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LIVING SUPERNATURALLY II
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February 17, 2013
Sonship in the Body of Christ II – (Part 2)
(Operating Under an Open Heaven)
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February 17, 2013
Sonship in the Body of Christ II – (Part 2)
(Operating Under an Open Heaven)
INTRODUCTION
- The objective of this lesson is to bring believers to a place of maturity so that our Heavenly Father can invest and entrust us with the riches of heaven.
- The “riches of heaven” is the power whereby we have what we say.
- Elijah operated under an open heaven.
- James 5:13-18 KJV, AMP
- The mark of maturity is when our words have influence in heaven.
- James 5:13-18 KJV, AMP
- Jesus operated under an open heaven.
- St. Mark 11:22-24
- As [mature] Kingdom citizens or believers, we have been given power to operate under an open heaven.
- Ephesians 2:19 KJV, AMP
- Because believers are citizens of heaven, we are governed by another set of standards, principles or laws.
- The Bible is the Bill of Rights for the believer.
- Ephesians 2:19 KJV, AMP
FOUNDATIONAL TEXTS
- Romans 4:13
- The earth is the believers’ inheritance. Without an inheritance (money), we cannot effect change on earth.
- From the beginning, man was made to have dominion or authority over the earth.
- Genesis 1:26
- St. Matthew 6:9-10
- Hebrews 12:1-9
- Mature sons understand correction is part of the developmental process; immature sons (bastards) chose to become offended.
- God desires to bring us into sonship through our followership of an anointed person He has placed in our lives. (Scripture reference – Hebrews 7:7)
REVIEW
- Three stages of spiritual development depicted in the life of Jesus
- Infancy (teknion) – symbolized by Jesus’ manger birth; and circumcision on the 8th day.
- Puberty (teknon) – symbolized by Jesus appearing in the temple at age 12
- Luke 2:40, 42, 49
- In the Jewish community, a young man has a ceremony pronounced over him called the bar- mitzvah which means “son accountable”.
- From the age of 12, Jesus is lost from the scriptures. This 18 year period is called the period of obscurity.
- In Jesus’ obscure years, He was becoming the Word. – Isaiah 50:4
- Luke 2:40, 42, 49
- Maturity (huios) meaning son placement
- St. Matthew 3:16-17
- Three stages of a father/son relationship
- The father exclusively imparts into his son.
- The father and son evolve into close friendship which is evidence by the son’s kinship to the father’s viewpoint.
- The son begins to impart to the father and speaks on the father’s behalf.
- True sons of the spiritual realm allow their spiritual father’s words to have impact to function effectively in the Kingdom.
- The separating notion is how much land (real estate of your thinking) one allows the father to conquer and at what time or stage?
- There is a knitting or kinship that takes place in the spirit between true sons and their spiritual father. To whom are we a son, to whom does our spirit leap?
- Spiritual sonship begins with a revelation (when we have a revelation of who he is in the spirit. (Scripture reference – St. John 11:26-27)
- Exodus 4:21-23
- The deliverance of Israel was about sonship.
- Bastards thinking are not shaped by the Father.
- St. John 8:44
- Even the devil’s plans and intents are passed on through sonship.
- Character assassination is a sign of immaturity.
© 2013 George Matthews Ministries