*1 Corinthians 15:42-44
So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.
What happens in the natural also takes place in the spiritual.
Fruit has to emerge from inside the seed; but to allow this to happen, the seed needs to be deposited in the ground, so that ti can be broken & die.
Your life is like a seed that is deposited in the hands of the Lord as a living offering, holy & pleasing to the Lord.
God begins to work with you in the deepest parts of your heart, until you experienced complete detachment from your carnal nature. That is when you see things from another point of view.
*1 Corinthians 15:40
There are also heavenly bodies and there are earthly bodies; but the splendor of the heavenly bodies is one kind, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is another.
We can compare this to the fact that there are also different types of believers: spiritual believers & earthly "believers".
Earthly believers may well go to church, but have not had a genuine experience of God. Spiritual believers are guided by the Holy Spirit, while earthly believers are directed by their own opinions.
The former walk by faith while the latter walk by logic.
A heavenly person always reflects the image of Jesus.
One of the ways in which the devil works is by presenting with what is contrary to the plan of God for their lives.
However, God clothes every true believer with a new nature when they are born again into a new life - a nature that is completely different from that of their old life.
Abraham: He went from being a father without any children to being a father of many nations.
*Genesis 17:3-5
Abram fell facedown, and God said to him, "As for me, this is my covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations. No longer will you be called Abram ; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations."
Jacob: Though once a deceiver, he became a prince with God.
*Genesis 32:27-28
The man asked him, "What is your name?" "Jacob," he answered. Then the man said, "Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome."
Moses: He was such a violent person that he killed a man, but he went on to become the most humble man on earth.
*Numbers 12:3
(Now Moses was a very humble man, more humble than anyone else on the face of the earth.)
Job: Once a person full of fears, he learned to place all his trust in God.
*Job 13:15
Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face.
Hannah: She was barren, but God made her the mother of Samuel - one of the greatest prophets in the Bible.
*1 Samuel 1:20
So in the course of time Hannah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, "Because I asked the Lord for him."
David: God made this simple shepherd the king over all Israel. He was a man after God's own heart.
*1 Samuel 13:14
"But now your kingdom will not endure; the Lord has sought out a man after his own heart and appointed him ruler of his people, because you have not kept the Lord's command."
*Acts 13:22
After removing Saul, he made David their king. God testified concerning him: 'I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.'
Oral Roberts was a pioneer in the use of media for the sake of the gospel. He founded both the Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association & the Oral Roberts University in Oklahoma.
His ministry became famous because of the way in which the Holy Spirit moved through healings & miracles.
Many people may have said many things about him, but what really mattered to him was what God said.
*Isaiah 55:9
"As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts."
I decided to believe God's thoughts about me & go for something higher than what others had planned for me. The results have been miraculous!
-Oral Roberts
When we believe in the promises of God, extraordinary things can happen.
He met God through a very difficult situation indeed.
God did heal him & he became one of the men most used by God in his time. He learned to hear the voice of the Holy Spirit.
The new birth produces a nature of faith in us. It was seed of faith that produces healing in his life.
The Holy Spirit spoke to my heart that tells that use my hidden gifts to serve the Lord & to glorify Him. He placed new dreams in my life: share the Gospel through pictures, writings & vision of dreams, to have a complete 12 disciples, a job to bless others, etc.
REMEMBER:
NEW BIRTH ALLOWS US TO HEAR THE VOICE OF GOD, WHICH CHANGES EVERYTHING.
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