PASTOR CHRIS OYAKHILOME DSc. D.D
James 1:22-25
God's word is like a mirror
Looking into the mirror of God you see yourself; what God thinks of you; the image he has of you.
He gave us his word to see as he sees.
He tells us in verse 23 to 24, any man who is a hearer but not a doer forgets the manner of man that he was. He forgets the type of man that he was.
God's word doesn't show you your shape or your outward looks. He shows you your kind... Of what species you are. How important that is! That's extraordinary.
God, in his word, trains us. He shows us how to live, how to pray.
Our prayer is a special communication, trains us and builds our spirits.
Jesus brought us the possibility of fellowshipping with God. No other religion gives that. What an amazing reality!
Scripture references;
1 John 1:3
1 John.1.3 - That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
1 Cor.1.9 - God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
2 Pet.1.3 - According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
2 Pet.1.4 - Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
We are Partakers. The same word as Koinonia.
We've been brought into fellowship of the divine Pantheon.
No wonder Jesus says 'Ye are gods'.
He brought us into fellowship with himself.
The word of God helps us bring this heavenly image so we understand who we are from God's point of view so that we can live that way.
Where are we on God's timetable/timeline?
To walk with God, you have to follow in his timeline so you understand what God is thinking, doing.. and walk in sync with him.
What's on God's mind?
What's our purpose? To establish and extend the kingdom of God in the earth.. to the ends of the earth. He put us here for that purpose.
The earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the Glory of God as the waters cover the sea.
That's our Job.
Jesus said "Go ye therefore and make students of the nations"... That's what he meant.
A lot of people think that in the world, things run as God wants. But that's not true. If that were true, why would Jesus teach his disciples to pray " Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven"?
We pray that way because his will is not being done and it is our Job to make it happen.
God's will is always done in heaven.
Only his people can pray his will into manifestation.
Remember the man that was born blind.
John 9:1-7
The disciples thought someone must have sinned for the man to be legally born blind.
The work of blindness in the man's eyes was not a work of God.
Acts 10:38
Everyone that Jesus healed was oppressed of the devil, not God.
The Father sent him to do that.
He was announced with the Holy Ghost and with power to heal.
If you look at the scriptures you will understand the will and work of the Father. You will know what God is saying.
What time is it in your country right now?
What moment is it right now?
I will tell you what season it is and you've got to make it real in your country.
What's going on in the spirit?
What's God thinking?.
You've got to look in the spirit.
(March 8-10. YLWS)
In Isaiah 14, He talks about this spirit of darkness, Satan, who was controlling the Babylonian kingdom. What God saw in the spirit was different form what the people were seeing.
The kingdom of Babylon was being used by Satan.
People saw a man, but God was looking at Lucifer who was reigning over Babylon.
When you study, you need to know when God is talking to Babylon as a nation, and when God is talking to the spiritual Babylon.
Whatever God says to the spiritual Babylon is going to happen To the Babylonian kingdom in the earth.
Remember When the ark of God was captured and taken to the temple of Dagon. Dagon was the God of the Philistines with Human face and hands, but the rest of his body was fish. They called him the fish God who they felt was responsible for their prosperity. They built a huge statue for this their God.
Remember, the ark of God was where the presence of God was. If you touched the ark, you died on the spot.
Yet the philistines captured it and didn't die. Why? Because the law wasn't given to them.
Well they put the ark there before Dagon and found out in the morning that Dagon was fallen before the ark of God.
The statue couldn't help himself. They picked him up and set him up again
But this time, he fell and his arms were broken and destroyed before the presence of God.
What's the relationship between the statue and a box?
God made men to build that ark
It was also men who built the statue of Dagon
But God's presence was in the ark.
And a Demon was in the statue of Dagon.
1 Corinthians 10:19
1 Cor.10.19 - What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?
1 Cor.10.20 - But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
Sacrifices offered to those idols were being offered to demons.
Dagon was not a god. There is only one God. Dagon was a demon.
He uses the imagery of animals to give us an understanding of spiritual things.
Like sheep and goats.
Think about the serpent that represents the devil.
Jesus talked about those Jews and called them a generation of Vipers. "you are of your father the devil..."
So Isaiah looks in the spirit and sees that God is about to take actions against Babylon. He is about to bring the Babylonian kingdom to a close. Right after the assyrian king was Babylon and God says I'm preparing to wind this down.
Babylon had been evil because Satan had been running it.
Babylon was so rich. They believed they could get anything for money. So God said, I'm bringing you an adversary that will not take silver and will not take Gold. He brought in the medes
Isaiah 13: 17, 21-22 NIV.
They would be a terrible adversary to Babylon.
Jackals will stay in their luxurious palaces, their governors house.
We see a picture of Judgement on Babylon.
The reason these things took place for a long time was because of the ignorance of God's people.
But What's God thinking at the moment for the nations?
I've got my people with more knowledge today and I've got them fired up.
Look what God is thinking about your country... And stand for it.
Ps.102.13 - Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.
This is God's set time for your nation.
This is the set time.
God will have mercy.
The time of God's favor is here.
The set time is now.
Thanks be unto God.
Hallelujah!!!!
(Prayers)
One of the beautiful things that you can do when you hear God's Word like this and you want to see your city or state in sync with God's plan and timing, Sometimes you will fast and pray.
Daniel 9:1-2
Daniel understood that God had determined seventy years in the desolation of Jerusalem. They were taken into captivity and Jerusalem was in ruins for seventy years. Daniel found out the time was about to be accomplished, but it didn't look like things were changing.
V3: He began to pray and fast for Jerusalem and the people of God. While fasting and praying, the angel of the Lord gave him his answer.
He told him they wouldn't let them go easily, so God would have to bring the whole kingdom of Persia down and then the prince of Greecia would come.
Think about it... Getting rid of Babylon, you bring in the Medes.
Getting rid of Persia, you bring in Greecia.
After Greece, Rome would come and be broken into ten kingdoms and would not be very united.
In the days of those ten, the God of heaven would destroy the whole thing. All of man's structure built with the seven kingdoms. Everything will be brought down. And the stone with which it is all destroyed will cover the whole earth.
We are in the midst of God's prophetic Word. Something is about to happen in our great world. We have a short time to finish the work of God. To get it done quick.
This month of March is the month of Favour.
And you will walk in favor in the name of the Lord Jesus.
You are surrounded by favor everywhere by the power of the Holy Ghost.
Lift your hands and thank him.