God Still Speaks with Leon du Preez

Many do not manifest the invisible just because of a lack of knowledge, and the moment a truth is presented to you is the moment you can experience it. From 2 Corinthians 4:18 and Colossians 1:27, under the new covenant eternity now lives inside you: Christ in you, the hope of glory. A true encounter with God must produce revelation, revelation must produce transformation, and transformation must produce manifestation. 1 John 1 opens four dimensions of God to experience when a message is preached: what you hear, what you see, what you look upon and what your hands handle. Move from information to experience. Take the message, prepare it as if you had to preach it, then go and preach it at work, with demonstration and not words alone.

Does grace give you a license to sin? Leon du Preez takes on the accusation that has followed the gospel of grace since Jesus was accused of eating with sinners and Paul was slandered for it in Romans 3:8. Grace is not a message but a person, Jesus Christ, and Titus 2 shows that the same grace that saves you also teaches you. You have died to sin. You cannot add works to grace and still call it grace, and the law strengthens sin. Jude, read in context, shows who really turned the grace of God into lewdness, and John shows why a believer who knows they are loved stays close to God. The first thing God called holy was the day He rested, in Genesis 2:3, so rest in total forgiveness and know you are accepted in the Beloved.

A burden from God is a weight in your spirit that moves you to act. In 1 John 1:1, the Word of life is heard, seen and handled. Because you are united with Christ, His leading can become familiar within you. Prayer makes you sensitive to that leading, and obedience to small promptings prepares you to recognise a greater assignment. A burden may move you to pray for someone, speak, give or change direction. Learn the difference between a burden and anxiety, and let prayer expose your own desires before you call them God's will.

Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God. In 1 Corinthians 1, the answer to those demanding a sign and those seeking wisdom is Christ crucified. At the cross, God's love and justice meet. His presence stays with you beyond a Sunday encounter. Ask God for wisdom when you need direction, and trust His power when you reach the end of your own strength. You carry Christ into your workplace, your family and the situations you face tomorrow.