This One Thing I Do - Instructions For Advancement by Apostle Joshua Selman: MP3 Download & Sermon Notes

The Journey of Eden Completed in Christ

The journey of the development of the first Adam was consummated in the last Adam. Corruption was taken away. The life he failed to attain was restored in Christ. But the question becomes: now that he has received the life of God, how is he supposed to live? He is no longer supposed to live like a creature of time. He is now supposed to live like a creature of eternity — because he was brought into time to govern time, not to be governed by time. He was brought into space to govern space, into matter to govern matter. He said, "Let them have dominion over the birds of the air, the fish of the sea, and everything that creepeth upon the face of the earth." He was brought here as governor over the realm — to superimpose another reality into this one.

Even now that he has been saved, why is he not yet living at that realm? Because he still does not know. He has to be taught how to function in the God realm. In 2 Peter 1:3, Peter shares that his divine power has given all things that pertain to life and godliness through the knowledge of him who called us to glory and virtue. Through the knowledge. And verse four says he has given us exceeding great and precious promises, that by these we might become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

He was brought here to superimpose another reality into this reality.

Elijah and the Mechanics of Heaven

Elijah decided that his own transport medium would be the medium of heaven. While men were riding horses, Elijah was billocating from one place to another. He had nothing against riding horses — but when it became difficult to find one, he was not stranded. He could bring heaven to earth. When he prayed and the clouds gathered in 1 Kings 18:44-46, he told Ahab to rush before the rain caught him — while Elijah knew he had another mechanism of transport. When he stood before the king he said, "Before God whom I stand." He knew where he was living from, and from that place he could deploy the mechanisms of that realm.

The Bible then says the hand of God came upon Elijah and he outran the chariots of Ahab unto the gates of Jezreel. You either ride by chariot or you ride by the hand of God. The hand of God is an instrument of transport. There is no point competing with the world when you have a superior dimension. When you enter the elements of Zion, there will be a difference.

We are supposed to function in this realm from another realm. We are actually gatekeepers connecting one dispensation to another.

In John chapter 2, Jesus attended a wedding and suddenly the wine ran out. Men either brew wine or buy wine — both options were impossible. Jesus understood that this realm is regulated by moments. Yet even when the moment had not come, there is dominion in that realm. He said fill the water pots, and in the realm where he came from, whatever he calls something, that is what it is. When they filled them up, he didn't pray — he said, "Fetch from it and take it to the governor." What the governor heard was an exclamation: "You kept the best for last." When you come from Zion, there will always be a difference.

The Realm of Your Nativity

Do not allow time master you. Do not allow space master you. Do not allow matter master you. You came here to dominate all.

There is a realm. It is locked on the inside. You must master how to release it, how to ascend into that realm. Here are its features:

Attributes of the God Realm

1. An Eternal Realm

   This is a realm with no beginning and no end. Its reality is not fragmented into past, present, and future. In Isaiah 57:15, the Bible describes the high and lofty one who inhabits eternity. He introduced himself in Revelation as "I am alpha. I am omega. I am beginning. I am end." God can still go back to yesterday and already go to tomorrow while you are yet in today.

   This is why, although you did not do what you needed to do yesterday, it does not mean tomorrow is hopeless. There is a circuit called restoration in the realm of God. A caveat can be created for what could not happen yesterday to happen today without compromising today. You are an eternal being. Don't let time intimidate you. As long as eternity is part of your composition, there is no such thing as hopeless or too late.

2. A Realm of Light

   This realm is governed by purity and revelation. In John 1:1-5, the life that was in the Word was the light of men, and that light shines in the darkness and the darkness comprehends it not. Anything you cannot do now, there is something you don't know. The moment you know, you can do it.

   In this realm, impossibility does not exist. Everything you have not yet known is a mystery. The moment light comes, you can produce results. This is why authority and power are tied to illumination, not to physical stature. Paul was praying in Ephesians 1:17 that the spirit of wisdom and revelation would come, that the eyes of understanding would be enlightened, that the hope of the calling, the riches of the inheritance, and the exceeding greatness of power would be activated — the same power that defied death.

   The difference between a god and a fallen prince is the revelation he has. When a god lacks revelation, he falls. When a fallen prince gains revelation, he is exalted.

3. A Realm of Love

   There is no wickedness, no selfishness, no competition. All are kings, all are priests, all are light — yet there is no limitation for anybody. The rise of one is a sign that rising is possible. If the person who rose is close to you, it means God is in the neighbourhood.

   1 John 4:16 says God is love, and he who dwells in love dwells in God. It is a realm, not just a person. That love is what makes faith work. The reason you declare things without fear is because perfect love casts out fear. The reason you declare things and have them is because faith works by love.

