falling short of the glory of
God is Him falling short of the life of God; it’s him falling short of the nature of
God. It’s him falling short of the beauty of God. Man, through Adam, became the
object of wrath and darkness. He reflected the fallen nature which is the nature of
the devil in the face of God and never regretted it. Man, through the sin of Adam,
lost contact to the life of God which emits love, joy, peace, goodness, patience,
truth, gentleness, humility, boldness and power and light. H e became alienated
from the life of God. This was the state of man after the fall, but I have good
news for you. In Christ, we are not just restored to the glory of God; we also
have that glory inside us and upon us. We have been restored back to glory.
The word glory in Hebrew is kabowd, which means heavy weight. This
means we are undefeated heavy weight champions, higher than May Weather
(the boxer) in quality and splendor. Glory in Greek is doxa, which means dignity,
honour splendor, beauty and light.
There is something outstanding and wonderful I would like you to see in
Romans 15:7;

Wherefore receive ye one another, as CHRIST ALSO RECEIVED US TO
 THE GLORY OF GOD.
Praise God! That ends it all. I don’t know how you see this, but I think I
can help you out. The Bible says, all have sinned and have fallen short of the
glory of God, but now it says here in this Scripture that Christ has received us to
the glory of God. Now we live in His glory and share in His glory. In Isaiah, God
says, “My Glory will I give to no man.” Why? Because all were sinners and none
was righteous and worthy enough to receive it and share in it. Now we don’t just
share in it (the glory of God) we have become the glory of God personified.
Hebrews 2:10 says, “For it was fitting for Him for whom are all things and by
whom are all things in bringing many sons to glory.”
Is it not wonderful that we have been brought to glory? We been brought
to glory means we were brought into the class of God, the realm of God, where
angels have never thought of being. This is the realm Satan had coveted long
during the angelic world when he said in his heart, “I will ascend to Heaven and
set up my throne above the stars of God” and be like the Most High.” How on
earth did we receive this glory?

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Romans 3:23

Get this verse very clearly. We have always put a full stop to this
Scripture when we are reading, but that was not what the Bible indicated. We
read only that aspect and put a full stop in our minds. We use that phrase in our
prayers and repeating what God said about our former state in Adam. First of
all, you have understood it’s not your personal sins but that of the first man
Adam. This verse is not complete if read that way, thus making it wrong. If there
was a full stop there in Romans 3:23, we would have understood that was what it
said, but there is a semi-colon there instead of full stop.
This implies Paul has something more to say. Let me put here the full
statements of Paul in its complete sense.

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Being justified
freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
Romans 3:23-24

Paul is saying that we all sinned because Adam had sinned and fallen
short of the glory of God. However, he says, we are justified (made right with
God, acquitted and discharged) freely (without any effort of ours) by His grace
(not yours) through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. In other words, we
have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God, but through His grace, we
are justified by the redemptive work of Christ and are restored back to the glory
of God.

Through the grace of Christ, we are declared righteous and are put into
right standing with God in order to share in His glory together with Him. In the
Old Testament, God says, “. . . and I will not give my glory to another” (Isaiah
48:11), but in the new life Jesus, says, “And the glory which thou gavest me I
have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:”(John 17:22). This
glory has brought us oneness with the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit. This glory
has made us friends with God. The Bible says, Christ suffered once for sins, the
just for the unjust in order to bring us to God (or the glory of God). We being
brought back to God is we being restored back to His glory.

Therefore, having been justified (declared righteous, declared not guilty,
acquainted, and brought into right standing with God), we have PEACE
(oneness, union and friendship) with God through our LORD Jesus
Christ, through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in
which we stand and rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.
Romans 5:1-2

All the Bible is saying is that the glory of God has begun operating in
our lives, but the fullness of that glory will be revealed in which we hope in. The
Bible says at the time when He appears, we shall be like Him and shall see Him
as He is. That glory, which has begun in our lives enlarges expands and increases
through our fellowship with the WORD of God and the Spirit of God. This is the
mystery. This glory is called eternal life.

CALLED BY GLORY INTO GLORY AND TO GLORY

According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain
unto life and godliness, (divine nature) through the knowledge of him
that hath called us to GLORY and virtue:
2 Peter 1:3
 The Bible says we have been called by GLORY. Wait a minute. I thought
the Bible says, “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God?” The
Bible, however, is now saying we have been called by glory. This is deep. We
have been called by the glory which we once fell short of. We have been called by
the glory which God didn’t want to share with anyone.
Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the
wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to
nought: But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden
wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: Which
none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they
would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
1 Corinthians 2:6-8
The Bible says God has hidden this wisdom (the death, burial and
resurrection of Jesus) before the ages for our glory (not God’s GLORY). Those
H e predestined H e also called and those H e called H e justified and those He
justified He GLORIFIED. The new creation is a glorified man. That glory of the
new creation is the very glory of the son of God Jesus Christ.
For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all
things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their
salvation perfect through sufferings.
Hebrews 2:10

The new creation man was born into GLORY; he was brought into
dignity and honour as a son of God. That glory is the very position of the son of
God; Jesus Christ. That glory is us being made alive together with Christ and
made to sit together in heavenly places in Him. THAT GLORY IS THE Holy
Ghost making our bodies His temple through our spirits.

That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his
kingdom and glory.
1 Thessalonians 2:12

Halleluya! The Bible in Luke 16:16 says, “The law and the prophets
were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man
presseth into it.” Ever since the time of John the Baptist, men have tried by their
own means to enter God’s kingdom; men have tried by their own efforts to enter
into God’s rest and glory, everyone has pressed into it. They tried to enter by
repenting and doing good works, but the Bible says God called us into His own
Kingdom and Glory. We have been called into the Kingdom and Glory of God.
One of the verses captured in the four gospels was: “From the days of John the
Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven suffers violence and the violent take it
by force (Matthew11:12). That statement was made before Jesus died. When He
died, buried and was raised up, everything changed. We are no longer in the days
of John the Baptist, we are in the days of Jesus Christ. From my perspective in
the new covenant approach, I strongly believe the believer should express it this
way: “From the days of Jesus Christ’s death till now, the kingdom of heaven is
open and those who believe in the finished work will access the glories in that
kingdom”. (It is important to know that am not changing anything in the Bible,
am making an emphasis on that statement in it’s true light after the death of
Jesus Christ.) The truth is that the days of John the Baptist preceded to prepare
the way for the days of Jesus the Christ. We don’t need to struggle anymore
because we are already in the kingdom and glory of God. How were we called
into it? We were called by the gospel of grace and through that gospel, we were
birthed into the body of Christ (James 1:18) by the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians
12:13). By believing in Jesus after we heard the gospel (1 Corinthians 15:1-4),
we entered into the kingdom and glory of God.
The glory of God was revealed the very moment the Israelites came out
of Egypt. In the same way, the GLORY of God is revealed in us the very
moment we are born out of spiritual death. It took God, by His power, to take
Israel out of bondage and He revealed His glory to them through His guidance,
protection, preservation, security, health and assurance of their salvation.
Again, it took God’s power to take us out of spiritual death. Now His
glory is now being revealed from day to day in the image of Christ. This glory is
our preserving power, the protection power and health power. This glory is not
just revealed to us, but in us through the indwelling of the person and anointing
of the Holy Spirit.

Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen
upon thee.
Isaiah 60:1

Christ is the restorer of the glory which man fell short of. Man once fell
short of His glory, but now this same glory is risen upon us. This is beautiful.
Never confess again that you have fallen short of God’s glory because it is NOT
true. Paul only used that statement to only reveal the redemptive work of Christ.
We have now been justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in
Christ Jesus.


CHAPTER 4

RIGHTEOUSNESS 101:
UNDERSTANDING YOUR TRUE
NATURE IN CHRIST
For if by the trespass of one death reigned through the one, much more
shall they that receive the abundance of grace and of the GIFT OF
RIGHTEOUSNESS SHALL REIGN IN LIFE through the one even Jesus
Christ.
Romans 5:17

The Weymouth’s translation of the Bible says, REIGN AS KINGS IN LIFE. The
reason why many Christians are not reigning as kings is not because they do not
pray much. The reason many believers are not reigning over diseases and powers
of darkness is simply because they are not receiving the abundance of grace and
the gift of righteousness. What is so important about receiving the abundance of
grace and the gift of righteousness that enables us to reign in life? I hear some
people say too much grace messages gives people the license to sin. This
Scripture says otherwise. Reigning in life is simply receiving the abundance of
grace and the gift of righteousness. This implies that the reason why many are
living in sin in recent times is simply because they are not receiving the
abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness. Many do not have an
understanding of righteousness.
The author of Hebrews in Hebrews 5:12-14 says, “For when for the time ye
ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the
principles of the oracles of God, and are become such as have need of milk, and
not of strong meat. For every one that uses milk is unskillful in the word of
righteousness;” What the author is saying is that if you are not understanding or
walking in the knowledge of the word of righteousness, then no matter how
spiritual you think you are, you are still a baby. Righteousness is a subject many
in the body of Christ do not understand and for the lack of this knowledge, they
perish. The reason many are not seeing much victory, glory, boldness, power and
miracles is just because of the lack of the understanding of righteousness.
Here are some great truths to help you in your Christian life:
Firstly, the question about righteousness is not “what is righteousness,” but “who
is righteousness?” It means therefore that righteousness is not an attitude or the
good thing you do that pleases God. Righteousness in itself is not in the things
we do, but in a person. Righteousness is a person. Guess who! It is Christ.
But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and
righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
1 Corinthians 1:30

Christ Himself has been made unto us righteousness. We do not have a

righteousness of our own because ours is as filthy rags before God. The word
filthy in Greek is rhuparia, meaning menstrual flux and menstrual soiling. God
realized that nothing good could ever come out of us through our own self
gained righteousness, so He Himself had to give us His own which is the gift of
Christ as our righteousness. Therefore believers are righteous not because of
what they have done, but because of who Christ is unto us.

A NEW KIND OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.

Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight,
for by the law is the knowledge of sin. But now righteousness from God
(of God) without the law is manifested (revealed), being witnessed by
the law and the prophets. Even the righteousness of God which is by
faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe.
Romans 3:20-22

In the old covenant, God demanded righteousness from His people and
this demand was for them to fully obey His written commandment. If you were
able to fully obey everything, God will consider you righteous and obedient.
However, in God’s plan, He knew the law would not work. The law wasn’t made
to solve the sin problem, but rather reveal the problem of sin. It is the law that
actually made sin clearer for everyone to see the weakness of the law and the need
for. It shows your faults, sin and weaknesses, but does not deal with them to make
you free. It is the law that rather gave us the consciousness of sin. If it was not
the law that said “thou shall not steal” no one would have known that stealing is
a sin. The law makes one know what sin is but does not deal with that sin
problem. It rather revealed the worst of us so we would find no trust in ourselves,
but rather in a Saviour who will redeem us from a wretched life. Put two (2)
glass houses before a group of children and indicate on one “don’t throw stones.”
Which of these two do you think will be stoned? Your answer is a good as mine.
The law enslaved man and actually made him a failure. But you should
understand that the purpose of the law was only to lead man to this new kind of
righteousness. The old method of righteousness (through the law) was to lead us
to the new person of righteousness. You must also understand that all that we
couldn’t be on our own when we were in our sinful state, Christ has become in us
by our faith in Him. In the Old Testament Israel looked into a tablet or stone of
commandments for righteousness, but in the New Testament, we look at the face
of Jesus through the Gospel. The law could not make man righteous though it is
in itself good. 1Corinthians15:56 says, “for the sting of DEATH is SIN and the
power of sin is the LAW. This means the power of sin is activated by the law
(Ten Commandments). So if you want people to sin more, preach more laws to
them. For this, I can assure there will be a revival and baptism of sin.

Is the law then against the promise of God? God forbid: for if there had
been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness
should have been by the law. But the scripture hath concluded all under
sin. That the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that
believe. But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto
the faith which should afterward be revealed. Wherefore the law was our
school master to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
Galatians 3:21-24
Further Scripture reading (Galatians 1, 2, 3 and 5, Romans 6, 7 and 8,
John 8, Hebrews 7, 8, 9 and 10).
Paul in this Scripture says the law cannot impart life into us and if it could, then
righteousness would have been by the law. Scripture concluded all the law under
sin so that the promise of faith in Jesus might to given to us. According to
Galatians 3:21-24, life and righteousness move together. If you receive
righteousness, you have God’s life and if you have God’s life, you have His
righteousness. There is a righteousness that is apart from the law. There are many
who are seeking to be righteous and they are trying to seek it by works, not
knowing that by the deeds of the law, no flesh shall be justified in His sight. The
good things we do to please God does not make us righteous. Jesus justified us,
put us in right standing with God and imparted the righteous nature in our beings
without us contributing anything to merit it. Simply put the law was our school
master to keep us under sin, Christ was our graduation to bring us to
justification through faith apart from the law. Paul clearly outlines in
1Timothy1:9, “knowing this: that the law is not made for a righteous person, but
for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly, for the unholy and profane,
for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, for
fornicators…….and if there is any other that is contrary to sound doctrine,
According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God which was committed to my
trust.” We are righteous men because we have been made the righteousness of
God so we do not need the law or any ordinances for a better life. The Holy
Spirit has replaced the law.
Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our
Lord Jesus Christ: By whom also we have access by faith into this grace
wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
Romans 5:1-2
We are justified by faith and we have peace with God through our Lord
Jesus and this justification gives us access to grace. People sometimes pray for
grace upon themselves to do things, but Romans 5:2 says that we are actually
standing in grace.
A new righteousness apart from the Law of Moses has been revealed.
This righteousness comes only by faith in Jesus Christ. God’s righteousness has
now been revealed. This means it is just a matter of discovery. No man can ever
again be justified before God through the obedience of the law or his effort, but
of faith in the finished work of Jesus.

TWO KINDS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
And be found in him not having mine own righteousness which is of the
 law, but the righteousness which is through faith of Christ.
Philippians 3:9

Two kinds of righteousness can be identified from this Scripture —

righteousness through the works of the law (by fully obeying the law) and
righteousness through simple faith. The Bible did not say faith in Jesus, but faith
of Christ. This means we should believe Christ just as He believed His father.
God spoke from heaven to Jesus when He was baptized by John that, “This is
my beloved Son in whom am well pleased.” Jesus believed the message and
acted on what His daddy told Him. Now God says of us, “This is my beloved
son/daughter whom I have made righteous.” Believe this and do great works like
Jesus.
The faith of Jesus is the very faith He functioned and operated with. A
new kind of righteousness has been revealed and this is the kind the Old
Testament saints longed for. They only had a little glimpse of the real things.

What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the
flesh, hath found? For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath
whereof to glory; but not before God. For what saith the scripture?
Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the
ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. Even as David also
describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth
righteousness without works, Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities
are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man to whom the
Lord will not impute sin.
Romans 4:1-4

This is so amazing! Abraham had 2 kinds of righteous- ness before him: one of
the works of law (his own deeds and effort) and the other of faith. He did not
do any good thing, he just believed God and it was credited to Him as
righteousness (Genesis 15:6). Our righteousness is as filthy rags before God
(Isaiah 64:6). We do not have to work for it, we just have to believe that on the
cross, Jesus became sin for us that in Him we would become the righteousness of
God.
For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might
 be made the righteousness of God in him.
Corinthians 5:21
God destroyed sin’s power on the cross, and placed His righteousness on
and in us. Our qualification of righteousness is the standard God Himself has set.
You must understand that Jesus wasn’t just a sinner on the cross, He was made
sin. H e was skillfully designed in the totality and entirety of sin; sin was
imparted to Him. H e became the very essence of sin. If you want a better
description of sin, it is when Jesus was on that cross. The nature of sin took over
His spirit and He experienced hell on the cross.
When we believe that Jesus actually did this for us, God imparts His
righteous nature into our spirit. We have the nature of righteousness in our born-
again spirit created after God. We are righteous. The problem of sin has been
settled on the cross and the issue of righteousness has been settled on the throne.
We cannot boast in our works, we can only boast in God when we believe Jesus
and His finished work. Your understanding of righteousness will enable you
grow as a Christian; it is simply the person of Christ in you.

Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but by the
Faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ that we
might be justified by the faith of Christ and not by the works of the law;
for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
Galatians 2:16

Obeying the 10 commandments, other ordinances, and personal

commands wouldn’t please God in anyway, neither would it make you more
righteous than what you are in His Son.
I remember when I was young in the faith. At the end of every week, I
counted the good things I did and boasted in them because I thought God would
respect me for that. God opened my eyes into the word of God, then I discovered
that what I was trying to achieve with my strength has already been
accomplished by Jesus Christ.
Righteousness is the foundation of our spiritual growth as Christians.
There is a vast difference between righteousness and right living. Righteousness is
the nature that gives birth to right living. Many are trying to live right so that
they could become righteous not knowing they have to believe they are righteous
before they can live right. We have to believe the right kind of righteousness in
order to live the right kind of life. In the Old Testament, Israel was to obey the
law in order to be righteous or be declared righteous, but in the New Testament,
God impacts righteousness into our spirits and that righteousness empowers us
to obey.

