Month: September 2020

Royal Life
Daily Devotional & Prophecy
September 25, 2020.

Your God is Doing a New Thing

Yes, Gleanings from the Book of Galatians. We saw from our last discussion, as Ishmael, the child born after the flesh, persecuted Isaac, the child born after the Spirit.

The former, typifying the Covenant of the Law, and the latter, the Covenant of Grace.

And so, the apostle says, even so it is now, those under the bondage of the Covenant of the Law, persecute those under the Covenant of the free Grace of God.

Galatians 4:29
But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.

As this was happening in the days of Ishmael and Isaac, there was a verdict drawn by God. The God of the whole earth judged, and made his decision as it pertained the Covenant of the Law and the Covenant of Grace.

We hear this;

Galatians 4:30
Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.

Observe this statement “Cast out the bondwoman and her son”

This is God’s verdict, cast out the Law and its works, for by the works of the law, there shall no flesh be justified before God. The works of the law have no part in the inheritance.

This is why we hear;

Hebrews 7:18-19
For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof. For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.

The word used above for disannulling is the Greek word athetesis, which means a cancellation. Strong’s Concordance (G115).

The Law is terminated. It is cancelled and taken out of the way. It has no part any longer in the Covenant of Grace. Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to all that believe.

The Law was weak, it profited no one, it never made anyone perfect, but only kept mocking at the weaknesses of the Jews by its incessant demands.

Their consciences were never free from guilt and condemnation, even after trying to fulfil its demands.

But The LORD has declared, cast out the bondwoman and her son; cast out the Law and all its works, And walk away free, beloved of the Lord; for Jesus has already nailed the handwriting of ordinances to the cross.

You are special, you are already an heir, you do not need to fight to be. You already are a possessor of the blessings of the Covenant of Grace. Works have no place in this covenant.

This is why we hear;

Galatians 4:31
So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.

We are born from the womb of freedom. Our entire lives are knitted with the blessings of the covenant.

Rejoice! It just a temptation. The covenant of God is already speaking on your behalf.

In an encounter with the Lord, I saw a child of God, this one has being labouring in the vision of God, but it was looking as though she was not making progress.

I saw that she was now in a place where all her efforts in building the vision had failed.

She decided to relinquish the work entirely to God.

As she left and was on her own waiting upon the Lord, I saw the Lord appear, but something strange happened, the Lord totally abandoned her work and was rebuilding something new in the same place.

I saw this child of God come looking with absolute surprise at the speed the Lord had built the vision.

I was led to:

Isaiah 43:19
Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

And again,

Amos 9:13-15 MSG, “ “Yes indeed, it won’t be long now.” GOD ’s Decree. “Things are going to happen so fast your head will swim, one thing fast on the heels of the other. You won’t be able to keep up. Everything will be happening at once—and everywhere you look, blessings! Blessings like wine pouring off the mountains and hills.

Then the Lord said, “Wait my child, Wait patiently my beloved for my salvation. I have seen your labour, and I have also seen how much you have desired fruit but have not found.

See, this is what I say, I, even I your God is doing a new thing. I AM doing a whole new work for you my child. I AM rebuilding the ruined places. Rest in my love and have confidence in Me.

It won’t be long, you will experience unprecedented growth beyond your imagination. I AM pouring out blessings upon you that you won’t be able to contain.

Watch as things suddenly kick off in a moment. I AM overwhelming you with my fullness. Blessings upon you like wine pouring off the mountains and hills.”

Blessings in Christ,
Pastor Jahfas Victor Ahua
Living Hill Christian Church

Royal Life
Daily Devotional & Prophecy
September 24, 2020.

Your Are Not Subject to Those Elements

Yes, Gleanings from the Book of Galatians. Yesterday, we saw in ur discussion that, we are not from Mount Sinai, that gives birth to bondage. We are not of the earthly Jerusalem which is in bondage today with her children, but we are of the free, The spiritual and heavenly Jerusalem, the mother of all of us.

