1. Ephesians 1
v 17 -18 cf Matthew 16 v 16 -17
As you seek to create WITH GOD the things that will
meet needs and
fill emptinesses, note again the importance of seeking for,
praying for
and labouring for the SPIRIT OF REVELATION. Note that even the
knowledge of Christ itself
comes only by revelation. This means that:
TRUE SALVATION IS THE REVEALING OF HIMSELF BY CHRIST TO YOU.
2. Corinthians 4v3- 4 cf John 3 v 3.
Before you are saved or born again, your chief
problem that keeps you in sin
is Satan’s DARKENING of your mind so that you may
not see the importance
of letting God rule in your life. For this reason Christ
shed His blood to redeem
us from the power of darkness - to remove the veil
from our eyes,
cf 2 Corinthians 3 v 14-16.
3. John 21 v 1, 4-8; Galatians 1v15.
True salvation is actually THE REVEALING OR SHOWING
OF HIMSELF BY
CHRIST TO YOU. It is important that you appreciate that you were
not saved
by your wisdom, but that by His grace, Christ opened your eyes and
SHOWED HIMSELF to you.
4. 1 Corinthians 15v 3, 8-9, Galatians 1v15.
Apostle Paul shows us that salvation is your personal seeing of Christ
within
you through the God - given Spirit of revelation.
5. John 21 v 1 - 8 (note v 7: "it is the Lord".
Note verse 1 "Jesus showed Himself AGAIN to
His disciples...." True
Christianity or a true walk with God is a
continuing and continual revelation or
SHOWING HIMSELF of Christ to you and in
you in different ways. "...IN THIS
WISE
SHOWED HE HIMSELF..." clearly illustrates that every Godly thing that
happens
to you is a SHOWING HIMSELF of Christ. Therefore, learn to say,
Christ showed
Himself to me in healing me or in providing my need etc. Learn
also to pray,"
Lord, this day show yourself to me (reveal yourself) in supplying
this need, in
delivering me.. Etc. Do not just see the good things that are
happening to you
as “miracles." See them as a SHOWING HIMSELF of Christ
to you.
YOUR WALK WITH GOD IS A CONTINUING AND CONTINUAL
REVELATION OF CHRIST TO YOU AND IN YOU.
Prayer
Give
thanks to God for the Revelation of Christ that brought you to salvation.
Pray
that your life will be a daily experience of Christ showing Himself to you in
different ways… eg providing miraculously for you, healing you, giving you
ideas etc