Everything Is Given

Every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realm 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 upon us as a love gift from our wonderful heavenly Father. - Eph 1:3 (TPT)

Alot of the charismatics are still waiting and praying for God and the men of God to impart gifts to them, when the Bible has already made it clear.

The word 'every' means 'each, all, each part(s) of a totality, every kind of.' The word 'spiritual' means 'things belonging to the Divine Spirit.'

Everything first comes from the Spirit, before it is manifested into the physical. 

His divine power has granted to us 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐨𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, through 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐢𝐦 who called us to his own glory and excellence, - 2 Peter 1:3

The knowledge of Him empowers you to walk in what you already have ----- every spiritual blessing (gifts, all things that pertain to life and godliness).

The problem with us not having them has nothing to do with God. He already gave all through Christ's finished works. The problem lies with wrong believing, resulting in us not receiving.

Get more anointing?

Get more gifts?

By no means! It's better to get back to know who God really is and what Christ has already done and given us.

Focus On That One Thing

Focus On That One Thing

It is important to focus on that ONE thing ---- the ONE assignment that God has called us to do. We cannot fulfill every need that demands our attention. People will always want you to meet their needs. Don't let guilt trap you to meet theirs.

Be firm to decline in helping others, if it distracts you from going after your assignment. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨. If everyone focuses on their assignments, every need will be met.

𝐁𝐔𝐓 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 meet all those needs and demands. When you decline to help, you will face accusations. People will say that you are not loving and they try to guilt-trip you. You cannot please everyone since you are only supposed to please God (Ahem... and your wife lol).

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐆𝐨𝐝-𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 even if you are NOT helping others because it takes away your time from going after your assignment. When we fail to walk out the fullness of our assignment, we FAIL to love people in that capacity.

When they found Him, they said to Him, “Everyone is looking for You.” But He said to them, “𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐬 𝐠𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐬, that I may preach there also, because 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡.” - Mark 1:37-38

Now when it was day, He departed and went into a deserted place. And the crowd sought Him and came to Him, and tried to keep Him from leaving them; but He said to them, “I must preach the kingdom of God to the other cities also, 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭.” - Luke 4:42-43

There were so many needs among the crowd. People needed Jesus' help. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬. 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐢𝐦. He was focused with that ONE thing. Jesus set His face to go to Jerusalem (Luke 9:51). He wasn't distracted by the needs around Him, because there would be endless needs to meet.

Martha tried to guilt-trip both Jesus and Mary. She wanted Mary to help her. She also reckoned that Jesus did not care for her.

Yet Jesus said, "𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her." - Luke 10:42

Let's learn to say NO to others and 𝐘𝐄𝐒 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠.

How You Receive Healing Is How You Continue

How You Receive Healing Is How You Continue

In the kingdom, everything is by grace through faith. How you receive salvation is how you walk out salvation. The moment when you try to walk it out differently, you are operating outside the kingdom.

Analogous to the salvation of the spirit, healing is also by grace through faith, since it is part of the kingdom. How you receive healing is how you walk in divine health.

Many believers are still waiting for the next healing or miracle service, when Jesus has already served them healing. How? By His stripes. There is no special anointed time for healing unless you think there is. According to your belief, it is done unto you (Matt 9:29).

Disclaimer: Healing service is more for non-believers than for believers. We must empower believers and not feed them.

My bible tells me that He took our sickness and bore our diseases 2000 years ago, so that by His stripes, we were healed (Isa 53:4-5; 1 Peter 2:24). 𝐈𝐟 𝐰𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐲 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐬, 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞.

If you need a man to lay hand on you for healing, by the same token, you need a man to lay hand on you to stay healed. While there is a place to be ministered by others, we must not stay there as infants. We are to grow up unto Him.

In other words, there is a place for us to wrestle through the sickness or pain without going after a shortcut to get healing. Shortcuts in life never do you good. Bodybuilders know this, "No pain, no gain!"

I learnt that if you don't fight the enemy with your identity, he will search out the gaps to crush you. Jesus stood unshakeable, unchanging and unwavering. He remained steadfast and immovable because His eyes were always fixed on the Father. He often 'lifted His eyes to heaven', because He knew that if He could get His answers and perspectives straight from heaven, the devil has no chance to cause Him to stumble.

If you give up, you won't grow up.

Every Believer Can Walk In The 4-Fold Ministry Part 2

Every Believer Can Walk In The 4-Fold Ministry Part 2

As mentioned in part 1, every believer can walk out the 4-fold ministry in Eph 4:11.

