Clay Martin

I am in heaven NOW….are you?

This is Jesus’ teaching in John 3:13, “No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son of Man who is in heaven.”

He is standing as a man on earth saying He is in heaven. I am there now.

He is living the ascended life.

Am I? I am seated with Him in heavenly places.

“But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6 and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,” Ephesians 2:4-6.

I am in heaven NOW! I am there now.

All of life, feelings, emotions, motives, thoughts and actions are lived from an ascending life.

I am living conscience of the felt presence of God and living from His understanding.

“just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will.” Ephesians 1:4-5

Father chose and predestined you…hand selected you before anything else was ever created to be His son or daughter…let that sink!

It was His good pleasure! He wanted to….nothing would stand in His way to make you His child.

YES! He loves you…YES! You are precious to Him.

So SHINE.

“That we should be holy and without blame before Him in love.”

Philippians 4:6-13

Be anxious for nothing happens when you are content with Jesus.

This is not a prescription for getting over anxiety, it is removing anxiety through relationship with Him.

When you are content with Jesus, what in life can impact that?

Jesus said you are the LIGHT OF THE WORLD (Matthew 5:14-16)

You are not meant to survive but shine. You are not trying but shining.

Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed. John 8:36

His freedom is true freedom…you never again have guilt, shame or condemnation. Simply free to SHINE!

…Freely you have received, freely give. Matthew 10:8

Praying for this 🔥 to spread.

You do not have an appointment to sin…you are not a sinner waking up everyday trying not to sin, hoping one day God will be happy with you. No, you are a redeemed child of God who is holy, blameless, above failure, complete, chosen and beloved by the Father! (Colossians 1:21-22, 2:10, 3:12).

Do you believe this? (Colossians 1:23)

Our lives are worship to the Lord. Our lives are the place that people come to find Jesus! Colossians 3:12-25

Jesus has already delivered you from that particular problem. Do not try and S L O W L Y overcome it, kill it now. You were not created for it…you are wearing something that wasn’t meant for you. Instead put on the new…who looks just like Jesus. (Colossians 1:13-14, 3:1-10)

Jesus died for you…for me…
This SCREAMS OUR VALUE!

Colossians 1:19-22

You are not a sinful person, who can never get it right…

Jesus says you are HOLY, BLAMELESS, ABOVE REPROACH

Live in HIS finished work.

Eternal life is not about going to heaven but about KNOWING the Father and Jesus the Christ.

And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. John 17:3

Eternal life is your relationship with the Father.

So you do not have to “try” to make it to heaven or hope you are good enough to get there.

Eternal life is God loving you and you loving God….this is what transforms lives today…knowing that I have eternal life today because He loves me and I love Him!

Our gospel serves us, His gospel changes us. Colossians 3:8-11