The Spirit of Christ
Today’s Focus: Empowering the Sons of God
Scripture: Ephesians 4;6,7; 1 Peter 2:2; John 1:11
Greetings Kingdom Citizens
The highest order of anything is to become the thing. Now we are to become like Christ as He was on the Earth operating the Kingdom of God and manifesting its culture and the culture of the Father. So how does God do this? He empowers us through the Spirit of Christ.
Ephesians 4:6,7: One God and Father of all who is above all, and through all, and in you all. But unto every one of us (sons) is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
God empowers us by giving us gifts to operate in but what is unique all of the gifts are of Christ. These gifts are what is used to mature the sons of God to the fullness of Christ that each and every one of them has been called to be before the foundation of the world. How do we know this?
John 1:11: But as many as receive Him (Christ), to them (sons) gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name.
So as many as people that believe on the name of Jesus Christ have received Him. Who is Him, the Spirit of Christ. What does Christ do? He gives them power? How does He empower the sons? Through gifts. Why does He empower them? He empowers them to become the sons of God. Now this may seem weird because we already said that once you receive Christ, you are a son of God, so why must you be empowered to become a son of God? The son of God that John 1:11 is speaking of is becoming a mature son of God. When we are born into the world, naturally, no one comes into the world a grown man and woman. There has to be some maturing and discipleship to bring the child to adulthood or maturation. This is why when one is born again of the Spirit of God, the Word of God tells us this:
1 Peter 2:2: As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, THAT YE MAY GROW THEREBY.
So God NEVER intended for us to stay immature and babes in Christ. We are to desire the milk or the foundation of the Word that we may grow and mature to handle the meat of the Word. Now if you never mature from infancy in Christ then you do not have to worry about the gifts of the Spirit because the gifts of the Spirit are for the mature and God will not entrust the gifts to immature children or even orphans. So yes this requires you to fast, pray, study and have a relationship with the Lord so that you do not remain an infant in Christ.
In the next message we will look at the “Doma Gifts” or what is called the Five-fold Ministry and show how the Spirit of Christ reveals their use for the maturation of the sons.
Peace, Love and Grace from the Father,
Calvin Calhoun, Jr.
