The Experiences Of The Word

[1 John 4:1-3]; Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.  Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

Of The Spirit of Error

John says test the spirit. He doesn’t say test what the spirit says. There is a difference between testing what the man says and testing what the spirit of the man is.

The Bible says that every spirit that says that Jesus Christ, is come, not came or will come but is come in the flesh is of God.

That is not what religion taught you. They sang songs that asked, where is he? That is the spirit of the antichrist. When they ask where God is, just stand up straight, chin up, chest out and present yourself because this is the mystery that was hidden from the ages past but is now revealed, Christ in you, the hope of glory [ Colossians 1:26-27].

1 John 4:6 goes on to say; We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

If a man is of the world, the world will hear him. The word used herein for ‘know’ is ginosko; revelational knowledge. It means He that has a perception of God, that ginoskos God hears us. People who have a perception of God, hear us.

There is something called the spirit of error and the spirit of truth. When a man is of God and another has the spirit of error, he that has the spirit of error cannot hear him. If some people do not hear you, don’t worry. There is a kind that cannot hear me because of the spirit of error. John says that they that know God hear us. I hear John. Some people do not hear John at all.

For example, John says in 1 John 3:9; whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. You should see the blogs and commentaries on that scripture. Some people even disqualify John at that point. They do not hear him. But I do hear him.

They that Know God Hear You

The question is; who is born of God? What in you is born of God? Your spirit is born of God. If your spirit is born of God, how can your spirit sin? When people question this, that is when you realise the spirit of error. John made it very simple. He said test the spirit.

In the book of Acts, we see an account of the woman with the spirit of divination. She kept shouting after the apostles, ‘these are the men who show us the way of the most high’. She said the right words. Paul heard her all the while. However, the bible says that after a while, he cast out the spirit. This was a place of maturity. Maturity is deeper than just hearing the words. It is a place where having heard the words, you test the spirit.

When a man matures in God, he just does not hear words. She was accurate but the spirit by which she said it was by divination. It is why it is important for you as a child of God to know the word. He says that these words are spirit and they are life.

If you know God, men that know God, that have the spirit of truth will hear you.

God says of Jesus, that this is my well beloved son, hear him ye. He was not telling just men and trees. He was speaking to everything around. God gave authority to Jesus. Wind could hear him and calm down. Everything was under a mandate to hear him. The only thing that can block a man from hearing God is the spirit of error. Once the spirit of error takes over a man, he cannot hear you.

Faith Redefined

The Bible says that by faith, Enoch was translated that he might not see death [Hebrews 11:5]. It means that Enoch was not made aware of death. The first place of the word is that it shields you from certain things. There are things that you can no longer look at. When the bible says that you are the righteousness of God, there are thigs that it has shielded you from.

That is why Paul speaks of the shield of faith. He says put on the whole armour of God that you might withstand the wiles of the enemy. He speaks of the breastplate of righteousness, the helmet of salvation, the sword of the spirit and all these things are wonderful but then he says above all, put on the shield of faith that you might quench the fiery darts of the enemy. The word quench means you extinguish everything that the devil throws at you. There are certain thigs that you should not allow yourself to see, that when a doctor says you are about to die, you tell him, ‘doctor, you say am about to die, how come I do not see it?’  The scriptures say that they that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercies. So, because God said that, when you come into faith, the first thing He does is to shield you because he knows that what you see you get.

The Spirit of Sonship

[Deuteronomy 32:8 MSG]; When the High God gave the nations their stake, gave them their place on Earth, He put each of the peoples within boundaries under the care of divine guardians.