Then the apostle continues;

Galatians 4:28
Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.

We are born out of the promised Holy Spirit. A children of the covenant of promise and not of the covenant of the Law. To us belong all the blessings of God in Christ; righteousness, peace, pardon, redemption, sanctification, all the supplies of grace. We have the full promise of eternal life in Christ.

But there is something at this side of life the children of promise go through. The children born out of the grace of God.

Galatians 4:29
But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.

Ishmael, born after the ordinary course of nature, had not the revelation of Spiritual things, persecuted Isaac, born after the Spirit.

Isaac was a good man, a man that feared God. He was born out of God’s word, with divine power fusing into the body of Abraham, and the womb of Sarah, which were both dead.

But we see this persecution immediately he was born;

Genesis 21:9
And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.

Observe the word “mocking”

This is what the children of the bondmaid or those of the bondmaid mentality do to the children of the free woman, the sons of grace. They mock. You hear them picking out words, out of context and exaggerating things. Saying what the preacher is not saying.

When Paul preached, “But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound” Romans 5:20

Their mockery was that, Paul said, “let us do evil, that good may come”

Romans 3:8
And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.

Even so, it is with the sons of grace today. When they preach the grace of God, they are being mocked that they say, people should go on and sin, that grace has now come. It is nothing new. It was so in the days of the apostles.

But the the word of God rather declares apparently that, when you are under the Law, you are under the dominion of sin, but sin looses its dominion over you when you run to the grace of God.

Romans 6:14
For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

So, the gospel of the grace of God is so much persecuted today just like the mockery of Ishmael on Isaac.

Paul was mocked until instead of accepting shame, he proclaimed – I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is actually the power of God unto salvation. They wanted to make him ashamed of preaching the grace of Christ.

Romans 1:16
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

If you desire to be accepted, follow the normal norm, preach the accepted kind of message, don’t be real with scripture but preach it the way the mind of the flesh can accept it; Water-down the truth.

But if you preach the grace of God, be prepared you must be attacked, you must be fought against.

Galatians 5:11
And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased.

This persecution arises because this is the genuine gospel. The gospel of the free grace of Christ. The preaching of the unmerited, underserved, unconditional favour of God upon the ungodly.

Observe carefully the statement “even so it is now” (Galatians 4:28)

The mockery, the contradiction of sinners, the persecution is still on, but it is just a scriptural fulfilment. If every one speaks good of the gospel of the grace of Christ, then it is false.

Brace up beloved, you in the right spot. You are actually in the spotlight. They are only jealous, and have come to spy the liberty we have in Christ, so they can bring us back again into bondage.

The mockery over you is a demonstration that you are in the grace of God. It is an announcement that you are in the undeserved, unmerited, unearned, unconditional power of God’s grace.

See you tomorrow…

In an encounter with the Lord; I saw a child of God, restless in deep troubles, I saw him holding unto to natural things for succor while the troubles were still on.

But these troubles had continued with him because he had not completely abandoned himself in his identity in Christ, which was the reason he was still being controlled by these elements.

As I saw this, I heard the Lord say “Wake up to your reality, you are not subject to those elements”

And I saw this Child of God began to let go of the natural things he was holding unto, and to rise in his authority in Christ.

Colossians 2:20
Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,

Then the Lord said “Wake up to your reality! You are not subject to those elements.

You are no longer of the world. You no longer live in the world, but you live in Me. In me you live and move and have your being.

Why subject yourself again to the elements of this world as though you are still living in the world?

You are born into a new world, the kingdom of the dear son of God. You dwell in light where darkness has no place. Where you cannot be overcome by the elements of this world.

You are in the kingdom of glory, where sickness, poverty, failure, weakness, defeat, disease have no authority.

Wake up my Child to your reality, refuse to be under, and experience my glory and righteousness.”

Blessings in Christ,
Pastor Jahfas Victor Ahua
Living Hill Christian Church.

Royal Life
Daily Devotional & Prophecy
September 23, 2020.

Let The Barren Rejoice!

