1/18/2025
“Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of first fruits of His creatures.” (James 1:18)
The Christian is the top class of all of God’s creation. The word, first fruit means the first and the best. The concept of the first fruit is derived from Ezekiel 44:30 which says, “The best of all first fruits of any kind, and every sacrifice of any kind from all your sacrifices, shall be the priest’s; also you shall give to the priest the first of your ground meal, to cause a blessing to rest on your house.” Now, you are God’s own first fruits, His exclusive preserve, set apart for Him. 1 Peter 2:9 says, “But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light”
This is the first characteristic of the first fruit of all creation. You alone are capable of showing forth the perfections of God. If anything meets you, situation, person or condition, it should be that it met God. Why? Because the Word of God is in your heart and in your mouth (according to Romans 10:8). Now if the Word of God is with you the way the Bible says, who do you think you are? John 1:1 says, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” If the Word of God is with you exactly the way it is with Abba, I believe you are getting the point about your identity.
Next, God’s first fruit of all creation cannot die, rather is a life-giving spirit. 1 Corinthians 15:45 says, “And so it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.” The first man Adam here, represents the first mankind, everyone who was born according to the nature of the first Adam. You, born again, according to the nature of the last Adam, are a life-given spirit with the designation, Son of God.
You share this designation of Son of God with Jesus as His joint-heir( according to Romans 8:16-17). And by virtue of this designation, your function is to uphold this world and everything in it, with spirit-powered words according to the will of God until the Master returns. Colossians 1:15-17 NIV deepens our understanding of this role when it says, “The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him.He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.”
When Jesus gave the parable in which He said, ‘...Do business till I come’ (Luke 19:13), this was the business to which He was referring. The Son of God business of holding all things together with Holy-Spirit inspired words. Yes, this function involves evangelizing to others but it's more than telling others about Jesus. There are things that happen in societies, families, cities and nations that should not happen if you are performing your Son of God function. This function also goes beyond your personal concerns even though it includes it.
Hebrews 1:1-3 tells us that the Old Testament prophets occupied this role of upholding the world as place holders but today, this assignment has been set squarely on the Son of God, Jesus and you, and the rest of the Church. It says, “God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds;who being the brightness of Hisglory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.”
But you can remain oblivious to this designation by refusing to grow into the role. Galatians 4:1 says, “Now I say that the heir, as long as he is a child, does not differ at all from a slave, though he is master of all.” A slave is one who is not in charge. He or she, even with the designation of Son of God, will be subject to sickness, death and defeat. There will be calamities in the city in which he or she lives. There ought to be no calamities in your family and community if you are positioning yourself to speak Holy Spirit-inspired as you tarry in prayer.
It was said that in the day of Reverend E. W. Kenyon, there was no sick person in his church. That’s a sign of the proper function of the Son of God office. You are the firstfruit of all of God’s creation and this means that you uphold everything (as the Lord’s will for you)
by the word of His power.
Have a great day
Faith-Filled Confession
I uphold all things by the Word of God’s power. My mind, family, community and civilization is suffused by the Word of God that I am inspired by the Holy Spirit to speak so that Abba’s will in heaven is replicated here on earth in the Name of Jesus. Amen.
PRAYER DIRECTION
WE ARE PRAYING FOR THOSE WHO ARE STANDING UP FOR THE TRUTH IN POSITIONS OF POWER
Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgement. Isaiah 32:1
1. Pray that they are bold to say No to the evil counsel and pressure campaign urging them to compromise on their faith thereby paving the way for evil policies to reign in our schools, government and nation at large.
2. Declare that these men and women will continue to yield their hearts to the guidance of God’s Spirit, to speak up for the truth and bold to reject and expose the machinations of evil and the counsel of darkness.
PRAYING FOR THE CHURCH
Hebrews 10:25
Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
3. Pray that the brethren will grasp the divine purpose of brotherly love and fellowship resulting in the growth of the church.
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