CHAPTER 5

HIS DEATH, MY FORGIVENESS AND
HIS RESURRECTION, MY
JUSTIFICATION

Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our
justification.
Romans 4:25

Jesus was delivered on account of our sins and was raised on account of our
justification. This means our sins took Him to the cross, but our justification
raised Him from the dead. This also means the cross reminds us of our sins, but
His resurrection reminds us of our justification. When I look at the cross I rejoice
because my sins are forgiven, but when I look at His resurrection, I rejoice
because am justified. These are two different things.
Forgiveness means to be pardoned for an offence you have committed,
but justification is to be declared not guilty. Justification means to be put in right
standing with God — it means to be acquitted and discharged. Justification is a
judicial term used in the law courts whereby a judge declares a suspect not guilty,
not because he is not guilty, but because every proof or evidence against him has
been turned down. Another man owned up and took that guilt and replaced the
evidence. The resurrection of Jesus is the receipt of our justification. You are not
guilty, says the Lord. Romans 4:25 simply means that if Jesus did not deal with
the sin problem, God could not have raised Him from the dead. In other words,
Jesus’ death is a proof of our forgiveness and His resurrection is a proof of our
justification. I love how the Amplified Version puts it;

Who was betrayed and crucified because of our sins, and was raised
[from the dead] because of our justification [our acquittal — absolving us
of all sin before God].
Romans 4:25

The resurrection is the security of my justification, my acquittal and my

right standing before God. Our account in God’s eyes are balanced because He
absolved every guilt and shame in the finished work of Jesus. For instance, if I
commit a crime and someone stands in my stead to take the charge and accept
the sentence passed by the judge and taken to prison. Until I see the person
released and walking on the street, I won’t be alright. But immediately I see the
person walking on the street again after serving my charge and sentence, I will
be fully alright because I am now justified. That is what Jesus did for us. He took
our sentence and served it and when He resurrected, it proved that we are now
justified. Therefore, a crime charged by law, sentenced and served can’t be
charged, sentenced and served again. That is double jeopardy according to law.
Thus, God can’t punish us for the sin that has been served by Jesus Christ.


CREATED IN TRUE RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HOLINESS

And that you put on the new man which after God is created in
righteousness and true holiness.
Ephesians 4:24

God is saying this new life we have is created after God in true
righteousness. We are beings of righteousness. It does not matter how people see
you, if you are born-again, you have been created righteous. The whole makeup of
the Christian is righteousness. We look like God in His righteousness. We are
created according to God in His nature. The Bible says the new man is created
after God in righteousness and true holiness and Paul is telling us we have put on
that new man. This means righteousness is our nature, and we are truly holy. Say
this to yourself for the next 2 minutes:

I HAVE PUT ON THE NEW MAN WHICH IS CREATED AFTER
GOD IN RIGHTEOUSNESS AND TRUE HOLINESS.
If you want a true identity of yourself look at Jesus Christ. Look at
Jesus and see what your true identity is like. Look at Him and see your true self
for the very first time. Every other image about you is a lie, do not believe it.
Never ask yourself “A m I righteous?” But rather ask yourself, “Is Jesus
righteous?” If He is, indeed I am too because the Bible says as He is so are we in
this world (1John 4:17). Jesus Christ is our definition.

OBEDIENCE OF JESUS MADE US RIGHTEOUS

For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners so by
obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
Romans 5:19

The disobedience of Adam in eating of the tree of knowledge of good

and evil made all men sinners. Nothing could change that fact. In the same way,
the obedience of Jesus (the last Adam) by dying on the cross made many
righteous and nothing could change that fact. We have been made righteous by
the obedience of Jesus and not by our obedience or good works which we have
done. You are righteous because Jesus was obedient.

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in
the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made
himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and
was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man,
he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of
the cross.
Philippians 2:5-8

Two men represent the human race and their actions affected our
existence. We did not accept Adam as our Lord and “personal condemner,” yet
whatever happened to Adam happened to us. Adam sinned for you without your
permission and because we were in Him we were affected by his disobedience. In
the same manner, whatever happened to Jesus happened to us. This is because we
were also in Christ; God included us in Christ from the cross to the throne. We
were in Him when He died, was buried and raised from the dead. Before we ever
made any quality decision to accept Christ as our Lord and personal Saviour, He
had already made a quality decision to accept us as His beloved. Therefore, our
quality decision was to accept His quality decision to accept us in His Love.
God included us in Christ long before we accepted Him just like we were
once declared sinners before we were ever born. You don’t have to sin before you
become a sinner, you sin because you are a sinner. This was the inheritance
Adam left for us. We did not have to do any bad thing to become sinners, we
only had to be born as David said, “In sin I was conceived and born.” In God’s
wisdom, Christ also died for us without our permission. He died to undo what
Adam did through His obedience on the cross. Now we are righteous not because
we are obedient, but because Jesus was obedient. Enjoy your righteousness with a
consciousness that Jesus is your perfect representative and H e was right by
making you right.

SUBMIT TO GOD’S RIGHTEOUSNESS

F o r they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to
establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the
righteousness of God. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to
everyone that believeth.
Romans 10:3-4

There is a new kind of righteousness that has been revealed that many are
ignorant of. Many people go about establishing their own kind of righteousness.
Paying your tithe regularly, not telling lies, putting a stop to stealing and doing
right do not make us righteous people just as going to church regularly doesn’t
also. G o d ’s word clearly says in going about seeking to establish our own
righteousness we wouldn’t be able to submit to God’s kind of righteousness,
which is through faith in Jesus (that He died was buried and was raised on the
third day). This is what activates this new kind of righteousness.
Verse 4 of Romans 10 is so exciting. It says, “For Christ is the end of the
law for righteousness to everyone that believeth.” There is no need to obey laws
and commandments to be righteous, for Christ is the end of all that struggle. When
we come to Christ, He becomes what we are seeking for in us. For with the heart
man believeth unto righteousness.
 Christ has been made unto us righteousness from God. Our
righteousness is a person. It does not diminish or increase. Sometimes, we are
tempted to think that when we do wrong, our righteousness diminishes or
decreases, but that is not true. Our righteousness is Christ, a living person in us.
He does not diminish or increase, such is our righteousness.
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. If Jesus Christ our
righteousness is the same yesterday, today and forever, then our
righteousness is same yesterday, today and forever.
Hebrews 13:8
God is bold enough to compare the constancy of Jesus’ existence to how
unchangeable our righteousness is before Him. It is this righteousness that
gives us mastery over the forces of darkness and makes us bold in challenging
circumstances that oppose our faith. Many Christians have developed a sin
conscious life, having a mentality of sin, unworthiness, guilt and condemnation,
and this consciousness has empowered the devil to dominate their lives through
fear. If you want to express any form of humility or submission to God, then
submit to the righteousness H e provides and supplies. The greatest form of
humility, according the word of God, is submission to the righteousness God has
made available in Christ. Our thoughts find it difficult to accept this, but it is
true. If God is satisfied with you, do not fight it; Embrace it.

THE RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT DOES NOT STUMBLE
What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after
righteousness have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness
which is of faith. But Israel which followed after the law of
righteousness hath not attained to the law of righteousness. Wherefore;
because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law;
As it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and rock of
offence and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
Romans 9:30-33

All what Paul is saying is that in seeking to obey laws and

commandments and trying to be righteous by doing good things, we would not
attain God’s standard of measuring righteousness. We simply attain righteousness
when we believed in Christ. If we do not seek God’s righteousness by faith, we
would stumble, be offended and be ashamed. The reason people suffer shame is
because they try to please God by their own effort and works. Paul says when we
believe in Jesus for His righteousness, shame becomes an old story. We always
make promises not to lie, fornicate or even steal; we always make promises
sometimes on December 31st that we would pray, fast and read the Bible. We
make them laws to be followed and obeyed, yet we still fall and fail to honour
our own self-made rules. This is because we fail to rest in God for Him to work
in us both to will and to do His own good pleasure.
The truth is that we are not journeying into righteous- ness, we are
actually functioning from righteousness because we have attained it. After we
have obeyed these rules we set for ourselves, we become proud and even begin
to condemn others who can’t. We begin to see ourselves as righteous be- cause
we obey these laws. God says we would stumble and be put to shame when we
do that. He says he that believeth (in the God that giveth righteousness) shall not
be ashamed. Righteousness gives us power to act as God. The understanding of
righteousness keeps us from stumbling.
Sin consciousness begun operation in Adam after he sinned against
God. He hid from God and did not want to come close to Him. There was a
sense of fear and shame at work in him. That sense of worthlessness crept into
the human race, giving Satan the right to rule the world instead of man. But in
Christ Jesus, there is no need to hide from God and fear the devil because
righteousness has come. I t is time to reign in life because the gift of
righteousness has been revealed.

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

We can now reign because of righteousness; we can take dominion over

the forces of darkness because we have the nature and DNA of God in us. The
devil is really scared of you knowing this because he knows what will happen to
him and his kingdom when believers discover this kind of life; that is why he
keeps believers from these truths. He that believes in Christ as His righteousness
will not only attain righteousness, but will also not be put to shame.

RIGHTEOUSNESS — HIS OWN

But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness; and all these
 things shall be added to you.
Mathew 6:33

God says we should seek first His kingdom and His righteousness.
Notice that the Bible never said seek the kingdom and your righteousness, but
His. First of all, the kingdom of God does not come through observation but it
is within us says Jesus (Luke 17:21). Paul also says, “The kingdom of God is
righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Ghost” (Romans 14:17). These
Scriptures therefore mean that the kingdom of God is not a place; it is the life we
live or gods rule and reign in us. The Amplified Bible defines the kingdom of
God as God’s way of doing things. There is a difference between heaven, the
kingdom of heaven and the kingdom of God.
Heaven is a country and according to Paul we are already citizens there.
The kingdom of heaven is the government and political structure governing the
kingdom of God, but the kingdom of God is the life we live in expressing God.
Heaven is a country, the kingdom of Heaven is the political structure that governs
heaven and the kingdom of God is God’s way of doing things. On the other hand,
the kingdom of God is the God life in operation. It is God’s method of operation.
Jesus said, “If I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is
come to you” (Matthew 12:28). This means the Holy Spirit is the embodiment of
the kingdom of God: He is the carrier of the kingdom. Through the kingdom of
heaven, God is establishing the kingdom of God in the hearts of men. Seeking
first the kingdom of God is the pursuit of knowing God and His way of doing
things.
The word “seek” means to carefully scrutinize or search out or pursue.
That means we have to carefully scrutinize God, search Him out and pursue
knowing Him and His method of doing things. God says we should seek first
this new life of Glory within us through the Holy Spirit and His righteousness;
not ours. God’s righteousness is the living Christ. The more we seek to know the
kind of righteousness we have, the more other material things are added. God
says we should not worry about what we would eat, wear or even drink. He says
we should not worry about material things because all these things are additions
and bonuses given us as a result of us receiving God’s gift of righteousness
(Christ) through faith. God releases the world and the things in it to us when we
believe that our righteousness is not in the things we do but in the person of Jesus,
whom we have believed.
When we seek for this righteousness, money, luxury, wealth and health,
good marriage, strong and intelligent children, promotion, amongst other
blessings will all be added to us. The word added in the Greek is prostithemi
which means annex, lay beside or place additionally. All these things are
annexes; can you imagine? You must rejoice daily knowing that Christ is our
righteousness. As we believe daily and confess that Christ is our righteousness,
material things are added to us effortlessly through divine ideas, connections
with the right people, favour before great men, etc. The more we confess and
believe that we are the righteousness of God, the more effortlessly we inherit the
world.

CHAPTER 6

RIGHTEOUSNESS, A CHANNEL OF
GRACE

Moreover the law entered that the offence might abound. But where sin
abounded; grace did much more abound: That as sin reigned through
death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life
by Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 5:20-21

The Basic English Bible translation says, “That as sin had power in death
so grace might have power through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus
Christ our Lord.” You can discover from the Scripture that, it is righteousness
that makes grace reign. Grace, in the Greek is charis, which means, God’s
goodness, favour, benefit, beauty, glory and an influence upon the heart and it’s
reflection in the life. The only way grace can have its full strength is only
through the understanding of the power of righteousness.
Righteousness is what permits grace to flow in the lives of people.
God’s favour only reigns through righteousness. Righteousness is the power to
the grace of God. The Bible says, “Let us come boldly before the throne of grace
that we might obtain mercy and find grace.” We come boldly to this throne
through the power of righteousness in us and that is when we find grace working
in us and for us. Grace only has power when the righteousness of faith in Jesus is
alive.
Righteousness is the door to God’s grace, wealth, health, peace, power
and glory. Righteousness supplies God’s grace and this righteousness is the
person Jesus. Righteousness is God’s channel of distributing grace. If you want to
experience more of His grace, then keep believing and embracing His
righteousness at work in you.

RIGHTEOUSNESS DOES NOT APPRECIATE OR DEPRECIATE
Some believers have always thought that we can diminish and grow in
righteousness. I am sorry, but it is not true. We neither diminish in righteousness
nor grow or increase in it. We have always thought that when we do more good
or right things, our righteousness increases and when we do bad things our
righteousness decreases. With all humility, this is not true. We must drop this
thought no matter how many years we think we might have believed it. Our
righteousness is not a thing, it is a person, it is Christ himself and He is the
same yesterday, today and forever more (Hebrews13:8). Just as Christ remains
the same eternally, so is our righteousness forever. The only thing that can
change about our righteousness is our understanding of it. The only thing we can
grow or increase about our righteousness is our knowledge of it. Our
righteousness can, however, never change because Christ our righteousness
never changes.
We cannot grow more righteous or less righteous than we are in Christ.
We only increase in the knowledge and understanding of this righteousness. We
only grow in the full and absolute comprehension of the magnitude of this
righteousness we have in Christ and as Christ. We have a righteousness that does
not stumble and it is Jesus Himself. Thank God our righteousness is not like our
currency and fuel prices that appreciates and depreciates with time and
circumstance. Our righteous perfection is measured by Jesus Christ who is
unchangeable.

INHERITING THROUGH RIGHTEOUSNESS

For the promise that he would be the heir of the world was not to
Abraham or to his seed through the law, but through the righteousness of
faith. For if those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void and
the promise made of no effect, because the law brings about wrath; for
where there is no law there is no transgression. Therefore it is of faith
that it might be according to grace, so that the promise might be sure to
all the seed, not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who
are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.
Romans 4:13-16

Paul is saying the promise that Abraham would inherit the world
(Comos-beauty and adorning) was not for him or to his seed through the
obedience of the law, but rather through the righteousness by faith in Jesus. Paul
says the promise of inheriting the world is made of no effect if the heirs are
according to the obedience of the law. The promise of inheriting the world is
given to those who have the righteousness of faith. This means that believing that
you are righteous by faith makes you inherit the world effortlessly.
Believing that you are righteous by faith activates grace and the favour of God
for health and wealth. Believing that you are righteous by faith effects the
promise God made to Abraham, it makes you enjoy and experience what
Abraham enjoyed when he was on earth i.e. wealth and health. Paul says,
“Therefore it is of faith that it might be according to grace, so that the promise
might be sure to all the seed, not only to those who are of the law, but also to
those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.” This means
the promise of inheriting the world is sure to both Jews (those of law) and
Gentiles, only through the means of faith. Righteousness through faith activates
the promise of inheriting the world without struggle and sweat.

DO NOT FRUSTRATE THE GRACE OF GOD

I do not set aside the grace of God: for if righteousness comes through
the law, then Christ died in vain.
Galatians 2:21

 T o set aside the grace of God is to think you have to earn your
righteousness through the works of the law or good works. The grace of God
moves with righteousness by faith. The Greek word for set aside is atheteo,
which means to set aside, i.e. (by implication) to disesteem, neutralize or
violate — cast off, despise, dis-annul, frustrate, bring to naught or to reject.
Many Christians are despising and frustrating the grace of God. They are not
making it operate and function to its maximum because their works are now on
the scene. Many are making Christ’s death vain, powerless and empty through
their self-righteousness. The spiritual layman’s understanding of frustrating the
grace of God is when you do something wrong or sin, but God’s word says, “The
moment you try to attain righteousness by the law or by your own good works,
you frustrate the grace of God and make Christ’s death in vain.”
We frustrate and devalue the grace of God and make Christ’s death in vain when
we try to achieve our righteousness through the Ten Commandments or self-effort.
Can we only believe what Jesus has finished and leave the rest to God to
accomplish in us? Jesus has done it all, just rest in His finished work and trust in
His ability and sufficiency to live His own life through you. The life you live
now is His, not yours.

For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ,
who is our life , shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in
glory.
Colossians 3:3-4

I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ
lives in me ; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the
Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
Galatians 2:20

It is clear that we no longer live, but Christ lives in us. This should be a
part of your thought. Christ is our life. Even the good works we do is not
something we do to gain God’s attention to love us more, but rather to gain
our attention that He loves us more. The good we do are things God Himself has
put in place so that we will only walk in them. Do not set aside nor ignore the
grace of God.

Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
 2 Timothy 2:1
That means we must take advantage of the grace of God, not as a
license to sin, but rather as a license to live the life God has purposed for us in
Christ. Many people think grace gives people the license to sin, but the truth is
that no one need a license to sin; we sin without a license. Do you need a license
before you can drive? No, you only need a car.

For sin shall not have dominion over you because you are not under the
law but under grace.
Romans 6:14

If you are really under grace, sin shall not have dominion over
you. Titus 2:11 says, “F o r the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath
appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts,
we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world.” The
grace of God teaches us to deny ungodliness and worldly lust so we could live
soberly and righteously in this present world”. The grace of God teaches us to
live righteously. Grace is actually the cure to right living. You are free to live to
be fully and truly yourself.

