THE CASE IS CLOSED

Guilt Free

The case is closed. Romans 8:1. What a powerful statement! No one condemns you now for you have been freed from any judgment from your past sins. This is what Christ did on the Cross 2000 years ago. However, many who are born again still continue to walk in condemnation. Why is this so? This is so because we have failed to believe that Christ has set us free from our past. We continue to carry our burdens as if they have not been carried on the Cross. We live in the reality of our scarred conscience and not in the light of our born-again spirit. Our spirit has been redeemed but our soul is being redeemed. We therefore confuse our spirit with our soul and think they are the same thing.

Freedom

1 Thessalonians 5:23 clearly states that we are spirit, soul, and body. Our spirit and soul live in our body. Our soul and body are still prone to sin. We therefore are not free in soul and body which are under the influence of the devil, world, and self. Our ego continues to want to do its own thing. It has a free will and so can choose right from wrong. When we sin in the flesh we reap the consequences of our sin. We are not totally free from sin because of our fallen state and we live in a broken world. The god of this world is satan and he still operates to steal, kill, and destroy.

We need to be transformed in our souls to be totally free from this world and its hold on us. Our born-again spirit is able to do so as we walk in tandem with the Holy Spirit who lives in us. There is no easy way but through death to self and walking in obedience. The Holy Spirit in us will empower us to overcome every addiction and weakness of the flesh. This is the Good news of the Gospel. There are no limitations in the redeemed spirit. We are seated in heavenly places with Christ in the spirit. This is the reality that we need to grasp to overcome and be transformed.

In The Spirit Our Eyes Are Opened To See

In the Spirit, we are ushered into a different dimension. When we were born again our eyes were opened to see into the Spirit realm. Before this, we were dead to the spirit world. We were operating in our soul realm and controlled by the god of this world, Satan. The realm of the Spirit is real and we only come to discern when we are born again. Before this, we are manipulated into the demonic realm and confused by all that we see and hear. God redeemed us in the spirit and now we can see. We were once blind but now we see. Spiritual blindness is a worse condition than physical blindness. 

Spirit realm

To see in the Spirit is to walk in reality. The real you is your spirit. What you see in the flesh is a body that will one day die. The real you lives on into eternity. This revelation should urge you to seek for truth in the spirit realm. Few are able to comprehend this and therefore continue to operate in darkness. No wonder we see so much confusion even in the church! One can operate in the spirit or in the soul. The devil has access to our soul but not to our spirit. He is able to influence our thoughts and our feelings. This is why we see so much destruction in society. The devil's main mission is to steal, kill, and destroy. God's mission is to save and give life and that abundant.

It is time that the church enters into the Spirit realm and operates in the Spirit and not the soul. The church needs to step up and be the head and not the tail. Today what we see is how the world has influenced the church to conform to its agenda. We therefore collude with the world to destroy it. God have mercy on us. We need to repent and begin to operate in the reality of the Spirit and be what God called us to be. This is the only way this world can be saved from self-destruction.

Are You Mind Full Or Heart Full?

God created us as spirit beings to live in a body. Our soul also lives in our body and is separate from our spirit. However many interchange the spirit and soul. 1 Thessalonians 5:23 clearly states that we are body, soul, and spirit. In Hebrews 4 the Word of God is able to separate the soul from the spirit. Therefore clearly we can see there is a separation between the soul and the spirit. Our spirit was redeemed through the born-again experience. Our souls are being redeemed through our minds being renewed. Our soul is made up of our thoughts, feelings, and will.

Mind Full

To be mind-full is to be full of facts about life. We can have a  lot of facts but lack wisdom. Facts are not the truth. Truth is in a person, Jesus. He is the Truth and the Life. When we have the Truth we are able to walk in the Truth. The Holy Spirit was sent to reveal the Truth to us. Truth is of the Spirit and therefore we cannot know the truth without the Spirit. The facts may lead us to the truth. Being able to discern the truth is a gift of the Spirit. Many can be full of facts but fail in the long run because they are unable to know the truth. I might have a lot of head knowledge but lack in heart knowledge. Knowledge of the heart is of a different realm to head knowledge.

