Watch what and how you are hearing
[Mar 4:23-25 NKJV] 23 “If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.” 24 Then He said to them, “Take heed what you hear. With the same measure you use, it will be measured to you; and to you who hear, more will be given. 25 “For whoever has, to him more will be given; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.”
[Luk 8:17-18 NKJV] 17 “For nothing is secret that will not be revealed, nor [anything] hidden that will not be known and come to light. 18 “Therefore take heed how you hear. For whoever has, to him [more] will be given; and whoever does not have, even what he seems to have will be taken from him.“
[Rev 2:7 NKJV] 7 “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
RELATIONSHIPS IN AGE GROUPS
[1Jo 2:12-13 NKJV] 12 I write to you, little children, Because your sins are forgiven you for His name’s sake. 13 I write to you, fathers, Because you have known Him [who is] from the beginning. I write to you, young men, Because you have overcome the wicked one. I write to you, little children, Because you have known the Father.
While we are placed as spiritual mature sons in Christ when we are born again, the maturity of our precious souls is in a growing process. It is becoming as we already are in the Spirit, One with Him. The growth is by the Word in 2 aspects:
- Removing everything that is of the old by the revelation of the finished work of Christ on the Cross – cleansing
- Renewing the mind into the New Creation which is exactly like Christ – revealing
Looking for the Person
[Jhn 1:14 NKJV] 14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.“
Impartation or Incarnation?
Lots of ministries describe ‘generations’ by the transferring of the anointing from one person to another. Similar to Elijah to Elisha. Or Moses to Joshua.
Sonship is describing ‘generations’ by looking at the growth from inside of the Word and Him manifested (incarnated) in human bodies.
Watching someone doing the Word
[Eph 4:11-13 NKJV] 11 And He Himself gave some [to be] apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, 13 till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;
Why are the ministers appointed in the Body?
Is it that apostles would anoint other apostles and transfer their anointing? Same for prophets?
NO. It’s to build the Body toward the fullness of Christ. Unity of faith and knowledge of the Son.
Little Children (sheep): they are watching someone doing the Word because they need TO BE DONE TO THEM.
- Their rules of life are based on needs (food, protection, family, religion).
- They connect with a known man of God for safety and food. They do not go outside of his ways of thinking and doing.
- [Jhn 6:26 NKJV] 26 Jesus answered them and said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, you seek Me, not because you saw the signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled. The sheep depend on the daily Manna coming from the people they trust. That can be a teaching, prophetic word, healing prayers.
Jesus had to ‘intercept’ questions asked of His disciples (Mark 2:16). Disciples, as sheep, needed covering and protection in that season.
Little Children (sheep): path to becoming disciples.
- They can enter a big crisis by asking themselves:
What if the Word is speaking to me? What if I HAVE to do the word?
For example:
‘Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons’ – Matthew 10:8
Youth (disciples): they are watching someone doing the Word so THEY CAN DO IT.
[Luk 6:40 NKJV] 40 “A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is perfectly trained will be like his teacher.
- They are shown by their Master (Teacher) how to do His words.
- They are Empowered by doing the known and tested Words that sent them and see them fulfilled (John 8:31-32)
[Jhn 3:27] John answered and said, “A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven.
The principle of impartation coming from the prophets of Old Test is the transferring of the anointing to the new generation of disciples.
Parents (adult sons): they are watching someone doing the Word as One with him that does.
- Their rules of life are the Father’s commands, so they are eternal.
[Jhn 5:19-20 NKJV] 19 Then Jesus answered and said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner. 20 “For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself does…”
- As Jesus was a vessel for the Father’s words, so are we vessels for Christ. A letter written on the hearts.
- They connect to other parts of the Body as a greater part of themselves. Someone teaching, leading, praying is just Christ blessing them.
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