Seated in Heavenly Places in Christ
In this powerful message drawn from Ephesians chapter 1, the pastor unpacks the rich spiritual blessings that belong to every believer in Christ Jesus — from being chosen before the foundations of the world, to being adopted, redeemed, sealed by the Holy Spirit, and seated in heavenly places far above every principality and power. Listeners are encouraged to move beyond a material understanding of blessing and step into the fullness of their God-given identity and inheritance in Christ. This message is a compelling call to know who you are in Him and to walk boldly in the authority and purpose He has ordained for your life.
Overview
Pastor Terry Holt preaches from Ephesians 1:3–23, calling believers to awaken to the full spiritual inheritance they possess in Christ Jesus. Moving verse by verse through Paul's opening doxology and apostolic prayer, she unfolds the progressive revelation of election, adoption, redemption, sealing by the Holy Spirit, and the believer's positional authority as one who is seated in heavenly places far above every principality and power. The central challenge of the message is that Christians must shift from a merely natural, material understanding of blessing to a Spirit-empowered, Word-anchored knowledge of who they truly are in Christ.
Key Scripture Passages
- Ephesians 1:3 — The foundational declaration that God has already blessed believers with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ.
- Ephesians 1:4 — God's election of believers before the foundation of the world, chosen to be holy and blameless in love.
- Ephesians 1:5 — Predestination to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ according to God's good pleasure.
- Ephesians 1:6 — The declaration that believers are "accepted in the Beloved," countering every spirit of rejection.
- Ephesians 1:7–8 — Redemption through Christ's blood, the forgiveness of sins, and the abounding of grace in wisdom and prudence.
- Ephesians 1:9–10 — The mystery of God's will revealed: to gather all things together in Christ, both in heaven and on earth.
- Ephesians 1:11–12 — The believer's inheritance, predestined according to the purpose of the One who works all things after the counsel of His will.
- Ephesians 1:13–14 — Sealing with the Holy Spirit of promise as the earnest (guarantee) of the believer's inheritance.
- Ephesians 1:17–18 — Paul's prayer for a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of God, and for the eyes of understanding to be enlightened.
- Ephesians 1:19–20 — The exceeding greatness of God's power toward believers, the same power that raised Christ from the dead.
- Ephesians 1:20–21 — Christ seated at the Father's right hand, far above all principalities, powers, might, dominion, and every name.
- Ephesians 1:22–23 — All things placed under Christ's feet; Christ given as Head over all things to the Church, which is His body and fullness.
- Philippians 3:10 (Amplified) — Paul's determined purpose to know Christ progressively and intimately, cited as the motivational heart behind the entire Ephesians passage.
Sermon Outline
- The Awakening Call: Receive What Is Already Yours (Eph. 1:3)
- Paul's doxology is not a wish but a declaration of accomplished fact — spiritual blessings have already been given.
- The sermon challenge: stop measuring blessing only by material or visible things; enter the spiritual dimension of what God has provided.
- "Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven" (Matt. 6:10) requires first knowing what the heavenly will actually is.
- Chosen Before the Foundation: Election and Holiness (Eph. 1:4)
- God's foreknowledge is intensely personal — every hair on your head, every detail of your life, was known before creation.
- The goal of election is not merely privilege but transformation: to be holy and without blame before Him in love.
- Cross-reference: Jeremiah 1:5 — "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you."
- Adopted into the Household of God (Eph. 1:5)
- Predestination unto adoption means every believer has a new family identity and a new name.
- As a joint heir with Christ, His rights, privileges, and inheritance belong to the adopted child.
- Adoption is the remedy for orphan-spirit living; God's pleasure is that we walk in the full rights of sonship.
- Accepted in the Beloved: Freedom from Rejection (Eph. 1:6)
- The "spirit of rejection" — rejection by others and by oneself — is directly answered by God's unconditional acceptance.
- "He has made us accepted" is a perfect-tense reality, not a future hope or earned status.
- God's everlasting love (Jer. 31:3) is the anchor against every form of rejection the believer experiences.
- Redeemed and Sealed: Blood, Grace, and the Holy Spirit (Eph. 1:7–14)
- Redemption through Christ's blood is designed to draw the believer into intimacy with God, not just away from sin.
- Grace defined: undeserved, freely given — "I didn't deserve it; He just gave it."
- The mystery of God's will (v. 9) is His purpose to gather all things under one Head — Christ.
- The Holy Spirit is the seal and earnest (down payment/guarantee) of the inheritance until the day of full redemption.
- Practical implication: the Word, once received and sealed by the Spirit, is locked in your spirit and keeps working on your behalf.
