GROWING UP TO ACCESS OUR SPIRITUAL INHERITANCE IN GOD.

‘’Now what I mean is that as long as the inheritor is a child and under age, he does not differ from a slave although he is the master of the estate. But he is under the date fixed by his father’’ Christianity is a call to inheritance as God has called us to inherit certain things based on His divine promises which are also based on His divine provisions unto us. He has given us all things that pertains unto life and godliness. He has also made us inheritors of His divine promises having escaped corruption that is in the world through LUST. Apostle Paul also said in one of His powerful epistles to the church(you and me) that in Christ, ALL THINGS ARE OURS. In other words, he was saying that ALL THINGS that pertains to life and godliness which can be found in Christ Jesus are ours. It is important to see clearly that ALL THINGS that are accessible through Christ unto us can only be ours via our SONSHIP RIGHTS. When we gave our lives to Christ, we were transformed from being dirty dogs to being Spiritual miracle babies. We were babies being subject to the milk of God`s word which is needed by us for our nourishment, growth and development in Christ. After being on milk for a while, God expects us to grow and maturate from spiritual babies to spiritual sons so that we can really manifest our Sonship with Christ and also in Christ. Babies will always be babies as they cannot do anything by themselves. They cannot eat by themselves. They cannot urinate and defecate by themselves. They cannot put their clothes on by themselves not to talk of thinking for themselves. They cannot make any reasonable decisions of life in life as they are needed to be guided by someone who is more matured than they are. It is not spiritual babies that will access God`s promises but fully grown and matured sons and daughters of God. It is sad to see that some people have given their lives to Christ five, ten, fifteen and even twenty years ago but they are mere spiritual babies with feeding bottles in their hands everywhere they go. They are still being tossed to and fro by every wind of doctrine having not being fully rooted in Christ which is a direct result of feeding on God`s word regularly and being able to rightly divide the word of truth. Such babies are not yet delivered from the works of the flesh such as malice, back biting, envy, jealousy, hatred for even fellow Christians, evil plotting, covetousness having refused to embrace the fruits of the Holy Spirit such as love, joy, peace, long suffering and so on which have the virtues of triumphing over the works of the flesh any day, anytime. We also have babies that have grown rapidly into maturity under two, three and five years after giving their lives to Christ being slaves of God`s word by regularly feeding on it constantly and consistently and embracing the fruits of the Holy Spirit and mortifying the works of the flesh on a daily basis. These set of people are the ones that are able to manifest the sonship in Christ having grown from babyhood to adulthood. These set of people are the ones we see sharing testimonies of breakthroughs and advancement in life despite the fact that some of them came to the church only few years earlier. Being a spiritual baby is not a sin but remaining a spiritual baby for a long time after being saved and established in a church is a burden. A spiritual baby is a burden to the brethren, the pastors and other people in the spiritual family. Apostle Paul that grew to become an oak tree in Christendom was once a spiritual baby but he embraced spiritual responsibility in order to grow and blossom into a spiritual son who was able to totally access his redemptive rights in Christ. He once said that when he was a child, he talked like a child, moved about like a child and even reasoned like a child but when he grew to become a son, he left all childish things and he grew to become a person to be reckoned with. A spiritual baby is not different from a slave as a slave cannot enjoy the fullness of abundance in any house. All that slaves enjoy are the crumbs when God has set a table of feasting before us even in the midst of our enemies. It is only grown up sons that can dine and sup with God on His table having have their minds renewed and transformed in Him and not crying about as babies. There is a divine clarion call from God for us to grow up in Christ and leave behind all babyish attitudes, character and behavior by constantly and consistently feeding on God`s word and doing/practicing its obligations and going further to embrace the fruits of the Holy Spirit which will enable us to mortify the deeds of the flesh which may want to hinder our growth in God. It is God`s will for us to access ALL THINGS that are ours in Christ and I see us accessing them as we grow into mature sons and daughters of God in Christ in Jesus precious name. Shalom! Coming straight from my heart of hearts…..Dayo Oladapo…www.Facebook.com/pages/Dayo-Oladapo-Official-Page/465259763522821