# LEKKI BELIEVERS CONVENTION LAGOS NIGERIA WITH APOSTLE JOSHUA SELMAN

An episode of [Apostle Joshua Selman.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1767664136), 4 Sep 2026, 1 h 05 min.

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## Transcript

[0:00] Speaker 1: Apostle Selman was saying and I understood the flow of
[0:02] Speaker 1: the spirit for it let's rise to our feet as
[0:05] Speaker 1: we welcome a true apostle of God Apostle Joshua Selman.
[0:19] Speaker 2: Hallelujah amen praise Jesus.
[0:29] Speaker 1: Good evening, everybody. Thank you again for this opportunity. Pastor Poggio,
[0:33] Speaker 1: thank you. You and your dear wife. Please, let's honor
[0:36] Speaker 1: Pastor Poggio and his wife. It's a great privilege to
[0:40] Speaker 1: minister here. And please help me honor Pastor Agu. God
[0:44] Speaker 1: bless you.
[0:44] Speaker 3: It's an honor.
[0:45] Speaker 1: It's a great honor. In Jesus' name, I honor every
[0:48] Speaker 1: man and every woman. Pastor, God bless you. You and
[0:51] Speaker 1: your wife. For sake of time, let's just go straight
[0:54] Speaker 1: into the session. Can we lift our hands and ask
[0:57] Speaker 1: the Lord to speak to us? For this final session.
[1:00] Speaker 1: A thousand generations. Falling down in worship. Sing a song
[1:14] Speaker 1: of ages to the Lamb.
[1:20] Speaker 3: All who've gone before us.
[1:23] Speaker 2: And all who will believe.
[1:28] Speaker 1: Sing a song of ages to the Lamb.
[1:35] Speaker 2: Your name is the highest. Your name is the greatest.
[1:44] Speaker 1: Your name stands above all.
[1:50] Speaker 2: Above all fools.
[1:52] Speaker 3: Above all fools.
[1:54] Speaker 1: And dominions all power and positions your name stands above
[2:05] Speaker 1: the world hallelujah father we receive understanding tonight by the
[2:10] Speaker 1: spirit and we decree and declare that your spirit has
[2:14] Speaker 1: unrestrained access to our spirits our minds we pray that
[2:19] Speaker 1: your word will come with power and conviction.
[2:22] Speaker 2: In jesus name we pray You may be gloriously seated.
[2:26] Speaker 3: God bless you.
[2:28] Speaker 1: It's truly my joy to be able to speak to
[2:31] Speaker 1: us at this great convention. And I can imagine that
[2:35] Speaker 1: it's been an awesome time, you know, listening from speaker
[2:40] Speaker 1: after speaker. Within the time that I have, thank you
[2:45] Speaker 1: for the timer, I'll just hope to answer three or
[2:48] Speaker 1: four questions relating to the kingdom of We'll do that
[2:51] Speaker 1: really very fast. It's a topic that is very dear
[2:54] Speaker 1: to my heart. And I believe that the maturity of
[2:58] Speaker 1: the saints depend on a thorough understanding of the kingdom.
[3:03] Speaker 1: And so I salute the man of God for receiving
[3:07] Speaker 1: this word, particularly for the hour and for now. Let
[3:11] Speaker 1: me encourage everyone, to those of us who are here
[3:13] Speaker 1: and those connecting online, Would you lend your attention for
[3:17] Speaker 1: the few minutes that we have to share and let's
[3:19] Speaker 1: trust that God will speak to us in Jesus' name.
[3:22] Speaker 1: Two scriptures very quickly. First Chronicles chapter 29. We'll read
[3:26] Speaker 1: verse 11. First Chronicles 29 and verse 11. Thine, O Lord,
[3:33] Speaker 1: is the greatness and the power and the glory and
[3:36] Speaker 1: the victory and the majesty for all that is in
[3:39] Speaker 1: heaven and And in the earth is thine. It says,
[3:42] Speaker 1: Thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted
[3:48] Speaker 1: as head above all.
[3:49] Speaker 3: You believe that? Say amen.
[3:51] Speaker 1: Daniel chapter 7. We'll read verse 27. Daniel 7 and
[3:56] Speaker 1: verse 27. And the kingdom and dominion and greatness of
[4:02] Speaker 1: the kingdom under the whole heaven shall be given to
[4:05] Speaker 1: the people of the saints of the Most High. whose
[4:09] Speaker 1: kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve
[4:15] Speaker 1: and obey him.
[4:16] Speaker 2: Amen.
[4:18] Speaker 1: My first assignment is to help add to our understanding
[4:21] Speaker 1: as to the concept of kingdom. When Jesus came, he
[4:26] Speaker 1: spoke extensively about the kingdom. He used plain, you know, narratives.
[4:32] Speaker 1: He used parables to speak about the kingdoms. And the
[4:36] Speaker 1: disciples would be confused about his parables every once in
[4:39] Speaker 1: a while. And he would draw them in and explain
[4:42] Speaker 1: to them. He used all kinds of examples to explain
[4:46] Speaker 1: the kingdom. And it's important for us to understand the
[4:49] Speaker 1: concept of kingdom and then kingdom advanced.
[4:52] Speaker 3: So very quickly, when we talk about kingdom.
[4:55] Speaker 1: Comes from the, okay, well, for sake of time, the
[4:58] Speaker 1: Hebrew word is mamlaka.
[5:00] Speaker 3: That's the word for kingdom, the Greek word. is Basilia.
[5:04] Speaker 1: And all of them attempt to show the king and
[5:08] Speaker 1: his domain. The king and his domain. Every sphere of
[5:12] Speaker 1: influence where the government of a king is allowed to
[5:16] Speaker 1: find expression unrestrained is called kingdom. So kingdom is not
[5:22] Speaker 1: just talking about a throne and a king and a
[5:25] Speaker 1: territory alone. It refers to any predefined territory where the values,
[5:31] Speaker 1: the culture, the life and the influence of a king.
[5:35] Speaker 1: is allowed to find expression unrestrained. You understand now?
[5:39] Speaker 3: Praise God. Hallelujah. The Bible is very clear.
[5:43] Speaker 1: In truth, if you want to deal with this subject extensively,
[5:46] Speaker 1: you don't start by dealing with kingdom.
[5:49] Speaker 3: You have to go back and deal with the king.
[5:53] Speaker 1: And you have to understand the concept of being a
[5:56] Speaker 1: king to appreciate the whole concept of kingdom.
[5:59] Speaker 3: We don't have that time.
[6:00] Speaker 1: But I think it's 1 Timothy 1.
[6:02] Speaker 3: Am I right? Verse 7. Please give it to us.
[6:04] Speaker 1: The Bible tells us it describes God as king. 1
[6:08] Speaker 1: Timothy 1. Did I get that right? Please search for me.
[6:11] Speaker 1: Unto the king eternal. Unto the king immortal. Search for
[6:16] Speaker 1: that scripture for me, please.
