Eternal Glorious Fountain Ministries
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Programme: School of the Spirit (SOS)
Date: Thursday, 1st July 2021
Ministering: Pastor Emeka Egwuchukwu
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The School of the Spirit is a great place for molding ministers of the New Testament. Since the time the School of the Spirit began, about 15 years back, we are yet to graduate. This is because it is a constantly unfolding testimony - a testimony that is bound up and unfolds gradually (Isa. 8:16). The unveilings of God’s word on this ground are fearful things and we are presently in a great season.
Tongues and Interpretation (1)
Until you seek! Until seekings, seekings, seekings, even desires, desires desires; even the desires of My people, will pull things from Me through you, even the seekings of My people would pull things of Me through you. For I will grant you enablement, saith the Lord, I will grant this heart enablement; even this heart of courteousness and reverence, even this heart that honours me. On this ground, I will grant enablement to speak, enablement to be a great channel of blessing for My people who are seeking. Therefore, I say seek, seek, seek, even desire. Desire of me blessing, desire of Me pastures, desire of Me words and I will cause it to flow through the mouth of My servant towards you. Seek, seek, pull it down saith the Lord. Pull Me, pull it. And I will cause it to gush out, I will cause it to fountain out. I will cause utterance to be given as you seek Me. Desire Me today, saith the Spirit of God.
Tongues and Interpretation (2)
For though there is warfare over you for some time, even warfare over your company, even warfare for words not to come, even warfare to blanket that which is given from the realm of the spirit; but you see, there is help that has been given. There is sent help, even sent help that has been coming, meeting after meeting for things to cause help to come for the minister, My servant; for waters to come forth, for things everlasting to come forth, even help that I have sent meeting after meeting. I have yet again sent help. Even help in the midst of the warfare, help in the midst of the conflict in the spirit. I've sent mine angel, saith the Lord, to help you, to help the meeting, to help the minister. I've sent mine angel. I have sent strength, I have sent heavens over you, a prepared heaven to rain down things that I want to speak. I, Jesus, want to speak. I want to speak My counsel, My will; pour it out to My people. And I have sent a help for you. I've sent a minister to minister with you. Saith the Lord.
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The things that the Lord is bringing to us, even the administration of Everlasting Life, require that we hold them in high esteem. If we are not careful, we can take for granted this season that is over us. Our discernment level in this season would affect our commitment. This is a season where God is demanding greater sacrifices/commitment to the word of everlasting life. We gave some measure of commitment in the season of the Faith of the Son of God, which is the doctrine of Christ, and we should still do. If care is not taken, we might get to a place where we would begin to drag. Hence, we are warned in Hebrews 3:1, to “give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard”. This statement connotes that Paul’s audience might have given heed to certain measures in previous seasons but were now required to give a more earnest heed. God was demanding more of them in the new season that was being brought to them, which was the season of Everlasting Life.
The content of the book of Hebrews which bothered on the everlasting priesthood, were not of the subject of Faith of the Son or the milk of the Word. Although Paul made reference to these in some respects, it was not the main thrust of his letter. In Hebrews 11, Paul began teaching his audience about faith, which they themselves already understood. Thus, he was exhorting and reminding them in that regard. Recall that Paul exhorts them in Hebrews 5 & 6 that when they ought to have been teachers, they still needed someone to teach them the first principles of the Oracles of God (Heb. 5:12). This therefore means that they had arrived at a place wherein was the meat of God's Word, and had become a church of faith, having done faith. Thus, Paul’s teaching on faith in chapter 11 was a familiar terrain to the Hebrew church. In Chapter 5, Paul began to talk about strong meat that belongs to them that are mature (Heb. 5:13-14). ‘Mature’ means full age, which is the Christ age. Christ has measurements. Thus, having attained Christ age, the next thing that was expected of the Hebrew church was that they ought to be moving onto something stronger.
