Love is a light..

The Love of God is such a beautiful phenomenon! One of life's greatest pleasures is observing the love of God expressed through the one who's  born again. Better still, being the one giving out God's love! Love is a light! Often, we want to know how to live right and how to live holily. The answer to these quests is the Love of God revealed to us and through us! In the revelation of God, is the revelation of his works of love carried out in Christ! From the Cross to the Throne, God had us in mind! Right now, I am thinking that Jesus had me in mind.. Me.. Olawunmi Bog Abraham in his very thoughts as he died! He thought, 'If by believing in me, Bog would receive eternal life and function in freedom...Then, it's worth me dying'! And he died! I matter to God... Once I understand this, others will begin to matter to me! One Scripture that inspires me is 1 John 2:9-10, 'He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him'. No occasion for stumbling! Love is a light... In Love, we have fellowship with God.. For love is his modus operandi! The reason many believers act inconsistent with who they really are in Christ is because  they are not acquainted with the reality that God loves them. In the revelation of God's love is the powerlessness of lust! This is the Spirit's dream; that we are suffused with the consciousness of God's love and that our every thought, word and act is inundated with God's love! That's the way we will be fitted functionally with all of God's fullness- Ephesians 3:19! #PerfectLove #Pleroma

Yield yourself as...

Romans 6:13, 'Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God'. The Word, 'yield' is from the Greek, 'paristēmi'. It means to 'present as, to recommend'. Let me give this example to elucidate. If you were called for an interview and you were asked to present your birth certificate. The document that would be presented would be shown because it’s the required document. In the same way, you should ‘Present’ your body as Instruments of righteousness, tools that have been consecrated and made for carrying out the righteous purposes of God. Hitherto, it was the body of sin, now in Christ; it’s the instrument of righteousness. The Word, 'Instrument' is from the Greek word, 'Hoplon'. Hoplon refers to a tool made for a purpose! Our bodies are now tools crafted, made purposely for righteousness! For this cause, we live to our true calling; using our body to carry out God's righteous will! Glory! #Pleroma

He Accomplished YOU!

Often, in our analysis of the finished works of Christ, we talk about how he accomplished, through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, the reconciliation with man, etc. But, we have left out the most important accomplishment of all; US! Christianity isn't just the message of forgiveness of sins, it's the revelation of the recreation! Ephesians 2:15, 'Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;'.  Look at this; he made in himself, one New man! I would like us to look at two key words,  'Make' and 'New'. The word, 'make' derives from the Greek word, 'ktizo'. 'Ktizo' means to 'manufacture, to fabricate'. The word, 'New' is translated from the Greek, 'kainos'. 'Kainos' refers to 'something unprecedented, something novel, something which was never in existence until now'. Putting the two concepts together, we see this: 'Christ fabricated in himself, an unprecedented man'. The subject matter of the New Creation is the most neglected in the discourses of the Christian faith. Yet, it's the most pertinent! Jesus made US possible! If any man be in Christ, he is a New Creation! And this New Creation is created essentially righteous and Holy -Ephesians 4:24. He made US possible! How God needs us to understand this! You are not some helpless, puny thing! You are the epitome of God's strength! Let's look at 2 Corinthians 3:5-6, 'Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God; Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit:'. True, we didn't take the initiative to be sufficient! But, he didn't just give us his sufficiency, he MADE us ABLE!  The word, 'able' is from the Greek, 'hikanoo'  which means, 'to be up to the task'. He has created us 'up to the task'! So, I consider myself, UP TO THE TASK! Christ is the place of the New Creation! The New Creation is God's answer to the world's problem of sin and satan! The New Creation has a New Identity; Christ! If you are born again; you are a New Creation! All you need to do is to look into Christ as your mirror and the Spirit of God will conform your experiences to this truth! #Autarkeia #Pleroma

A sense of worthiness!