[6:18] Speaker 3: Now, unto the king eternal. The king immortal.
[6:21] Speaker 1: 17, verse 17, thank you.
[6:26] Speaker 3: Now, on to the king.
[6:27] Speaker 1: He's eternal, he's immortal, he's invisible. Then the Bible says
[6:33] Speaker 1: that king is the one you refer to as God.
[6:35] Speaker 1: Immediately you see that God is multidimensional. in His expressions
[6:40] Speaker 1: and His manifestations. And it's important for believers to learn
[6:45] Speaker 1: how to engage with the various dimensions of God. There
[6:48] Speaker 1: is God the Creator. There is God as Father, Abba, Patah, Source, Sustainer.
[6:55] Speaker 3: You see that now? is God as the righteous judge.
[7:00] Speaker 1: All of these dimensions need to be understood for you
[7:03] Speaker 1: to engage with God profitably. For an example, if you
[7:06] Speaker 1: only know God as Father, there will be an effect
[7:10] Speaker 1: as far as your walking in dominion is concerned. You
[7:13] Speaker 1: will know how to receive, but you will not know
[7:15] Speaker 1: how to reign. If you know Jesus as Savior alone. Remember,
[7:19] Speaker 1: the first message that was preached after.
[7:22] Speaker 3: The Holy Ghost came.
[7:22] Speaker 1: He said, let it be known to you, O Israel,
[7:24] Speaker 1: that this same Jesus whom you have crucified has today
[7:28] Speaker 1: been exalted as Lord and Christ. So you need to
[7:32] Speaker 1: know him as Savior. Then you know him as Lord.
[7:35] Speaker 1: Then you know him as Christ.
[7:36] Speaker 3: Hallelujah.
[7:37] Speaker 1: So I don't distract myself. Let's just go straight to
[7:40] Speaker 1: the concept of Christ. Well, I wanted to talk a
[7:44] Speaker 1: bit about the kingdom of God and the.
[7:46] Speaker 3: Kingdom of heaven.
[7:47] Speaker 1: You would find that interchanged in scripture. Sometimes the Bible
[7:51] Speaker 1: would say kingdom. Other times you would say kingdom of God.
[7:54] Speaker 1: Other times you would say kingdom of heaven.
[7:56] Speaker 3: In terms of what it's trying to communicate, it's one
[8:00] Speaker 3: and the same. One and the same.
[8:02] Speaker 1: For an example, you find in Mark 1.15. Mark 1.15.
[8:07] Speaker 1: Just give it to us, media, just to... It says,
[8:10] Speaker 1: Mark 1.15. It says, yet.
[8:14] Speaker 3: Is it Mark 1? Yeah, Mark 1 15.
[8:17] Speaker 1: And saying, the time is fulfilled and the kingdom of,
[8:22] Speaker 1: come on, talk to me covenant nation, the kingdom of
[8:25] Speaker 1: God is at hand. Now go to Matthew chapter 3
[8:28] Speaker 1: and verse 2. Matthew chapter 3 and verse 2. Matthew
[8:33] Speaker 1: 3 and verse 2. Jesus again is speaking and he said,
[8:40] Speaker 1: repent for the kingdom of God.
[8:42] Speaker 3: So the kingdom of God is at hand, the kingdom
[8:44] Speaker 3: of heaven is at hand.
[8:46] Speaker 1: However, when you want to deal with these differences from
[8:50] Speaker 1: a theological standpoint, the kingdom of God refers to every
[8:54] Speaker 1: sphere of influence where the reign of God can stretch to.
[8:59] Speaker 1: Every sphere of influence is called the kingdom of God.
[9:02] Speaker 1: So technically speaking, everywhere is a kingdom of God. Where
[9:07] Speaker 1: can I hide from your presence? The heavens, every part.
[9:10] Speaker 1: The earth is the Lord's fullness thereof. But when we
[9:13] Speaker 1: talk about the kingdom of heaven, we're talking about that
[9:16] Speaker 1: portion of the kingdom of God where the governing influence
[9:20] Speaker 1: of heaven has been allowed to find expression in experience.
[9:25] Speaker 3: Do you understand now? So every part of creation is.
[9:28] Speaker 1: The kingdom of God, but not everywhere is the kingdom
[9:30] Speaker 1: of heaven. For an example, we have the Federal Republic
[9:34] Speaker 1: of Nigeria. Geographically speaking, it defines the landmass.
[9:38] Speaker 3: Are we together? Where the sovereignty of Nigeria should work.
[9:41] Speaker 1: But there are still portions in Nigeria that are under contention.
[9:46] Speaker 3: For an example, from terrorists.
[9:48] Speaker 1: You will call it Nigeria, but it's not really Nigeria yet.
[9:52] Speaker 1: Because if you go there, you will see that it's
[9:54] Speaker 1: not Nigeria that is there. For an example, you can
[9:56] Speaker 1: be kidnapped there. Who is understanding me now? So we're
[10:01] Speaker 1: talking Nigeria, but that place is not exactly Nigeria yet.
[10:05] Speaker 3: Why?
[10:06] Speaker 1: Because the values, the liberty, the culture that you will
[10:09] Speaker 1: express within the Nigerian state has not yet been allowed there.
[10:13] Speaker 1: So when the Bible talks about the kingdom of God,
[10:15] Speaker 1: we talk about everywhere. From the hearts of men to
[10:18] Speaker 1: every territory. Everything created by God.
[10:22] Speaker 3: Are we together?
[10:23] Speaker 1: And then the entire landmass belongs to him. But when
[10:28] Speaker 1: we talk about the kingdom of heaven, we're talking about
[10:31] Speaker 1: any portion that has now willingly accepted the governing influence
[10:36] Speaker 1: of Jesus.
[10:36] Speaker 3: Do you understand now?
[10:38] Speaker 1: So very quickly, what is kingdom advance or thy kingdom
[10:41] Speaker 1: come as we call it? When we talk about thy
[10:44] Speaker 1: kingdom come, what exactly are we talking about? I wrote
[10:48] Speaker 1: something here and I want you to listen. Thy kingdom
[10:50] Speaker 1: come or kingdom advance talks about the rule, the dominion
[10:55] Speaker 1: and the governing influence.
[10:57] Speaker 3: Of Jesus.
[10:59] Speaker 1: Across first the hearts and the minds of men. The
[11:05] Speaker 1: hearts and the minds of men. Then across institutions that
[11:11] Speaker 1: shape and control civilizations. When we talk about thy kingdom come,
[11:16] Speaker 1: it's a cry, it's a campaign, it's a project. And
[11:20] Speaker 1: the project is all about establishing the reign, the culture,
[11:24] Speaker 1: the life, the values.
[11:26] Speaker 3: Are we together? Of heaven.
[11:28] Speaker 1: First to superimpose it within.
[11:30] Speaker 3: The hearts and minds. Not hearts alone.
[11:34] Speaker 1: There is going to be a big problem if the
[11:37] Speaker 1: kingdom resides only within the heart of men.
