The Sonship Mentality
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SONSHIP - The relationship of a Son to their Father
well pastor chris what about daughters????
THE IDEA OF SONSHIP IS LINKED TO THE CONCEPT OF ADOPTION WHERE...
BELIEVERS ARE SPIRITUALLY ADOPTED AS CHILDREN OF GOD
THIS TERM SONSHIP IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS NOT STRICTLY FOR MALES
SONSHIP IS A METAPHOR TO INCLUDE BOTH MEN AND WOMEN, SIGNIFYING
THEIR EQUAL STANDING AS ADOPTED CHILDREN OF GOD AND HEIRS TO HIS INHERITANCE
DOES THIS HELP YOU??
SO WHEN I MENTION THE TERM “SONSHIP”
I AM TALKING ABOUT BOTH MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE ADOPTED INTO THE FAMILY OF GOD THROUGH SALVATION
ARE YOU WITH ME???
AS CHRISTIANS WE NEED TO BEGIN TO CHANGE OUR MENTALITY FROM SLAVES OF GOD…..TO SONS OF GOD
WE HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO WALK IN OVERCOMING POWER
SOME OF YOU ARE JUST KIND OF COASTING OR WALKING THROUGH LIFE...
BUT IF YOUR NOT CAREFUL YOU WILL GET RUN OVER....
BECAUSE THERE IS A RESISTANCE THAT EXISTS TO TAKE YOU OUT
OH COME ON SOMEBODY....YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A MENTALITY OF VICTORY
A MENTALITY OF...
“I AM VICTORIOUS THROUGH THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST.....THEREFORE
NO THING OR WEAPON THAT IS FORMED AGAINST ME....SHALL PROSPER”
THEN....WHATEVER COMES AGAINST YOU WILL TAKE YOU OUT INSTEAD OF IT BEING THE VERY THING THAT GOD WANTS TO USE TO RAISE YOU UP TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
Oh come on somebody....
DID YOU KNOW......THAT
ADVERSITY IS THE DISCIPLESHIP CLASS IF YOU WILL....
THAT WILL HELP YOU CLIMB HIGHER AND DRAW CLOSER TO GOD
MOST OF US BEG FOR ADVERSITY TO GO AWAY SO THAT WE CAN JUST MOVE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE INTO A PLACE OF COMFORT
I HAVE LEARNED VERY QUICKLY THAT GOD IS NOT INTERESTED IN MY COMFORT
OUCH.....
WHAT HE IS INTERESTED IN....IS MY TRANSFORMATION
HE WANTS TO RAISE ME UP AS A SON IN HIS KINGDOM BUT.....
THAT WILL BE TESTED
Oh come on....
THIS IS THE EXACT THING THAT CAME AGAINST JESUS IN THE WILDERNESS
THERE WERE THREE TIMES RECORDED THAT JESUS WAS TEMPTED
IT WAS ALWAYS......”IF YOU REALLY ARE THE SON OF GOD....THEN”
IT’S THE SAME THING THAT SATAN COME TO US WITH...
“IF YOU REALLY ARE A CHRISTIAN…THEN”
IF YOU REALLY ARE SAVED THEN..........
AND WHAT HAPPENS IS THIS RESISTANCE COMES AND IT TRIES TAKES US OUT
CHURCH.....GOD WANTS TO UPGRADE YOUR MENTALITY
SO YOU CARRY A MINDSET....
TO BE ABLE TO WALK WITH AN OVERCOMING SPIRIT OF VICTORY IN YOUR LIFE
THERE ARE 2 DIFFERENT MINDSETS THAT I WANT TO TALK TO YOU THIS MORNING ABOUT
SLAVES
SONS
7 So you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then God has made you an heir.
THIS MEANS.....
WHEN YOU CONNECT TO YOUR SONSHIP,
YOU ALSO CONNECT TO YOUR INHERITANCE THAT'S AVAILABLE TO YOU
YOUR INHERITANCE ISN'T JUST AVAILABLE WHEN YOU GO TO HEAVEN
PART OF YOUR INHERITANCE IS IN OPERATION NOW....
AND BY FAITH YOU ACTIVATE A MINDSET THAT CONNECTS YOU TO WHO YOUR FATHER SAYS THAT YOU ARE NOW......
