Programme: Believers’ Convention Prayer Meeting 2021 (Week Three Day Five)
Date: 2nd July, 2021
Powered by: Eternal Glorious Fountain Ministry (EGFM)
Minister: Reverend Kayode Oyegoke
One cannot come into everlasting life without the regeneration of the human spirit (New Birth). “That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. 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 3:15-16). All the sacrifices of Jesus were sacrifices of everlasting life and eternal life. The obedience of the cross that Jesus fulfilled was a very strong sacrifice; because He was already a perfect Man with everlasting life. Jesus was seen by the world in the days of His flesh but not anymore. Right now, Jesus can no longer be seen with our natural eyes. The flesh that Jesus possessed after resurrection is a spiritual body that lives in the unseen. Jesus by obedience moved beyond being an everlasting sacrifice to becoming an eternal sacrifice through the eternal Spirit (Heb. 9:14).
God condescends from the eternal realm to the everlasting realm as “the Father”. “But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.” (John 5:17). The Father works, and His work is everlasting life. The Father has to do the work of everlasting life because eternal life has to be committed to man. This means without everlasting life, a man cannot attain eternal life. Everlasting life is the propelling power unto eternal life; it is the power of eternal life. “The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.” (John 3:35). The Father gave all things to the Son for Him to keep. “To keep” speaks of the Son using it as a way of life.
“Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.” (John 5:19). This scripture speaks of everlasting life. The one who interprets how everlasting life should be lived out is the Father. The Son has the revelation of everlasting life; but He waits for instruction from the Father on how to interpret the Life. As such, both the giving and the doing of the works of everlasting life depends on the Father. God is currently giving us 'all things' just like He did to Jesus; but a time will come when He will show us how to carry it out.
“He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.” (Ps. 23:2). "Lie down" in this scripture speaks of doing the word. Moving around to graze is for eating or feeding. “Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.” (John 4:34). The meat that Jesus was referring to, is the doing of the will of God. The office of a Shepherd and Bishop are different. A Shepherd leads the sheep to pasture, but the Bishop oversees the will of God being done in the lives of the sheep. The ministry of the Shepherd is to discover the will while the ministry of the Bishop is to do the will.
A man cannot live without food. A man will never see the Father if he has not been fed. The season of works is when God the Father will be revealed. This work is the raising of the stature of the Father in the soul. God had to work everlasting life in Jesus because another father who had everlasting works of the angelic had fallen from heaven to the earth. Satan was an angel in the midst of the garden of Eden; he was in the eternity of the present.
Eternity is a higher power than everlasting life; it is the reward of everlasting life. Eternal Life is beyond living forever; it is a high status in the realm of the spirit. Eternal life is the height of everlasting life. “Behold, the Lord hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.” (Is. 62:11). Anyone who has a reward will be with God. Logos was a reward. He was with God (John 1:1) because He was more than an everlasting God; He was an eternal God. Everlasting life is the sanctuary of eternal life; it is the power of eternal life.
Christ is the power of God unto salvation (Rom. 1:16). However, one needs to also learn the eternal power after learning Christ. “That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God…” (Col. 1:10). This good work is the Lord’s work or the work of Christ. Christ leads one into the knowledge of God. This means it is Christ that leads one to the Father. Christ is the power of God unto salvation, but the revelation of the Father is the revelation of eternal power.
Just as Christ leads to one to the Father, the Father further leads one to God. Anytime the Father is working, it is to lead a soul to God. Works are the secrets of getting to God. Whatever the Father does, He shows the Son. No one can see the Father working without eating the food required to see Him. This food restores the sight of the soul and gives it the capacity to see the Father. To see the Father means to discern and align your heart with divine wisdom to carry out God’s work. One who sees the Father is one who is wise to read God. There is an attitude of divine wisdom shown in the ability to interpret divine works. One who has attained this ability will possess the knowledge of the Father. This knowledge is not in terms of storage of information; it stems out from doing the works of the Father.
We see God by wisdom; and it is by the word of God that we receive this capacity to see Him. God always comes with His word to instruct the carrier on what to do. "Hearing" is the first eating while "doing" is the second eating. The second eating is to chew the cud. This is when the food enters into the body. “But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.” (Jam. 1:25). It is a blessing to hear; but it is by doing the word that one is "blessed indeed". The phrase "forgetful hearer" means one can forget the words of everlasting life.
The perfect law of liberty speaks of everlasting things. “For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass…” (Jam. 1:23). The mirror shows the Father through His word. When you see the Father and do His word, you will harness everlasting life to yourself. This is the realm where God is taking us to – a place where we will use what we have gathered.
“For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.” (Rev. 7:17). The living fountains of water speaks of everlasting life. The purpose of the seal of the living God is to make the 144,000 daystars. This is so that they can be harvested as morning stars. A seal is the star of every work. Jesus finished the work and got the seal to become a Daystar. He died as a Daystar on the cross and was raised as the Bright and Morning Star (Rev. 22:16). "Everlasting life" is the day while "Eternal Life" is the morning. One beautiful thing about stars is that they can merge into one massive star that Satan cannot handle. We must keep growing till we are raised into oneness by the powers of everlasting life, so that we can be eternally sealed. We are not there yet; we must do and finish the works of God to arrive at this place.
“Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall…” (2 Pet. 1:10). To make our calling and election sure is to attain everlasting life. It is a realm for sure people – a realm of the sure Word (2 Pet.1:19). This sure place is where we become blameless before God and unreproveable (Col. 1:22). Anyone who can endure the works of everlasting life will attain eternal life.
“For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.” (Jam. 1:20). This means that no one can do the works of everlasting life by sheer will or human power; it takes meekness to do everlasting works. Meekness entails waiting for God. This has to do with seeing Jesus, keeping His word consistently as He comes to you, then receiving His Father as He shows and brings you to Him.
“Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.” (John 14:23). The Father and the Son abiding with you is a certification of everlasting life for a sealing unto eternal life. This state of abode qualifies one for the realm of eternal life. The Father abides until eternal life comes. This is a race to be run with patience. In this season, more men will be brought into the season of everlasting life. “And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.” (Matt. 20:9). There are men of the 11th hour – those in whom a quick work will be done. The 11th hour workers have more speed; they will arrive at the end with us.