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We are gathered under the grace of God, trusting in Him alone, having no confidence in our own abilities or in the flesh. As we open our hearts to the Word of God, let us consider what Christ truly calls us to in life. Our focus today is The Jesus’ Theory.

Let us open our Bibles to Matthew 11:28-29: “Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take ye my yoke upon you and learn of me for I’m meek and lowly in heart and ye shall find rest unto your soul.”

The inspiration for this theory came from a virtual conference where a young man in his early 20s asked a profound question: “How do I realize my purpose early in life so that on my deathbed I will feel ready, and the only thing I will be sad about is separation from loved ones?” The conference anchor noted that this young man was far ahead of his peers in thinking, as most people in that age bracket are not thinking about the deathbed. The anchor concluded that such individuals “always leave an impact in this world.”

When a man is born, the things that make him grow—to talk, to walk, to display necessary life functions—are already programmed within. Similarly, the Bible teaches that all we need that pertains to godliness has already been given to us. We might not currently look like we will attain the stature of a perfect man, but it is already in us. All we must do is remain under the “sun of God,” which is the word of God, and those attributes will emerge.

The Curve of Human Experience

As we move through life, our thinking evolves.

1. First Decade: You are generally not conscious of your environment or making choices; things just happen to you.
2. Second Decade (Teenage Years/Early 20s): You start to believe you know what you are doing and can operate without guidance. This stage is often synonymous with foolishness, as the Bible notes that “foolishness is bound in the heart of the child” (Proverbs 22). To save yourself from doing things you will later regret as foolish, you must think by the Word of God, which grants the wisdom of the ancient.
3. Third Decade (Late 20s/Early 30s): A man begins to explore, seeking a path and a value system. They ask, “Who am I? What am I here to do?” During this time, the focus is heavily on external approval—what colleagues or society think of your achievements.
4. Fourth Decade (The Awakening): The questions shift internally: “What have I done so far?” and “Am I happy with myself?” This is a period of awakening where there is a call for essence and fulfillment of purpose. Man realizes there is a transcendent, intangible part of himself—something above that controls him.

We must reject the idea of believing only what we can physically see. Even if your anatomy were fully examined, your mind cannot be seen, yet the invisible mind controls the visible body. The Bible confirms this: “The things that we cannot see are eternal, but the things that we can see are temporal” (2 Corinthians 4:18). Our physical eyes are limited lenses. Just as Elisha had to pray for Gehazi’s eyes to be opened to see the company of angels surrounding them, we need an enhanced vision to see things from a higher perspective.

The Gentile Way vs. The Jesus’s Theory

Psychologists have long studied life to understand its meaning. One well-known figure, Abraham Maslow, attempted to define the satisfaction of life through five stages.

The Gentile Way (Maslow’s Theory)

Maslow’s theory postulates that man starts at the bottom of the pyramid, seeking to satisfy his physiological needs first (basic necessities like food and shelter). Once those are met, he moves to the next level: safety and security. Then he seeks love and belonging, and finally, Esteem (the respect of others, wanting to be unique). The final, topmost level is the pinnacle of purpose, experience, and meaning.

The implication of the Gentile Way is problematic:

• People get stuck in one level and do not move to the next until they satisfy the current one.
• Often, people never achieve full physiological satisfaction or security.
• They define the essence of their life by their current level, leading to depression or suicide because they have not reached the pinnacle of purpose. Only maybe 1% of humans make it to the pinnacle through this method.

The Jesus’s Theory (The Higher Perspective)

Christ calls us to an entirely different path. The Jesus’ Theory instructs us to start your life from the pinnacle.

The first thing you should be looking for in life is purpose: Why am I here? What am I here to do?. This approach provides a higher perspective.

We are invited to this higher path, found in Matthew 6:33.

This higher perspective is like flying in an airplane: When you are on the ground, buildings and cars look huge. But as the plane goes higher, those same things shrink in size and eventually seem nonexistent. The problems are still there, but your perspective has changed. Your problems do not seem as big or as deep as they do to those starting from the bottom.

When you start with purpose, your life has meaning, and those other concerns (physiological needs, safety, esteem) will be added onto you.

Chasing the lower levels—covetousness and abundance—is contrary to what Jesus taught, as “a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth” (Luke 12:15). While Jesus certainly believes in planning (Luke 14:28, 31), if you don’t settle the question of purpose, you will not see the meaning of your life, and you will continue to live a “low life” subject to depression and self-harm.

Examples of Living Life on Purpose

Starting from the pinnacle means having an assignment and a conviction that your life is meant to be fulfilled.

Joseph: Early Discovery, Strong Conviction

Joseph discovered his purpose early, historians suggesting around age 17. He understood he was unique and shared his dreams of future fulfillment, even when faced with immediate rejection from his brothers.

