ADOPTION AND SONSHIP

ROM 8:15B ‘….But ye have received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry Abba Father.’

You have not received a spirit that makes you _as_ fear full slaves.

GALATIANS 4:4-6 ‘that He could adopt us as His very own children, …’*

Adoption is a Greek word huiothesia, meaning ‘to Place as a Son’.

Adoption has no reference to an orphan. When the state drafts a constitution they set a day to adopt the new constitution.

This word huiothesia was referring to those young men who have reached adulthood.

When young man grew to full age in Israel and and has demonstrated the ability to bear responsibility, there came a day when His father in a public ceremony ‘PLACED HIM AS A SON’.

Everything changes for this young man after his adoption.

THREE WORDS USED FOR A SON:

TEKNION –a baby son. / Infant

TEKNON – A mature son but not ready for responsibility.

HUIOS – one ready for responsibilities. Who has gone through the adoption.

GAL 4:1,2 “The heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he {is destined to} be Lord of all; but {the child} is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father {adoption}.

THE RIGHT TO BECOME:

JOHN1:12 ‘but as many as received him, to them gave he power {authority, privilege or right} to become the sons of God…….’

They were not made sons of God but were given power/right/permission to become.

In traffic when a green light shows, we all know that you have been given permission to go ahead, but if your vehicle fails to start, you do not have POWER to go even though you have the authority {right, permission} to go.

When we received Christ we were given right, permission or authority to become the sons of GOD.

The children of Israel were given right to inherit the Promised Land but because of unbelief they perished in the wilderness. They did not become what they had the authority to become.

As a son of God you can only get this power by reading the word of GOD. *UNLOCKING THE POWER*

Thank God we are promised the power to become sons of God.

THREE STAGES OF GROWTH FROM JESUS’ LIFE:

1.      We first see Jesus in the manger. Little is said of him.

2.      We can then see him in the temple at the age of 12years. Little is recoded about him.

3.      At the age of 30years He appears in river Jordan to be baptized. His adoption took place. Math 3:17, luke 3:22, - ‘This is MY BELOVED SON, hear him!’

Know hear we see Jesus as a Son of God ‘…. the firstborn among many brethrens....’ Rom 8:29

*heavens were opened* the heavens that for years were closed, they were open to release healing for the sick, sight for the blind, forgiveness for the sinners, hope for the hopeless, life for the death.

PRIVILEGES OF SONSHIP

*The power of attorney.[use of fathers name} jh 5:43 ‘ I come in my Father’s name’.

*he receives inheritance [use of father’s wealth]. Illustrated by prodigal son. Lk 15:11 - 32

*use of fathers power and authority.

you are a son! blessings.

CAN GOD APPROVE YOU

CAN GOD APPROVE YOU? By Harrison

Before God uses a person He first approves the person. How can God approve you unless He test you.

Lets consider two disciples of Jesus that is Peter and Judas Iscariot.

Peter was a fisherman when he was called, you can conclude that He was not learned. - He was a simple man.

Judas Iscariot was an intelligent man. From the fact that he was the treasurer of the group.

GOD TESTED THEM ON ATTITUDE TOWARD MONEY:

PETER

LK 5:1-11

This is during the calling of Peter. He gave Jesus His boat to use without demanding for payments.

 I think if it was a today’s Christian he could ask jesus for partnership. He could have said ‘Jesus you do the praching and I support you with finances’.

WHAT HE DID:

Peter gave up his business.

He did not settle in the prosperity. Sometimes God prospers you to test whether you will follow Him or you will settle in the prosperity.

Prosperity is test.

The same peter said later after years that “ silver and gold  I do not have” ACTS 3:6

This does not mean that his wallet was empty but he had something better to offer than silver and gold.

JUDAS AND MONEY:

LK 6:16 “ Judas who became a traitor” meaning that he was just like any other disciple before he became a traitor.

Being the treasurer he had a good chance to prove his faithfulness. Maybe he could have become like one writer of the Epistles

Judas was like Manna Leitao from the HALF A DAY AND OTHER STORIES.

WHAT HE DID:

JH 12:4-6

HE stole all the money and pretends to care about the poor and the needy.

We may ask why Jesus doesn’t expose those who make money in the name of Christianity.

But I wish Judas had an idea of what he was going to miss in the name of money.

TWO TYPES OF CHRISTIANS:

1.       Those like Peter those who love to give.

2.       Those like Judas who love to receive and keep for themselves.

What did Jesus say about giving LUKE 6:38 “give and it will be given back to you: a good measure, pressed down, shaken together. Running over. For the measure you use will be the measure you receive.”

ATTITUDE WHEN REBUKED

PETER.

Mathew 16:22-23 ‘get behind me Satan!....”

Being rebuked was different from being called Satan.

Being called Satan is more painful.

He was not offended.

Our ability to accept rebuke is a test of humility.

JUDAS

JH 12:7-8 rebuked

Math 26:14-15 what he did after rebuke use of ‘THEN’.

God test your reaction.                              

YOU ARE AN OVERCOMER BE BLESSED.

 PITTED, POTTED OR PUTTED

Gen 37

It’s important for us to learn the steps that GOD takes us before we reach perfection.
Joseph is a good example in the bible we can consider in this topic.
He was born the 11th son of Jacobs 12 sons and Rachael’s firstborn.
His father made him a coat of many colours which signified how favored he was. Brethren our father have made us distinct from the world, and therefore “don’t be conformed to the things of the world but be you transformed by renewal of your mind.” Rom
This coat of many colours was worn by princes in king’s palaces.

