My Bible Study Journal
Nourishing my whole being by the living Word
My Bible Study Journal

Stronger Through Every Trial

  1. The Law is for people of the world, we are not of this world, we are sitting in the heavenly places. We are out of the realm of the Law because we are dead to Law (Rome 7:4). We are in heavenly places. We can obey the Law outwardly but we don’t inwardly. We don’t steal (Law) but we are stingy, we don’t commit adultery but we don’t love our spouses. The Law does not give you abundant life
  2. Those who receive the abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness will reign in life. Reign in life means you reign over addiction, lack, sickness.
  3. You are called to be royalty, princes and princess of the King of Kings. People around you will sense the heavenly royalty mint, you walk in royalty manner. We are Jesus’ companion. The royalty that enable Jesus to wash feet but not become undignified, possess the heavenly dignity that draw people to honor you. The glory and dignity flow in us. You spread the mint of royalty when you walk into the room.
  4. Following Jesus doe not mean imitate Jesus but Jesus in me manifesting. You walk in princely character, by accident. You bear fruit by focusing on God’s love
  5. Out of your battle comes spoils. No battles no spoils. If you go through battles or trials, expect something greater after you come out to the other side. When deliverance comes, get ready to step up into a bigger place.
  6. 1 Chronicles 26:27 spoils won in the battles is for God’s house. Honor the Lord with the spoils because you will not win the battle unless God fight the battle for you.
  7. Voice of human sympathy can be from Satan. For instance, in the case of Peter rebuking Jesus.
  8. There is a special wealth that in store for those who go to battle. Those who don’t go to the battle, don’t receive it.
  9. Before you don’t go through the battle, revelation is only theory. If it is only theory, no life for people. When you go through the battle, you have lived the revelation, know in your heart. People who only teach is different from someone who went through it.
  10. If you learn revelation from someone, it needs to be meditated upon, to be owned, to be possessed, to be lived through. Pray on it (revalation from others), internalize it until it become their flavor, flow, anointing to bring out the same truth.
  11. Take the revelations you receive from a preacher as yours meditate upon it until you own it and put flavor on it. Matthew and John wrote gospel differently although they wrote on the same subject. God never by pass human personality
  12. Don’t be afraid to face your battle. Marriage when it is restored it will never go back to what it was , but it will be 120% better. Fight and confrontation in marriage is good, but not strife.
  13. We are not under the Law, but we can learn the principles from the Law.
  14. The law of the plunder from number 31:25-31
    25 Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 26 “Count up the plunder that was [a]taken—of man and beast—you and Eleazar the priest and the chief fathers of the congregation; 27 and divide the plunder into two parts, between those who took part in the war, who went out to battle, and all the congregation. 
  15. Priest at the time of ancient Israel is the place of nearness to God. To be in touch with High Priest means to be very near to God. High Priest is a position of privilege because the blessings come to the High Priest first before come to people. Our High Priest today is Jesus.
  16. Priests or assistants to High Priest are the Levites.
  17. When Jesus walked on earth, there are degrees of closeness/nearness to Jesus. There were 70 disciples, and 12 disciples, and 3 persons and 1 person (John) who can hear the secret of God’s heart.
  18. The degree of closeness does not mean the degree of position. We have equal close position to God by the blood of Jesus.
  19. The closest disciple was John because he was practicing the highest truth , he was conscious of God’s love for him. The love of Jesus is the highest truth. We still discover the love of Christ. Some Christians are moving around the outer courts and take a while to reach the Holiest. Practicing Jesus’ love is the holiest
  20. The portion of those who go to the battle, take one of every 500 and give it to the Eleazar, the High Priest as representation of the Lord as hieve offering (terima). Teruma is the highest offering to give to the Lord.
  21. Those who go to the battle will get much more. Those who labor in words, get degree of closeness to God higher, nearness to God is different. Labor in the words is a picture of battle against the force of distraction.
  22. Those who don’t go to the battle, all the congregation, only take one of every 50 (10 times less) and give the portion to the Levites. Those who don’t go to the battle get benefits but different in the degree of closeness to the Lord.