[11:40] Speaker 3: It needs to penetrate the minds of men.
[11:43] Speaker 1: Then it needs to extend to every strata of human activities.
[11:48] Speaker 1: The institutions that shape civilization. The final project is the
[11:53] Speaker 1: salvation of the earth.
[11:55] Speaker 3: But this one is not our business. God himself will
[11:57] Speaker 3: do it.
[11:58] Speaker 1: If you go to Revelation, the Bible talks about the
[12:00] Speaker 1: new heaven and the new earth. Remember the Bible says
[12:03] Speaker 1: creation is also growing. Because they know that there's a
[12:07] Speaker 1: portion of liberty allocated to them.
[12:09] Speaker 3: But this one depends on the manifestation of the sons.
[12:13] Speaker 3: Do you understand now? Praise the name of the Lord. Right?
[12:16] Speaker 3: So when we talk.
[12:17] Speaker 1: About kingdom advance, it's simply the project to establish the lordship.
[12:24] Speaker 1: By lordship there we mean the life, the culture, the values.
[12:29] Speaker 3: Yes. Are we together?
[12:31] Speaker 1: And the reign of Jesus Christ. So the project starts
[12:35] Speaker 1: with the heart of men. And I'll explain that shortly.
[12:38] Speaker 1: Then the minds of men. Then it extends to institutions.
[12:44] Speaker 1: Until the knowledge of the glory of the Lord covers
[12:47] Speaker 1: the earth as waters the sea.
[12:49] Speaker 3: If you understand me so far, say amen. Hallelujah. Praise
[12:53] Speaker 3: the name of the Lord. Matthew chapter 9, please. And
[12:56] Speaker 3: verse 35.
[12:56] Speaker 1: Matthew 9. And verse 35. The Bible says, and Jesus
[13:02] Speaker 1: went about all the cities and villages teaching in their
[13:06] Speaker 1: synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom and demonstrating
[13:12] Speaker 1: the gospel of the kingdom by healing every sickness and
[13:15] Speaker 1: every disease among the people. So he went about preaching
[13:19] Speaker 1: the gospel of the kingdom.
[13:22] Speaker 3: The gospel of the kingdom. Now, do I say this?
[13:29] Speaker 1: The Bible talks about several dimensions of what we know
[13:34] Speaker 1: as the gospel. So the gospel is not just one
[13:37] Speaker 1: linear message.
[13:38] Speaker 3: Are we together? Ultimately, it is Christ.
[13:42] Speaker 1: But in terms of its effect on men, the gospel
[13:46] Speaker 1: is distributed to at least seven dimensions. I'll just speak
[13:49] Speaker 1: to for this illustration. There is what we call the
[13:52] Speaker 1: gospel of salvation. Now, the gospel of salvation is targeted
[13:58] Speaker 1: at the... The heart of man is responsible for bringing
[14:04] Speaker 1: about that translation from the kingdom of darkness to the
[14:08] Speaker 1: kingdom of God's dear son. When you discuss the gospel
[14:11] Speaker 1: of salvation, Jesus is not king.
[14:14] Speaker 3: He's savior.
[14:16] Speaker 1: Man is not creation. He's an object of mercy. Are
[14:19] Speaker 1: we together now?
[14:20] Speaker 3: Are we together? So Jesus does the job exclusively. exclusively.
[14:25] Speaker 1: There is no contribution whatsoever on the part of man.
[14:29] Speaker 1: All we do is to receive in gratitude and by faith.
[14:33] Speaker 1: Jesus is Savior as a reflection of the Father's love.
[14:37] Speaker 1: Man being the object of that whole project and then
[14:42] Speaker 1: extending to creation. And then he died for us. We
[14:45] Speaker 1: receive his life. We are saved.
[14:47] Speaker 3: But when you discuss the gospel of the kingdom, Jesus
[14:50] Speaker 3: is no longer savior. He is king.
[14:53] Speaker 1: And he has a throne. Man is no longer a
[14:56] Speaker 1: weakling in need of salvation.
[14:59] Speaker 3: Are we together?
[15:00] Speaker 1: Man now becomes a participant. Even though a citizen in
[15:04] Speaker 1: the kingdom, but man is a participant. Now responding to
[15:08] Speaker 1: that message that came from the Savior, we become co-laborers.
[15:12] Speaker 3: Establishing the purposes and the program of God. Who understands this? Yes.
[15:17] Speaker 3: It's called the God-man partnership. Where God in.
[15:20] Speaker 1: Partnership with the saints frontier his program. You understand me
[15:24] Speaker 1: so far?
[15:24] Speaker 3: Say amen. Now very quickly, let me summarize this by
[15:28] Speaker 3: saying this.
[15:30] Speaker 1: Thy kingdom come is a call and a cry for
[15:35] Speaker 1: the life, the values, the wisdom and the power of
[15:40] Speaker 1: the kingdom to be established in the hearts and minds
[15:43] Speaker 1: of men. And then across all the institutions that shape civilization.
[15:49] Speaker 1: But for now, in order of priority, the first port
[15:52] Speaker 1: of call, when you say thy kingdom come, it's not
[15:56] Speaker 1: just a lecture, it's a language of warfare.
[15:58] Speaker 3: It's a battle for the hearts and the minds of men.
[16:02] Speaker 3: Who understands me?
[16:03] Speaker 1: Thy kingdom come is really a battle for the hearts
[16:07] Speaker 1: and the minds of men. The hearts and the minds
[16:12] Speaker 1: of men. The second thing I want to talk about
[16:16] Speaker 1: very quickly.
[16:17] Speaker 3: Are the requirements.
[16:20] Speaker 1: What does it take to be the kind of believer
[16:24] Speaker 1: and the kind of vessel that can make kingdom come
[16:28] Speaker 1: happen within a territory? God loves everyone, but not everyone
[16:34] Speaker 1: can be used by him to birth his program and
[16:38] Speaker 1: his purposes. There are demands, unmistakable, non-negotiable demands. Praise the
[16:44] Speaker 1: name of the Lord. It takes maturity and it takes
[16:48] Speaker 1: stature to participate in this program of establishing God's influence
[16:53] Speaker 1: on earth.
[16:54] Speaker 3: It takes beyond zeal and desire.
[16:57] Speaker 1: There are many Christians who desire to serve the program
[17:01] Speaker 1: of God. They desire to be used by God whether
[17:04] Speaker 1: in ministry or whatever it is. But in this kingdom,
[17:08] Speaker 1: as far as kingdom advance is possible or concerned, it
[17:11] Speaker 1: takes more than zeal. Say it takes growth. Say it
[17:15] Speaker 1: takes maturity. Say it takes stature.
[17:19] Speaker 3: One more time.
[17:20] Speaker 1: Say it takes growth, maturity, and stature. Isaiah chapter 9
[17:25] Speaker 1: and verse 6. The prophet was speaking and he said,
[17:28] Speaker 1: unto us a child is born. Then he says, unto
[17:33] Speaker 1: us a son is given. The word given there does
[17:37] Speaker 1: not mean as a gift. The word there is actually
[17:40] Speaker 1: a son is revealed. Revealed. Unto us a child is born.
