PASTOR EMMANUEL EZEASOR

Topic: Birthpangs

Text; luke 16: 16

“The law and the prophets were until John. Since that time the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is pressing into it.

Luke 16:16 NKJV

“Until John the Baptist, the law of Moses and the messages of the prophets were your guides. But now the Good News of the Kingdom of God is preached, and everyone is eager to get in.

Luke 16:16 NLT

Birthpangs is the pain a pregnant woman goes through before she gives birth to her child.

The pregnant woman did not conceive and give birth today,She has to go through 9 months of pain.

✓The story of Joseph.

If you must experience what has being said about you, there is an attitude

You must be dugged

1. Conviction

2.In your concecretion

3.In your pursuit for God

There is a way to operate in the season of thought time. There is a forcefulness needed from you.

If the mother of the child gave up in the 6th month.. the child would not be born... So she continues to travail in pain having a picture of the child in mind.

What if on the day of labour she divides to give up .

The reason why many are giving up so soon is because they don't know what they are carrying.

Galatians 4; 1, 17, 19

Galatians 4:19

Oh, my dear children! I feel as if I’m going through labor pains for you again, and they will continue until Christ is fully developed in your lives.

Galatians 4:19 NLT

My little children, for whom I labor in birth again until Christ is formed in you,

Galatians 4:19 NKJV

Galatians 4; 1.

Now I say that the heir, as long as he is a child, does not differ at all from a slave, though he is master of all, but is under guardians and stewards until the time appointed by the father.

Galatians 4:1‭-‬2 NKJV

Between you and the future God has designed for you there most be.

1.

2. Training

3.Sacrifice

Ish 66; 8

Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things? Shall the earth be made to give birth in one day? Or shall a nation be born at once? For as soon as Zion was in labor, She gave birth to her children.

Isaiah 66:8 NKJV

When a woman is in labour you don't hear her shout but groan.

Lamentations 3:27

It is good for a man to bear The yoke in his youth.

Lamentations 3:27 NKJV

Now is the best time to go through birthpangs. Not tomorrow.

Hebrews 12: 1-2

Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Hebrews 12:1‭-‬2 NKJV

The process of birthpangs is to make you light.

(As your baby grows and the uterus gets bigger, this stretching can cause the round ligaments to go into spasm, causing pain in the lower abdomen or groin area. The pain is usually sharp or stabbing. It can be made worse by: sudden movement such as standing up from sitting or rolling over in bed.)

The stabbing pain a woman experience is as a result of the growth of the baby. That babys growth causes the uterus to grow

You see the grow is that of the pains the woman goes through.

So when you are learning to stretch you faith for finances and after that you still stay hungry for days, it's part of the birthpang.

Because when there is so much comfort in an area of you life there will be no growth. So that lack causes a press

You have given God 1million but you can trust God I press to give your firstly 100million.

The first time you will give it will cause so much pain.

The Unity of Faith

that we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;

Ephesians 4:14 KJV

For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come. Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.

1 Corinthians 11:26‭-‬28 KJV

Unity of Faith is;

- When people who have faith in jesus come together in unity to love and serve each other.

- Unity of faith is the force that prevents people from dividing from each other just because of a simple disagreement

For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.

Romans 12:14-‬5 KJV

Laws of the unity of faith;

- Love

Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

Romans 12:10 KJV

He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.

1 John 2:9‭-‬11 KJV

-Honor

in honour preferring one another;

Romans 12:10 KJV

Honor is based on discernment Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

1 Peter 2:17 KJV

-forebearance ; this is making room to accommodate more offence

Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

Colossians 3:12‭-‬13 KJV

- forgiveness;

Letting go of offence

Mthw5:7 blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy

Metamorphosis

(When he shall appear we shall be like him)

Metamorphosis is a dramatic change of the form or nature or behavior of a person into a completely different being, by natural or supernatural means.

“Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.”

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭41‬:‭14‬ ‭KJV‬‬

- God wants to have your disorganized and disjointed life (worm life) so he can turn it around

- From worm to treshing instrument

Stages of metamorphosis for a butterfly

Egg stage-> Caterpillar (larva) -> chrysalis Shell stage of inactivity (Pupa) -> Adult Butterfly

Stages of Metamorphosis for man;

1. A Change of your mind;

you must present yourself in surrender for your mind to be renewed

““I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭12‬:‭1‬ ‭KJV‬‬

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭12‬:‭2‬ ‭KJV‬‬

2. Spirituality Gal 6:1-5 (states the attributes of spiritual people)

For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.1Tim 4:8

3. Diligence prov 22:29

(We don't act as convenient, we act as commanded)

The size of the anointing/grace will not matter in the face of laziness

4. Accountability

Galatians 5:25-26

25 Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.

26 Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.

James 5:16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.

4. Develop the giftings of God on your inside

“Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.”

‭‭2 Timothy‬ ‭1‬:‭6‬ ‭KJV‬‬

NB: Like David don’t just focus on spiritual gifts but physical gifts as well

1sam17:39_40&50 NKJV

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

Is a polymer composed of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix carrying genetic instructions for the development, functioning, growth, and reproduction of all known organism. TO SIMPLY PUT DNA carry’s instructions within it for the functioning, growth, and reproduction of organisms.

