Of Royal Blood

Pastor J. R. Wilhite, author   Close Window

That's right you are of royal blood.

So what? Huh!

Before we get into the scripture maybe I can help you understand who you are in Christ, Jesus.

First of all, you most likely have at least a limited knowledge of what royalty is and what it does and so forth.

As royalty you have responsibilities, whether you like it or not, and whether you act on it or not. As royalty you have to set an example. As a prince or princess you must show all others how to act, what to say, how to say it. You must treat all others with compassion, love and understanding.

Yes, I know there have been so called royal people who do not act this way, but it does not make it any less true because others don't.

You set the example of how to live no matter if it is with a million dollars a year or thousand dollars a year.

When you go out you should be like a mirror of the king showing how he treats you and others. Since our king is God, we should display all the fruit of the Spirit, and that is a lot!

Galatians 5
22. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
23. meekness, self-control; against such there is no law.

Love, if you love someone you will not hurt them in any way. You would not judge them or be unforgiving. That love would then bring joy. From the joy and the love, peace would be like the air we breathe. The patience would grow due to the love, but also from the joy and the peace. If you have joy and peace and truly love, the patience is not a handicap but a blessing. From these the kindness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness all would flow like a river. Self control would become second nature if the river you are flowing in is carrying you in it with the other 8 fruit before it.

But that is not all, you would make it a fact of your life that loving your neighbor would be as second nature to you as breathing is. Why? It would be impossible to be any other way if you are flowing in all 9 fruit of the spirit. Of course loving God with all your heart would go without even saying.

So how do I flow in all of this awesome fruit?

At first it will seem hard, but in time it will become easier and easier. You start by asking.

Matthew 7
7. Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
8. For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
9. Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
10. Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
11. If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

It is so true; even an evil person would treat their child with some level of love. Being so good, imagine how much more God, as our Father, wants to treat us lovingly. Our problem is we limit things of God based on our experiences here on earth. Of course those of you who have not had children do not get the full grasp of what I am saying. Even if you think you can relate based on nieces or nephews it is not the same (not even close), but you can understand love in general, and the love your parents showed you.

You know some people talk about God as this avenging Creator just waiting to take His wrath out on mankind. Or that He has a very disciplinary nature to the point that if the parent sinned the child will suffer. How about those who believe that if you blow it, that is it, you can not be forgiven? I could go on and on and on, and I am sure you have heard of some form of God's vengeful side or the tight ship that He runs.

But you know what? He does have wrath and it will show, but not now, and not on us if we are of Christ.

1 Thessalonians 5
9. For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,

No, He is not going to pour it out for 7 years either (as some want you to think). Oh yes it will be nasty here during tribulation, but God does not have to do a thing; man will do it all to himself.

Matthew 24

29. Imediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

Did you notice Jesus was describing what we have been told is the wrath of God, but it is not during tribulation, it is after it, and it is only for an hour.

Yes, He is a disciplinary Father, but only for our good. As with any good Father, if we start slipping into areas that will hurt or even kill us, He will at first warn us and then even discipline us when we mess up. But not to hurt, to get our attention so that maybe we will not do that again.

So He does all He does out of love. He does love us, but since He is a king and we are His heirs that makes us all princes and princesses with royal responsibilities.

Imagine it like this, we are heirs to the family business and as heirs this business means as much to us as it does to Him (almost). The family business is the salvation of mankind. Our responsibility is to see to it that we do nothing to hinder it. If anything we do all we can to help it. Since the Father set it up He knows the most, so we should seek His advice to see how we can help.

Did you know that many of His children are destroyed due to a lack of knowledge, and this lack is not His fault, but ours.

Hosea 4
6. My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

Destroyed

Strong's Ref. # 1820

Romanized damah

Pronounced daw-mam'

a primitive root; to be dumb or silent; hence, to fail or perish; trans. to destroy:

KJV--cease, be cut down (off), destroy, be brought to silence, be undone, X utterly.

Notice that "destroyed" here in Hosea 4:6 is more like "failed". When we fail we hurt the entire kingdom. Yes, to be dumb would hurt the kingdom because that would lead to failure as well.

But it is not the same "destroy" as what His anointing will do for us and it is one of our biggest aids.

