Can you imagine what the disciples were going through from the Resurrection to the day of Pentecost – what they were thinking and feeling, and THE WAITING? So much of our lives are just spent waiting that is actually leading us from glory to glory, as we lean in and refine our focus, and wait for the promise of the Father. In the midst of the waiting, don’t abandon the promise. We don’t ever escape the waiting, but when the waiting is over, the Father’s promise always comes.
There are two thrones, the Great White Throne and the Judgement Seat of Christ. We will ALL have to stand before Jesus and give an account for our life, including all the good and all the bad things we’ve done. It’s God’s heaven, and it’s His rules. HIs rule is there’s one way – JESUS. God is just, and when we stand before the Great White Throne, if you rejected His son Jesus, and your name isn’t found in the other book – The Book of Life, Jesus cannot represent you before HIs Father, you will only have your life’s works to represent you before God. Jesus can only represent you, when you belong to Him. That’s when your name is found in the Book of Life. That’s when His blood covers all of your works. That’s when Jesus will acknowledge you before His Father. Which throne will you stand before?
1 Timothy 6:14–16, Revelation 20:11–15, Romans 14:10–12, 2 Corinthians 5:9–11, Revelation 22:12–17
We don’t like the word patience. Most of us don’t like to wait for anything. In our culture, we can barely wait for 14 minutes let alone 14 hours for something. But God says to imitate those that inherited the promises through faith and patience. God is faithful – so hold fast, endure, stick with it, without wavering, even when we go through some suffering – patiently endure, and our possessions in heaven can’t be taken away from us. We must increase our capacity to hold up under difficult circumstances and endure.
Hebrews 6:13–15, Hebrews 10:19–39, Ephesians 2:19–22, Hebrews 6:9–12
True biblical consecration is about being dedicated unto something better or more valuable, which results in being set apart from something less valuable. Once we rank value in our life, our time, energy and resources start to be distributed along the lines of what we value. Consecrating is evacuating things in our life that comes out of embracing a relationship with Jesus, because when we are in a relationship with Jesus, there are things that we no longer need.
Church, even if we are hated for it, we cannot be afraid of being consecrated unto Him, leaving the values of the world behind. When we choose Him, we will walk away from the world’s values, we will put on the new man, as we work out the faith and non-faith in our own lives, and live according to scripture – not culture out of our relationship with Jesus.
Philippians 3:7–8, 2 Corinthians 6:14–18, Ephesians 5:8–11, Ephesians 4:20–24, Matthew 12:43–45
Being filled with God’s glory went from fire coming down from heaven and filling a room in the Old Testament, to fire coming down from heaven and filling individuals in the New Testament. The glory of God in us, is for today, giving us power and authority over all demons, to cure diseases, to preach the Kingdom of God and to heal the sick.
God wants to fill some individual containers, and as He fills each one, we won’t stay the same, because things that used to be able to get in, can no longer get in, and impurities that were already in, can’t stay – there’s no room. His presence starts pushing out what isn’t allowed anymore. We just keep pouring out, and He’ll keep filling us up.
Acts 1:4–5, Acts 19:1–7, 1 Corinthians 3:16, 2 Chronicles 5:11–14, 2 Chronicles 7:1–3