[17:45] Speaker 1: But that child has evolved. You want to understand that scripture.
[17:49] Speaker 1: You read Luke 1 and verse 80.
[17:51] Speaker 3: Talking about John the Baptist.
[17:53] Speaker 1: The Bible says John remained in the wilderness. Until his
[17:56] Speaker 1: season of showing forth. Is somebody learning now? So unto
[18:00] Speaker 1: us a child is born. Unto us a son is given.
[18:03] Speaker 1: And the Bible says the government. The symbol of dominion.
[18:07] Speaker 1: Shall be upon the shoulder of the son. Not the child.
[18:11] Speaker 1: Galatians 4 verse 1. Because an heir, for as long
[18:15] Speaker 1: as that heir is a child, he differeth nothing in
[18:18] Speaker 1: experience from a slave, even though he be Lord of all.
[18:23] Speaker 3: The Bible says Jesus increased, Luke 2.52, in wisdom. in stature,
[18:29] Speaker 3: in favor with God and man.
[18:31] Speaker 1: Not even Jesus served the program of God at any
[18:35] Speaker 1: level and any age. Once he became a man, he
[18:38] Speaker 1: still subscribed to the pattern of growth. Did you realize
[18:41] Speaker 1: that the anointing would have been useless in the life
[18:43] Speaker 1: of Jesus if he did not grow?
[18:45] Speaker 3: Way before the anointing came, he first increased in wisdom.
[18:49] Speaker 3: and stature, and favor.
[18:52] Speaker 1: Then he was now empowered of the Holy Ghost. The
[18:56] Speaker 1: value of the anointing is that it rests upon a
[18:59] Speaker 1: mind that is transformed and refined. The extent of transformation
[19:05] Speaker 1: can affect the efficacy of the anointing. Same grace can
[19:09] Speaker 1: rest on two different people, but one will abuse the grace.
[19:13] Speaker 1: There is such a thing as the abuse of grace.
[19:16] Speaker 1: And there is such a thing as maximum utility of grace.
[19:19] Speaker 1: So it's not just crying for the anointing. That while
[19:22] Speaker 1: you are waiting for the anointing to come, you can expand.
[19:25] Speaker 1: Because the anointing will always assume the shape of the vessel.
[19:29] Speaker 3: Remember. The problem was not the oil.
[19:33] Speaker 1: The problem was that it was kept in a small vessel.
[19:37] Speaker 3: So the prophet said, I know the problem. Go and expand. Borrow.
[19:40] Speaker 3: You don't need to borrow oil. Borrow vessels. Enlarge. Enlarge. Expand.
[19:46] Speaker 3: Are we together? Praise the name of the Lord.
[19:49] Speaker 1: Maturity. This is why conferences like this are very important.
[19:54] Speaker 1: Maturity in the kingdom is not a gift.
[19:56] Speaker 3: No. It's not a gift.
[19:59] Speaker 1: It is engineered by your attentiveness to certain ordinances. There
[20:04] Speaker 1: are exact ordinances that translate to maturity. The journey of
[20:08] Speaker 1: the believer starts from salvation. Salvation is not the culmination
[20:12] Speaker 1: of the experience. Salvation is the initiation according to scripture
[20:17] Speaker 1: to that process that leads you to become a witness.
[20:20] Speaker 1: The final journey is purpose. And the purpose is kingdom come.
[20:24] Speaker 1: But it starts with salvation.
[20:25] Speaker 3: Are we together?
[20:27] Speaker 1: And according to scripture, when you are born again or
[20:31] Speaker 1: saved as we call it, there are three gifts that
[20:34] Speaker 1: you receive. Number one, the forgiveness of sin. Ephesians 1, 7.
[20:38] Speaker 1: Number two, you receive the gift of righteousness. Number three,
[20:44] Speaker 1: you receive the way, the life of God. Now, when
[20:47] Speaker 1: you receive these gifts, the life of God, it does
[20:50] Speaker 1: not stop there. God introduces you, like you may have
[20:54] Speaker 1: heard me say, to three important ministries.
[20:57] Speaker 3: And please hear me.
[20:58] Speaker 1: If you miss these ministries, it will be difficult for
[21:01] Speaker 1: you to be matured. Number one, the ministry of the
[21:04] Speaker 1: Holy Spirit. After you are born again. Number two, the
[21:07] Speaker 1: ministry of prayer and the word. Not prayer or the word.
[21:12] Speaker 1: Prayer and the word together. Number three, the ministry of
[21:16] Speaker 1: a teaching priest.
[21:17] Speaker 3: Please listen.
[21:18] Speaker 1: You miss out on this encounter. The difference between any
[21:22] Speaker 1: two believers. Same life, same salvation. But one may not
[21:26] Speaker 1: be fortunate to be exposed. To these other dimensions. For
[21:31] Speaker 1: the continuation of his growth process. Whereas another will have
[21:35] Speaker 1: the privilege. Are we together? Of receiving of the Holy Spirit.
[21:40] Speaker 1: Being exposed to the ministry of prayer and the word.
[21:43] Speaker 1: Then the ministry of the teaching priest. The teaching priest.
[21:50] Speaker 1: I will give you pastors, shepherds. According to my heart.
[21:53] Speaker 1: They will feed you with knowledge and understanding. As little
[21:58] Speaker 1: born babes, it says desire. So your desire does not
[22:01] Speaker 1: stop at salvation. You are born, but you still desire
[22:04] Speaker 1: the sincere.
[22:05] Speaker 3: Milk of the word that it you might grow.
[22:07] Speaker 1: And that from a child, thou hast known the holy scripture,
[22:10] Speaker 1: which is able to make you wise.
[22:12] Speaker 3: Even unto salvation. Acts 20, 32.
[22:14] Speaker 1: I commend you to God and to the word of
[22:17] Speaker 1: his grace, which is able to build you up and
[22:20] Speaker 1: then to give you.
[22:21] Speaker 3: An inheritance among them that are sanctified. Are we together?
[22:25] Speaker 1: The Bible says in Ephesians chapter 4.
[22:28] Speaker 3: And verse 18. It says, having their understanding darkened. He
[22:32] Speaker 3: was not talking about unbelievers.
[22:36] Speaker 1: It says being alienated from the life of God. You
[22:39] Speaker 1: can be born again. And not walk in the fullness
[22:42] Speaker 1: of that experience. Because of the blindness that is in
[22:45] Speaker 1: your heart. So Paul prayed a prayer in Ephesians chapter 1.
[22:49] Speaker 1: From verse 15. He was praying over the church in Ephesus.
[22:52] Speaker 1: For this cause. It says when I heard of your faith.
[22:56] Speaker 1: So he's talking about those who are already saved. I
[22:58] Speaker 1: heard of your faith. I didn't stop there.
