To Be Synced (Part 2)

Last time I explained how Christ is synced with God and as such God has given us the Grace to be synced with Him through His Son Jesus. Today I intend to continue from where I stopped.

To also buttress my point from the last blog, if TRUE Believers don’t have the same Spirit with Christ, then why did 1 John 4:17 say, “In this [union and communion with Him] love is brought to completion and attains perfection with us, that we may have confidence for the day of judgement [with assurance and boldness to face Him], because as He is, so are we in this world.” AMP. Apostle Paul also said in the popular Ephesians prayer in Ephesians 1:17-21, my focus being on verse 19 which says, “And [so that you can know and understand] what is the immeasurable and unlimited and surpassing greatness of His power in and for us who believe, as demonstrated in the working of His mighty strength,…” AMP. He explained further power in and for us is the same power God used in raising Jesus from the dead and is the same power that Jesus has which is above every principalities, powers and every name in heaven, on earth and under the earth.

To further understand that TRUE Believers are synced with Christ, Jesus Himself said He is the vine and we are the branches. Already this is clear enough to understand that the branches depend on the vine for nourishment, and whatever happens to the vine affects the branches [ref. John 15:1-8]. Jesus says He is head and we are the body, this is another reason to understand that TRUE Believers are synced with Christ. I could go on and on to prove how we are synced with Christ, but the question now is, if we are truly synced with Christ, then why can’t we see the clear similarities between the Believer and Christ (well, some Believers), just the way we saw between Christ and God? The answer is very simple!

As I said the answer is very simple, the answer is that they don’t know who they are, or they were told and didn’t believe; in other words, they don’t know who their Father is! The moment you become a Believer, the Man in your house ceases to be Father. The Fatherhood changes, God becomes your Father. Jesus proved when He was in the temple having a deep conversation with scholars over the scriptures, really about God. When His found Him what did He say in Luke 2:49, “Why did you seek Me? Did you not know that I must be about My Father’s business?” He knew who His Father was, He understood that it wasn’t Joseph. Although you might argue that Jesus was born of the Spirit of God from the beginning so it doesn’t apply to you. This is where you are faulted. What do you think happened to you when you were born again? You dropped your old nature and embraced the new nature of Christ! That is you became as Jesus who knew who His Father was and is.

If you fail to know who your true Father is then you will keep asking why you don’t look like Jesus. To be synced with Jesus is to study your new life that is, who you truly are now, in the Spirit, which when properly understood reflects in your physical life. You need to study and meditate on the scriptures, which is the Bible, the only book which tells you the truth of your born again life. But you understand that in studying and meditating on the scriptures, you must focus only on one thing, actually a person-Jesus! Why? You are now synced with Him so as you study who He is now after His resurrection, you then know who you truly are. This is why you confess things such as, “As Christ is so am I in this world” [ref. 1 John 4:17]. Or “I’m seated with Christ in heavenly realms” [ref. Ephesians 2:6], even while here on earth. It is just because you are synced with Him!

Remember, the bible says as a new creation, you are now joint heirs with Christ [ref. Romans 8:17]. As you keep reminding yourself that you are synced with Christ, you manifest the Christlike life. This is why and how you become and are called the Son of God.

Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!

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To Be Synced (Part 1)

I have a laptop and internet enabled phone; with my laptop, I have access to my email, then what I did in order not to always need an internet enabled computer to assess my email was to sync my email to the internet enabled phone. Of course, you all understand this; with this, I can send and receive emails through my phone. But guess what? Whatever I do to my email on my laptop has the same effect on my phone and vice versa. My point here is that my phone has been synced with my laptop in terms of emails. It is like the phone cannot do anything on its own, it depends on the laptop, that is, if we are to take the laptop as the source of the email. This is how Christ was when He was here on earth.

God sent Himself to earth through His Spirit to be born of a woman, that is, to occupy a human body even while in heaven. He called the Himself Jesus on earth. In order to understand that Jesus is God, Jesus said in John 14:9, “…He who has seen Me has seen the Father…” this was when Philip asked Jesus to show the disciples the Father. Jesus went further in verse 10 of John 14, which says, “Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works.” Why did Jesus say this? He said this because He was in sync with God, He was God on earth even while He remained in heaven.

What was in sync was the Spirit, the Spirit of Jesus was and is the exact Spirit with that of God. There is no difference. Now here’s the interesting part of the analysis, when you accepted Jesus as Lord of your life, your old Spirit was done away with and the exact Spirit of Jesus which is the same with God became in you. This is why Apostle Paul said in Galatians 2:20 says, “I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.”

This is why Apostle Paul calling himself a prisoner of God explained in Ephesians 4:4-6 that, “There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; on Lord, one faith, on baptism; one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.” We have to understand that the exact Spirit in Christ is the exact Spirit in us, which is the Spirit of God. Even going by a rule of inference called hypothetical syllogism which states, “P implies Q, Q implies R, therefore, P implies R. in other words, If the Spirit of God is the exact Spirit in Christ and the Spirit in Christ is the exact Spirit in any TRUE Believer; it is then clear to say that the Spirit of God is the exact Spirit in any TRUE Believer. My emphasis on “TRUE” because many profess Christ but are far from Him.

Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!

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The Parable of The Sower: The Difference Between The Ground of Thorns and The Good Ground

Matthew 13:23 says, “But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, [grasps and comprehends it. AMP] who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.” Mark 4:20 says, “But these are the ones sown on good ground, those who hear the word, accept it, [receive and accepts and welcome it. AMP] and bear fruit: some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some a hundred.” And last but not the least Luke 8:15 says, “But the ones that fell on the good ground are those who, having heard the word with a noble and good heart, keep it and bear fruit with patience [hold it fast in a just (noble, virtuous) and worthy heart and steadily bring forth fruit with patience. AMP].”

And today I take a look at the ground with thorns and differentiate it with the ground that is good. The Amplified translation of Mark 4:18 and 19 says, “And the ones sown among the thorns are others who hear the Word; then the cares and anxieties of the world and distractions of the age, and the pleasure and delight and false glamour and deceitfulness of riches, and the craving and passionate desire for other things creep in and choke and suffocate the Word, and it becomes fruitless.”

This is how thorns start to appear in a person’s life; he hears the Word, but as he was to properly make use of the Word, all sort of distractions started to surface. Mind you, everyone faces this distractions, but not everyone fall for it. A typical example is Peter who walked on water; the word was “come”, but what distracted him as he walked on water? The waves of the sea, which represents his fears; he placed it above who he was looking at (Jesus) [ref. Matthew 14:25-33]. Also this could be likened to parable of two men who built their houses. On built on the sand and the other on the rock; they both faced the same challenges, but it was the one whose house was on the rock that survived [ref. Matthew 7:24-27; Luke 6:47-49].

What’s my point? My point here is that you cannot survive this world with your own ability. We all have challenges, which makes us take bad choices which we feel are right; some choices are made out of fear; problems such as financial issues like rent, school fees, food, clothing, shelter, health and many more. These are all genuine issues, but the truth is as we try to solve these problems with our wisdom, we fail whether in the short or long run. These are the thorns because it can’t be avoided. The question is how do we overcome this?

The only way out is to live another life; the seed which is the Word is like a drug which transforms us to the only Man who went through these problems and overcame them, who is that? Jesus of course! The Word show the mysteries and secrets of how the live in this world. First of all Jesus has walked in this world, the Word shows us the path He took, as the scriptures say in Psalm 119:105, “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.”  If you are tired of going in circles, facing stress and anxiety, then you will do what the person with the good ground did; when he heard the Word, he took his time to understand or comprehend the Word. He went further by accepting the Word, keeping it, and with perseverance there was breakthrough, fruits of new life, the life of success, prosperity, the life of Jesus Himself. This is the only way out, trust me.

Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!

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The Parable of The Sower: The Difference Between The Stony Ground and the Good Ground (Part 2)

Last time, I wrote on the stony ground or the stony heart and where the person lost it, using the good heart as a yardstick; also explaining what the good heart did in not becoming the stony ground. Today I’ll explain what happened to the stony ground with its behaviour and why the good ground is different.

If you read the blog where I wrote about the stony ground, you most likely would know what happened to seed on the stony ground. But I would use that to establish my point for today.

The person with the stony heart is the one who hears the word and is full of excitement but when troubles and persecution come on account of the Word, they become offended and stumble and fall away. This person heard the Word, but did not make use of the Word! They most likely are the ones who are quick to attend Bible studies, or choir practice or any other thing related to things around the Word, but they don’t have the Word in them, they’re only active when it comes to activities. This is why when troubles come, they don’t have the Word to use as a defense.

The stony heart not having the Word in them implies that they still have their old life in them, this is why they stumble easily. The bible puts thus, “Afterward, when tribulation or persecution arises for the word’s sake, immediately they stumble.” Mark 4:17. The Amplified puts it thus, “then when trouble or persecution arises on account of the Word, they immediately are offended (become displeased, indignant, resentful) and they stumble and fall away.”

It is easy to fall away when you aren’t well grounded in the Word because the Word itself is life. To accept and understand this life is to let go of your old life and embrace this new life. This is what the good ground or the person with the good heart did; he took his time to grasp and understand the Word. This takes discipline because a seed doesn’t become a tree overnight, but as you nurture it, it becomes the multiplied state of the seed.

The seed is a life that has overcome already, and when you embrace it by dropping your old life and becoming this life, you become the Word itself, this is why the good heart was able to reap 30, 60 and 100 folds. In other words, you start to display the fruit of the Spirit, because you have taken your time to focus and dwell on the Word. To embrace the Word makes you succeed in everything your hand finds to do. However, the beginning is not easy because it takes discipline and diligence to focus on the Word; but we thank God for the Holy Spirit who is there to take us through this new life. If you know what you want and you embrace the Word, the sky would be your starting point, why? It is because you have embraced Jesus who is the Word, and as you keep focused on Him you keep displaying His perfect lifestyle. Trust me this is not a myth, it’s a reality.

Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!

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The Parable of The Sower: The Difference Between The Stony Ground And The Good Ground (Part 1)

Yesterday, I was able to bring out the main reason why the seed on the pathway couldn’t grow and why it was the seed on good ground that could grow. In other words, I explained why the person with a heart as that of the pathway couldn’t make heads way with the word given and how it was the person with the good ground that could do so.

Today, I would take a look at the stony ground and explain what the good ground did differently to avoid becoming like the seed on the stony ground.

Just a quick peep from our scriptural passage for the good ground: Matthew 13:23 says, “But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, [grasps and comprehends it. AMP] who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.” Mark 4:20 says, “But these are the ones sown on good ground, those who hear the word, accept it, [receive and accepts and welcome it. AMP] and bear fruit: some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some a hundred.” And last but not the least Luke 8:15 says, “But the ones that fell on the good ground are those who, having heard the word with a noble and good heart, keep it and bear fruit with patience [hold it fast in a just (noble, virtuous) and worthy heart and steadily bring forth fruit with patience. AMP].”

As explained in three blogs before this, the seed on the stony ground represents that person who hears the word and is so excited about it, feels the word is so powerful, kind of like just admiring it but doing nothing with it. The stony ground could imply that person who gets back from a church service and you ask, “What was the Pastor say today?” and he replies, “Oh, you missed, the sermon was so powerful, I can’t even explain it”. I’ve heard several cases like that, but what happens after that, the excitement start to die off, because the word had no impact in the person’s life. Simple things like this make us miss the target!

On the other hand, what did the person as the good ground do differently? As the person with the good ground hears the word, he ensures he understands, grasps and comprehends what he heard. To do this, it is not by coming back from a church service (using the previous illustration) and just shouting how powerful the message is. The difference here would be in order to properly understand what was heard, he decided to take down notes, which he would go to his closet when he gets back home and dig into what he heard, just as the Bereans did in Acts 17:10-12. This is the only way he could understand the word!

Using a church service illustration doesn’t mean that is the only place you hear the word; you could hear the word through other ways God intends you to hear the word. And remember, the word is not like Jesus, the word is Jesus Himself. So being in form of the word would be Jesus coming in form of a mandate which is pressing at that time.

Next time, I would explain further what happened to the stony ground after this and what the good ground did differently.

Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!

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GOD BLESS YOU.

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The Parable of The Sower: The Difference Between The Pathway and The Good Ground

Today, I take a look at the seed (word) and the good ground’s (the heart) effect on it. Why was the good ground any better than the other three? Is it because of the circumstances faced by the three grounds, which of course are common things faced by man, which in many ways cannot be avoided? This is why I intend to take each of the grounds already explained and compare them with the good ground showing you what would have been done differently.

In looking at the good ground, it appears the gospel of Matthew, Mark, and Luke each took a part of the explanation on the seed on good ground, which when put together forms the whole truth. And they are found in Matthew 13:23; Mark 4:20; Luke 8:15.

Matthew 13:23 says, “But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, [grasps and comprehends it. AMP] who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.” Mark 4:20 says, “But these are the ones sown on good ground, those who hear the word, accept it, [receive and accepts and welcome it. AMP] and bear fruit: some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some a hundred.” And last but not the least Luke 8:15 says, “But the ones that fell on the good ground are those who, having heard the word with a noble and good heart, keep it and bear fruit with patience [hold it fast in a just (noble, virtuous) and worthy heart and steadily bring forth fruit with patience. AMP].”

So when fused together, it could be said that as the person having the heart of the good ground hears the word, accepts it, or receives and welcome it, understands it or grasps and comprehends it with a noble and good heart. He keeps it, hold it fast in a just, noble, virtuous and worthy heart, of which with patience or perseverance bears fruits.

All these were what every other heart lacked; take for instance the heart on the pathway was idle and didn’t have time for the word allowing the devil to take the word away. On the other hand, the heart on the good ground accepted, received and welcomed the word.

To be idle is not to know the importance of what should be done at that moment. Many people including Believers complain why things aren’t going the way it supposed to. The point here is what were you doing when God provided His word to you? You were idle, not taking it as important. The bible says, the sons of Issachar who had the understanding of the times, to know what Israel was to do [ref. 1 Chronicles 12:32].

Several places in the scriptures, you would see where it is written, Jesus moving when the time had come. If you don’t move when you are to move, you are as just as the seed on the pathway. This is because to move from one place to another in line with the mandate God has ordained for you, you need to accept, receive and welcome the word, and the word really is Christ! This is what the seed on the good ground did. The word here is a total package of Christ taking charge of your life and situation.  The word is the only thing you need in getting where you’re going.

Next time I will compare the stony ground and the good ground, in order to see where the stony ground missed it.

Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!

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GOD BLESS YOU.

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