Therefore, our growth is progressive and not static. We ought to be moving and advancing; we cannot afford to remain in one place. This was Paul’s emphasis in the book of Hebrews. He told them that they ought to have become teachers, having done faith (Heb. 5:12). We see in Hebrews 1, that Paul began to open up the issues of everlasting life to them; but they were dragging. Dragging can occur to a company of people, as well as to an individual. During the season of the faith of the Son, there was a level of commitment I had towards it and that commitment helped the journey. That commitment was as a result of discerning Christ. It is in that season that we learnt to discern the Body of Christ. Accurate discernment brought one to the place of commitment that helped one’s journey to the point where he/she can declare that Christ is now being formed in him/her. Without this level of commitment, there would be no formation or birthing of Christ in the soul. Recall Jesus' statement, “with the same measure you mete withal, it shall be measured to you again” (Luke 6:38).
When the Lord first began to usher us into this new season, I initially began to drag and this was because of limited understanding. That is, the understanding that I had at that time limited me from coming to sound judgement which was required to see the season well. One attitude we must have towards every new season is to wait, hear and pray. We should pray for full comprehension of what God is saying because every season is a period of apprehension. The extent of your apprehension depends on your level of comprehension. This means you will not be able to give yourself to be taken beyond the level of your comprehension. Thus, we must always pray to comprehend and come to judgement.
As we have given heed to Christ, we must also give a more earnest heed to the subject of Everlasting Life, lest we let it slip. If it slips, we put ourselves in a position where this season would pass us by without us making profit out of it. God used the season of Christ to accomplish a formation of Christ in us. Similarly, this season has a specific formation that the Lord wants to accomplish in us. This formation would not take place if we do not give the level of commitment that is required. This commitment is what Hebrews 3:1 refers to as a more earnest heed. It is easy to be in the season of Everlasting Life, hear the words of Everlasting Life and still let it slip from us. Hence, this calls for much prayer because we need to give the more earnest heed to it.
What we need to do first in this season is to believe, even when we do not understand. We need to step into it by faith. The children of Israel that perished in the wilderness were those who did not believe. To perish means to be left behind. One could be under the same atmosphere as others and still be left behind because of unbelief. While some men are journeying in their souls, some others are being left behind. This would be evident in the lives of those who have journeyed far in that they would have surpassed corruption and overcome the things that plague us; while those who do not believe would not be able to journey out of their darkness. Darkness is a result of incomplete comprehension; it limits us from overcoming.
In every season God wants us to overcome. If we lack understanding, we would not be able to come to the place of full understanding and thus, we would not be able to overcome the darkness of this present world. There is darkness inside us and there is darkness outside us; and we are being built to overcome both darknesses.
The subject of Everlasting Life has been recorded throughout the scriptures but we do not see it because of our limited sight. It is the level of sight we have that we use to understand the scriptures. The scripture is far deeper than what we are seeing presently. In previous seasons, we interpreted scriptures using the light we had in those seasons.
“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;” (1 John 1:1). In this Scripture, John was saying that it would be impossible for us to handle the Word of Life, if we have not seen it. For every allocation, there is a sight that is required to handle that allocation, without which we would not be able to handle it. To handle means to come to the place of full comprehension, that is, comprehension to the point where what is heard becomes a life principle that is lived by. God wants us to graduate to the point where we use the light of Everlasting Life to live.
“In Him was life, and the life was the light of men” (John 1:4). This scripture states clearly that the life in the Word was meant to be used by men to live. Living without the light would be living a substandard life. Light is for life so that we would live the way we ought to. Every light is meant to translate into life; any light that does not translate into life is not the true light. The light of Christ will translate into the life that is called Godliness. Similarly, Everlasting Light should also translate into a Life.
In translating the light into a life, God would bring us to a point where we would begin to see principles of living. A principle can be referred to as a law (or rule or reasoning) behind a practice. Principle is a product of wisdom; by wisdom princes rule (Prov. 8:16). Princes generate principles of life which are called darkness and by which men live. Men live by darkness because it has been translated into principles. The doctrine of Christ also has its own principles, which are the reasonings behind its conversation. The doctrine has to translate into principles for us.