The 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝 no longer talks about gifts because he embodies a Person: 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐲 (Col 1:27). Jesus didn't walk in giftings. He walked in identity ----- as a Son of God. The creation is waiting for sons of God to be manifested (Rom 8:19), not people who merely move in gifts.

Reminder: The Corinthians were immature and Paul had to feed them with milk (not solid food) and talked to them about gifts.

But you have been anointed by the Holy One, and you all have 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞. - 1 John 2:20

The word 'knowledge' is not a good English translation. In the Greek, it says, "𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐬".

But the anointing that you received from Him abides in you, and 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮. But as His anointing 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠, and is true, and is no lie—just as it has taught you, 𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐦. - 1 John 2:27

Because we are anointed as sons, the Holy Spirit came upon us (Gal 4:6; Lk 4:18; Acts 1:8). The Holy Spirit teaches every believer ALL things (Jn 14:26).

In other words, a believer 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 anyone to teach him concerning the Word of truth, 𝐈𝐅 𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐨𝐝 (1 Jn 2:27; Jn 15:5; Jn 7:17), because he has the mind of Christ (1 Cor 2:16).

If we don't need anyone to teach us the Word of truth, is there a place for the 4-fold ministers? Of course!

We will look at that in Part 3.

Dream

I had a dream. In the dream, I saw myself preaching in a church that I used to work in.

When I went up to the pulpit and started preaching, many people left immediately. Only two familiar faces and some youths remained in their seats. They were hungry for truths.

God spoke to me, “Go after truths. Preach them regardlessly, because you won’t get a crowd for preaching truths. Only those who seek truths will listen to you.”

Every Believer Can Walk In The 4-Fold Ministry Part 1

Every Believer Can Walk In The 4-Fold Ministry Part 1

One may wonder why I say 4-fold instead of the usual 5-fold ministerial offices that we normally talk about.

And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭. - Eph 4:11-13

In the Greek, it says "some indeed apostles, some now prophets, some now evangelists, some now 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬." Apparently, 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞. Because a shepherd's responsibility is to tend and care for his flocks, he must also be able to teach (Acts 20:28-29; John 10:7-11; 1 Peter 5:2; 1 Tim 3:1-3). Otherwise, his sheep will not be able to discern between truths and lies, right and wrong doctrines.

We see Jesus' example as a Shepherd who teaches truths.

When He went ashore He saw a great crowd, and He had compassion on them, because they were like 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐝. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 them many things. - Mark 6:34

A shepherd, thus, must be able to teach. You can't separate the office into a shepherd (pastor) OR a teacher. It's not either or. It's one.

Eph 4:11-13 says that the purpose of the 4-fold ministerial offices is to equip the Body of Christ (normal believers) to do the work of ministry, eventually reaching 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝: 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭.

Christ Himself walked out the 4-fold ministerial offices. He is the Apostle (Heb 3:1). He is the Prophet (Acts 3:22). He is the Evangelist (Matt 9:38). He is the Shepherd and Teacher (John 10:11; John 13:13).

The 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝 no longer talks about gifts because he embodies a Person: 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐲 (Col 1:27). We will talk about it more in Part 2.

P.S: Apostle Paul taught the Corinthians about gifts and manifestation. But they were immature and carnal believers. They were NOT given solid food. Paul said that he gave them MILK (1 Cor 3:2). Ephesians are the mature ones that we should focus on (Rev 2:2-3).

The Kingdom Is Now And Not Yet

The kingdom is both NOW and not yet.

For many, it means that sometimes, healing and certain promises of God are not on this side of the world because the kingdom is not yet fully established until the return of Christ. As such, it is believed that we can experience a glimpse of that kingdom now, but not always. This is how people reason out their responsibility to grow in faith when things don’t happen.

I beg to differ. In the fully established kingdom, you don’t need any healing or promises of God because faith is no longer needed. It becomes a reality which you don’t need any faith for. You no longer live by faith in that kingdom. You can throw faith out.

Faith is always NOW. It is for the NOW. The kingdom that is not yet can become the kingdom NOW simply by faith. Without faith, you will never experience His kingdom on this side of the world. You will only experience it in heaven. You can live a normal life without any growth if you are simply waiting for the future to come.

The Kingdom is NOW if you live by faith.

The Kingdom is not yet if you live without.

Eventually you will still experience the kingdom on the other side of the world when it becomes everyone’s reality.