Warrior Church Home Fellowship Study

Dr. Kevin Zadai 12-12-2021

Sharing in the Likeness of His Son 

Everything that Jesus did, including walking on the water, is something that is possible for us to do.
~ Kevin Zadai

For he knew all about us before we were born, and he destined us from the beginning to share the likeness of his Son. This means the Son is the oldest among a vast family of brothers and sisters who will become just like him.
—Romans 8:29 (TPT)

DISCUSSION:
God wants us to be His sons and daughters. We who love Him believe that He is God, and He rewards those who diligently seek him. (see Hebrews 11:6). When God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit, He went around doing good and healing everyone that was oppressed of the devil. (see Acts 10:38). At the end of His ministry, He said, “You all are going to do the same works I’ve done, and even greater works are you going to do.” Jesus said, “I and my Father are one.” He said, “Father, make them one as we are one. The same glory that you and I share before the universe, you're going to share that with them. You love them as much as you love me.” (see John 17). He wants to get the idea of servanthood out and introduce Sonship.

• The discrepancy that people are having in their lives is that they say, “God's not going to do that for me. He did that for the apostles, but not for me.”

• Paul said that we’re heirs of God, which means we will receive an inheritance from Him.

• God is not a cheapskate like a lot of us are. He's going to give us everything.

• We are joint heirs which means Jesus is one of the sons, and we're co-heirs with Him.

• He made Himself of no reputation. He became a servant and poor so that we could be rich.

• He considered equality with God nothing, and He became one of us. He had to stay that way the whole time so that it would be perfect redemption.

• satan tried to get Jesus to perform three miracles in the desert as the son of God.

• When satan came to Jesus, he said, “ If you are the son of God,” which He already was the son of God, so it wasn't an if.

• The temptation was to get Jesus to do something as the Son of God instead of as the Son of Man.

• Everything that Jesus did, including walking on water, is possible for us to do.

• What we need to start doing is seeing ourselves in the likeness as a son or a daughter.

• He knew all about us before we were born, and He dusted us, which means He wrote it down and planned on His schedule from the beginning to share the likeness of His son with us. (see Romans 8:29)

What does it mean to you to diligently seek the Lord? How will you begin to see yourself in His likeness as a son or daughter?


Ephesians 1:11-12 NKJV: In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will, that we who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory.

God has claimed us as His inheritance. Before we were even born, He gave us our destiny to fulfill the plan of God, who always accomplishes every purpose and plan in His heart. It doesn’t matter how it looks right now; God will have His way eventually because He works all things together for good; those who love Him and are called according to His purpose. (see Romans 8:28).

Warrior Church Home Fellowship Study

Dr. Kevin Zadai 12-12-2021

• God has His purpose and His plan, and He gave us our destiny before we were born. That plan is in His heart.

• His purpose through the Messiah was that He was sent to the Jews and sent to see the Gentiles brought in.

• We would be the first as Gentiles to believe in the anointed one and bring great praise and glory to God.

• His salvation was for everyone. He was sent to the Jew, but the Jews rejected Him, and now we have Messianic Jews who believe that Jesus was the Messiah.

• God, in His intimate wisdom, turned to the Gentiles because He wanted a family. He had a family to begin with but, they got lost in the Garden of Eden.

• Human beings are the only redeemable ones because we’re the only species made in His image, then whatever was before the flood was not in His image anymore.

• There had to have been a big problem with interbreeding for God to have destroyed everything at the flood. He repented that He even made man. Everything was destroyed, and He started over again with Noah.

• He wants a family. Redemption is not through redeeming servants. It's through redeeming children, having sonship, and adopting us back.

• Jesus did everything on the earth that He did as a man anointed by the power of the Holy Spirit.

• Paul unveiled the mystery that was done through Jesus Christ.

• The Gospels show us the day-to-day sayings and actions of Jesus, but they don’t explain why the man that was prayed for once saw trees instead of men. Jesus had to pray for Him again because He was praying

for Him as the Son of Man anointed by the Holy Spirit, but He had to get that man to receive.

• It wasn’t Jesus’ unbelief; it was that Jesus was praying for him as the Son of man. Jesus was operating as a man under the anointing of God even though He was the Son of God, which is why He considered equality with God as nothing because He was a servant.

1. Discuss: Sonship. What does it mean that you’re a son or daughter of the King? Talk about inheritance and the privileges you have through Sonship.

2. What does it mean to be accepted as an heir and co-heir? Compare acceptance over rejection.

3. How is obedience through Sonship different in the New Covenant with Christ versus the servant type relationship with God in the Old Testament?

4. Talk about how satan works through your mind and emotions to make you believe you’re a victim, then discuss how you get to the point of receiving the love of the Father and knowing His grace is sufficient.

PRAYER:

I break victimization in Jesus' name. I break this power of satan over the people, and I command every evil spirit that's enforcing these traumatic events in their lives where they're victimized in the name of Jesus. I command you evil spirits to let go now in Jesus' name. And I thank you, Father, that you're healing people right now. They are no longer an orphan spirit. They're being revived and being restored. And you're showing them love, the love, the love, the love, the love, the love, the full acceptance, hallelujah that you're adopted in. Hallelujah. Being treated as though you were always part of the family. I thank you for that. Accept the spirit of acceptance right now. Hallelujah. Healing, healing nations right now. Hallelujah. The Lord has not rejected you. Just do what is right, and won't you be rejected. Won't you be rejected if you'll do what is right? Just turn. Just turn and repent. Turn and repent, and you'll be fully accepted in the beloved. You're loved of God. You are loved. You are loved. Just remember that. Amen.