PITTED
Israel's favoritism toward Joseph caused his half brothers to hate him, and when Joseph was seventeen years old he had two dreams that made his brothers plot his demise.
In the first dream, Joseph and his brothers gathered bundles of grain.
All of the grain bundles that had been prepared by the brothers gathered around Joseph's bundle and bowed down to it.
In the second dream, the sun (father), the moon (mother) and eleven stars (brothers) bowed down to Joseph himself.
These two dreams indicated that Joseph was destined to leadership.
Joseph's half-brothers were jealous of him. They called him this dreamer
When they were feeding the flocks, the brothers saw Joseph from afar and plotted to kill him.
Unaware of their intent, Joseph approached his brothers. They turned on him and stripped him of the coat his father made for him, and threw him into the pit.
Thus Joseph was pitted.
Brethren the bible says that you count it all joy when you are persecuted. JAMES 1:5
Remember that when you are in a pit GOD is there with you, even though people may abandon you JEHOVAH will never forget you.
Now tell me, what is the difference between a class 8 leaver and a graduate in electrical engineering?
Ofcouse the difference is the level of training.
The longer you have been in a pit the tougher/stronger/powerful you become. Hallelujah





POTTED
Joseph and proposed that he be sold. The traders paid twenty pieces of silver for Joseph.
 Joseph was sold to serve POTiphar, the captain of Pharaoh's guard.[35] While serving in Potiphar's household, Yahweh was with Joseph so that he prospered in everything he did.
Joseph found favor in the sight of Potiphar and so he became his personal servant.
You will find favor in your place of work and whatever you put your hands on shall prosper in Jesus name, no weapon set against you shall succeed.
Joseph was made the chief administrative assistant and all the business of potipher were run by him.
Receive your promotion now in Jesus name.
Potiphar's wife began to desire Joseph and sought to have an affair with him. What a handsome young man. Be careful that your success will attract many enemies.
When he refused to sleep with her, she told her husband that he tried to rape her; this resulted in Joseph being thrown into prison. Through the lying intrigue of potiphars wife he was potted.
You could have been going through pitting and potting. There is a reason for it. Shout amen.
Joseph in the prison interpreted the dream of the chief cup bearer. And later the chief cup bearer was released.
Joseph requested the cup bearer to mention him to Pharaoh and secure his release from prison, but the cup bearer, reinstalled in office, forgot Joseph.
May be you have been there interpreting other people’s dreams and they forget you/ you can be there campaigning for a certain person but the moment he/she gets the seat they forget you for 5yrs.
Worry God will never forget you. AMEN


PUTTED
Pharaoh had a dream.
Joseph was called for, and interpreted the dreams as foretelling that seven years of abundance would be followed by seven years of famine, and advised Pharaoh to store surplus grain during the years of abundance.
Pharaoh then released him from prison and put him in charge over "all the land of Egypt" as a Prime minister.
Finally Brethren God is going to put you in the right time. Wait on GOD, be faithful, I believe HIS going to make you a small heaven on earth. Rejoice it’s your time; you are PITTED, POTTED or PUTTED. 

harri's blessings

UNDERSTANDING “THE SHADOW OF THINGS TO COME”

"Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an 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."

 Some believers feel they must literally keep these festivals as in Old Testament times. This is not what the New Testament teaches. We must understand this metaphor used by Paul when he calls the feasts, the tabernacle of Moses and the old testament sacrifices " a shadow of things that were to come."

 If you go out on a sunny day at sunrise and walk with your back to the sun you will see your shadow on the ground. . The shadow bears a resemblance to you, but it is not you. It is only a shadow of what was coming down to earth which is you.

 If you were a mother one of your children seeing the shadow might call out,"mummy, mummy." but the child would not hold to the shadow.

 Paul says the feast, the tabernacle of Moses and the Old Testament sacrifices are that way. They provide a profile, an outline without enough form to recognize what they portray. They show us the blessings Christ was to bring to those who would believe on him.
 However, when the reality (of which the shadow was but a profile) came - we would all want the reality (Christ) more than the shadow.   

• the different "meats and drinks", clean and unclean, allowed or forbidden by the law, were emblems of the two people, the Jews and Gentiles, the one clean, the other unclean; but since these are become one in Christ, the distinction of meats is ceased, these shadows are gone.
• The feast of tabernacles, though it was in remembrance of the Israelites dwelling in tents and booths when they came out of Egypt, yet was also a representation of Christ's dwelling, or tabernacling in human nature.
• The Passover, as it was a commemoration of the deliverance of the Israelites out of Egypt, and of God's passing over their houses when he smote the firstborn of the Egyptians, so it was a type of Christ our Passover sacrificed for us.
• The feast of the first fruits was a shadow of a believer 1st fruits of faith including being baptized of water and of the spirit.
• The "Sabbaths" were also shadows of future things; the grand sabbatical year, or the fiftieth year Sabbath, or jubilee, in which liberty was proclaimed throughout the land, a general release of debts, and restoration of inheritances, prefigured the liberty we have by Christ from sin, Satan, and the law, the payment of all our debts by Christ, and the right we have through him to the heavenly and incorruptible inheritance.
• 7th year Sabbath, in which there was no tilling of the land, no ploughing, sowing, nor reaping, was an emblem of salvation through Christ by free grace, and not by the works of men;
• seventh day Sabbath was a type of that spiritual rest we have in Christ now, and of that eternal rest we shall have with him in heaven hereafter: now these were but shadow