Genesis 1:1 (KJV)
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
The beginning began with God, meaning the beginning did not begin until God began, it also mean that the beginning had no structure as well as order of its own, everything the beginning had was from its source,God! God gave substance and meaning to the beginning, everything God wanted in the beginning was what the beginning began with,the beginning began when God had finished, the beginning though was the beginning, was not actually the beginning, because God did not start with the beginning, He had finished before what began,began, so the beginning was not a mark of what started but a mark of what had finished. Until God finished,the beginning, was not permitted to begin, so if the beginning had finished before it began, what then is the beginning? Jesus speaking,he said I am the beginning and the end" this implies that the beginning is a person, and what ever that person is, was what the beginning was, so the beginning is both the CREATOR and the CREATURE , this is because everything the beginning began with was created by the creator.
John 1:1-3 (KJV)
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. [2] The same was in the beginning with God. [3] All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
two things are behind the WORD" the VOICE and the MAN; but we understand the formation of words, every word started out as a THOUGHT,a WORD and then it becomes an ACTION. Whatever the THOUGHT was, was the WORD and whatever the WORD was,was the ACTION. These are the dimension of everything created, it's like the spirit, the soul and the body, it's called LIFE'S TRINITY. Jesus speaking again said my sheep hears my voice and the voice of another they will not follow" this underscores familiarity born out of the relationship the Shepherd has with the sheep, this statement by Jesus separates the VOICE from the WORD, what it means is that you might know his word but might not know his voice. His word may have created the world but His voice is for LEADERSHIP.
Romans 8:14 (KJV)
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
How do you separate the word of God from the word of the devil? It's by His voice, and that's the place of the HOLY SPIRIT.
There are four kind of voices;
(1) the voice of God.
(2) the voice of man.
(3) the voice of the devil.
(4) your voice.
We all hear the four voices one time or the other or sometimes, together, but to attain greatness in God, We should be able to distinguish the voice of God from the others.
Luke 4:1-4 (KJV)
And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, [2] Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered. [3] And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. [4] And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.
Jesus used the word of God as an array to distinguish between the voice of God and the voice of the devil by the Holy Ghost.
The first introduction we have about God is that He created.
Genesis 1:1 (KJV)
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
this means that God was kin at how He was introduced, He would rather want to be perceived well, as being responsible, your action introduce the integrity of your person, the word introduction, is a social term, that implies courtesy, it means you are formal or being formal, its an attribute that thrives success in business, so the "hallmark of responsibility is creativity" responsibility cannot be recognize by any other means, except by creativity, God could create because He is creative, that also means skillful, God was very skillful and His skillfulness earned Him, the Creator,everything He made, He was/is.
John 1:1-3 (KJV)
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. [2] The same was in the beginning with God. [3] All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
Genesis 1:1-2 (KJV)
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. [2] And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
Between verses 1and 2, a lot of things happened that led to the distruction of the first world God created, which was why verse two was chaotic, in a state of abysmal, at this stage we are introduced to another aspect of God. " ...and the Spirit of God moved" this implies that God(Spirit of God) is a moving God, not static,not old fashion, developing,willing to increase and build His capacity, how does one move? (by his leg,car,plane,ship,train etc) this also mean that God is willing to adapt to changes. What was He doing? Inspection, survey,research, after the problem that challenged His integrity, He took up an assignment as to why what happened,happened! He took back the responsibility of His world, He decided to recreate what was destroyed, stating emphatically that He is in control, it was a challenge to His person,authority and position, and the only way to be quit Himself of His Might, He recreated! His world was taken but not His skills, and that was the material for His recreation.
"...and God said" the third introduction about God is that He spoke! "...let there be light" God wanted a world, He created it! everything God wanted He created,creativity is a faculty of the mind,empowered by the heart and demonstrated by the hands. Everything God spoke happened the way the word said it, the moment God said let there be light, the light happiered that same instance,
Genesis 1:1-2 (KJV)
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. [2] And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
Potentials of the word of God;
(1) quick
(2) powerful
(3) sharper
The word is quick;
meaning the word's got speed. What this implies is that once in the word it quickens you by tremendous speed towards your goals and targets, before long you see your self in great achievement of purpose and destiny.
Hab. 2:2 " And the Lord answered me, and said, write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it"
Can you see how Gods word injects speed into the life of a man? You cant be committed to Gods word and not be quick to achievement, it's like what happened when the prophet of God overtook the king who supposedly was on horses, it's amazing what God can do through his word,get in the word today and you will see the miracles and wonders of the word, oh i love the word quicken, it means , back to life, refreshed and vitalised
Romans 8:11 (KJV)
But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
Your greatest connection to life's success is Gods word.
