The Greater Glory

The above was a phrase that bthe Lord burned nin and through his conduent and container Bro Hagin Jr. The glory of God is his precious presence and we've been made partakers of it. Its already in greater manifestation and its going to continue to increase and intensify! Jesus said that we bwould do greater works than he did because he went to the Father(John 14:12) The glory of God is going to be the enabling factor in our participation of the greater works. The bible declares that one of the greatest requests ever placed before the master was from Moses. He said in the book of Exodus Lord show me your GLORY. He later said Where can we go without your mpresence? When Moses went down from the mountain, his face shined as bright as the noonday sun! There had to be a veil placed oveer his head so that the brightness thereof would not hurt the people. God said through the mouth of Isiah Arise shine for thy light hath come and the GLORY OF THE LORD HAS RISEN UPON THEE and it SHALL BE SEEN of men and the gentiles(those that be outside the covenant) shall RUNINTO IT! In the midst of this outpouring of glory there shall be evangelisim on a worldwide scale. The Lord said in and through mouth of Haggai The GLORY of THE LATTER HOUSE shall BGE GREATER than the FORMER(Haggai 2:8) We are the house that hes talking about. God said in and through the mouth of Peter that bwe are living stones built up unto a spiritual house(1 Peter 2:5) Now lets look at some instances of glory from below sending glory from above. First is like "the ultimate" JESUS! In the book of Matthew we find him being baptised in the Jordan river. The bible says he WENT UP FROM THE WATER, than the HEAVENS OPENED(Matt 3:16) Glory from beneath, glory from above! Second, Soloman WHEN MADE AN ENDING TO HIS PRAYING, The FIRE CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN(2 Chron 7:1) The third, Elijah after poouring the twelve barrels full of water on the sacrifice cried out to the God of Abraham Issac and Jacob, AND THE FIRE FELL CONSUMING THE SACRIFICE(1 Kings 18:38) The final illustration is in the book of Acts. The bible declares These all continued in one accord IN PRAYER SUPPLICATION(Acts 1:14) and when the day of pentecost had fully come they were all with one accord in one place and SUDDENLY there came a sound from Heaven as of a rushing mighty wind that FILLED the HOUSE where they were sitting and and there appeared unto them cloven tounges of fire and it SAT ON EACH OF THEM(Acts 2:1-3) Now I want to share with you a word the Lord birthed and breeded in and through Bro. Copeland. Well what about 09 shall it be a time of darkness? Or shall it be a place where the glory shines? The glory has come and things in 09 that you thought were never ever coming to pass are going to happen so smoothly and easily your going to say my my my I dont see why I was ever disturbed about that. Why glory to God. and its going to increase increase and increase and before the end of 09 you wont be able to recognize yourself of your nation because the spirit of the living God will moving in ways that you've only dreamed about up till now. and you'll be on your way to more wonderful and greater things. Thats the word of the Lord that came to me. Let me give you a verse that tells us the importance of recieving such words given by unction of the HolySpirit. The book of second Chronicles tells us Believe the word of God and we shall be established, BELIEVE HIS PROPHETS and we SHALL PROSPER(2 Chron 20:20) We must get our eyes ears and mouths goin on this rhema word daily! In closing God is calling each of us not only to be a participant of the glory but also a adminster of it. the book of second Corinthians declares Do we again commend ourselves? or need we as some others epistles of commendation to you or letters of commendation from you? ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men: Forasmuch as ye manifestly declared to bethe epistle of Christ MINISTERED by us WRITTEN NOT WITH INK, but WITH THE SPIRITOF THE LIVING GOD NOT IN TABLES OF STONE, BUT IN FLESHLY TABLES OF THE HEART. and such trust have we through Christ to GOD ward not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves, but our sufficiency IS OF GOD WHO HATH MADE US ABLE MINISTERS OF THE NEW TESTEMENT NOT OF THE LETTER BUT OF THE SPIRIT: FOR THE LETTER KILLITH, BUT THE SPIRIT GIVETH LIFE But if the MINISTRATION of death written and engraven in stones was glorious so that the children of israel could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses......(2 Cor 3:1-7) In other words the glory that was on Moses that was so potent that it had to be cloaked and covered pails in comparison to the glory thats on us!!! Notice the word MINISTRATIOn throughout this portion. Hes calling us to be distribution centers of HIS GLORY! This goes along with the prior blog because He has bto be able to trust as with his glory. This comes through growth. In the next blog we'll talk about how to prepare ourselves to be that sancturary of glory in JESUS name

Importance Of Growth

The things of the spirit are much like the things in the natural. When we come to Christ we become a brand new creature with a brand new name. Its than and there that the process of growth begins. None of us were born an adult! We had to go through the various stages of development. Its much the same in the spirit, the only difference is the growth in the physical is automatic as where the growth in the spirit is conditional based upon choice. God said through the mouth of Peter as newborn babes desire the sincere milk of the word that we may GROW THEREBY(1 Peter 2:2). When a baby is born they cannot be fed a solid steak! Its the same when we are born again. We must begin taking the milk of the word usually in building the foundation of Gods great love toward us which brings the blocks of trust and confidence. Many times people attempt to advance to the meat by passing the milk. However its something that when skipped causes cracks in the foundation to be produced. God said through the mouth of paul No other foundation can be laid but that which has been laid JESUS CHRIST(1 Cor 3:10) Its in the milk stage that essentials are laid. Jesus is the only way to the Father and Heaven. None of us can go to be with him and spend eternity in Heaven by good works or acts of charity. Another essential in the milk stage is accepting the absolute authority of the word of God(aka bible) It was given by inspiration of God and is alive and active in our lives. Jesus was and is the very word made flesh! the bible is different from other books as the oceans are to a drop of water from the faucet of a sink. The bible is different from other books as the moutains are to a single grain of sand! It must be first foremost and final in our lives. The next essential is the virgin birth. Jesus was born of a virgin and its imperative that we accept it! Why is it imperative that these foundations be built in the milk stage? Its because we cannot go on to build anythingelse until those things are strongly settled. We live in a society that has attempted to assault those very foundations. God said in the book of Psalms If the foundations be destroyed what will the righteous do?(Psalms 11:3) its not ok if someone has been a christian for years and are still batting those things around. Why? Because God wants us to graduate from milk thus entering meat. Its in the meat stage that we begin to be taught how to obey the commandment of love, and to walk by faith. Say that theres someone reading thinking to themselves whether Jesus was really the son of God or if he is the only way. Jesus said it himself He is THE WAY not A WAY! Theres a big difference. No other religion has ever sent someone to die for them. You may have heard me say before Religion is mans attempt to reach God, Relationship is Gods attempt to reach man by sending his only son because he so LOVED THE WORLD. Jesus is the only one that ever was ressurrected! The empty tomb is the only tourist attraction on the face of the people planet where people line up to see NONETHING! God said through the mouth of Paul if there wasd no ressurrection are faith and preaching would be in vain(1 Cor 15) There are people that might be like I just cant believe" No thats a lie! Believing is a CHOICE! Its that you WONT BELIEVE! He that hath believed has life he that BELIEVETH not the WRATH OF GOD ABIDES UPON HIM(John 3:36) we are going to unhook here but in the next by Gods grace and direction we'll dive into more deeper detail about the transition between milk and meat