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I've been thinking about lineage.

The Lord does not plant individuals. He plants lineages.

He never introduced Himself as the God of Abraham alone. He said, "the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob." Three generations in one name. A promise is not proven in the one who receives it. It is proven in the one who inherits it.

Moses parted the sea, but Joshua crossed the Jordan. Elijah called down fire, but Elisha did twice the miracles. David built the kingdom, but Solomon built the house. Paul planted everywhere, yet wrote to Timothy, "my dearly beloved son," because what outlives an apostle is a son who caught the spirit.

This is not only a Bible pattern. It is how creation moves forward.

Humphry Davy was already a great chemist when a bookbinder's apprentice named Michael Faraday wrote asking for a job. Davy took him on. Asked later what his greatest discovery was, Davy is said to have answered: "Michael Faraday."

Johan Cruyff coached a skinny midfielder named Pep Guardiola. Cruyff is gone, but his football is still playing.

Fatherhood was never only biological. It is a transfer of spirit.

And the design does not end here. Even in the forever there are canopy levels. "One star differeth from another star in glory." 1 Corinthians 15:41. Heaven is layered, not flat. God is not against height. He is against height without lineage.

So life needs two kinds of relationships.

Horizontal: brothers and sisters, iron sharpening iron.

Vertical: someone above you whose voice carries weight, and someone below you into whom you are pouring. A man with only horizontal relationships is a plateau. A man with only vertical ones is a pole. God builds trees.

"Though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers." 1 Corinthians 4:15. Instructors are plentiful. Fathers are rare.

That is why I fear what my industry is doing right now. Companies are quietly deleting junior roles. Let the tools do the junior work, keep the seniors. It sounds efficient. It is a lineage ending in one generation.

Because the son does not only need the father. The father needs the son. Nobody becomes a father with no one to father. Cut the bottom of the tree and you have not saved the tree. You have dated its death.

The future is only secured where progeny is sustained.

That is the gospel in one line. The Father sent the Son. The Son, "the firstborn among many brethren," brings sons and daughters to glory and is "not ashamed to call them brethren." Hebrews 2:11

Find someone to learn from. Find someone to pour into. Be a son. Become a father.

Whatever you build, build it with a successor in the room.

#Faith #Leadership #Mentorship #Lineage

John 20:30–31
"And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book:

But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name."

A miracle can be a sign pointing to Christ, but the life is in Christ, not in the sign.

Do you know that, the experience of miracles does not necessarily transform a man's heart

Don't forget, the Israelites witnessed manifestations of divine power that very few generations in Scripture ever experienced.

They saw the plagues in Egypt, the dividing of the Red Sea, the pillar of fire, manna from heaven, and water from the rock.

Yet Hebrews 3:16–19 tells us that many of those who witnessed these works rebelled against God and could not enter His rest because of unbelief.

Psalm 78:32 (KJV)
"For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works."
Let's check this out: For all this they sinned still. Outward miracles are not an instrument of soul conversion.

Pharaoh is another example. He repeatedly encountered demonstrations of God's authority, yet hardened his heart (Exodus 8:15; 9:34).

Miracles can awaken faith, provoke repentance, and lead people toward Christ. John 11:45 records that many believed on Jesus after witnessing the raising of Lazarus. But a miracle does not, by itself, does not do the word of engrafting the word of truth.

Miracles have a place in the Church, but they must never displace the place of teaching Jesus in our churches, not teaching Jesus as a Bible character but unveiling what made him up.

A Church can legitimately pray for healing, experience deliverance, and witness extraordinary demonstrations of God's power. But these experiences must not become substitutes for knowing the Person of Jesus, obeying His Word, and growing into His likeness.

Someone tells you what will happen tomorrow, and immediately you call him a prophet. But have you ever stopped to ask what makes a person a prophet? Is it simply the ability to see?
We must understand that prophets speak; seers see. What comes to my mind first is Saul first encounter with Samuel; he was looking for a seer 1Samuel 9.

