2023.03.10. Walking in our Inheritance, Flood of Righteousness
William Akehurst, HSWC
BIG IDEA: As a Child of FATHER GOD, we have an inheritance from HIM through JESUS and by the INDWELLING of HOLY SPIRIT. Do you choose to let HOLY SPIRIT lead and direct you to have a new mindset of Righteousness?
SCRIPTURES: John 1:12, Galatians 4:6, Matthew 6:9-13, 1 John 4:7-10, John 3:16, 1 John 4:17, 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24, Isaiah 40:28-31, Isaiah 41:10, Isaiah 42:3, Isaiah 53:4, Matthew 6:33, Isaiah 54:17, Isaiah 55:1, Isaiah 55:10-12, Isaiah 59:19, 2 Corinthians 5:21, John 12:31-33, 1 Corinthians 10:13.
But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: (John 1:12 NKJV)
And because we are HIS children, GOD has sent the SPIRIT of HIS SON into our hearts, prompting us to call out, “Abba, Father.” (Galatians 4:6 NLT)
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts (our sins), as we forgive our debtors (those who have sinned against us)
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. (Matthew 6:9b-13)
LOVE ONE ANOTHER
1 John 4:7-10
7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. 9 In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. 10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
LOVE CONQUERS ALL. We are perfected in GOD’s LOVE through the Grace of our LORD JESUS CHRIST, that by believing in HIM, we should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16
1 John 4:17 Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world.
REJOICE as we walk in this inheritance.
PRAY – Converse with GOD all the time, giving thanks.
LISTEN and KNOW and OBEY the voice of HOLY SPIRIT
1 Thessalonians 5:16-24
16 Rejoice always, (NO MATTER WHAT YOU’RE GOING THROUGH)
17 pray without ceasing, (CONSTANT CONVERSATION WITH THE LORD)
18 in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. (IN EVERYTHING, NOT JUST THE GOOD, ALSO THE BAD)
19 Do not quench the Spirit. (LEARN THE VOICE OF HOLY SPIRIT, LISTEN AND OBEY)
20 Do not despise prophecies. (JESUS FULFILLED 300 OF THE OLD TESTAMENT SCRIPTURE PROPHECIES, BUT THERE ARE OTHERS YET TO BE FULFILLED BY HIS RETURN. WHEN YOU HEAR CURRENT DAY PROPHECIES, HOLD THEM, TEST THEM TO SEE IF THEY ARE TRUTH. BE AWARE THAT THERE ARE FALSE PROPHETS, BUT THERE ARE ALSO PROPHETS OF GOD’S TRUTH IN THIS DAY AND AGE)
21 Test all things; hold fast what is good. (TEST AND TOSS THE BAD, HOLD ONTO THE GOOD)
22 Abstain from every form of evil. (EVERY FORM, EVEN THE APPEARANCE OF EVIL)
23 Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. (AMEN)
24 He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it. (ITS NOT WHAT YOU DO, IT’S WHAT HOLY SPIRIT DOES IN AND THROUGH YOU)
RENEWING OUR STRENGTH BY HIS POWER
Isaiah 40:28-31
28 Have you not known? Have you not heard?
The everlasting God, the LORD, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable.
29 He gives power to the weak, And to those who have no might He increases strength.
30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men shall utterly fall, 31 But those who wait on the LORD Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.
STRENGTHENED AND UPHELD BY JESUS THROUGH FAITH
Isaiah 41:10 Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’
WE MAY BE TESTED TO THE END OF OUR STRENGTH, BUT GOD WILL BRING RECOMPENSE.
Isaiah 42:3 A bruised reed He will not break, And smoking flax He will not quench; He will bring forth justice for truth.
THE BRUISED REED WAS BROKEN OFF AND THROWN AWAY SO THAT IT WOULDN’T RUIN THE REST OF THE CROP. THE SMOKING FLAX THAT ONCE BURNED BRIGHT IS BUT A SMOKING CINDER THAT HAS BURNED OUT ALL ITS FUEL.
WORN AND WEARY, GOD WATCHES OUT FOR YOU. AND REMEMBER, JESUS WAS BRUISED FOR YOUR INIQUITY.
JESUS TOOK OUR GRIEFS AND SORROWS UPON HIMSELF, NAILED THEM TO THE CROSS. HIS HEART WAS FOR OURS.
Isaiah 53:4 Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows;
Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted.
PURSUE AND SEEK GOD’S KINGDOM AND RIGHTEOUSNESS.
Matthew 6:33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
GOD WILL PROTECT HIS OWN. WE ARE MADE RIGHT BY HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS
Isaiah 54:17 No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue which rises against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, And their righteousness is from Me,” Says the LORD.
“YOU SHALL CONDEMN” EVEN THE WORDS SPOKEN AGAINST YOU, GOD GIVES US THE AUTHORITY AND POWER TO REBUKE WORDS OR SPIRITUAL ATTACKS AGAINST US, AND OUR FAMILIES. TAKE CHARGE BY USING YOUR WORDS TO COUNTER THE ATTACKS OF THE ACCUSER/ENEMY
SEEK AND FIND. GOD HAS EVERYTHING WE NEED IF WE WOULD SUBMIT OURSELVES TO HIM. SALVATION IS HIS FREE GIFT TO US
Isaiah 55:1 “Ho! Everyone who thirsts, Come to the waters;
And you who have no money, Come, buy and eat.
