HeadStart - Ministration of Spirit Life and Righteousness

The ministration of the Spirit-Life and righteousness is for the greater glory of the sons of God and transformation into the precise image of the glory of the Son God. (2 Cor 3:6-18).

As a child of God, the Spirt-life of God was ministered to you abundantly at new birth i.e. when you consciously believe the message and acknowledge the lordship of Jesus Christ, you receive the Spirit-life.

2 Corinthians 3:6 NKJV 'who also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.'

This Spirt-life is intended for the greater glory of the Sons of God and to supplant all death related activities (sicknesses, infirmities, oppressions, and all counterproductive activities to God’s life etc) under which we previously functioned.

2 Corinthians 3:8 AMPC 'Why should not the dispensation of the Spirit [this spiritual ministry whose task it is to cause men to obtain and be governed by the Holy Spirit] be attended with much greater and more splendid glory?'

Likewise, there is such a thing as the ministration of righteousness received at new birth, designed to replace all forms of condemnation and grant unlimited access to God’s glory.

2 Corinthians 3:9 AMPC 'For if the service that condemns [the ministration of doom] had glory, how infinitely more abounding in splendor and glory must be the service that makes righteous [the ministry that produces and fosters righteous living and right standing with God]!'

The manifestation and transformation into the aforementioned “Glory” {vis-a-vis the Spirit life and related righteousness} of the image of the Son God, is a function of undistracted and consistent "Walk in the Spirit" {Holy Spirit} leading and guiding you into all truths in Gods' Word and in life.

2 Corinthians 3:18 AMPC ' And all of us, as with unveiled face, [because we] continued to behold [in the Word of God] as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are constantly being transfigured into His very own image in ever increasing splendor and from one degree of glory to another; [for this comes] from the Lord [Who is] the Spirit.'

This is called the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus; designed to set us free from the "law of Sin" {fleshy lusts Romans 7:23} and death (sicknesses, infirmities, oppressions and all counterproductive activities to Gods’ life etc}.

Romans 8:2 'For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. '

The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus is most effective in our lives with continuous infilling and state of being full of the Spirit of God.

Romans 8:13 AMPC ' For if you live according to [the dictates of] the flesh, you will surely die. But if through the power of the [Holy] Spirit you are [habitually] putting to death (making extinct, deadening) the [evil] deeds prompted by the body, you shall [really and genuinely] live forever.'

Please understand that when one becomes a child of God, they already live in the Spirit but are also required to walk in the Spirit.

Romans 8:9 KJV 'But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.'

Paul went on to say;

Romans 8:14 'For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.'

The continuous infilling and state of being full of the Spirit of God is the evidence of your “Walk in the Spirit” {Holy Spirit}.

Without the continuous infilling and state of being full of the Spirit of God, you cannot live by the faith “of” the Son of God (Galatian 2:20) and revelation knowledge that comes through personal relationship with God 2 Peter 1:1-3.

Being continuously filled and full of the Spirit of God is effectively the personal relationship and allows for intimacy.

Interesting ey?

That's why Paul prayed this prayer for the faithful in Christ Jesus : Ephesians 3:16-19 NKJV;

Ephesians 3:16-19 'That He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height— to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.'

Notice the following key points:

• Strengthening of the Spirit in the inner Man (Empowerment or Energizing)
• For continuous in-dwelling of Christ in our hearts by faith i.e. increasing FAITH,
• That we may be rooted and grounded in love i.e. increasing LOVE.
• Comprehend (Knowing) breadth, and length, and depth, and height i.e. increase "absolute" KNOWLEGDE
• Filled with all the fulness of God.

To be filled with all the fulness of God requires the continuous “Strengthening of the Spirit in the inner Man (Empowerment or Energizing)” otherwise referred to as the continuous infilling of the Spirit.

I summarize steps for continuous in-filling of the Spirit in the below 3 category sets:

1. Continuous and habitual Praising and Worshiping { Ephesians 5:17-20, John 4:23-24 GNB}’
2. Study/meditation of Gods’ Word and Speaking Wisdom (Gods Word) { Acts 20:32 (KJV), 1 Timothy 4:15, 1 Corinthians 2:6-12}
3. Continuous communion and Praying in the Holy Ghost { Jude 1:20, 1 Corinthians 14:4}

This is the summarisation of the message of the last gathering and I am extremely grateful to God for touching our lives with this depth of HIS word in simplicity of the touch of the Spirit.

I look forward to meeting some of you again on Saturday 7th December 2019 and certainly for the five (5)of us heading for Israel the following Sunday. I am excited and can’t wait to see what the Spirit has in store for us all.

Pls look out for further “HeadStart” exposition in the soonest.