- Paul's Prayer: Wisdom, Revelation, and Enlightened Eyes (Eph. 1:17–18)
- Paul moves from proclamation to intercession — showing that declared truth must be prayed into the experience of believers.
- The prayer is threefold: a spirit of wisdom; the spirit of revelation; the knowledge of God Himself.
- Enlightened eyes of understanding allow believers to see the hope of their calling and the riches of their inheritance in the saints.
- Philippians 3:10 (Amplified): Paul's "determined purpose" to know Christ ever more deeply is the motivating force behind this prayer.
- Exceeding Greatness of Power: Resurrection Power in the Believer (Eph. 1:19–20)
- The same power that raised Christ from the dead is available to and working within every believer.
- The word "exceeding" (Greek huperballō) indicates a surpassing, overflowing power — not merely adequate but overwhelmingly beyond measure.
- This power operates in proportion to faith — "according to the working of His mighty power."
- Cross-reference: Ephesians 3:20 — "exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us."
- Seated in Heavenly Places: Positional Authority in Christ (Eph. 1:20–22)
- Christ's resurrection and session at the Father's right hand is the prototype and basis of the believer's own positional seating (Eph. 2:6).
- The believer is seated far above principalities, powers, might, dominion, and every name — in this age and the age to come.
- "Seated" implies rest, authority, and settled confidence — not striving but ruling from a position already secured by Christ.
- Knowing your position is the spiritual weapon against the adversary's attacks — "I see the circumstances, but I know what the Word says."
- All Things Under His Feet: The Church as Christ's Fullness (Eph. 1:22–23)
- Every enemy, trial, and demonic work is placed under the feet of Christ — and by extension, under the authority of His body.
- The Church is not a passive audience but the very fullness of the One who fills all in all.
- Each member has a specific calling, mission, and commissioned duty to fulfill the gospel.
Theological Insights
- Realized vs. Future Eschatology: Ephesians 1 presents blessings as both already given ("has blessed us," v. 3, aorist tense in the Greek) and yet to be fully consummated ("until the redemption of the purchased possession," v. 14). The believer lives in the "already but not yet" tension of the kingdom.
- Election and Human Responsibility: The sermon affirms election ("chosen before the foundation of the world," v. 4) without negating human response. The sealing of the Spirit comes "after that ye believed" (v. 13) — sovereign grace works through and not around faith.
- Adoption (Huiothesia): The Greek term huiothesia (vv. 5, Rom. 8:15, 8:23, 9:4, Gal. 4:5) was a specific legal and social institution in the Roman world. An adopted son received full legal standing, had the debts of his former life cancelled, and was granted equal inheritance rights with natural children — making Paul's word choice culturally electrifying for his original audience.
- The "In Christ" / "In Him" Formula: Scholars count the phrases "in Christ," "in him," and "in whom" approximately eleven times in Ephesians 1 alone. This "incorporative union" language is the structural backbone of Pauline theology: every spiritual blessing flows from the believer's union with Christ, not from personal merit.
- Co-Seating with Christ (Eph. 2:6): Ephesians 1:20 describes Christ's seating; Ephesians 2:6 makes explicit that believers are also "raised up together and made to sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus." The co-seating is not metaphorical aspiration — it is the present positional reality of every regenerate person.
- The Cosmic Lordship of Christ: The list in verse 21 — principalities, powers, might, dominion, every name — reflects the Jewish angelological and cosmic hierarchy familiar to Paul's world (also referenced in Col. 1:16, 2:15, Rom. 8:38–39). Christ's exaltation is not local or temporal; it is universal and eternal.
- The Church as the Pleroma (Fullness): Calling the Church "the fullness of Him who fills all in all" (v. 23) is one of the most exalted ecclesiological statements in Scripture. The Greek plērōma (fullness) suggests that Christ, as Head, expresses and manifests Himself through His body — the Church is the visible, active instrument of His ongoing work in the world.
- Grace as Gift, Not Wage (Eph. 2:8–9): The sermon correctly grounds the Ephesians 1 blessings in grace — a word that by definition excludes human merit. Ephesians 2:8–9, though not the primary text, is the doctrinal support Paul himself provides in the same letter for why all these blessings are received by faith alone.
- The Holy Spirit as Earnest (Arrabon): The Greek term arrabōn (v. 14, translated "earnest" in KJV, "pledge" or "deposit" in other versions) was a commercial term in the ancient world meaning a first installment that legally obligated the giver to pay the full amount. The indwelling Spirit is God's binding contractual guarantee of the full inheritance to come.
Word & Context Study
- "Blessed" / Eulogētos and Eulogēsas (Eph. 1:3): The verse contains a deliberate wordplay in the Greek: "Blessed (eulogētos — worthy of praise) be the God … who has blessed (eulogēsas — who has conferred benefit upon) us." We bless God with our praise in response to the fact that God has already blessed us with provision. The direction of blessing runs both ways, but God's blessing to us is prior and foundational.