Heart Full

Heart knowledge is of the Spirit. In the spirit, we are able to connect with God who is spirit. We become one with Him and are called sons of God. In the Spirit, we are able to discern behind the head knowledge and detect the spirit behind the knowledge. In this way, we are able to transcend the different sources or narratives in the world that seek to confuse and deceive us. In the world, the god of this world, will try and deceive us and keep us from the truth. This is why we see so much delay and deception that keeps us from knowing the truth. Let us keep our eyes fixed on Jesus and He will keep us steadfast in Him till the end.

New Mind

Jesus came to live His life through you. He does this through His Holy Spirit in you. He had to die and go back to heaven so that he could send His Holy Spirit to dwell in you. Imagine the potential within you when you realise that the Creator of the world lives in you. This revelation will blow your mind and still your heart. Your mind wants to control everything but the Holy Spirit works through your heart. He resides in your heart and thinks through your heart. When you begin to think through your heart then you are closer to the heart of God. Your mind is fleshly and thinks only of itself and its needs. Your heart is broad and large and embraces more than you. It extends itself because it is able to fathom the depths of eternity. Your mind is finite because it is limited by your brain. 

Heart

Your heart has no limits because it thinks like God. Now you can fly and swim and dance because you are free from the encumbrances of your mind. Your limited mind cannot fathom the mind of God. The Holy Spirit knows the mind of God. Switch into His mind by operating in the knowledge of His Spirit and fly. Yes, to fly is to be above all the limitations of your mind. It is to soar like an eagle. Thank you, Lord, for your Holy Spirit. I acknowledge your presence in me and now I will operate in your mind and see the barriers pushed back. Hallelujah here I come world, to overcome all barriers and see the impossible become possible.

This switch from the earthly to the heavenly is what makes the difference between a heavenly mindset and an earthly mindset. Let us make the switch today by acknowledging Jesus as Lord and walk in the Holy Spirit.

Truth In Practice

God is at work in you and the best place to be is to rest in His arms. He orders the times and the seasons and knows what is best for you. The devil may delay things but he does not have the last word. Only God has the last word. This is why you need to pray that all hindrances to His promises are unblocked. People need to persist in prayer till what they desire is received and achieved. God blesses and there is no doubt about this. His word is given so that you can receive His word in reality. What is in the word becomes flesh when you action it by faith. 

Spirit Dimension

This is what happens in the spiritual dimension. You enter into the spirit dimension and receive His now word. Then you exercise faith in seeing the word being fulfilled. The word is fulfilled when the substance of it is seen. When you believe for a child then receive His word and the result is seen in a fruitful womb. Spiritual truth is translated into physical truth. His word became flesh and dwelt among men. People in the world have grasped this truth. This is why there is a burgeoning of spirituality at the present time. They all contain the truth but is not the truth. This is how the devil tricks people that they are alright but really they are not alright. Only the truth will set you free. All other ways will result in bondage.

Truth

Jesus came to reveal the truth. He said He is the truth. Now those who receive Him are able to know the truth. Truth is a person, not a belief. Facts are not the truth. This is why science does not have all the answers to the truth. Science is based on evidence. The evidence we have is partial and confined to this material world. The spiritual dimension is excluded. Jesus came to reveal the truth so that we can be set free from the lies.

MIND POLLUTION

The pollution of your mind is greater than the pollution in the environment. First, clean up the pollution within you and you will naturally stop polluting the environment. People are more taken up with issues they can see than the hidden things within them. This is a distraction. Jesus pointed to the pollution of the Pharisees in their hearts while they looked at keeping the law. This is a deception. There is no solution to internal pollution than the blood of Jesus. The pollution is so thick that many are blind to it. When they see the internal pollution they will turn in disgust and some kill themselves. This is what it means to see. Most are blind to internal pollution and see only the behavior. The behavior is a sign of the internal state of mind. This is why we need to be transformed by the renewal of our minds. 

