God loved Jesus and showed Him everything that He did. He would show him even greater works, that you may marvel. The same way God raises the dead, Jesus also does and gives life to whoever He wills and is pleased. The Father judges no one but has given all judgement unto the Son so that we may honour the Son just as we honour the Father.
Here we see how God loved Jesus and He showed Him all things.
The Father did so much for Jesus that He fulfilled Gods plan for His life. In the same way, Jesus is not only our Lord and Saviour, He is also our elder brother; Rom 8:29. He called God Father, just like we call Him. God has no partially. Rom 2:11, Eph 6:9, 1Pet 1:17. He is willing to do for His every other Son, what He did for His firstborn, Jesus but we have to fulfill the conditions that Jesus fulfilled. Remember that Jesus came became like human beings in every way and He was tempted in every aspect just like we are tempted and overcame. Heb 2:17, 4:15.
Jesus prayed that the world will know that God loves the disciples in exactly the same degree to which He loved Jesus. John 17:23.
Remember also that God is perfect. He cannot love to a lesser degree or a greater degree, His love is perfect.
If God loves the disciples like Jesus, He will do everything for them that He did for Jesus; but remember, this is not for anyone who calls themselves a Christian; it's for those who are disciples.
In the previous studies we have seen that a disciple is one who loves Jesus more than everything and everyone else, parents and relatives and friends. He denied His will to do God's will everyday. He has given up everything that He is obsessed with. There is nothing in hands that He is not willing to give up to please Jesus. He is who seeking to follow Jesus in every way; He is seeking to study the life of Jesus and make Him an example to follow in Jesus' steps. His only ambition in life is to please God and do His will.
To such a person, God will give everything in His power for him to fulfill his purpose. That is
1. God will give Him all the wisdom, knowledge and understanding that He needs to do God's will;
2. God will give His all the health that He needs to do God's will; this does not mean we will not get sick; even if a sickness may come, it will not prevent us to do God's will.
3. God will command all the resources that we need to do all of Gods will. It doesn't mean we will be the richest people; in fact the richest people in the world and in any country are not Christians.
Someone said that if you want to know what God thinks about money, look at those He has given most of it.
4. God will see to it that you get all the counsel that you to fulfill all of His will.
5. God will see to it that you will have all the gifts and abilities that you need to do His will. It doesn't mean that we'll have the gifts and abilities we desire; but those which are necessary to the specific calling in your life. For example, a person working in the kitchen does not need a wheel spanner; it is the person working in garage who needs it. What the person working in kitchen needs is kitchen utensils. In the same way, God will not give you gifts He has given to another because they have a different purpose than yours just like the purpose of the person working in the kitchen has a different purpose from the one working in the garage.
Paul says that He can do everything through Christ who enables Him. Phil 4:13
What does everything mean? Does it mean that now Paul would walk in water like Jesus, and perform every miracle Jesus performed? Definitely not: it means that through the power of Christ, He would everything that is in God's plan for His life.
Even for you if you are a tru disciple, you can do everything in God's plan for your life. Don't waste your time. Become a disciple and fulfill God purpose for your life. You can start now.
Don't worry about the past, Acts 17:30 says that God overlooks the times we were ignorant but now that we know, we should stop and change the direction of our lives. God is still in control. Begin today.
We have an upward call in God. Phil 3:14. This is to say that as you wake up every morning; the Lord is saying to you: 'COME UP HIGHER' I HAVE SOMETHING GREATER THAN YOU HAVE ALREADY EXPERIENCED SO FAR. FORGET ON HOW MUCH YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED OR HOW MUCH YOU HAVE OVERCOME; THERE IS STILL MUCH MORE RICHES IN CHRIST THAT ARE YET TO BE POSSESSED. ITS BECAUSE I LOVE YOU THAT I AM CALLING YOU TO A HIGHER LIFE THAN YOU HAVE ALREADY EXPERIENCED.
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@Blessed Mshindi Mambo
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