Jesus Prepares The Ground For Christ
February 18, 2019
Safeguard the Seed
February 25, 2019
As time goes by revelation grows. When we speak of you being one with the Father it doesn’t mean you must copy everything the He does – but that you must listen to God as He speaks. The oneness we are talking about is of having the boldness of the Father and not His acts. As revelation grows it will seem as if you are deviating from the Him, but the Holy Spirit is the one that teaches us to hear God and to speak as He Lord tells us.
When God ministered to me about the cutting of hair, I spoke to my Father about it and He was also supporting it. I tried to explain myself to Him about women cutting hair then He said ‘’Do what God says you must do.’’ When God speaks you must do as He instructs you!
Revelation progresses as time goes on, for example, there are times where tongues were glorified but now we (here) speak of groaning’s which is the preferred prayer. Paul says ‘’I see in part, but as time goes on God reveals’’, so it doesn’t mean that when you do not see in fullness you are wrong. We have been taught of sowing and reaping, but today God said to me ‘’As long as you still have the mentality of sowing and reaping you will always lack.’’ This is the mentality of Christians, there is nothing wrong with sowing and reaping but God is taking us somewhere different this time.
[Psalm 126:5], (NKJV) “Those who sow in tears shall reap in joy…” we normally use these scriptures to motivate people to give so that they might get so much. But as I was meditating I realised that these scriptures are not talking about money but about Jesus being planted and many brothers reaping into glory. I have realised that when God speaks of sowing and reaping, 90% of the time He was talking about Jesus (one seed falling down). We have taken those scriptures and applied them to our lives as if they have not been fulfilled yet.
We have an old and new system and they (the two systems) can never be applied together. You can’t put a new mind in an old heart and the old heart in the new mind. When I talk about a system I am talking about a way of doing things. There is a system which God used which was prophetical and was pointing to Jesus. The moment you mix the new and the old system there will be a blast.
When God created heaven and earth, he created plants and seeds. God used this system to redeem the world and it is very attracted to the light but the kingdom of darkness doesn’t use it. Adam was not made to sow, the reason Adam was there was to water the ground. God then gave him the commandment to eat, he didn’t teach him the law of sowing and reaping but he taught him to how eat. Sowing came after man sinned when Adam was told that he will eat the sweat of the ground.
After the fall he started to work the ground – he began to sow because he sinned. If Jesus came and cancelled all these things then why are we still sowing? Get me well, the purpose of God for Adam was not to plant but it was to eat. The law of planting came after as a solution for man. So I advise you to run away from solutions because the only answer is Jesus. This solution (sowing and reaping) was given as a temporary solution until Jesus came to become the permanent solution.
‘‘He who continually goes on’’, Jesus had to go to the cross and weep for us so that He might bring many brothers into glory. [Galatians 1:8], verse (10), “for if I still please man I will not be a bond servant of Christ”, there are many people who benefitted from sowing and planting and the truth about it has not been preached yet because it is difficult for them. The problem is that when we were taught about sowing and reaping we took it as a way forward for us. This message is not to condemn any minister who preaches a different message from this one. What God has revealed to me might not be what He has revealed to another minister.
Verse (6), “He who sows springily will also reap springily…for God loves a cheerful giver…now may he who supplies seed to the sower and bread”, this verse doesn’t talk about money but about righteousness. It is talking about reaping righteousness rather than money. When it comes to giving we always make a mistake of sowing with money so that God might bless with money. We always say what you sow is what you get. The seed that God has given us is cheerfulness meaning when you take money and give, God sees a cheerful giver and not money hence He is able to bless you with righteousness.
There are many organizations out there which give to the poor to get exemption from tax and this doesn’t make them a cheerful giver. We should live differently from the world and the difference shouldn’t be money but the fruit of the Spirit. The Lord gave us the ability to give not so that money should multiply. I don’t buy food for my children so that one day they might in return do me the same favour, but I give to them because I take care.
Jesus paid all the debt, and the debt was a transaction between two kingdoms. So the law of the Spirit of light can never work because in the law of darkness it is all about exchanging. The devil put a price on us and when Jesus paid it all he tried to rob God because he gave up what he had in exchange for money. When you take care you are not sowing or investing. ‘‘he has given to the poor – his righteousness endures forever’’, He gave his righteousness – not finances, cars or houses. With sowing and planting if you don’t have the right seed you will never reap what you want. If the seed is not enough you will never get your desired results.