4. A Realm of Truth

   There is no gimmick. If he says the blind see, the blind see. If he says the weak is strong, the weak is strong. This truth does not just define — it purifies. In John 17:17, sanctify them with your word, for your word is truth. And in Psalm 119:89, your word, O Lord, is settled in heaven forever.

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   You don't need to compromise to become. That truth can make you because it is the same word that made the universe. The things which are were not made from things which appear.

5. A Realm of Glory

   In John 17:5, Jesus said, "Father, glorify me with the glory I had with you before the foundations of the world." Before creation began, our transactions were in glory. Glory encompasses the essence of God, the majesty of God, the splendour of God, and the praise that belongs to God. Of these four, three are shared — essence, majesty, and splendour. Only praise is given to him exclusively.

   This is why you are seated with Christ in heavenly places. Wherever you go, something radiates from you that makes it impossible for you to be hidden. You follow instruction, submit to authority — but something from your realm of origin cannot be suppressed. There is beauty in every one of us. Satan may deceive a believer not to see it, but every one of us carries a touch of divinity.

6. A Realm of Dominion

   Psalm 145:13 declares that his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom and his dominion endures throughout all generations. This realm has laws, structures, and ordinances. Those of us who are believers do not live carelessly or based on feelings. We are of the royal order, and every royal realm has a code.

   Because we live by the code, we can translate that dominion into our spheres of influence. "I am a man under authority. I say to one, go, and he goes; to another, come, and he comes" — because I myself am under authority.

7. A Realm of Creation

   In Hebrews 11:3, through faith we understand that the worlds were created by the word of God, and the things that are were not made out of things which do appear. This realm cannot be limited because the force of creation dwells there.

   When a king's dream was brought to Daniel in Daniel 2:18-19 through a night vision, the king knelt and said, "Your God is my God." The reason it looks hard to evangelise using only intellect is because we are using brain to talk to brain, eloquence to create conviction where spirit should be mobilised. When you come with another realm, this realm will always submit.

8. A Realm of Faith

   What you believe is what you have, not what you see. Many believers are left in a dilemma — made for the God realm but trying to live like creatures of this realm. When you live from the realm of faith, glory, dominion, creativity, and truth simultaneously, there is no confusion in your manifestation.

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The 12 Laws of Living in the God Realm

Law 1: The Law of Ordinances — Spiritual Paradox

The first law is the law of ordinances, also called the law of the ways of God, the law of spiritual paradox, or the law of counterintuition. If you want to live in the God realm, you must adopt the ways of God. In Isaiah 55:8, "My ways are not your ways. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts."

This realm operates in a way that is contrary to natural thinking. Here are its operational modalities:

• You give to receive. Hard work is endorsed — Ephesians 4:28 says let him work with his hands so that he may have to give. But there is a realm of provision beyond your hard work. Paul in Philippians 4:19 said, "My God shall supply all your needs according to his riches in glory." There is a supply that comes from sowing and reaping, and there is a supply that comes from glory. When Jesus fed five thousand men, he asked what they had — because if they don't give, they can't receive. A young boy brought five loaves and two fish. The demand of giving was satisfied. Jesus gave thanks and bread began to multiply. Anything you want to multiply, give it and it will multiply.
• You die to live. The measure of life that flows from you is directly proportional to the death you embrace. Anything you don't die to, you cannot possess. In John 12:24, except a corn of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it abides alone. In Matthew 10:39, he who loses his life for my sake shall find it. The person who dies to influence is the one who receives it. The person who dies to pursuit of things is the one who gains speed. Those who fight for things will never gain them. Only the things you lose, you gain in this kingdom.
• You serve to lead. Every person who went up as a leader first went down as a servant. In Matthew 23:11, he who will be greatest among you shall first be your servant. In Luke 22:25-27, the Gentiles lord over those who follow them, but in this kingdom it shall not be so. Those who run from service never become leaders in this kingdom.
• Exaltation is a function of humility. You go down to go up. In 1 Peter 5:6, humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God and in due season he will exalt you. James 4:6 says God resists the proud. Some people have not gone up not because Satan fought them, but because God fought them — they violated this ordinance. Service, death, humility, liberality: you never find a man who genuinely manifests God without these testimonies.
• Strength is in weakness. In 2 Corinthians 12:9-10, God said, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my strength is made perfect in weakness." Paul therefore gloried in infirmities that the power of Christ might rest on him. Every area where you think you are a master is where you fail — because you will not depend on God. The area where those who manifest God most powerfully were weakest is where the greatest manifestation appeared, because they learned to rely on him.
• The first is last and the last is first. In Matthew 20:16, the last shall become the first. In Romans 9:30-31, the Gentiles who did not pursue after righteousness attained the righteousness of God, while the Jews who lived by the law of righteousness ended up not attaining it — because they wanted to secure it by their own strength. In this kingdom, don't pursue your ambition. Look for what God wants for you. Follow God's leading and it will bring you into what you could never have attained yourself.
• You lose to win. In Matthew 16:25, whosoever shall save his life shall lose it, but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it. When people who know God are in arguments, they appear to lose — "I'm sorry, forgive me" — and walk away. Then those who were winning start serving them. That is how you live in the God realm. In this kingdom, you lose to win. You die to live. You give to receive. You go down to go up. You are last to become first.

