FOUNDATION STATEMENT: As believers we all have zoe imparted into our
spirits, but as a whole the church has not been manifesting zoe the way we
can.Zoe is in us, but without walking
in the love of God it will never manifest out of us and we will never see the
results of it.
I. All of us who are born again got zoe deposited on the
inside of us when we got born again
A. We
have authority over darkness and it’s in us
1. John
3:15-16, 5:24, 6:40, 47, 20:31 – For years and years we thought John 3:16 was a
scripture that only takes care of you on the other side of eternity and we’ve
completely missed out on what it offers on this side
a. If
you believe in him that eternal life force is in you; that life force that
darkness cannot comprehend
b. The
day that you got born again, you got everything that you would ever need to not
only get to Heaven, but to have Heaven on the Earth
2. When
you made Jesus the Lord of your life and got born again the two-edged sword of
God’s Word cut your spirit from shoulder to hip and emptied you of that
spiritual death and imparted life/zoe on the inside of you (Romans 2:29)
B. There’s
a difference in having zoe and harvesting zoe.
1. You
don’t do things to earn eternal life; it’s by grace (Romans 6:23)
a. Once
you receive Jesus as your Lord zoe is in you
2. However,
if you are going to manifest that life force here on the Earth, then there are
certain things that must be done
a. You
can be born again with zoe in you, and harvest the force of death
C. The
force of death
1. Zoe
is a life force that crowds out all evil and darkness with everything that is
good
2. Death
is the force that works to manifest the curse in the lives of believers
3. Romans
5:12 – Death came into the world by sin
a. Romans
6:22 – He wrote that to the church
i. If
you spend anytime at all in disobedience to the commandment of love and don’t
repent of it, you’ve activated that death force
II. Love is the pathway that will lead you back to the
Garden of Eden
A. Jesus
is came to take mankind back to the place they were before Adam sinned
(Gal 3:13)
1. Jesus
came to acquire us out of the curse and take us back to that place where we
were redeemed from the curse – That place is the Garden of Eden
a. There
was a time when man was deemed/judged free and Jesus is going to re-free you
2. He
cut a pathway that will lead us back to the Garden of Eden and that pathway is
love (Matt 7:13-14, Isaiah 43:18-19)
B. Love
is the law of abundance
1. When
you commit to the command of love abundance is the predetermined outcome
a. People
who release the law of love activate the law of abundance
2. Romans
10:8 – The law of salvation
a. At
that moment when you got saved if all of hell could have stopped you from
getting saved, they would have, but they couldn’t
b. They
can’t stop you from seeing abundance either when you commit to the law of love.
C. Mark
10:17 – What do I have to do to inherit zoe?
1. Luke
10:25 – Same question, Same answer
a. The
lawyer was tempting Jesus and Jesus knew it, so he gave him little to no time
b. The
rich young ruler fell on his face and was greatly desiring with all of his
heart to walk in zoe and Jesus knew it, so He was going to show this guy
specifically where he is missing it where the commandment of love is concerned
i. The
one thing that he lacked was the commandment of love
ii. Deuteronomy
6:5 – The rich young ruler didn’t love God with all of his might (resources)
2. He
was in direct violation to the commandment of love and didn’t even know it
a. That’s
the danger of not having this commandment are the fore front of your mind
i. Something
was blocking zoe and Jesus showed him what it was
3. Jesus
showed them that when you walk in obedience to the command of love zoe will
effect you on both sides of eternity
a. You
give him your life through the commandment of love and the harvest off of that
seed is His life/zoe
III. Every born again child of God has this zoe imparted on
the inside of them, but only the believers who are keeping the commandment of
love are manifesting zoe in their lives
A. You
have zoe in you, but you have to take the necessary steps to make the withdraw
1. Once
you get born again you never lose zoe, but through disobedience you stop the
manifestation of it in your life
B. To
reap zoe we have to work the principle of seedtime and harvest (Galatians
6:7-9)
1. Sowing
to the flesh is sowing towards a lifestyle that is in opposition to the word of
God and the love of God (John 6:63)
a. When
you sow seeds of violating the commandment of love you will reap corruption (James
3:16)
i. You
can be born again and living in hell on the Earth because you are sowing towards
it
b. Romans
6:22 – The wages of sin is that death force working
2. Sowing
to the spirit is sowing to the love of God
a. Every
time you sow towards the command of love you are releasing a seed that will
manifest zoe
3. Don’t
get weary in keeping the command of love (John 14:9-10)
a. We
have to commit to this long enough to see the results of it
i. You
can’t walk on the pathway of love and not hit the Garden of Eden
b. You
got to believe the love enough to commit to this commandment (1 John 4:16)
i. I’m
rooted and grounded in this, I’m committed to this (Ephesians 3:17)
4. Keeping
the commandment of love is the key to seeing zoe manifest in your life (Jn
14:6,21)
IV. The whole idea of the commandment of love is to keep
zoe manifesting in your life so that you don’t have to live in darkness and in
bondage to the curse
A. His
commandment is life everlasting (John 12:50)
1. Your
prosperity, your healing, your salvation,
and your victory is in love
B. We
have the purpose now of this commandment
1. It’s
not so that God can be loved by you or so that God can have love robots; it’s
so that you won’t turn that death force on and have to live in hell
C. God’s
commanding you to walk back into the garden
1. He
gave you this commandment because he has a strong desire to see abundance in
your life