The word is powerful;
meaning it equips and empowers,it also means fortification. So the word of God is an armoury of defence, it puts you on edge above mediocrity, its stunning to discover the dynamics of God's word, its simply a revolution against mediocrity, a slap against poverty,nothing equals the word in its creativity. Amazingly the infinity God has for and to his word is simply impeccable, God is committed to his word for eternity, to see the acts of God you must know the words of God, God does nothing without his word, if He has not said it He has not done it, the truth is that God cannot go beyond is word, anything that gets God by his word has gotten God by his might " for my word will not return to me void for it MUST accomplish the purpose for why it's sent" God holds is person to his word.
Gal. 6:7
"Be not deceived; God is not mocked..."
can you hear the tune of that? The word of God is God's suvrinty.
The word is sharper;
this implies that the word is descernning, descisive and for judgement, it also means the wisdom of God, every thing bows to its verdict, thats because of its power.
Rom.1:16.
"For i am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth..."
how does God make known his salvation? Its by its word. there are three qualities of Gods word;
(1) Capacity
(2) Character
(3) Destination
The Capacity of Gods word is Its consistency called GRACE, grace is a product of Gods word, everywhere you find grace you see FAVOR, favor is the proof of grace,it announces grace. The word produce grace,grace produce favor,favor is attractive because of grace.
The Character of Gods word is (the spirit of) Excellence and Faith; this duo are both characters of the Spirit, you are distinguish by excellence and faith.
Romans 10:17 (KJV)
So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
notice the voice of God is the criteria for faith, you fall in love consciously, i.e, you make deliberate attempt to build your faith and grow in excellence, under the old covenant we are employed to Fear God, and it's stated in The scriptures that
"the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom"
well! Thats under the old covenant, under the new covenant we are rather employed to LOVE God, and I can state empirically that, the Love of God is the end of and to wisdom, so when you fall in love with Gods word, it produces Faith and Excellence in you for exploit.
" they that do know their God shall be strong and do exploit"
The destination of Gods word is the glory of God, Gods word takes you to Gods glory which is the purpose of the word, to glorify God. We are made for Gods glory, when we begin to function in our place of assignment and do the things we are called to doing by design, what we do is give glory to God, this is entertainment for God,that's how He is pleasured, that's why purpose is glory to God because it's designed to answer to destiny, when we give glory to God we magnify Him for who and what He is .
The word of God is Gods power, the muscles of a man speaks a lot about his strength.
Romans 1:16 (KJV)
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
How do we know that God is strong? It's by his muscles, God cannot go beyond His word, if God has not said it He has not done it, He his obliged to his word, the Spirit of God goes everywhere the word is
"...not one word will lack her mate"
"...though the grass fades and the
plants withereds not one word will fall to the ground"
"the heavens and earth will pass away but my word abideth forever"
the word of God is Gods sovereignty as well as His integrity, you cannot see the acts of God if you don't know the words of God, if God cannot say it, He cannot do it, the word of God preceed the acts of God, the way God took back the responsibility of His world after inspection was His word, don't just rush up to doing things, business, carrier, marriage etc. first carry out inspection,survey, Be trained. Your word is synanimouse with your world. God knew exactly what He wanted,He had a mental Picture of it, which was why after creating (calling what He wanted to be) He would approve,
Genesis 1:4 (KJV)
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
As if to mean that, He would go and look at what He had created to know if it looks like what He had in mind, if not, am sure God would destroy,like the vision He showed to Jeremiah about the potter and the clay where the clay went out of design, what the potter did was to destroy it and build another, so like God, we are,if God created His world by His word, it means we owe our world our word, again notice that it was everything that God wanted, He created, He wanted a house for Himself called Heaven, He created it, so like God whatever you want you should Create,
"...the just shall leave by his faith"
what is your faith?
"... Work out your salvation with fear and trembling"
as a matter of fact, there are two types of salvation in the scriptures;
(1) Salvation for new birth. The sacrifices for this salvation is Jesus's death on the cross.
(2) Salvation for wealth and prosperity. The sacrifices for this is paid by you.
3 John 1:2 (KJV)
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
This is only a wish, " faith without works is death" this means that faith is useless without works,faith belong to the spirit realm while works to the realm of matter(natural realm) putting both together connects the heavens and the earth, it's your responsibility to leave and stay wealthy and prosperous,God is not responsible for you, He is only committed to you and the you He is committed to, is His word in you, God does not do anything until He is committed to and the only way to get Gods committed is by His word. God does not reveal His secretes until He can trust you, the reason is because secretes are not told to strangers but to friends, and trust is built per time. Can God trust you with His word? I don't believe God is still working, I strongly believe that God is in His rest.
