Thursday, April 08, 2010

Doctrine of Christian Wealth Part 7

22. We became the beneficiaries of a Writ of Adoption.
a. Physical birth placed us in the Family of Adam under condemnation (1Cor.15:22a)
b. We were legally removed from the Family of Adam and given full legal status in the Family of God, moving us from a place of condemnation to a place of blessing (1Cor. 15:22b)
c. The Holy Spirit is the security for our legal adoption (Rom. 8:15)
d. The Writ of Adoption is a legal court order issued by God the Father guaranteeing us future eternal blessings, including our resurrection body (Rom. 8:23)
Principle: The Writ of Adoption makes us a positional adult son, qualified to inherit God’s Grace Blessings.
23. We became beneficiaries of a Writ of the Royal Family.
a. We are fellow citizens of the Saints and Household of God (Eph. 2:19)
b. We are part of the Household of Faith (Gal. 6:10)
c. We are Living Stones, a perfect building of believers, in a spiritual household (1Pet. 2:5a)
d. We are personally known by the Lord as His own (2Tim. 2:19)
e. We are a vessel in the Household of God with the opportunity to become a Vessel of Honor for God’s use in producing Divine Good (2Tim. 2:20-21)
f. The Writ of the Royal Family is a court order issued by God the Father placing us positionally in the Inner Circle of God’s Fellowship (Eph. 1:3, 2:6)
24. We were adopted into the Royal Family of God by supernatural spiritual regeneration. (John 3:3-8)
a. We became a child (Greek: τεκνον – teknon, G5043) of God (John 1:12)
b. We became a son (Greek: ὑιος – huios, G5207) of God (2Cor. 6:18)
Principle: As a result of our supernatural spiritual regeneration, we received a spiritual birthright (Eph. 1:7)
25. We became beneficiaries of a Writ of Inheritance.
a. We became heirs of God (Rom. 8:17a)
b. We became joint heirs with Christ (Rom.8:17b)
c. We were given an Eternal Inheritance (1Pet. 1:4)
d. The Holy Spirit was the down payment on our inheritance (Eph. 1:14)
e. We will receive the inheritance of the Lord (Col. 3:24)
f. God has given us the promise of this eternal inheritance (Heb. 9:15)
26. We became the beneficiaries of a Writ of Membership in the Order of the Royal Fellowship of Saints.
a. We were brought into a unique relationship of unit with our fellow believers (John 17:21a)
b. We were brought into a unique relationship of unity with the Trinity (John 17:21b)
c. We were placed in the Order of the Royal Fellowship of Saints (ORFS) to share Christ’s Glory (John 17:22)
d. We received membership in the ORFS so we will be perfect in unity (John 17:23a)
e. The Writ of Membership in the ORFS is a manifestation of God’s love (John 17:23b) and will ultimately allow us to behold the Glory of Christ (John 17:24)
Principle: The unity existing within the ORFS is positional unity coming to us through the preserving grace of God the Father (John 17:11)
27. We became the beneficiaries of a Writ of Pardon.
a. Through the Blood of Christ we have forgiveness for all our sins – past, present and future (Col. 1:14; Eph. 1:7; 1John 1:7)
b. The Lord Jesus Christ has personally forgiven all our sins (Col.3:13)
c. God the Father forgives all our sins for the sake of the Lord Jesus Christ (Eph. 4:32)
d. The Writ of Pardon is a court order issued by God the Father eternally forgiving every sin we have committed or ever will commit (Col. 2:13)

