Step 7 – Inheritor
Inheritor – We accepted that God always treats us as equal to Jesus
If you have spent an amount of time listening to God speak to you, by now you will have noticed how much dignity with which He addresses us. You will also have noticed that He doesn’t emphasize the negative things that we always focus on. He seems to treats them as insignificant. He seems to always treat sin and failure as if it doesn’t matter; with value and identity as the most important thing. The reason for this is because God is focused on the truth and not the lies we have been believing. We only need to focus on lies only long enough to drive us to fully surrender them. Then we can stay focus on His truth without lies diverting our attention. From God’s perspective, sin is not your problem; the fact that you don’t know who you are, that is your real problem. Those who know who they are in Christ will find it easy to live free from sins control.
A proper identity will also carry with it a significant amount of self-worth. This transition of understanding our value in God‘s eyes is so significant that, for the son of God, he will no longer be concerned about whether or not he’s worthy of what God offers. God has made a choice, and that choices you. He has determined value for you. If you are overly concerned with your lack of worth then you will be dismissive of the value that God is giving you by making you His choice. You are no longer a failing human being in the eyes of God. Now you are the choice of God, a son of God. Accepting this as your new reality will allow you to step forward in the authority in which God wants you to function. If you continue to wrestle with the idea of your worthiness, it will prevent you from moving forward into the full dimension that God has called you to.
In God‘s eyes, having worth has nothing to do with behavior. In our eyes, having worth has everything to do with succeeding and not failing. In God‘s eyes, worth is a byproduct of what is inherent within. God is looking at legacy and inheritance, because you are from the same bloodline as Jesus. When you dismiss the value that God gives you, you are affectively saying that your bloodline connection to Jesus is worth less than your performance. This is a very destructive mentality. God doesn’t need you to be successful to say that you are worth the blood of Christ. All He needs you to do is just say “yes” to being His.
“I love each of you with the same love that the Father loves me. You must continually let my love nourish your hearts. If you keep my commands, you will live in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands, for I continually live nourished and empowered by his love.” -John 15:9-10 TPT
What are His commandments? Believe on His name and be love (1 John 3:23).
When we accept fear, this is contrary to trust. When we choose selfishness, this is contrary to love. Both fear and selfishness will pull you to separate yourself from God, making His love and His peace difficult to believe. Abiding is the emotional and mental state or resting in God’s trust and love. God wants you to live in continuing awareness of His love, approval, and affection for you. This is life outside of condemnation.
Loving and believe have now become the most natural state for you. They have become your default and automatic reactions.
Why did Jesus keep His flesh?
Why did He receive a glorified body?
We are not God, but Jesus is. He didn’t need a body before His incarnation and He doesn’t “need” one now. The answer to these questions is that we are predestined to be conformed to His image. (Romans 8:29). Jesus maintains the image that we are to be conformed to. God’s intention is that He make you into a manifestation of the image of Christ on the earth. Your perfect expression of love will demonstrate that you have been with Jesus and are His personal disciple.
You can expect to become perfect in motive and perfect in tranquility. Even if you still make mistakes, or mistakenly cause offense. We believe that this is the perfection the Bible speaks about. Perfect in motive, producing purity of behavior; but not all knowing.
As you step fully into Christ likeness, you will realize that there is no limitation that God puts on you to how much of Christ you can display. This will include purity of heart, displays of authority, and the demonstration of supernatural power. God sees you for who you really are and He has decided to treat you as equal to Jesus. It does not matter that we see this as impossible. We must learn to accept that this is a fact. And we must learn to lean into it. God wants to use His children as displays of His glory on the earth. He wants the world to know who Jesus is, and He has chosen to use us. Take the limits off your mind and choose to believe that God can take you all the way into the Christ like dimention. Do not worry about whether or not you will actually reach the destination. We believe that the more we surrender, we will be surprised at just how close God can get us to the image of Jesus.
As you continue to settle in your heart how God treats you, begin choosing to be a vessel that yields completely to the promptings of Holy Spirit.
In the Welsh revival, Evan Roberts preached the 4 points that follow. These points empowered the revival. At this place in your progress, you will see that you have already answered the first two points. You probably are good on even the fourth point. Because of the work that God has done in us we can now add this third point. The practice of it will make you a catalyst for revival. Practicing it will also help your heart fully accept what the Father has been saying about you. And, you are ready to demonstrate that you are walking in the footsteps of Jesus.
I. All sin must be confessed to God and repented of. The church has to be cleansed—the Lord’s bride would be without spot so there would be no room for compromise with sin. If there is anything in our lives about which there is even doubt as to whether it is good or evil—then cast it off!
II. There must be no cloud between the believer and God. Have you forgiven everybody? If not, don’t expect forgiveness for your own sins. The Scripture is clear; we cannot be forgiven until we have forgiven. Unforgiveness separates us from God.
III. We must obey the Holy Spirit. Do what the Spirit prompts you to do. Prompt, implicit, unquestioning obedience to the Spirit is required if we are going to be used by Him.
IV. There must be public confessions of Christ as Savior. This is not a one time incident after our salvation experience or baptism—for the Christian it is a way of life. (Evan also believed that there was a difference between confession and profession)
Evan Roberts
Romans 8:14 TPT
[14] The mature children of God are those who are moved by the impulses of the Holy Spirit.