The 3 Phase of Discovering what God CREATED you to be.
“KNOWING your IDENTITY. Why am I here for?”
I. P - POSSESSION through CHRIST.
II. P - POSITION in CHRIST.
III. P - PURPOSE for CHRIST.
Scripture – Luke 15:28-32 (Good News Translation):
28The older brother was so angry that he would not go into the house; so his father came out and begged him to come in. 29But he spoke back to his father, "Look, all these years I have WORKED for you LIKE A SLAVE, & I have NEVER DISOBEYED your orders. What have you given me? Not even a goat for me to have a feast w/ my friends! 30But this SON OF YOURS wasted ALL YOUR PROPERTY on prostitutes, and when he comes back home, you kill the prize calf for him!’ 31"My SON,’ the father answered, "you are always here with me, and EVERYTHING I HAVE IS YOURS. 32But we had to celebrate and be happy, because your brother was dead, but now he is alive; HE WAS LOST, BUT NOW HE HAS BEEN FOUND’ "
2 Kinds of a SERVANT
***SLAVE Servant (Laborer)
***Serving as a SON (Partner)
Difinition of “SERVANT” (Accd’g to Webster’s Bible Dictionary):
- One who serves, or does services, VOLUNTARILY or on COMPULSION;
- A person who is employed by another and is subject to his COMMAND;
- A person who labors or exerts himself for the BENEFIT OF ANOTHER, his master.
Version used: NLT 1st ed., unless Specified.
I. POSSESION through CHRIST.
Verse 29: "Look, all these years I have WORKED for you LIKE A SLAVE, and I have NEVER DISOBEYED your orders. What have you given me?Not even a goat for me to have a feast with my friends!
“DISCOVER who you really are!”
Ephesians 1:11, “Because of Christ, WE HAVE RECEIVED AN INHERITANCE from God, for HE CHOSE US FROM THE BEGINNING, and all things happen just as HE DECIDED LONG AGO.”
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“Before God laid the foundations of the world, God had CHOSEN us to be His Adopted SONS & DAUGHTERS in CHRIST.”
Galatians 3:16,26,29: “16God gave the PROMISE to Abraham and HIS CHILD. And notice that it doesn’t say the promise was to his children, as if it meant many descendants. But the promise was to HIS CHILD -- and that, of course, means CHRIST. 26So YOU ARE ALL CHILDREN OF GOD through FAITH in Christ Jesus 29And now that YOU BELONG TO CHRIST, you are the TRUE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM. You are his HEIRS, and now ALL THE PROMISES GOD GAVE TO HIM BELONG TO YOU.”
“You are a CHILD of GOD! DECLARE your RIGHTS (No way Devil It’s mine!). It all belongs to you. ”
Exodus 1:12(KJV), “But the more they afflicted them, the more they MULTIPLIED & GREW…
-----Joseph was dead! Yet they continued to STAND in the PROMISE of God to Abraham.
“DISCOVER what you have! You have the FAVOR (Gracious Hand) of God.”
In verse 22 of Luke 15, “Bring the finest ROBE in the house and put it on him.”
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“You have been CLOTHED w/ POWER and ABILITY! You are WELL ABLE!”
Luke 24:49(Young’s Translation), “And, lo, I do send the PROMISE of my Father upon you, but ye – ABIDE ye IN THE CITY of Jerusalem till ye be CLOTHED with power from on high.”
------Jesus PROMISED the HOLY SPIRIT to be our HELPER, TEACHER, DEFENDER, etc…
“The HOLY SPIRIT will TEACH you in ALL THINGS. So don’t leave your house w/o you ROBE. The HOLY SPIRIT serves as your SIGNAL and TRANSMITTER to KNOW the WISDOM of GOD. ------It is your PASSWORD to unlock the MYSTERIES of GOD’s PLAN.
-----It was GIVEN, so you might KNOW the THINGS that was FREELY GIVEN to you.”
II. POSITION in CHRIST.
Ephesians 1:21-22(NLT), “21Now he is FAR ABOVE any ruler or authority or power or leader or anything else in this world or in the world to come. 22And God has PUT ALL THINGS UNDER THE AUTHORITY of CHRIST, and He gave Him this AUTHORITY FOR THE BENEFIT of the church.
