The Experience Of Epignosis

Apostle Grace Lubega

1 Corinthians 2:9-10(KJV); But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

When Paul speaks of what no eye has seen and what no ear has heard, he was describing a personal experience.

He walked this earth with the revelation of what no man had ever seen, no ear had ever heard and what had never entered into the hearts of men.

God launched his spirit into a realm of access to things that were beyond any man’s experience in this world of tents.

In 2 Corinthians 12:3-4, he sheds light on this encounter and says, “And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) How that he was caught up into paradise, heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.”

A man who was barred by the laws of heaven from uttering what he had seen, laid the foundation of the gospel.

He called upon those that were to come after him to build thereon.

This means that what Paul was not allowed to utter, you have articulation of. As the body of Christ, to build in this instance, is in to put words to what Paul could not utter.

Our theme scripture says God has revealed these things to us. The Spirit of revelation gives us utterance.

You have the words for what no eye has seen. You can explain what no ear has heard. You can demystify what has never entered into the hearts of men.

Glory to God!

FURTHER STUDY: 1 Corinthians 3:10, 2 Corinthians 12:3-4

GOLDEN NUGGET:

The Spirit of revelation gives us utterance. You have the words for what no eye has seen. You can explain what no ear has heard. You can demystify what has never entered into the hearts of men.

PRAYER: Loving Father, you are gracious. Your wisdom knows no bounds and your depth is immeasurable. I live in the undeniable truth that the bottomless depths of God are in me. What a glory! I am teaching the world unsearchable mysteries of the kingdom because revelation has given me utterance. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Beyond Theory

Apostle Grace Lubega

1 Corinthians 2:9-10(KJV); But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

The wisdom of this world celebrates the excellence of men’s theories.

Sadly, these theories have shaped the understanding of how many Christians view the world around them and how they interpret the mystery of life and existence.

In doing so, we fall far short of the expectations of eternity because the truth is that you are an endless reservoir of divine wisdom; the wisdom that created the world and laid the foundations of the earth.

This means that the wisdom upon you fully understands the workings of nature, the psychology of the human mind, the expanse of the galaxies; the rhythm of the stars alongside the laws of the physical world.

When men invent theories about creation and this world, you can judge these theories. In Philippians 1:10, God gives us the mandate to approve the things that are most excellent.

In our theme scripture, God raises the bar and standard for the Christian. In you is what no eye has seen, no ear heard and what has not entered into the hearts of men.

The theories of men can fail the test of time but what God has placed in you is eternal. The Bible reveals of the Christ that the wisdom with which He spoke could not be questioned. He was asked questions and gave hard answers. You can invent what no man can doubt. You can invent what no-one can debate.

Glory to God!

FURTHER STUDY: Phillipians 1:10, Ephesians 1:17

GOLDEN NUGGET:

The theories of men can fail the test of time but what God has placed in you is eternal. You can invent what no man can doubt. You can invent what no-one can debate.

PRAYER: Loving Father, I thank you for this Word. What a truth! What a liberty! My thinking is elevated, my understanding is enlightened, my perception of things physical and spiritual is sharpened! The ideas out of my spirit are unprecedented! The innovations from my mind are unrivalled. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

The Spirit Of Purpose

Apostle Grace Lubega

Ezekiel 22:30(kjv); I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.

The Spirit of purpose waits for no man and does not tarry in the face of the indifference of a man.

What this means is that if God calls a man for a specific assignment and that man takes it for granted, God will look for another and give him the grace for that same assignment.

Indifference to the Spirit of purpose shuts the doors of the kingdom while being available opens them.

Availability to the Spirit of purpose exposes you to vacuums in the spiritual realm; these vacuums and heaven’s need to fill them is more important than any single man’s part in the gospel.

In our theme scripture, the work God required may have been designed for five men, ten men or twenty men but He sought for only one.

When He finds that one person He can give him the ability to perform the work of five men; He can endow him with the grace to fulfil the assignment of ten men. That is how determined the Spirit of purpose is.

This is why you must know your course, number your days and apply your heart to the wisdom of God.

You can be many things in this life but never fail to be available to the Spirit of purpose. Let the gospel be your heartbeat and divine purpose your aspiration. Let God be your priority and all other pursuits secondary.

His name be praised!

FURTHER STUDY: Psalms 90:12, 2 Corinthians 12:15

GOLDEN NUGGET:

Availability to the Spirit of purpose exposes you to vacuums in the spiritual realm; these vacuums and heaven’s need to fill them is more important than any single man’s part in the gospel.