- "Heavenly Places" / En tois epouraniois (Eph. 1:3, 20; 2:6; 3:10; 6:12): This phrase, unique to Ephesians in the New Testament, appears five times in the letter. It does not refer to a distant location but to a present spiritual realm that overlaps the earthly — the arena where Christ reigns, where the believer is positionally seated, and where spiritual warfare is waged (6:12). It is simultaneously the location of the believer's blessing and the battlefield of spiritual conflict, making the believer's seated position critically important.
- "Adoption" / Huiothesia in the Roman World (Eph. 1:5): Roman adoption law, well known in Paul's cultural context, involved a formal legal ceremony after which the adopted child's old debts were completely cancelled, his previous family legal ties were severed, and he was granted identical inheritance rights with natural-born sons. The adopted son even took the adopting father's name. Paul uses this culturally loaded term to convey that believers are not second-class members of God's family but full heirs with all the rights of Christ Himself (see also Rom. 8:15–17, Gal. 4:4–7).
- "Exceeding Greatness" / Huperballō (Eph. 1:19): The Greek root huperballō means literally "to throw beyond" — a surpassing or overflowing beyond a standard measure. Paul uses cognates of this word repeatedly in his letters to describe what is beyond human calculation (2 Cor. 9:14; Eph. 2:7; 3:19). The power available to the believer is not merely great; it surpasses the very capacity of human thought to contain or measure it, grounded in the same energy (energeia) and might (kratos) that raised Christ from the dead.
Application
- Shift your measure of blessing.
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God we got to have a in here with the word of God is speaking to us no more
slumbering and sleeping and falling short as Tom no rise up and let the
glory of the God Lord God to be risen inside of you not your light shine so the
world will know the God that you serve he said I'm calling you because I'm
coming quickly I'm coming so quickly that you may walk out the door and there I
I am, saith the Lord.
For no man know if the hour, no moment, the second that I will come.
But I tell you, children of God, I'm coming.
I'm coming.
I'm coming.
I'm coming for that church.
The people who have a heart after me, I'm coming.
Don't be left behind.
For I am coming, saith the Lord.
I hear the word of the Lord speaking to the body of Christ.
Many of you have fallen short.
but my grace and mercy abound much more in you.
So I dispatch my grace and my mercy inside of you.
Even the more, saith the Lord.
Don't miss the mark.
Don't miss the mark.
Don't miss the mark.
He said, but I am coming.
And the time is now, saith the Lord.
It's now.
In Jesus' name, amen.
Hallelujah.
we were studying this
and our focus today is out of the book of Ephesians
we have a verse but we have
the spirit of the Lord show me the book of Ephesians
but they're opening up in the prayer
amen that we had prayed earlier
but I want to pray it once again amen
and Ephesians chapter 1
verse 3
the Bible declared
what did it say
Ephesians 1 and 3
1 and 3 amen
hallelujah
the scripture said blessed be
the God of our Lord Jesus
Christ
blessed be the God and the Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ
now here's the heart of the scripture
apostle Paul
is saying blessed be God
amen he's trying
to give awakening to the ephesians amen he's trying to give us an awakening amen because that
was for then this is for now and the scripture still stands as what it says right now in jesus name
hallelujah and then he said amen blessed amen blessity who have blessed us with all spiritual
blessings and heavenly places i declare and i decree upon each and every one of your lives
the spirit of the lord god has blessed you from all spiritual blessings and heavenly places his
will is executed right now in the name of jesus the word has pierced your heart you have an
edit you can hear and a heart to receive say i am blessed with all spiritual blessings
and heavenly places it's a place in the bible that they pray that your will be done he said on
earth as it is in heaven we understand the earthly will of God now we need to
anchor into the will the spiritual will of God I believe children of God my
apostle Paul was speaking to the church as he's speaking this morning as the
spirit of the Lord is speaking this morning he was speaking to the people
that they were coming to a different type of understanding of God they can
measure things by the material things and they can measure things about what they see but today
i speak to your lives that you will hear what god is saying he said i want to i want to bless you
hallelujah i want to bless you and i don't just want to barely bless you you know we have learned
amen because as i was saying the word i realized i had learned to deliver get by just man and get by
basis but apostle paul is opening up a new revelation knowledge to the people of god
and even to us at the born again christians the word is saying oh i see i have i have
open up for heaven i have my point out blessings that you won't have room enough to receive amen
I want to start on three.
Let's go to four.
First for a man.
I'm a man.
This could be a spository preaching.
A man.
It features wonderful.
