Living Waters: Working Out Your Salvation Into the Fullness of Christ

Spiritual maturity is not about receiving more from God — it is about becoming a carrier and distributor of everything God has already given you in Christ.

Salvation is not something you work for — it is something you work out. The finished work of the cross placed the fullness of God inside every believer, but maturity is the process of learning to live, move, and minister from that fullness. This teaching unpacks what it truly means to move from Old Testament revelation into New Covenant reality — from waiting on God's promises to walking in the present-tense power of Christ within you.

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Teaching Overview

1. Working out your salvation means maturing from external rule-keeping into the present-tense reality of Christ's finished work dwelling fully within you.
2. God's promises are not separate gifts He distributes — they are all fulfilled in Jesus, and as co-heirs with Christ, believers already possess what Christ possesses.
3. Logos (what God said) is the foundation, but spiritual maturity requires moving into Rhema — what God is saying now.
4. Physical deliverance is not the same as mental, spiritual, and emotional freedom; true liberation comes through knowing the truth.
5. As believers mature, they shift from asking God to act on their behalf to becoming distributors of God's power and provision to others.

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Key Distinctions

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Working Out Your Salvation: The Core Meaning

• Working out your salvation is not about earning heaven — Christ accomplished that; it is about maturing into the full reality of what He deposited in you.
• God does not distribute separate promises to the believer in Christ — all promises of God are fulfilled in Jesus, and the believer is already a co-heir with Him.
• As a co-heir, what Christ has is also yours — healing, blessing, and provision are not optional extras to be requested but realities to be walked in.

"I am sorry, the church doesn't believe in God's promises. I believe in Jesus because all promises are fulfilled in Christ."

The Present-Tense Reality of God

• The prophetic atmosphere is not about what God promised in the past — it is about being locked into what God is saying right now.
• Spiritual maturity moves the believer out of "what God said" into "what God is saying" — from historical covenant into present-tense communion.
• Very few could break through into present-tense truth before the cross because there was no covenant to support them; the New Covenant has now opened that reality to every believer.

"You are no longer in what God said. You are in what God is saying. You are in the present tense with God."

Logos vs. Rhema: Scripture and Living Revelation

• Logos — Scripture — is what God said; it is the necessary foundation, but it is not the destination.
• The purpose of Scripture is to launch the believer into Rhema — into hearing God actively — not to keep them anchored to past revelation.
• When Jesus told the Pharisees "you search the scriptures thinking you find life in them — they only point to Me," He was revealing that Scripture's function is to bring you into encounter with the living Word, not to replace that encounter.

"The purpose of scripture is to bring you into Rhema. It is not meant to keep you grounded. It's meant to make you fly into the utmost fears of heaven that you can begin to hear from God."

Truth as the Source of Freedom

• Physical deliverance — prayer, fasting, anointing — does not automatically produce mental, spiritual, or emotional freedom.
• Moses delivered Israel from Pharaoh, but they remained bound in slave mentality — physical liberation did not equate to inward transformation.
• True freedom comes through knowing the truth; there are spiritual bondages that only correct teaching and revelation can break.

"Freedom does not come through prayer. Physical deliverance does not equate mental, spiritual, and emotional deliverance."

Thoughts as Spiritual Language

• Thoughts are not private — in the spirit realm, thought is a language audible to invisible entities.
• Negative, fear-based, or demonic thought patterns function as an invitation; demons are attracted to the frequency of what a person consistently thinks.
• This is the basis of the biblical principle: "as a man thinks, so is he" — the inner world shapes the outer reality and the spiritual atmosphere around a person.

"Thoughts is the language of the spirit. Demons will start to be attracted to you because they can hear you calling them."

Carrying Your Cross vs. Being Crucified

• Jesus' instruction to "carry your cross" was given before the cross — it was a pre-crucifixion call appropriate to the Old Testament era in which He ministered.
• After the resurrection, Paul brought the New Covenant revelation: do not carry your cross — be crucified. "I am crucified with Christ; nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me."
• Preaching "carry your cross" after the cross is old revelation; the New Covenant reality is death to self and resurrection life in Christ.