Sowing and planting takes time, and planting is hard because there are things attached to it and this makes us realise that Grace is too easy. [Proverbs 11:18], [Proverbs 14:12], let’s be realistic, is money from above? Money should not do any harm to us. A man from above gets satisfied by what is from above. A sower always meditates about the seed and not the Word because they try to safeguard the seed and stop focusing on God. Have you ever seen a lion sowing an impala so that it can reap and eat many impalas – they don’t care – all they do is to sleep, catch and then eat.
Abraham was the first person I saw rejecting offering and said ‘’Lest you say ‘you blessed me’’. His harvest was of things he did not plant – he just partook. So Abraham was already blessed. Therefore what do you choose? Sowing or grace?
[Luke 6:37], this is the law, when are you going to be a millionaire if you still remain in the same class with the same measure you give with. The problem with the law is that you must fulfil the whole law. You can’t live in the law and reap grace. This scripture is not perfected – it has a loophole. When Jesus came He came to save all.
In whatever I am teaching you, you must be able to determine where grace is and where the law is. A rich man comes to Jesus and asks, what must I do to inherit the kingdom then Jesus says ‘’Fulfil the law…’’. Then the man says ‘’I have done all that’’, then Jesus says ‘’Let me show you the most excellent way ‘take everything and give to the needy’ and follow me’’. Jesus never promised him that when he gives there will be reaping after, and this was very difficult for the rich man because he was used to investing. So the problem here is that there was no promise of reaping.
[Hosea 10:12], God emphasizes sowing and reaping when it comes to righteousness not in money. [Malachi 3:10], “Will a man rob God? …and all nation shall call you blessed”, I always heard ministers saying ‘’Tithe is in the law and in grace’’, so now if we talk about tithe we need to get to its root. There is a tithe that Abraham paid and one which God commanded through Moses. When Abraham paid tenth it was not written anywhere. If you apply [Malachi 3] in your life you are bound by the law because in Hebrews it doesn’t quote [Malachi] but it quotes Abraham. You should not be stuck in the law of paying tithe because you want your money to be safe. If you do then how weak is Jesus Christ in your life? Aren’t we making the blood of Jesus powerless?
There is no door or window that needs to be opened because Jesus opened all doors. When you give based on [Malachi 3] you give according to what you want and not in accordance to the Word of God. Thus your 10% might not be stored in the storeroom. Now it is time to determine what kind of food we want in the house of God which requires us to pay tithe. Jesus says ‘’Do not toil for food that perishes but look for food that last’’, so how much do you need to buy the Word? Ten percent can be too much or too little, it all depends on the vision that God has released.
The problem with [Malachi] is that the windows must open after you have paid tithe. Abraham was blessed before he gave – so his 10% didn’t even open any windows because he was taking care. God won’t give you a bigger vision and request 10% to fulfil it, but He says He will see to it that the vision is fulfilled. Tithe should go with faithfulness and not with God blessing you. God is looking for faithfulness and not debt. People have debts and instalments. Tithe has enslaved people to the mentality of being indebted to God. We must remove such mentality. Don’t pay tithe according to [Malachi], but you should trust God more than the law.
Let’s be givers who take care of the kingdom not those who sow to be blessed. [Galatians 6], “For he who sows to the flesh will reap corruption but he who sows to the spirit will reap the spirit…” I thank God that I am preaching about this while I am fulltime in ministry – Paul says ‘’I do not demand anything because God provides.’’ If you buy me a car so that you can have a car you will reap corruption but if you buy me a car to preach the gospel you will reap spiritually. “He who hears the word let him share in good things”, sharing is exchanging. Paul says he has never asked for money from anyone – the only thing he demanded was prayer.
He says pray for me so that the mysteries of the gospel might be unlocked. [Number 1], Pray for me as I pray for you. [Number 2], in everything you give let it be for the sake of the gospel. The end result must be the Word. You must be afraid of the church that doesn’t give because it can never push the congregants to become rich. He who began the good work will finish it. Don’t sow to the man of God by the flesh but let it be by the Spirit because you will reap corruption. [Isaiah 5:1], “My well beloved has a vineyard…it brought forth bitter grapes”, the Lord did everything for this vine.’’ ‘’Why then when I expected it to bring forth good grapes it brought forth bitter grapes…I will also command the clouds that they rain no more on it”. He is talking about the church (Israel), the church didn’t produce good fruits after He did all the good things. So He had to do away with it.