PRAYER: Loving Father, I thank you for this Word. Thank you for my part and lot in the gospel; thank you for the blue print of my life that has set my course and my race. As I yield my spirit to your desires and plans, the blue print becomes clearer every day. I am attuned to the needs of heaven and I am available for your work; to spend and be spent; to endure hardship like a good soldier; to die daily and to become many things for the sake of the gospel. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

The Keys Of The Kingdom – 2

Apostle Grace Lubega

Revelation 3:7(KJV); And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;

The keys that we have been entrusted with open doors that no man can shut and shut doors that no man can open.

The portals of heaven are open to you and God is pouring out revelation like never before.

No man can fight it, seal it or put an end to it. He says that in the last days, the knowledge of God will cover the earth like the waters cover the sea.

It means that knowledge is increasing in our day and no scheme of man or plan of hell can prevent it.

You will know more today than you knew yesterday. You will know more next year than you know this year. You will know more in five years than you know now.

He calls on you to yield to this move and open your spirit to this reality!

His name be praised!

FURTHER STUDY: Habakkuk 2:14, 1 Corinthians 2:9

GOLDEN NUGGET:
The keys that we have been entrusted with open doors that no man can shut and shut doors that no man can open.

PRAYER: Father, I thank you for these times. I thank you for the Spirit of revelation and the access that you have given to me. What a privilege to live in this dispensation of broadness. My mind is open and my spirit is yielded. I receive with readiness of mind what you are pouring out in this day. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

The Keys Of The Kingdom

Apostle Grace Lubega

Matthew 16:19 (KJV); And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

The keys of the kingdom are our epignosis. They represent our complete and perfect knowledge in God, touching our part, mandate, assignment and spiritual offices.

These keys define our liberties in God and the boundaries thereof.

The Church is advancing from glory to glory and this experience is made possible by these keys of epignosis.

In Isaiah 33:6, the Bible says, ‘wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation…’

It means that the growth of the church of Christ is hinged on its knowledge of God and this knowledge is shaped by the keys in our hands.

Our glory to glory experience means that doors are opened before us as a church; there are places in the spirit that are being unveiled to the body of Christ; there are territories we are being introduced to.

But it’s a sad thing to stand before these great doors of access and not know how to open them.

This is why He has equipped us with His Word because by epignosis we unlock realms; by epignosis we access deeper places in Him; by epignosis we walk where no man has walked.

Glory to God!

FURTHER STUDY: Isaiah 33:6, Isaiah 22:22

GOLDEN NUGGET:
The keys of the kingdom are our epignosis. They represent our complete and perfect knowledge in God, touching our part, mandate, assignment and spiritual offices.

PRAYER: Loving Father, I thank you for this Word. Thank you for the abundance of revelation that you have availed in these times. Even as I stand before the great doors of the spirit, I know how to open them. I know where to access greater depths in you and how to interpret the mysteries of the kingdom. I am advancing in glory because of the knowledge in my spirit. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

The Essence Of Revelation

Apostle Grace Lubega

1 Corinthians 2:9-10(KJV); But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

There are truths in God that one can never appreciate by systematic theology. This doesn’t mean that systematic theology in itself is wrong but it has its limitations.

It is limited to what has been revealed to a man and the place he is in God.

God can meet you on a higher plane than that of another man’s walk with him. The revelation and understanding of another man is not your standard. In this wisdom, even Paul refers to what he teaches as merely the foundation and calls on you to build.

This doesn’t mean that we do not learn from those that have gone ahead of us or from other men’s teachings.

Rather, you must remember that the access you have is to the bottomless things in God. You have the liberty to draw it out.

God does not want to merely open your eyes to the truths and mysteries in the scriptures; He wants to open the scriptures to you. That is the essence of the Spirit of revelation.

In these times, God is raising men who will teach truths that cannot be found on another man’s CD, in another man’s book or in a Bible Study guide.

FURTHER STUDY: 1 Corinthians 3:11, Ephesians 1:17

GOLDEN NUGGET:

God does not want to merely open your eyes to the truths and mysteries in the scriptures; He wants to open the scriptures to you. That is the essence of the Spirit of revelation.