  23. The battle if the Lord’s but the plunder, the victory , the spoils is yours
  24. You don’t need to go to fight. By merely being alive you will have battle because we have enemies who hate us. Our battle is a spiritual battle not against one another. Those who serve the Lord is in spiritual warfare automatically.
  25. Revelation is to share but you who receive the revelation from God directly has a degree closeness to God more.
  26. You serve the Lord by serving people. Its hard to tell whether you serve the Lord or serve the salary.
  27. Story of Martha and Mary :
    • Martha served the Lord according to her mind. She is trying to know the mind of the Lord. “What to cook, what to prepare”
    • Mary sit at Jesus feet. She learnt His mind and received from the Lord
  28. Martha served according to her mind, Mary served according to the Lord’s mind.
  29. If your eyes on the Lord, you are single minded
  30. Martha is trying to know the mind of the Lord while Mary is receiving the mind of Lord. Who served better? When you learn to sit down, you receive something from the Lord.
  31. Every manifestation of Spirit is for the benefits of the Body of Christ but if you who receive the revelation, with revelation come closeness
  32. Martha can copy marry later but the benefit is different because Mary receive a direct revelation from the Lord.
  33. When the Lord comes to your house, don’t try to give to Jesus, but take from Him. By taking from Him , you honor Him.
  34. Take someone’s revelation and meditate on it, and feed on it and release it, make it your revelation.
  35. You don’t always get fresh revelation from God. Learn from fruits and treasures of others, if not you’ll end up with poor sermons.
  36. Don’t take from others and preach it if it is not a revelation for you. stop trafficking truth that wont warm your heart. Take it, meditate on it and release it.
  37. 1 Peter 5:10 10 But [a]may the God of all grace, who called [b]us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, [c]perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.
  38. Notice here : the God of all grace
  39. AFTER you suffered (suffering, battle, satan’s attack), get ready for perfection , more stable, strengthen (not only spiritual, but also physical) and settlement. Expect to be stronger after attack and expect greater things come after you
  40. Psalm 66:12 Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water; but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.
  41. After fire and water, the Lord will bring you to WEALTHY PLACE! There is always wayout, and it is always higher than when you in.
  42. Wealthy place is not just rich but overflowing and abundant
  43. Psalm 4:1
    Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
  44. Enlarge in Hebrew word is rehobom which means “make room.”
  45. God enlarge health, strength, influence, boundary, blessings, rich, family, WHEN I was in distress
  46. Jeremiah 48:11 ““Moab has been at ease from [a]his youth; He has settled on his dregs,
    And has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, Nor has he gone into captivity.
    Therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent has not changed.”
  47. His taste and his scent has not changed is a picture of Christians who does not have nobility, royal, moral elevation but still flesh because every time get hard, they leave and escape.
  48. Trials will release Christ’s scent/fragrance our of you. Those who are not purified releases fleshly scent/smell.
  49. Heavenly scent releases, when you are persecuted , your face shines.
  50. Get ready to come out to the wealthy place!!! After you walk through the valley, you will find goodness and mercy pursue you.
  51. God is all grace will strengthen and out of you will come riches for other people.
  52. If you are in hard place/situation, ask God for wisdom (sofia). Don’t move until there is peace unless God open another door. Do not leave just yet. God is enlarging you. Usually God’s way is stay.
  53. You are going back to lesser but greater, not lower but higher, overflowing to wealthy place
  54. What kind of portion you want? Among those who go to battle or among congregation who just want to receive benefit. Those who go to the battle get reward much more than common Christian, you reach higher than average members of church,
  55. God always wants you to go strength to strength, from glory to glory. Not His will you stay in same place forever.
  56. All God’s requirements and claims of righteousness and holiness from your life have all been served by Jesus. God has no more demands.
  57. All demands of NT Scriptures are demand on the life on Christ in us and on the Holy Spirit in us. As far as you are concerned, enjoy the life of rest, yet the life of rest is an active life. the Life that serve the Lord. The Lord fight the battle for you but the spoils is yours.
  58. God has has been satisfied, you have made me king and priest. Trust in the Lord not in a area called safe.