Principles are a product of wisdom and they also have knowledge of witty inventions (Prov. 8:12). These inventions do not refer to scientific and technological inventions. The book of Proverbs speaks of Christ; an allegory of Christ. Wisdom is the Person of Christ. Wisdom dwells in prudence, which is skillfulness and carefulness. In that way, wisdom is not rash. Wisdom also finds knowledge of witty inventions. These inventions are not those in the terrain of humans, or else, many men would have this wisdom, including unbelievers. The first inventors in scripture were the descendants of Cain (Gen 4:22); and all inventions from then till now are still of Cain origin. Even though we use these inventions because we are in this world, we must not abuse them. Jesus prayed that the Father does not take us out of the world but keep us from the evil one (John 17:15). Life is needed to be kept from the evil one, while Everlasting Life is needed to be kept from a greater evil. Every day has a greater evil than the previous. Hence, a light that is higher than that of yesterday is needed to combat with and overcome the evil of the present day.
The invention referred to in Proverbs 8:12 refers to the practice of using a knowledge as a principle for living. An invention of the spirit is using the principles of Christ to live; that is, translating the knowledge (or light) called Christ into life, and thereby making it a principle that men can live by. This is the job of wisdom. Wisdom is to carefully translate knowledge into life.
Wisdom is at different levels. There is the wisdom of Life (the wisdom of Christ) and there is also a wisdom of Everlasting Life. The wisdom that is spoken amongst them that are perfect (1 Cor. 2:6) is another level of wisdom and is different from the level called Christ. God made Christ as a wisdom we should live by. Beyond the wisdom of Christ is a higher wisdom called the wisdom of God, which is spoken in a mystery (1 Cor. 2:7). This is a wisdom that can only be spoken to those who have known Christ. Only those that have learned Christ can discern this wisdom to the point where it can translate to Life for them. If it does not translate into Life, nothing has been achieved.
The wisdom of this world is for living; it would churn out the principle of Life. Nowadays, we can hardly find pure teachings of the scriptures that are devoid of the principles of this world. The scripture can interpret itself; it does not need any external addition. Many worldly wisdom nuggets out there are merely being backed up with scriptures only to worldliness. The doctrine of Christ is evident in scriptures but we cannot see it because of our limited sight.
The milk of the word is limited in that it does not provide the sight (or wisdom) that is needed to generate principles that can deal with darkness. So, in trying to use milk, many men have deviated towards the wisdom of this world. The wisdom of this world is not necessarily diabolic or occultic; it is a wisdom that the fallen man employs, including some of those who have experienced new birth.
An unbeliever is dead in his spirit and needs quickening as he first enters the church. He does not have the ability to learn the principles of life until he has first been born again. Many unbelievers are very comfortable in church today because the principles of the world are taught there; this is not how church should be. The bread of this world (i.e. worldly principles) should not be served in the church.
The principles of this world toughen a soul to believe that there is nothing that cannot be accomplished. This, in a way, looks like faith but it is not the faith of the Son. The books/principles of this world are not good bread for the soul; living by them leads to perishing. The principle which this world teaches is to preserve our life; the very life that the doctrine of Christ wants to purge us from. The world teaches us to enhance and keep our lives; to go to places where we are celebrated, not where we are tolerated. But the doctrine of Christ teaches us that when we are led to places where we might be despised, we should go; and when despised, do not get angry, rather go lower. The principles of the world and the principles of Christ are totally contrary to one another.
Tongues and Interpretation (3)
You see, the enemy is a master at making men vain; making them vain in their thoughts, making them vain in their life, making them vain in their existence. For you see the existence he sold man and packed it so brightly, is brightly packaged vanity. It is vanity leading man to a vain conversation, even a vain destination called death. Death itself is vanity. It is vanity and its wisdom is vain. As you learn the true wisdom, even the true wisdom for existence on this side of eternity that connects to Eternal Life, you escape that vain life, you escape that negative wisdom that churns out negative principles: principles for self-preservation, principles for self-prosperity, for self-preservation; preserving yourself in darkness, making yourself a veritable tool in darkness. But as you learn the wisdom that is from above, even this world that churns out its own wisdom will divorce you; will see you as worthless, useless and you also will see this world and all its wisdom for what it truly is. It cannot gender life. It cannot cause you to live; it is not a source of living. It can be a source of existence, but it is not a source of living. Living is a product of heavenly wisdom and every principle that is churned out for man, that does not cause man to live, causes man to exist in a realm called darkness. Therefore, this morning I am showing you that the principles for Everlasting Life that are contrary to the principles of existence in this present are for living. For he who churns out the wisdom for existence in this world is not living. He is not alive, he is not living; he is dead and dying. He is death personified. Therefore, what he calls life and living is actually dying and death. And he wants man to die completely. So he churns out principles for dying. They are principles for dying, they are not principles for living. But with the Lord Jesus are the principles for living. So come learn Jesus. Come take wisdom of God even for living; and live until you come to the fulness of life. Says the Spirit of God.