[23:00] Speaker 3: Now that you are of faith. Let me continue the journey.
[23:04] Speaker 3: It says and your love.
[23:05] Speaker 1: Unto all saints verse 16 he said i cease not
[23:09] Speaker 1: to give thanks and then to make mention of you
[23:12] Speaker 1: in my prayers what is the content 17 that the
[23:15] Speaker 1: god of our lord jesus christ even though you are
[23:18] Speaker 1: saved the father of glory may give you my god
[23:21] Speaker 1: i pray this for someone that.
[23:23] Speaker 3: Now that you are.
[23:24] Speaker 1: Saved he may give you the spirit of wisdom And
[23:28] Speaker 1: revelation in the knowledge of him. Because this is how
[23:32] Speaker 1: grace and peace multiplies. Not the knowledge of it. The
[23:36] Speaker 1: knowledge of him. Verse 18, the eyes of your understanding
[23:42] Speaker 1: being enlightened that you may know is a Greek word, epignosis.
[23:47] Speaker 1: It brings you into oneness with the knowledge so that
[23:50] Speaker 1: you are inseparable. You may know the hope of his calling.
[23:54] Speaker 1: You know what the hope of his calling is? Maturity
[23:57] Speaker 1: and stature through sonship. Like a father gives birth to
[24:01] Speaker 1: a child and hopes that that child will become a
[24:04] Speaker 1: great doctor in the future. It doesn't mean the child
[24:06] Speaker 1: will become it.
[24:07] Speaker 3: But that is.
[24:08] Speaker 1: The father's proposal for the child. So when he saved us,
[24:13] Speaker 1: there was what the Bible calls the hope of his calling.
[24:16] Speaker 1: That will attain unto maturity and stature. Someone shout, I
[24:20] Speaker 1: will grow. Say it again, say I will grow. There
[24:24] Speaker 1: are many, many believers in church who do not know
[24:27] Speaker 1: that growth is necessary for dominion. Your growth is proof
[24:31] Speaker 1: that you love God. In fact, your growth is an
[24:35] Speaker 1: act of worship. If you love Jesus genuinely, then you
[24:43] Speaker 1: will desire to rise to become a person of stature
[24:46] Speaker 1: who can be trusted.
[24:48] Speaker 3: Now let me tell you this.
[24:51] Speaker 1: I have studied from scripture, there are three levels of
[24:55] Speaker 1: authority that a believer can be given access to. Number one,
[25:00] Speaker 1: the first level is authority over things. And usually this
[25:04] Speaker 1: is a test. We love it so much, but in
[25:07] Speaker 1: the spirit is the least level of trust. We learn
[25:10] Speaker 1: this from the parable of the talents. He intended to
[25:15] Speaker 1: give them a kingdom, but he started by giving them talents.
[25:19] Speaker 3: It was not about talents. Talents was a test. Five, two,
[25:24] Speaker 3: and one. Then he watched.
[25:26] Speaker 1: They stewarded the talents with excellence, the first two. Then
[25:30] Speaker 1: the other one left it, and when he came to
[25:32] Speaker 1: reward them, he said, because you have been faithful. One
[25:35] Speaker 1: of the synoptic accounts, he said.
[25:36] Speaker 3: I will give you a kingdom. Are we learning now?
[25:41] Speaker 1: So when God trusts you with things, it should not
[25:44] Speaker 1: stop at things. The second level of trust is he
[25:48] Speaker 1: will trust you with the.
[25:49] Speaker 3: Grace to influence men.
[25:51] Speaker 1: The highest level of trust I have known from scripture
[25:54] Speaker 1: is the grace to steward his program.
[25:58] Speaker 3: This is not just men.
[25:59] Speaker 1: That God will say, I'm doing something for the next
[26:01] Speaker 1: 10 years. And I'm honored to.
[26:04] Speaker 3: Put you as the face behind it.
[26:07] Speaker 1: Let me tell you, when you get to that realm,
[26:10] Speaker 1: no man ignores your ministry and service in that program.
[26:13] Speaker 3: It's not only God that should be believed.
[26:16] Speaker 1: The person who has paid the price to align is true.
[26:20] Speaker 1: There are men you cannot ignore and succeed. It's not
[26:23] Speaker 1: human worship. They have earned the trust of God through
[26:26] Speaker 1: the sacrifice of alignment. And God honors them beyond things.
[26:31] Speaker 1: Beyond access to men. They become the custodians and the
[26:36] Speaker 1: ones who help to manage the execution of his program
[26:40] Speaker 1: within a predefined territory. That means when you want certain
[26:44] Speaker 1: things to be done in your life, God will still
[26:46] Speaker 1: refer you to them. There are people today, if you
[26:50] Speaker 1: really want to understand faith, no matter your personal encounter
[26:54] Speaker 1: with God, God will still refer you to them. They
[26:57] Speaker 1: have become the face of that possibility on earth.
[27:01] Speaker 3: They didn't get there in one day. Things, men, programs.
[27:08] Speaker 3: Who is Lenny?
[27:16] Speaker 1: It takes maturity and stature to participate in the program
[27:21] Speaker 1: of kingdom come.
[27:22] Speaker 3: Now very quickly, let me give you the proof.
[27:26] Speaker 1: The proof there are indices and evidences that show that
[27:30] Speaker 1: the governing influence of heaven is at work upon a life.
[27:36] Speaker 1: I'm trying to be very simple so that all of
[27:39] Speaker 1: us work together. You can say the kingdom is at
[27:43] Speaker 1: work in my life, but there are evidences. The Bible
[27:46] Speaker 1: did not leave us in the dark. You can know
[27:48] Speaker 1: that the kingdom has come within a life and the
[27:51] Speaker 1: kingdom has come within any territory. And I want to
[27:55] Speaker 1: show you very quickly, then I'll show you how to
[27:57] Speaker 1: enforce the kingdom and we're done.
[27:59] Speaker 3: Who is learning? Please pray in the spirit for one minute.
[28:02] Speaker 3: Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus.
[28:08] Speaker 1: I believe that there will be an emergence.
[28:11] Speaker 3: Of enforcers of the kingdom. Enforcers of the kingdom. Maturity. Hallelujah.
[28:22] Speaker 3: Praise God.
[28:24] Speaker 1: When a believer contends for maturity and you allow the
[28:28] Speaker 1: governing influence of heaven to be at work in your life,
[28:33] Speaker 1: there are certain indices that will begin to see These
[28:37] Speaker 1: indices are evident, very evident. Number one, the presence of
[28:44] Speaker 1: the life of God. Zoe, the first evidence that the
[28:49] Speaker 1: kingdom has come upon a life is Zoe, the life
[28:53] Speaker 1: of God. And this is through the new birth experience.
[28:57] Speaker 1: Let me tell you what Zoe is. Zoe is not
[29:01] Speaker 1: an improvement on your current state. No.
[29:04] Speaker 3: Zoe is a supplanting. Of the very life. Not the kind.