CHRIST, THE END OF THIRST AND HUNGER
FOR GOD
In the Beatitudes of Jesus, He made a profound statement which many
Christians are confused about because of the lack of understanding of the
finished work. With the lens of the finished work, you can rightly interpret
Scriptures that have been wrongly explained to us.
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they
shall be filled.
Matthew 5:6

The question is, do we still have to thirst for righteousness? Now if we

still hunger and thirst for righteousness, then Christ did not finish His
assignment or perform it well. Jesus made this statement because He had not yet
gone to the cross. He also made this statement because the Jews thought since
they had the commandments and laws to obey, they did not need any other
righteousness to thirst for. They knew righteousness was in the obedience of the
law, so if they could obey the law, why then would they need to hunger and thirst
for righteousness. Their understanding of righteousness was in the obedience of
the T e n Commandments and other laws. To them, if they obeyed the
commandments they could attain righteousness. Who would thirst and hunger
for what he could attain with his effort? They thought they were okay with
righteousness and did not need to thirst for any if they could obey the laws of
God. Jesus made that statement to tell them He was the true righteousness they
were to seek for —He was that righteousness their spirit and soul long awaited
for. This righteousness He was talking about was not merely outward but inward.
He was telling them to actually thirst for Him and they will be filled because He
was the true righteousness their souls thirst for.
Many Christians are still praying telling God they are thirsty and hungry
for His righteousness and they are still waiting on Him for it. But with all
humility I want to say this is very wrong. Moreover, it is a disgrace to the cross
of Christ if we do that.
And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me
shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no
money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without
money and without price. Wherefore do ye spend money for that which
is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken
diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul
delight itself in fatness. Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and
your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you,
even the sure mercies of David.
Isaiah 55:1-3

Water, wine, bread and milk was used to depict Christ’s riches and
glory; the money and price is our effort, good works and natural ability. Isaiah
says through the Spirit, that anyone who thirsts or hungers should come buy all
the riches and glory of Christ without money or price (effort, good works or
strength).
Christ is the end of our thirst and hunger. Once we are in Him, we are
filled forever and we need not pray to be filled with righteousness. God will not
answer such prayer because He has already done that in Christ. How can you
thirst when you are close to a river or go hungry when you are close to meat or
bread. Indeed Christ is our true river of life and bread of life.
Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who
it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him,
and he would have given thee living water. Jesus answered and said unto
her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: But whosoever
drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the
water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up
into everlasting life.
John 4:10, 13-14

The Amplified Version of the Bible puts it this way:
Jesus answered her, I f you had only known and had recognized God’s
gift and Who this is that is saying to you, Give Me a drink, you would
have asked Him [instead] and He would have given you living water.
Jesus answered her, All who drink of this water will be thirsty again. But
whoever takes a drink of the water that I will give him shall never, no
never, be thirsty any more. But the water that I will give him shall
become a spring of water welling up (flowing, bubbling) [continually]
within him unto (into, for) eternal life.
How did Christ fill this hunger? He did this by giving us His very life
when we received salvation. This life, which is His very nature in us, is the end
of every thirst for righteousness. We do not need to pray for righteousness
anymore, we now need to praise God for His righteousness because we have
been filled with the very life of Christ.
But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom
and righteousness and sanctification and redemption:
Corinthians 1:30

The Amplified Bible version of the holy Bible puts it this way:
But it is from Him that you have your life in Christ Jesus, Whom God
made our Wisdom from God, [revealed to us a knowledge of the divine
plan of salvation previously hidden, manifesting it itself as] our
Righteousness [thus making us upright and putting us in right standing
with God], and our Consecration [making us pure and holy], and our
Redemption [providing our ransom from eternal penalty for sin]. Christ
has been made unto us righteousness.

 Lift up your right hand and say this: I will never thirst or hunger for
righteousness because Christ is the end of my own righteousness. He is in me
and I am filled with His life and ability. Therefore, I can do all things through
Christ who strengthens me. I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus; I am
right with God; I have the nature of righteousness in me; I am forever righteous
and nothing can stop it; I am soaked in righteousness; I am bound in
righteousness; I have the right ability in me. Praise God.
This life we have in Christ is not a continuous life of hunger and thirst
for God’s righteousness, but a continuous life of rest in the God who found us in
His righteousness. Andre Rabe said this about hunger and thirst for God: “If the
Gospel you are partaking keeps you in a lifelong hunger and thirst looking for the
next best thing in Christianity, then you are not partaking of Jesus Christ. No
wonder religion tells us it is good to hunger and thirst because that is the only
thing it has to offer, more hunger and more thirst. Yes, there are times when you
desire Him, just to be overwhelmed by His beauty. But when your desire is
out of a place of distance, you are busy with the wrong God. Because this
God has given all He is and has invested in your humanity.” Married couples do
not hunger and thirst for each other, they desire to experience more from each
other because they are already one and close to each other. We do not hunger and
thirst for God or His righteousness anymore. We are already close and what we
need is a desire for each other. Sometimes we think we are the only party that
desires to know God, but it will amaze you to know that God wants to know
you more even though He already knows us. “How can this be?” someone may
ask. How come God knows all our needs yet He tells us to ask? In that same way,
God wants to know us even though H e knows us. This is the beautiful
relationship of desiring for each other for mutual benefit and enjoyment. Let us
enjoy the romance of our unbreakable union with the God who has never and
will never have enough of us. Stop confessing your hunger and start confessing
your fullness and completeness in Him. Christ in you is the end of every hunger
and thirst.

RIGHTEOUSNESS AND RIGHT LIVING

Is there a difference between righteousness and right living? There has
been a lot of confusion in the church now because of this issue. Many lack the
understanding of these two concepts, and others even believe they are the same,
but they are not. Righteousness is a gift, but right living is the effect of that gift.
Righteousness is the seed but right living is the fruit of that seed.
Until you receive the gift of righteousness, you can never be empowered
to live right in God’s way. Right living is God’s goal, but it is not His means. His
means is through the gift of righteousness. Until you receive righteousness as a
gift, you can never live the right way God intends for you. Right living is only one
of the few products and effects of righteousness. Right living is not produced
from our efforts, it is supplied. In the Old Testament, God demanded
righteousness, but in the New Testament, H e supplies righteousness and that
righteousness becomes a power in you to live right. Even our good deeds do not
come from us, they stem from the roots of the gift of righteousness through faith
in Jesus.
Living right is not a root but a fruit of believing you are righteous by
faith. God produces them in us as He planned before the ages begun. We have
been programmed for good works.

Now God has us where he wants us, with all the time in this world and
the next to shower grace and kindness upon us in Christ Jesus. Saving
is all his idea, and all his work. All we do is trust him enough to let him
do it. It’s God’s gift from start to finish! We don’t play the major role. If
we did, we’d probably go around bragging that we’d done the whole
thing! No, we neither make nor save ourselves. God does both the
making and saving. He creates each of us by Christ Jesus to join him in
the work he does, the good work he has gotten ready for us to do, work
we had better be doing
Ephesians 2:7-10 (MESSAGE)

F o r we are God’s own handiwork (his workmanship), recreated in

Christ Jesus,[born anew] that we may do those good works which God
predestined (planned beforehand) for us[taking paths which He
prepared ahead of time], that we should walk in them [living the good
life which He prearranged and made ready for us to live].
Ephesians 2:10 (AMPLIFIED)

This is awesome; even the good works we do are God inspired and God
breathed. God put them there. He prepared them that we should walk in them and
not a means of getting Him convinced that we are good. It is so marvelous to know
that the good things we even do or think of doing have already been planned and
prepared by God. Where then is boasting, except to live in awe of Him. We are
totally out of the scene. We are not the ones acting; we are watching Him act in us
His own movie. W e have no contribution to this. God wants us to be
overwhelmed by His love so much so that we will come to discover that
everything we are is everything He is and gives.

GIFT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND FRUITS OF
RIGHTEOUSNESS

Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your
food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your
righteousness.
Corinthians 9:10

Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ,
unto the glory and praise of God.
Philippians 1:11

There is a difference between the gift of righteousness and the fruits of

righteousness. The gift of righteousness as we said earlier is the person of Jesus
becoming our life, right standing and righteousness through our faith in His
finished work, but the fruit of righteousness is the product, result, outcome or
effect of the gift of righteousness. The fruit of righteousness is how we allow the
life of Christ in us to show outwardly through our actions. It is how we live the
gift of righteousness outwardly through our conduct, lifestyle and actions
through giving, forgiving others who offend us, helping others, healing the sick,
studying the word, praying, fasting, evangelizing, raising the dead, casting out
devils, etc. We are rewarded in heaven based on our fruits of righteousness.
There are many who are rooted in the gift of righteousness but are not
yielding and expressing the life within on the outside through their actions.
According to Paul, the fruits of righteousness can be increased or multiplied. We
grow in the knowledge and understanding of the gift of righteousness, but we
increase in the fruits of righteousness. Let us not be satisfied just in rejoicing
over the fact that we are the righteousness of God, rather we must push the
button further to manifest and express the life within to shine our light before
men so they may see our good works and glorify God.
Jesus said, “Freely you have received, freely give.” What we received
was the gift of righteousness and what we give is the fruit of righteousness. The
gift is the seed and foundation, but the fruit is the increase and extension of the
life within. Sometimes, we are tempted to think the fruits of righteousness is just
about avoiding sinning such as lying, fornication, adultery, stealing, cheating,
etc., but it goes beyond that. The fruits of righteousness is discharging sick
patients from the hospitals and clinics, healing the sick in the market places,
supermarkets, shopping malls, liberating mad people from the streets and the
psychiatric hospitals, taking care of the children of other and the acts of like
manner.
The Old Testament definition of sin is breaking or disobeying the
law (Te n Commandments and other ordinances) while the N e w Testament
definition of sin would amaze you.

And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith:
for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.
Romans 14:23

In the Old Testament, people had to break the law to sin, but in the New
Testament, whatever is done without faith is sin. Sin in the N e w Testament
therefore goes beyond lying, stealing, fornication, etc. You passing by a sick
person without ministering healing to the person due to fear that the person will
not be healed or the fear that you sinned yesterday is actually the sin itself you
have committed. If we are guided by this Scripture, we will walk in absolute
dependence on God’s word and His Spirit to enable us live as champions.
OUR TRUE DEFINITION

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what
fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what
communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ
with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And
what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple
of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in
them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
2 Corinthians 6:14-16

Paul defined the Christian and non-Christian in 5 words. He calls the

Christian righteousness, light, Christ, believer and the temple of God. H e also
calls the unbeliever unrighteousness, darkness, Belial, infidel and an idol.
Another name for the Christian is righteousness. This Scripture did not say the
believer is in the light, it says the believer is light. There is a big difference
between someone being in a room that is shining because of light and the person
being the bulb itself shining in the room. This verse says we are the bulb and the
light giving the light.
What blows my mind is the fact that the Christian is called Christ and
the temple of God. There is a difference between Jesus Christ and Christ as I
said earlier. When the Bible talks of Jesus Christ, it talks of the person who
walked on the earth, died, was buried and was raised and is now seated at the
right hand of God. However, when the Bible talks of Christ, it is talking about
Jesus Christ and the church; it talks about the head and the body, the fullness of
Him who fills all in all, it talks of the vine and the branch, it talks of the bride and
the groom, and it talks of the husband of the wife. That is why the Bible calls the
Christian, Christ just like Adam and Eve were both called Adam in Genesis5:1
If the head is called Christ then the body also bears the same name,
Christ. This is because we are one with Him. For he that is joined with the Lord is
one spirit with Him. For we are member of His body, of His flesh and of His
bones (Ephesians5:30). When Adam rose from His deep sleep and saw Eve, He
called her His bone and flesh; this was only a picture. When Christ also rose
from the dead, He calls us His bone and flesh to signify union.

For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one:
for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren.
Hebrews 2:11
The Greek word for brethren is adelphos, which means twins born from
the same womb. Jesus and us proceeded from the womb at the same time.
Know that the grave in which Jesus was buried was not just a tomb, it was a
womb through which God birthed us by resurrection. Jesus became born-again
by the resurrection (Acts 17:33, Hebrews1:5-9). H e was the first to be born-
again, but this does not mean it was Him only. The Bible says we were raised
together with Him and made to sit together with Him (Ephesians 2:1-6). When a
woman delivers a baby, its head comes out first followed by the body. In the
resurrection of Jesus, He as the head, came first then the body, which is the
church also followed.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which
 according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively
hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
1 Peter 1:3

Jesus Christ is the fullness of the church and the church is the fullness of
Christ. We were born the same day. This is our very definition. We are not just
the righteousness of God, we are actually the very definition of righteousness.
Seeing the child of God is seeing righteousness, light, Christ, a believer and the
temple of God.
RIGHTEOUSNESS — GOD’S PERFECT APPROVAL

When I was in the university, there were times we had group
assignments and we were given specific dates to submit them. Every group
appointed a leader to represent the group and coordinate affairs concerning the
completion of the assignment. We often had ten students (which includes the
leader) in each group. What happened was that, there were times when some
group members did not attend meetings to help complete the assignment and
when it became worse, the group leader did it alone and submitted it to the
lecturer.
It does not matter whether someone participated in the assignment or
not, so as far as your name is included in the list, it is assumed you did the
assignment too. The only thing that disqualifies you is when your name and
signature is not included in the list. If the group leader, in receiving the results
had a hundred percent (100%), automatically the whole group scored 100%
whether you participated or not. This analogy explains our righteousness in
Christ. That group represents humanity, the group leader represents Christ and
the lecturer represents the God. The assignment was simply about our salvation,
justification and eternal rest. Jesus did the whole assignment by dealing with sin
once and for all on the cross. He single-handedly reconciled us back to God who
had always loved and embraced us in His bosom. In the resurrection, He
ascended and presented Himself as the finished work and when God declared
Him perfect forever, we were also automatically, declared perfect forever even
though we did not participate in this assignment of salvation (health,
wholeness, peace, righteousness, glory, etc.).
This was simply because He included us in Him from the cross to the
throne so that whatever happened to Him, happened to us. Jesus was scored
100%, so were we because we were His group members. His participation
signified our participation. In a football match there are 11 players on the field
representing a whole nation, the goal scored by one player is celebrated not only
by the team but also by the citizens viewing the match. The victory of the team
is the very victory of the nation and not just the player. If the captain of the team
lifts up the trophy, it is the victory of the whole nation even though they did not
participate in the match. We do not say a player (say Asamoah Gyan) won, but
rather Ghana won.

This is what happened in the finished work of Christ. We were totally
affected by the cross even though we were not there in person. Jesus was there
for us. All we did was to sit, rest and watch Him win (accomplish) salvation and
lift up the trophy of righteousness. Just like the players return to their homes to
celebrate with the country, Jesus came to his home, which is our bodies, to
celebrate His righteousness in our hearts.

For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one
died for all, then were all dead: And that he died for all, that they which
live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died
for them, and rose again.
2 Corinthians 5:14-15
Jesus did it all and because we are included in Him we have automatically

been affected by His results. From today, I want you to live by the perfection of
your group leader and captain, not yours. If you put a piece of paper in an
envelope and dip the envelope into water, it also affects the piece of paper just
because it is included in the envelope. That is exactly what happened to us
(humanity) in Christ. When He died, we died with Him and arose with Him when
He arose. We also ascended with Him when He presented Himself to the Father.
We were declared eternally righteous, when the Father declared Him eternally
righteous. We again sat down with Him at the right hand of God in heavenly
places far above all principalities, powers, might, dominion and every name that
is named not only in this age only, but also in that which is to come.

CHAPTER 7

DOS AND DON’TS VERSUS GROWTH

The first concern of a mother is not for her new born child to do good and stop
evil; it is also not to differentiate wrong from right. It is simply to feed the
baby with the right kind of nutrients so he or she can grow and survive. Yet
many Christians are so concerned about how some new converts or even they
themselves should be living right and not doing wrong. The first Scripture they
read to them is 1John 1:9, “If we confess our sins, H e is faithful and just to
forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness”; because our
mentality is that they will sin. The Scriptures that should have been read to them
should have been, Ephesians 1:7, “In whom we have redemption through his
blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; Wherein he
hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence” or 1Corinthians 1:9, “God
is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ
our Lord” and1 John 3:2, “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”.
Most of the time, I hear people say, “If we claim we are saved then why
are some still behaving like sinners? And that many will go to hell because they
are still sinning.” I understand we uphold righteous living and we want to see
people live godly lives but you see, righteous living cannot be effective without
right understanding. Let me just set this example. What are some of the
characteristics of a six months to 1 year old baby? The baby wee-wees on
himself/herself, defecates on himself/herself, cries every minute, soils himself,
etc. Give your brand new cherished phone to that baby and the next thing is to
see it either in the glass of water or the water closet. The baby does that out of
ignorance and immaturity. But the question is, does the mother throw the baby in
hot water or a burning fire because of these faults of the baby? Even our earthly
parents will never think of doing such a thing. The mother will rush to the baby,
clean up the baby, change the diapers, give the baby a kiss and carry the baby on
her shoulder. The mother does not get worried when the child vomits on
himself/herself; she gets worried when the baby refuses to take milk. That is the
basic concern of a mother.
Our parents have a personal conviction and revelation that when we
grow up, we will not mess up (vomiting on ourselves, wee-weeing, being
destructive, etc.) ourselves like we did when we were children. If our earthly
parents have so much love and patience for their babies, then I dare to say our
heavenly father can do much more for His children. God does not punish us in
hell because we mess up ourselves as believers. When we mess up, He cleanses
us, changes our diapers, kisses us and puts us on His shoulders. He does not
throw us away; He embraces us. He does not punish us for our sins as growing
believers, He cleanses us. His major concern is not our messing up, His major
concern is our refusal to receive and take the sincere milk of the word by which
we grow. God also has a conviction and revelation that when we grow up by the
word, we will be able to constantly exercise our spiritual senses to distinguish
good from evil. Dos and don’ts is not His strategy; growth through feeding is.
As believers, what we need from God is not more laws, but growth
through feeding. Though God is concerned about His children living and doing
right, He is more concerned about their growth. This is because if their growth is
right, their living will not be a problem. Many Christians are feeding on the
wrong kind of nutrients, which has caused them stunted growth in life. The
quality of a believer’s growth, life and conduct is as a result of what he or she
feeds on. God has given us the right kind of nutrients we should be feeding on
through His word.

