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i’m saved, what now?

Hey friend! now that you’re saved, you need to contend for light, a lot of it.

light with regards to who you are, how the father sees you, the games of the enemy and the afflictions of the righteous, becoming a legislator, the casting down of age long strongholds, being a tree of righteousness, planted. understanding the blood, the name. growing in faith, grace, holiness and righteousness., intimacy.

 I intend to touch on a few of these today.   Have a good read!

• Contending for light 

What is Light?

First of all, God is light, he dwells in light, unapproachable light. There’s no darkness in him at all and that’s why darkness disappears at the sight of light. 

He made light appear out of darkness on creation. Light is a dimension of God, a domain of God and a nature of God.  -2 Cor 4:6.

Light is that which makes manifest, as if to reiterate the fact that God is light, Jesus came as an embodiment of that nature of God and a carrier of it.  In him was life and that life was the light of men.  – John 1:4, Eph 5:13.

Light is also revelation, for example, a believer doesn’t know God redeemed us from the curses of the law when Jesus hung on the cross for us is in darkness in that area, and will get afflicted in that area until the understanding that it shouldn’t be so comes alive to them. The coming alive of that reality as a revelation is light. 

Light is learning and growing daily in the knowledge of God, his will and purpose, growing and grasping spiritual understanding. Understanding the hope of God’s calling, why he redeemed us, saved us, glorified us. Knowing God as we should, being washed by the water of his word.  That’s our responsibility.

• Being a legislator

This is using the light you have to enforce the spiritual realities you’ve been given access to by the father. Before we got saved and redeemed, a lot of were victims of the effect of being slaves to sin and its fruits, we were blinded by the prince of the power of the air, scriptures call him the god of this world and hitherto we indulged in wickedness and evil things in the sight of God.- Eph 1:3, 2 Cor 4:4.

Now God forgave us and all those sins are blotted out by the blood of the lamb that paid the price for us, but we have an adversary, a legislator who’s not on our side, who approaches the courts of heaven to present reasons why we should be judged by God.  Knowing that God is just and is subject to his word and exalts it even above himself.  He gets legal rulings to afflict us in areas we default in. – Col 2:14, 1 Peter 5:8.

Now it’s our responsibility to enforce the victory purchased and freely given to us of God to ensure that we live and walk in the redemption purchased for us. 

And to be an adept legislator, you have to understand the tools made available for us to do that effectively which would be addressed hereafter.  – 2 Cor 2:11.

• Understanding the Blood and the Name

“Wherefore God has highly exalted him and given him a name above every other name, that at the mention of the name, every knee bows and tongue confess that Jesus is Lord.” – Phil 2:9-11.

 

“Blotting out handwriting of ordinances that were formerly written against us. “ – Col 2:14.

These are realities that the blood and the name represent. They are weapons for warfare. God made it so because he knew that there are strongholds to cast down, principalities and powers in heavenly realms to contend with.

God gave us that name as one of our inheritances so that whatever we ask in the name of Jesus becomes ours, whatever. So long as it aligns with his will and we’re not just trying to satisfy our own lusts.  He made it so that whatever we bind remains bound and whatever we loose remains loose. What boundless love? – Matt 18:18.

We also enforce realities in terms of putting the devil in his place in areas of our lives he previously held sway, health, finances, goals, dreams, holding back our spiritual inheritances in the name of Jesus and with the blood of Jesus. 

Every knee bows in the name of Jesus. We enforce the power of God with the name of Jesus. Mountains crumble, hills are brought low in the name of Jesus. Devils are subject to us in the name of Jesus.  We heal the sick in the name of Jesus, we raise the dead in the name of Jesus.  We give out virtue in the name of Jesus, Acts of kindness, mercy and love are all done in the name of Jesus. 

In the legalistic dimension of the spirit, the blood of Jesus speaks for us, it speaks mercy over judgement, it’s the basis of our right standing with God, like a shield from the wrath of God. The token of appeasement to God. 

In addition, the blood is also  how we enforce the new covenant realities like emancipation from curses,old ungodly covenants and allegiances contrary to the new covenant in christ.  The enemy as an adversary goes to the father as an accuser and points out where we default, but thanks be to God, we have a mediator, who’s blood is the accepted appeasement, therefore we enjoy mercy.  – 1 Tim 2:5, Heb 8:6, Heb 9:17.

