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2 Cor.3.18 – But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
The secret to growth in the kingdom of God lies in what you see. The word is clearly telling us that when we look into the mirror, we are changed to what is in the mirror. I hope we understand that there are eyes which are in us. These are the eyes which are used for imagination. When I say red car, you picture something in your mind though that car is not around for you to see it. But you will see it in your mind.
And now the message is saying, with these eyes look at the glory of our Lord Jesus. His glory is what he possessed before he came on earth (John 17:5). And we have inherited that nature of glory because we are unlike Israelites who were not able to see the glory of Moses. In Christ there is no barrier that distract us from feeding on his glory. 2 Cor 3:16 tells us that when we turn to the Lord the vail is removed so that we can see the light of Christ. So let’s use those eyes to see the light of God and his glory.

One might wonder, what grows in a person and how. Natural growth is measured in years and for one to known if they are gaining weight we use a scale. On the other hand, spiritual growth is not measured in years after being born again. There is a writer who once said the word gives growth and prayer gives strength. So what you have overcome because of the word you have tou believe, can never have any charge against you in the time to come. The reason is that you have outgrown the challenge. On the other hand, there is faith which comes because you have prayed. When the same challenges comes and you have stopped praying, it might have charge over you. So tye conclusion of the matter is that we pray as we read the word of God.

We grow in the heart and what changes is our faith. The bible says even faith which is like a mustard seed has the ability to change things. Remember the bible.in the book of Romans 10 says with the heart Man believe. Another method that we grow with is when we go challenges in life. Some challenges, God will allow tobuild up your faith.

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Hebrews 4:2[2]For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.

This verse reminds of the Parable of the sower. In a same church building where everyone is hearing the same message yet the results they get is different. Maybe I can take you back to school, imagine learning with someone yet the results are never the same. If some students are going to pass, then the teacher is not the problem. If some seeds are able to produce a hundred fold then the seed is not the problem. The challenge is not the word that we hear but the receiving site. If it is a class, I would say the challenge is with some students. If it is the sower then the problem is with the receiving site. The same gospel preached to John is the same that we received but however, there are some who were not saved by the same gospel.

The challenge is their unbelief. If you do not believe in Christ, books like Romans appears to be difficult for one to understand. I want to suggest something that the scripture highlights, that the Word of God is powerful (Hebrews 4:12), yet to some they do not find it so. The same gospel referred as the power of God for salvation by those who believe is a stumbling block for unbelievers. The same Christ who is a chief cornerstone is the one who was rejected by the builders. Take note that we have the same word but different hearts receiving the word then, different results.

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Eternal life also known as Zoe is the God kind of life. This life only is in Christ. John.5.39 – Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. So when we read the scriptures they must refer us to Christ and in him we obtain eternal life. Now from the old covenant this life was never mentioned. It seemed as if God would physically punish people for their wrong doing. The blessings mentioned again appears to be of physical gain more than spiritual. Example includes when that woman caught in the act of adultery her penalty was death which was physical.

Another example is that thief at the cross. According to the law, he was crucified. But Jesus said to the very same men today you be with me in paradise. The life that Christ came with is the light of men. If any one has light s/he will not stumble. In other words, when one has life he will not stumble. Only they who have Christ have this life and they will not stumble. The promise of God in Christ Jesus is eternal life. It is not obtained based on works but through faith. John 3:16 says for God so.loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever that believes will not perish but have eternal life. So the passport to eternal life is faith in Jesus as Christ.

Every person who belongs to the kingdom of God was at some point born again. When you are born again, you become babe in the kingdom. From that time onwards you have to work on your growth. Conditions for growth must be provided so that we grow. The bible tells us that God gives this growth or increase. But remember we have those who are assigned to water. Remember Paul said he planted, Apollos watered but God gave increase. We cannot afford to have people in church yet not growing. A good illustration would be 2 children with the same parents living together given all are eating, the one who was born first appears to be bigger at most because he has consumed more food. If the older does not eat, we might face a challenge of identifying the oldest. We feed on the word of God which is able to build us up.