"It was good before the cross. After the cross, it does not make sense anymore."

The Fullness of God in the Name of Jesus

• The apostles — including Paul — baptized exclusively in the name of Jesus, not in the formula "Father, Son, and Holy Spirit," because they discovered that in Christ Jesus dwells the fullness of the Godhead.
• To speak the name "Father" alone, or "Holy Spirit" alone, is not to speak the fullness of God — but when the name of Jesus is spoken, the totality of the Godhead is named.
• Isaiah 9:6 confirms this: the child born is called Wonderful Counsellor (the Holy Spirit), Mighty God, Everlasting Father — all three persons attributed to one person; Jesus is the fullness of all He is.

"When I mention the name of Jesus, I am mentioning God, It is fullness."

The Kingdom of God Is Within You

• Before the cross, Jesus taught His disciples to seek the Kingdom of God and its righteousness externally.
• After the resurrection, He declared that the Kingdom of God is within you — because once you find Christ, you have found the Kingdom, and He is your righteousness.
• Seeking righteousness as an external achievement is a pre-cross posture; New Covenant maturity recognises that Christ is your righteousness — there is nothing else to seek.

"The Kingdom of God is within you. Our righteousness is Jesus Christ. There's nothing else."

Becoming a Carrier and Distributor of God's Power

• Spiritual maturity shifts the believer from the position of recipient — asking God to act — to distributor — giving from what they already carry.
• Peter's declaration to the lame man — "Silver and gold have I none, but such as I have give I thee" — was not a prayer for healing; it was a distribution of healing already possessed.
• The Kingdom of God is not in words but in the demonstration of the Spirit and power; the absence of power in a ministry is a sign of spiritual infancy, not maturity.

"The kingdom of God is not in words, but in the demonstration of the spirit and power."

The Living Water: A Well Within You

• The water Jacob dug sustained people generation after generation — but old wells, even productive ones, are not the water Jesus offers.
• An old well may still produce water, but this does not mean the believer should continue drinking from old revelation; sometimes God dries up certain things specifically to force forward movement.
• The living water Christ gives does not require return visits, deeper digging, or refilling — it becomes a spring within the believer, welling up continuously into everlasting life.

"And old wealth still produces water, but it doesn't mean you should drink from it. Sometimes God will literally dry something up to force you to move on."

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Key Definitions

Working Out Your Salvation — The process of spiritually maturing into the full reality of what Christ has already deposited in the believer — moving from receiving God's provisions to becoming a carrier and distributor of His power and presence.

Logos — The written Word of God; what God said — Scripture as recorded revelation that forms the foundation of faith but is not the final destination of spiritual growth.

Rhema — The living, present-tense word God is saying now — active divine communication received through spiritual maturity, for which logos lays the groundwork.

Co-heir with Christ — The New Covenant identity of the believer: because they are joined to Christ, everything Christ possesses — healing, blessing, righteousness, provision — is also theirs by inheritance, not petition.

Physical Deliverance — External freedom from oppression or bondage, which does not automatically produce inward transformation of the mind, will, and emotions; distinguished from the deeper freedom that comes through knowing the truth.

Demonstration of Spirit and Power — The tangible, visible manifestation of God's kingdom at work — the standard Paul sets for mature ministry, contrasted with words alone as the basis of spiritual credibility.

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Key Takeaways

• All of God's promises are fulfilled in Christ, not distributed alongside Him — understanding this shifts the believer from petition-based faith to co-heirship, where what Christ has is already theirs.
• Spiritual maturity moves you from what God said to what God is saying — remaining anchored only in logos, without advancing into Rhema, keeps the believer in past-tense relationship with a present-tense God.
• True freedom comes through truth, not through prayer or deliverance alone — there are bondages that only revelation and correct teaching can break, because thoughts are a spiritual language that shapes the believer's atmosphere.
• The New Covenant calls believers to be crucified with Christ, not merely to carry a cross — carrying a cross was the pre-resurrection instruction; the post-resurrection reality is death to self and the living presence of Christ within.
• Mature believers distribute God's power — they do not only ask for it — the shift from "I will pray for your healing" to "what I have, I give you" is the mark of working out your salvation into fullness.

