1. Grace Fellowship Church Pastor/Teacher Jim Rickard www.GraceDoctrine.org Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012

2. Doxology Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.— Amen.

3. John 17 The Great High Priestly Prayer of our Lord!

4. John 17:6-19, (vs 14) Doctrine of Heavenly Citizenship (POLITEUMA) Part 5 Summary and Conclusion

5. The Baptism of the Holy Spirit makes the Church Age believer unique because it is the basis for being entered into the Royal Family of God (RFG).

6. As members of the RFG, we have the opportunity to live the Life Beyond Gnosis, Eph 3:18-21, which is understanding and utilizing your POLITEUMA privileges.

7. Living the Life Beyond Gnosis means that you have a Personal Sense of Destiny.

8. 1. Having a Personal Sense of Destiny requires that you understand what God has provided under logistical grace.

9. 2. Under the Plan of God, you have a destiny. Fulfillment of that destiny depends on your PMA of the mystery doctrine classified as the “riches of His glory,” Eph 3:16; Phil 4:19; Rom 9:23.

10. 3. Understanding that God has given you a spiritual gift and has a plan for your life in utilization of that gift, 1 Cor 12:4-7, 12-14, 18, also gives you a Personal Sense of Destiny.

11. 4. Only through Rom 12:2, and cognitive self-confidence related to your POLITEUMA privileges can you have and enjoy under all circumstances of life a Personal Sense of Destiny.

12. 5. Knowing you have a destiny comes with the understanding that your are a DIAKONOS, a minister in fulltime Christian service, Mat 23:11; John 12:26; 2 Cor 6:4.

13. 6. The universal ministry of the believer is based upon your Royal Ambassadorship, 2 Cor 5:20; Eph 6:20.

14. 7. Therefore, whatever you do is part of your fulltime Christian service, which should motivate you to do a good job in whatever you do each and every day, 2 Cor 3:6; 4:1.

15. 2 Cor 3:6, “Who has appointed us as ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter, but of the Spirit.”

16. 2 Cor 4:1, “Therefore, since we keep on having this ministry, as we have received mercy, so we do not become despondent, (do not lose heart, grow weary).”

17. 8. Receiving mercy is logistical grace, a POLITEUMA privilege and no believer can become despondent when he understands the POLITEUMA privileges given to him.

18. 9. Your ministry includes the one you have to your country to obey the laws of establishment and to be a patriot, Rom 13:1-7, and to grow in grace, attain spiritual maturity and become a part of the pivot.

19. 10. Therefore, you should have a Personal Sense of Destiny where your Christian service is related to your POLITEUMA regarding your royal ambassadorship.

20. 11. Your victory in time for the execution of God’s Plan for your life and the glorification of God by becoming an invisible hero is based upon your POLITEUMA privileges.

21. 12. In time you have control over whether you are a winner or loser regarding the Plan of God.

22. 13. For eternity, the privilege of our POLITEUMA is that all believers will be resurrected, 1 Cor 15:20-26, 51-57, Phil 3:20-21, and will glorify God. That’s the Lord’s victory, never the believer’s!

23. Phil 3:20-21, “For our citizenship (POLITEUMA) is in heaven, from which also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ; 21 who will transform the body of our humble state into conformity with the body of His glory (resurrection bodies), by the exertion of the power that He has even to subject all things to Himself.”

24. 14. Therefore, we should be living each day unto the Lord, with a keen eye looking for the blessed hope of our POLITEUMA. Eph 2:19-22; Phil 3:20-21; Heb 11:9-26; 12:22-24

25. Col 3:1-4, “Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. 3 For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is our life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory.”

26. Grace Fellowship Church Tuesday, January 24, 2012 Tape # 12-010 Jesus Prays for His Disciples Our Heavenly Citizenship Great High Priestly Prayer, Part 60 John 17:14; Phil 3:20; Eph 3:18-21; 1 Cor 12:4-18; Heb 11:13-16; 12:22-24 James H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2012