MSOG Sample Reading
The Manifested Sons Of God - Sample reading
CONTENTS
IntroductionChapter 1. Who Are The Manifested Sons Of God?
Chapter 2. When Will They Appear, And Why?
Chapter 3. Many Are Called
Chapter 4. Six Steps To Manifestation
Chapter 5. Entering School
Chapter 6. Preparing Mentally
Chapter 7. Preparing Physically
Chapter 8. Draw Nigh To God
Chapter 9. Mortify Your Flesh
Chapter 10. Walk By Faith
Chapter 11. Become A Friend Of God
Chapter 12. Love
Chapter 13. Behold His Beauty
Chapter 14. Desire To Serve Him
Chapter 15. Place No Limits
Chapter 16. Acquire A Taste For Change
Chapter 17. Be Content
Chapter 18. The Glory Revealed In Us
Chapter 19. Well Done
Chapter 20. The Millennial Kingdom
Chapter 21. The New Jerusalem
Chapter 22. Father
Chapter 23. Conclusion
Introduction
Romans chapter 8 talks about the manifested sons of God. Verses 19 and 22 say the whole creation groans and travails in pain until now, waiting for the manifestation of the sons of God. This book was not written to stir up controversy but to settle controversies. Satan is the author of confusion, but the Word of God says you shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free. I will be sharing with you in this book some of the truth I have received about many subjects. They have been set forth in a very plain, simple, and easy to understand order. Some of the questions that will be answered are: Who are the sons of God? How does God see the sons of God in manifestation? Where do you fit into these Scriptures as a child of God? What does God require of you in your preparation to become a manifested son of God? What fruit will be revealed as evidence of those who are the manifested sons of God? How will you recognize the manifested sons of God? I will also be going into detail on the preparation necessary for you to become a manifested son of God.
This message is to the church. The manifestation of the sons of God is the culmination of growth from entrance into the spiritual kingdom until you come to the point that you are a reflection of the first manifested son of God, Jesus. There have been many things taught on this subject. Many people believe that it is impossible to attain this status. Other people have assumed that they have arrived at this status; therefore, there has been much turmoil stemming from this subject. I believe God, by his Spirit, is going to open your eyes and understanding, so that you will know God's purposes in laying this down in the Scripture. I encourage you to lay aside any previous opinions or ideas concerning this subject and read this book with an open heart and a desire to learn. It is a privilege to be called a son of God. It is a greater privilege to be a manifested son of God. If you desire that within your heart, then it is possible to have it by faith. There are practical things that must be accomplished within your life. There is a specific, God-ordained order that will bring this manifestation into being in your life. That's what this book is all about; to show you who and what the manifested sons of God are, what the purpose is for their manifestation, and how to become one.
J. C. Hedgecock
Chapter 1
WHO ARE THE MANIFESTED SONS OF GOD?
The manifested sons of God are the children of God who have his nature and character. They are emptied of themselves and filled with him. They work as Jesus worked. Romans 8:13-23; "For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body."
There are some very unique things said in this passage of Scripture. I want to establish in your mind and understanding who the sons of God are. Verse 14 gives a very clear description of the sons of God. It says that as many as are led by his Spirit, they are the sons of God. This is a title that the Bible uses in many different places. That title basically means the children of God, male or female.
The work on the cross provides everything we need as children. There is nothing to be added to what Jesus did. That work was finished. The plan of redemption, and whatever is needed to be a son of God (manifested or not) has already been paid for by Jesus. In him we already have the provision, but there is a process of maturing. The Bible refers to it as the renewing of our minds and coming into the measure of the fulness of the stature of Christ.
Romans 8:14 says, "For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God." Do you believe that you could become a child of God and not be what is talked about here as a son of God? You can. Paul was experiencing that in Romans 7. Paul was a child of God, and he was going through the frustrations of wanting to do something for God, but he said "For that which I do I allow not; for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I." (Romans 7:15) We face this frustration and confusion ourselves. The problem is that the Spirit of God is in us (our new nature), but there is an old nature within us that wars against the new nature. Paul found himself in a state of war. He didn't know how to get away from it. It was a struggle. We have all gone through that struggle. As soon as we are born into the family of God, this struggle begins. We found that our flesh was much stronger than we thought it was. Then the Holy Spirit in us starts to reveal to us that this old nature will never cooperate with his Spirit, therefore it must die. That is why God has commanded us to mortify our flesh. It is contrary to the ...