ABRAHAM LINCOLN GAVE A FAMOUS SPEECH......AMANCIPATION PROCLIMATION
IT WAS DURING THE CIVIL WAR
IT WAS DURING THE TIME WHEN OUR COUNTRY HAD SLAVERY AS A BIG PRACTICE IN THIS NATION
WHAT HE WAS GIVING WAS THIS DECLARATION THAT WAS GOING TO END THAT PATTERN IN THIS NATION
JUST BECAUSE HE SAID IT DIDNT MEAN THAT ANYTHING CHANGED
IN FACT,
IT WASNT UNTIL TWO YEARS LATER IN 1865 WHEN ALL SLAVES WERE FREED
IT’S THE SAME IN GOD’S KINGDOM
JUST BECAUSE GODS WORD SAYS IT
JUST BECAUSE I SPEAK IT TO YOU
IT MEANS NOTHING UNTIL YOU RECIEVE IT AND...
MAKE THE ADJUSTMENTS NESSECARY TO
MANEFEST WHAT HAS BEEN PROCLAIMED TO YOU
OH THATS GOOD......
IS ANYBODY LISTENING TO ME THIS MORNING
YOU CAN LIVE UNDER A MESSAGE OF ABSOLUTE FREEDOM
AND UNTIL YOU OWN IT, RECEIVE IT AND APPLY IT TO YOUR LIFE
IT MEANS NOTHING
AND IT CHANGES NOTHING
SOME OF US ARE SO STUCK IN THIS MENTALITY OF SPIRITUAL SLAVERY TO GOD....
AND GOD WANTS TO DELIVER YOU FROM THE SPIRIT OF SLAVERY........
HE WANTS YOU TO LOOK AT HIM AS ABBA FATHER.
14 For all those led by God’s Spirit are God’s sons. 15 For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear. Instead, you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father!”
SOMETIMES WE JUST NEED TO COME TO OUR HEAVENLY FATHER AS CHILDREN COME TO THEIR EARTHLY FATHERS
WITH INNOCENCE AND TRUST
WITH CONFIDENCE THAT OUR FATHER HAS OUR BACK
THINK ABOUT IT.......
AS DADS WE ARE OUR CHILDRENS HEROS
THERE IS NOT A LOT WE CAN DO WRONG IN THEIR EYES
WE ARE EVERYTHING TO THEM
WHEN WE ENGAGE WITH OUR CHILDREN,
THE CONFIDENCE IT BRINGS TO THEIR LIVES IS INCREDIBLE
OH COME ON.....
THEY CAN TAKE ON ANYTHING OR ANYONE AS LONG AS...
THEY KNOW DAD HAS THEIR BACK
GOD WANTS US TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE BEEN ADOPTED BY HIM
WE ARE HEIRS TO HIS KINGDOM
EVERYTHING HE OWNS,
WE CAN OWN
OH COME ON....
THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE WORK AND SERVE FOR THE INHERITANCE
YOU CAN’T EARN IT
WE DON’T WORK FOR IT
WE WORK FROM IT
BECAUSE WE BELONG TO CHRIST
THERE IS SOMETHING INSIDE OF US THAT...
SHOULD CAUSE TO WORK AND SERVE AND GROW AND LEARN
IT’S NOT ABOUT…IF I DO THIS…I CAN ALL INHERIT ALL OF THIS
IT’S ABOUT....BECAUSE HE HAS ADOPTED ME AND I BELONG TO HIM
AND BECAUSE ALL THAT HE HAS FOR ME AND ALL THAT HE HAS DONE FOR ME
MY DESIRE IS TO SERVE HIM WITH ALL OF MY LIFE
EVEN IF I NEVER RECEIVE ANOTHER THING FROM HIM
MY HEART IS TO LAY IT ALL DOWN FOR HIM
YOU SEE....AS A SON AND DAUGHTER
WHEN YOU HAVE RIGHT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FATHER...
THEN OUT OF YOUR THANKFULNESS
COMES WILLINGNESS AND DESIRE TO SERVE HIM
DOES THIS MAKE SINCE???
THE PROBLEM.....
WE ARE BEING LED BY A SPIRIT OF SLAVERY
WE EVEN TALK TO GOD FROM A SLAVE POSITION.......
OH COME ON SOMEBODY
SOME OF YOU WHEN YOU TALK TO GOD.....
YOU BEG HIM INSTEAD OF
THANKING HIM AND ENTERING INTO IT AND BEGINNING TO DECLARE IT AND LETTING IT MANEFEST IN YOUR LIFE
UNDERSTAND THIS....