But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ. To him be glory both now and forever. Amen.
2 Peter 3:18

It is simple, we only grow by feeding on God’s grace and in the

knowledge of Jesus. The Bible did not say we grow in works (self-effort) and in
the knowledge of our sins. We think letting people know about their sins will let
them grow and love God more. There are a lot of books with very interesting titles
like “6 steps to become a growing Christian,” “20 steps to growth,” etc. The only
way to growth is, however, very simple. We grow in the absolute grace of God
and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. The grace of God is
the finished work of Christ for us and in us. I t is God’s unconditional loving
kindness unveiled and lavished upon us in the person of Jesus. The growth of the
believer is also in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, not the
knowledge of your sins, your good deeds, your achievements, your fasting,
reading the Bible, etc.
Many believers think we grow by reading the Bible. This is very false.
You can read the Bible three times in a day and still not grow. This is because
growth begins in discovering Jesus Christ and understanding the finished work of
Jesus Christ and not just reading the Bible. Doing good things and stopping some
bad behaviours is not even a sign of growth, they are only one of the effects of
growth. For your information, there is nothing like a good Christian and a bad
Christian in the mind of God. There is only one thing God sees, i.e. Christ.
There is equally no good sinner and a bad sinner. Every sinner is a
sinner in Adam, likewise every Christian is a Christian in Christ. The fact that I
clean my car every morning before going to work does not make me a car
cleaner; the fact that I cook every day for my family does not also make me a
cook or a chef. The fact that a Christian make mistakes in life does not mean he
or she is a sinner or a bad Christian.
When we were in Adam, nothing good we ever did brought us salvation
or righteousness. Now that we are in Christ, what makes us think that something
bad will make us jump into hell or back as sinners. Let us understand the
significance of the work and worth of these two men, Adam and Christ.
Let me explain what growth means. This is how others view spiritual
growth: James has stopped drinking, smoking and chasing women, thank God he
is now growing to be a good Christian. James is now growing because he doesn’t
behave this way or that way again. This is not the proof of growth. If it is, then
the Buddhists who have refined their soul and disciplined their bodies to conform
to the mind are all growing Christians too. We only grow in grace and in the
knowledge of the Son of God unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature
of the fullness of Christ.
Growing in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ means two different things, but they all move together and at the same
time. The knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ is not the knowledge
of Him in His earthly walk (when He lived on earth). Paul says: “Therefore we
know no one after the flesh from now on. Even though we have known Christ
after the flesh, yet now we know him so no more” (2 Corinthians 5:16).
The word flesh means a human point of view. Paul is saying we longer
know Jesus from the human point of view or in His earthly walk. In other words,
we know Him from the resurrection point of view. This is not the Jesus of
Nazareth any more, it is the risen Lord and Saviour who is the King of kings and
Lord of lords. I t is the Jesus that is raised and is seated at the right hand of
authority far above all things, the Jesus that fills all in all, the one in whom
dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily, the one who the Father was
pleased to have all fullness dwell in, the one who is now the embodiment of all
wisdom and knowledge. That is the knowledge Peter is talking about in this
verse.
Peter tells us to grow in two things; in Grace and in the knowledge of
our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. The question, however, is what does it mean
to grow in Grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ?
Growing in grace deals with growing in the understanding of the finished work,
while growing in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ deals with
growing in the understanding of the risen person.
Again, the first deals with our position, while the second deals with our
identity in Him. The first deals with the work on the cross, and the second deals
with the person on the throne. Furthermore, growing in grace deals with our old
man, while growing in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ deals
with the new man. The first deals with what we could not do for ourselves, the
second deals with what we could not become of ourselves. The first deals with
Jesus’ death, while the second deals with His life.
Also, growing in grace is about the finished work, while growing in the
knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ is about the person of the
finished work. Growing in grace is growing in the revelation of the finished
work, but growing in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour is growing into
intimacy with the person who finished the work. It is growing into consciousness
of Him in you and you in Him.
God is concerned with our growth that is why He wants us to feed on His grace,
love and exceeding kindness for us.

And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace,
which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all
them which are sanctified.
Acts 20:32
The grace of God builds and furnishes us and beautifies our lives to the
praise of His glory. However, only few people know the person of the finished
work or the person who finished the work and His purpose. We are built and
furnished by the word of His grace, but we are also matured and perfected by the
knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the
fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed to his death.
Philippians 3:10

And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists;
and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the
work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Till we all
come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God,
unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of
Christ:
Ephesians 4:11-13


Knowing of God’s grace (the finished work) helps us to grow as

believers, but knowing Him as a person makes us fellowship with Him, partake
of His suffering and conform to His death. This is how we grow in Grace and in
the knowledge of the person Himself unto a perfect man. Let us strive to grow in
the grace of God and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To
Him be the glory. In knowing Him, we know our true nature. In knowing who He
is, we know who we are. We will discover what God discovered about us when
we discover what God discovered about the discovery of His Son- Jesus Christ.
This is the New Testament way of growing — the discovery of Jesus Christ and
His finished work.

CHAPTER 8

UNDERSTANDING YOUR FIRST LOVE

Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that
holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the
seven golden candlesticks; I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy
patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou
hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found
them liars: And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name’s sake
hast laboured, and hast not fainted. Nevertheless I have somewhat
against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
Revelation 2:1-4

We hear many talk about the concept of “first love,” which ends up
condemning the church of God. You are likely to hear comments like, “At first I
used to pray but now my prayer life has come down; I have backslidden. At first
I used to read my Bible, but now I do not know what is happening to me;
everything has come down.” These are some of the comments many pass when
they realize they are going wrong.
Again, you hear other statements like: “At first you were coming to
church very early, but now you are the last person that enters the church
auditorium; At first you were praying for three hours, but now you do not even
pray again; At first you were giving your tithe, but now you have stopped:
Where is your first love?” You have left your first love. Well, it is not so bad
when you say that, but is this message edifying or was that exactly what Jesus
was trying to say to the church of Ephesus?
According to the Scripture, the church laboured, endured, and even had
discernment because they did not entertain false preachers; they eschewed evil
and they were steadfast till the time Apostle John wrote this letter. This
means they showed or demonstrated a form of love towards the Lord. Jesus even
confirmed that He knew their works and He applauded them for that exhibition
of love. But Jesus still had one thing against them. They had left their first love.
The Greek word for left is aphiemi, which means to lay aside or to forsake. The
word first in Greek is protos, which means beginning and the word love in
Greek is agape, which is actually the love of God (noun not verb). This means
the church in Ephesus laid aside or forsook their beginning love. This Scripture
seems to focus more on a person than an act. You must understand the concept of
“first love” from the word and not our theology. 1John 4:19 says “We love him,
because He First loved us” and verse 10 of 1John 4 also says, “Herein is love,
not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the
propitiation for our sins.”
To leave your first love is to show any kind of love towards the Lord that
is outside the revelation of God’s Love for you in the person of Jesus. Love
always has a beginning.
It first began from God. He so loved us that He gave His only begotten
Son. Leaving your first love is the expression of any kind of love for God that
does not stem from a revelation of His abundant unconditional love for you. To
leave your first love is to live your Christian life without a consciousness of
God’s love for you.
The letter was written to the people of Ephesus who Paul said he never
ceased to give thanks for them and making mention of them in His prayers after
he heard of their faith in the Gospel and their love for one another
(Ephesians1:15). They had so much revelation of God’s love for them so much
that it began to reflect in their relationship with one another. It was this same
church Paul encouraged to be rooted and grounded in love, that they may have
strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and
height and depth and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge
(science knowledge) that they may be filled with all the fullness of God
(Ephesians 3:17- 19). They grew cold to this revelation of love they had. They
were no longer rooted and grounded anymore in their love at first sight. It was in
this context this letter was written.
We cannot love outside the revelation of God’s love. We can only love
(God and one another) because H e first loved us. First love has a focus on
expressing a love that is first received, who is Christ. I believe these people
had left that love God first had for them and they were trying to use their
strength to love God and others as means of gaining points from God and not as
a life of giving through inspiration of what has been received. God is our protos,
the beginning of our love life. If you want to love, you must first receive His love.
The best way of loving God and others is to receive an understanding and
revelation of His love for you. Understanding and receiving God’s love for you
might take time to change you, but it takes root in your spirit and produces a
fruit that will last forever.
Jesus warned the church to repent and this same message he has also given to us
today.

Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the
first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy
candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
Revelation 2:5
He tells them to repent. Here is another problem. The word repentance
has been misunderstood by many. Repentance does not mean to change from bad
to good or to change from a bad behaviour or habit as many think. When God
was angry and wanted to destroy the Israelites Moses had to advice Him for Him
to change His mind.

Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he
bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them
from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this
evil against thy people. And the LORD repented of the evil which he
thought to do unto his people.
Exodus 32:12
 Moses had the guts to tell God to repent and He repented. Does this
mean God changed from bad to good or changed from a wicked behaviour. If
so, then God is just like man and also needs to repent based on our small
understanding of repentance.
This is what Francis Dutoit says about the word repentance, “In our English
Bibles, there is a word which we have translated repentance, but there is no
such word as repent in the original text. That word was deliberately
employed by a religious system to make money out of people. Religion needs
paying and retaining customers. We have invented a word from the Latin
language which was never in the original Greek. That word was penance. We re-
modified that term and made it repentance which means brokenness.” The word
repentance is from the Greek word metanoeo, which means to think differently or
to reconsider. So Moses was telling God to reconsider His decision to destroy
His people. To us in the New Covenant, repentance means to think differently. To
dig deeper, the word repentance comes from two Greek words which are meta
and noeo. Meta means change, in substantially the same relation of participation
or proximity or together or joined or along with or accompanied with. The word
noeo means to exercise the mind, comprehend or perceive.
Putting these together, the word repentance (metanoeo) means to co-
know with God, a jointly thinking with God; to think exactly as God or Jesus
thinks; to participate in the thoughts of God; to exercise your mind with God’s
mind; to get your perception close and near to God’s perception, and to
comprehend along with same thinking of Jesus or God. It is so amazing to know
that repentance means to awaken to God’s understanding. No wonder the Bible
tells us we have the mind of Christ and do hold the thoughts, feeling and
purposes of His heart (1 Corinthians 2:16, AMPLIFIED.)
This means that there are many who might have changed some bad
behaviours and haven’t yet repented. True repentance is equal thinking with God.
This is what Jesus meant by telling them to repent. H e meant they should
exercise their minds with God’s mind and thinking. H e meant they should
awaken to God’s understanding and do their first works of believing and
receiving God’s love in the person of Jesus before they can genuinely reflect it
in their lives to God and others (John 6:29-30). Romans 2:4 says, “Or despisest
thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing
that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?” It is the love of God that
compels us to think differently.

 For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it
is for you. For the love of Christ controls us, because we are convinced
that one has died for all; therefore all have died. And he died for all,
that those who live might live no longer for themselves but for him who
for their sake died and was raised.
1 Corinthians 5:13, RSV

It is the love of God that compels, overmasters and controls us to live. In

the Old Testament, loving God was an obligation, but in the New Testament,
loving God is a fruit of receiving the great love with which He loved us. The Old
Covenant says, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with your
entire mind, with all your will and with all your strength.” But in the New
Covenant, the Scriptures tells us, “For God so loved the world and gave His only
Son.” The Old Covenant demands love from the people of God while the New
Testament supplies God’s love to the sons of God and the whole world. We love
because He first loved us.
Continue drinking more of God’s goodness and kindness and do not leave
your first love ever again. He who is loved much, loves much. The only proof of
God’s love for you is seen on the cross and everything H e purchased for you
through His blood. Yo u r eternal forgiveness, salvation, health, prosperity,
healing, righteousness, etc. these are all the expressions of God’s free gift of love
for you. Ephesians 3:19 says, “And to know the love of Christ, which passeth
knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fullness of God.” Receive God’s
fullness as you take time to know the depth, height, length and breadth of God’s
love for you that passes knowledge in Jesus name.

And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient
waiting for Christ.
2 Thessalonians 3:5

For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Matthew 6:21

Paul prayed that the Lord will direct the hearts of the Thessalonians into
the love of God. God always wants to direct our hearts into His love for us. The
love of God is like a treasure. If our treasure is in the love of God for us, there
our hearts will be. If only we will drink from the well of His love, we will
experience a glory like never before. Beloved, it is the love of God that
constraints us, compels us and causes us to do what we do for Him without
thinking about it. God’s love for us has an ability to transform us to sacrifice and
lay down our lives for others unconditionally. It is not us taking pride in our love
for Him, rather, taking pride in His love for us. We need to be boasting of God’s
love for us; not our love for Him. God wants us to feed on His love. Jesus Christ
is our “first love”, do not leave Him.

WORK OUT YOUR SALVATION

Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence
only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation
with fear and trembling. For it is God which worketh in you both to will
and to do of his good pleasure.
Philippians 2:12-13

This Scripture has been misunderstood by many. The Bible never said,
“Work for your salvation,” it rather says “Work out your own salvation.” This is
because we cannot work for our salvation, Jesus did that 2000 years ago. There
is no need to work for it, you only have to work it out. There is a very big
difference between “work for” and “work out.” If I give you an equation and tell
you to work it out, I’m not telling you to derive your own answer, rather, I’m
telling you to expand and discover the answer that already exists before you even
started working it out. One plus one equals two. This is true in Ghana, Nigeria,
Liberia and any other country. Salvation is that answer that has always existed
before you were even born into this world. It is true of you whether you believe it
or not. It was even true about you even before you believed in Jesus.
Working out your salvation is not using your self-effort to make it to
heaven as many people think. It is not trying to change a bad character in order
to make heaven. It is not even doing your possible best not to miss heaven. Even
heaven is not our goal; it is our point of departure. Much more, salvation is not a
journey, it is a destination. We began this new life from above, not trying to go
above.
Salvation is bigger than we think; it is bigger than forgiveness, bigger
than going to heaven one day, bigger than healing, bigger than prosperity and
bigger than faith. To work out your salvation means to discover the full extent of
your salvation. It means to discover the magnitude and enormity of what God has
done in you already in Christ. It means to find out the riches of Christ’s finished
work at work in you. Paul was simply telling them to make every effort to
scrutinize and search out every good thing which is in them in Christ Jesus. It
means expand the salvation you have now and derive answers that has already
been answered.
It means to be engaged in being our true identity. Paul is telling us to make it our
occupation to discover who we really are and this I believe would take a lifetime
of discovery. The effort in working out your salvation is not in your own strength
and will power, the effort is in discovery. Many also read Philippians 2:12 and
forget the next verse (13) because we mostly love reading out of context. For it
is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
Glory to God, verse 13 of Philippians 2 says God is the salvation at
work in us. The word worketh is actually a present continuous tense indicating that
God is always at work in us. Can you imagine someone working in a company
without retiring? God is always at work in us. What work is He doing in us? Both
to will and to do of His good pleasure. The word will, means to desire and the
word do, means to be active, efficient, fervent and to show forth self. Also the
word good pleasure means desire, satisfaction and kindness.
The word worketh in Greek is energeo, which means to be active,
efficient, effectual (fervent), be mighty and to show forth self. That word also
comes from a Greek word energes, which means to be operative. This is telling
us that God operates in us so that we would become operative and active in His
kindness. God effectually works in us to become active in our true selves. If God
is the salvation at work in us, this means to work out our salvation is to bring out
God fully in our lives, walk, character, talk and conduct. It simply means to work
out what has been and is being worked in by God.
It is like an electrician someone calls to come work on a faulty gadget.
The gadget itself was made to function according to the pleasure of the
manufacturer, but something made it faulty and inactive. It does not mean it is
damaged, it is only faulty and ineffective. The electrician then comes in to work
on the gadget to make it active to function as it was originally made. The
electrician’s duty is to set the gadget free for it to become itself as originally
intended by the manufacturer. How does the electrician do that? He does that by
opening the screws, disconnecting and reconnecting wires, speakers, checking
stuffs that has been burnt, the terminals, circuit, etc. and puts the gadget back to
work.
He makes it operative and effective again. So the responsibility of the repairer is
to work in (on) the gadget so it can start working out (functioning) it itself as
originally intended. Guess what? God Himself is the manufacturer that created
and made us. He Himself is also the electrician and repairer at the same time. As
a manufacturer, He created us and as a repairer, He redeemed us. He created man
to function in a particular w a y, but sin through a darkened heart and
misunderstanding rendered man inactive, faulty and in- effective. He then
employs Himself as the Redeemer (Repairer) to work in us to make us effective
and active once again through salvation. This is how beautiful the Gospel is.
How does God work in us? He works in us what He has finished in Christ by
daily unveiling them to us through revelation so that we may discover who we
are and be our true nature.
God is always labouring to bring us to a point of discovery through
revelation leading to transformation. That is what He is doing in us always. God
is always looking for an opportunity to unveil to us who He is. For example, God
works in us by making us discover how innocent we are and have always been
and by this discovery, we begin thinking and acting as innocent people. That
means we do not give the devil the chance of condemning us. That is how we
work out our salvation; it is simply being our true selves as originally intended
by God. It is to discover the full extent and magnitude of our salvation which
God has worked and is working in us consistently on a daily basis. Discovering
who you are in Christ is the working out your own salvation, i.e. the salvation
Jesus won personally for us.