He said according as he has chosen us and him before the foundations of the world that we should be holy and without blame before him and love the word of God.
God he said before the foundations haha so the guy here you know what that he spoke to Jeremiah
and that he spoke to others and that he speak to you today before the foundations of the world I
chose you I chose to love you I chose to give you peace I chose to strip in you before the foundation
I knew every hair on your head.
I knew you saved the Lord.
Before that foundations of the world.
Oh God the blessings of the Lord.
The blessings of the Lord.
Again we hear the word blessings.
And we see what's material.
But I stand before you today.
That you can hear what is spiritual.
Because Apostle Paul is declaring.
And he is declaring a word.
that will take the people out of the natural realm
and that they will walk right into that spiritual realm
and receive the things of God
freely given unto them.
Freely given unto them.
Verse 5, amen.
He has chosen us.
Amen. Say, I'm chosen.
Matter of fact, I've been chosen
before I ever got here.
But hey, I'm chosen.
Look at you, I don't know about you.
but I'm chosen
I don't know about you
but I'm chosen
it's so good I've been chosen
before I was even thought of
I'm chosen
on the foundation of the earth
I've been chosen
and he said according to his good pleasures
you know
children of God we can understand
what is the pleasures of God
what is the will
of God for our lives
we hear a scripture he said it was his will that we would prosper
even as our soul that's the will of god
his will is that we will be saved even as our
households is saved his will is that under the blood of jesus christ
that we will be healed his will
his pleasure you see when you begin to understand
we can understand what you want and what i can do to please you and what you can do
please me but what about what god wants to do for you concerning to please you to take you
unto another place that's higher than yourself you gotta remember by grace are we saved through faith
it is not of ourselves grace is as if given unto god grace is a blessing let's not with the word
of God says having predestinated us until the adoption of the children by Jesus Christ to
himself according to the good pleasure of his will I have been adopted I have been adopted I
have been adopted into the household of God that's what I'm doing over here don't mean nothing I'm
gonna walk into what the spirit of the Lord is and what the spirit of the Lord says I've been
adopted by the beloved huh do you know what it means to be adopted i once belonged to the charmers
that's my main name amen and now i belong to christ children of god do you know what it is
to be adopted amen when you're going through and all this unforgiveness in your heart and you can't
seem to let go nothing and you think it's right and then all of a sudden you hear a voice from god
and he's saying i love you i love you i love you and all of a sudden you turn around and you're
wondering where that voice come from but you keep hearing the word of god and all of a sudden the
word is engrafting you and as the one that grafts you and draws you closer to god he said i will now
adopt you and you now could be a son of the living god children ears joint ears of jesus christ
His rights are your rights.
His privileges are your privileges.
Why?
Because he said, I adopted you before the foundation of this world.
And Jesus, day unto my good pleasures.
Our God's pleasure is.
Amen.
That we will live a prosperous life.
And that we will walk in the spirit.
And that we will experience him every single day.
Amen.
And his will is for our lives.
That is God's good pleasure.
of his will. Verse 6.
Amen.
Verse 6. Amen.
Still in Ephesians 1 and 6. Amen.
Hallelujah. We bless
the Lord Jesus. Ephesians
1 and 6. We thank you, Lord.
And we bless your holy
name. Amen. He said
to the praise of the glory of his
grace wherein he has made
us accepted.
I am
accepted.
I am
accepted
I am
accepted
my boss rejects me
my mother rejects me
my father rejects me
my sister rejects me
but I am
accepted
I reject myself but I am
accepted
and the beloved
I am
I can't speak for you
but I went through that thing called a spirit of rejection
and I went there for many years
then the spirit of the Lord anchored my spirit in his word
he said don't you know I love you with an everlasting love
don't you know when you feel let down
betrayed or pushed to the side
I accept you just like you are
don't you know that you are accepted
and now be loved saith the Lord
Verse 7, amen.
Verse 7.
Children of God, let's keep moving on.
Hallelujah In whom we have our life This See the good thing about the book of Ephesians it talks about in whom and him and whom in Christ it gives you some
identification you begin to know who I really am
Amen. I know I was born as Juanita Terry Chalmers old, but now I've been accepted in the blood. Hallelujah. And help God. And help God. And help. And help. And help. I got a new birth. And help. I have a new birth.
Uh-uh. Old things, my ashiya.
I know what I used to do.
But right now, God has a spiritual portal open.
Has that portal open that we can get underneath, hallelujah,
and begin to receive what the Word says concerning our lives.
We got an open portal where we can believe just what the Scripture says.
What does it say?
In Him, we have redemption.
Say, I've been redeemed.
I've been redeemed.