[29:10] Speaker 1: All forms of life are God's kind of life. But
[29:13] Speaker 1: the life he gave man is his very life. Not
[29:16] Speaker 1: just the kind. Plant life is still God's kind of life.
[29:20] Speaker 1: One of the attributes that describe God.
[29:24] Speaker 3: Is....
[29:26] Speaker 1: He's, the fact that he's omnipotent, you know what that means?
[29:31] Speaker 1: All powerful and all life forms. If you ever see
[29:35] Speaker 1: life anywhere, it came from a central source.
[29:39] Speaker 3: It's not God and someone else. else that shares life
[29:42] Speaker 3: It is of his.
[29:43] Speaker 1: Fullness We have all received Grace upon grace Whether plants
[29:47] Speaker 1: Whether animals Whether spirits Whether spirits clean Or spirits corrupted
[29:52] Speaker 1: Any life form Once you see existence.
[29:55] Speaker 3: And living It came from a central source Hallelujah.
[30:00] Speaker 1: Praise the name of the Lord. This is very important.
[30:04] Speaker 1: So the life of God. And the life of God
[30:06] Speaker 1: comes with certain possibilities. It upgrades a man to a
[30:10] Speaker 1: dimension where you can live first and foremost like Christ.
[30:14] Speaker 1: Manifesting the fruit of the spirit. The first proof that
[30:18] Speaker 1: the governing influence of heaven is at work in you.
[30:22] Speaker 1: is that regardless your background, regardless your temperament, if the
[30:27] Speaker 1: kingdom of God is at work in you, the fruit
[30:30] Speaker 1: of the Spirit, the Bible calls it, you know, there
[30:33] Speaker 1: are many arguments whether it is just love or love, joy, peace, whichever.
[30:37] Speaker 3: The most important thing is that it finds expression in you.
[30:41] Speaker 3: Are we together? Don't say we.
[30:42] Speaker 1: Come from this family, I'm born again, but we're all
[30:45] Speaker 1: angry people. The kingdom of God has not rested on you.
[30:48] Speaker 1: Because once that happens, it sustains the power.
[30:51] Speaker 3: And this is true. Are we together?
[30:54] Speaker 1: So there are many believers who are genuinely saved, but
[30:58] Speaker 1: they have not allowed the governing influence of the kingdom
[31:00] Speaker 1: to so influence you. And the first area is not power,
[31:04] Speaker 1: it's not miracles. You must live like Christ before you
[31:08] Speaker 1: function like Christ. There are many people who are interested
[31:12] Speaker 1: in functioning like Christ, but they are not interested in
[31:15] Speaker 1: living like Christ. The Bible says, by this shall all
[31:17] Speaker 1: men know that he are my disciples. Not when you
[31:20] Speaker 1: pray in tongues, not just when you raise the dead,
[31:22] Speaker 1: when you have love.
[31:25] Speaker 3: Is someone learning? The life of Christ. The life of Christ.
[31:29] Speaker 1: Number two, the second index that measures the presence of
[31:34] Speaker 1: the kingdom in the life of a man is the
[31:36] Speaker 1: manifestation of extraordinary wisdom. The wisdom of God. Wisdom is profound.
[31:43] Speaker 1: Wisdom is not just for certain people. It's not just
[31:46] Speaker 1: for preachers. Luke 1, 17. There is a dimension of
[31:50] Speaker 1: wisdom that is required to enthrone the program of Christ
[31:54] Speaker 1: upon the earth. The Bible calls it the wisdom of
[31:57] Speaker 1: the just. The wisdom of the just. The wisdom of
[32:02] Speaker 1: the just.
[32:03] Speaker 3: Are we learning now?
[32:04] Speaker 1: Ephesians chapter 3 and verse 10. It says to the
[32:08] Speaker 1: intent that now Unto principalities and powers. In heavenly places
[32:15] Speaker 1: might be made known by where?
[32:17] Speaker 3: By who? The church.
[32:19] Speaker 1: The manifold, multilayered wisdom of God. In the name of Jesus,
[32:24] Speaker 1: I pray for you. You will begin to operate at
[32:26] Speaker 1: a dimension of wisdom. a dimension of wisdom that will
[32:31] Speaker 1: dumbfound principalities and powers not just in ministry not just
[32:36] Speaker 1: in business not just in family in every area of
[32:39] Speaker 1: your life say amen wisdom and you know Wisdom speaks
[32:45] Speaker 1: of excellent things. Wisdom is directly connected to mighty works.
[32:49] Speaker 1: Let me tell you, when the governing influence of the
[32:52] Speaker 1: Christ finds expression in your life, you become a wonder
[32:55] Speaker 1: first to yourself and then to everyone around you because
[32:58] Speaker 1: you will operate at a level of wisdom that is unusual.
[33:02] Speaker 1: Wisdom greater than your age. Wisdom greater than your level
[33:06] Speaker 1: of exposure. Enhanced by academics, enhanced by exposure, but not
[33:11] Speaker 1: initiated by them. This is wisdom from above.
[33:16] Speaker 3: Are we learning? This is true.
[33:19] Speaker 1: I want you to believe it. The Bible says, does
[33:22] Speaker 1: anyone of you lack wisdom? It didn't just say let
[33:24] Speaker 1: him read. It said let him ask.
[33:26] Speaker 3: There is a dimension of wisdom that is enhanced by
[33:28] Speaker 3: these things. But this one, you know that this is
[33:31] Speaker 3: the hand of God.
[33:33] Speaker 1: It is the one area where the world cannot deny Christ.
[33:37] Speaker 1: They can argue about anything. But when you see the
[33:40] Speaker 1: wisdom of God at work in a life, again I'm
[33:43] Speaker 1: praying for you, in the name of Jesus, you'll begin
[33:46] Speaker 1: to function at a superior level of wisdom.
[33:50] Speaker 3: Say amen.
[33:52] Speaker 1: So the Bible calls him the only wise God. Not
[33:56] Speaker 1: just the only powerful God.
[33:58] Speaker 3: Now to the king, immortal, eternal, invisible, the only wise God.
[34:04] Speaker 1: If the only wise God influences you, you cannot be
[34:07] Speaker 1: the only foolish son.
[34:08] Speaker 3: No.
[34:11] Speaker 1: And listen, I'm not just talking about trying to be right.
[34:15] Speaker 1: Let me tell you, the wisdom of God is a re-engineering.
[34:18] Speaker 1: It does something to your sense of comprehension. I'm telling you,
[34:22] Speaker 1: it alters your understanding. You see life from a mysteriously
[34:27] Speaker 1: superior dimension. How do you know you are wise? One,
[34:31] Speaker 1: mighty works. Number two, the superiority of your decisions and
[34:35] Speaker 1: the results that follow. The real value of wisdom is
[34:38] Speaker 1: in its ability to influence your decision-making capability. If wisdom
[34:43] Speaker 1: does not translate to wise decisions that lead to superior outcomes,
[34:48] Speaker 1: it is useless.