Solution

Jesus came with the solution but it is too simple for man to receive. Now that you see it is your responsibility to help others to see. This is the greatest gift you can give another, free salvation in Jesus. Then they will say I was once blind but now I see. All other ways point to the way but never to the Truth. John the Baptist came as the forerunner to point the way. So also there are many that point to the way not knowing the way themselves but think they do. It is only Jesus who can open the eyes of those born blind. This is what it means to be born again. Your mission is to help others see and be free from the pollution of their souls and their spirits. This is the Good News of the Gospel. Psychological therapy cannot cleanse sin that is the cause of spiritual blindness. Only the blood of Jesus can.

Judgements Of The Soul And Judgements Of The Spirit

When God created us there was no separation between Spirit, Soul, and Body. The three parts of us were one and operated as one. However, through the Fall, there was a separation of our spirit that was disconnected from God. This death of our spirit led to our soul taking over control of our body. Through our spirit being born again we were reconnected with God but our soul and body were not redeemed through this regeneration. Therefore we are constantly in a battle between our soul and our spirit. Our soul needs to be renewed through the ministry of the Holy Spirit who lives in our spirit.

Transformation

This process of transformation is dependent on our surrender to the Holy Spirit. Most of us go through a process of walking in the flesh and walking in the Spirit. The more we choose to walk in the Spirit the more we are able to overcome the desires of our flesh. This is the process of transformation. All we need to do is submit to the Holy Spirit in all areas of our life. The demons can influence our soul; therefore, we must operate in the resurrection power of the Spirit to overcome the flesh. The more we walk according to the Spirit the more we become aligned with Him. Our soul and body will become aligned with Him.

Habitation

The Godhead dwells in us. The Kingdom of God is within us. This is the difference Jesus came to accomplish. We do not need to go to temples to meet God. He now dwells within our temple. This is the revelation we need to receive to be victorious in this life. The flesh and the devil will seek to challenge our spirit but we can overcome through the Holy Spirit who lives in us. What a glorious salvation we have in Jesus. Now our talk and our walk are like heaven on earth. Hallelujah.

Be Born Again

The Lord is overall. He is available to all but most are unconscious of His presence. The world is blind to the workings of God. This is the way the world has been deceived. The world is held captive by the great deceiver of our souls, the devil. He fools everyone by distracting them with the things they can see. The age of media is the primary way of his deceptive tactics. Don’t fall for it as all that glitters is not gold. The flesh is easily enticed but at the end of the rainbow is an empty promise.

Saviour

 God seeks for those who thirst after righteousness. He is merciful but the devil will accuse you and seek judgment. Jesus chose to lay down His life for me rather than to judge me. It is my own heart that judges me. He never condemns me for He has paid for my sins, past, present, and future. So who will I give my life to? Only Jesus deserves all honor and praise and glory. There is no other way for His way is the best way. No other leader has laid his life down for his followers. They have all sought to lead them down a road that appears good but at the end is death. Jesus gives eternal life and this life is for now.

Issues

 Don’t get caught up by issues but seek to give life and the rest will take care of itself. Issues become important only when the real issue is not faced. Avoid the main issue and secondary issues will take centre stage. Be born again and see how your life takes a different direction as His Spirit comes and transforms you from a destiny of death to life. Today decide to receive Jesus your Lord and Saviour and be transformed for eternity.

Evil Influence And How To Overcome

The flesh is strong but the Spirit is stronger. Every time I defeat the flesh through the Spirit I feel stronger. This is evidence that in the flesh I can do no good thing. The flesh will always try to please the ego by giving in to its fleshy desires. The fleshly desires keep man blind to his deeper needs. He is unconscious of his fallen state and therefore thinks that all this is okay. When his eyes are opened to see his fallen state he repents and turns from his wicked ways. This is what happens when a man is delivered from his deluded self. 

