The Experience Of Epignosis – 2

Apostle Grace Lubega

1 Corinthians 2:9(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.

The scriptures reveal two kinds of knowledge, EPIGNOSIS and GNOSKO.

Gnosko is progressive knowledge, that which one acquires gradually with their study of the Word while epignosis is the advanced, complete and perfect knowledge in and of God.

Epignosis does not come by gnosko. This means that you can never study the Word of God enough to have the complete knowledge of God.

Rather, gnosko seeks to lead you to the experience of epignosis. Some people study the Word with only the satisfaction of gnosko. All they need is the word for the now; what can help them get a job? What can help them heal their body? What can help them grow their business?

Some sermons are taught for the now. They minister to the present needs of men and seek to give them things that are done with their doing.

The Word of God is deeper than that.

There are those who read the scriptures in the understanding that these scriptures are opening them to the experience of epignosis. Sermons must be preached with the end of opening men to the experience of the advanced, complete and perfect Knowledge of God- epignosis.

The Church must embrace epignosis. It is what makes us heads and not tails; why the gates of hell shall fail to prevail against us; it is how we overcome the world.

Glory to God!

FURTHER STUDY: 1 John 2:20, Psalm 119:96

GOLDEN NUGGET:

The Church must embrace the complete and perfect knowledge in God. It is what makes us heads and not tails; why the gates of hell shall fail to prevail against us; it is how we overcome the world.

PRAYER: Loving Father, I thank you for this day. I thank you for access to the depths in you and to insights into the mysteries of eternity and of who you are. I refuse to scratch the surface in understanding who you are. I embrace epignosis and the responsibility it places upon my life. In this wisdom, my prayer life changes, my service to you changes and my worship to you changes. I seek you in the experience of epignosis. To the glory of your name, Amen.

Open Doors

Apostle Grace Lubega

1 Corinthians 16:9(KJV); For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries.

It is one thing to open doors and it is another for doors to open unto you.

In our theme scripture, Paul does not say that he opened a great and effectual door. Rather, he says that this door opened unto him.

Some people are looking for connections to open doors for them. They are submitting themselves to the favour of men to gain access to the things they need or to places they desire to go. They are pleading with other men to be given a platform to be heard or to express their gifts and crafts.

That is not how God works for the Christian. God has placed the inherent ability in the doors themselves to open up to a man who is prepared!

He wants you to function under such a grace.

Everything you turn to opens. You attract what you need, success follows you, favour follows you, people need you and nations look for you. Indeed, goodness and mercy follow you all the days of your life.

Glory to God!

FURTHER STUDY: Psalm 2:8, Psalm 23:6

GOLDEN NUGGET:
God has placed the inherent ability in the doors themselves, to open up to a man who is prepared!

PRAYER: Father, I thank you for this Word. Thank you for the things that seek me. Opportunity is my friend, bringing who I need, what I need and when I need it. I never struggle in ministry or my labours in the gospel. I never struggle with business, career or studies because doors open for me. To the glory of your name, Amen.

The Power Of Preparation

Apostle Grace Lubega

1 Timothy 4:15(KJV); Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.

The doors of the Spirit are waiting for the most prepared. This is not about physical preparation because the infallible truth is that you can never prepare enough for spiritual opportunities.

It is the Spirit of God who prepares us. He knows these doors, when they must open and how they must open. He is intimately acquainted with the timing of opportunity. He will position you in the right place at the right time. He will bring whoever you need, when you need them.

That is why we must learn to relate and commune with the Holy Spirit. To give Him first priority in our lives and to maximise our time in His presence. Our theme scripture urges us to give ourselves wholly to the things of God.

Where are you going? What do you want in God? Your preparation shows!

We must be diligent, sold out and zealous toward God. We must be mighty in scripture and fervent in spirit.

When you say you are going to believe God, do so like your life depends on it. When you say you are going to pray, pray! When you say you are going to fast, fast!

FURTHER STUDY: John 14:26, Psalm 46:1

GOLDEN NUGGET:
It is the Spirit of God that prepares us for opportunities. He knows these doors, when they must open and how they must open. He is intimately acquainted with the timing of opportunity. He will position you in the right place at the right time. He will bring whoever you need, when you need them.

PRAYER: Father, I thank you for this truth. You are my helper and my ever present help in times of need. I have great respect and honour for your Spirit because I know He is ever ready to reveal, to teach and to instruct. I am diligent and walk this life with zeal because every moment is a preparation for greater things. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

The Responsibility 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.

Epignosis (which is the full and advanced, complete and perfect knowledge of God) is a responsibility. It is not the privilege of men who are merely fascinated by the Word but of men who have understood that to whom much is given, much is required.

What is the character of a man with the complete and perfect knowledge of God? How does such a man pray? How does he serve? How does he worship?

There are many things in this world that are closed and must be opened. There are many other things that are opened and must be closed. This is the responsibility of a man with epignosis.

Creation is groaning for the manifestation of the sons of God ( Romans 8:19).These groans are because certain closed places need to be opened and certain open places need to be closed.

God did not gift you with the complete and perfect knowledge of Himself so that you can get a nice house, start a business or find a better job.

Epignosis is given so we realign the foundations of the world that are out of course, that we open heaven and close hell to the hearts of men.

Heaven requires it because when it gave epignosis, it gave us all we needed to effect change on the earth.

Glory to God!

FURTHER STUDY: Romans 8:19, Psalm 82:5

GOLDEN NUGGET:

Epignosis is given so we realign the foundations of the world that are out of course, that we open heaven and close hell to the hearts of men. Heaven requires it because when it gave epignosis, it gave us all we needed to effect change on the earth.

PRAYER: Father God, your knowledge is my fountain of life. It is the stability of my times and the strength of my salvation. I embrace the responsibility of knowledge because I am conscious of the need of heaven. My heart is yielded to your desires, your plans and purposes. I am changing this world because I have the advanced knowledge in God. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

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.