WE DO NOT NEED TO BEG FOR OUR FATHERS ATTENTION
UNFORTUNATELY WE DO HAVE TO WITH EARTHLY FATHERS SOMETIMES...
I heard a pastor say something one time that stuck with me in a sermon...
HE WAS TELLING A STORY
OF HOW HE HE WENT TO HIS MOMS HOUSE AND KNOCKED
SHE SAID “YOU DONT HAVE TO KNOCK”
HE SAID I KNOW MOM BUT I JUST WANT TO RESPECT YOUR PRIVACY
SHE SAID IT DOESNT MATTER WHEN YOU COME
DONT EVER FEEL LIKE YOU CANT COME INTO MY PRESENCE
YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME.
AS PARENTS THIS IS THE WAY IT IS WITH OUR CHILDREN
MOST OF US DADS IN HERE WILL ALWAYS WELCOME OUR CHILDREN WITH OPEN ARMS
WHEN WE WALK IN A MENTALITY OF SONSHIP WE REALIZE THAT
WE ARE ALWAYS WELCOME INTO OUR FATHERS PRESENCE
WE DONT HAVE TO BEG GOD
WE HAVE ACCESS TO EVERYTHING THAT HE IS
BECAUSE OF WHO WE ARE IN HIM
WE ARE HIS SONS AND DAUGHTERS
I want to give you 3 overcoming mindsets to SONSHIP
1. SONS RELY ON THE LOVE AND GOODNESS OF GOD
37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
WE ARE MORE THAN CONQUERORS THROUGH GOD WHO LOVES US
SONS HAVE A POWERFUL ANCHOR THAT THEY REST ON
SLAVES HAVE A “HE LOVES ME, HE LOVES ME NOT” RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN PASTOR ?
WHEN THINGS ARE GOOD GOD IS GOOD WITH ME
WHEN THINGS ARENT GOOD THEN GOD IS NOT GOOD WITH ME
AS A SON -
WHEN IM STRUGGLING, I CAN RUN TO MY FATHER AND NOTHING WILL SEPARATE ME FROM HIS LOVE
WE RELY ON THE LOVE OF CHRIST
WE DONT RUN AND HIDE
WE RUN TO
WE DONT RUN FROM
2. SONS LIVE CONFIDENTLY IN WHO THEY ARE
16 The Spirit himself testifies together with our spirit that we are God’s children,
WE ARE CONFIDENT IN WHO WE ARE AS GODS CHILDREN
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SON AND A SLAVE.......
A SON- RISES UP ABOVE THE ADVERSITY KNOWING THAT THE ADVERSITY IS NOT A PERMANENT SENTENCE
A SLAVE- GOES THROUGH THE ADVERSITY AND THE ADVERSITY BECOMES THEIR IDENTITY
OH COME ON SOMEBODY....
YOUR PROBLEM......IS NOT YOUR IDENTITY
IT’S ONE THING TO GO THROUGH A SEASON OF POVERTY
IT’S ANOTHER THING TO CARRY A SPIRIT OF POVERTY
SOME OF YOU WENT THROUGH FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND NOW IT HAS BECOME YOUR IDENTITY
NOW YOU THINK OUT OF LACK
NOW YOU THINK OUT OF POVERTY
WHAT HAS COME AGAINST YOU HAS NOW BECOME YOU......
COME ON SOMEBODY!!!!!
I'm talking about mindsets that create strongholds in your life.
Once a mindset is ingrained, it becomes a stronghold.
A stronghold in the mind is a spiritual fortress made up of wrong thoughts.
YOU MAY HAVE AN ILLNESS.......BUT YOU ARE NOT AN ILLNESS
YOU MAY HAVE SICKNESS........BUT YOU ARE NOT A SICKNESS
YOU MAY HAVE A MENTAL STRUGGLE.....BUT YOU ARE NOT A MENTAL STRUGGLE
YOUR BATTLES ARE NOT YOUR IDENTITY
CAN I GET AN AMEN???
IF YOUR NOT CAREFUL YOU BECOME ONE WITH YOUR BATTLE
AND NOW IT OWNS YOUR MINDSET
AND YOU CANT SEEM TO FIGHT YOUR WAY OUT OF IT
IT NOW BECOMES A WAY TO RELATE TO YOUR WORLD
AND NOW THE ENEMY PUTS US IN A POSITION OF BEING A VICTIM
RATHER THAN SEEING ABOVE OUR CIRCUMSTANCE AND....