[34:50] Speaker 3: So don't say I'm wise. Let me see the fruits.
[34:53] Speaker 1: Wisdom is one spiritual quality whose fruits become very evident.
[34:57] Speaker 1: You can't just say, I am wise. Well, maybe you
[35:00] Speaker 1: are claiming it, yes.
[35:01] Speaker 3: But if it starts working you.
[35:03] Speaker 1: In experience, it will show. I'm praying for you. Every
[35:07] Speaker 1: self-sabotaging decision that takes you one step forward and ten
[35:11] Speaker 1: steps backward, in the name of Jesus, because the kingdom
[35:15] Speaker 1: is finding expression in your life, you begin to function
[35:18] Speaker 1: at a level of superior wisdom. Hallelujah.
[35:23] Speaker 3: Hallelujah.
[35:24] Speaker 1: Read about anyone in the Bible that operated at the
[35:29] Speaker 1: level of dominion.
[35:30] Speaker 3: You cannot see the absence of wisdom. Or they are
[35:34] Speaker 3: not bankrupt of wisdom. Daniel, wisdom. Joseph, wisdom. Who else? Esther, wisdom.
[35:41] Speaker 3: Once you talk kingdom.
[35:42] Speaker 1: And remove wisdom, it is no longer kingdom. The Bible
[35:46] Speaker 1: says what will dumbfound principalities is not power, it's wisdom.
[35:51] Speaker 1: Principalities are not afraid of power, I'm telling you, than
[35:55] Speaker 1: they are of wisdom. The Bible says what God wants
[35:58] Speaker 1: the church to display, there's a place of power, we're
[36:01] Speaker 1: coming there, but it is wisdom. That one silences arguments.
[36:07] Speaker 3: He said, does not wisdom cry?
[36:09] Speaker 1: By me, kings reign and princes rule.
[36:12] Speaker 3: Wisdom. Is somebody learning?
[36:16] Speaker 1: When the kingdom finds expression in your life, no matter
[36:19] Speaker 1: your background, You will function at a level of superior wisdom.
[36:24] Speaker 3: Number three. The third index that shows the presence of
[36:30] Speaker 3: the kingdom in a life. Are you ready? Total submission.
[36:35] Speaker 3: Total submission.
[36:37] Speaker 1: And there are four elements of that submission.
[36:40] Speaker 3: Number one.
[36:41] Speaker 1: Submission to the ministry of the Holy Spirit. Number two,
[36:45] Speaker 1: submission to the superiority of the word of God as
[36:49] Speaker 1: final authority over your life. Number three, submission to the
[36:54] Speaker 1: will of God. Number four, submission to the value system
[36:59] Speaker 1: of the kingdom.
[37:00] Speaker 3: Please let me take that again.
[37:02] Speaker 1: This is one of the principal indices that measure whether
[37:07] Speaker 1: or not the kingdom has found expression in your life.
[37:09] Speaker 3: Let me take that again.
[37:10] Speaker 1: Total submission to number one, the leadership of the Holy Spirit.
[37:16] Speaker 1: It is only if the Lord is your shepherd that
[37:18] Speaker 1: you will not want. If any other thing is your shepherd,
[37:20] Speaker 1: you will be in want. It says the Lord is
[37:23] Speaker 1: my shepherd. This is how I read it. If the
[37:26] Speaker 1: Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. Because he
[37:29] Speaker 1: makes me He leads me.
[37:31] Speaker 3: He guides me. He makes me. He leads me. He
[37:36] Speaker 3: guides me. Thou shalt hear a voice from behind saying,
[37:40] Speaker 3: this is the way. Walk here in it. Is someone learning?
[37:45] Speaker 3: Total submission.
[37:47] Speaker 1: Once you take away submission, you are no longer talking kingdom.
[37:52] Speaker 3: Kingdom. Submission to the ministry of the Holy Spirit. Number two.
[37:56] Speaker 3: Submission to the superiority of the word of God.
[38:00] Speaker 1: As final authority in any and all matters. Any and
[38:06] Speaker 1: all matters. This is an act of your will. You
[38:09] Speaker 1: must submit to the word of God. The Bible says
[38:11] Speaker 1: man shall not live by bread alone. Bread means that
[38:15] Speaker 1: which is man made of earthly origin. But by every word.
[38:20] Speaker 1: Every word, man shall not live by his job alone.
[38:24] Speaker 1: So if you live by a job alone, the effect
[38:27] Speaker 1: will be clear. If you live by man-made assistance.
[38:30] Speaker 3: Alone, it will be clear.
[38:31] Speaker 1: You live by whatever is man-made and the proceeding word.
[38:35] Speaker 3: That comes out of the mouth of the Lord. Hallelujah.
[38:40] Speaker 1: Number three, submission to the will of God. Jesus Christ,
[38:44] Speaker 1: our pattern man, demonstrated loyalty by saying, this is what
[38:49] Speaker 1: I desire, but he says, nevertheless. If it be thy will,
[38:53] Speaker 1: let this cork pass off me, but he says, nevertheless.
[38:57] Speaker 1: Until you get to that point of nevertheless, where it
[38:59] Speaker 1: is no longer your will. In fact, it is a
[39:02] Speaker 1: realm in the spirit called Galatians 2.20. He said, I've
[39:05] Speaker 1: been crucified with Christ. And if that is true, Then
[39:09] Speaker 1: it says, I, how does he put it? He says, nevertheless,
[39:14] Speaker 1: I live, yet not I, but Christ lives in me.
[39:17] Speaker 1: If it is true that he lives in you, then
[39:19] Speaker 1: the life that you now live in the flesh, you
[39:22] Speaker 1: live by the faith of the son of God who
[39:24] Speaker 1: loved me and gave himself for me. Now that does
[39:27] Speaker 1: not mean you become a zombie. Your brain is still functional.
[39:31] Speaker 1: Your mind is still functional.
[39:32] Speaker 3: However, if at.
[39:34] Speaker 1: Any point your life conflicts the program of God, whatever
[39:38] Speaker 1: agenda you have will be dead on arrival. The one
[39:41] Speaker 1: who is truly yielded has lost the ability to tell
[39:44] Speaker 1: God no. It is yes and amen.
[39:48] Speaker 3: Why?
[39:48] Speaker 1: Because we know that his thoughts towards us are thoughts
[39:53] Speaker 1: of good. Listen, you cannot submit to Jesus.
[39:56] Speaker 3: Until you understand his goodness.
[39:59] Speaker 1: If you do not understand the goodness of God, which
[40:01] Speaker 1: is an expression of his fatherhood, it will be difficult
[40:04] Speaker 1: to submit to him. If you've been evil, I know
[40:08] Speaker 1: the thoughts that I think towards you.
[40:11] Speaker 3: Is somebody learning now? If I don't trust you, I
[40:15] Speaker 3: can't close my eyes and say, just drive me. No, no, no.
