Pastor David Ibiyeomie at Salvation Ministries Home of Success on the topic “Understanding Your Identity”. (Part 4)
If you are off course, you may look like someone under curse. Some people are off course so they now look like someone under curse because they don’t know their identity. If you are a teacher and you now say no! I want to be a lawyer, you will lose cases from the first day to the last.
The subject of identification is very important in redemption. The foundation of every Christian is supernatural. Mark 16:17, Romans 8:19. Your strength, security and authority is knowing who you are in Christ.
When you know who you are and where you are from, your Christianity becomes colourful. Many don’t know who they are in Christ. Do you know who you are? John 10:30.
Today, may your identity in Christ be revealed to you in Jesus might name!
Until you discover who you are in Christ, you can’t recover your identity in Christ.
Who Are You in Christ?
- You are a spirit being.
- You possess eternal life.
- You are a lion.
- You are a god.
- You have the mind of Christ.
- You are a son. John 1:12.
As many as received Him, to them He gave power to become His sons. There is no day the prince, Charles and others will ever beg in the UK. They are the sons of the queen, they have special immunity in the UK.
Sons don’t knock, they open doors straight. I know you know the Scripture but do you know what the Scripture carries? John 3:16.
Sons don’t beg in their fathers house. Now I will tell you a live story, this 3rd service, I am sure God wanted to use this to illustrate what I am preaching.
David brought a boy, he told me “Dad I want to train one particular boy,” he has never told me that before, he said I want you to sponsor him and I said why do you want to? He said “because he plays football and his parent don’t have money and I want him to go forward”. He had the boldness to tell me because he knows his position.
Why will you go to your Father as a beggar? Some even say ‘miserable sinners like us’, confusion. You are not a miserable sinner, you are a son of God, you are a daughter of God because when you were saved, human life was exchanged with God’s kind of life so you are now divine life. 1 John 3:1.
You are not a messenger, you are not a clerk of God, you are a son of God. The prodigal son understood it better than his brother. The prodigal son’s elder brother are many in church including some of you who are hearing me right now. You don’t commit sin, you don’t do bad thing but you don’t know your right. Luke 15:29.
Your Father is the owner of Heaven and earth, you can’t beg in His Kingdom.
From today begging ends in your life.
Don’t allow legion to buffet and blind you. When people pray, you need to hear people’s prayer, father help me now, help me.
David did not beg me oo because he knew his position, he never said father help me now, he just said this young man has nobody, he plays football with me so I want you to train him, I said yes.
If you are a son, stop talking like a beggar. Hebrews 4:16. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, boldly! Not beggarly.
Go to God saying ‘Father I know you are the creator of the heaven and the earth’, you respect Him oo but you ask Him like a father. Do you beg your father to pay school fees? You only tell him so you only inform God not beg Him. Do your children beg you to pay school fees? Don’t they just tell you? So why do you go to God begging? Hebrews 4:16.
Approach God as a Father not as a stranger. You don’t appeal to God as a beggar.
I pray your understanding open up in Jesus Name.
- You are a citizen of Heaven. Because of redemption, we are citizens of Heaven with an assignment on the earth. Colosians 1:13. Ephesians 2:5-6. Is there weeping in Heaven? Weeping has ceased in someone’s life in the mighty name of Jesus. You need Heavenly mentality to command earthly dominion. Your citizenship is in heaven so you have immunity. Ephesians 1:21. We are far above principalities and powers so you must have far above mentality. 1st Timothy 6:20.
Everytime science is in opposition to the truth, it is falsehood. God’s word says I have eternal life, science says I have Covid-19, it is falsehood. I stand upon God’s Word to swallow Covid-19.
Science will only point you to the problem but it is not the truth. I respect doctors but they don’t have the final say.
From today, what ever science had said to you that is opposing the Word of God is silenced now!
I am not playing down the place of science but science does not have the final say the solution is in God.
- You are an ambassador for Christ.
2 Corinthians 5:20. The American ambassador of America in Nigeria is not paid in Naira but in Dollars. The laws of Nigeria does not have effect on him, true? Every country has a constitution and an ambassador lives by the constitution of his country. They are in your country to observe and represent America.
So a Christ representative, it is only what the Bible says that you are govern with. So our duty is to work in accordance with this Book. And as an ambassador for Christ you have diplomatic immunity against satan and his agents.
From today carry a new mentality. Wherever Jesus can’t be stopped, you can’t be stopped.
From this day, everyone of us will enjoy royalty.
Walk with that mentality that “I am representing Christ”. If a representative of the Governor comes, will they give him a sit at the back or front?
No matter your size, you are an ambassador for Christ. Carry that immunity that you are an ambassador for Christ. You are not to be insulted, no where you should enter and they reject you. From this day, doors will be open to you.
Do you know that even a Nigerian ambassador cannot be treated anyhow in the U.S.
Can Jesus be locked outside? From today nobody will lock us out!
- You are a joint heir with Christ. Romans 8:17. This means you are now a member of God’s family. I don’t belong to any natural family, I belong to God’s family. My lineage changed the day I became born again so what happenedd to the biological people cannot happen to me. Think that way, talk that way, act that way and you will see things that way. Stop saying come and do family deliverance for me, deliver yourself from ignorance.
Redemption has changed your identity. Be conscious, what happened to the world can’t happen to you. Boy! You are not ordinary.
You know the prodigal son came with a mentality, he said “Father I know I am not worthy to be called your son”, the father said keep quiet, that you made a mistake doesn’t mean you are not my son, he said you still remain my son.
Change your perspective from that kind of prodigal son’s elder brother mentality.
Sometimes you forget especially when you meet some kind of people you will be intimidated, you say ‘see all this big big people here oo, this one came with President’s note, this one came with Commissioner’s note, me, nobody gave me note”. You forgot that you are representing Jesus. The moment you change your mentality and say no, I represent Jesus, you will be shocked that you are the only person they will say ‘go this way’.
You will pray that Lord in the midst of challenges, let me remember everything that I have been taught. Let me be conscious of my identity in Christ.
Read these two books, “The Real You” and “Living in the Supernatural”.
New Book Alert: Building a Glorious Family by David Ibiyeomie.
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