Self Delusion

Pharaoh was so full of himself that he proclaimed himself god. This is what happens when power becomes a demon that controls you and you get mad with power. You think that you are indestructible and use others for your own ends. You destroy yourself in this process. The Spirit can deliver you if you submit to Him. He will give you the grace to see your fault and to set you free. This is the gospel of salvation which is free for all but few choose to follow. Man prefers to keep to his rules and regulations and deceive himself that he is safe. No man is safe in his own castle because others will be waiting to see him fall. This is the evil in man that does not wish for man to prosper but to fall. This is what news is and this is what the populace thrives on. The more negativity the better one feels, as it is a comparison of who is less evil than the other rather than who is better than the other. Evil can only compare with itself for it does not understand good. Lord deliver us from this evil age and have mercy on the poor.

Spirit Filled Life

When the Holy Spirit fills you then He changes your script to a new script, His script. Your script developed over the ages through life experiences slowly dissolves to be replaced by His script. This script is His word that washes and cleanses you. The old script just bound you to a way of thinking and feeling that resulted in death. The new script brings life and that abundant. You revel in the new life for it is full of life-giving words and energy. This new energy penetrates into the core of your being and revitalizes every cell in your body. 

Provision

When the Lord calls, He provides. God never calls you to do something without providing the means to do it. God works through His Spirit and therefore He who owns a thousand hills can do what only He can do. When Jesus walked on earth He depended on His Father to provide for His needs. There was more than enough because He depended on spiritual forces. The angels ministered to Him. The Holy Spirit led Him to the Cross. He healed all who came to him through the power of the Spirit. This is the way you will live as well. No more dependent on man but on God. A spirit-filled life lives and moves in the spirit.

Holy Spirit

The same Spirit that was in Jesus now resides in you as a born-again believer. This is the truth but how many of us live in this truth. Truth is there to believe in. Jesus said anything is possible if you believe. He was saying this because that is the reality in heaven. Truth is of a higher realm than facts. Facts can change but truth is eternal. Let us today believe in the impossible and live. Our body and soul will respond to this and new life will come forth.

Facts And Truth

The fact is that you are weak and have all these things to contend with in the flesh. The truth is that you are a child of God, a prince, a priest, and an overcomer. You can believe the facts or the truth in Christ. You are a new creation in Christ. You have been bought with His blood. You are chosen and ordained to be a priest in the household of God. God has appointed you and called you according to His purpose in Christ Jesus. This is what changed the disciples from fishermen to fishers of men. They became world movers through their changed vision of themselves based on the truth revealed to them through Christ. The Holy Spirit came and endowed them with power so that they could now move mountains of fear and sickness and turn the world upside down.

Word

Here is the basis for the word of God in transforming lives so that when facts appear to be true, the truth comes in and reverses it. Jesus said He is the truth and in Him, the facts of your life are changed. In Him, all things are possible for He is the truth. All who call on Him will be saved. Today live in the light of the truth rather than the facts and see how sickness and disease will flee in His Name. His truth transforms and does not just change things. He turned water into wine when He spoke it into existence. The facts were changed by the truth of His word. So also lives can be transformed by His abiding word.

The transformation of hearts is the key to deliverance. So many are caught up in knowing the facts and get lost in it. Truth evades them for they have reasoned it out through their store of facts. When the heart is changed what appeared to be truth changes. This is what changes lives. Jesus came to transform our hearts, not our heads. Facts are to do with our head knowledge. This never leads to eternal life. Come and be transformed today by His living word and live abundantly.

What Spirit Is Driving You?

Most of us are unaware of the Spirit world because we mainly operate from our soul. Our soul is programmed from birth to think like the world. We receive some religious instructions from our parents and school but they are peripheral to our main mode of operation. Our thoughts and feelings, therefore, drive our daily operations. Through the Fall we have fallen from the grace of God and so have learnt to rely on our own strength. Circumstances and experiences lead us to be self-reliant. We are mainly thinking of survival in a dog-eat-dog world. We survive by taking from others and stepping on them to promote our own self-esteem. This works for some time till we become victims of our own greedy desires.

