The Manifestation of the Sons of God

The Manifestation of the Sons of God

[My Offline Bible] Romans 8
18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. 19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.

[My Offline Bible] Hebrews 2
9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man. 10 For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. 11 For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,

[My Offline Bible] John 1
12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

Believers in Jesus name are given the power and the authority to become sons of God. They receive the new birth with God as parent the giver of the new life, His nature and Spirit were deposited in them with their spirits recreated and imprinted with the codes or laws of their destinies.

It's obviously quite a big issue. This God who created the heaven and the earth is sharing His nature with mankind. It shouldn't be a surprise though, since His original intention for making man was to make him in His likeness and image. The fall of man didn't do man well but the new birth in Christ Jesus gave a new deal.

So as sons of God, we and indeed the world are yet to fully comprehend what it means but now we see Jesus who is the pattern Son to whose image we have been destined. The more He is revealed to us the more we see, the more we see the more we become.

[My Offline Bible] Romans 8
29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

[My Offline Bible] 2 Corinthians 3
18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

And that full manifestation is what the world awaits. That's the reason for all the investments of God through Christ into the Body, the Church of the living God.

[My Offline Bible] Ephesians 4
11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: 13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: 14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; 15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:

We are like children under tutors and governors for mentorship till we enter into our full inheritance. The picture of that full inheritance is awesome, the imagination is incredible. The full manifestation of sonship in power and in glory. When all that we saw in Christ will be revealed in us and the world we see saviors arising from the mount of Zion to judge the mount of Esau before the coming of Christ.

[My Offline Bible] Obadiah 1
21 And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD'S.

That's what the fullness of the Kingdom of God is waiting for. The demonstration of the full potential of God's grace in man whereby He lives above sin and with power and authority over all creation both in the spirit and in the physical realms just as Christ demonstrated. Then all things put under the feet of man in Christ can come to full manifestation. What Christ has done for us legally will become vital in our daily experiences and Acts 10:38 can then become our testimony too.

Today, most of what should be done by the manifestation of sonship and the very nature of God are being done by the manifestation of the gifts the Spirit of God, we were told in 1 Corinthians 13 to pursue love and maturity so that the things of children can be let go, then these gifts shall cease...but they'll cease when we by the reason of growth can walk in them.

But it seems we are enjoying the childishness and we love to remain so, we prefer the temporal manifestation of the gifts to the full manifestation of the sons. But that's not our fullness, our fullness and predestination is in the manifestation of the sons of God.

But how do we get there? It's not a thing of the future but of the now if we are able to see it today and walk towards it in grace through the knowledge of God. The pathway is through spiritual growth. The seed of God can't continue to remain as seed... What good is a seed? It isn't fruit to be eaten, it can only be sown and nurtured into maturity to become one that can produce more seeds for further propagation.

We have to stop seeing Jesus Christ as just an object of worship but as our pattern of living. He doesn't want us to just hail Him for being the miracle worker, who can deal with any situation and who wouldn't be subdued except by His permission. No temptation was good enough to bring Him to sin, No sickness, disease or death had power over Him, no lack, poverty or want could stop Him, no trouble was powerful enough, no opposition moved him and that not as a show of power but as a default lifestyle in His nature. He wants us to live like Him with same power and authority.

He lived in the Kingdom right here so that we can see how God wants us to live.

This means we have to be weaned. We have to leave childish things and move on to perfection, we have to see possibilities in this project and employ every grace made available to get there. We must feed our inner man with the knowledge of God through rightly divided scriptures, we must practice godliness by faith, we must imitate and mimic God in all situations, Jesus Christ being our prototype. We must internalize the fact that as Christ is so are we in this world.

[My Offline Bible] 1 John 4
17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.

The price has been paid and the grace made available to live in victory and as overcomers through the nature of God that gave us the new birth. Whatsoever is born of God overcomes the world.

[My Offline Bible] 1 John 5
4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

We must see this to become it, we can't continue to be subdued under sin, selfishness, sickness and satan, we must step up to where we belong in God kind of love, life and light...we may not be there vitally, but we have the receipt of the purchased possession, we have a legal right to living fully as Christs in this world and we must nurture the nature and bring the seed to maturity with commitment. The manifestation of the sons of God must be the goal of following Christ.

Let's go there.

Good Morning