To fully embrace the responsibility and honor of being the light of the world, as stated by Jesus in Matthew 5:14, it is essential to recognize both our source, which is God, and the access point, which is Jesus Christ.

I continued the series Divine Order, drawing from Jesus teaching on the mount in Matthew 5.

In this episode I focused on verse 13 - You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavour, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.We see that to be the salt of the earth is to be in Christ, To be Salt is to live by the word of God and not the word or system of this world, for we’re in this world but we’re not of this world.

Today's episode titled DIVINE ORDER is the first of two series that examines Jesus' teachings on the Lifestyle and value system of his followers. This teaching is found  in Matthew 5:1-16.

Verses 3-12 which is the focus of this episode is called The Beatitude The word beatitude comes from the Latin beatitudo, meaning "blessedness." The phrase "blessed are" in each beatitude implies a current state of happiness or well-being. This expression held a powerful meaning of "divine joy and perfect happiness"

Through this teaching you will find that scripturally the life of a believer is ordered in and through Jesus Christ, it is death to self, it is counterintuitive and Countercultural.

Sometimes in January 2023, God spoke to me about two things; 

1. The need for Christians to go beyond just 'knowing' who they are but gaining sufficient understading to establish their identity as Gods on Earth. 

2. The need for Christians to be equipped with spiritual intelligence grounded in scriptures in order to succefully tackle the wiles of the devil. 

This is the God's heartbeat for the Podcast Growing with Ola As I look forward to all God has promised to do through this podcast, I leave you with its anchor scripture- All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works. 2 timothy 3:16-17