Teaching Series:
Understanding Firstborn
Topic: Introduction
Greetings Sons of God:
In this teaching series we will dig deeper into sonship and
understanding who we are. So many of the
benefits of our sonship are locked up because we have not come to the reality
of those things and let me say, these benefits are for those who are seeking
Him. God is not just going to bring it
to you and pop it open like a present, you must seek Him and desire to mature
and then He opens and reveals these things to you. So lets get a definition and then go into our
study of this principle of the firstborn.
So what is a
firstborn: The definition of the
firstborn is one who opens the womb first.
Let me start with some reality and then we will go and look at the schoolmaster
(Law) that brings us to the reality who is Christ.
Hebrews 12:23: To the general assembly and church of the
firstborn, which are written in Heaven and to God the Judge of all, and to the
spirits of just men made perfect,
Now I do not know how many of us have seen this but look at
that statement, the church of the firstborn.
Now we know that Christ is the Firstborn of all Creation (Colossians
1:15). So because we are in Christ we
are the Firstborn Sons of God in Christ.
What a powerful statement but living the reality of that identity is
what we are seeking understanding. To
see this reality we cannot view this from a carnal perspective. The Sons of God are eternal beings and hence
require spiritual-vision or a eternal mindset to see this unfolding reality in
the Earth. One of the major spirits that
is destroyed when we come to this reality is racism. In Christ there is only one race: Spirit. The beauty of our diversity shows the wonder
of our Father in that He created us to be so different on the outside but the
exact representation of Him on the inside and it is the Oneness in the Spirit
that makes us a family and a royal priesthood.
Now to understand this firstborn concept let’s lay some crucial
foundation.
The first thought that God had before He created anything is
that you must have a Son before creating anything. Speaking of Christ:
Colossians 1:15: Who
is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature.
John 1:1-3: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was
with God and the Word was God. The same
was in the beginning with God. All
things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
So first there was Christ!
Second comes the environment in which the Son is set to function
in. Now this is important: The environment must suit the son not the son
suit the environment. The environment is
not set to rule over the Son, but the Son is set to rule in the environment and
his rulership and righteous and brings about peace. Now what is unique about
the Son is that he function in two dimensions.
Time and the Eternal. It is in
the Body of Christ that Heaven comes to Earth.
Heaven and Earth meet in the Body of Christ. Now let me go back and show this
foundational reality. Where is Christ
Jesus seated?
Colossians 3:1: If ye
be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above where Christ sitteth on
the right hand of God.
If Christ is seated on the right hand of God, where are we?
Ephesians 2:6: And hath raised us up together and made us
sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.
Now we are in Christ seated with Him at the right hand of
the Father. We are firstborn sons of God
and so everything that belongs to Christ, belongs to us as sons. Is this true?
Romans 8:17: 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.
So we must really come to understand this concept of being a
firstborn son. There is so much I desire
to teach about this topic but it must be done strategically because I do not
want this to be some theological discourse but the Word of God expounding on
itself that you may see the reality of who we are and the direction and
instruction we need for this time that this becomes a reality and not just some
words in a book to make you feel good.
In the next message we will look at the concept of the
firstborn from the Old Testament. We
know the Old Testament has many types and shadows and the Hebrew language is a
language of pictures. Let’s get the
schoolmaster first and then come to the reality who is Christ in whom we live,
move and have our being.
Peace, Love and Grace,
Calvin Calhoun, Jr.