THE TWO CONCLUSIONS

There are two conclusions in the Bible I want us to see. One conclusion was
made by Solomon and the other was made by Jesus. Solomon was the wisest
man in the Old Testament but Jesus was the wisdom H e expressed. One
summarized the Old Testament while the other summarized the New Testament.
Solomon summed up the whole Old Testament in one verse:

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his
commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
Ecclesiastes 12:13

{Let . . . or, the end of the matter, even all that hath been heard, is}.
The word “matter” in Hebrew is dabar, which means: book, chronicles,
commandment, counsel, message, oracle, purpose, report, saying, sentence or
word. In other words the summary of the whole book of the law and the prophets
was this Scripture. The whole duty of man in the Old Testament
was to fear God and keep His commandments. That was the conclusion of the Old
Testament and the whole duty of man before Jesus came. But what happened?
Man failed.
Now Jesus (greater than Solomon) appeared and gave God’s original
conclusion:

When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, IT IS
FINISHED: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
John 19:30

Jesus gave us the conclusion by saying, “IT IS FINISHED.” He finished

what we have to work for from the cross to the throne. The conclusion of the New
Testament therefore is, “it is finished.” The only work left is to believe.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
John 3:16

Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye
believe on him whom he hath sent.
John 6:29

The focus in the Old Covenant was on you, but in the New Covenant,
the focus is on God (Christ). The conclusion of the Old Testament was to fear God
and keep His commandments and the conclusion of the New Testament is, “it is
finished.” What is finished? “Trying to fear God and trying to keep God’s
commandments.” Jesus fulfilled it on our behalf. God loves the world and He
gave His son that we should believe in him and have life. These are two different
things all together from different covenants. While one demands from you, the
other supplies to you: when one exhausts, the other ignites; as one expires the
other inspires, and while one exerts the other energizes. One takes all from you,
but the other gives all to you. One is self-effort, but the other is God’s effort.
The conclusion of the Old Testament revealed our strength and the one
from the New Testament reveals Jesus’ faith and strength. In the Old Testament,
you were to pay a price by obeying the law, but in the New Testament you are
to receive a prize of believing Jesus through the good news of His death, burial
and resurrection. The whole duty of man in the Old Testament was to fear God
and keep His commandments, but the whole duty of man in the New Testament is
to believe the finished work. This is really beautiful.

DO NOT PRAY FOR A NEW HEART, YOU ALREADY HAVE
ONE
I hear many say, “Oh God please change my heart, please give me a
new heart so I could worship you more and more.” Sometimes, we get more
spiritual by quoting this Scripture:

Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from
me. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free
spirit.
Psalms 51:10-12

Does God need to do that for us now? Now if we are still praying this
kind of prayer, we are seriously dishonouring the finished work of Christ and
weakening the power of the cross. This Scripture is not a prayer we should be
praying because it is a done deal. David prayed this prayer because he was not a
New Testament folk. God did that for us the very day we received eternal life,
i.e. Jesus Christ. God created in us a clean new heart and renewed the right spirit
within us. He received us into His presence and gave the Holy Spirit to live with
us and in us forever. He restored to us the joy of our salvation by making it full
and upheld us with His free Spirit by raising us up together with Christ and made
us sit together with Him in Heavenly places.

A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you:
and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you
an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to
walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
Ezekiel 36:26-27
God was showing Ezekiel just a glimpse of the new covenant of
relationship through this Scripture. He was prophesying God’s plan for the new
covenant believer by telling us of the new heart we are going to receive after we
receive salvation. God promised four things in the Scripture:
A new heart
A new spirit
Put His Spirit in you
Cause you to walk according to His statutes, keep His judgments and do
them.
These are the things God did for us in Christ Jesus. He gave us a new heart, a
new spirit, put His Spirit in us and causes us to walk in His statutes, keep His
judgments and do them through the empowerment and enablement of the Spirit
of God. God changed our heart the very moment we heard the Gospel and the
faith we even had to receive it was as a result of a new heart. According to this
Scripture, we do not have a stony heart anymore. I t does not matter what we
experience and feel, God wants us to know that we have a new spirit within us
which is the Spirit of Jesus (we call it the resurrection life).
We must stop crying and praying to God for a new heart and accept this
wonderful news God has for us. Do you know that something can be more real
to you only to the extent to which you have believed it? Many people first want
to see it in their actions before they believe they have a new heart, but God does
not work like that. He has His own terms and conditions. He wants us to believe
and accept that we have a new heart and a new spirit within before we could
experience it in our actions. We are most often consumed by doing good works
for God and also obeying His commands and doing His will, but God tells us He
will put His own Spirit within us and cause us to walk in His judgments and do
them.
This is so refreshing and amazing. The word cause in Hebrew means to
accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth,
bruise, be busy, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, do, (ready) dress,
(put in) execute, exercise, fashion, feast, fight(ing) man, finish, fit, fly, follow,
fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, hinder, hold, be
industrious, journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied,
offer, officer, bring (come) to pass, perform, practice, prepare, procure, provide,
put, requite, sacrifice, serve, set, shew, spend, take, thoroughly, trim, be (warr-
)ior, work(-man), yield and use.
In other words, God says He will accomplish everything in you by
Himself. He will bring forth Himself out of you; He will fulfill His own statutes
in you; He will be busy executing His own life in you; He will take charge and
be industrious in your very existence; He will trim your life for you.
It is enough my beloved, stop trying to be good and let Him live His
goodness through you. Stop making promises you cannot fulfill and let Him
fulfill His promise in you, stop bragging to Him about the habits you claim you
are going to stop and the things you are going to be doing to please Him. Let
Him brag to you about the good habits He is going to start in you and the things
He is going to be doing to overwhelm you.
You have a new heart, stop fighting it. You cannot have another heart
apart from the heart He gave to you when you were saved. Stop praying for a
new heart and start praising God for the new heart you already have within.
It is no longer a heart of stone, it is a heart of flesh. You are not that wicked
person you think you are, you are not that proud and unforgiving person you
think you are, you are not that bitter person you think you are, you are not that
unkind and heartless person you think you are. It is not you because it is not your
identity. You are not quick tempered; you are Christ tempered; you are not sinful;
you are son-full.
You have the very heart and Spirit of Jesus. You are a changed person
because the cross changed every man, and you are not an exception. God sees
your true colours and those true colours are the very image and likeness of
Jesus. He is so satisfied with what He sees because beauty lies in the eyes of the
beholder. Praise God. Thank Him for the new heart you have today. This heart
you have (which is the very heart of Jesus) is honest, loving, keeps no records of
wrongs done to it, patient, forgiving, compassionate, kind, peaceful and
beautiful.
Do not accept what your mind says about you, accept what God’s mind
says about you.

CHAPTER 9

 FORGIVENESS OF SIN, CONFESSION
OF SIN, UNPARDONABLE SIN

The topic of unpardonable sin has been a very big issue of discussion in the
body of Christ. What is an unpardonable sin? Is it a sin a believer can
commit? Is it fornication, murder, stealing, lies, adultery, gossip or any other sin
in this world? I don’t think so because all these sins can be forgiven and have been
forgiven by the blood of Jesus Christ on the cross. If there is a sin the blood of
Jesus cannot wash, then that sin is greater than the blood of Jesus Christ. But that
is not possible.

In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins,
according to the riches of his grace; Wherein he hath abounded toward
us in all wisdom and prudence;
Ephesians 1:7-8

In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of
sins:
Colossians 1:14

We are forgiven of our sins not according to the riches of our
confessions of them, but according to the riches of His grace. That means you
need to be spending time confessing the riches of His grace that brought you the
forgiveness of sins.
The forgiveness of sins. This is not a verb, it is a noun. This Scripture is
telling us the forgiveness of sin is a person. Christ is our forgiveness of sins. This
means forgiveness is a gift just like eternal life is also a gift and that gift is
Jesus Christ. When we receive Christ, just like we receive Him as our life,
righteousness and holiness, we also receive Him as our forgiveness. The Bible
defines redemption as the forgiveness of sins according to Ephesians 1:7 and
Colossians 1:14. Paul in 1 Corinthians 1:30 tells us Christ is our redemption. If
redemption is the forgiveness of sins and Christ is our redemption, then you can
agree with me that Christ is our forgiveness.
 Christ is not just our righteousness, He is our forgiveness and we have
Him. This means we have forgiveness as the person of Jesus. This is big; Jesus
Christ is your forgiveness. Just confess that to yourself now.

And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh,
hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
Colossians 2:13

 God forgave us all trespasses. This is past tense. It did not say, “Will
forgive” to mean something H e is going to do in the future. Someone might
argue and say the Scripture was referring to our past sins. If that is your argument
I have an answer for you. This Scripture was written long before you were born
to even have a past. Can you see that? Before we were born, we were forgiven
all trespasses, and all means all kinds of trespasses. Jesus died 2000 years ago
and if He thought of forgiving me, do you think He would have forgiven me of
my past sins and the sins I only confessed?
Confession of sins has got nothing to do with God’s decision of
forgiving or not forgiving you. Confession of sins is not something we do for
God to change His mind about us and forgive us. Confession of sins is not for
God but for you. It is not done to change God’s mind about you, but rather to
change your mind about God. It is rather done to clear your conscience of guilt
and not God’s conscience. Jesus is God’s mind made up about you. God forgave
us in the person of Jesus Christ long before we ever thought of accepting or
rejecting Him.
God made a decision about you long ago in the person of Jesus Christ
and your mistakes are not powerful enough to change His mind about His
decision of forgiving you some 2000 years ago. Confession of sins has not really
been understood fully by many. If we are to confess our sins honestly on a daily
basis as we understand, no book can contain our sins. I realized that believers
only confess the sins they know of and the sins they feel they have committed.
But the question is, what of the ones you don’t know of and the ones you don’t
even feel you have committed? The bible tells us, “whatsoever is not of faith is
sin” (Romans14:23). How many countless times don’t we miss the mark of
walking in faith? This means we should be confessing our fears, our doubts, our
worries, our negative thoughts, our uncertainties and so on. James also tells us
that, “The man who has knowledge of how to do good and does not do it, to him
it is sin” (James 4:17), and how many times don’t we do the very opposite of the
things we know is right? This also means we should be confessing the times we
knew we had to pray and still slept, we should confess the times we get to
church late, we should confess the gossips, church competition amongst each
other and every other good thing we knew we had to do and yet did the opposite.
We should be confessing our sins every minute if we still want to stick with our
little understanding of confession of sins. I can assure, you have a lot of work to
do. But let me make this simple.
The word confession in Greek is homologeo.
 Omologew- homologeo, hom-ol-og-eh’-o means to assent,
i.e. covenant, acknowledge:--con- (pro-)fess, confession is made, give thanks
and promise. To confess means to assent (expression of approval or agreement),
give thanks, or acknowledge. The word homologeo comes from two Greek
words which are homou and logos. Homou means same and logos means word,
tidings, topic, idea, subject, thought, matter under discussion or reasoning.
Putting these two words together you will have the meaning, “Same word or
same topic or same reasoning or same matter under discussion or same
thought or subject.
With this understanding, to confess your sins can therefore mean to say
the same word or same topic or same matter under discussion. If it means same
words or topic or subject, that means someone has said something already about
it and you would have to repeat what the person has already said. Simply put,
confession of sins means to say the same thing God is saying about sin today or
to have the same reasoning with God about your sins or to have the same matter
under discussion about your sins. What is God saying about your sins today? I’m
not talking about what He said about sin in the Old Covenant. Here are some of
the things God said about sin in the Old Covenant.

Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy
countenance.
Psalms 90:8
For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin? My
transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.
Job 14:16

But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your
sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
Isaiah 59:2

These are some of the things God said about sin in the Old Covenant.
He is not asking us to say the same thing He said about sin in the Old Covenant,
but what He is saying in the New Covenant. Here are some of the things He says
about sin in the New Covenant i.e. after Jesus was born, died, was buried and
raised from the dead.
To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not
imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the
 word of reconciliation.
2 Corinthians 5:19
The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the
Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
John 1:29

In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins,
according to the riches of his grace; Wherein he hath abounded toward
us in all wisdom and prudence;
Ephesians 1:7-8
In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of
sins:
Colossians 1:14
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after
those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write
them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to
me a people: And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and
every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me,
from the least to the greatest. F o r I will be merciful to their
unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no
more. In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old.
Hebrews 8:10-13
Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had
said before, This is the covenant that I will make with them after those
days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their
minds will I write them;And their sins and iniquities will I remember no
more. Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.
Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the
blood of Jesus, By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for
us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
Hebrews 10:15-20
I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for His
name’s sake.
1 John 2:12
My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin.
 And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ
the righteous. And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not
for ours only but also for the whole world.
John 2:1, 2
Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in
him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
1John 3:9

Even a look at this Old Testament verses; proves that God, even in the past
had laid plans to entirely discharge us of our sins.

Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did
esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded
for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the
chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are
healed. All we like sheep have gone astray;

we have turned everyone to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him
the iniquity of us all.
Isaiah 53:4-6
God remembers our sins no more. This means He has completely
removed them from His memory. He doesn’t have any information about it. If we
come to Him crying, He doesn’t even know what we are talking about. He can’t
contribute to that discussion because He doesn’t have any information on it and
he wants us to have same reasoning also towards it. It is amazing that God
remembers what man forgets about Him (His love) but man remembers what
God forgets about him (his sins); I believe it is time to remember only what
God remembers about us, and that is His unending love for us. I love what
David said in Psalm 104:10,12 “He has not dealt with us according to our sins,
nor punished us according to our iniquities. As far as the east is from the west,
so far has He removed our transgressions from us”. In case you do not know
how much you are forgiven, God wants to give you a picture. The east and the
west can never meet in one point, so our sins and their decreed punishment are
removed to an eternal distance by His love and grace. We are safe from all
condemnation for sins, as if they had not been committed at all. In Angels on
Assignment, a book written by Charles and Frances Hunter, Roland Buck was
taken to heaven and an Angel handed him Abraham’s files. The man went
through them and saw all the good things Abraham did. H e saw records of
Abraham and Sarah’s hospitality to strangers. They had real feeling for those
who were less fortunate than they. They watered the camels of their guests, gave
them a place to stay and shared their food with them. God honoured this and it
was written down. But one thing he could not find was the places Abraham
stumbled.
He read further, back and forth, looking for the lie Abraham told when
he said Sarah was his sister, the time his faith was weak and he laughed because
of unbelief in God’s promise that a man of His age could be a father. It was not
recorded there. He then asked, “God where is the other book? Where did you
write about the failures of Abraham which I have seen recorded in your own
words in the Bible.” This was the reply, “I have no other book for believers. I DO
NOT RECORD FAILURE IN HEAVEN.” Glory to God. And this is what He
says, “This is beautiful hope for all mankind!” Eternity files are not like man
would make. That is why in Hebrews 11, the chapter popularly called the heroes
of faith, has no record of sinful deeds those Old Testament heroes committed but
rather their faith (believe) in God. Even till now, this is so true for all of us.
Confession of sins goes beyond being remorseful and coming to God in
tears. He is not moved by our tears of brokenness, He is moved by the Son who
was broken into pieces on Calvary. Is your remorse and contrite heart
necessary? Well, it is necessary for you, but not for God. He does not forgive
you based on your hours of kneeling and tears; He forgives you based on the
lamb He provided Himself for the forgiveness of your sins. Confession of sins is
agreeing with what God says about your sins in the New Testament and saying
the same thing. An example of confession of your sin is by declaring:
“Thank you Father for not counting my sins against me, thank you that
Jesus was wounded for my transgressions and bruised for my iniquities
so I would not be bruised anymore because one sin cannot be punished
twice. Thank you Father that my iniquities and lawless deeds, you
remember no more; thank you that in Christ, I have redemption, the
forgiveness of sins. Jesus, you are my forgiveness, you are my
righteousness. Thank you Father for embracing me and my nonsense,
thank you for the Lamb of God that takes away my sins, thank you
Father that my sins are washed away. Jesus forgave my past, present and
future sins and rose again to be the remembrance of my forgiveness.
Seeing Jesus is seeing my forgiveness. I am forgiven for your name sake
 and I cannot sin, for your seed remains in me and am born of you.
Thank you Father that you don’t see sin in me anymore, you see your
Son in me. Thank you.”
That is the New Testament way of confessing your sins. This New
Testament kind of confession leaves you with confidence and an empowerment to
live beyond sin. It gives you dominion over sin, and ignites your fellowship with
God.
I was shocked when God showed this to me in Luke concerning the
return of the prodigal son.
And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my
father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! I will
arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned
against heaven, and before thee, And am no more worthy to be called thy
son: make me as one of thy hired servants. And he arose, and came to his
father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had
compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. And the son
said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight,
and am no more worthy to be called thy son. But the father said to his
servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on
his hand, and shoes on his feet: And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill
it; and let us eat, and be merry:
Luke 15:17-23

This boy rehearsed all his confession list just like we do to God.
Father I have sinned against heaven and against you.
Am no longer worthy to be called your son.
Treat me like one of your hired workers.