Spirits

We are mostly unaware of the spirit world which is hidden from us through camouflage and deceit. However, those who become aware of this dimension get sucked into it and become prisoners of it. Evil spirits are behind a lot of diseases and disorders we see in daily life. We too are driven by spirits but reason them away due to human weakness or relegate it to the psychological domain. Spirits operate in darkness and therefore hide behind a facade of good looks and social etiquette. This works for some time and we can fool most people sometimes but not all the time. The facade drops during a crisis and the real you is revealed.

Solution

A good question to ask is, what spirit is driving me? Is it a spirit of pride, jealousy, lust, power etc? Identifying the spirit behind your behaviors will enable you to address them directly. Jesus always identified the spirit behind the words. He addressed them directly and cast them out and set the captive free. We need to do the same. We need to first repent of our sinful behaviors and then cast the demon driving us, out of us, in Jesus Name. Jesus gave us authority to do so and only His Name is able to do so. No other gods can do this because they are all controlled by the god of this world, Satan. Let us today discern and be set free in Jesus Name.

Thinking And Living As A Community

God rescues those who are abandoned by the world. The world judges by externals while God looks at the heart. The world is deceived by the illusion of the real. Discern and do not judge by your image of what you see. What you see is an illusion of the real. Your brain interprets what it sees and hears. It is subjective in its interpretation. Language is deficient in expressing what it really sees and perceives. This is why knowledge is partial and limited by the perception of the subject. God knows everything about everything. He sees as a whole while you see in parts. Your brain is limited in its capacity to see as a whole. Your own biases limit your vision of the whole. This is why many counselors help to make up for this deficiency. 

Community

Community is the only way to see the whole. One brain cannot do everything. Just as there are different parts to the body and each part has a purpose to fulfill, so also see yourself as a part, not the whole. Selfishness has robbed the community of its purpose. Jesus came to build His Kingdom and he started with his disciples. Yet one can see the tussle that went on in that small group to maintain unity. Each one had his own way of thinking and doing things. When you move from your point of view to that of the community, then your focus changes. 

Solution

Building a community is essential to sustainability. Without community, there is no hope of maintaining peace. True community builds trust and confidence and longevity. The church is a community of believers. Yet what we see is a Church invaded by the values of the world. The church needs to move to real community living to impact the world. This is only possible as we live united in the Holy Spirit and surrender our own will.

What Does It Mean To Die To Self?

Jesus said, "If any man desires to follow Me, let him give up his own way, take up his cross, and follow Me".Matt 16:24. This is a hard saying but there is no other way to follow Jesus. To deny oneself is to die to self. There is no resurrection but through death. Jesus had to die to rise in resurrection power. So also we must daily die to self to experience His resurrection power. We are to offer up ourselves as a living sacrifice. This means that we can get off the altar of sacrifice. A dead sacrifice is dead but a living sacrifice has life in it. We have to walk like a dead man. We are dead to self, the world, and the devil and alive to God.

Fire

The burning bush that Moses saw is a symbol of the fire that will engulf us as we die to ourselves. This fire burns up everything that is of self and the fire produces resurrection power. Without His resurrection power, all we do is operate in our own strength. We can imitate a lot of things of the Spirit in the flesh. This is what we see in most churches. We operate from our soul man and little from the spirit man. We have counterfeited what is of the Spirit. This is why Jesus had a severe word for the seven churches in the book of Revelation. We could easily apply those messages to those churches in our present day. We need to repent and turn from our wicked ways.

Self

Dying to self is to die to our own selfish thoughts, feelings, and will. These thoughts must be replaced by God's thoughts or words. In this way, we get transformed into the likeness of Jesus. The Holy Spirit was sent for this very purpose. Jesus came to baptize us in the Holy Spirit and fire. Few of us desire to be baptized in the fire. There is no other way to be purified and to be the holy temple of God. The fire purifies and empowers. Let us today offer ourselves up as a living sacrifice and be changed for the glory of God.

