The topic before us is- Walking in the Path of the Cross.

I am way too inadequate to teach on this.
But I thank the ministers who have been praying.
And I know we serve a God that answers prayers.
I will like to remind us what this is all about.
Our theme remains:
Understanding Glory and Virtue

What correlation exists between Walking in the Path of the Cross and Understanding Glory and Virtue?

Since the first day we decided to Understand Glory and Virtue, some thing happened.
WE TOUCHED GOD'S HEART.

And he has answered us. Just as he answered Daniel.
Just as he answered Solomon.

And He has by His Precious Holy Spirit led us on this journey of Understanding Glory and Virtue.
This is why I had to specially recognise and honor the Ministers who have been mightily used for this herculean task.
Yet by the Holy Spirit, it has seemed effortless.
Simply because they yielded.

Yielding to the Holy Spirit is simply what it's all about.
Walking in the Path of the Cross is a test of our Yieldedness.
A test of our Faith.
A test of our Trust.
A test we MUST pass.

The question becomes.
What does it mean to be yielded?
What does it mean to yield?

Yield
1. To give way; to allow another to pass first.
2. To give as required; to surrender, relinquish or capitulate.
3. To give way; to succumb to a force.
4. To produce as return, as from an investment.
5. To produce as a result.

Our will is all we have to yield.
I repeat, Our will is all we have to yield

I asked a question the previous time.

Is it not curious that Our LORD and Saviour has finished the works, finished the promise,
He has corrected the error of the First Adam,
He has done all the hard work,
He has fulfilled His ministry, been crucified, died, been buried and ressurected,
He has conquered Satan and all his wisdom,
He has restored all the Authority in Heaven and Earth.
He has begged the Father to give us the Holy Spirit,
He has given us the Apostles and the Ministry Gifts,
He has Given us the Bible through Missionaries,
He has endured such long suffering and patience,

Yet, only very few in the annals of the kingdom have seen the manifest presence of this restored glory?

We should ask ourselves questions.
We should burn with Holy Anger.
We should not want another day go by with us living short of the glory of God.
We should ask what is responsible.
God loves it when we ask Him questions.
He wants us to reason with Him.

Which Father is not happy to see his son curious about everything he has put in place for him?

Which Teacher is not happy to meet students who desire to be the best at their studies?

Which Boss is not Happy to see staff who align with the goals and objectives of the organisation?

God is not the problem. He has done all that needs to be done.
What then is the problem?
The enemy has done this.
And unfortunately, we partnered with him. Albeit, ignorantly.

Satan is the enemy. We must never forget this.
Satan hates you and I unconditionally.
Satan is the father of lies.
We must never forget this.
We must always remember this.
Satan will mislead us and then deny us. Push all the blame on us.

Why?
Because his weapon is simple.
His weapon is our lusts.

Lust of the eyes.
Lust of the flesh.
Pride of life.

As long as we have these 3. We cannot walk into the Glory

The journey in the Path of the Cross is to exfoliate this lusts. This evil passions. This vain desires.

The irony is some of us are already offended about the idea of losing our lusts and desires.

Who has bewitched us?
I was a heavy drinker.
Sexually perverse.
Coarsely vulgar.
Proud of my uniqueness.
I wanted to be the best musician/rapper in the world.
I admired so much the glory of the world.
This made me selfish.
Made me easily envious
Made me greedy.
Made me want to sleep with the hottest girl in the room. Just for the fun of it.
It was so bad that even married women would want to sleep with me cos in the Spirit realm, I belonged to Satan.

So we attracted one another.
Just the same way Christians born of the Spirit attract one another.

We need to know that our lusts are destructive.
Until we know this, we will hold on to them with our dear lives.

Yet this is what is keeping us from the Truth. From Eternal Life. From Glory.

All we need is Humility.
We need to let God teach us humility as we yield to His leading.
Following Christ is why we are saved.

The early disciples had Jesus Christ.
We have the Holy Spirit.

We must train ourselves to learn how to know the leading of the Holy Spirit.
Following the Leading of the Holy Spirit is how we Follow Christ.

The Glorified Christ is the Person of the Holy Spirit.
How do we train ourselves to know the leading of the Holy Spirit?

Through adequate Discipleship.

We need to know who the Holy Spirit leads us to.

Which Local assembly (church) should we worship in.

If there's a foundation class there- we need to humble ourselves to learn afresh as if we are hearing of Christ for the first time.

We need to know what this decision will cost us.
Because we will lose friends.
We will be antagonised by many.
We will face persecutions.
We will change our ways.

All this is not going to be by our own efforts.
We simply have to obey His leadings.

We simply have to be humble and obedient, trusting God with our wholeheart.

When we Trust God. That is the first level of Faith.
When God can Trust us, that is the true height of  Faith.

The Walk in the Cross is how God will test our Faith to know if it is genuine or conditional, or pretense, or selfish, or materialistic, etc.

I conclude with this.

1. Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior did not keep us in the dark about this.
The template is there in Matthew 5. The Beatitudes.

2. The end result is likewise there. In Galatians 5. The Fruit of the Spirit. And Gifts as we grow.

We have to allow ourselves to grow. And this is where Patience is.

James.1.2-4
My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials
knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience.
But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.

May we truly come to be Perfect and Complete in Christ.
Thank you all and God help us in this walk.