Scripture Reference:
1 John 5:4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world - our faith.
* note: the content of the following teaching is not my own, it is taken from excellent teaching by Gavin Porter from a series called God's Vision God's Mission. You can access the full teaching on YouTube by following this link: It is finished!
Revelation 3:21 To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne
Jesus said "to him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne" but how do we overcome?
1 John 5:4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world - our faith.
If you want to overcome, you have to believe. But where do we get faith from?
Romans 10:17 So then faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God.
but Romans 10:16 says: But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, Lord, who has believed our report? So then faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God.
So what is this report about? Because if we can hear this report that's where faith comes from.
Isaiah 53:1 (Isaiah 53 is all about Jesus on the Cross)
Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?
For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him, and with his stripes, we are healed.
Faith comes by hearing the report, and the report is about the Finished Work of the Cross.
The word "faith" means to be persuaded, to be convinced. The more we look at the Cross, the more we understand the Cross, the more we are convinced of God's righteousness, of God's fairness, and His goodness towards us. The more we behold His goodness, the more we behold His character and glory the more we'll be changed into that same Image: From Glory to Glory. That is what God wants, the more we are changed into that Glory, we will begin to radiate God's Love, fairness, and grace towards the world and we will be the righteousness of God. We will be the Love of God, as He is IN us.
We need only to focus on Jesus and the Finished Work of the Cross. As we radiate this towards our children, they will taste and see His goodness. He will make His dwelling place in you and in your children through His Holy Spirit.
Kettle Prayer Suggestion:
Lord Jesus, thank you for the Finished Work of the Cross. Holy Spirit I ask that you make Your dwelling place with and in my children. We love You and we believe You. Amen
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