Monday, April 05, 2010

Doctrine of Christian Wealth Part 6

18. We became the beneficiaries of a Writ of Regeneration. (John 3:3, 13:10; 1Cor. 6:11; Titus 3:5)
a. We were born again from above (John 3:3-8; 1Pet. 1:23)
b. We were the recipient of a human spirit (Rom. 8:16; 1Cor. 2:12; 1Thess. 5:23)
c. We were quickened by God through the imputation of spiritual life to our human spirit (Col. 2:13; Eph. 2:5)
d. We became a new creation form God as a trichotomous (three part) being instead of a dichotomous (two part) being (2Cor. 5:17; Gal. 6:15)
i. We now possess spiritual life in our human spirit (1Thess. 5:23a)
ii. We already possessed psychological life in our human soul (1Thess. 5:23b)
iii. We already possessed biological life in our human body (1Thess. 5:23c)
19. We became the beneficiaries of a Writ of Acceptability.
a. We received the imputation of the Righteousness of our Lord Jesus Christ (1Cor. 1:30; 2Cor. 5:21)
b. We received the imputation of the Righteousness of God the Father (Rom. 3:22; Phil. 3:9)
c. We received the imputation of the Righteousness of God the Holy Spirit (Rom. 8:10-11)
d. We are positionally sanctified which means we are set apart to God (1Cor. 1:30, 6:11)
e. We are perfected forever (Heb. 10:14)
f. We were made meet (Greek: ἱκανοω – hikanoo, G2427) which means we were declared qualified for an eternal relationship with God (Col. 1:12)
g. The Writ of Acceptability is a court order issued by God the Father guaranteeing that through the Lord Jesus Christ we meet all of God’s requirements to possess and sustain an eternal relationship with Him (Eph. 1:6; 1Pet. 2:5)
20. We became the beneficiaries of a Writ of Justification.
a. We were justified by His grace (Rom. 3:4; Titus 3:7)
b. We were justified by His blood (Rom. 5:9)
c. We were justified by our non-meritorious act of faith (Rom,. 5:1)
d. We were justified by God’s work within us (James 2:21-26 compared with Phil. 2:12-13)
e. We were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ (1Cor. 6:11a)
f. We were justified by the Holy Spirit (1Cor. 6:11b)
g. The Writ of Justification is a court order issued by God the Father declaring us to be justified (Rom. 8:30)
21. We became the beneficiaries of a Writ of Sanctification.
a. We receive positional sanctification which means we were set apart to God for time and eternity (1Cor. 1:30, 6:11)
b. We receive experiential sanctification immediately through the filling of God the Holy Spirit (1Cor. 2:12)
Principle: The filling of the Holy Spirit and therefore experiential sanctification is lost the moment we commit our fires sin (over, verbal, or mental attitude) after salvation experiential sanctification and the filling of the Holy Spirit is restored by confessing our known sins. (1John 1:9)
c. We received the power to obtain progressive sanctification, which is the advancement toward spiritual maturity through the hearing, understanding, believing and applying of bible doctrine (2Tim. 2:15, 3:16-17; Rom. 10:17 compared with 2Pet. 3:18)
d. We Receive a guarantee of ultimate sanctification, which means that at the rapture of the church, we will receive a perfect, sinless body and will be sustained in perpetual experiential sanctification throughout eternity future (1Cor. 15:51-57 compared with 1Thess. 4:13-18)
Principle: Positional sanctification elevates every Christian to a standing before God that is superior to the standing of angels. (Heb. 2:9-11)
Principle: Positional sanctification nullifies the human value systems of race, family, culture, social standing, personal talent, personal achievement, wealth, economic status, sexual gender, marital status, education, religion, environment, and philosophical belief. (Eph. 4:4-6 compared with 1Cor. 12:12-13)

Sunday, April 04, 2010

Doctrine of Christian Wealth Part 5

15. We became the beneficiaries of a Writ of Nullification.
a. Prior to salvation we were under the authority of our Nature of Corruption (Eph. 2:1-3)
b. We were retroactively identified with Christ in His crucifixion on the cross (Rom. 6:6; Gal. 2:20)
c. Our Nature of Corruption is legally dead by Divine Court Order of God the Father (Rom. 6:8-11; Col. 3:3; 1Peter 2:24)
d. We are retroactively identified with Christ in His burial (Rom. 6:4)
e. We are positionally dead to our Nature of corruption (col.2:12)
f. We are retroactively raised with Christ in His resurrection (Rom. 6:4; Col. 3:1)
g. We are positionally seated with Christ in Heaven (Eph. 1:3, 2:6)
h. The Writ of Nullification is a court order issued by God the Father to remove all legal authority possessed by our Nature of Corruption to rule over our daily lives (2Cor. 5:17)
Principle: Each of us will commit personal sins after salvation (1John 1:10) even though it is not God’s Directive will for us to do so (Rom. 6:1-2). We must identify these personal sins and confess them to God (1John 1:9)
Principle: Even though we are positionally dead to our Nature of corruption, it will remain experientially with us (1John 1:8), polluting the physical body (Phil. 3:21) until we put off the physical body through biological death (2Cor. 5:1-8) or have our body transformed into a resurrection body at the Rapture of the Church Universal (1Cor. 15:51-57)
Principle: There is no personal merit in confessing our sins because they are already paid for by our Lord Jesus Christ (1John 1:7)
16. We became the beneficiaries of a Writ of Circumcision.
a. We received the circumcision of the heart (Rom. 2:29a)
b. We were circumcised in the Spirit (Rom. 2:29b)
c. We were circumcised in Christ (Col. 2:11)
d. The Writ of Circumcision is a legal court order issued by God the Father freeing us from the power of the Nature of Corruption (Phil. 3:3)
17. We became the beneficiaries of a Writ of Jurisdiction.
a. We are dead to the authority of the law. (Rom. 7:4)
b. We are delivered form the law (Rom. 7:6)
c. We are freed from the law (Rom. 8:2)
d. The Writ Jurisdiction is not a change of venue transferring a court case to another court of equal authority but a court order transferring our case from a lower court to a superior court.
e. The Writ of Jurisdiction is a court order issued by God the Father removing our court case from the courtroom of the law and transferring it to a higher court, the Superior Courtroom of God’s Grace (Rom. 6:14; 2Cor. 3:11; Gal. 3:5)
Principle: Having had our case sent to the higher Courtroom of God’s Grace, we can never again be brought under the subjection of the lower Courtroom of the law.
Principle: This fact does not authorize us to practice acts of immorality that are forbidden by the law, but instead removes us from the bondage of the Law.