PRAYER: Father, I thank you for this Word. I carry understanding in my spirit and with this wisdom, I draw from the bottomless depths in God. I see that which no eye has seen and hear what no ear has heard. Revelation is my portion and story. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Christ The Door

Apostle Grace Lubega

John 10: 1-2; 7(KJV); Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.

There are many ways through which men enter the gospel or join ministries.

It is a sad reality but some of these include manipulation, listening to those who discredit other men of God’s labours, false doctrine and deception. The scriptures call any man who uses such ways to draw men, a thief. If a person joins a ministry through these means, he or she one did not use the door.

In the seventh verse, Christ says, ‘ I am the door.’ Christ is the only DOOR by which men enter the kingdom.

When we preach Christ in truth, we point men to the door. This is what attracts; it is what causes multitudes to follow; it is what opens nations; it is what makes the world listen to your message.

He said that when He is lifted up, He draws men to Himself(John 12:32).

If a minister of the gospel understands this truth, he cannot worry about who leaves his church for another ministry.

As a minister, learn the right door and build it. This means that you must grow in the knowledge of Christ, understand His desires and exercise your spirit to His constant inspiration.

His name be praised!

FURTHER STUDY: John 12:32, John 14:6

GOLDEN NUGGET:

As a minister, learn the right door and build it. This means that you must grow in the knowledge of Christ, understand His desires and exercise your spirit to His constant inspiration.

PRAYER: Father, I thank you for this knowledge. I receive it as a pattern of growth in ministry. If we lift up Christ, He draws men unto Himself. I choose to exalt you in everything that I do. It is all about you. I decrease even as you increase. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Of Sowing To The Spirit

Apostle Grace Lubega

Galatians 6:7-8(KJV); Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

You cannot manifest anything in the physical realm if that thing has not been created in the spiritual realm. The spiritual begets the physical.

You cannot receive anything from the spiritual realm without giving to the spiritual realm. This is what our theme scripture refers to as sowing to the spirit.

Some people want to reap where they have not sowed. They have not sowed to the spirit but seek to manifest spiritual realities in the physical realm. They want to receive from the spirit what they have not provided for in that realm.

The primary place of giving to the spirit is sowing the Word. The words we speak are seeds in the realm of the spirit and as we cultivate our language and speech, whether negative or positive, we harvest what we sow.

This is why you must tame your tongue. Deliberately align your speech to the things you want to achieve and the success you envision.

FURTHER STUDY: 2 Corinthians 9:6, Hosea 10:12

GOLDEN NUGGET:

You cannot receive anything from the spiritual realm without giving to the spiritual realm. This is sowing to the spirit.

PRAYER: Loving Father, I thank you for this word. My speech is aligned to this knowledge. Grace is upon my lips and power in my tongue. What I decree, I establish. I eat the beauty of the fruit of my mouth because I have learnt to speak in wisdom. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Of Divine Responsibility

Apostle Grace Lubega

Luke 19:13(KJV); And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.

Every Christian must understand his or her assignment.

If you expect to sail through this life without ever doing your part in the gospel or contributing to the expansion of the kingdom then you have not understood the faith in which you are.

In Isaiah 45:19, the Bible says, ‘I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.’

The Hebrew word for vain is ‘tohu’, which is translated to mean nothingness or emptiness. 

God has not called you to nothingness, that is, a life without purpose.

Christ in our theme scripture tells us to occupy until He comes. It is in the places of occupation that we yield to divine responsibilities, which responsibilities make us heads and not tails, above and not beneath.

Live life in the understanding that you have a part to play in the gospel; there is an expectation that heaven has of you. You have a call upon your life; a grace through which many will be blessed.

Eternity is counting on you.

FURTHER STUDY: 2 Timothy 4:7, Romans 8:30

GOLDEN NUGGET:

Live life in the understanding that you have a part to play in the gospel; there is an expectation that heaven has of you. You have a call upon your life; a grace through which many will be blessed. Eternity is counting on you.

PRAYER: Loving Father, thank you for the race that you have set before me. Thank you for the gifts and calling upon my life. Thank you for the word I receive every day that has made me a minister and a steward of the mysteries. I spend and I am spent for the sake of the gospel because I know my part. I will finish well knowing that you are my end. In Jesus’ name, Amen

Discernment Of Doors

Apostle Grace Lubega

Galatians 2:7-8(KJV); But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter; (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:)

Not every door that is open, is for you to enter. Simply because you have the potential for a thing does not necessarily mean that it is you who must execute it.

This is the wisdom of discerning which doors to enter and which ones to ignore.