Man Was Created In The Image Of God

God works in mysterious ways His wonders to perform. Belief is a powerful attitude that is closely linked to faith. You believe in someone and this belief translates into action. Belief in miracles translates into substance. This is transmutation from one form into another. Thought changes into substance. This is the realm of the miraculous. It all hangs on belief. Faith in the power of the gospel to save, heal and deliver translates into salvation, healing, and deliverance. The Holy Spirit provides the unction to believe and this belief becomes fact. It seems like an illusion but an illusion does not have substance. Thought is one form and substance is another form. They both originate from the same source. The fish is one form that has apparatus to survive in water while the bird is another form that has wings to fly. 

Man

A man was formed in the image of God and therefore can think and do like God. An image is a reflection of the real. You see your image in the mirror and see what you look like. Your image in the mirror that you see is the image of God. When you believe this then you will act like God in love and righteousness. God is love, faith, hope, and all things good and lovely. When you bear these fruits then you reflect the image of God. What we imagine comes from God. 

Imagination

Imagination has creative power. Imagination is from the Spirit in us. God is Spirit and He created us as a spirit residing in a body. Therefore when we imagine something we are creating something from our spirit. This is how dreams and visions are formed. In our fallen state, most of our imagination comes from our soul. Our born again spirit can imagine from our spirit man.  This is why we can now imagine like God as He communicates with our spirit. This way the gifts and fruits of the Holy Spirit manifest through us.

God Is In Control Of A Surrendered Life

Many believe that God is in control of this world. However, few understand that there is a devil who is in control of this world. God created the Universe and all that is in it. However, Satan who God created rebelled and was thrown out and now rules the world. Therefore it is a fallacy to think that God controls the world. God can only control those who acknowledge Him as Lord of their life. When bad things happen to good people, we blame God! This is because we forget that the god of this world causes all the disease and destruction that we experience. God never intended any evil to affect us but sin caused the Fall and we suffer the effects.

Creation

In the Garden of Eden, there was no sin. There was no sickness or suffering. This was God's original intent for mankind. God created man with this plan in mind but He also knew that man would succumb to the devil and fall. He, therefore, planned to redeem man by sending His Son, Jesus, as a spotless Lamb of God to die for us. Yes, God is ultimately in control of all that happens, but He is not in total control at present.

Revelation

When we understand this we know we have to operate in His wisdom. First of all, we need to receive His plan of salvation through Jesus. We then have to make Him the Lord of our life. This means to acknowledge Him in all our ways. In this way, we keep the devil out and fit in with His plan for our life. God has already planned what our assignment is on earth. All we need to do is fit in with His plan. This is the way we live our life on earth and experience His abundant life. Many fail to understand this and so continue to carry the burden of sickness and disease and disorder. Let us today make Jesus the Lord of our life.

The Power Of Belief

Happy is the man who believes and therefore receives from heaven above. He believes in the promises of God. He does not waver in his belief. He remains steadfast and therefore will receive what he believes. Belief is such a powerful word that it is closely related to faith. When you believe then you exercise faith in that belief. This applies to any belief. Faith is the key to unlock the power in the belief. You can believe a lie and it will come to pass. Myths are built on this. Placebo effects are based on this belief that a pill will work. The power of belief is what makes a human being different from animals. 

Belief

A man can convince himself of his belief and die for it. This is why many are confused because the lie appears to be the truth and the truth is a lie. Both wheat and weeds grow together. They grow out of the same soil of belief. This is why so many philosophies thrive because people want to believe something. An atheist also believes that there is no God. One has to believe something as believing in nothing is impossible. 

Power

Tap into the power of belief and see how the power of God will change your life. This is supernatural power and is available to all. You connect to the spirit world through belief. Believe and be saved is what Jesus taught. The whole Bible is based on believing the written word of God. Tap into the promises of God as you exercise your faith in them. His word will transform you. There is power in His word which is released through faith in His word. Believing is of the heart and not the head. We know facts in our head but till we believe it, it has no power to be experienced. It is the experience of His living word that leads to life.

