The Eternal Plan of God # 5

The Lord said to me,.."I will test my people with a plumbline. Amos 7:8 (TLB)

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The Eternal Plan of God # 5

We have witnessed the break down and failure of the first Adam when he stumbled at the “test” tree and plunged the entire race into darkness. We have furthered observed the God of Heaven set in place a Plan of Redemption.

God has wonderfully created a for those who believe Steps back the WAY and to Father’s House. (Refer to our diagram. Click on chart to expand - click on X to close).

We shared the first four steps back to the “Way” to Father’s House; (1) Regeneration; (2) Healing; (3) Holy Spirit Baptism; (4) the Spiritual Gifts. These steps bring us to the next experience. The Eternal Plan of God # 5 is what we’ll call the Deeper Life or the Christ Life. This is the process which brings the believer to “Sonship” with knowledge.This revelation is in the Word The ultimate in spiritual life is (1) knowing God who is a Spirit. John 4:23-24 (NLT) 23 But the time is coming—indeed it’s here now—when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. The Father is looking for those who will worship him that way. 24 For God is Spirit, so those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth.” The Heavenly Father is looking for and seeking  believers who will worship Him in spirit and truth. Paul tells Timothy in1 Timothy 6:21 (TLB) Some of these people have missed the most important thing in life—they don’t know God. May God’s mercy be upon you.  (2) Understanding the Father’s Eternal Plan.  Paul again gives LIGHT regarding God’s Plan  in his epistle to the Rome, Romans 8:28-29 (ESV) 28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. 29 For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. It saddens me to see in our world today there is little difference between nonbelievers and so-called-believers. What does that mean? Not many believers are pursuing the “Deeper Life” or what I prefer is the “Christ-Life.” Modern Christianity requires a minimum of consecration and appeals mainly to the flesh nature rather than the spiritual man. With earthly many are playing on the “steps”. The Deeper Life or Christ-Life is a new move of God with an OLD message. The message is the Cross and the crucified life. Spiritual benefits and NOT the temporal benefits are the order of the day.

Hunger is the great prerequisite to going deeper. Matthew 5:3 (NLT) “God blesses those who are poor and realize their need for him,.. Translation: blessed are those who realize their spiritual poverty. Matthew 5:6 (NLT) God blesses those who hunger and thirst for justice (righteousness), for they will be satisfied. The consequence, the WAY RESTORED.

Diagram #4 This is the life in “HIM”. The walk in the Spirit - Romans 8.

FIRST: Sonship - What we are in Christ. Galatians 4:6-7 (NKJV) 6 And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, "Abba, Father!" 7 Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. 1 John 3:2 (KJV) Beloved, now are we the sons of God,

SECOND: Heirship - What we have in Christ. Galatians 4:7 (KJV) ⁷ ...then an heir of God through Christ. Romans 8:17 (KJV) ¹⁷ ...then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.

THIRD: Discipleship - What we must be in Christ. Luke 9:23 (KJV) ...If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. Philippians 3:10 (NLT)  I want to know Christ and experience the mighty power that raised him from the dead. I want to suffer with him, sharing in his death, Matthew 11:29 (NKJV) Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. James 4:7 (NIV) Submit yourselves, then, to God..

FOURTH: Throneship - What we must do in Christ. Ephesians 2:6 (ESV) and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, Matthew 7:21 (NKJV) "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.