[Revelation 14:19], [Revelation 19:15]. God planted a vineyard which is the church and He put a mentality in them that He will do everything but their minds changed. This was not perfection to God and He needed to erase man – the mind of Adam. This was caused by Adam when he ate from the tree – He made us to live in the mind of sowing and reaping. Jesus destroyed the wine press and the vineyard at the cross. He was taking away the old system of the church so that we might have the new church.
You can’t close an account while it is on negative (overdraft). He had to close the account by paying the debt and bring out a new church – the Son and the first born of God. These are the ones who live according to the law of becoming the Son and being dependant on the Father. When we live according to the law we do not live in the perfection that God has called us unto. God has made us a generation which doesn’t have to do anything to bring something for ourselves. This is what we call grace – no matter how much you can fast you will never open doors. Prayer is a place of worship – not of asking and petitions – God has not called us for that.
One thing I have realised about the Israelites is that they were so zealous and put more effort on their works. While we still think like the Israelites the new wineskin will blast. No prayer or giving of yours must be a supplication for God to bless you with something. The moment you go to the altar to give so that you might get blessed you are in the wrong generation. How will things be restored while you are still sowing? Jesus says ‘’Harvest is plenty…’’, but the labours are busy sowing while its harvest time.
God wants us to live in the world where the more we spend the more we have money – not the more we spend the more we lack. We are busy partaking in something that is wrong hence we always lack, but according to God the more you eat is the more you must have. [Isaiah 63:3], [Galatians 2], the life I live in this flesh I live by faith in the Son of God. Under the sun you must sow and reap, this is what Solomon says but above the sun there is no such – it is harvest only. The moment you speak of reaping and sowing you are applying time. Patience is not waiting but it is the fruit of the Spirit.
God doesn’t teach us to do good with evil, but He teaches us with the Word. It is not in the will of God that we get tested. God prefers that we tap in to get it, when you don’t get it He will push you to get it. In the law of the Spirit God just wants to give you but when you don’t behave that is when He takes the blessing away. All that Adam needed to do is to learn when to eat and not to eat from the tree. God believes in you, even when He knew that you will make a mistake. Verse (21), if perfection comes through the law then Jesus has died in vain. If prosperity comes through the law then Jesus died in vain. I am not a sower but I am a Son, when you are a sower you will always earn what you should be tithing with.
Don’t be happy with the seed, but rather that He should give you the tree. You are a Son, what he owns you own too. [Luke 5:33], Jesus went to the old wineskin – He was trying to show them that they were fasting with a wrong mind-set. When was the bridegroom taken? It was when the sheep scattered, and in the period He was taken they were fasting, but after the Spirit came they were eating. The minute you fast to look for the bridegroom you are in the old. The bible says ‘’Jesus was led to the wilderness to be tempted…’’ and not to fast – and Him not eating happened automatically. Jesus was too busy with the business of God that He did not care about food. Let’s go back to the right mentality – we have Christ in us, so let’s not abort what we have. This is for this generation. [Matthew 6:25], the day I start to sow and reap I make myself to be lower than the birds.
They don’t give anything to get blessed but the heavenly Father feeds them. Why can’t we live like the birds and take a risk of just living – thinking for today and not tomorrow. Live more like a bird. He says ‘’Do not worry’’ because worry doesn’t add anything, then He says ‘’Birds do not sow yet they eat.’’ So it means when you sow you worry. It is impossible for you to sow and not worry.
‘’Seek first the kingdom of God and everything shall be added.’’ Whatever you give let it be for the kingdom. With your offering seek the kingdom, not your car. Jesus gave Himself for the kingdom He never gave offering. When you live for the gospel you are automatically giving. When he gave food to 5000 men he didn’t do it in the mentality of sowing and reaping! [John 6:28], ‘‘This is the work of God that you believe in whom he has sent’’, we just have to believe in God and all things shall be added. That’s how simple it is. The best thing you can do is to be obedient. When you live in grace it is harvest time always. Many failed to be obedient because they were bound by 10%. Be a real kingdom financer and take care of the kingdom. There is always disappointment when there is expectation.
LET HE WHO HAS AN EAR HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT IS SAYING TO THE CHURCH