Does this sound familiar? Does it remind you how we try to convince
God to forgive us by our tears and remorse and trying to pay Him off by settling
for the position of slaves? To my surprise, His father never said anything about
his confession as to whether he was forgiven or not; rather he commanded his
slaves to hurry, bring the best robe to dress him up, put a ring on his finger,
sandals on his feet and kill a fat calf to eat and celebrate him. His joy was that
his boy was dead and is alive; he was lost and is found. Robes in those days were
mostly made of linen and linen speaks of righteousness; rings always speaks of
eternal bonding, authority, unending relationship and unity; sandals speaks of
the gospel of peace. In the Old Testament, God told Moses to take off his sandals
because the place he stood was holy. However, in the New Testament the Father
gives his son sandals to put on and this stands for the access we have been given
as sons of God to stand in the Father’s holiness because we are holy as He is.
“How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel”; calfs also speaks of
sacrifice (and Jesus Christ was God’s perfect sacrifice). This means after His son
confessed his sins, his father instead spoke of his righteousness (right standing),
eternal unending relationship and the ultimate sacrifice of the death of Jesus
Christ (the calf) as our eternal redemption and once-and-for-all forgiveness.
Jesus Christ is our righteousness (the robe), our eternal bonding and union with
God (ring), our standing place of holiness (sandals) and the perfect sacrifice of
our eternal forgiveness (calf). His father spoke of celebration because his
forgiveness was a done deal. Can we also celebrate in God’s celebration of His
son’s finished work? The quality of His son’s finished work convinces Him
enough than the quality of our begging, remorse, tears and kneeling. Yes! You
can cry, regret, beg and kneel, but never for a second think that is what activates
God’s forgiveness. Begging God is like asking Jesus Christ to come and die
again, which is never possible. Never come to God asking and begging Him to
forgive you, come to Him, collect and receive the abundance of forgiveness.
God’s forgiveness is on pilot mode now, because Jesus Christ is no longer
offering sacrifices for your sins, He is seated. Hebrews 10:10 says, “By the
which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ
once for all. And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes
the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: But this man, after he had
offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right hand of God”. The
priest of the old order stood in the temple always making same sacrifices for sin
over and over, but the sacrifice of Jesus was a one-time sacrifice that took care of
sins once and for all. There were no chairs in the old temple to signify that the
High Priest always had to atone for sins, but Christ our High Priest according to
the order of Melchisedec, after He offered Himself, sat down to signify that our
sins have been completely washed, removed and never to be remembered again.
The celebration focus is on Jesus Christ.

Note: It was not the smell of the pigs that brought the prodigal son home. It was
the smell of home that brought him home. Making people feel dirty does not
bring them to God, reminding them of their true source and origin does- Love is
their origin. Whenever we think we have exhausted God’s grace, that is when He
proves to us that He has an eternal full of them. He thought he had exhausted
His father’s treasures of wealth so he decided to at least settle for less, by being
a slave. However, his dad still treated him as a son and introduced him to His
inexhaustive wealth and love. This is because his act did not run grace bankrupt.
God’s grace and love is like the sea, how much more can you drink to empty it –
Selah.

God’s focus is on His son, not your sins. Sin is no longer the topic, the
finished work is. Preaching sin will produce more sin, but preaching the finished
work will finish the work and furnish the lives of those we preach to. Preaching
sin and hell fire only makes people change in fear for a maximum of three days;
on the third day, they resurrect back into it; but preaching God’s grace, love,
forgiveness and the finished work of Christ might take time, but I can assure
you, it will take roots. Preaching hard on sin and God’s punishment might sound
good or it may even look like you are doing the right thing, but you are actually
planting seeds on hard ground and building without a foundation. Fear is not the
fuel for growth, it’s the fuel for hypocrisy and we have a lot of such in our
churches today. If you changed out of fear of hell, then it was not the gospel you
heard. Perfect love casts out fear and the gospel reveals the perfection of God’s
love in perfecting you. It is time to lift up the Christ who lifted up the yoke of sin
off our necks by reason of His anointing. When you are overwhelmed with
absolute fullness of the revelational knowledge of Jesus Christ, you begin to
loose appetite for sin and sin begins to loose appetite for you, sin becomes
boring to you and you become boring to sin, sin becomes less exciting and
unattractive to you and you become less exciting and unattractive to sin. The
only thing left is to part company with each other because your love for each
other dies. You now fall in love with the adorably, incomparably exciting and
loving personality of Love and Grace- Jesus Christ, to Him be glory.
There are many people who say when you fall into sin, you cannot hear
God’s voice. But after Adam sinned, the Bible says, “He heard the voice of the
Lord walk in the garden and God spoke to him.” God even took off the fig leaves
he used to cover his nakedness and replaced it which the skin of an animal. This
was a prophecy to Adam that there would be a Lamb of God who will step on
the earth and through His sacrifice, He will cover the nakedness, guilt and shame
of man. After Cain murdered his brother, he heard God’s voice and God even put
a mark on Him that anyone who touches Him will suffer seven times the
punishment of murder.
More interesting is the fact that the Bible says Cain left the presence of
God and built a city. Even if God did these for Cain and Adam who were all
types and shadows, how much more you in the reality and substance of the
shadows. I believe God rather gets closer to us even when we fall into sin
because He wants us out. If God should leave you when you sin, who can save
you? The distance we feel only exists in our minds. Colossians1:21 says, “we
were enemies and separated in our minds”. Jesus has assured us He will never
leave us or forsake us; for there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother- his
name is Jesus Christ. I’m not making weight of sin but rather making weight of
God’s love and grace in the person of Jesus Christ and putting sin where it
belongs — under our feet.

SIN VERSUS SINS
From Romans chapter one till the eleventh verse of chapter five, Paul
emphasized more on the subject of our sins as a conduct, behavior, act and what
we have done. But as he got to the twelfth verse of chapter five till the eighth
chapter, he now exposed sin more as a nature, principle, force and power.
There is a difference between sin and your sins. Sin is a nature, sins is
the effect of that nature. Sin is a power, sins is what that power produces. We
were once sin and we committed sins as a result of that sin nature. Sickness,
fornication, lies, drunkenness, anger, wrath, etc. are all the effects of the sin
nature in us. We produced sinful deeds or works as a result of the sin nature in
us. God’s plan was to deal with our sin (as a nature) and sins as a conduct.
If you want to destroy a fruit from a tree, you do not succeed by
plucking all the fruits from it. This is because the tree is still alive and it will
produce more. What you have to do is to destroy the tree from the roots just like
Jesus cursed the tree from its roots so it will not produce more fruits. It will not
be enough to just use a brush to remove cobwebs in your room, and not expect it
again. More will come because the spider is still alive. What you have to do is to
kill the spider and it will not produce more cobwebs.
A great man of God called Watchman Nee says, “If you want people to
stop drinking beer or alcohol, you don’t go round breaking all the beer bottles in
the country and think you have succeeded. You cannot succeed because the beer
producing factory is still operating. To succeed, you must destroy the beer or
alcohol producing factory to fully extinct and get rid of it, then you can leave the
rest of the beers. It is just a matter of time, they will all get finished in the
system.” All these analogies best explain God’s plan for the redemption of man.
Our sin was the nature, power, producing factory, tree and spider itself, and our
sins was the products, fruits, beers and cobwebs it produced in us. God’s plan
was to destroy that nature and power that came through Adam into us. Many
people are concerned about their actions and conduct, but God was concerned
about what was behind that conduct.
Our sin (nature) needed deliverance, but our sins needed cleansing and
forgiveness. Our sin nature did not need the blood of Jesus for cleansing, it
needed to die. Whatever comes through birth must go through death. That is why
God included us in the death of our Lord Jesus. That is why Jesus was made sin
for us in; order to take the nature Adam implanted in us and destroy it, and also
bore our sins so we would be forgiven. Therefore, we died with Him so that the
sin producing nature in us would be destroyed. Our sin as a nature had to die and
our sins had to be washed. Jesus dealt with our sin nature by ending its power
through death and He dealt with our sinful deeds by shedding His blood. His
death was the destruction of sins power and His blood is the forgiveness of our
sinful deeds. If we receive this revelation, it will empower us to live above sinful
deeds because our nature that produced these sinful deeds has been destroyed in
the death and burial of Jesus and rendered inactive. His resurrection is the
beginning of another power in operation, it is another law in action called the law
of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus and not the law of sin and death. Glory to God,
we are alive to God. (I give honor and credit to Watchman nee of blessed
memory for aiding me to understand this subject concerning our sin and sins.)
What is Unpardonable Sin?
I heard someone say an unpardonable sin is a sin that reduces your
ranking in heaven. Another person also says, “It’s a sin that denies you eternity in
Heaven as a child of God.” Others also say it is speaking against a man of God
who operates under the anointing.

But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is
come unto you. Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and
blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the
Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaketh a
word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever
speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in
this world, neither in the world to come.
 Matthew 12:28, 31-32
Jesus had just healed someone who was blind and dumb and when the
religious men of His time, the Pharisees heard it, they said, “This fellow doth not
cast out devils, but by Beelzebub, the prince of the devils.” Jesus in answering
this statement said, “But if I cast out devils by the spirit of God, then the
kingdom of God is come unto you.” After this, He spoke about sin against the
Holy Spirit. What is sin against the Holy Spirit in the New Testament? We have
established the fact that every sin we committed, commit or will ever commit
has been forgiven in the death of Jesus. What then could an unpardonable sin be
if all our sins have been forgiven?

Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away:
for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I
depart, I will send him unto you. And when he is come, he will reprove
the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: Of sin, because
they believe not on me; Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and
ye see me no more; Of judgment, because the prince of this world is
judged.
John 16:7-11
You will be amazed what the Amplified version says.
But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do
not go a w a y, the [a]Helper (Comforter, Advocate, Intercessor—
Counselor, Strengthener, Standby) will not come to you; but if I go, I will
send Him (the Holy Spirit) to you [to be in close fellowship with you].
And He, when He comes, will convict the world about [the guilt of] sin
[and the need for a Savior], and about righteousness, and about
judgment: about sin [and the true nature of it], because they do not
believe in M e [and M y message]; about righteousness [personal
integrity and godly character], because I am going to My Father and
you will no longer see Me; about judgment [the certainty of it], because
the ruler of this world (Satan) has been judged and condemned.
John 16:7-11 (AMPLIFIED)

When he comes, he’ll expose the error of the godless world’s view of sin,
righteousness, and judgment: He’ll show them that the refusal to believe
in me is their basic sin; that righteousness comes from above, where I
 am with the father, out of their sight and control; that judgment takes
place as the ruler of this godless world is brought to trial and convicted.
John 16:8 (Message Bible)

Jesus says when the Spirit comes, He is going to convict the world about three
things. That is sin, righteousness and judgment. He will convict the world of sin
because men do not believe in Jesus. The Message Bible says refusal to believe
Jesus is the basic sin and who does the conviction? The Holy Spirit does that. He
convicts the world (unbelievers) of their sin being unbelief in Christ finished
work. The Holy Spirit through the Gospel convicts men of their unbelief in
Jesus’ finished work. Jesus told us when the Holy Spirit comes, H e will not
speak for Himself or on His own accord, but about Jesus. His mission is to tell
men about Jesus. The sins an unbeliever can commit is not only limited to
stealing, murder or wickedness, but the sin of not believing Jesus who took all
their sins.
When a man hears the Gospel and continuously rejects Jesus after the
Holy Spirit testifies to him or her about Him, he commits an unpardonable sin
because he or she insults the Spirit of grace, the blood of Jesus and calls the work
of Jesus a common thing. The sin against the Holy Spirit is the sin of rejecting
Jesus after the Holy Spirit convicts you of your unbelief in Him. In this situation
you remain in your sinful state both now and in the ages to come just as Jesus
put it. There is no pardon for you because you rejected the One who pardoned you
of all your sins. Nothing can save you again. The same words you used in
rejecting and speaking against the testimony of the Holy Spirit about Jesus will
be used against you.
If you are born-again, you cannot commit an unpardonable sin or sin
against the Holy Spirit because you have already responded to His conviction by
believing Jesus and you have crossed from death to life. In Matthew 12:28, Jesus
said, “If I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has
come to you.” Rejecting the testimony the Holy Spirit convicts you about, will
amount to you actually rejecting the kingdom He came along with. Sin against
the Holy Spirit is rejection and continuous rejection of the finished work of Jesus
when He (the Holy Spirit) convicts you about your unbelief in Him.



 CHAPTER 10

CAN YOU LOSE YOUR SALVATION?

This is one subject that has brought confusion in the church. Can we lose
our salvation or not? Here’s my answer. I can give you many Scriptures to
prove that once you are saved you are forever saved. I can equally give you
Scriptures to prove to you that once you are saved, you are not forever saved.
The problem is not to win this argument, but rather how this argument won us
into the eternal bosom of God’s love.
The answer is simple. Once you believe you are saved and you know
for sure that you are saved, then indeed you are saved. The reason many people
have different views on this subject is because we have put salvation in a future
tense and this is robbing us of our present-hour experience of the life we have.
Do not just place salvation in the future because it is a present hour reality. Feast
on the salvation you are currently enjoying and stop wandering about a future
probability or possibility of losing it.
You are tattooed in God’s palms and engraved in His heart; you are His
icon and idol. He wants us to be convinced of something He gives us now. With
joy, draw out from the wells of salvation which is in the innermost recess of
your heart where God already lives and abides because you are dead and your
new life is hidden in Christ (Colossians 3:3).

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or
distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As
it is written, F o r thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are
accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are
more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded,
that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers,
nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any
other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which
is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:35-39
The Message Bible puts Romans 8:35-39 this way:
Do you think anyone is going to be able to drive a wedge between us and
Christ’s love for us? There is no way! Not trouble, not hard times, not
hatred, not hunger, not homelessness, not bullying threats, not
backstabbing, not even the worst sins listed in Scripture: They kill us in
cold blood because they hate you. We’re sitting ducks; they pick us off
one by one. None of this fazes us because Jesus loves us. I’m absolutely
convinced that nothing — nothing living or dead, angelic or demonic,
today or tomorrow, high or low, thinkable or unthinkable— absolutely
nothing can get between us and God’s love because of the way that Jesus
our Master has embraced us.
Your life is wrapped with God in eternity. Nothing can separate you
from God’s love for you. Not even worse sins from Scripture, angels or demons,
today or tomorrow. Absolutely nothing can separate us from God and His Love
for us. You are saved, keep it, enjoy it and manifest it.
And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither
shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them
me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my
Father’s hand.
John 10:28
The Amplified Bible puts it this way.
And I give them eternal life, and they shall never loose it or perish
throughout the ages. No one can snatch you from God’s hands.
John 10:28



SLAVES OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.
Romans 6:18

When Adam committed that high treason, we all became slaves and
prisoners of sin — sin, not as a verb (action) but as a noun. We all became
sinners by the sin of one man.
 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin;
and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.
Romans 5:12

Adam’s sin made all humans sinners without a choice. When we were in
the prison of sin, no amount of good thing could take us out of Adam, no good
works could ever declare us saved and free. We were still locked in that prison
until Jesus came. Interestingly, we think and even believe the act of Adam was so
powerful, but treat the work of Christ as inferior. We say in Christ if you do any
bad thing you will lose your salvation. This is an insult to the cross. At least, on
equal basis, if no good thing could take us out of Adam, what makes us think one
bad thing we do can take us out of Christ?
Most people are scared to preach the message as it is supposed to be
because they feel it will give people the license to sin. However, it is clear that
people sin more out of fear than in faith. Why do we fear for God that people
will sin? Are we the Holy Spirit? We were not given the mandate to change
people, the Holy Spirit does. Our responsibility is to teach the Gospel fully,
exactly as it is. We have been set free from sin and we are now slaves of
righteousness. Do you know what it is to be a slave of righteousness? This is not
a verb, it is also a noun. We are now in the prison of righteousness. Which means
we are locked for good in that prison.
No amount of any bad thing we do can take us out. We are slaves and
prisoners of righteousness forever. This is just the equal comparison. In actual
sense, God calls the work of Christ “much more.” This means the work of Christ
is of a greater degree and cannot be compared to that of Adam. We have not seen
anything yet. This is how God accomplishes His fairness. I t is not fair for
someone to be responsible for the sins of another person. I s it not fair that
another man’s good work on the cross should make you forever righteous
without you doing any good thing? This verse will blow your mind:

You know the story of how Adam landed us in the dilemma we’re in — first
sin, then death, and no one exempt from either sin or death. That sin
disturbed relations with God in everything and everyone, but the extent
of the disturbance was not clear until God spelled it out in detail to
Moses. So death, this huge abyss separating us from God, dominated the
landscape from Adam to Moses. Even those who didn’t sin precisely as
Adam did by disobeying a specific command of God still had to
 experience this termination of life, this separation from God. But Adam,
who got us into this, also points ahead to the One who will get us out of
it. Yet the rescuing gift is not exactly parallel to the death-dealing sin. If
one man’s sin put crowds of people at the dead-end abyss of separation
from God, just think what God’s gift poured through one man, Jesus
Christ, will do! There’s no comparison between that death-dealing sin
and this generous, life-giving gift. The verdict on that one sin was the
death sentence; the verdict on the many sins that followed was this
wonderful life sentence. If death got the upper hand through one man’s
wrongdoing, can you imagine the breathtaking recovery life makes,
sovereign life, in those who grasp with both hands this wildly
extravagant life-gift, this grand setting-everything- right, that the one
man Jesus Christ provides? Here it is in a nutshell: Just as one person
did it wrong and got us in all this trouble with sin and death, another
person did it right and got us out of it. But more than just getting us out
of trouble, he got us into life! One man said no to God and put many
people in the wrong; one man said yes to God and put many in the right.
All that passing laws against sin did was produce more lawbreakers. But
sin didn’t, and doesn’t, have a chance in competition with the aggressive
forgiveness we call grace. When it’s sin versus grace, grace wins hands
down . All sin can do is threaten us with death, and that’s the end of it.
Grace, because God is putting everything together again through the
Messiah, invites us into life—a life that goes on and on and on, world
without end.
Romans 5:12-21 (Message Bible)

We received a life sentence to be prisoners and slaves of righteousness

as a nature and gift forever. Rejoice knowing that you are eternally saved.
And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your
whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming
of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1Thessalonians 5:23

God can preserve you wholly unto His coming, so do not be afraid of
losing your salvation. H o w did you receive salvation? Through faith in the
finished work of Jesus. You believed that God raised Jesus from the dead and
confessed Him as Lord. So how do you lose it? Through the same means you
received it — by doubting God did not raise Jesus from the dead and confessing
He is no longer your Lord. This is the only way you can lose your salvation. Be
convinced of the quality of your salvation, a salvation so strong that not even
demons or angels or sin can destroy. The quality of your new life is the very
quality of God’s life. You are eternally saved; so stay saved.