Of Divine Guardians

The divine guardians are the sons of God. Look at the mind of God in this regard. He gets Uganda or Tanzania or whichever country and puts his child in charge of it. However, the Christian is still believing God for a plot of land in Mukono. So you ask, what if the children of God are too many for the nations? He will create more nations for the children. Someone else claims that it seems the current reality is that the Christians are too many to own nations. It is the way it is because the church lost a certain place.   Let me tell you the mind of the spirit; if a man says that he is going to pastor a million people, it is the responsibility of heaven to make people reproduce those people. It is not the responsibility of government. It doesn’t matter how many people are in that nation. God drew boundaries according to the number of the sons of God. Now if we read this, it means that there can be more nations than presently are on the face of the earth.

Christians are still believing God for plots of land. The man to whom God said ask me of nations? God was not joking. He did not mean Kampala. That is a city in a nation. He said ask, but the Christian is asking for land and a job. You might ask again, what if a hundred of us asked for a nation? That is God’s problem to fix. It is not yours. He said ask. The problem is not God; it is you. The Bible says that with God, all things are possible. It is possible for God to create that nation for you if he has to. He can increase the birth rate if he has to.

The Gospel

We used to read scriptures where the bible says that the gospel is foolishness but men never spoke foolish stuff. They spoke stuff that was predictable. Stuff like God will give you a husband. Even the heathen have husbands. That God is going to give you a job but even the heathen have jobs and food. We want you to start speaking stuff so that men say, there is something wrong with us. I refuse to be predictable. That is what you are; an unpredictable marriage; an unpredictable job; unpredictable money on your account; an unpredictable ministry. The gospel is foolishness. Men used to hear us and the things we said made sense and they never got Born Again yet they were listening to us. It is about time we started to do things that do not make sense.

God made the earth big enough for any man to create his dream. This earth is not small. That vacuum up there is empty. It is waiting for the manifestation of you and I.

Oh yes I have a great God but I am great too. You are claiming to be down to earth, nothing before God. When a man is not Born Again and says that he is nothing, he is right, but when a man is Born Again, he is something.

Of the Pendulum of Maturity

The bible says that the first man is of the earth earthy and the second man is the Lord from above. You might say that perhaps it meant the Lord Jesus, but what does Galatians 4:1 say? It says; Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all.

He is Lord but because he is a babe, the bible says he is a child and differs nothing from a servant. This is the difference between a man who is grown in God and one who is not; that is the pendulum; it swings between nepios and teleios. Nepios is one who is untaught. That is the essence of the fivefold ministry. He gave some prophets, pastors, evangelists, apostles and teachers for the perfecting and growing of the saints into a perfect man[Ephesians 4:13].The word used therein for perfect man is teleios. The pastor, evangelist, apostle, prophet or teacher is perfecting, growing and maturing you unto a spiritually mature man.

Let us look at John 1:12-13 AMP. It says; But to as many as did receive and welcome Him, He gave the right [the authority, the privilege] to become children of God, that is, to those who believe in (adhere to, trust in, and rely on) His name— ¹³ who were born, not of blood [natural conception], nor of the will of the flesh [physical impulse], nor of the will of man [that of a natural father], but of God [that is, a divine and supernatural birth—they are born of God—spiritually transformed, renewed, sanctified].

The Greek word used in John 1:12 for children is teknon. The definition of teknon in its simplest sense is, a direct descendant by sperm; an offspring. Teknon means you are entirely the seed of God, so according to God, you are his child 100%. That is where Christians have a problem. I have only seen it in the Christian faith where children fear to share the father’s name. They are too humble.

Let us see another term in Romans 8:14. It says; For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

The word used for sons here is huios. He says that for many as are led by the spirit, those are the ones who are huios. The translation there is that they are in a relationship. That means there is a place of becoming a child of God by reason of relationship.

You are by sperm teknon but you must cultivate a relationship with God to be huios as well. You are his child by sperm but are you his child by relationship? Do you relate with him like you relate with your father? Do you even understand what it means to have a relationship with him as your father? If that relationship is not built, you cannot claim to be led by the spirit, cannot cry Abba father and your intercession is frustrated. That is why many people cannot intercede. Their life of intercession is a myth. They are teknons without a huios experience trying to call on the father.