Genesis 2:2 (KJV)
And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
Everything that God needed to do He has done and finished. Jesus, scripture says was slain before the foundation of the world, so what this implies is that Jesus didn't die 2000+ years ago, He actually died before the world began, now if Gods word must be believed, it goes to mean that everything about life and creature was finished before it began, bring this into perspective, and you will see the awesome truth of God word and it will buckle your faith, so everything I want I have, its is not about to be giving its given already, it will change you paradyme.
Hebrews 11:1 (KJV)
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
the child of God leaves in a realm where the future is more real than the passed, "... By His strips we were healed" listen carefully to the revelation of Peter, were, pass terns, meaning it's been settled for you in the passed, listen, what you are in pursuit of is in the passed, it has been yours all the while, the problem is that you did't know, but now, you have known, what do you do? Go and get it, it's all yours for keeps! The cars, money, house etc.
THE FORMS OF GOD
There two categories to this;
(1) The Image.
(2) The Likeness.
Genesis 1:26 (KJV)
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
THE IMAGE.
Man was born out of a discision, God did not make man until He had finished every other thing he needed to do. Look at the time, energy and experty. Invested in creating the world, everything God created He spoke into being, but when it got to man, He used His hands, i mean, all of himself, you would notice that the creation of man was the last thing He did before He took in to rest,hmmmm! What is God saying? This simply sets an oder for life, but unfutunately, that Oder is not given precedence by man, what I need you to see here is that man is not made for the enviroment but that the enviroment is made for man, in any situation where the reverse is the case, it unequivocally mean that something is wrong. God had a picture of what He wanted, which was why He made man as a crown to all that He had made. Man therefore is the hallmark to creation. God spent time in fixing the world because He had man in mind, man is the subject of creation, what this means is that creation in itself is a gift to man.
Matthew 6:33 (KJV)
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Man is made for the kingdom. This scripture is a reminder of the Oder of creation, that man is not made for the enviroment . Man is not made to service the enviroment but the enviroment is made to service man, what we have today is rather unfortunate, it will amazing you to know that majority of the people who go to work, go to work because of money, is that not the foundation of corruption today? The reason why people will want to compromise other people's rights for the goal of money. But if you understand the Oder of creation you will know that man is a crown to life. You are made for fellowship, your pursuit should be God and not money or things. That's why Matthews says; all this things shall be added unto you, it should come as a gift and not a reward. A gift is a gift because it's simply a gift, you don't have to work for. This does not in any way promote idleness, but understanding the primary reason behind your creation, you are made for the kingdom, and the kingdom is about God, that's where your investment should be. Once this is your focus and pursuit, the idea here is that, you become a magnet, that's why it says; " shall be added unto you" the picture that God had in His mind is that, you become attractive, things, in their natural courses begins to navigate to you, you become the centre or the earth, now! this is the Oder of creation.
Made in His image, simply means we image God, if one is described to image is father or mother, it means, that individual looks exactly like his father or mother, what that also imply is that, ones the individual is seen the other person is seen, it brings to mind the issue of identical twins, it can thus mean that we are twin with God, because in this light , everything that makes God, God,( makes you, you!) makes us who we are. It tells me that God wanted to make a copy of himself, and in making a copy of himself He made us, we look exactly like God! When you look at a mirror, what do you see? a reflection of yourself! It tells me that God wanted to look at Himself in the mirror to see His reflection, and in doing that, He made us. It's a two way thing, when God looks at us He sees Himself, and when we look at God we see ourselves.
THE LIKENESS.
Genesis 1:26 (KJV)
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
"...after our likeness" you are made in His image but after His likeness! Hmmmm! The word "after" is not passive but active, its an adjective that suggest something you pursue, what this imply is that the likeness of God is your responsibility, you will need to pursue it, meaning you will have to make it your target as well as your focus. Yes you look like God, but can you take that to the bank? It's not enough to look like him! To make His likeness a target you must know what it is, His likeness talks about His capacity, things He can do,
" with God all things are possible"
That's what He can do, Possibilities! Paul speaking he said;
" I can do all things through Christ that strengthens me"
Can that be your testimony?
" They that do know their God shall be strong and do exploit"
The dimension of the exploit you do is a variant of your revelation about God and that goes to proof your strength with God, Jesus asking His disciple who they think he is;
Matthew 16:15-18 (KJV)
He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? [16] And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. [17] And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. [18] And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Jacob's name was change to Isreal , because he had prevailed with God and that earned him a place with men, what's your position with God? Your stands with God translates into your position with men, if you don't have a place with God you don't have a place with men.You are made in His image, but not made in His likeness, but after his likeness, that is his likeness is you responsibility, you will have to go after it, pursue it, made in is image, once made,it create a natural pull in you to God, to want to act like him; but before you get to act like Him you have to know like Him.
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