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The worldly bread produced by the principle of the wisdom of this world, is the bread of sorrows (Ps. 127:2). Jesus warned, “he that keepeth his life shall lose it, and he that loses his life for My sake shall gain it” (Mark 8:35). We were not able to fully grasp the thought in this verse because of our limited sight. The principle of the wisdom of the milk of the word, which we fed on, did not have enough strength to make us see what it takes to overcome the darkness that is inside man. Thus, even after the New Birth experience, we all still live by the wisdom of this world, including ministers who still live and preach it.
The wisdom of this world is generated by princes who know how to churn out principles for living. The wisdom that is from above appears weak. It does not compete but stands on its own. It is a wisdom that must be taken by faith.
“Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.” (Jam. 3:13-14). Conversation is the principle of life. The wisdom from above is evident by the kind of life it generates, which is a good conversation. The lifestyle of this wisdom is shown in meekness of wisdom; whereas the wisdom of this world breeds bitter envying and strife in the heart. The bread of sorrow, when taken, produces ill feelings towards others in us. It is only through Christ that we can learn to rejoice with our brother when he is celebrated, and without ill feelings (Rom 12:15). This is a principle of the life that is in Christ. Although doing this may not be easy initially. It is also important that you do not celebrate with your brother with a covetous heart. When your brother is made glad or prospers, even when it does not directly affect you, you must rejoice with him without hurt/ill feeling. Christ taught us that whatever we do to the least of the brethren, we do to Him (Matt. 25:40). So, when your brother is lifted, rejoice, because you are lifted with him. Paul desired that the people did reign instead of him (1 Cor. 4:8), because he understood that their reign was his reign. These are the principles of Christ. It may not be easy at first because it is against the principle of life which, is of this world, we have enjoyed previously.
When a brother prospers, we should rejoice with him without seeking our own prosperity. We should not seek our own breakthrough or miracle at the time of rejoicing with our brother. This is not necessarily because God wants us to live an austere life. In fact, Christ is good to all and is willing that we all prosper. However, what He wants to accomplish is that we do not have envy in our minds because it hinders us from life and keeps us down in the region of the dead. Although; we are people of light and should be migrating unto greater levels of life, we would remain in the region of the dead if we continue to envy our brothers. Our dwelling is determined/defined by our conversation.
This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.” (James 3:15-17). Bitterness and envy hinders us from life. There are breads (teachings) that a believer can partake of that would implant envy and strife in his heart unknowingly, which only the light of Christ can expose. Motivational speech appears like wisdom which offers some kind of advantage to those who use it, when in reality, it develops another kind of mind in its users that gives rise to a countenance; which exalts itself against the law and knowledge of Christ. Therefore, it would take only the light of Christ to reveal how ugly the wisdom of this world really is.
Principles (or conversations) are products of wisdom. The wisdom which the world offers is not from above, but is earthly and keeps those who use it earth-bound (James 3:15). We should not be earthly; rather, we should be heavenly. The principles that make us heavenly are principles that would kill flesh in us and bring us down (i.e. make us humble).
God has vowed to humble the haughty and proud looks, including worldly exaltations that Isaiah refers to as ‘cedars of Lebanon and oaks of Bashan’ (Isa. 2:11-13). The cedars of Lebanon and oaks of Bashan are elevations (or statures) that we gained from the wisdom that is not of God. The wisdom that is not from above is earthly, sensual and devilish. Notice that the wisdom progresses from being earthly to sensual, and then to being devilish. Similarly, the wisdom from above begins from the wisdom of Christ which is faith, to the wisdom of Everlasting Life and then the wisdom of Eternal Life. A man who is earthly can graduate to being sensual and ultimately devilish. This wisdom makes the users foolish, though professing to be wise.