Yes, Gleanings from The Book of Galatians. Yesterday we saw the typification made by the apostle Paul of the two covenants. Expressing allegorically, that Abraham had two sons, one by a bondmaid and the other by the free. One by promise and the other by the flesh.

Galatians 4:22-23
For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman. But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.

Now, the apostle goes on to explain that, these things are an allegory of the two covenants. The covenant of free grace and the covenant of the Law.

Galatians 4:24-25
Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar. For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.

Observe carefully what the Spirit says about the covenant of the law given on mount Sinai” the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar”

The word used above for gendereth is from the Greek word gennao which means to procreate, to regenerate (Strong’s Concordance G1080).

Hence, the law gives birth to bondage. The law regenerates bondage, It regenerates sin in the lives of those observing it. It takes you back into bondage, not just the bondage of condemnation, but even into the bondage of sin.

For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. Romans 7:9

So the apostle says the law gives birth to bondage, just like we saw in the life of Hagar and Ismael. Hagar gave birth to Ishmael, but Ishmael and Hagar were still slaves.

She could not earn the promise even by giving birth to Ishmael, who was born after the flesh, which is a symbol of the works of the flesh, having no justification or acceptance before the tribunal of God.

And so we hear the apostle say of Hagar and Ishmael;

Galatians 4:25
For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.

The word of God is so clear on this, if you desire to see the effects of the law, visit Jerusalem as it is already in bondage.

As at the time Paul wrote this, the Jewish Nation were in civil, legal and moral bondage. Many of the Jews today are still waiting for the Messiah to come, who has already appeared. God manifested in the flesh, died and is now glorified. Many are still in bondage to the law and its practices today.

When people go there and see that many are still waiting for the messiah, they one way or the other feel pity upon them for their lack of faith and knowledge, yet the apostle says, that is the essence of the nature of the covenant of the law, and anyone under it is in bondage just like the present Jerusalem.

But there is something special about the covenant of promise, the covenant of grace;

Galatians 4:26
But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.

We are not born from mount Sinai, we are not born from the natural Jewish nation, we are not of the natural Jerusalem which is in bondage today with her children. We are not of the earthly but we are born from above, from the heavenly Jerusalem, which is free and having the the living God dwelling in it. The spiritual Jerusalem, which is the mother of us all.

Oh, hear the Spirit speak;

Galatians 4:27
For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.

The Lord says “Rejoice! let the barren rejoice! Let the desolate break forth and cry. For Zion is travailing and giving birth. Even to a nation in a day is she giving birth, for now is the time of your redemption.”

Blessings in Christ,
Pastor Jahfas Victor Ahua
Living Hill Christian Church.

Royal Life
Daily Devotional & Prophecy
September 22, 2020.

You Have Overcome The Wicked One

Yes, Gleanings from the book to Galatians. In our last discussion, we looked at the question the apostle asked those desiring to be under the law;

Galatians 4:21
Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?

Now, what does the law actually say?

Galatians 4:22
For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.

The apostle begins to open up the two covenants by using an allegory. He says Abraham had two Sons, Ishmael and Isaac. One by a bond woman which is Hagar the Egyptian slave, and the other by the free woman, which is Sarah, the legitimate wife of Abraham.

Now this is what the apostle begins to open up here; that they which are of the law are slaves. They which are of the grace of God are free.

No man with a choice will chose slavery instead of freedom. This is why this idea of going back to the works of the law is of the devil.

No one who is normal will prefer a life of slavery, but today men vehemently fight to be slaves. Imagine Isaac, everyday desiring to give away his position as the heir and a legitimate son, to the position of Ishmael a slave child.

Ismael, even though Abraham’s son, was a son of a slave woman, having absolutely no part in the inheritance. This is what the enemy wants to rob the Church of; the inheritance.

Then we hear;

Galatians 4:23
But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.

Observe these “he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh”

Born after the natural course of life. He was not born of God. It was the desire of Abraham for a child that brought Ismael for a time into the house. He was never God’s original Idea.