I've been redeemed by the blood of the Lamb
and the words of my testimony
His blood
the forgiveness of sins
yes, I sinned
yes, I've fallen short
but yes, I've been redeemed
see this redemption
is supposed to draw us to a place
when we know Christ
we know Jesus as our personal Savior
and we understand the redemption of Christ
it's supposed to draw us into a place
into an intimate place
where we would sin.
But now all of a sudden we don't have desires.
Why? Because we understand what the
scripture says. The scripture says
I've been redeemed. I don't have to
continue in sin. God forbid.
Why?
Because now I'm getting an
intimate and personal relationship
with God. Hallelujah.
He said
according to the riches of his grace.
The riches of
his grace. Hear the word
riches.
that word is rich the word grace is rich grace is defined I didn't deserve it he just gave it
hallelujah children of God verse 8 hallelujah Jesus hallelujah hallelujah Jesus tell you
when we abound towards us in all wisdom and prudence because I've been redeemed
and now I'm abound in the wisdom of God and in the understanding of prudence, understanding of God.
Why? Because of the blood, the blood that drew me into that place, into the holies of holies,
the blood that drew me and told me who I was in Christ Jesus,
The blood that told me I don't have to live like a vagabond.
The blood that told me that I am adopted by the beloved.
Oh, by grace am I saved through faith.
It is not that of myself. It is a gift of God.
Freely give it, freely receive. Are you ready to receive God's gift?
It's something that you don't have to earn.
Something you don't have to work for.
He said, just believe.
according to the scriptures
saith the Lord
oh God in verse 9
hallelujah let's move
heaven may known unto us the mysteries
of his will according to his
good pleasure which he purposed
in himself
heaven to know the mysteries of God
apostle Paul
if you mind if I paraphrase one of my
favorite scriptures in the bible
that come out of Philippians 3 and 10
in the apple pie bible he said
for it's my determined purpose
that I may know him,
that I may progressively become more deeply
and intimately acquainted with him.
I want to be able to perceive.
I want to be able to recognize.
I want to be able to understand
the wonders of his person
ever so much strongly
and ever so much clearly.
I can understand how
Apostle Paul could write the book of Ephesians
because he had a purpose
in his life. I would ask you
today, what is your purpose
for life amen because when we put god first first things are always first and when we put him first
we will return to have a determined purpose to know him ah to know him to know him to know him
and to know who you are in him oh to have an intimate relationship him my god said according
his good pleasure which he purposes he purposed in himself he purposed in
himself what did he purpose he had purpose that he would take all of us his
children and have an intimate and personal relationship intimacy you haven't
seen intimacy until you get into the Word of God you haven't seen intimacy
until you get into who God is inside
of you. He's your
hope of glory. He is the
King of kings, the Lord of lords.
He is the great I am.
Verse 10. Verse 10.
Amen.
In this
dispensation of the fullness of time,
he might gather together in
one all things in Christ,
both which are in heaven
and which are on earth,
even in him. Gather
together. Gather together.
gather together gather together it's his purpose to gather us together all things that we may be one
one mind one spirit one God gather together he said I want to gather you together I want to draw
you close so that my Shekinah glory will burst through who is the king of glory he's calling us
as a body of believers together together and to know that he is god and beyond him there is no
other god oh god we thank you he wants you to know both which are in heaven and which are on earth
in him don't leave out the in him and him we talk about in jesus christ you know we can again we can
understand this earthly stuff right we gotta full we gotta sort of understand it but when you start
walking in the spirit my body is here when you start understanding the things of the spirit of god
it will cause you not to fulfill your lust of your flesh when you are understanding what god is
speaking in his word it will cause you to live differently so apostle paul is trying to take us
to a place that we would know him and the fellowship of his suffering and that we would
know him oh god for who he is inside of us we all claim he dwells in me oh yes cindy is the day
so there should be a transformation where we will move from glory to glory to glory to glory to glory
whoa and there shall be change in your life there shall be change in your home
it shall be changed in your children how do i know because god purposes in himself
how do i know it's true he said he purposed it in himself i believe in the word i want i'm not
going to add i'm not going to take away i'm going to speak it like it is holy i know there's a lot
a doctrine out there but i believe what agrees with my spirit and this word agrees with my spirit
so i know who i am in christ jesus and the next verse amen 11 11 11 11.
he fishes one in and whom and whom again listen here we go in whom and whom and christ also we
have obtained an inheritance being predestinated according to the purpose of
whom purpose of him who worketh things after the counsel of his own will you
know you know when people have a lot of money you know any money for that fact
their children are looking for their inheritance yummy
portion of this is going to be left to me but i'm here to tell you this day right here god has a
greater god has a greater he has a greater inheritance and it's in christ and he's gonna
work all things after the counsel of his will his will is what that i will prosper his will is what
that I will be of good health.