Isaiah 10
27. And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.

Destroyed

Strong's Ref. # 2763

Romanized charam

Pronounced khaw-ram'

a primitive root; to seclude; specifically (by a ban) to devote to religious uses (especially destruction); physical and reflexive, to be blunt as to the nose:

KJV--make accursed, consecrate, (utterly) destroy, devote, forfeit, have a flat nose, utterly (slay, make away).

So the anointing will destroy completely, utterly remove to the point there is nothing left.

Before I go on let me explain for those who are wondering how Hosea 4:6 relates to us since we are not priests.

Revelation 1
6. And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

As you see in Revelation 1:6 we are kings and priests unto God.

So with that out of the way let's look at the anointing a little more, you understand that the anointing is also Christ, because Christ is a Greek word for the anointing.

1 Corinthians 1
24. But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God

Ok now you are really excited, so as Christ we have the power and wisdom of God. Do not underestimate that power; it is the same power that created everything.

So how do we get it, well first you have to be saved (Romans 10:9-10) then you just ask for it, as I showed in Matthew 7.

In James 4:2-3 we are told we have not because we ask not and because we ask for the wrong reasons. To ask for the anointing to flow in the wisdom of God is the right reason. So we should ask and receive and start acting like the people we are, royal people.

But that is just half, the other half is we need to live like it, not just to please our lust, but to glorify God.

James 1
2. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

You see we can have all we want as long as what we want will not have us. It is like the verse that says, "the root of all evil is the LOVE of money" not money but the love of money.

But what you really desire is the following:

Love
Joy
Peace
Patience
Kindness
Goodness
Faithfulness
Gentleness
Self Control
Health, of course, for us and our family.
Prosperity in all areas.

When you add this all up it really is what we all want and desire.

3 John 1
2. Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

So as you see it, it is what God wants for us as well.

First He is our Father and as we read in Matthew 7 if a evil father can give, then how much more can our Father in heaven give. Also look at Matthew 6 and the Lord's Prayer.

His "will be done in earth as it is in heaven". There is no sickness, death, sadness, depression, poverty (none of the things we consider the negative factors here) in heaven. It is His will for them not to be here, and in the beginning they were not here. It was man who brought them here.

So as royalty you are to live higher and better than all others, but there is a responsibility that comes with it. The way we live, the example we set is the most important part.

Remember it is the fruit of the spirit flowing in your life not your works that will show you are of Him or of Jesus.

Matthew 7
16. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
17. Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
18. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
19. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
20. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

So you think it is the fruit of their labors, well I tell you anyone can do the labor, but only the true children and heirs will bear the fruit of the Spirit and from that will come labor, but not always as you see it.

21. Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
22. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
23. And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

Jesus went on to tell of those who did the good works that they would still not be allowed in, because they had missing in them the true fruit. The fruit that will do the labors, but not to show for all to see, but labor out of love. Tthat is the way we should be seen.

Some have misinterpreted my teachings as not to evangelize or to witness to others. That is so far from the truth it is not even funny.

What I do teach is not to do anything without first verifying it with the Father so that you will not water where there already is water, and allow another person go into a drought due to a lack of obedience on your part.

In chapter 4 of the most boring book in the Bible, the book of Chronicles, all it does is list the families, their names and descendants. All except two verses, and these two talk about one person and his prayer and that it was answered. For these two verses to be in this book would be like a bright red shirt on a man in a black and white movie. Unfortunately I was not the one to find it, but another did and we now benefit from it:

1 Chronicles 4
9. And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.
10. And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.

I hope you can learn as Jabez, to take the limits off the blessings you expect from God, and off your boundaries in your life, ministry, work, finances all areas, and to expect Gods arm (power) to be there to help you do what you are asking God to do. Along with the help from God to set boundaries on evil to avoid it in your life.

Also you can get a book called the Prayer of Jabez and with faith take this prayer into your life and blow the boundaries out of your life as well.

If nothing else, I hope you learned the role you should be playing in this life while here.

My prayer for you is:

3 John 1
2. Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth

Remember to show faith when you pray, then praise and give thanks.

God Bless You as you hear His words and follow His leading.

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