Law 2: The Law of Divine Language

You can never operate in the God realm until you master the language of God. There is a way God talks. That realm responds to what you say. Even salvation obeys the protocol of talking: "With the heart man believes unto righteousness, but with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." Spirits respect your words. Here are the five ways God speaks:

• God speaks the end from the beginning. You will never catch God talking the beginning at the beginning. In Isaiah 46:9-10, he declares the end from the beginning and from ancient times the things that are not yet done. The reason God speaks the end is to secure the entire manifestation. When Jesus was in early ministry and spoke of the cross, Peter rebuked him — and Jesus secured that word so he would not change his mind in Gethsemane. You secure your manifestation by speaking the end. Don't say, "The day God will open the door, may that day come." Say it. Declare it. When you say it, you secure it.
• God speaks to see. You see to speak, but God speaks to see. Whatever he doesn't like, he won't say. In Genesis 1, God never uttered darkness. When he wanted to speak, he said, "Light, be." And when God spoke, God saw that it was good. Don't say what you see. Speak what you want to see. Even though there is a tumour, you say, "By his stripes I am healed. No tumour survives in my body." Six times in Genesis chapter one alone: "And God said... and God saw it, and it was good."
• God calls those things that are not as though they were. In Romans 4:17, God spoke to Abraham — not "I will make you" but "I have made you a father of many nations." In the God realm it is not "I will" — it is "I have." He calls those things that be not as though they were. When your spirit matures, you stand up and declare things that are not yet in the natural as though they are already done.
• God names things. Anything you name, you animate. God did not merely declare to Abraham — he named him. In Genesis 17:5, "Neither shall your name anymore be called Abram, but Abraham, for a father of many nations have I made you." When God wanted to bless Jacob, he named him Israel in Genesis 32:28. Moses changed Joshua's name from Oshia to Joshua in Numbers 13:16 so that everywhere Joshua would confront an enemy, he would confront God through him. When Jesus wanted to empower Peter, he named him — his name was Simeon, which speaks of instability, but Jesus said, "You shall be called Cephas," meaning a stone — steadfastness. In 2 Samuel 12:24-25, God sent Nathan to name Solomon Jedidiah, the beloved of God. Name things to animate them.
• God gives thanks before the manifestation. He does not wait for the result before celebrating. In Mark 11:24, when you pray, believe that you have received, and you shall have. When God declared and saw that it was good in Genesis, there was nothing yet — but he believed it had already happened and responded accordingly. Start celebrating what you have declared even when it has not yet manifested. When you live like that, heaven will invade the earth.

Law 3: The Law of Nature

Every realm responds to a nature. You cannot function in a realm to which you are not given the DNA to function. No matter how much you love a cat or a dog, you cannot graduate it from the animal realm to the human realm — because that realm responds to nature.

For you to operate in the God realm, you must have the divine DNA. In Genesis 1, God said, "Let us make man in our own image after our likeness. Let them have dominion." Dominion is a reality of the God realm, but they can never have dominion except they first have the nature of God. That's why God gave us his DNA when he created us.

Why do you think the devil is advancing perversion? Because when people are perverted, they are obliterated from the realm of God. When humans want to live like animals, they perish. Now that you have the nature of God, you must function according to its dictates. That nature will insist on holy living, on righteousness, on faith. The spirit of life in Romans 8:2 comes with its own law. If you violate it, the realm will withdraw from you.

Law 4: The Law of Recognition

If you will operate in a realm, you must not only recognise that realm — you must recognise what you have been given from it. Jesus taught his disciples to pray, "Our father which art in heaven." He recognised his source and the realm where it came from. In John 3:13, even while walking in Nazareth, Jesus was simultaneously the Son of Man which is in heaven — connected to the realm that produces manifestation.

In Colossians 3:1-3, if your life is hidden in Christ, set your affection on things from that realm. In 2 Corinthians 4:18, look not at things that are seen but at things that are unseen. In 2 Corinthians 5:20, we are ambassadors of Christ. We walk on earth but represent another civilisation.

Do you know what has been given to you from that realm? Eternal life — a life that is indestructible. Righteousness — the nature of God. The anointing of the Holy Spirit. His name — the name above every name. The mind of Christ. Favour — things work supernaturally beyond hard work. Mercy — the realm withdraws judgment. The spirit that created this universe lives on your inside.