The mystery of Christ supplies us  a commensurate mindset. What is the mystery of Christ? This mystery is, 'Christ in you, the hope of glory'- Colossians 1:27. Ephesians 1:8-9, 'Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:'.  What a conception! Do you understand this? Here, the Apostle Paul relays the mind of the Spirit of God; Having made known the mystery, God has enriched us in all wisdom and prudence. The word, 'prudence' is translated from the Greek word, 'Phronesis'. Phronesis refers to, 'a mindset, a certain way of reasoning that determines your actions'.  In other words, with the revelation of the mystery of Christ, there is an abundant supply of Phronesis; the Phronesis of the Just -Luke 1:17. How does the recreated man think; what's his mindset?  Often, we utter expressions thinking we are humble; when in reality, they are expressions of our ignorance of the things of. God. For instance, we have being taught that we aren't worthy of God's blessings and we aren't deserving of his goodness. That's not true! Yes, on our merit, nobody deserves God's goodness. But, his love for us has made us DESERVING! Did you know that you were qualified for every of God's blessings? Colossians 1:12, 'and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light.' (NIV). Look at this expression; who has QUALIFIED you... He could have simply said, 'He has given you a share in his inheritance.. ' He has QUALIFIED us; made us worthy and deserving! This gives us a PHRONESIS of Qualification; a SENSE OF WORTHINESS!  So, we aren't the unworthy supplicants before a fearful God, we are children qualified to receive an inheritance. Indeed, we are COMPLETE in Christ! He made us so! We are God's excellent workmanship; his signature-creation ordained to show forth his awesome divine character! #Autarkeia #Pleroma

A Special Gift for you!

May 18th is a very special day in my life; it's my birthday! And to celebrate this day, the Spirit of God has laid it my heart to give everyone a special gift. I would be giving out free copies of my book,  'Christ in you' in the PDF format. It's an inspiring material that would surely set you on the course of experiencing the victorious, transcendent life in Christ which I am devoted to proclaiming! Download your free copy @ www.divinitytodaydevotional.org/christ-in-you or www.godsdreamworld.org ! When you do, be sure to tell your friends about it and have them download their free copies too! God bless you and thank you  for sharing this joyful day  with me! #Grace #Pleroma

Pastor Olawunmi Abraham President, God's DreamWorld

A Jesus for today...

Our Jesus is a Jesus for today. The scriptures give us some interesting descriptions about who God is and in effect who Jesus is. Psalm 46:1, '....God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.'  The name, 'Jesus' is the Greek translation of the name, 'Joshua'. The name, 'Joshua', means, 'Yahweh is my Salvation'. You know, many people look at salvation only from the 'sin' aspect. That's true, but, God also saved us from the effects of sin, viz; sickness, disease, poverty etc. God isn't just interested in the eternal fate of our souls, he is very interested in our present! Like our opening Scripture says, he is a 'VERY PRESENT HELP'. He is very interested in what goes on in your day-to-day affairs. He is very concerned about what happens in your family, business, finances, academics etc. Why? Because, he loves you.....deeply! And then, you are his only voice in your sphere of influence and he seeks to manifest his glory through you,  for others to see and come to him. You know, some people think we should be so 'heavenly minded' that any attention on earthly affairs is deemed a sin. Jesus never thinks this way. I am inspired by what Jesus did in one of his crusades. He preached the eternal message of the Gospel of the kingdom to the people. Yet, he took notice that they were hungry and out of compassion, he fed them. Have you ever wondered why Jesus heals sick bodies, even though they are temporary? Why did he bother to raise Lazarus? He didn't do it to prove he was all powerful. He did all these for a single reason; love! The Gospel of Jesus has the promise of this life and that which is to come -1 Timothy 4:8. What a joy to know that Jesus is to me and you, a Jesus for today! #Light #Pleroma

How to locate your Spirit.

I have found out that many of God's children do not know where their spirit is and therefore, function appropriately from it. Yet, the Spirit of man is where God relates with us from. Proverbs 20:27 tells us, 'The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.' The word, 'candle' is from the Hebrew, 'neer'. 'Neer' means 'light'. In other words, our spirits are God's lights in us; he leads us from our spirits. Therefore, it's crucial to properly locate our spirits and learn how to function from there. How then do I locate my spirit? Hebrews 4:12, 'For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.' The phrase, 'dividing asunder' in the Greek is the word, 'merismos'. It means to, 'separate, partition, split'. Now, this is interesting! Take note of the character of this verse. It's talking about the ability of God's word to do the humanly impossible. Firstly, it divides asunder the soul and spirit. Then, the joint and marrow. This gives us an insight into the character of the spirit; the spirit is conjoined with the mind. So much so that it takes God's Word to properly distinguish them. Some things we perceive as coming from our spirits are from our souls and can be wrong. For instance, a lot of us think that when we feel peace about something, then our spirits are at peace and therefore, it's of God. Not exactly so. Jesus certainly was troubled about going to the cross, yet it was God's perfect will for him. So, you need to locate your spirit! How? Through the Word! God's Word has the ability to distinguish between your soul and spirit. When you give yourself to the Word by meditation and confession of same, the more you will function from your spirit and walk in God's perfect will for you through faith! What a light God has granted us, that we may walk in his circumspection! #Light #Pleroma