Topic: Accessing the Zoe Life
This has been a phenomenal study and one I have truly
enjoyed. In the previous message we got
a solid foundation for who and what Zoe life is. Today I desire to teach you how to access the
Zoe life. Let’s look at the three
aspects to accessing this life.
Romans 8:6: For to be carnally minded is death; but to be
spiritually minded is life (zoe) and peace
To access the Zoe life, one must be spiritually minded. One must have the mind of Christ. This should not surprise us because Christ is
Zoe life and the Scriptures say this:
John 4:24: God is a
Spirit and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth.
So we must be spiritually minded because it is the
fellowship between our spirit and the Holy Spirit that revelation, truth,
authority and power flow. This is the
only way we can be spiritually minded, by submitting the flesh and the soul to
the Will and rule of the Spirit. It is
the fellowship with our spirit that gives us Zoe life.
The second aspect comes from this Scripture:
1 Peter 3:10: For he
that will love life (zoe), and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from
evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him see peace, and ensue it.
To access the Zoe life one must guard his tongue. Now this is a problem for many believers
because when someone says something it is almost a natural reflex to say
something back, no matter what is said or how it is said, as long as you get either
the final say or “your piece” in. Here
we see the Apostle Peter let no evil speech come from your lips. But let him do good and seek peace. We will be amazed at how God works through
this principle. If we just close our
mouths and silence our soul, much of the gossip within the church will cease
but our curiosity and wanting to know put us in a unusable position. One who is able to guard their tongue can be
used because of this major condition:
James 1:19:
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to
speak, slow to wrath.
We need to learn to be quiet and listen in the midst of
situations because when we can listen we can hear God and the words we speak,
if received will bring about good and peace.
Let me share this last Scripture of the importance of guarding the
tongue
Proverbs 18:21: Death
and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the
fruit thereof.
Proverbs 21:23: Whoso
keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
Finally, the third aspect of accessing the Zoe life:
Galatians 6:8: For he
that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth
to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life (zoe) everlasting.
We must learn how to sow into the Spirit. A few ways we sow into the Spirit is
repentance, forgiveness and fellowship to name a few. The Scriptures say when we sow into the
Spirit we will reap Zoe life.
So to access Zoe life, we must be spiritually minded,
guarding of our tongue and sow into the Spirit. In the next message we will look at the two
components of Zoe life and the contents of Zoe life.
Peace and Grace,
Calvin Calhoun, Jr.