That which born of flesh is flesh. The law gives birth to works of the flesh and has nothing to offer as it pertains spiritual things.

“But he of the free woman was by promise”

That which is born of the Spirit is Spirit. There is no connection between the two. Flesh gives birth to flesh and Spirit gives birth to Spirit.

Isaac was of the free woman. A child of promise. A Child of grace. Why switch your identity to a child of the flesh?

Why give away your authority to the devil and go back to taking upon you the identity of a slave?

God loves you beyond knowledge. You are a Child of promise. You are not a slave Child. You were born from above, and whatsoever is born of God overcomes the world.

You have overcome the beggarly lifestyle of works salvation. Do not go back to a life of slavery. You a child of the living God. An heir of God.

All things are already yours in Christ. Your are born through the blessing of Abraham as a child of promise, for you are born of the Spirit. You are not a slave child, but like Isaac, you are a child of promise – born of the promised Holy Spirit.

Galatians 3:14
That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

See you tomorrow….

In an encounter with the Lord, I saw a child of God who has been fighting many battles with the enemy. Going through a lot of trials. I saw that he was now advancing in his spiritual walk.

He had moved forward and was gaining stature and strength in the things of the spirit. I saw the enemy making new plans to attack with the same temptation.

But Just before this, I heard the Lord say “Not this time, he has already overcome”

1 John 2:14
I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.

Then the Lord said “My Child, the trials are not to kill you but to make you grow up into me in all things.

You have stood strong on my word which is now dwelling in you richly.

The strength of your life is increased, you are gaining stature with me, this is the reason for the many battles you face.

I say to you, my word has grown in you and has prevailed. I AM proud of my grace in you and have declared my word to your adversary; not this time – he has already overcome.

And now I say to you, you are strong, My Word abides in you and you have overcome the wicked one.”

Blessings in Christ,
Pastor Jahfas Victor Ahua
Living Hill Christian Church.

Royal Life
Daily Devotional & Prophecy
September 20, 2020.

This is Your Morning, Here Comes Your Joy

Yes, Gleanings from the Book of Galatians.

We saw in our last discussion, that the apostle was again in labour pains for the churches in Galatia that had gone back to the law, that Christ be formed in them.

Then we hear the apostle say;

Galatians 4:20
I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you.

“I desire to be present with you” A deep longing and concern for the churches. He was not satisfied with their being Christians, but was concerned more about their establishment in Christ.

I have had a lot of people try to talk me out of preaching the truth, in the name The Truth, will bring division. If that was Biblical and is Holy Spirit inspired, the apostle wouldn’t have being longing to redo the work with them to which he had done in so much labour. He would have said, ‘let’s just leave them to live in their misery, after all, they are already saved.’

That’s not true love. Love does not rejoice in evil. Hence, we hear the apostle “and to change my voice”

The apostle sounds here as though he had been too lenient with the Galatians, and now he wanted to take on another approach. They had made him to loose confidence in his labours upon them, to which we hear him say “for I stand in doubt of you”.

This was actually a frustrating experience for the apostle as it is with many today who are trying to reestablish the hearts of the people in Christ.

But his overwhelming love for them never allowed him to let go and wallow in bitterness, but he implored rather another approach. This is worthy of emulation.

The apostle no more sure of their freedom in Christ, their going back to Judaism and practices of heathenism, made the apostle to switch his tone as we can see in the following verse;

Galatians 4:21
Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?

This kind of scriptures gave me courage to overcome the bondage of the law. The apostle now throws this to the faces of these backslidden Churches.

“Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law”

This is a blow to the faces of those struggling to have the Law back on our pulpits. The desire to be under the Law is not of God. Many people today desiring to serve God through their works, desiring to live in the works of the law do not actually know the Law.

As I write this right now, if my reader who desires to be under the Law feels he actually knows the law, out of the 613 laws in the Bible, can you just stop and recite the ten commandments chronologically without opening your Bible?