His will is what? His will.
I would love the Lord my
God with all my
spirit, all my soul,
all my body. That is
the will of God concerning us.
Concerning us.
So God is looking for a body of believers.
He's looking for you
to join up in His will.
No longer my will, God.
No longer my will, God.
I need your will that's happening
in heaven.
there's something my hope someday
that's happening in heaven
that God wanted to
deposit here on earth
and he's starting hearing us
we're the first part takers amen
why because we heard this word today
and we heard it spoken into our ear gates
and our receptors
the spirit of the Lord turned on our
receptors so that we can
and dwell in what the word is saying and be partakers in who we are in christ whom we are
in christ hallelujah and then we go walk amen and i predestinated ah before i ever known anything
he already predestinated my child he already predestinated my will he already predestinated
my life in him that's love that's love according to his purpose 12 amen verse 12 amen verse 12 amen
1 in 12 amen oh we bless the name of jesus oh that we should ha ha ha why did he do all that
oh he said a whole lot but why did christ do all that why did he work out that purpose for our life
according to his will he said that we should be the praise of his glory who
first trusted in Christ he said that I should be the praise of God's glory
because I believe
my life is not the same I am the praise of his glory in Christ Jesus
and first of 13 for 13 children and whom he also and whom again and whom he also
trusted after he heard the word of truth you heard the word amen the gospel of your salvation and whom also after that you believe oh my my my power it was sealed now we heard the word the word
came to us it was nigh us it was in our mouths and then the holy spirit he came to seal that promise
so you heard the word and the spirit of the living god came to put a seal around that word
so you won't sin and you won't fall short of his glory why because the promise of the holy spirit
it he said I put a seal when you put a cylinder thing my God
nothing's coming out I believe in my heart that the word of God is locked in
your spirit and nothing's coming out oh but yeah sure they are oh God we thank
you guys my bye oh the gospel of salvation and whom also had that you
believe you were sealed. Hear the word of God with the Holy Spirit of promise. Hear you the word of
the Lord. Hear you the word of the Lord for the power of the Spirit of God. His world, we're
containers, we're vessels, and the word of God is being poured into your mouth. Some is bitter,
and other parts of sweet.
But I promise you,
if you be able to accept and receive what the word
of God is speaking just to you,
personal, this is personal.
And it's not about me. It's not
about Joe or my husband
or my son or my children.
It's about me right now.
God is talking to me right now.
And he promised me.
He'll, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah.
That he'll seal this word.
But it's by.
Glory to God. Glory to God.
glory to God glory to God glory to God glory to God glory to God we bless your
holy name oh with the Holy Spirit a promise on verse 14
amen which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the
purchase possession unto the praise of his glory that seal that God said he
would give you by the Holy Spirit. It's a promise given unto you. It's a blessing poured out on you
until Jesus comes. You got to know that word is working for you. It hasn't missed the lick.
It just keeps on ticking. The word of God is working for you in Jesus. Now let's go to 17.
We're going to jump a few switches. Amen. I know I said esplositorian. Esplositorian is usually
you read the whole chapter, but we got some more to go to. Amen. Now at this point, we heard
Apostle Paul talk about Jesus Christ, right? And we heard him talk about the blood. He talked about
the redemption, and he talked about the adoption. Amen. But at this point, Apostle Paul,
he had spoken to the children of God, amen, through the power of the Holy Spirit.
the spirit of God said you need to pray for the people
and so he specifically
told them how to pray
he taught them how to believe
amen and he taught them
and the apostle Paul taught them how to live
in Christ in whom
the word of God was speaking to you
but now he wants to pray
my God and when he begins
to pray this prayer Jesus Christ
children sit at the end of your seat
get ready to hear the prayer
but the prayer of God is going to
liberate you oh by isa they are it's tangible because it's the word of god that's about to be
spoken in your spirit that calls you to come alive in christ jesus and the power of god
say the power of god the power of god is going to quicken my spirit and i'm going to become alive
in Christ Jesus
through the power, through the resurrection
power of Christ
oh God, he said
this is his first prayer, listen to this prayer point
children, I want you to hear it
because we're going to pray it afterwards
he said that the God
of our Lord Jesus Christ
the Father of glory
he said may give unto you
the spirit of wisdom
and the revelation and the knowledge
and I believe this scripture
when he prayed this because of the scriptures before this one i believe that his whole only
intimate thing that apostle paul had in mind for them to have a relationship that the revelation
knowledge of god would spring i declare not decree in the name of jesus that the revelation knowledge
of god will spring up in your hands and it will form by eci it will move like livers
a living water and you will be transformed even the greater into the image of god it will cause
you to accept your adoption but now they are accepted take the seal of the holy spirit just
walk it in that was his prayer oh that i revelate that the spirit of wisdom and revelation and
knowledge of him hey what did apostle paul say my determined purpose i want to know him
I want to, do you want to know God?
