Making Unlimited Progress.
Is it possible to make unlimited progress here on earth? Especially in this world of affliction and endless problems? Is it possible for a man to continually go up? The answer to these questions from the Bible is yes! The Bible says that any man that has received Jesus as the lord of his life can live continually to the top. In Proverbs 4:18, the Bible says "But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day." Also in Psalms 115:14, it says, "The lord shall increase you more and more, you and your children". If you have been justified, there's a program of an endless progress for you. Every year is to be an improvement over the previous, having it the way you want it.
In Mark 9:23, "Jesus said unto him, if thou can believe, all things are possible unto him that believeth". The point where all things are possible is the point where you can make unlimited progress, so you can come to a situation in your life, by the power of faith where u can make unlimited progress.
In Mark 11:23, Jesus says, "For verily I say unto you, that whosoever shall say unto this mountain, be thou removed and be thou cast into the sea; and shall believe that those things which he said shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith". When you are having everything you say, that is unlimited progress, and this comes by faith. Hence faith is the key to unlimited progress.
Redemption is your initiation into the realm where you make unlimited progress; And by faith you enjoy it. In Matthew 19:26b, Jesus says "With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible". In Mark 9:23, he also says "If thou can believe, all things are possible to him that believes". From these two scriptures, we see that all things are possible unto God and to the man of faith. That means that a man of faith, operates in the class of God.
In fact, the word of faith that comes unto you makes you a god! In John 10:34-35, Jesus answered them, "is it not written in your law, I said, you are gods? If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came and the scriptures cannot be broken". When God's word comes to you over any area of life, it makes a god of you over such area. For instance, if God's word about prosperity comes to you, you become a god over poverty; if it comes to you in the area of health, you become a god over diseases and sicknesses. Making endless progress in any area of life therefore, is to make sure God's word come to you in such area.
God sent Moses as a god to Pharaoh, Exodus 7:1, the same way he sent you too. As a god therefore there are things that must not happen to you. For instance, a god should not be sick, you still fall sick because you are yet to realize your status as a god. That is why God says in the scripture which Jesus made reference to in Psalms 82:5-7, "They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are out of course. I have said, ye are gods: and all of you are children of the most high; But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes".
Why will things not work for them? Why will they die like men and fall like one of the princes? Because they do not know or understand their status as gods! If you are too lazy to make the word of God come to you, then you disqualify yourself from making any progress. The reason you don't get result most times is because you move when the word of God has not come, when God's word comes to you, you won't miss the result because "the scripture cannot be broken". Unlimited progress is by word discovery. God's word, when it comes to you makes you unstoppable. Seat on God's word - study it until it comes to you, when it comes, that is the point where your faith moves God into action on your behalf. Hebrews 11:6. God has not answered some people in prayers because they prayed when the word has not come unto them.
How Does God's Word Come?
God's word comes in two principal ways:
1. As logos - the written word: As you study through the scripture you contact revelation relating to your situation.
2. As rhema - the spoken word: God talking to you by his Spirit or through an inward witness.
How did Abraham's situation change? The word of God came to him in Romans 4:18, scripture says Abraham believed "...according to that which was spoken to him". God's word is the way to make an endless progress. Don't read it like catechism, but seek revelation from it, with which you confront the enemy or situation of your life; and they must bow to it. You don't move forward by prayers and fasting alone, you need to back it up with the word of faith. There is a covenant of unlimited progress for you, but in your bid to move forward the enemy will come to stop you. However when you get revelation and confront the enemy with it you gain freedom to move on.
Shalom!
We're not gods. We're human. We get sick. Timothy got sick. Paul had bad eyesight. No, it isn't possible to make unlimited progress. You want to make progress? Learn how to interpret the Bible properly. Learn to be obedient to what it teaches. And lastly, no you can't throw a mountain into the sea unless God wants it there.
Are you having problem interpreting the scriptures, because I expressly pointed it out from the Bible where it says that we are gods, small letter g god, and you should also understand that the master Jesus gave us is a life that is superior to the ordinary life, one which is above human comprehension, for example in Mark 16:18, it says "They will pick up snakes with their hands, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not harm them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will be made well." In Acts 28:3, A serpent fastened itself on the hand of Paul, yet he felt no harm. Concerning the case of Timothy that you mentioned, I'll like you to understand that Timothy was in the making, he was not yet mature in the things of the Spirit, that was the early stage of his ministry, therefore he is not our standard. According to Mark 9:23, it says that nothing shall be impossible to them that believe, if this statement is true, it is also true that we can make unlimited progress.
Moreover, if the child of a goat is a goat and the child of a dog is a dog, isn't it simple arithmetic that a child of God must be nothing but a god?
I quite agree with you that any redeemed child of God has the God-given right to live the God-kind of life on the earth. This life is referred to as eternal life in scriptures.
However, these are scriptural secrets not open to everyone, so they stay perpetually in the "natural".
Mark 4:11 And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:
Thanks for your comment, the Bible says “Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.” Psalm 42:7. You have good spiritual knowledge. Thanks again for the clarification, I hope @barncat will read your comment and learn from it.