Yes, come, buy wine and milk Without money and without price.
GOD’S WORD IS ALIVE AND WELL. IT INVADES THE UNIVERSE AND ACCOMPLISHES IT’S INTENTION.
WHEN GOD’S WORD IS IN US, IT GIVES US POWER TO OVERCOME THE THINGS OF THIS WORLD.
WHEN GOD’S WORD IS ALIVE IN US, IT WILL CHANGE OUR THOUGHTS AND WAYS SO THAT WE WILL ACCOMPLISH GOD’S PURPOSE IN US.
Isaiah 55:10-12
10 “For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, And do not return there, But water the earth, And make it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater,
11 So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.
12 “For you shall go out with joy, And be led out with peace; The mountains and the hills Shall break forth into singing before you, And all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
WE SHALL SEE GOD’S HAND AT WORK, HIS POWER, AND WE WILL HAVE DEEP RESPECT AND REVERENCE FOR HIS GREAT GLORY. WE ARE STRONG IN THE LORD WHEN WE UNDERSTAND THAT HE, HOLY SPIRIT IS IN US.
Isaiah 59:19 So shall they fear The name of the LORD from the west,
And His glory from the rising of the sun; When the enemy comes in like a flood, The Spirit of the LORD will lift up a standard against him.
JESUS WAS THE SINLESS SACRIFICE AND ON THE CROSS, HE EXCHANGED HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS FOR OUR SINFULNESS, AND WHEN WE BELIEVE IN WHAT HE ACCOMPLISHED, OUR SINFULNESS IS REMOVED AND WE RECEIVE HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS.
2 Corinthians 5:21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
JESUS WAS LIFTED UP ON THE CROSS, A SYMBOL TO ALL THE WORLD, DRAWING PEOPLE TO HIMSELF. WHEN WE ARE DRAWN AND RECEIVE JESUS AS OUR LORD, THE JUDGMENT THAT IS TO COME WILL BE SET ASIDE ON OUR BEHALF. THE JUDGMENT OF THE ACCUSER WILL CAST HIM OUT.
John 12:31-33
31 Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out. 32 And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all peoples to Myself.” 33 This He said, signifying by what death He would die.
JESUS KNOWS TEMPTATION. HE FACED IT FROM THE ACCUSER HIMSELF. HE KNOWS OUR CONDITION, AND WHERE AND WHILE WE FAIL, HE OVERCAME IT VICTORIOUSLY. WHEN WE PUT OUR FAITH IN HIM, HIS VICTORY BECOMES OURS.
1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.
FINAL THOUGHTS
• To free man, GOD HIMSELF stepped down from Heaven to be the pattern of Right Believing and Acceptable Behavior.
• Do you choose to let HOLY SPIRIT lead and direct you to have a new mindset of Righteousness?
It’s all about intimacy with each member of the GOD-HEAD. FATHER, SON and HOLY SPIRIT.
• Invite HOLY SPIRIT to go deeper into your soul to expose those things that will hinder the depths of those relationships. Listen and allow HOLY SPIRIT to lead you in all TRUTH to fulfill the hope of HIS inheritance in your life!
TO GOD BELONGS ALL GLORY, ALL HONOR, ALL PRAISE, AMEN.
Let's Pray.
FATHER,
We come with gladness in our hearts for YOU. We rejoice in this day that YOU made for us. YOU have given us our breath today, and we will turn it back to YOU in Praise, Thanksgiving and Adoration for WHO YOU ARE. Our GOD, the ONE TRUE GOD of the Heavens and Earth; Our LORD, SAVIOR and REDEEMER WHO gives freely to those who will receive YOUR GIFT of SALVATION; Our FATHER, WHO by YOUR WORDS, call us, YOUR CHILDREN. We come before YOUR Presence, boldly, with understanding WHO WE ARE IN YOU. We are grateful that YOU are listening, and hear us, and from HEAVEN TO EARTH, YOU release from the Storehouses of Heaven to provide for our every need, giving us of our DAILY BREAD, our Daily Portion of CHRIST JESUS, the BREAD OF LIFE. Help us to forgive others, as YOU have forgiven us. When we fail YOU, forgive us and wash us clean. We pray for those who are lost and broken, that the MESSAGE of YOUR WORD would reach into the depths of their hearts to find PEACE and SALVATION in YOU. We ask for healing in our beings, body, soul, and spirit. We ask for rest for our weary souls and renewed strength for our days. We trust in YOU and YOU ALONE. YOU have created us for TODAY, with YOUR Purpose in mind. Teach us to know YOUR VOICE and give us the discernment to recognize and reject any other voice. We invite YOUR HOLY SPIRIT to lead us in all TRUTH this day. In JESUS’ Name, Amen.
Be Blessed and Be a Blessing,
Bill