Do not be deceived by the keys in your hands. You may have a key to a door but it is only so you can open it for another to go through it.

Take the example of Peter in the house of Cornelius (Acts 10). By the Spirit of God, Peter opened the door for the gospel unto the gentiles. However, like our theme scripture reveals, his apostleship was to the circumcised(Jews) and not the uncircumcised while Paul’s apostleship was to the Gentiles.

God used Peter, a man on whom He had placed a grace for the Jews to open a door for the gentiles. Simply because he opened this door to the uncircumcised did not mean that he was called to the uncircumcised.

Paul paid a huge price every time he went to the Jews because he was called to the Gentiles. In fact, his greatest persecutions were by Jews in whose synagogues he went to preach. Even if he had a zeal for them, he had not been given the grace for them.

You must know which doors to enter. Exercise your spirit to understand the boundaries of your godly assignment. Entering the right doors will save you many wars while entering the wrong doors will attract many unnecesary wars.

FURTHER STUDY: Acts 10, Acts 18:6

GOLDEN NUGGET:

Not every door that is open is for you to enter. Simply because you have the potential for a thing does not necessarily mean that it is you who must execute it.

PRAYER: Loving Father, I thank you for this wisdom. I understand my assignment, the places and the people to which you have called me. I go where you send me and not just where zeal leads me. I serve in the perfect will of the Father. To the glory of your name, Amen.

Potential For World Change

Apostle Grace Lubega

Psalms 82:5(KJV); They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.

Every child of God is exceptionally good at something. That is the beauty of God’s wisdom in creation.

However, the foundations of the world are out of course because there are many people who do not know the abilities that God has placed at their disposal.

Many are moving in the shadows of other people’s potential and have not tapped into what is inside them.

The foundations of the world seek a reconciliation of the best potential with the best opportunities.

When opportunity meets the best, the stage is set for world change.

God has not called you to be a cheap copy of a great original. You have treasure in an earthen vessel. You have all sufficiency to do what you must. You have been blessed with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places.

Creation is groaning for the manifestation of the sons of God(Romans 8:19). There is something in you that is destined to align the foundations of this world.

Understand that you have a part in the great equation of global transformation. Look within you for therein is potential for world change.

FURTHER STUDY: Ecclesiastes 3:11, Romans 8:19

GOLDEN NUGGET:

The foundations of the world seek a reconciliation of the best potential with the best opportunities. When opportunity meets the best, the stage is set for world change.

PRAYER: Father, I thank you for this knowledge. I know what you have placed in me; the seed of greatness and the ability to transform nations. I draw from within to influence all that is around me. I put systems, economies and institutions in order because I know who I am. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Responding To Greatness

Apostle Grace Lubega

Gen 41:33-37(KJV); Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt. Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years. And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities. And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine. And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.

If you must succeed in this life, you must know how to respond to greatness.

There are people who stand before greatness and it is ready to grant them an opportunity, but sadly, they do not know how to respond to it because the language they speak is contrary to the communication that greatness invites. As such, they live mediocre lives, never reaching their fullest potential. How sad!

A very important principle on how to respond to greatness is revealed in our theme scripture.

When Joseph stood before greatness, he did not present himself as an answer, he simply gave a solution to the problem.

He did not tell Pharaoh that he could fix the issue at hand but rather told him how to fix it.

He said, ‘Let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.’ He did not say, ‘If Pharaoh gives me the opportunity and appoints me as a leader, I will be able to change this situation.’

One might have thought that Joseph was desperate for a change in his circumstances. He had just come out of jail after years of imprisonment. He could have jumped at the opportunity to be seen as an answer but wisdom restrained him.

Many men have closed the doors of opportunity by presenting themselves as an answer when greatness was seeking for a solution.

The world is looking for men who are able to give solutions but do not present themselves as answers because some solutions are bigger than just the individual. Give greatness a solution, greatness will see the answer in you.

FURTHER STUDY: Genesis 41:16, James 4:6

GOLDEN NUGGET:

The world is looking for men who are able to give solutions but do not present themselves as answers because some solutions are bigger than just the individual. Give greatness a solution, greatness will see the answer in you.

PRAYER: Loving Father, I thank you for this word. I respond with wisdom to all the opportunities presented to me. I refuse to exalt myself above measure in the knowledge that honour comes from above and that it is you who exalts the humble. I rise to greatness in this understanding. To the glory of your name, Amen.