The blood of Jesus is what bought us back from sin and slavery, from bondage, ordinances and subjection to the law as a schoolmaster. It’s the price that was paid for our redemption.  1 Cor 6:19-20,  Isa 52:3.

• Growing in Grace, Righteousness and Holiness, Intimacy . 

Grace

“Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?” God forbid.  – Rom 6:1.

We often mistake the availability of grace for freedom to continue in the lust of the flesh, or indulge in things we know doesn’t please the heart of the father, because of the grace made available by the father through the sacrifice of Jesus.  

Grace is the ability to do what pleases the father, Grace as empowerment and enablement, grace is the basis of our coming boldly to the father, grace is the provision available to no longer be under the schoolmaster called the law. Grace is how we live above sin, its not a license to sin, its the measure we need to stay above it, Grace is how we’re able to perpetually walk in the spirit and deny the lust of the flesh. Grace is how we’re in right standing with God, and Grace is how we know that if we do fall, he’s right there to pick us up.  It shouldn’t be taken for granted, it should be accessed to help us do the will of the father who loved us first.  – Rom 3:24, 5:20, 5:20, 6:14.

Righteousness 

Righteousness is exactly what it sounds like, being in right standing with God, pleasing to the father, it’s everything sin doesn’t represent.  Righteousness is being obedient, yielding, being upright, devoid of blemish.  This is one of the qualities that helps us be able to behold God forbid who he is.  

The very nature of Jesus, he knew no sin, he didn’t sin, he was totally conformed, obedient to the father, never did anything the father didn’t do, moved in accordance with every will of the father even until death, he didn’t consider it robbery to come in the likeness of a servant.  His desires were the father’s desires and he took on that responsibility, did everything the father wanted and finished it on the cross, that nature is what’s considered righteousness.  We got that freely when we believed Jesus and made him lord of our lives.  – 2 Cor 5:21, Phil 3:10, Phil 2:5-8.

But we also have a responsibility in keeping with that nature, making sure it’s not corrupted, that means being conformed with our will, our choices, choosing what the father wants and says per time. That’s what’s expected of us. It’s our reasonable sacrifice.  It’s what we can give to the One who’s given us everything we have.

Holiness

“holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord”- Heb 12:14.

Holiness is the nature of God, it’s a description of that nature, the nature of being in a class all by himself,  and because he’s holy, we as his sons have to be holy. Holiness isn’t just a nature, it’s a state, it’s a type of life, the greek word “hagiasmos” explains it with details, “consecration”, “purity”, “separation”.   – 1 Sam 2:2, Isa 6:3. 

Now this a subject that i could really linger on, and i think i’d have a separate writing on this subject as i’m inspired by the holy ghost, but holiness is being set apart, totally belonging to someone like a deity or something as like a cause, a purpose.  

Holiness means you live according to the demands of who you belong to, in this case the most high God.  Holiness means the life you live isn’t yours anymore, it means you’ve been chosen, bought, put in a different class for a reason, and that reason defines how you live, move, act.  Holiness means presenting your members as a living sacrifice. Living under authority. 

Holiness means being separated unto priesthood , like the levites  of old did. Their lot was God, Even so in this new covenant, we’re called to be kings and priests. Our bodies are his dwelling place, living altars and temples, as he doesn’t dwell in temples made by human hands.  Our bodies are temples, and by inference, we live as a temple should be, clean, purged, sacred.  – Rom 12:1.

Intimacy

“The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.” – 2 Cor 13:14.

Communion in the text above is from the greek word “koinonia”. It means fellowship.   In this case, fellowship with God”s Holy spirit. The Holy spirit is a person, not a dove or a thing, He’s the third person in the trinity, One with God the father, and the Son, but with a separate personality.  He’s how we know the true nature of God, He’s our comforter, teacher, friend, helper, counselor and the one who reveals the heart of the father to us.   – John 14:16, 26. 

As sons of God, we’re expected to be express images of God, even as the first born was, so as we behold we’re changed, improved, from one level to another.  Beholding comes from intimacy, genuine fellowship with God. 

In conclusion, this new life in God, is not a passive one, it’s not just about the knowledge of it’s existence , it’s a life to be lived, a life to give up everything else for, a life of purpose and ultimately fulfillment, a life of power, dominion, authority and a life of love.  Please don’t settle for the bare minimum, there are realms in God to be explored and he wants us to come closer, boldly, to worship in spirit and truth, to explore realities cut off from carnal or natural men.  shalom! 🙂