He Is In You

Purpose to serve Him and He will be inclined to serve you. The Lord will do in you what you cannot do in the flesh. He is the God of the impossible. What appears to be impossible will be made possible because He lives in you. He is with you and in you and around you. He surrounds you with His love and His angels guard your steps. He is your Father and He is reliable and will come through for you. He is able to do much more than you can think or imagine. This is your God. 

God

God is a word to describe someone who can’t be described. He is above your thinking mind and cannot be limited by space or time. This is why He is God. Yet He has chosen to limit Himself to your body. Your body is the temple of the living God. When you understand this then you will respect your body and take care of it. You will not abuse it and will respect others the way you respect yourself. When you are filled with His love and light you will be transparent. 

Jesus

His light will shine through you and reflect itself in others. They will reflect the image they see in you. This is the way you know that His presence is in you. Their faces will tell the story. Therefore be careful what you think because it will be reflected in others. His presence in you will attract many to Him and they will glorify God in you. This is how Jesus attracted many to Him. They found what they were missing and received a deposit of His Spirit. Now His Spirit dwells in you and will equip you for the impossible. This was God's plan from the beginning. He chose to dwell in us and live through us. Amazing grace.

Jesus Came To Remove Sin, Not To Fight It

Jesus's mission was to come in the form of man to reverse the curse of sin. Man was helpless to obey the law because of sin. Sin had control over man and so no amount of self-effort could remove the stain of sin. God knew this from the beginning and so prepared the answer for the sin problem. He sent His own Son, Jesus, to be the sinless, spotless lamb of God to be the acceptable sacrifice to cancel the power of sin. Now In Jesus, we are cleansed and free from the power of sin. Heaven's answer to sin was completed on Calvary when Jesus said "It is finished".

Spirit

In the spirit, we are completely redeemed from the power of sin. The Holy Spirit resides in our redeemed spirit and helps us in our daily walk. In Him, we have power over sin and so don't have to fight it. Our soul however still is under the influence of Satan who is the god of this world. We therefore could be tempted and fall to the power of sin. This is the dilemma we face when we are challenged to walk by the Spirit. In the Holy Spirit, we can walk victoriously but in the flesh, we will face defeat. This is where the warfare happens and we have to choose how we will walk.

Victory in the Holy Spirit

To walk in the Holy Spirit is life and abundant life. This is what Jesus promised us but we have our free will to choose how we will walk. Our choice makes the difference between life and death. We need to separate ourselves from the world and be one with the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit was sent for this purpose to help us in our daily walk. Now we can choose to walk according to the Spirit or our flesh. Let us be free from the bondages of our soul. Let us choose to walk by the Spirit and choose life.

What Does It Means To Say Jesus Is Lord?

Jesus is my Saviour and He is also my Lord. It is easy to understand that he is my Saviour but to make Him Lord is a continuous process. He is Lord but he needs to be acknowledged as Lord in all areas of my life. This is what it means to be filled in the Holy Spirit and to walk by the Spirit. One is to do with a position where He is my Saviour once and for all and the other is to do with a relationship. I am saved but I need to continue in this salvation by making Him Lord of my life. This is easily said than done. To make Jesus Lord of my life is to be dead to self and alive in Him. Jesus came to establish His Lordship over His church. He cannot be Lord where He is not acknowledged as one.

Government 

The government shall be upon His shoulders means He is Lord over all. However in this world He can only govern those who acknowledge His as Lord. He cannot be in control of those who reject His Lordship. God is not in control of this world which is under the control of Satan. This is why we see so much corruption and disorder in this world. However His people who acknowledge Him as Lord are under His control and covering. The Israelites were under His covering and protected from the plagues the Egyptians suffered. We are in the world but not of this world. Our Kingdom is of another realm where Jesus is Lord.

Revelation

This is a profound revelation that we can avail of all his promises in His Kingdom. His Kingdom is here and now. When His church realises this, we become the salt and light in this world. We are being prepared for rulership in the millennium now. This means that when we make Him Lord we become like Him on earth as He is in heaven. Jesus walked on earth as a man and set the standard for our walk. He did what he saw His Father doing. We are called to do the same. We can expect to walk in signs and wonders as we do so.