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Reflection Questions

1. Are you still relating to God primarily through petition — asking Him to fulfil promises — or have you begun to live from the reality of co-heirship, where what Christ has is already yours?
2. Where in your life are you drinking from an old well — a pattern, practice, or theological framework that once sustained you but may now be keeping you from moving forward?
3. In what areas of your life are you seeking external deliverance or prayer as a substitute for receiving the truth that would actually set you free?
4. If the kingdom of God is not in words but in demonstration of the Spirit and power, what does the current fruit of your spiritual life reveal about your level of maturity?
5. What specific old-covenant posture — carrying a cross rather than dying to self, seeking promises rather than standing in Christ, relying on logos without pursuing Rhema — is the Holy Spirit calling you to lay down this week?

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Prayers and Declarations

Opening Prayer

"Master Jesus, we thank you for your goodness, for your mercy and your kindness. We thank you that you are so good to us and so merciful to us. We thank you that your mercy endures forever. We thank you that you are kind and good God. Father, we pray for mercy, we receive your mercy, that today will be a significant day in our lives where we will be changed. Lord Jesus reveal yourself to us, leaders in our truth and our righteousness may be perceived, may we be recipients of deliverance healing and transformation today. Father glorify yourself amongst us in the mighty name of Jesus."

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"The Lord is so good and worthy of all adoration and we are going to have a prophetic night tonight. I feel it in my bones. I feel it in my heart. The Lord is going to show us his goodness."

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"Father, I pray for the spirit of revelation. Father, I pray for understanding. And above all, I pray for wisdom. That I may work out my salvation in the mighty name of Jesus."

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Scripture References

• Philippians 2:12 — "Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling." (KJV)
• John 5:39 — "Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me." (KJV)
• John 8:32 — "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." (KJV)
• Luke 4:18 — "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised." (KJV)
• Proverbs 23:7 — "For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee." (KJV)
• Matthew 16:24-25 — "Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it." (KJV)
• Galatians 2:20 — "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me." (KJV)
• Luke 17:20-21 — "And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you." (KJV)
• Matthew 6:33 — "But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you." (KJV)
• Romans 8:29 — "For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren." (KJV)
• John 4:1-9
• John 4:13-14 — "Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life." (KJV)
• Matthew 28:19 — "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost." (KJV)
• Acts 2:38 — "Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost." (KJV)
• Colossians 2:9 — "For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily." (KJV)
• John 14:9 — "Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?" (KJV)
• Isaiah 9:6 — "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace." (KJV)
• 1 Corinthians 4:20 — "For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power." (KJV)
• Acts 20:9-10

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Golden Nuggets

"You are no longer in what God said. You are in what God is saying. You are in the present tense with God."

"The purpose of scripture is to bring you into Rhema. It is not meant to keep you grounded. It's meant to make you fly into the utmost fears of heaven that you can begin to hear from God."

"Freedom does not come through prayer. Physical deliverance does not equate mental, spiritual, and emotional deliverance."

"Once you start getting deep into the truth of God, you find liberation. If what you are reading doesn't give you freedom, you didn't hear from God."

"Reading scripture doesn't make you mature, it just means you have old information. If you don't enter into revelation, you just have old."

"The kingdom of God is not in words, but in the demonstration of the spirit and power."

"An old well may still produce water, but it doesn't mean you should drink from it. Sometimes God will literally dry something up to force you to move on."

"When I mention the name of Jesus, I am mentioning God, It is fullness."

"It's very easy to have a form of godliness but denying the power thereof."

"I am sorry, the church doesn't believe in God's promises. I believe in Jesus because all promises are fulfilled in Christ."

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