In this book, I'm telling you, it's an opportunity to know God.
Amen.
Amen.
And I see a sort of a quote, a spirit of wisdom and revelation and the knowledge of hell.
Oh, Father, you are the God of glory.
And we thank you as your spirit begins to pour out.
Lift up your holy hands, children of God.
Say, Lord God, we receive.
we receive your spirit of wisdom
and revelation
and the knowledge of you
oh God we receive it
this day for it
is written and we
believe in Jesus name
and verse 18
amen amen
he further pray
amen to the eyes
he out woke on day
of your understanding being enlightened
that you may
know what is the hope of his calling and what's the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the
saints that your eyes open my spiritual eyes oh lord open my spiritual eyes cause us your children
to see oh god enlighten us spirit man god allow your spirit to enlighten us god that we will know
walk by sea and that we will walk in the hope of your calling a place you have
called us to in Christ Jesus oh my god I want to know you god I want to know you
I want a fellowship with you
lighten my eyes you know why hey hey hey hey he took me back to the beginning and when he created
heavens and earth he said it was dark it was void and it was deep darkness upon the face of the earth
our bodies is made with the earth and oftentimes we're walking in a deep darkness but this day we
prayed to our lord that he would open our eyes there we can see it's time to walk in the place
that god has called you to we all have a position we all have a mission we all have a called out
duty by god that we have been commissioned to do and we have to go and fulfill the gospel of jesus
Christ in Jesus name amen in verse 19 amen amen in the name of Jesus we thank you and he said and
what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us what who believe according to working of his
mighty power now you'll call me God let me see what is the exceeding greatness oh I gotta know
greatness of your power understand that the spirit of god has power but i need to execute that
greatness of that power from within me god that i may know god and that i may walk oh god and
according to your mighty power according to your mighty power so when he said let there be light
and every dark area of your life of your children of your children children i declare i decree
that we're going to see this day the excellency of christ the power the power the power the power
that's working within us through christ jesus so i got power power power power power power
and i will never walk in the power of god hear you the word of god he gave it to you
you and the person of the Holy Ghost. He's looking for it to come forth in the Chicago
glory through your beings that men will know that he's Christ according to the working.
I like what he said, what is the exceeding greatness, not just the greatness, not just
the power, but the exceeding greatness of power in each and every one of us. We have
a power of God that moves exceedingly abundantly above all that we can think
and even imagine he said it works according to where you believe the faith
that work within you so quite the puzzle Paul's play right this friend right
that's right out that I need to know exceeding the greatness of your power
and me is a great power how about he said that when when something's great
as a matter of fact he said it was exceedingly great you know how we're looking at the wars over
and all right and when they let go the missile boom it lights up the whole earth
for about you should they are my sire it's a greatness do you know that that greatness dwell
in you that same greatness trolley you is seenly it's past your imagination i know you think you
got together by your thoughts but it's not there it's in the spirit it's working his mighty power
verse 20. hallelujah bless the lord one and twenty and he said that power he said which he
warped in christ when he raised him from the dead and set him at his own right here in the heavenly
places that power came from jesus christ when he took him out when he died on the cross for us when he gave his life for us he not only gave his life you know we got to be able to see a picture of this thing Amen It been a lot of open our eyes
Cause us to see what you're saying.
Right now in your name Jesus.
Open our eyes God.
That we can see what your word is saying God.
You said in your word God.
You raw fucker.
This power in Christ.
And you said when you raised him from the dead.
Can you not see.
the shikana glory being raised up in your belly
and God
he said even we are seated
in heavenly places in Christ Jesus
how do you know because I've been adopted
amen by the beloved
I'm seated
I'm here on earth but I gotta see where my spare man is
my spare man
It don't move by what I see.
It don't move by what I hear.
It only moves through the power of God and the power of Jesus Christ.
That's where the power rules.
In Christ Jesus.
Where is Christ?
In me.
I'm his sister.
I'm his brother.
I'm a joint heir.
I've been adopted.
Oh my God, I can't miss it.