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“The AUTHORITY is not for our OWN BENEFIT. God gave us the POWER and AUTHORITY so that the BODY of CHRIST be BUILT UP! Not for our SELFISH AMBITION, but for GOD’s GLORY alone.
Genesis 1:26,28, 26And God said , Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have DOMINION… over all the earth… 28And God BLESSED them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful , and multiply , and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have DOMINION… upon the earth.”
--------You are CREATED in the LIKENESS of God!
--------You have BLESSED and cannot be cursed! GREATER is He that is in you than that is in the world.
--------No weapon formed against you shall prosper! You are VICTORIOUS. Whatever you TOUCH will PROSPER.
“You are SEATED in the RIGHT HAND of God in CHRIST.”
In verse 22 of Luke 15, “Get a RING for his finger!”
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“Whatever you BIND on earth shall be bound in HEAVEN. Whatever you DECLARE, it will come to PASS. The DECISION is all yours. You have the POWER to BLESS or to CURSE you FUTURE.”
---------It’s time to CAST OUT the SLAVE MENTALITY.
---------Did you know that we are REDEEMED from the GENERATIONAL CURSE? But we not REDEEMED from GENERATIONAL THINKING, ‘the NEGATIVE BELIEVING, THINKING and SPEAKING’.
-------CAST OUT the INFERIORITY COMPLEX!
-------You shall be the HEAD not the TAIL. You should be ABOVE and not BENEATH!
III. PURPOSE for CHRIST.
2 Corinthians 5:18-20, 19For God was in Christ, RECONCILING THE WORLD to himself, NO LONGER COUNTING PEOPLE’s SIN against them. This is the WONDERFUL MESSAGE he has given us TO TELL OTHERS. 20We are Christ’s AMBASSADORS,… 21For God made Christ, WHO NEVER SINNED, to be the OFFERING FOR OUR SINS, so that we could be MADE RIGHT(Justified) with God through Christ.
“You are a SLAVE, no more!”
In verse 22 of Luke 15, “SANDALS for his feet.”
“You are REDEEMED from your SINS. You should no longer work for your SALVATION, it is FINISHED! You should WORK on WHERE you BROUGHT into! TO BE A BLESSING! To be a LIVING TESTIMONY! To COMFORT the BROKEN-HEARTED. To INSPIRE & BRING GOOD NEWS to the POOR/HOPELESS.
Luke 15:18-20, “18I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, ‘Father, I HAVE SINNED against heaven, and before thee, 19And am NO MORE WORTHY to be called thy SON: MAKE ME as one of thy hired SERVANTS.
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When you are BROKEN, remove the thinking of,
“Well, if the Lord wants to BLESS me, He’ll BLESS me.” EVERYTHING is UNDER YOUR CONTROL! You are a CHILD of GOD! The Lord have ALREADY BLESSED (w/o FINDING FAULT) you, it’s all up to you to POSSESS it! RISE UP, & EXERCISE your AUTHORITY!
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‘Well what can we do if this is the WILL of God.” No! That’s when you RISE UP! The WILL of God for you is to RULE over ALL CREATION. He wants you to have DOMINION over evil POWERS, PRINCIPALITIES & KINGDOMS.
CONCLUSION:
Luke 15:18-19, “‘Father, I HAVE SINNED… NO MORE WORTHY to be called thy SON: MAKE ME as one of thy hired SERVANTS.’
“Let us HUMBLE ourselves and ACCEPT that we are UNWORTHY that we don’t DESERVE His MERCY. We need to have that DEPENDENT ATTITUDE! We should ACKNOWLEDGE that we are NOTHING w/o HIM. PROUD people are STUCK to where they are! Stay OPEN for CHANGE! We are about RECEIVE the FRESH DOSE of ANOINTING that will be POURED OUT in these LAST DAYS. We are about to HAVE DOMINION over SATAN! JESUS is COMING VERY SOON, so we need to ARISE and PROCLAIM the GOSPEL to the NATIONS. Jesus our LORD is COMING the moment that EVERY EAR will HEAR that JESUS is the MESSIAH!
