JOINT WITH CHRIST IN GLORY, PART 3

Our reading is taken from the book of Colossians 3:1-4, ‘Since then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above not on earthly things. For you have died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you will also appear with Him in glory’. It tells you that you are not in death, you are alive. You have been moved from spiritual death to life. We are not falling short of the glory of God. You have the glory. You are born again. You are a child of God. You are tied up with the Omnipotent. You are one with God. You are in the brotherhood of Christ. You have received the power of the world to come. You are baptized in the Holy Spirit. The Spirit of the Lord indwells you. You are a member of the Commonwealth of Israel. You share in the inheritance of the saints of light. You have been moved from darkness into His marvellous light. You cannot be oppressed by situations and circumstances. ‘Since then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things that are above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God’. Set your hearts on things above and not the earthly things. There are so many things in heaven, you have to see these things. You must see into the invisible. There are so many things to see. You can’t be looking at accident, war, armed robbery, sicknesses and disease without seeing the things from above. Don’t look at those things that are temporary. Set your hearts on things above; the things of glory. We must reset our thinking to look at those things that are imperishable, indestructible, indivisible. Those things that are eternal and comes from above. Hebrews 12:2 (NIV): “Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God”. Fix your eyes on Jesus. You become those things that you fix your eyes on. Fix your gaze directly before you. That’s Proverbs 4:25. We are a product of Jesus. He perfected our faith. He brought us from death to life; from weaknesses to strength. From failure to success. He changed our lives. He gave us His life. Fix your eyes on the Lord Jesus. He made us what we are by His grace. Fix your eyes on Him. Those who fix their eyes on Him, who sees the invisible, they walk extraordinarily on the face of the earth. They can do all things through Christ who strengthens them. The more you focus on Him, the more you are energized. 2 Kings 6:15–17 (NIV): “When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early the next morning, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. “Oh no, my lord! What shall we do?” the servant asked. “Don’t be afraid,” the prophet answered. “Those who are with us are more than those who are with them.” And Elisha prayed, “Open his eyes, Lord, so that he may see.” Then the Lord opened the servant’s eyes, and he looked and saw the hills full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha. The servants, when He was seeing the earthly things, fear gripped Him. When you begin to see these things from the temporary, you become confused and misguided. When the servant got up and saw the army of horses and chariots, his heart was broken and he cried out to his master. So many unanswered questions because they carry the nature of this world. Research and research, they are sense-driven, they don’t stand the test of time. There is only one solution, see into the indivisible and the answer will come. You got your answer in Jesus’ name. Amen. The man of God said, ‘do not be afraid’. What is breaking your heart? What circumstances or situation is that? Do not be afraid. Tell yourself that you will not be afraid. For the Lord is with you, His rod and His staff comfort you in Jesus’ name. Amen. ‘I’ll rather die than to be a failure, I am a success because I am tied up with the Ominipotent. I have His life, His ability and strength’. There is a solution to that problem. Whatever the attack maybe I tell you, there is a solution in Jesus’ name. Do not be afraid for those who are with us are more than those who are with them. You are more than them. You are more than the sickness and the limitations that come your way. Those who are with us are more than those who are with them. Whatever that is standing before you and your prosperity is gone in Jesus’ name. Because you have God’s strength and His ability. Do not be afraid, the Lord is with you. You can push over. That is the voice of heaven. And Elisha, He prayed and said, ‘Oh Lord, open His eyes that He may see’. Do you want to see the glory? Joint with Christ in the glory? Now begin to see the glory. We are the crown of God’s glory; the crown of God’s creation. We are the glory of God. People will see and testify to the glory in you in Jesus’ name. Amen. And the man of God said, ‘open his eyes’. I pray for you today, wherever the blindness is, you are seeing now in Jesus’ name. And the Lord God opened the servant’s eye and He looked. Where Christ is seated at the right hand of God, you are seeing Him in Jesus’ name. You shall see all the good things in Jesus’ name, Amen. The hills were filled with horses and chariots of fire. These horses and chariots were of fire. Whereas when the servant first came out, he saw that horses and chariots that filled the city, there was no fire. They were fireless. But the hills were all filled with horses and chariots of fire. Your own is with a difference. Your testimony has fire. You are fire branded in the name of Jesus. The consuming fire reflects the glory of the Lord. You are fire branded. The fire is all around you. And the prayer is fulfilled today, you will do the extraordinary. Seeing is believing, believing is possessing. What you say, you receive. What you understand gives you light. This morning, you will see the life of those who saw the invisible. You can’t see the invisible and your life will remain the same. You have been raised with Christ. Set your hearts on things above where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. We have been raised with Christ, it is our right now to see what Jesus is seeing. If there’s nothing, He wouldn’t have told you to set your hearts on things above and not on things below. You will see the invisible. Isaiah 6:1–4 (NIV): “In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of His robe filled the temple. Above Him were seraphim, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. And they were calling to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.” At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke”. Isaiah saw the invisible; he saw the extraordinary. As Isaiah saw the throne, today you are seeing it from the mind of the prophet. You are seeing that God is sitting on the throne: the throne of your life. The Word is there; you are in the presence of the living God. You’ve seen how wonderful the presence is. You see the Lord, high and exalted and the train of His robe filled the whole temple. And you see the seraphim above His head with, each of them six wings. And they called to one another, ‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God of hosts. The whole earth is full of His glory.’ You are seeing the glory of the living God. It fills you, your heart and your home. You are the temple of the living God. Where is the temple? It is in your heart. Your heart is the temple where God dwells. He fills you. See the kingdom inside of you; see the temple inside of you where God resides. You are the temple of the Living God. As God has said, ‘I’ll live in them and walk among them. They shall be my people and I’ll be their God.’ At the sound of their voices, the doorposts and thresholds shook. No sickness or demons can stand your voice. At the name of Jesus, you will cast out devils and take up serpents. If you are drink any deadly thing, it shall not harm you. You will lay your hands on the sick and they shall recover. At the sound of your voice, situations will crumble and circumstances will fail. Reading from Daniel 7:9–10 (NIV): “ ‘As I looked, “thrones were set in place, and the Ancient of Days took his seat. His clothing was as white as snow; the hair of his head was white like wool. His throne was flaming with fire, and its wheels were all ablaze. A river of fire was flowing, coming out from before him. Thousands upon thousands attended him; ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him. The court was seated, and the books were opened. The thrones are set in place and God is seated on the throne. You can see the beauty and radiance of His majesty on high. This throne is with a flaming fire. Fire is coming out of the throne; that is the presence of the living God. No wonder after the prayer, Gehazi started seeing differently. He saw that the horses and chariots were of fire. And you can now see that His throne is a flaming fire. The throne had wheels and they were all ablaze. And a river of fire was flowing, coming out from the presence of God. And you can see the thousands and thousands of the hosts of heaven. And you can activate their ministry as helping spirits to minister us, those who are to inherit salvation. And thousands and thousands of this hosts attended and stood before Him. At the fullness of time, when Jesus will sit on His glorious throne, all those who follow Him will also sit on twelve thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. You are there sitting on your own throne in the name of Jesus. And the books were opened, you have the book of life. You are not coming under judgement but you will sit with Christ on His glorious throne. You are seeing all of these things in the eye of the Word. The Word is helping us to see them. Revelation 4:1–11 (NIV): “After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.” At once I was in the Spirit, and there before me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting on it. And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and ruby. A rainbow that shone like an emerald encircled the throne. Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold on their heads. From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder. In front of the throne, seven lamps were blazing. These are the seven spirits of God. Also, in front of the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal. In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, and they were covered with eyes, in front and in back. The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man, the fourth was like a flying eagle. Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under its wings. Day and night they never stop saying: “ ‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty,’ who was, and is, and is to come.” Whenever the living creatures give glory, honour and thanks to him who sits on the throne and who lives for ever and ever, the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne and worship him who lives for ever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and say: “You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.” You are seeing heaven in the eye of the Word. You heard the voice that came to you like thunder, ‘come up here’, and you responded. Your life will never be stationary or boring, you are going higher. I see you are in the Spirit, you are in the Word. You can see into the invisible, you are now seeing your salvation, healing, and miracles happen. You have been inspired by the Word to see into the eternal, the extraordinary and the glorious. And they look and saw that a door is open. The door you’ve knocking and knocking on is open unto you. You’ve been waiting for the door to open, for your breakthrough, for your testimony, and you have it now. Through the eye of the Word, you are seeing the throne and what it is made of: the precious stones. We are talking about God. The stones cannot rotten or be corrupted, it is precious, colourful, radiant and glorious. What you see, you become. When you see the good, you become good. When you see life, life fills you in abundance. ‘A rainbow surrounding the throne where twenty-four other thrones are’. You are surrounded by good things. Things that are from above. And seated on this great thrones, twenty-four elders, dressed in white, wearing crowns of gold on their heads. You are wearing the crown of glory. The crown that can never fail. You are wearing your crown. It is on your head in Jesus’ name. It is a permanent crown. That is the golden crown with stars which the Lord has