I can't you know what makes it so nice about Jesus he's not gonna let you down
he said I'm not gonna leave you nor am I gonna mistake you he said I'll be with
you even to that and now when you start playing you got to be able to see yourself
sitting in heavenly places I'm a seated I'm not sitting I'm seated I got that's
my seat right there I believe and I'm sitting in that chair in this church but
you know what's gonna happen is when I go to have any places when I walk in a
spirit of God I'm sitting in the heavenlies far above let's keep going
amen and 21 amen hallelujah here it goes far above
far above principalities and powers and might and dominion and every name that is named not only in
this world but also in that which is to come i am seated you got to see it in heavenly places
in christ jesus i know the circumstances i'm dealing with don't look very good but i remember
what the scriptures said I'm seated you are seated you are seated and heavenly
places and Christ Jesus the guy told medicine I need to stand up real quick
the whole church just stand up could you know it'll be too relaxed I need you to
see the scripture and you'll see the scripture because the scripture before
he said you were seated and have any places far above seated and have replaced
his father but this is the part i like listen the word of god he said
far above sam's city far above
of principalities and powers and might and dominion and every name that is named not only
in this world but that world is to come. I am seated in heavenly places,
for all of us
from principalities
and powers
and might
and dominion
and every name
that is made
not only in this world
but also that world is to come
from the guys say
the double is defeated
the double is defeated
whoa
double-edged defeated for I am seated.
Don't miss the children of God.
You need to know your position in Christ Jesus.
I'm seated.
I'm seated.
I don't know about you, but I'm seated.
I'm seated about those principalities.
I'm seated about those demons.
Every evil, wicked spirit.
I'm seated above.
What am I saying to you?
you gotta hold this word you gotta hold to this word because the trine of your
faith will come but you gotta be able to open your mouth and say what hey I see
your dirty schemes and I hear your lies but I also know what the Word of God
speak to me and the Word of God says that I am seated I got me a good seat
If you see that means you're resting.
That means you're relaxing.
That means you're enjoying the atmosphere of God.
You see the air.
They fit in heavenly places.
In Christ Jesus.
But listen to children.
I don't know what it is that you might be dealing with.
But you need to tell your adversary.
The devil.
That he's a liar.
Even the word of God says.
you're a liar and there's no truth in you and so he gonna try your bluff
he gonna try you now don't miss it and you're gonna have to remember this word
okay I see the circumstances around me but there's a greater one
but there's a greater one the greater one that has nothing to do with me being
timid that the greater one has nothing to do with me being fearful but the greater one has told me
this day hear the word of god that i am seated in heavenly places children of god don't miss it
because we enjoy the things of this earth but it's all about vanity it's here today
gone tomorrow and it's only for a moment. The pleasures of this earth is all vanity.
Now I want you to get into position and to know the place that you are seated at. To
know your position in Christ Jesus. In the book of Ephesians it made it plain. Study
ye the word of God. Know who you are in Christ Jesus. Know your position in the Lord. I am
I have seen it. I have seen it.
When he says I'm mad, I know who I am.
I know who I am.
When he says I'm mad, I know who I am.
It's my world. I'm watching miracles.
I live my life on favor.
Sing sugar, God!
I know who I am!
When you said I'm black, I know who I am
I know who that says I am
When you said I'm black, when you said I'm black, I know who I am
What's the power? A one-night miracle, I live my life on paper
I know who I am
What's the power? A one-night miracle, I live my life on paper
I know who I am.
Over your mouth and say, I know who I am.
I know who I am.
The songwriter said even the words, and I'm walking in power.
I'm walking in power.
The testimony I sat for years very timid, very afraid,
could not step forth.
Then all of a sudden I heard a word that reminded me of who I was in Christ Jesus.
I rose up from the bed of slough.
The spirit of the Lord gave me the power to rise above my enemies.
I challenge you, children of God, to hear you the word of God.
Rise up in power and know who you are.
Amen.
Far above.
That's the key word.
Far above.
Far above.
Far above.
Oh, I'm so proud of you.
And the devil thought he had something on you.
He only had on us what we believe.
But God said, according to your faith.
And the faith is this word of God.
And if it's being spoken, if you believe, all things are possible.
The next scripture, the next scripture, the next scripture.
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amen
and he has put all things
under his
feet and gave him
to be the head over all
things to the church
how many things is being
put underneath the feet
how many things
Oh, that's why they said in the scripture, he said, where's it? Under your feet, right?
So when you're going through trials and tribulations and you're testing life, because most of it come from us, all things.
He gave me the ability to tread upon serpents, scorpions, and every evil work of the devil.
But it's only when we believe that will happen.
All things are possible unto him.
In the last verse of my closing.
Amen.
The last verse, which is his body, the fullness of him that filleth all in all.
Father, we thank you for the body.
We are many members, God.
But individuals, God.
And you have placed a calling.
You have placed on our lives, God, where we can walk according to your purpose, according to your destiny, according to your inheritance.
God, we receive.
how many people in the house received what the word of God
spoke this day
say God I received
according to your word in Jesus name
Amen