1corth6:7 But he that is joined unto the lord is one spirit

• DNA is found in the nucleus of every cell & cell is the smallest unit of life… cell develops to tissues -> organs -> system -> human being

• Just like the natural DNA causes son and daughter to look like their parents. Our spiritual DNA causes us to look like God.

“Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, WE SHALL BE LIKE HIM; FOR WE SHALL SEE HIM AS HE IS”

‭‭1 John‬ ‭3‬:‭1‬-‭2‬ ‭KJV‬‬

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Every human being should answer the question; where are my from, why am i here, where am i going to.... if you don't understand what DNA u carry u can't answer that question

-Nature is the internal essence of a thing

-Nature is the quality that makes a person or thing

-Nature is the internal reality that produces external traits

-It’s the unseeen force that shapes a man’s behavior

-A man’s desires are a function of his nature

-Nature is the instinct in a man that governs his actions

Your DNA (nature) Determines;

1. your Abilities and capabilities

2, your tendencies and inclinations; igbos jews, Chinese inclines to business,

3, your possibilities and your becomings (ant and eagle are different)

Eagles behaviour;

Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, And make her nest on high? She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, Upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place. From thence she seeketh the prey, And her eyes behold afar off. Her young ones also suck up blood: And where the slain are, there is she.

Job 39:27‭-‬30 KJV

Ants, behaviour;

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no guide, Overseer, or ruler, Provideth her meat in the summer, And gathereth her food in the harvest.

Proverbs 6:6‭-‬8 KJV

Life is what determines nature

The life flowing within you determines the nature you carry, animal life produces the animal nature, human life produces human nature.

If a father has human life, a mother has human life... they give birth to children with human nature ...

NB: It takes people with same nature to fellowship

🐜 CANT RELATE WITH DOGS

they've got different natures

This is why some people finds it hard to relate with God

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Genesis 1:26 KJV

God said let us make man after our nature

This means man carry’s Gods DNA

Origin affects nature; we were made out of God

• The physical DNA can be found in the nucleus of any cell, but the spiritual DNA for the believer is the Holy Spirit

Rom8:9 but ye are not in the flesh, but in the spirit, if so, be that the spirit of God dwell in you. Noun if any man have not the spirit of Christ, he’s none of his.

Rom8:14 for all who are allowed at the speed of God at the sons of God

Jhn1:12 who believed he gave the power (The Holy Spirit) to become the sons of God

• Your spiritual, DNA kills the natural ability to sin within you

1jhn3:9 “Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.”

‭‭1 John‬ ‭3‬:‭9‬ ‭KJV‬‬

WHY

Abide (How to respond to Oneness)

Legalism to vitality

Legalism what was promised

Vitality what is experienced, to move from what was promised to what is experienced you must abide

Principle for oneness;

1; Surrender (pray)

“Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.”

‭‭John‬ ‭15‬:‭4‬-‭5‬ ‭KJV‬‬

NB; you abide by fellowship!!

2, Behold(study)

2Corinthians 3:18 New King James Version (NKJV)

But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.

Jesus said to matter marry chose the right thing, after she complained that marry won’t let Jesus alone

When you behold him you become like him

3, Hunger;

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled

They that hunger and thirst after righteousness

Anyone who lacks hunger has not tested Christ

“Test and see that the lord is good”

Hope (Elpizo)

Hope according to dictionary definition is to want something to happen and to have a good reason for that

NB Never interpret bible terms with dictionary

According to Scriptures Hope is simply Confidence;

1, Hope in the eternal blessing of God

For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.

Hebrews 6:13‭-‬14 KJV

For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: that by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us: which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;

Hebrews 6:16‭-‬19 KJV

2, Hope in the Grace (charis) of God

Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: by whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; and patience, experience; and experience, hope:

Romans 5:1‭-‬4 KJV

hope (elpis,elpizo) maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.

Romans 5:5 KJV

3.Hope That God will not make us ashamed

according to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death. For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Philippians 1:20‭-‬21 KJV

They looked on him and were lighted up; they were not ashamed psm34:5

4, Hope in an incorruptible, undefiled inheritance kept for us in heaven

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,1 Peter 1:3-4

[4]To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

5, Hope in the resurrection of the saints on the last day

Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not. and if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.

1 Corinthians 15:15‭, ‬17‭-‬21 KJV

A life without the love of Christ’s produces all works of the flesh that in turn destroys greatness

Prayer is the advantage of the believer

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1. God’s love is perfect and is a model for how to love.

Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance. (1 Corinthians 13:4-7)

2, When you fully experience God’s love, you have nothing to fear.

“There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.”

‭‭1 John‬ ‭4‬:‭18‬ ‭KJV‬‬

3, You are secure in your relationship with God: Nothing can separate you from God’s love.

Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean He no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death? ... No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us. And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow — not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. No power in the sky above or in the earth below — indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8:35, 37-39)

4, God Calls us his child

“Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.”

‭‭1 John‬ ‭3‬:‭1‬ ‭KJV‬‬

5. God loved you enough to die for you when you were still rebelling against Him

But God showed His great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. (Romans 5:8

6. God’s love is too great to fully understand.

And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep His love is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God. (Ephesians 3:18-19