For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a
good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love
toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much
more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from
wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to
God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be
saved by his life. And not only so, but we also joy in God through our
Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.
Romans 5:6-11

THE BIG HEART OF GOD

God has a big heart not just to tolerate your “nonsense,” but to embrace
you as well. God’s definition of patience is not His ability to tolerate, but His
ability to embrace and receive. He does not tolerate us because He loves us but
H e receives us because H e loves us. God’s big heart is not for tolerance and
endurance, but an assurance that H e has received and embraced us into His
bosom forever.
Never ask whether you are saved or not or whether you will make it to
heaven or not. God wants you to know that your life is wrapped with Christ in
eternity. Can you imagine for a moment that God can tolerate a thought of
separation, if love cannot tolerate a thought like that? We were designed to be
overwhelmed by the love of God that when we discover what Jesus is all about,
we will discover what we are all about. Love does not tolerate, it receives and
embraces. Whatever love is not, God is not. We may have a thousand instruments,
but you are God’s favourite instruments, we may have ten thousand songs, but
our very existence as sons is God’s best song, melody, rhythm and blues. He
enjoys being with you in His eternal embrace. God does not have a plan for your
life; your life is His plan.

JESUS IS COMING, BEWARE? OR BEHOLD?


I have a question to ask? Is the second coming of Jesus a fearful day or

joyful one? It seems we have lost the revelation behind his second coming. But let
me help out with a simple analogy.
If your big brother is travelling abroad and tells you, “I will return
again” and after 10 years you hear he is coming back soon, what will be your
reaction? Will it be of fear or joy?
Obviously it is joy unspeakable. But it amazes me that the believer rather
experiences fear unspeakable upon hearing the coming of the Lord Jesus our big
brother. One reason I know many will give is that they are not prepared. That is
fine, but could it be that they are not studying well? Or could it be that they have
not even discerned through the word how to prepare for His coming? When you
hear your big brother is coming back, you will be exceedingly joyful because
you know you miss him and he is coming with a lot of goodies (good gifts).
It is a shame that many believers look rather disappointed in Jesus’ coming because
they think He is coming with Judgment and bad gifts — hell and torment. The
coming of Jesus is a great joy not a fearful moment. The reason why we fear is
because we haven’t understood our salvation and who we are as sons and
daughters of God. It will only be a fearful moment for those who do not believe
in Jesus as their Saviour.

For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which
are the figures of the true; but into heaven it itself, now to appear in the
presence of God for us: Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the
high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;
For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world:
but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin
by the sacrifice of himself. And as it is appointed unto men once to die,
but after this the judgment: So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of
many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time
without sin unto salvation.
Hebrews 9:24-28

Hebrews 9:28 from the Amplified Version of the Holy Bible reads:
Even so it is that Christ, having been offered to take upon Himself and
bear as a burden the sin of many once and once for all, will appear a
second time, not to carry any burden of sin nor to deal with sin, but to
 bring to full salvation those who are [eagerly, constantly, and patiently]
waiting for and expecting Him.
This Scripture is telling us that Jesus is coming a second time not for
condemnation of sin into hell but for salvation. The Greek word for salvation in
this verse is soteria, which means rescue, safety, deliverance and health. There is
nothing like condemnation or hell here in His second appearance to those who
eagerly wait for Him. Actually the word salvation as used in the Scripture means
the salvation of our bodies from corruption or mortality into incorruption and
immortality.

And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruit is of the
Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the
adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
Romans 8:23

The very thing we are waiting for is the redemption of our bodies and
our judgment for rewards or prizes — not for determining whether we will be in
heaven or hell. There are about three main kinds of judgment outlined in the
Bible (these shall be captured in my next book in details) — the judgment of
Jesus Christ, the judgment of the believer and the judgment of the unbeliever.
These are not the same. Many people confuse the judgment of the unbeliever as
same as that of the believer. The judgment of Jesus Christ is the death and sin
judgment (sentence) Jesus tasted on the cross for every man whether born or
unborn (Hebrews 9:26-28, John12:31-33, 2 Corinthians 5:21, Hebrews 2:9-10,
Isaiah 53:1-8).
The judgment of the believer has nothing to do with determining
whether he or she will go to heaven or hell. It is rather to determine the degree of
reward, prize and crown to be received in heaven in honour of how we lived out
the life we received as a gift. For example, how patient we were, the number of
souls we saved, the sacrifices we made for the expansion of the kingdom, giving
to the poor, healing the sick and many more. The judgement of the believer is not
for condemnation, but for commendation, it’s not for apprehension, but for
appreciation, it’s not for your dismissal, but for you appraisal. I once heard
someone say, in heaven all our sins will be projected on a wide TV screen for
everyone to see. That is a very funny big lie which has power to deceive only
Sunday school children to be good boys and girls for a short while. This thought
has no foundation in the word of God.
The bible teaches that each believers work will pass through fire
(1Corinthians3:13). The eyes of Jesus Christ which is like flames of fire
(Revelation 1:14) will scan every work the believer did on earth which Paul
outlined in a form of building materials (ie.gold, silver, precious stones, wood,
hay and straw) and those who were faithful (gold, silver and precious stones)
will have their works shine and receive reward but those who were unfaithful
(wood, hay and straw) will have their works burnt and lose their reward, yet they
will be saved. (1Corinthians3:13-15)
Those who spent time living for themselves, manifesting the works of the
flesh, gaining their own glory and living in hatred and bitterness will end up in
heaven alright because they believed and confessed the finished work, but they
will lose their reward, prize and crown. They will be called the defeated
believers, disqualified believers or the foolish virgins (1Corinthians 3:11-15, 1
Corinthians 5:10-11, 1 Corinthians 9:24-27, Romans 14:10).
Finally the judgment of the unbeliever is the judgment of the sins of anyone who
refused to receive and rejected the finished work of Christ. This will be called
the second death. They will experience the final separation from God eternally in
the lake of fire (John 12:46-48, Revelation 20:11-15).

There are also three levels of salvation according to Scriptures;

Salvation of our human spirit
Salvation of the soul
Salvation of the body God told Adam:

. . . Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of
the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day
that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
Genesis 2:16

The death God was talking about was a spiritual death, not physical.
This means Adam died spiritually before dying physically.
And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and
he died.
Genesis 5:5
 There are two deaths that occurred in and out of the garden. The first
was spiritual and the second was physical. Death simply means “separation from
an environment.” When you die spiritually, it means you are separated from the
spiritual environment (realm of God). That is what happened to Adam.
 Physical death on the other hand, means to be separated from the
physical environment or the world of the senses. In between the spiritual and
physical death, there was the corruption of the soul in darkness. Man is a three
but one being just like God because He is made in the image and likeness of
God. He is a spirit, he has a soul and lives in a body.
The spirit of man has three compartments namely,
(1) Fellowship — The part of your spirit that makes you commune with God
(John 4:23, 24), (2) Intuition — The part of your spirit that makes you know and
comprehend spiritual truths (1Corinthians 2:11) and (3) Conscience — The part
of you that either justifies or convicts you and discerns right from wrong
(Romans 8:16, Romans 9:1).
The soul also has three compartments namely, (1) The mind — The part
of your soul that makes you reason, (2) The will — The part of your soul that
enables you make decisions and (3) The emotions — The part of your soul that
makes you feel. The body is the seat of the 5 senses — hearing, sight, taste,
touch and smell.
When Adam committed high treason, there was a death process, which
began in his tripartite being. His spirit died just as God said — it was separated
from God’s realm and was corrupted by the sinful nature; his soul got
darkened and corrupted with evil and his body became mortal which finally
ended him in physical death. God’s salvation plan is also the same. Jesus died to
restore us unto a better life. He lightened us up and awoke us to the fatherhood
of God.

And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world,
according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now
worketh in the children of disobedience: Among whom also we all had
our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the
desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of
wrath, even as others. But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love
wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened
us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) And hath raised us up
together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
Ephesians 2:1-6

When we receive the Gospel, our spirit gets saved. Our spirit is
regenerated and given a new life in Christ. Our soul goes through a process of
being saved through the word of God. This means our mind, will and emotion
undergo the saving process. Salvation is an ongoing process.

Wherefore putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness,
receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your
souls.
James 1:21

The word of God has the ability to rescue your soul by transforming it.
Beloved, I pray that in all things thou mayest prosper and be in health, even
as thy soul prospereth.
3 John 1:2

Our souls needs to prosper through an enrichment of the word of God.

Paul, in Romans 12:2 says, “And be not conformed to this world: but be ye
transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good,
and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.” Our soul needs to be renewed. The
word renew from the Greek is anakainosis, from the root words: ana and kainos.
Ana means reverse and kainos means n ew, fresh and original. Ankainosis
therefore means to reverse back to the original. The original image and likeness
identity consciousness. Can you see that believers move forward from a
backward direction?
When the Bible says renew your mind, it means your mind once knew
something. Our mind was not just n e w, it knew something. I t had a
consciousness and mentality. In the beginning, Adam had no consciousness of
sin, sickness, pain, hatred, selfishness, poverty, evil, etc. He was only conscious
of God. Eden was not really a place that is why it cannot be found through
searching. Eden means an environment or presence. Eden was actually an
atmosphere of God’s presence.
When sin set in, it corrupted man’s perception about God and he became
an enemy in his mind (Colossians 1:21). Man saw God in another way because he
became conscious of himself (nakedness). After we receive Jesus as life in our
spirit, God begins to renovate our thinking. He begins to restore our old minds
into its original state as before. H e works in us to will and do of His good
pleasure. He makes our minds new and fresh again. He does that by bringing our
consciousness back to the consciousness of God. This is called Christ
consciousness. All this process is activated through the word of God (the
Gospel) — the finished work of Christ; His death, burial and resurrection.
Through the regenerated spirit and renewed mind, God is able to work
in our bodies-His will, until His second appearing. We are saved, being saved
and we will be saved. Our spirit is saved, our soul is being saved and our bodies
will be saved. Our spirit has regeneration, our soul is going through a process of
transformation and our bodies will experience transfiguration in the appearance
of our Lord and Saviour Jesus. Our spirit encountered the resurrection life when
we believed Jesus, our soul is encountering a working within through the Gospel
and our bodies will encounter incorruption at the second coming of Jesus (1
Corinthians 15:35-58).

Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens
with the saints, and of the household of God.
Ephesians 2:19
God confirms to us that we are not strangers or foreigners but fellow
citizens with the saints and members of God’s household. A citizen is a legally
recognized subject, national of a state or commonwealth or an inhabitant of a
town or city. Compare this understanding with your citizenship in heaven.

For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the
Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Philippians 3:20

We are citizens of heaven so why must you fear going to heaven when
you belong there? It does not make sense unless you have believed something
that is not true.

But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the
heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, To the
general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in
heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made
perfect, And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood
of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
Hebrews 12:22-24


According to this Scripture, we have come to: (1) mount Zion, (2) city of
the living God, (3) heavenly Jerusalem, (4) innumerable company of angels, (5)
to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven,
(6) to God, (7) spirits of just men made perfect, (8) Jesus the mediator of the new
covenant and (9) to the blood of sprinkling. The Bible says we have come to the
heavenly Jerusalem and we are registered there. We are not marching to Zion as
people sing; we are already in Zion. How can we realize this truth and still shake
at the preaching of fearful messages of judgement and the coming of Jesus?
The Christian is not hoping to get to heaven someday, the Christian is
heaven personified, an embodiment of heaven and a citizen. Which of these is
bigger and higher: Christ or heaven? F o r your information all things were
created by him and for Him including heaven. Even the life in the devil is
sustained by Christ according to Paul.

Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; for in
him were all things created, in the heavens and upon the earth, things
visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or
principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and
unto him; and he is before all things, and in him all things consist.

Colossians 1:15-17 (ASV)

You must come to an understanding that Christ does not live in heaven;
heaven lives in Christ because it came from Him (Genesis 1:1). Therefore if you
are in Christ, why should you be afraid of heaven or hell. You are safe and your
salvation is guaranteed as long as you have believed that God raised Jesus from
the dead and confessed Him as Lord. From today, if you hear a message from
anywhere that Jesus is coming soon, just lift your hands and say, “GLORY TO
GOD, I AM AWARE AND I AM WAITING FOR HIM.”

Read this verse from the Message
translation:
God is love. When we take up permanent residence in a life of love, we
live in God and God lives in us. This way, love has the run of the house, becomes
at home and mature in us, so that we’re free of worry on Judgment Day—our
standing in the world is identical with Christ’s. There is no room in love for fear.
Well-formed love banishes fear. Since fear is crippling, a fearful life—fear of
death, fear of judgment—is one not yet fully formed in love.
1John 4:17, 18 (MSG)
This is clear, any believer who is scared of Judgment day has only one
problem; he has not received enough of God’s love. Heaven and hell is not the
foundation of the gospel, it is only a part of the gospel; divine romance and
relationship with the Father through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is
that foundation. Heaven is only the meeting place, but marriage union with the
lamb (Christ) and Love relationship with the Father is the eternal purpose (You
can confirm that through the epistles of Paul).

CHAPTER 11

CONCERNING VISIONS OF HEAVEN
AND HELL AND THE DEEP THINGS
OF SATAN

I was surprised Jesus congratulated a particular church in the Book of Revelation
for not knowing the deep things of Satan.

But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not
this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they
speak; I will put upon you none other burden.
Revelation 2:24

But to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have
 not explored and known the depths of Satan, as they say — I tell you that
I do not lay upon you any other [fresh] burden.
Revelation 2:24 (AMPLIFIED)
There are many times we hear the interview discussions of people who
were once occults, witches, wizards and Satanists who convert and become
Christians. We normally hear them confess the secrets of the dark world and the
demonic things done by Satan and the inhabitants of darkness. I’m not against it,
but against the effect these revelations they bring out make on the faith of
immature believers. I strongly don’t believe witches, wizards and occults who
convert should be giving us tips or information of their former demonic world;
it’s not necessary because we are not ignorant of the devices of the enemy. I
think we should be the ones unveiling great insights and revelations of the great
kingdom of Jesus Christ to them, so they will appreciate and embrace the reality
of our divine union with divinity. Paul said he counted everything from his
former religious cult as dung, loss and garbage for the excellency of the
knowledge of Christ Jesus, the power of His resurrection, the fellowship of His
suffering and being conformed to His death. Paul says, “Brethren, I count not
myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things
which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press
toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus”
(Philippians 3:13-14). They should also keep silent with information of their
underworld stuff so we could overwhelm them with the revelation of our upper-
world stuff. I stopped reading books on the demonic world and their modus
operandi because it kept my focus on the devil and not on Jesus. I believe you
also have this same experience when you read such books. Paul says, “For I
determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him
crucified (1Corinthains2:2)”. That should also be our determination today.
Therefore, let us not give the devil the advertising space in our minds, hearts and
pulpits. There are few scriptures I want you to read about the devil; Hebrews
2:14, Genesis 3:15, Luke 10:18, 19 and John 12:31.
We sometimes hear of how the food we eat, clothes we wear, cars we drive,
wigs or weave-ons, deodorants and the like are all contaminated by the
underworld. These deep things of Satan most times keep believers in fear and
extreme caution. Hearing these revelations, some believers decide not to eat
certain foods again, wear certain clothes or hair products again or even visit
certain places again.
We begin to live a life of defeat through fear in the devil and his
activities. Jesus Himself tells us not to know, search or explore the deep things of
Satan. Why do you have to stop eating certain food because someone brought
some deep secrets of the satanic world about it? Paul warns us:
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall
depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of
devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a
hot iron; Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats,
which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which
believe and know the truth. For every creature of God is good, and
nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: F o r it is
sanctified by the word of God and prayer. I f thou put the brethren in
remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus
Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine,
whereunto thou hast attained.
1 Timothy 4:1-6

It is very surprising that Paul in this verse said, “If thou put the brethren
in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ,
nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast
attained.” This means a good minister is one who teaches the body of Christ that
these doctrines of demons and deep things of Satan and so called gods, together
with their activities, can have no effect on the life of the believer who knows his
or her position in Christ.
A good minister is one who teaches the body of Christ the liberty they
have in Christ to eat anything, wear anything, go anywhere and touch anything
without anything harming them because they are sanctified by the word of God
and prayer. A good minister nourishes the children of God with words of faith
and good doctrine of their oneness and union with God.