One of the results of this devilish wisdom is the perversions we see ravaging the earth today. Trans-gender, trans-species, trans-ability, etc are expressions of this wisdom. “Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.” (Eph. 4:19). Many men engage in all manner of evil because of greed. These spirits are making men devilish, not just earthly, and these activities came in via the wisdom of this world.
Christ is the life we have been called to come and live. Christ is the wisdom and power that God had ordained for us to live by. To live below Christ is to be unprofitable and useless and the evil that is prevalent would soon catch up with such men. If we do not progress in light, these devilish spirits will catch up with us just as flesh will catch up with a believer who stays on the milk of the word for too long. We must not stay in milk for long but must graduate into the learning of Christ. In fact, the Lord would not allow our generation to stay on milk for too long. Instead, He will hasten newly born-again believers into the feeding of Christ and, from there, offer them milk. Christ is the safety ground we must be in.
There is no more time to stay on milk for too long because the darkness that is upon the earth is devilish and cannot be overcome by the milk of the word. The transactions on earth now are no longer transactions of demonic spirits but of princes. Princes are high spirits who ensure that a particular lifestyle is maintained amongst men. Before our very eyes, we see Ephesians 4:19 coming to pass.
The season wherein we were taught Christ was to enable us escape carnality; it was for our safety even though we did not see it as such then. Similarly, the speakings of Everlasting Life are for our safety because of what is upon the earth. What is upon the earth is fierce and is sponsored by princes. These princes have everlasting strength; and they can weary anyone who does not have everlasting strength, till such persons gives up.
“But ye have not so learned Christ;” (Eph. 4:20). This verse tells us that it is the learning of Christ that would enable us to deal with this level of darkness. Christ is the antidote to this darkness. We must learn Christ and live by His light. To learn Christ means that He must become the principle of our life.
The wisdom of this world genders to envy and strife; it is the reason for all manner of evil work (Jam. 3:15-16), including confusion to the extent that even some believers and ministers commit suicide out of confusion. It is this confusion that makes a man believe a lie.
“But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.” (Jam. 3:17). This verse implies that the wisdom of Christ would make us pure (Matt. 5:8). This wisdom sanctifies and purifies the heart to enable it to see God. God is from everlasting to everlasting; therefore, without pure eyes, which are products of pure hearts, we cannot see Everlasting Life and its principle.
This wisdom is also peaceable. Christ is our peace. It is in Christ we are taught peace (Heb. 12:14). All the attributes of the wisdom that is from above, as listed in James 3:17, are to prepare us to see God. To see God is to comprehend Everlasting Life to the point where it becomes the principles for living; living before His sight. “After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.” (Hos. 6:2). Living in His sight is called Everlasting Life. A living man before the living God is a man with Everlasting Life.
Another attribute of the wisdom which is from above is that it is gentle. This wisdom does not look too profitable to us on earth. Instead, it seems like it will cause us to be cheated and taken advantage of, by men. That is not true because even our definition of advantage is false. Many times we have given up life to hold on to vanity. We do so when we yield to conversations that are lower than Christ. Everyday, we are faced with the temptation to lose life because of vanity. We must engage the lifestyle of the wisdom that is from above; we must be gentle and live without strife. This prepares us to see God; we cannot see God if we are not gentle.
The wisdom which is from above is also easy to be entreated. We must be easily entreated; Christ is easily entreated. The robber at the cross simply asked Jesus to remember him. He had not finished speaking when Jesus told him: “Today you would be with Me in paradise” (Luke 23:43). Despite that Jesus was in severe pain and had undergone a terrible ordeal, He responded to that thief in that manner and did not waste time in granting the man’s request.
The wisdom that is from above is full of mercy for every situation and full of good fruits (life). The wisdom of Christ should produce the principles that we live by, so that we would have the Christ life, which is the life qualified to see God. The wisdom of Everlasting Life is a calling for greater commitment and we must give earnest heed to it. If the teaching of Christ was able to accomplish the formation of Christ in us, the wisdom of Everlasting Life will also bring about a formation of a kind of life in us. God's intention is for us to live/walk in the light of everlasting to Everlasting Life.