 Understanding their assignments helps us recognise what God has committed to each and what we should receive through their ministries.

A seer receives sight through dreams and visions. God can show such a person things concerning people, circumstances, and events ahead. This ability is not evil. God gives seers, and their operations have a place. However, seeing what will happen tomorrow does not, by itself, define a prophet's assignment.

Isaiah 30:10 says, “Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things.”

Notice the distinction: seers are addressed concerning their seeing, while prophets are addressed concerning their speaking.

A prophet brings the mind, counsel, and commandment of God concerning God and humanity. His assignment centres on revealing God’s eternal purpose: that God will dwell among men, and that men will be conformed to the image of His Son.

A prophet is a preacher who brings the revelation of God’s mysteries. His speaking gives direction into God’s intention. He communicates what is in God’s heart so that people can believe, respond, and journey towards its fulfilment.

This is why Revelation 19:10 declares, “The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”

The spirit of prophecy testifies of Jesus Christ: God manifest in the flesh. Its concern is God’s habitation among men and the fulfilment of His purpose in humanity. We must understand prophecy from this centre if we are to understand the ministry of a prophet.

Prophets speak God’s thoughts ahead of their fulfilment. They keep speaking because faith comes by hearing. Through their speaking, the spirit of prophecy is released to accomplish God’s intention. What they proclaim may extend beyond their own lifetime, yet God continues working towards its fulfilment. You remember Prophet Isaiah talking about a virgin conceiving, and it never happened in his days or even in the next generation; the prophecy was fulfilled 600 to 700 years after ( between 739 BC and 681 BC).

Therefore, prophetic ministry cannot be measured by dramatic expressions, clothing, or the repeated declaration, “Thus saith the Lord.” Neither should we assume that someone knows God’s purpose simply because he can disclose hidden information.

The question we must ask is: What is this ministry revealing about God and His Son? Is it showing us God’s vision and how humanity connects to it? Is it preparing our hearts to become His habitation?

A person may be both a seer and a prophet; note that in the life of Balaam. Nevertheless, the assignments must be understood.

Today’s prophets must expound what God has already committed to His prophets and apostles. Their ministry should reveal the Son and serve the fulfilment of God’s vision.

We must therefore pay attention to what our hearing is producing. Are our hearts receiving God’s impressions? Are our lives being raised? Are we learning God and becoming responsive to His eternal purpose?

Miracles are signs, not the destination
Consider John 2:11 (KJV):

"This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him."
Notice two things. Jesus performed a miracle, but the miracle was not an end in itself. Through it, He manifested His glory, and His disciples believed on Him.
In the Gospel of John, the Greek word commonly translated sign is sēmeion (σημεῖον). A sign points beyond itself to something greater.
Therefore, the miracle is not supposed to become the object of our pursuit. It should direct our attention to the One performing it.

I just had one of those "wait, what just happened?"  moments while feeding (hearing). I was listening to a sermon, and at the same time I started praying in the Holy Ghost.
Bruh. I literally felt like taking a pill, and then washing it down with water. The Word came in... and the prayer carried it straight down into my spirit.
Something just registered inside of me. Like my spirit got the download and said, "Bruh, I digged that. Locked in."Praying in the Spirit while the Word is preached? That’s cheat-code level. You eat the bread, and the Spirit seals it.

I observed that with my father also; Popsy go just munch am as the word is going on.

Let's give in to Word and Prayer. Ire ooo

To My Soul: Do you know there's a clear difference between Sacrifice and Gifts? Mind you, YOU offer the two. But the state of the heart (soul) of the giver determines what the High Priest (Jesus) can call what we offer. I can give a suit, and it's a gift, and I can still give a suit in another way, and it's a sacrifice. Macedonia church giving to the Judea church is indeed a sacrifice. See what we offer or are offering (Sacrifices and Gifts) as Righteousness unto Holiness

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