The Holy Spirit will not inspire you. And again, they only know a few out of the 613 laws in the Bible.

Give them the Bible, even with it they can’t find fully the laws. They don’t know what they stand for, because there is no life nor relationship with those commandments.

Hence, the apostle says “do ye not hear the law”

Paul is saying here that, those desiring to be under that Law don’t even know the Law. They can’t hear what the Law is actually saying.

When I was new in the faith and I was taught that you earn salvation and blessings by your works, (It doesn’t matter how it is presented, that is what they teach in essence). I decided to look a little into to the law. As I began seeing some things in the Law, I could see that they were far from the reality of the Law themselves.

For instance, today we are all made kings and priests unto God. Every Christian is a priest. We are all a Royal Priesthood.

Revelation 1:6
And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

If we are now to go back to the old covenant to keep the Law as a way of life as many say. The Law forbids priests from balding their hair. In other words, no skin cut hairstyle for priests. No shaving of side beard. No cuttings in the flesh.

Leviticus 21:5
They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

If my reader is of the desire to reestablish the law; If he is of age, he is well shaven, looking good, reading this and pointing a false finger at others.

I would read these things out of the law and I would watch people who would be so guilty of what they were preaching by all these standards, yet they would be preaching works angrily.

Another instance, since we all have been made priests unto to God, for those who agitate that there is no divisions in the covenant; that we should just take the word of God literally without rightly dividing the word;

We are told as priests of the Lord to burn our daughters if they ever fornicate;

Leviticus 21:9
And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.

When people come to these kinds of scriptures, they say no, this one is old covenant.

This was why Jesus would call them hypocrites. I am waiting to hear a man burn up his daughter for the sake of fornication.

I can go on and on..the Law says No crossbreeding , No planting of different crops on the same piece of Land, don’t wear any clothe made of two materials, either with linen and cotton.

Leviticus 19:19
Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.

Guilty! Guilty! Guilty!

A lot of us subsidize crossbreeds like dogs, broilers today like anything. Like broilers, We may not be there crossbreeding them ourselves, but we buy Biblically forbidden food and cook in our homes and eat and celebrate Christmas. You are trice guilty by the Law. Sentenced to death.

Your farm at the backyard has pepper, Tomatoes planted together, you are trice guilty! Sentenced to death.

This one you can’t escape, you that desire to be under the law, what are you wearing?

Check all the clothes you are wearing. Combinations upon Combinations of linen, cotton and whatsoever on your body right now. You are thrice guilty! And sentenced to death, for the wages of sin is death.

When it comes to these ones, they say no, not these laws, the other ones. Blunt hypocrisy. The Bible does not teach that. The Law demands all or nothing; all or you are cursed;

Galatians 3:10
For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

When you keep one, you are indebted to keep all. When you go back to one, you must pay all the debt;

Galatians 5:3
For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.

This is why all what we are seeing around today about the law is mere razzmatazz. It is just noise making.

This is why the apostle says, you that desire to be under the law, Don’t You Hear?

Paul says they don’t actually know the Law, they don’t know what they are agitating for. If you know the Law, you will actually honour it. You will establish it by respecting it’s purpose, agreeing with its sentence and run to Jesus.

May The Spirit of Revelation Rest Upon The Church Even in These Last Days Like Never Before in The Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.

In an encounter with the Lord, early hours of this morning, I heard “The Joy you have longed for is now coming into your life”

As I heard this, the sense surrounding me was of a person who has not had a reason to be joyful for a long time. Someone who has being in sorrow and languishing for a long time now.

I was led to:

Psalms 30:5
For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

Then the Lord Continued “I have seen your sorrows, all you have being going through in the dark. Your obscurity has not been hidden from my eyes. Child of my love, I say to you, the joy you have longed for is now coming into your life.

Your weeping has lasted, but I say it has just being for a night. The darkness is passed, and now is your lifting. This is your morning, here comes your Joy.”

Blessings in Christ,
Pastor Jahfas Victor Ahua
Living Hill Christian Church.