“But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin.” (1 John 1:7) There is a light that God wants us to walk in. John in this Scripture, was not referring to the light of Christ but the light of everlasting life and the light of Eternal Life. Everlasting Light is the only light that can take care of this present kind of darkness. Christ will teach us how to love one another; but there is a manner of expressing love to one another in Everlasting Life. That is what is referred to as the love for the brethren; and this is how we know we have passed from death unto life. “We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren.” (1 John 3:14). That life is not Christ’s life but Everlasting Life.
Blood is life. The life that is in the Son of God is what is called Everlasting Life; it is not the life that is in Christ. Discernment is needed for accurate division of the word of truth in this manner. Without proper division, the light may not shine well, and this would lead to the saints not being able to discern accurately and ultimately not able to give the level of commitment required to lay hold on Everlasting Life.
There is a wisdom in Christ which forms in us the life of Christ; while there is another wisdom in the Son of God which is Everlasting Life. The doctrine of Everlasting Life is present throughout the scriptures but our eyes were not open to see them before now. For instance, Ephesians 6:1-3 says, “Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.” (Eph. 6:1-3) Our parents in the Lord are those who begat us spiritually, not necessarily those who preached the gospel to us. These men train us in the way we should go. While there are people who contribute to our growth as believers, the formation of Christ in us, on the other hand, is a different ball game. The formation of Christ requires travail; someone needs to labour for Christ to be formed in us (Gal. 4:19). When Christ is formed in us, we should honor those through whom the Lord did that work; they are our parents in the Lord. God gives the honor and privilege to some men for us to be formed.
Children are instructed to obey their parents in the Lord because obedience is required when formation is taking place. When you obey them, you are obeying the sayings of their mouth which actually perform the formation of Christ in you. The book of Proverbs admonishes us not to take lightly the words of our mother (Prov. 6:20-21); this scripture was not only referring to one’s biological mother but also one's spiritual parent. A person can grow up physically without his/her biological parents, but no one can grow/prosper spiritually without their spiritual parents. Someone has to labour over you for the formation of Christ to take place and it is required of us to obey and honour such persons.
Honoring one’s father and mother, though it can apply to natural parents, applies much more to one's spiritual parents. We should honour our spiritual father and mother so that it might be well with us and that we might live long (Eph. 6:1-3). This is a principle of Everlasting Life. Anyone who has the attitude of dishonoring his/her parents will not attain Everlasting Life. This principle has to be seen on earth.
One of the signs of the end time is disobedience to parents (2 Tim. 3:2). Being disobedient to parents is not normal but is an affront against God, because God is also a parent - He is a Father. It is out of God’s Fatherhood that He gives Everlasting Life. Thus, His instruction to obey one’s father and mother is a crucial one.
Fatherhood in the spirit is not a privilege that is reserved for only the male gender; a female may also express fatherhood. A mother is a female father. Fatherhood defines a level of stature and maturity; it reflects the realm of Everlasting Life. Both mothers and fathers can stand in this position as it takes the both of them to birth us; hence, we need to honour them. God wants this conversation to be on the earth, but Satan hates it.
Anytime God sees a child disobedient to his parents, it reminds Him of Lucifer. Lucifer was one of the sons of God who was disobedient. Lucifer’s rebellion against God did not suddenly happen; it must have taken a period of time during which God continued to endure him.
“This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,” (2 Tim. 3:1-2). The last days refer to a time when men would have matured, a time close to the harvest. Children being disobedient to parents is not just about the physical but a conversation being sponsored by Satan on the earth. Conversations like obeying and honoring one’s parents help prepare the way for the Lord's coming. The formation of the ways of the Lord on the earth is necessary for Him to come. Satan does not want the Lord to come; hence, he fights the formation of His ways on earth. These ways are principles of Everlasting Life which the wisdom of Everlasting Life brings.
The essence of Christ is to make a way for the Father. We need to use Christ because it is Christ that has the wisdom that can lead us to God. Christ knows what the Father wants. It is not normal that children disobey their parents; it is Satan’s strategy to prevent God from coming. Hence, the Lord gave us this principle of honoring parents.
