The Higher Life Doctrine

[Ephesians 2:1-10 KJV] “And you hath he quickened , who were dead in trespasses and sins; [2] Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: [3] Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. [4] But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, [5] Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) [6] And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: [7] That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. [8] For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: [9] Not of works, lest any man should boast. [10] For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them”.God has never left His creation to their fate; from time to time he awakens a prophet and gives him a message of hope to revive an age long truth that is dead or ignored. No message of any revival is new; it is usually an age long truth that has eluded us.In our time, God has given us the message of the possibility to live the heavenly life right here on earth. The Lord is telling us that we who were dead in trespasses, and walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, have been quickened by God. We are His workmanship created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God has before ordained that we should walk in them.We are saved by grace through faith; salvation is the gift of God and not of ouselves; it is not of works lest any man should boast. We are His workmanship created in Christ Jesus to walk in good works fore-ordained that we should walk them. We are called from a place of;

1. Being dead in sin
2. Walking according to the course the world
3. Walking according to the prince of the world now at work in the children of disobedience;

To a place where we will walk in good works prepared for us. The works are already finished, we are just supposed to walk in them. The works are prepared and fore-ordained; we just have to walk in it. Get ready to walk in some finished works. Jesus Christ finished everything on the cross. He gave us the victory when He rose from the dead.

What are these works?

Genesis 1:26-31¹, we understand that we are;

1. Created in the image and the likeness of God
2. To have dominion over all created things
3. Blessed to be fruitful, replenish the earth, subdue and fill it
4. Given the blessed herbs of field for food
5. put in the garden of God, Eden, where the presence of God dwell

Under the new convenant, these works are restored to us. We are restored to that place in God, not just spiritually but socially right here on earth.Take a look at the following Scriptures;Roman 8:28-31 says we are created to conform to the image of the son of God. All those that He called, He justified and glorified.Roman 5:17 says we have “recieved the abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness to reign in life by one, Christ Jesus“.Ephesians 1:3²: we are “blessed with all spiritual blesssing in heavenly places” to live an abundance life.John 6:48-58³ and Hebrews 6:4-5⁴ teaches that we have both partaken of the heaven gift, the Holy Ghost, the power of the world to come and still partake of the cup and table of blessing.Ephesians 2:6 teaches of how we are “seated in heavenly places with Christ Jesus far above all principalities and powers”.This is a higher life and we can walk in it by simply yielding to the leading of the Lord. It is a finished work and we just have to walk in it. We are called to yield to His leading.Be blessed; I love you!Noah Simpe Bediako

Referenced Scriptures

1. Genesis 1:26-31 (KJV): 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. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so. And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. ↩︎
2. Ephesians 1:3 (KJV): Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: ↩︎
3. John 6:48-58 (KJV): I am that bread of life. Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat? Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever. ↩︎
4. Hebrews 6:4-5 (KJV): For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, ↩︎