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THE PATHWAY TO SONSHIP“As Many as received Him to them gave He power to become Sons of God” - John 1:12By: Kimberly S. Hamilton
( An Excerpt from book : “The Journey Called Be”)
As believers it is our hearts’ desire to do the will of God. Our prayershould be daily to please Him, to be one with Him as He is with the Father.
“ That they all may be one as thou, Father art in me, and me in thee, that they also may be one in us that the world may believe that thous hast sent me” - John 17:21 KJV.
However it is impossible to do that unless we receive Jesus. Jesus mustbe received completely, not partially. Every portion of our being must bein Jesus, and as we do that Jesus then releases us into the power thatbrings us into Sonship. This power is none other than the anointing ofSonship, which we are imparted with as we follow the life of Jesus, theMan.
“ And He said to them, Come after me as disciples letting me be your guide,follow me and I will make you fishers of men. At once they left their nets and 
 
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became His disciples sided with His party, and followed Him. And going onfurther from there He noticed two other brothers, James son of Zebedeemending their nets and putting them right; and he called them at once they left the boat and their father and joined Jesus as disciples sided with His party and followed Him.” - Luke 5:27-28 AMP.
Jesus’ life is a clear distinct picture of the deeds of a Son. Whydeeds? The original meaning of deed speaks of the intentions of one’scharacter. It also reflects the actions done willfully and decisively. You seeJesus’ deeds as Man is a reflection of his heart. So our deeds speak of ourmoral performance, practices, habits, ethical fiber, our speech even thetone in which you speak. Its interesting to see that as we look back at whatdefines our deeds, we see all of these synonyms are action words, andmost importantly they are evolved from within our soul. So to the measurein which your soul is surrendered to the Holy Spirit, so will be the measureof Resurrection Life be released into your soul, thus transforming it andpreparing its portals to receive in greater measure the Image of Christ.Let’s briefly look at Jesus the Man’s Life. Jesus’ life was one ofobedience
(Hebrew 5:8).
He was a man of deep commitment, intensepassion for God the Father and remained consistency uncompromising inthe truth of God’s word
(John 2:13-17).
Jesus is our true example of beinga disciple
(John 8:31).
He lived a lifestyle of prayer
(Luke 5:12; 9:29; 11:1;22:39-41),
and worship
(John 10:30; Luke 9:29,35).
As we look atthese scriptures, we see that every act and every word that Jesus did wasa complete reflection of the intimacy He has with God the Father, as wellas the depth in which he was submitted to the Father. Everything that Jesus
 
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did or said was always according to the will of the Father
(John 8:29).
Receiving Jesus is a decision of the will, mind and body
(Romans 12:1-12)
As we receive intently the life of Jesus, the Holy Spirit releases us intowhom we are, what we are called to do, why we are the way we are,what our purpose is, as well to whom we are called too. Every aspect ofour life is uncovered to us layers by layer, measure by measure, but onlyas we accept our predestined heritage. For there is a Predestination toSonship
(Romans’ 8:29-30)
, but we have to make a decisive decision towalk in our predestined position. It begins with our receiving Jesus. Toreceive Jesus is something that we must do continually. When we look atthe word, receive, it opens us to a greater understanding of what John issaying in
 John 1:12,
when He says
“To as many as receive Him to themgave He Power to become Sons of God.” 
The word receive means to giveaccess to oneself, to lay hold upon, to take possession of too appropriate.The principal meaning says when we receive Jesus we are giving Himaccess to our total being by refusing to reject Him, and all that He has forus, and open ourselves up to what ha been given to us in order to gainand get back what has been lost. I know you are saying what is shetalking about? I have received Jesus,”I’m saved”!! Well that is wonderful,but there is greater dimensions in Jesus that can only be obtained as weunreservedly surrender and submit to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. You see,to receive Jesus as Savior is the prerequisite to the Kingdom of God. Jesuscalls it born again (
 John 3:3)
. You see for something to have to be bornagain means something is dead. When our forefather the first Adamsinned, his spirit man lost the insignia of the image of God. It was at thatpoint that the candlestick (the Light) of God went out
(Genesis 3:6-10)
, andwhen the Light of God left the First Adam he could no longer communeintimately with God as he had before in the Garden for the bible saysthat God met with Adam in the “cool of the Day”
(Genesis 3:8a).
Openaccess to the Lord was lost and the place where koinia between God and
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