To honor means to give; “Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:” (Prov. 3:9). Note that this instruction to honour one’s parents is given to a believer who has attained Christ stature. This means that when Christ is formed in us, we ought to offer that life to the Father; for it is He who ought to use that life, not us. When a soul has attained Christ stature, it is the Father who gets the pleasure and eats of the fruits. This is because only Christ has the ability to do the things that are pleasing in His sight. This is how He offers Himself; He knows how to offer everlasting sacrifice.
The Father desires everlasting sacrifices from men on the earth. Everlasting sacrifices are principles of living and conversations after the order of Everlasting Life. God wants to see this conversation in us and much more multiplied across the communities of the earth. Practicing this instruction with our biological parents is a sign that we will do so with our spiritual parents. Practicing this instruction towards our spiritual parents is a sacrifice that is well pleasing in God's sight.
All the angels, including Michael and Gabriel, were all offerings unto God, except Lucifer. They were offerings according to the level of sons. Every son is supposed to be an offering to the Father. No one is a son for himself. This means that the Father should take the son. This was why Jesus first ascended to His Father when He resurrected from the dead (John 20:17). Jesus offered Himself to the Father after which the Father gave Him to the world. Jesus did not give Himself to the world by Himself, He reserved that right for His Father. Hence John 3:16 says, "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten son". The Father did not give the world Christ; rather, what He gave to the world is His only begotten Son. What God gave to the world was a begotten Son who first offered Himself to the Father.
It is a principle of Everlasting Life that children should honour and obey their parents (Eph. 6:2). This principle must be found on earth so that it might be well with us. There is a land, which is the land of Everlasting Life (Deut. 5:16). This land will not be inherited by anyone who dishonors or disobeys his parents. The fact that one has heard Everlasting Life does not automatically mean that he/she will prosper in it; there are still instructions to live by. One who disobeys and dishonors his parents will not abide in the land; he would not be consistent because the ordinances of Everlasting Life have not been kept by him.
We must trust the Lord for grace to translate what we are hearing into our daily conversations; that is, live by them, because that is what pleases God. That is what it means to live by the light of Everlasting Life. The command to obey our parents in the Lord is not only expected of those whose parents are believers. The issue is not whether they are believers or not; our duty is to obey the commandment of honouring them. We should start obeying this instruction with our biological parents.
Children tend to believe that they are wiser than their parents. They think they know better than their parents and regard the things their parents tell them as archaic. This is a lie that Satan tells the younger generation. This is a wisdom Satan employs. He first tries to push an ideology to a generation and if that generation does not fully accept it, he will go on to push it to the younger generation. That way, what was not accepted by the first generation soon becomes a norm in the fourth generation. Satan is a priest and he is also a beast; he knows how to catch the young ones.
However, in our generation, Eternal Life will catch our young children young; so that there will be children on earth who will learn this conversation by reason of Everlasting Life, and learn to honour their parents. They will live this principle of Everlasting Life, thereby judging darkness (Psalm 8:2). In a generation that looks so weak, strength will come forth.
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“See! See! See! Says the Spirit of God. See a generation that will prosper, even in Everlasting Life. A generation that will prosper in life. A generation that with their walk, conversation, and obedience to the commandments of Everlasting Life, will judge darkness in their days. See, a generation is being raised that will cooperate with the dealings of the Spirit and would cooperate to the fullest. A generation that will obey God. A generation that will fulfill the age-long prophecy that the knowledge of the glory of the Lord shall cover the earth. It shall cover the earth because a generation will embrace that knowledge of the glory of the God to the fullest; and would cover the earth as the waters cover the sea. That generation is on the horizon. For that is the reason for the influx of emissaries of heaven at this time. That is the reason for so much activity in the spirit, to see to the raising of this generation because another generation is also looming in the horizon; another generation that is right in it its own eyes, another generation that will not be washed from its filthiness. Another generation that despises its father and does not bless his mother. That generation is also rising in the earth but I will have My generation, says the Spirit of God. I will have My generation of life that would overcome the raging of this other generation. It is a generation against a generation; and this generation is recruiting participants in the emphasis of each generation. It is recruiting participants, disciples and followers. So I say to you, choose! Choose life! Choose to belong to the generation that will follow through the commandments of Everlasting Life and arrive at the end, which is the Father, even the fullness of life. It is generation against generation; it is life against death, it is light against darkness. Says the Spirit of God.”
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