When You Work with the Law: Part 1 the Law of Success I. Introduction. A. Psalm 119:97
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Life Works – When You Work with the Law: Part 1 The Law of Success www.advancingthekingdomonline.org I. Introduction. A. Psalm 119:97 “O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.” (KJV) B. Definitions: 1. Law = to parcel out; law through the idea of prescriptive usage; the body of rules and principles which govern the natural universe and the affairs of man. A statement that describes invariable relationships among phenomena under a specified set of conditions. That which governs or has a tendency to rule; that which has the power of controlling. 2. A law is something that happens every time with every person every where. It does not discriminate, and shows no favoritism. The Law is not a respecter of persons. Luke 16:17 “But it is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the smallest detail of the Law to be done away with.” (TEV) 3. “The law is the uniform and orderly method of an omnipotent God.” (Bob Proctor) 4. “I shall call God working in our lives ‘LAW’ . Then as we strive to work with the Law we are living closer to God . ” (Working with the Law, Raymond Holliwell) C. Everything comes to us by Law . including success, and the absence of success. Joshua 1:8 “This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.” (NKJV) II. God Is Calling Every Person on Earth to Come Up Higher. A. “ . the desire to become something more than we now are is nothing else than the Eternal Spirit of Life seeking ever fuller expression.” (The Law and the Word, Thomas Troward) 1 B. “Every blade of grass has an angel that bends over it and whispers, ‘Grow, grow.’ ” (The Talmud) C. The world recognizes this upward call to continue to grow. 1. “Rise to a new level or perish.” (The Meaning of History, Arnold Toynbee) 2. “If you’re not getting better, you’re getting worse.” (Tiger Woods) D. God’s recommended solution for continued growth, achievement and advancement. Matthew 6:31-34 "Therefore do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.” (NKJV) “Seek first the kingdom and His righteousness” means to ask about, inquire and seek to understand the principles and precepts . the laws that govern the operation of God’s kingdom . and then to operate in harmony with these laws. E. Our dilemma. “The difficulties of life are caused by disharmony in the individual. There is no discord in My Kingdom, only a something unconquered in My disciples.” (God Calling, April 29) “To conquer adverse circumstances, conquer yourselves.” (God Calling, May 2) F. Growth accelerates when we operate in harmony with the natural and spiritual laws of God’s kingdom on planet earth. Our growth is stunted or blocked when, either through ignorance or willful disobedience to God’s laws, we find ourselves out of sync with them. III. The Influence of Our Current Beliefs. A. Not all of the beliefs we are currently holding may be helpful in supporting our continued growth. Some need to be “tweaked” from time to time. Some may even need to be “trashed.” 2 B. From the standpoint of currently held beliefs that are operating to our detriment, it may help to think of them like leaves on a tree . i.e., “be-leafs.” C. Just as a tree must release its leaves in the fall to make room for new growth in the spring, so we also, from time to time, may have to release some of our cherished “be-leafs” when we sense that they are no longer serving us well. D. Releasing erroneous beliefs is a prerequisite for success, to allow new growth to come forth in our lives. E. It’s not always easy to give up beliefs we’ve held for a long time. “People are addicted to their beliefs. This is why, when you try to change someone’s belief, they act like an addict. We act like addicts when someone tries to take away our cherished way of thinking.” (Dr. Bernie S. Siegel) F. Being willing to change, to release thought patterns, beliefs and paradigms that are no longer serving us well, opens up a whole new realm of opportunities. G. Listen for truth, be open to receive and embrace it, and allow it to change you. “A wise man changes his mind; a fool never.” (Spanish Proverb) “When you hear the truth and reject it, you leave deep, emotional scars.” (Billy Graham) IV. The Power and Importance of Laws. Proverbs 3:1-2 “ My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.” (KJV) A. All power, natural, spiritual and civil, comes from God. John 19:11 “Jesus answered, "You could have no power at all against Me unless it had been given you from above . ” (NKJV) Romans 13:1 “Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.” (KJV) B. The Law flows from the Word, and operates either for the benefit or the detriment of each person, according to how they respond to and harmonize with its precepts. Deuteronomy 30:19 “Today I ask heaven and earth to be witnesses. I am offering you life or death, blessings or curses. Now, choose life! Then you and your children may live.” (NCV) 3 C. God’s Laws of Science and Success are equally powerful, impartial, and unvarying. James 1:17 “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.” (NKJV) Whether a person is evil or good, just or unjust, young or old, rich or poor, Jew or Gentile, black or white, the law operates with exact precision according to its governing principles. Each person is treated equitably, based on their degree of harmony with these laws. D. The key to successful living is to understand, embrace and adhere to these laws. Our objective is to harmonize our lives with the unchangeable laws – natural, physical, spiritual – that govern the universe. Every challenge we’re facing, every desire we hold, every force standing either for us or against us must bend its knee and become subject to the governing laws of life. “We are free to use our powers of Personality as we will, only we must take the consequences. Now one error we are all very apt to fall into, is the mistaken use of the will. Its proper function is to keep our other faculties in line with the Law . but many people seem to think that by force of will they can somehow manage to coerce the Law; in other words, that by force of will they can sow a seed of one kind and make it bear fruit of another.” (The Law and the Word, Thomas Troward) “But if we work with the Law instead of against it, we shall find that our word . will become more and more the Word of Power . The Law will serve us exactly to the extent to which we first observe the Law.” (The Law and the Word, Thomas Troward) E. Spiritual power works through laws, not in opposition to them. Matthew 5:17 “Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.” (KJV) The power behind every Bible promise is power that flows according to the Law. Disagreement with universally applicable laws causes us to be antagonistic to God, and places us in direct opposition to forces immeasurably greater than our own. F. Ignorantia legis neminem excusat - “ Ignorance of the law excuses no one.” 1. We ignore God’s laws, whether they be the laws of Science found in Nature or God’s prescriptive laws of Success found in the Bible, at our peril. 4 “The Creative Spirit thought one way, and Eve thought another; and since the thought of the Creating Spirit is the origin of Life, this difference of opinion naturally resulted in death. Then, from this starting point, all the rest of the Bible is devoted to getting rid of this difference of opinion between us and the Spirit of Life, and showing us the Spirit’s opinion is truer than ours, and so leading us to adopt it as our own.” (The Law and the Word, Thomas Troward) 2. Ignorance of the laws of gravity or electricity will not prevent us from falling down or being shocked if we run counter to their precepts. 3. Ignorance (or willful disobedience) of the posted speed limit will not prevent us from receiving a speeding ticket from an “officer of the law” who is pointing his radar detector at us. G. Jewish Nobel Prize winners. The Jews only comprise .2% of the world’s population, yet they have been awarded 22% of all of the Nobel Prizes awarded since1901 . 162 of 750 Prizes awarded.