ESTABLISHED
by Steven J Esposito
The Meaning: Definitions of the word Established.
- Having been in existence for a long time and Therefore, is recognized and generally accepted
- To institute something permanently by enactment or agreement.
- To make Firm or stable.
- To Introduce and cause to grow and multiply
- To bring into existence.
- To put on a firm basis; To set up.
- To put into a favorable position – To gain full recognition and acceptance.
- To put beyond any doubt. To demonstrate, to show, to prove,
To Substantiate
- To enter into an agreement, a contract or a Covenant
THE LORD HAS ESTABLISHED HIMSELF AND ALL WHO WOULD BELIEVE In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1
Created means to form or to fashion, to produce with originality. The word also carries with it the suggestion of something that can be carved or sculptured.
Created in Joshua 17:18 – Translates into The Hebrew word “bah-rah” which is referring to “cutting” like cutting down trees to “clear out” the land.
“Bah-rah” = both creating something by bringing something into existence from nothing, and also creating something by fashioning existing matter into something new, as God did in creating man out of the dust from the ground. Genesis 1:27
God, as creator, Establishes His Sovereignty, by His Authority.
It is by His authority that all things have been established. the “anointed one” is the Good News.
This wonderful news includes the unveiling of the mystery kept secret from the dawn of creation until now.
Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery kept secret since the world began. ROMANS 16:25 NKJV
Here the phrase “Kept secret” means; “Kept in God’s silence”
Passion Bible foot note
Established is to be put into a favorable position and to gain full recognition in God.
“Now acquaint yourself with Him and be at peace.
Thereby, good, will come to you. Receive, instruction from His mouth, and lay up His words in your heart.
If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up.
You will remove iniquity far from your tents. JOB 22:21-23
It continues to go and say, “You will also decree a thing, and it will be established for you; – light will shine on your ways.” JOB, 22:25-28
We can know / and decree ‘Exaltation will come!’
Then He will save the humble person. He will even deliver one who is not innocent; Yes, he will be delivered by the purity of your hands.” “JOB 22:30”
WHY? / HOW?
Another definition of “established” is to bring into existence
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new”
“2 CORINTH 5:17”
Then He said this = I brought you up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set your feet upon a rock, and established your steps. “PSALM 40:2”
I will also confirm you to the end, that you may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. “1 CORINTH. 1:8”
“so that I may establish your heart blameless in holiness before God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints”.
“1 THESS. 3:13”
“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope”
“JEREMIAH 29:11”
To make firm or stable and to introduce and cause to grow and multiply. To put on a firm basis; to set up to institute something permanently by decree or by enactment. an agreement. Then to put beyond any doubt. The Lord has established His Covenant and I am His.
“From true virtue shall the leaders of tomorrow draw true authority”, for when the nature of Christ is revealed, the authority of Christ soon follows.”
Jesus paid the price for us to walk in this Authority which is rooted IN LOVE. – Francis Frangipane “In Christ Image Training”
JESUS BRINGS THE SHALOM
The Peace and the constant victory over every situation
Scripture tells us that > “The same power that raised Jesus from the dead is now in you” (in us) “ROMANS 8:11
LET’S TALK ABOUT SHALOM
Strong’s Concordance defines it’s meaning as ‘completeness, wholeness, health, peace, welfare, safety, soundness, tranquility, prosperity, perfectness, fullness, rest, harmony, the absence of agitation or discord
“Shalom” in Hebrew is made up of 4 Hebrew Letters
The 4 Hebrew letters that make up the word “SHALOM” are=
- Shin = to destroy something
- Lamed = Authority
- Vav = To Establish something/to put into place • Mem = Chaos and/or Dis-Order
Let’s go to the story in “Mark 4:35-41
Jesus was fully man just like His disciples were
He has both the human sight and the spiritual insight in this storm
there was a demonic presence or evil authority behind it. It was designed to instill fear and doubt and cause division, as we all know that’s what the enemy is aiming at> to steal, kill and destroy.
Jesus Spoke “SHALOM” to the storm and by the very meaning of those 4 letters spoken in the authority that was established is Jesus.
He was DESTROYING the AUTHORITY, that was ESTABLISHING, CHAOS AND DISORDER. Making it null and void. “Halleluiah”
He who is in me, is greater than he who is in the world. “1 JOHN 4:4”
You are established in the blood
Have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart. For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. the word of the LORD endures forever. “1 PETER 1:22,25”
by the mouth of two or three witnesses, every word may be established.’ “MATTHEW 18:16b
As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and “ESTABLISHED” in the faith, abounding in it with thanksgiving. “COLOSSIANS 2:6-7”
Life with God is not immunity from difficulties, but Peace, (SHALOM), is the daughter of calm!
Live in Constant Victory
We’ve come onto the turf of Heavens Kingdom by Faith. This turf is Established in this whole realm of Victory over the darkness because of what Jesus Did at the Cross. Amen? Jack Hayford Spirit filled Bible