Jesus’ priestly prayer appears to be a mystery in the scripture. By that, it was hidden and on few occasions it was recorded. While his kingly prayer are recorded many times. What I mean by priestly prayer is that Jesus appeared before God as a priest in a sanctified or set apart place. These are areas where there was no crowd and he pray addressing his issue to the father. On the other hand, a kingly prayer focuses on him healing speaking to wind and nature. Mark 11:23-24 teaches us that speaking to a mountain is classified as prayer. Because he would be speaking to a tree with authority then that’s a prayer that he is making as a king. A king does not beg but he speaks and orders are done.

Now to narrow down to priestly prayer of Jesus. I learnt something that he would go to secluded place to pray. Mark.1.35 – And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed. He even teaches the same way of praying in Matthew 6. I also learnt something powerful from the story of Judas. Some qualifications that made Judas qualified to betray him was that he knew where he would be. They wanted to capture him in a place where there was no crowd so he went straight away to the garden. This entails us that it was not his first time to be there. I also believe that it was frequent so that Judas was able to predict it. It also appear that probably Judas appeared after 3 hours since he said cant you watch even for an hour and he went back 3 times. Which means that the time would be late as well. A challenge to a friend would be that pray not to be seen by man but by God. Be constant in prayer. It should be a habit to pray even when we do not feel like it. When you go through challenges, they might kill you yet you would have been strengthened like what was done to Jesus.

One might ask what is my heart. The bible says with the heart a person believes. And belief is something that comes through continual hearing. Much of our belief system was built while we were still young. So according to Dr Miles Munroe that part of you which believe because you have heard is the heart. Its different from the mind in the sense that what is in the mind does not affect how we live. Decisions are made in the mind but decisions which have become your belief are stored in the heart. We can reason over facts in the mind but you don’t reason over what is in the heart.It seems as if faith is inherited not because it is in the genes but because it is passed on by the words that we hear. Remember most of the words we know were taught by parents. A good example is a trying to convince someone to change religion. It takes the power of God to do that. For those that know, religion has caused deaths in history.

Prov.4.23 – Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. Now Solomon is teaching us to guard our hearts with diligence because from the same heart comes issues to do with life. So how do one guard his/her heart and what is he guarding against. We guard our heart from information. Not everything and everyone should you listen to. A person must know that thus person speaks words which empower me or not. We guard our hearts against those who speak fear in us. Those words which damage must be banned from our hearts. Those words of failure should not have a room in us. Every word which is not of God must be banned from us.

Mark 7:18-19[18]And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him; [19]Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?

Remember that what comes in and goes to the heart might defile. Food does not because it goes to the stomach. So guard your heart diligently. Consider the friends that you have, what influence do they have on the words you speak. Movies that you watch. Those vedio on tik tok and many more. Choose wisely what to do and what to hear and you will keep your heart safe.

The bible says, the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ (John 1:17). What is the truth. The purpose of this post is to help us understand the clear line that exist the ministry of Moses and that for Jesus. Galatians 3:1 teaches us Galatians were bewitched and they ended up not following the truth. It seems as if that the truth reviewed Christ to them as crucified. Verse 2 shows that they were rather following the law, yet they were not following the truth. The same truth has the power to set one free. They that received the Spirit, received by hearing of faith. The truth can refer to the message as well as the person Jesus. Jesus was the word at the same time we have the word. The same truth which is the nature of the word became flesh and dwelt amongst us. Jesus has the truth, and he is the truth.

Only someone who was there possess the truth and is qualified to testify the truth. Jesus was qualified because he was there in the creation. At some point when asked about divorce he replied that divorce papers were not there in the beginning. The truth was that divorce was not there. When we follow Christ, at some point we have to go back to what life was in the beginning. The best way actually is to ask the Spirit of God who dwells in us. Jesus referred him as the Spirit of truth. The same is to lead us unto all truth. To show that we follow Christ, we do not go for the law because it was given by Moses, but the truth came by Christ. They that actually follow Moses when challenged with marriage they will sign divorce papers but that is not the truth.