Eternal Glorious Fountain Ministry (EGFM)
Programme: Writing the Vision (WTV June Edition)
Date: Saturday, 18th June 2022
Speaker 1: Pastor Kenneth Eyanohonre
The words that came to the people of old were not mixed with faith in their hearts; that was why it did not profit them (Heb. 4:2). As such, we must mix the words that are coming to us in this season with faith so that we do not waste the provisions of God. We must set our hearts in expectation, looking up and holding on to the sayings of God.
We must be able to cooperate with God at our various levels so that He can connect us to His fullness. Therefore, even as we celebrate grace at our different levels, we must not be reluctant to move into other higher levels that would be opened over us.
The fullness of God is a reality or standard in the spirit that has God's eternal provisions (Eternal and everlasting life). The reason for the appropriations of everlasting life in this season is so that we can live it out in our flesh. We celebrate the provision of God for every phase and appreciate the process of grace. “And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace” (John 1:16). Grace is calibrated in levels. Grace has appeared, teaching us to deny ungodliness and worldly lust (Tit. 2:11-12).
The first provision of grace is to be delivered from the wrath of God. However, it does not stop there; it opens us to the world of God's life. Grace is an allocation or provision of God's life which we do not deserve but has been made available by Christ so that we can do God’s will. Grace stems from the life of God. Many run away from this true provision of grace to ‘do’ something. Also, many merely relate to its benefits and natural gains, like exercising authority over demons etc.
Grace is a civilisation that allows us to perpetually maintain God's life. Grace should make God's life abound in us and participate in His thought realm. There is a dimension of grace we need to learn. Jesus wants us to receive Him fully. What Jesus wants us to understand is that grace is more than being delivered from challenges, poverty, sickness, and demonic activities.
The level God wants to take us into by grace is where we would be able to comprehend God's very life. Grace is an inheritance (1 Pet. 3:7). If we see it as an inheritance, then we would pursue it and desire to have it. The ultimate destination of grace is to bring us to Eternal Life. The definition of grace that God wants us to have is the ability to jolt through His thoughts. This is a transaction of grace where God exchanges our life for His own life.
Grace can be learnt and understood. When we live by it, our former conversations are taken away in exchange for God’s own conversations.
God does not want us to be strong-willed. This is why He creates an avenue where we can exchange our strength for His own under an operation called grace. Grace teaches us to let go of our strengths, and yield to God's wisdom to detonate sin. This is how God can be magnified in the soul of a man.
Sin has an intelligence that morphs and ties itself with our flesh, thereby becoming stronger as a result. When our intelligence is mixed with sin, it hinders and undermines God’s plans for us.
Christ is an allocation of the grace of God (Acts 20:32), but it is not enough to deal with all the works of Satan. However, there is a level of grace – which is a stature of everlasting life – that can overcome sin on every level. God has designed us to experience this life and we must have the faith to know that we would grow into the full stature of grace.
Blessings!
Summary
1. The first provision of grace is to be delivered from the wrath of God. However, it does not stop there; it opens us to the world of God's life.
2. (1 Pet. 3:7). If we see grace as an inheritance, then we would pursue it and desire to have it. The ultimate destination of grace is to bring us to Eternal Life.
3. Grace can be learnt and understood. When we live by it, our former conversations are taken away in exchange for God’s own conversations.
4. God creates an avenue where we can exchange our strength for His own under an operation called grace by which we can let go of our strengths, and yield to God's wisdom to detonate sin. This is how God can be magnified in the soul of a man.
5. Christ is an allocation of the grace of God (Acts 20:32), but it is not enough to deal with all the works of Satan. However, there is a level of grace – which is a stature of everlasting life – that can overcome sin on every level.
6. God has designed us to experience this life and we must have the faith to know that we would grow into the full stature of grace.