INTO THE FUTURE WHERE OUR IDENTITY IN CHRIST CALLS US TO VICTORY
3. SONS HAVE A BIG GOD MENTALITY
SOME OF US NEED TO MAKE UP OUR MIND WHO WE ARE GONNA SERVE........
I’M SO TIRED OF SEEING PEOPLE LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE THEIR PROBLEM IS BIGGER THAN THEIR GOD
I’M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT WE SERVE A BIG GOD
IT’S EASY TO SAY AMEN....BUT
SOME OF US NEED TO START LIVING LIKE IT
.....worship team join me.......
(STORY OF TONY ROBBINS WITH ANDRE AGASSI)
HE WENT THROUGH A SLUMP IN HIS PROFESSIONAL CAREER
HE WENT TO TONY FOR PROFESSIONAL COACHING HELP
TONY SET DOWN WITH HIM AND PLAYED A TAPE OF ONE OF HIS BEST EVENTS
IT SHOWS ANDRE BOUNCING THE BALL AND GOING THROUGH THE RYTHYM
YOU CAN SEE HIM GETTING IN TO THE ZONE
(ON THE VIDEO)
BOUNCE, BOUNCE, BOUNCE...... ANDRE LOOKS UP AND TONY FREEZES THE TAPE
RIGHT THERE.... WHAT ARE YOU THINKING IN THAT MOMENT?
THAT’S EASY..........
I WAS LOOKING AT THE OTHER GUY AND THINKING.......I DON’T KNOW WHY YOU BOTHERED SHOWING UP TODAY
TONY CAPTIVATED THAT MINDSET AND SAID
“THAT’S WHAT YOU LOST”
OH MY LORD HELP US....
SOME OF YOU WOKE UP THIS MORNING AND YOU WENT.........BOUNCE BOUNCE BOUNCE
I DON’T KNOW HOW IM GONNA GET THROUGH THE DAY
HOW AM I GONNA PAY MY BILLS
OH COME ON....YOU KNOW THATS WHAT YOU BEEN THINKING.....
WHAT YOU NEED THOUGH IS TO KNOW THE TRUTH...
IF YOU WALKED IN THE SPIRIT OF SONSHIP IT WOULD BE.......
BOUNCE BOUNCE BOUNCE
I DONT KNOW WHY YO BOTHERED TO SHOW UP TODAY DEVIL
YOU SEE..... WHEN A KID KNOWS HIS FATHER HAS HIS BACK
THERE IS A CONFIDENCE THAT COMES WITH SONSHIP
WE HAVE TO EMBRACE WHO WE ARE IN JESUS CHRIST
WE ARE....
MORE THAN CONQUERORS
A CHILD OF GOD
HEIR TO HIS KINGDOM
ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO EVERYTHING THAT HE IS
WE ARE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF THE MOST HIGH
WE HAVE TO DEVELOP A BIG GOD MINDSET.........
COME ON CHURCH....can I get an amen
LOOK AT YOUR NEIGHBOR AND TELL THEM...........I AM NOT A SLAVE, IM A CHILD OF THE KING
STAND TO YOUR FEET...
YOU MIGHT BE IN HERE THIS MORNING AND HAVE NEVER GIVEN YOUR HEART TO GOD.
TODAY IS THE DAY THAT YOU CAN ENTER INTO SONSHIP AND BECOME AN HEIR TO GOD’S KINGDOM
NOT JUST IN HEAVEN BUT HERE ON EARTH
GOD WANTS TO BLESS HIS CHILDREN
I AM NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT MONEY
IM TALKING ABOUT POWER AND AUTHORITY OVER THINGS IN YOUR LIFE
IM TALKING ABOUT FAVOR
I’M TALKING ABOUT HOPE
I’M TALKING ABOUT PEACE
12 Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation—but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it. 13 For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live.
ARE YOU TIRED OF YOUR LIFE?
ARE YOU TIRED OF LIVING IN FEAR
LIVING AFRAID OF TOMORROW HOLDS?
JESUS SAID IN MATTHEW 11:28
28 “Come to me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR ANSWERS IN YOUR LIFE?
JESUS SAID IN REVELATION 3:20
20 Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR DIRECTION IN YOUR LIFE?
JESUS SAID, IN JOHN 14:6
6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
IF YOU’VE NEVER GIVEN YOUR HEART TO GOD AND WOULD LIKE TO THIS MORNING
WOULD YOU COME?
WE WANT TO PRAY WITH YOU