Distractors will always come; often, the very people who should benefit from the gift God put in you are the ones the devil uses to try to distract you. Joseph overcame his brothers’ attempts to distract him. Later, in Egypt, Potiphar’s wife was not simply seeking an affair; she was attempting to introduce Joseph to “another life,” a different pathway, distracting him from his God-given purpose. Do not let anyone distract you from your purpose.

David: The Unwavering Cause

The same pattern happened to David. When he came to the battlefield and questioned Goliath’s defiance of the armies of the living God, his eldest brother, Eliab, became angry, asking, “Why camest thou hither?” and accusing him of pride and roughness of heart. Eliab was essentially telling David he was “too little to achieve [his] purpose.” David persisted, asking, “What have I now done? Is there a cause? Is there not a cause?” He kept asking others until his words reached Saul, demonstrating that the fire inside his chest compelled him to achieve his purpose.

Purpose is Not Limited by Age or Profession

• Moses is an example of someone who did not discover his purpose until he was 80 years old when he saw the pillar of fire, yet his purpose remained highly significant.
• Luke was a successful physician (Luke 4:14), yet he fulfilled his God-given purpose by documenting the book of Acts.
• Paul was a doctor of the law and a successful tent maker throughout his missionary life, but he fulfilled his purpose.

Seeking purpose first does not mean you should be lazy or lack a plan; rather, you should be the best at what you do. But your focus is not on seeking bread and temporary comforts; your life has meaning from the beginning, and those other things follow.

The Call to the Journey

Every believer has an overarching purpose: Christ has called us to be witnesses of his truth, mercy, and grace, introducing him to another person.

Beyond that, each person has an individual purpose—a fire in your bosom. This is that thing that keeps disturbing you, that you know for sure that if you don’t achieve it, you will feel very unfulfilled. Why don’t you do something about it?.

We are called to “come up hither” (Revelation). Christ wants you to start your life from the place of purpose.

If you have not accepted Christ and taken His name in water baptism, you have not even started the journey of purpose. You are still following the Abraham Maslow/Gentile way. Those who have been baptized into Christ have “put on Christ,” starting from that higher perspective.

If you have started the journey of purpose but have allowed distractors or the appeal of sin to water it down, the call today is to pick it up again. There is a reason you are still breathing.

Let us pray for an enhanced vision, that we may be sensitive to the purpose laid in our hearts, giving us the heart of David and Joseph to be strong and move in the direction God wants, discharging the purpose for which we have been created. We look to the eternal things, not the temporal.

1 O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens. 2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. 3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; 4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? 5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. 6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: 7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; 8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas. Ps 8:1-8

We started this series with the coming of Christ and how certain it is. We considered the various stages of His coming with scriptural prophecies and their fulfillment. We also talked about why Christ must return in the second sequel. Thirdly, we spoke about the misconstrued scriptures that are leading to doubt about the return of Christ. Today, as we feast around the Lord’s table, we turn our attention back to a foundational truth of our faith: Why Christ Must Return, subtitling this message: The Power of the World to Come. If the prophecies concerning Christ’s first coming were certainly fulfilled, then the prophecies concerning His second coming will also certainly be fulfilled. Having previously examined the reasons for His return and addressed controversial scriptures, we now seek to stir our minds regarding the magnificent destiny awaiting man—the power yet to be attained.

Man: God’s Highest Creation (Psalms 8)

We begin with the awe and wonder expressed by David in Psalms 8. When considering the mightiness of God’s creation—the heavens, the moon, and the stars—David poses a profound question: “What is man that thou art mindful of him, and the son of man that thou visitest him?”

Man is special. Of all of God’s creations, man is the only one made in the image and likeness of God. Man is God’s highest creation, and that includes the angels. Yet, David was amazed that such a mighty God would concern Himself with a fleeting creature whose breath is temporary, returning to the dust from which he was made.

The Holy Spirit, speaking through David in Psalms 8:5, explains man’s current status and his future potential. Man’s experience is divided into two major events, separated by the word “and”:

1. He has made him a little lower than the angels.
2. He has crowned him with glory and honor.

Lower Than the Angels—Death

The first phase—being made lower than the angels—is a temporary subjection to vanity. Romans 8:20 confirms that the creature was made subject to vanity “not willingly,” but against his own will, yet the subjection was done “in hope.” God had a master plan where death must always precede life. The death experience is essential because the cross must precede the crown, and the man who will judge angels must first be a man under angels.

For those who are in Christ, we must not be afraid of death, because there is nothing like death. Jesus Christ needed to die to conquer death, but what believers experience is merely sleep. Christ continually referred to death as sleep during His ministry, showing that the suffering of death is “just for a little while.”