given to us. Now, wear your crown. They were wearing golden crowns on their head. Coming out from the throne, there were seven lambs flashing and rumbling. You are hearing the sounds. That is a sign that God is touching you. He is touching for good. Not to destroy you but to build you up to achieve your goals and your destiny. These seven blazing lambs are the seven Spirits of God sent out to all the earth. Revelation 5:6b (NIV): “He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.” Your prayer is answered in Jesus’ name. They are there in Africa, Europe, Asia, North and South America, Australia and even Antarctica. They are there and watching over you. You are untouchable in Jesus’ name. These are the prayer of the saints. That’s what you are. You are so important in the eye of God. Don’t ever say you are dust. You are the redeemed of the Lord, created in God’s image. You are joint with Christ. When you say you are dust and worthless, you are telling God that He is nothing. Whatever you are saying to yourself, you are saying it to God. God is saying that you are fearfully and wonderfully made. You are created in God’s own image. The devil twists you to start calling yourself useless and purposeless. God is in the Word and whatever the Word says, I believe and that is final. And the Word has said I am good, accepted and full of worth. That is what I believe. I am not useless but accepted. That is what you are. You are glorious. You are a spark of God and you came out of God. Receive the glassy sea. You are seeing the things in heaven with the eye of the Word. You are seeing the invisible today. You see the lion, you see the horn, and you see one with the face of a man. Let me tell you, you are not in the zoo but these are ministers and holy angels that minister in the presence of God. Jesus confirmed it. They were calling to one another, ‘Holy, holy is the Lord Almighty, who was, who is and is to come’. You are hearing the voice of the Lord. You are in the presence of the living God. You will never cease to say glory, honour and thanks to God Almighty who is seated on the throne and who lives forever. Activate the ministry of the angels in your life. The change you have been waiting for, when you activate this ministry, you see the extraordinary. Good things are happening in Jesus’ name. And they fell down and worship who lives and who sits on the throne forever and ever. You shall not die but live to declare the glory of the Lord forever and ever in Jesus’ name. Praise Him all ye heavens, praise Him day and night. They never cease to praise Him. With your spirit, soul and body, praise Him. The host of heaven never cease to praise God, declaring His glory, honour and power. And by His will, they were all created. Those things you were told to look at, they belong to you. He has kept those things for you. Luke 9:28–32 (NIV): “About eight days after Jesus said this, He took Peter, John and James with Him and went up onto a mountain to pray. As He was praying, the appearance of His face changed, and His clothes became as bright as a flash of lightning. Two men, Moses and Elijah, appeared in glorious splendour, talking with Jesus. They spoke about His departure, which He was about to bring to fulfilment at Jerusalem. Peter and his companions were very sleepy, but when they became fully awake, they saw His glory and the two men standing with Him”. Your own is there in Jesus’ name. Jesus has picked you. He has chosen you. You are the one that heaven has chosen that will experience the miracle. Out of twelve, three were chosen. You are among in Jesus’ name. In that interview, you are chosen, that admission, you are chosen, that scholarship, you are chosen in Jesus’ name. You will see the Glory. And they saw the glorious splendour. You are seeing the glory. Set your eyes on things above. These people, when they saw it, they were not willing to change. They saw Him and said, ‘Master, so all these can happen on this mountain ‘. It is no ordinary mountain. You are welcome to this mountain. You will complete your house in Jesus’ name. ‘Let’s build three chambers, one for Elijah, one for Moses and one for You’. You are among in Jesus’ name. You have the power to build and power to complete your house in Jesus’ name. You are the ones seeing it today in the eyes of the Word. Do you want to change the peace and the love you enjoy? You want to stop the testimony? Don’t stop it. You have a testimony. Peter stood up and could not hold himself again, he said it’s good he was hearing what he was hearing. He was hearing the things of God. Set your hearts on things above where Christ is seated. Praise be to God. Ephesians 2:4–7 (NIV): “But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions; it is by grace you have been saved. And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages He might show the incomparable riches of His grace, expressed in His kindness to us in Christ Jesus”. You see love here, you see mercy. They are not carnal things. They are things that are eternal. You find them in the presence of the Word. He made us alive with Christ. We were made to be alive not to die. We are not under the law of sin and death, not under guilt, not sin-consciousness. We are conscious of our righteousness and redemption. Because of Him, we are saved. From death, He brought us into life and destroyed death. From darkness to light. He seated us with Him in the heavenly places, at the right hand of the glory. Can you see yourself seated at the right hand of God? You are seeing it through the eye of the Word. You are seated with the Father, at the right hand. Do you want to leave the place? Do you want to leave the presence of the Father? 1 Kings 19:11–12 (NIV): “The Lord said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.” Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper”. That still small voice, you are hearing the voice, through the Word, in Jesus’ name. Amen. 1 Corinthians 2:9–10 (NIV): “However, as it is written: ‘What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived’, the things God has prepared for those who love Him, these are the things God has revealed to us by His Spirit. The Spirit searches al