Tutors and Governors 2
We have dealt with “yielding by coercion” or “yielding by persuasion.” In essence, this is the child under tutors and governors in contrast to the child under the ministry of the Holy Spirit. The yielding process is learned under the jurisdiction of tutors and governors as assigned by the father of the child.
The benefit of having learned how to
yield is realized under the tutelage
of the Holy Spirit. Coercion is not in
any way, shape, or form, used by the
Holy Spirit when bringing the child
into maturity according to the Father’s purpose. The born-again believer needs to learn how to yield, which is brought by persuasion, not brought by coercion.
“Now I say, That the heir . . .” is of
great importance to the born-again
believer.
“And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.” (Romans 8:17).
There is only one way to become an heir and that is through a birth. You may not ever look at your salvation the same if you can see Christ as you're Only Life and Salvation, by a birthing. The believer has to see their completeness, in Christ, to accept their birthright. Only those who had the birthrights were legally entitled to be heirs, what is an heir.
An heir is one who is birthed into the family and will receive or has already received an inheritance.
Inheritance involved two individuals.
First, the individual to whom the inheritance originally belongs.
Second,the individual that receives the inheritance. There were two means of receiving an inheritance. The first was through the death of the original owner of the inheritance, thus leaving the inheri-
tance to the recipient. In this case, only one individual remains, leaving only the recipient of the inheritance. In essence, this means that the inheritance was transferred from one individual to another individual by means of death.
The second method is realized when the owner of the inheritance voluntarily transfers the inheritance to the recipient.
This is found in Luke 15. “And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.” (Luke 15:12).
In this scenario the father gives his son his portion of the family inheritance. The inheritance was divided and distributed between the two sons of this certain man. Both sons received an equal share of the inheritance. The younger son received what he thought was his portion of the family inheritance. The father gave him only the things that could be spent as seen in “And when he had spent all...” (Luke 15:14).
It is very important for the believer to understand this fundamental point. This means that the father had given his son the temporal things belonging to the family. The things that were not temporal were still remaining, but the son was totally unaware of these things. What does this mean? This means that the son’s values were upon things that were temporal, while his father’s values were upon something altogether different. The son was totally happy with what his father had given him until it was spent.
The son had never seen the value of the true inheritance, which was totally resident within his father.
The account in Luke 15 conveys an underlying truth that every born-again believer should know. Look at the son before and after he had spent all that he had previously considered his part of the family inheritance.
The younger son was so immature that his values were totally inept. As long as he remained in his father’s house placing his values on things that could be spent, he would remain immature. His father did not attempt to deter his desire to go into the world with his portion of the family inheritance and become successful.
The father was dealing with his son’s immaturity of which the son was totally unaware. The son considered himself to be mature to the point that he was capable of managing his portion of the family inheritance. His father was totally aware that the son’s values of the family in-heritance were not at all in the right
place. In this scenario, the father is
totally aware of his son’s immaturity and this is an opportune time to allow his son to take a gigantic step into maturity. If the father refused to allow his son to have his portion of good, that son would remain immature in that area of responsibility. In
the account that follows, it appears that the son was a total failure. Not at all, he did waste his family inheritance on harlots and riotous living which appears to be a drastic failure.
Take note of what the son said at the
beginning of this account. “...Father,
give me...” (Luke 15:12), which are
words of an immature son.
Notice his words when he came to himself in the pig pen: “...make me...” (Luke 15:19), are the words of a son who has just taken a gigantic step into the family spirit through the maturity process. The maturity process is a mind condition that allows its subject to conform to the spirit. For the born-again believer, there is no such thing as becoming more spiritual because the spirit is “Christ in you” in fullness. When the believer receives “Christ in you” he gets all the Son there is at the moment of the new birth.
We have dealt with “yielding by coercion” or “yielding by persuasion.” In essence, this is the child under tutors and governors in contrast to the child under the ministry of the Holy Spirit. The yielding process is learned under the jurisdiction of tutors and governors as assigned by the father of the child.
The benefit of having learned how to
yield is realized under the tutelage
of the Holy Spirit. Coercion is not in
any way, shape, or form, used by the
Holy Spirit when bringing the child
into maturity according to the Father’s purpose. The born-again believer needs to learn how to yield, which is brought by persuasion, not brought by coercion.
“Now I say, That the heir . . .” is of
great importance to the born-again
believer.
“And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.” (Romans 8:17).
There is only one way to become an heir and that is through a birth. You may not ever look at your salvation the same if you can see Christ as you're Only Life and Salvation, by a birthing. The believer has to see their completeness, in Christ, to accept their birthright. Only those who had the birthrights were legally entitled to be heirs, what is an heir.
An heir is one who is birthed into the family and will receive or has already received an inheritance.
Inheritance involved two individuals.
First, the individual to whom the inheritance originally belongs.
Second,the individual that receives the inheritance. There were two means of receiving an inheritance. The first was through the death of the original owner of the inheritance, thus leaving the inheri-
tance to the recipient. In this case, only one individual remains, leaving only the recipient of the inheritance. In essence, this means that the inheritance was transferred from one individual to another individual by means of death.
The second method is realized when the owner of the inheritance voluntarily transfers the inheritance to the recipient.
This is found in Luke 15. “And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.” (Luke 15:12).
In this scenario the father gives his son his portion of the family inheritance. The inheritance was divided and distributed between the two sons of this certain man. Both sons received an equal share of the inheritance. The younger son received what he thought was his portion of the family inheritance. The father gave him only the things that could be spent as seen in “And when he had spent all...” (Luke 15:14).
It is very important for the believer to understand this fundamental point. This means that the father had given his son the temporal things belonging to the family. The things that were not temporal were still remaining, but the son was totally unaware of these things. What does this mean? This means that the son’s values were upon things that were temporal, while his father’s values were upon something altogether different. The son was totally happy with what his father had given him until it was spent.
The son had never seen the value of the true inheritance, which was totally resident within his father.
The account in Luke 15 conveys an underlying truth that every born-again believer should know. Look at the son before and after he had spent all that he had previously considered his part of the family inheritance.
The younger son was so immature that his values were totally inept. As long as he remained in his father’s house placing his values on things that could be spent, he would remain immature. His father did not attempt to deter his desire to go into the world with his portion of the family inheritance and become successful.
The father was dealing with his son’s immaturity of which the son was totally unaware. The son considered himself to be mature to the point that he was capable of managing his portion of the family inheritance. His father was totally aware that the son’s values of the family in-heritance were not at all in the right
place. In this scenario, the father is
totally aware of his son’s immaturity and this is an opportune time to allow his son to take a gigantic step into maturity. If the father refused to allow his son to have his portion of good, that son would remain immature in that area of responsibility. In
the account that follows, it appears that the son was a total failure. Not at all, he did waste his family inheritance on harlots and riotous living which appears to be a drastic failure.
Take note of what the son said at the
beginning of this account. “...Father,
give me...” (Luke 15:12), which are
words of an immature son.
Notice his words when he came to himself in the pig pen: “...make me...” (Luke 15:19), are the words of a son who has just taken a gigantic step into the family spirit through the maturity process. The maturity process is a mind condition that allows its subject to conform to the spirit. For the born-again believer, there is no such thing as becoming more spiritual because the spirit is “Christ in you” in fullness. When the believer receives “Christ in you” he gets all the Son there is at the moment of the new birth.