We are given an analogy for this necessity: a tree that does not die in winter will not resurrect in summer. The tree’s sap (life) must go down to the protected trunk and root. Similarly, the Bible tells us, “Ye are dead and your life which is your sap is hid in Christ.” If your life is not dead to the world and hidden in Christ (the root and trunk), when the “sun” (resurrection) comes, there will be no life for that branch.

The Second Stage: The Power of the World to Come

The crowning with honor and glory is the second event, the ultimate destiny of man. This stage of glorification is separated from the first stage by thousands of years.

Hebrews 2 confirms that man has not yet reached his full status. Paul notes that while all things were intended to be put in subjection under man’s feet, “now we see not yet all things put under him.”

However, Jesus has achieved this twofold destiny. He was truly made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, but He has now been crowned with glory and honor. Jesus accomplished this “in bringing many sons unto glory” so that man can fulfill the twofold purpose of his creation. Jesus became a man so that He could complete the adoption of many more.

Full Adoption and the Spoken Word

The “honor and the glory” that Psalms 8 speaks of, which man is going to attain, is the power of the world to come.

Hebrews 6:6 describes those who have only tasted the heavenly gifts and “the powers of the world to come.” The power of the world to come is defined as the power of the spoken word.

Right now, we do not have full access to this power. We access power through an intermediary—Jesus Christ. When we lay hands on the sick, we say, “Be healed in the name of Jesus Christ.”

However, upon full adoption, we become co-heirs with Christ and achieve “super adoption.” This stage is what the Apostle Paul referred to as “becoming a man” in 1 Corinthians 13:11.

“For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.”

When man reaches this full adoption, he is fully known of the Father, just as Christ is known. At that point, the name of Jesus will have fulfilled its purpose as the intermediary. You will possess the power of the spoken word and will not need to say, “tree move away from there in the name of Jesus Christ.” Instead, you will simply say, “tree move away from there.” You will be a son of God, full.

God displayed this power in three distinct examples:

1. Abraham’s Provision

God displayed this power in Abraham, who is the father of the Jewish and Gentile bride. When Abraham was taking Isaac to be sacrificed, Isaac asked, “Behold the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?”

Abraham responded with the power of the spoken word: “My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering.”

This was not a coincidence. Though the angel stopped Abraham from slaying Isaac, the power of the spoken word took effect. Abraham had traveled many miles to a place that was not inhabited, yet a ram was found. Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah Jireh (God has provided for Himself an offering). The ram was created there by Jehovah through Abraham’s spoken word.

2. Christ’s Authority

Jesus, being a Son Himself and having full adoption, also demonstrated this power. When He spoke to the fig tree, He simply said, “Tree dry up,” without using any intermediary name.

3. William Branham’s Taste of Full Adoption

God gave William M. Branham, the prophet of restoration, a taste of the full adoption and power of the spoken word. This was necessary because when God restores man to the position he lost, that power must be restored.

• The Squirrel Incident: While hunting, the prophet felt a different anointing than his usual vision-inducing state. A voice spoke to him, distinct from the angel he usually heard, saying, “Ask what you want right now; just say it.” Challenged by the voice, he looked around and spoke the word directly, without the name of Jesus Christ: “Let there be a red-tailed squirrel” in a place where squirrels are known never to go. He specified its location and kind, and the squirrel appeared. He asked for three squirrels, and when he began to doubt after the second, the voice sternly questioned his doubt, showing that in full adoption, the mind and the mouth must be in total agreement.
• The Sister’s Deliverance: While describing the squirrel experience to ministers, a sister who was helping prepare food overheard him. She openly declared, “That is the truth.” This declaration—saying the right thing without skepticism—triggered the anointing in the prophet again. The prophet told her to ask anything she wanted. She instantly requested the salvation of her two sons, described as “sketchy human beings.” Because she spoke the right thing, the prophet declared, “I give you your son,” and those two sons immediately came and gave their lives to Christ.

God gave the prophet a taste of the spoken word’s authority.

The Path to Full Power

Today, the greatest obstacle is that our mind has not fully become the mind of Christ; it is not in full agreement with what we are saying. In the stage of full adoption, doubt is completely impossible.

We are living in the age of the power of the world to come, where we can experience a taste of this power. To attain this, we must put away childish things, clean up our lives, and dedicate ourselves to God.

The ministers sitting around the table did not get the fruit of the prophet’s experience, but the sister did because she spoke the right thing—she had no skepticism about the truth of the message.

If we can fully believe what is coming out of our mouths, like we believe we will go home tonight, that thing will happen. This desire for a taste of the power of the world to come should not be for self-glory. We have the down payment, the potential, and the name of Jesus Christ as our intermediary while we strive for full manhood and full adoption. Let us strive up by cleaning our lives and removing all skepticism so that we may experience the glory God intends for His highest creation. This taste is a direct result of unlocking something and aligning our minds with the Word, pending when we will reach full adoption and know even as we are known.