As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in
sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and
that there is none other God but one. For though there be that are called
gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords
many,) But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all
things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all
things, and we by him.
Romans 8:4-6

Instead of trying to know or search the deep things of Satan, Paul says:

. . . for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. Now
we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of
God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
1 Corinthians 2:10, 12

We should seek to know the deep things of God. Focus on the light and
the darkness will disappear. God has given us His Spirit that we might know the
things that has freely been given to us by God. Beloved, it does not matter
whether the person came from the sea or from hell or even from Heaven; never
be swayed from the faith to which you have been called.

I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the
grace of Christ unto another Gospel: Which is not another; but there be
some that trouble you, and would pervert the Gospel of Christ. But
though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other Gospel unto you
than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we
said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto
you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.
Galatians 1:6-9

As has been mentioned earlier, if any man preach any other Gospel unto
you than that which you have received, let him be accursed. Look at Paul’s
statement. He was so serious that he had to repeat that a second time in this verse.
Paul warns us of drifting away from the grace of Christ unto another Gospel.
Take a critical look at Paul’s Gospel.

Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the Gospel which I preached unto
you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also
ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye
have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I
also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the
scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day
according to the scriptures:
1 Corinthians 15:1-4


According to Paul, the Gospel is simply the good news about the death,
burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ (ascension and seating included). This
means any other message apart from this (death, burial and resurrection of Jesus)
is a motivational speech, an advice or a word of encouragement and not the
Gospel. I t amazes me that many people only preach the cross and the
resurrection on Easter. Even with that, they only preach the story and not the life
the story points to.
Through Paul’s Gospel, we discover that our life ended on the cross
and the life and identity of the resurrected Lord began a new race of beings.
Any other revelation or Gospel, even from heaven, apart from Paul’s Gospel
should be accursed. The word accursed in Greek is anathema, which means to be
excommunicated or banned. Believers must be warned to be careful about some
visions of heaven and hell.
I heard of an account of someone who says those who do not tithe will
not go to heaven. He claimed Jesus told him that when he went to heaven. I also
heard an account of someone who said he went to heaven and Jesus told him all
those who wear short skirts, do make up and wear nails will not go to heaven.
We have to be careful about hearing messages and accounts like this which add
to salvation.
Beloved it does not matter where and how the person saw it. If it is not
the death, burial and resurrection, let’s take heed and beware. With all humility
we must be careful to guard our heart against visions of heaven that don’t exalt
Jesus in His death, burial and resurrection (ascension and seating included).
Nothing can disqualify you from your salvation except unbelief in the finished
work of Jesus. Salvation is not faith plus tithes neither is it faith plus doing good;
it is simply faith plus nothing.
Faith + Nothing = Salvation
This is what Paul taught and this is what we must teach.

For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, t r a n s f o r m i n g themselves
into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed
into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be
transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according
to their works.
2 Corinthians 11:13


We should beware because even Satan transforms himself into an angel of light.
This should tell you that not all visions are to be accepted in the body of Christ,
no matter the defense of its source. If it comes to put fear in believers, leave
them empty and rob them of the hope of their calling, we should be bold to ban it
both on our pulpits and in our minds and hearts.

And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them
openly, triumphing over them in it. Let no man therefore judge you in
meat, or in drink, or in respect of a holyday, or of the new moon, or of
the sabbath days: Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is
of Christ. Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility
and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not
seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, And not holding the Head,
from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment
ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.
Colossians 2:15-19

Let no one judge or instruct you on what you should eat and drink, and
let no one charm or trick you on your reward in voluntary humility and
worship of angels and even what he/she claim to have seen. These things can be
puffed up by the fleshy mind. This means Satan can give false vision to make it
look like light and our own fleshly minds can also give visions. Sometimes we
could think of things and take them into our subconscious which manifests in
dreams and visions. At times, the doctrines and distorted perceptions we have
about God, eternity, heaven, hell, salvation, holiness, trinity, righteousness and
even Jesus Christ can greatly damage the eyes of our hearts into seeing things
not intended for the body of Christ and most often in total disagreement with the
character of the Father, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. We are to rather hold the
head who is Christ and not just some petty visions and dream that reveal nothing
but empty revelations that comes to rob us of our inheritance, liberty and fullness
in Christ. Jesus Christ is the lens into heaven, hell or any other realm we find
ourselves. You cannot know God outside Jesus Christ; you cannot know heaven
outside Jesus Christ; you cannot know the spirit realm outside Jesus Christ; you
cannot even know hell outside Jesus Christ- who is full of grace and truth.
Ephesians 3:14 says, “For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ, Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named”.
Colossians 1:19 says, “For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness
dwell; And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to
reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth,
or things in heaven”. Colossians 1:17 also says, “And he is before all things, and
by him all things consist. And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the
beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the
preeminence”.
This is the only thing Paul said about visions and revelations of heaven.
It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and
revelations of the Lord. I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years
ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I
cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot
tell: God knoweth;) How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard
unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter. Of such an
one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities. For
though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the
truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that
which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me.
2 Corinthians 12:1-6

Actually, it is believed, according to historians that Paul was the one

caught up into the third heavens. H e heard unspeakable things which were
unlawful to utter. Paul was careful to speak of His divine revelation lest any man
should think above that which he saw him to be. Paul was careful not be bring
out his vision of heaven so he would be seen as special. He preferred to preach
Christ and Him crucified rather than talk about what H e saw in heaven. God
knows my heart. I’m not against visions and divine revelations of heaven. I have
visions myself. But the moment our vision of heaven does not synchronize with
the cross and the salvation it reveals, much more the unconditional love of God, I
beg to say with confidence; this revelation cannot be accepted. Guard your heart
with all diligence brethren. It is sad that everyone wants to be on radio and TV,
talking about their visions of heaven and hell. I believe that time has come to be
bold enough to tune off our radio and TV sets when we hear or view anything
that would rob us our completeness in Christ and waver our faith which has no
foundation of the finished work of Christ. F o r this is the foundation and
consummation of our faith. Is it not sad that many give more attention, place
more value, respect and even believe in visions of heaven and hell more than in
the gospel of Jesus Christ? We see these visions as more sacred as compared to
the hearing of the finished work of Jesus Christ, but I can tell you with all
boldness that it is wrong and we need to repent from such thinking. In the four
gospels, anytime Jesus spoke about hell, He addressed it to self-righteous
hypocritical Pharisees who trusted in their law, self-effort, obedience and
sacrifices rather than in Him. If you are a preacher or a teacher reading this
book, I beseech you by God’s mercy and with all humility to stop scaring the
saints with hell and preach the gospel. Just a reminder, the gospel means good
news, glad tidings and the message too good to be true. If you are frustrated that
people are not living right, check the content of your message and fix it. May be,
the reason the people are not listening is because you are preaching a frustrated
gospel and not the victorious gospel. God is not anxious or frustrated about His
people; He is frustrated about the message being portrayed about Him to His
people (the whole world). As far as He is concerned, the harvest (humanity) is
ripe, so the problem is not with the harvest (believers and unbelievers), the
problem is with the labourers. The gospel is not “repent or burn”, the gospel is
“He was burnt as a burnt offering for you”; the gospel is not “believe or die”, the
gospel is “He died for you”; the gospel is not “change your ways or be left out in
the rapture”, the gospel is “change your mind, because you were included in His
finished work and you are captured in His glory”.
Beloved, it is the Gospel of the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus
that saves a man. When the rich man was in hell, he begged Abraham to send
Lazarus to his five brothers so that when they at least hear from someone who
has come from hell, they will believe.

Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him
to my father’s house: For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto
them, lest they also come into this place of torment. Abraham saith unto
him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. And he
said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they
will repent. And he said unto him, I f they hear not Moses and the
prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
Luke 16:27-31

We do not have Moses and the prophets, but the Gospel because Jesus
fulfilled the law and prophets. This Scripture makes us understand visions of
heaven and hell do not save or change people, it is the Gospel that saves and
transforms. It is not the fear of hell that saves us, it is faith in the one who tasted
death and hell for every man. Cornelius had a vision seeing the angel of the
Lord, yet he had to go hear the gospel from Peter to be saved (Acts10).
If going to heaven or making it to heaven is the motivation for your Christian
zeal, then you have a misconstrued understanding. Heaven is not the goal,
Christ is, Heaven is not the means, Christ is, Heaven is not the end, Christ is. In
Ephesians 1:10,11 Paul says,” Having made known to us the mystery of His
will, according to His good pleasure which he purposed in Himself, that in the
dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all
things in Christ, both which are in Heaven and which are on earth- in
Him”. This means heaven itself has a future; the future of Heaven is Christ. The
foundation of sonship is not going to heaven to meet Jesus, that foundation is
Heaven coming to us for Jesus to meet us face to face and becoming a part of us
forever. Never live your life trying to escape Hell, live your life knowing and
embracing your true identity- Jesus Christ.

The whole purpose of this book it to empower you to fight a good fight
of faith and lay hold on eternal life. The whole plan of the enemy is to rob you
of your faith and leave you empty and fearful. He wants to give you a picture of
a scary and wicked God who does not care about your weaknesses and
threatens to punish you with hell until you take Him serious. For in Christ dwells
the fullness of the Godhead bodily and you are complete in Him who is the
head of all principalities and powers. Jesus Christ was not God’s air condition to
cool down God’s hot temper against humanity, He was God’s love without
condition to reveal the God who has always loved you and cannot live without
you.
Jesus did not come to change God’s idea about man, He came to change
man’s idea about God. Jesus did not come to satisfy the blood lust of a vindictive
father. The blood of Jesus was not God’s snack to prove His satisfaction of us.
Jesus was the proof of His satisfaction. Just like the father run to hug and kiss
the prodigal son before he commanded them to kill the best animal for
celebration, God also embraced us before the death of Jesus Christ; the ultimate
death sacrifice.
The death of Jesus was a celebration of a decision God had made to run
and embrace us in the bosom of His love. Jesus did not come to soften the
Father’s heart for us. He came to reveal the Father’s heart to us. Jesus said He
who has seen me has seen the father. In other words, whatever is not like Jesus is
not like the father. It is time to drop every perception you had or have about the
father that is not like Jesus because He is the express image of the invisible God,
the radiance of His glory.
God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto
the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his
Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made
the worlds.
Hebrews 1:1-2

Jesus is the crescendo of God’s voice. He is God’s final revelation to

Humanity. Whatever is not true about Jesus is not true about God and whatever is
not true about Jesus is not true about you. God is not a monster or your master.
He is your Father and much more your dad. He does not love you because you
tithe or live a good life, He loves you because He is convinced that you are His
Son, a treasured possession worth saving. You are greatly loved by Love.









CONCLUSION

I know this book might sound offensive to the belief system and
doctrine of some people, but I ask that you pray for God to guide you into all
truth. But just to give you a clue, you can identify truth in one way, “it sets you
free”. The question is “Are you free?”

Purpose of this Knowledge:
Beloved, the purpose of this knowledge is not to go and challenge your
pastor or leader and tell him how ignorant he is. Knowledge puffs up, but love
builds up. As you are liberated, don’t be in a rush to quickly condemn or criticize
anyone without this understanding of the word of God. I think you should be
praying that God will bring all men to the knowledge of the truth so that all men
will see what is the fellowship of the mystery which has been hidden in God
who created all things by Jesus Christ. Be humble enough to condescend with
people who might not even believe in anything written in this book. That does
not disqualify them from being sons of God. The ultimate end is Love. What will
be the purpose and end of knowledge, if it leads to division and separation in the
body of Christ. Let’s all accept one another even though we might not believe
the same things. It is God alone and Love alone. For there is one Lord, one faith,
one baptism, one Father who is above all and in us all. There are some who
might take advantage of this book saying, “I can do what I please and even sin
because Jesus has done it all”. If you get to this point, then you have not yet
understood the heart of the Father. All things are lawful for me, but not all things
are beneficial; all things are lawful for me, but I will not be a slave to any. You
are free; only do not use your liberty as an occasion to sin or misbehave, but
rather, to love, forgive, embrace, be patient, share your faith with others, suffer
for Him, work miracles and live exactly like Jesus Christ in pleasing the Father.




The Way Forward:
The way forward is to grow, grow, grow and grow in the knowledge of
Jesus Christ from the perspective of His death, burial, resurrection, ascension
and seating. There are no limits in growing and increasing in the knowledge of
Our Lord. Let nothing hold you; not religion, not the traditions of men, not
principles of men vainly puffed from the flesh. Just be free to live. You are not
just saved and sanctified, you are a son glorified.

Prophecy:
Open your eyes and see, open your eyes and behold, there are no gates,
there are no barriers, there are no walls, there no mountains, there are no valleys.
They have been leveled and made plain. Walk into your inheritance which has
always been yours. All those barriers, walls, mountains and valleys you see are
not true, they never existed. Look with the eyes of God and with the lens of
Jesus Christ. You proceed from a source that has no beginning or end, you hail
from a pure well of life eternal. Your essence makes sense because Jesus Christ
is your roots. Draw from this sweet nectar of love in the tree of life –Jesus
Christ: your righteousness, your justification, your peace, your hope, your life,
your past, your present, your future, your fullness, your wisdom, your
sanctification, your forgiveness, your joy and glory.


ABOUT THE BOOK
One of the challenges confronting the human species, since antiquity, is how to
overcome personal crises and spiritual challenges. Attributable to the “fall” of
the first “man,” humankind has since been struggling with how to harness the
requisite internal strength, mental fortitude and spiritual energy to subjugate their
numerous problems. In the midst of all these challenges that always plague
humanity — sickness, fear, doubt, disease, poverty, wars, conflicts, death, etc. —
there is hope. This assurance of salvation, and access to the “Ultimate Power”
needed to equip humanity to rise above their torrents of troubles, waves of
frustrations, tsunamis of diseases, mountains of sickness, tornadoes of fear and
seemingly insurmountable dilemmas of life have been well chronicled in the
Biblical accounts.
This book is written to unveil the finished work of Jesus Christ — the solution to
humankind’s dilemma personified. I t provides a systematic revelation of the
impact of Christ’s life, on those who believe, from the cross to the throne. It
completely makes naked, the concepts of “salvation” and “eternal life,” as
perceived through the microscope of the Godhead — Father, Son and Holy
Spirit. It shows, in simplistic and a crystal clear language, the link between the
identity of Jesus and ideal nature and life to be lived by humankind, at least,
from the perspective of the Scripture.
The essence of the book could be captured as a picturesque depiction of Jesus
Christ as “God minimized” to get humanity “maximized.” Moreover, the impact
of the work of Christ is also presented via deep, insightful and revelation-filled
concepts such as faith, grace, righteousness, justification, holiness, sanctification
and love. Specifically, the book addresses challenging and mind-boggling
questions like:
How do you know you are saved
What is righteousness all about
Do we have to hunger and thirst for God
Can the believer commit an unpardonable sin
 What is the purposed of the finished work of Christ
Can we lose our salvation and many more
This book will mesmerize your theological foundation, especially if it is feeble,
for the sole purpose of bringing you to the only Rock that is Stable — God, and
His Word (Jesus Christ personified) through the instrumentality of the Holy
Spirit.





ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Isaac Love Pappoe is a seasoned and passionate son of God with the
dynamic capacity to operate in all the ministry and spiritual gifts when the need
arises. H e is a product of the University of Professional Studies, Accra, and
holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing. He is an anointed and highly gifted
minister of the Gospel of God’s grace and specializes as a prophet, teacher and
minister of the finished work of Christ from the cross to the throne.
Currently serving under the Love and Grace Fellowship of the United
Christian Ministries International, Minister Isaac Pappoe is a frequent and highly
sought-after speaker at revivals, seminars and conferences. His strongest
convictions and inclinations are exemplified in the radical passion he possesses,
aimed at enlightening the understanding of men regarding their participation in
the mystery that was hidden from the ages past and has now been revealed
concerning the death, burial, resurrection, ascension and seating of Jesus Christ;
this he believes is the missing link in the Gospel being preached; hence, the
inefficacy of its power thereof.
Minister Pappoe tirelessly maximizes every opportunity at his disposal
to teach and preach everywhere in the body of Christ, the Gospel concerning this
“mystery of Christ” now revealed in the Holy Scriptures (the Bible), with the
primary objective of equipping the saints for the work of the ministry until the
church (and all men) come to possess and share one faith and accurate
knowledge (the Truth) of the Son of

God, having attained to maturity as an “original man” [Like Jesus, the second
Adam], and unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ [who makes
this transformation possible].