[40:17] Speaker 1: This thing is a matter of trust. And trust is
[40:20] Speaker 1: a product of track record. Don't just say, believe me.
[40:22] Speaker 1: Show me the track record. God is dependable. He's a
[40:28] Speaker 1: good God. Perhaps you've heard me talk about goodness. You
[40:31] Speaker 1: don't just become good. Good is one of the most
[40:34] Speaker 1: visible attributes of God's glory.
[40:37] Speaker 3: His goodness.
[40:39] Speaker 1: You cannot encounter the glory of God without transmitting his goodness.
[40:44] Speaker 1: The most visible attribute of God's glory is his goodness.
[40:48] Speaker 3: And goodness is an aggregate of four qualities. One, thoughtfulness. Two, compassion. Three, kindness.
[40:56] Speaker 3: Are we together?
[40:57] Speaker 1: And then four, the quality of benevolence. So you can't
[41:00] Speaker 1: just say, I am good. No, you must be thoughtful
[41:03] Speaker 1: to be good. You must be compassionate to be good.
[41:06] Speaker 1: And all these things are described in God's quality. Everybody say,
[41:09] Speaker 1: God is a good God. When the rich young ruler
[41:12] Speaker 1: came to Jesus and said, good master. He said, what
[41:16] Speaker 1: must I do to inherit eternal life? Jesus looked at
[41:19] Speaker 1: him and said, you call me good. There is no
[41:21] Speaker 1: man who is good except God. In other words, don't
[41:24] Speaker 1: use that word carelessly.
[41:25] Speaker 3: Uh-uh.
[41:26] Speaker 1: That is God's attribute. Moses said, show me your glory.
[41:30] Speaker 1: And he said, I will let my goodness. The nation
[41:35] Speaker 1: of Israel understood this. Every time they do wrong and
[41:38] Speaker 1: it's very clear they are in trouble, they would invoke
[41:40] Speaker 1: two qualities of God.
[41:42] Speaker 3: Goodness.
[41:43] Speaker 1: So next time you are sharing the grace, don't just say,
[41:46] Speaker 1: surely goodness and mercy shall follow me.
[41:47] Speaker 3: I'm on my way. No, no, no, no, no.
[41:49] Speaker 1: You are invoking something powerful. When goodness and mercy follow
[41:53] Speaker 1: you truly, you become indomitable. Because the basis of destruction
[41:58] Speaker 1: or decline has been covered.
[42:00] Speaker 3: The goodness and the mercy of God. Hallelujah. Submission. I
[42:08] Speaker 3: need to say this.
[42:09] Speaker 1: I'll stress this and then we'll find somewhere to pray.
[42:12] Speaker 1: Total submission. Now let me tell you this, ladies and gentlemen.
[42:16] Speaker 1: You don't come to God... Owning your own ways and
[42:20] Speaker 1: wanting him to bless it. No, it doesn't happen that way.
[42:24] Speaker 1: That may happen for children. This is one of the
[42:27] Speaker 1: education you receive when you begin to grow into maturity.
[42:31] Speaker 3: Are we together? When you are saved.
[42:32] Speaker 1: Now, for most people, once they are saved, you know,
[42:35] Speaker 1: they go around and they are surprised at the rate
[42:37] Speaker 1: at which things happen. They just ask God for anything.
[42:40] Speaker 1: And they don't know that he's encouraging them to prepare
[42:43] Speaker 1: them for the training. I just asked for this. I
[42:46] Speaker 1: saw somebody with this. I just asked for this. You know,
[42:48] Speaker 1: like a child cries and says, Mommy, I want this.
[42:50] Speaker 3: Okay, just take. It won't always be like that. After
[42:54] Speaker 3: two years, the child is surprised. Why is it not
[42:56] Speaker 3: happening again? It's called growth. Not withdrawal. Growth.
[43:01] Speaker 1: So God begins to teach you now that the purpose
[43:03] Speaker 1: of faith is not to satisfy lust. The purpose of
[43:07] Speaker 1: faith is to partner in birthing the will of God.
[43:10] Speaker 1: Once you remove the will of God, your faith becomes corrupted.
[43:14] Speaker 1: What gives value to faith is not just a spiritual
[43:17] Speaker 1: way of attracting your lust to yourself.
[43:22] Speaker 3: You truly know someone who is yielded and submitted to
[43:25] Speaker 3: the king.
[43:26] Speaker 1: Because their lives, they have their will. They can say, God,
[43:29] Speaker 1: get out of my life and you will respect it. However,
[43:32] Speaker 1: you have come to a point where you are dead
[43:35] Speaker 1: to anything that is outside of the will of God. Lord,
[43:39] Speaker 1: I want this, I want that. Nevertheless. Someone say nevertheless.
[43:43] Speaker 1: I know you are afraid to say it, but trust
[43:45] Speaker 1: God enough to shout it. Say nevertheless.
[43:47] Speaker 3: Nevertheless. Nevertheless.
[43:50] Speaker 1: Maybe my life would have been a disaster right now
[43:53] Speaker 1: if I chose my own way.
[43:54] Speaker 3: There is a way that's cement right onto a man.
[43:56] Speaker 1: Ask anybody who has seen the mercy of God in
[44:00] Speaker 1: terms of advancement. They had their own option. There are
[44:03] Speaker 1: very few times, I'm telling you, where by default... Your
[44:07] Speaker 1: will and God's will agree. The human heart is busy
[44:11] Speaker 1: fabricating vain imaginations. That's the reason why prayer is important.
[44:16] Speaker 1: The Bible says, everything, in everything, by prayer and supplication.
[44:22] Speaker 3: Bring your request before the Lord. And he begins to
[44:25] Speaker 3: edit it. This is wonderful. But who told you that's
[44:28] Speaker 3: your husband? This is wonderful.
[44:31] Speaker 1: But who told you I want you in Canada? In fact,
[44:34] Speaker 1: I'm relocating you somewhere. You just stay there, anybody. And
[44:36] Speaker 1: I said, God, but I've said, this is my chance.
[44:39] Speaker 1: I mean, the person to lift me is still alive.
[44:41] Speaker 1: I hope we're still friends.
[44:51] Speaker 3: Everybody say, your will be done in my life. Really
[44:56] Speaker 3: mean it. Say, your will be done in my life.
[45:01] Speaker 1: Let me tell you, when you follow the will of
[45:03] Speaker 1: God for your life, let me give you a disclaimer.
[45:06] Speaker 1: The process will be painfully slower, but you will never
[45:10] Speaker 1: repeat anything twice. Painfully slower. The disciples chose their way
[45:18] Speaker 1: of going to the other side. Obviously, they jumped into
[45:21] Speaker 1: a boat and left. That's one way to go to
[45:24] Speaker 1: the other side. But that's not the only way to
[45:26] Speaker 1: go to the other side. Jesus stayed back. He was
[45:29] Speaker 1: six hours and he was praying. You would have called
[45:33] Speaker 1: that delay. He was praying. They were six hours ahead
[45:36] Speaker 1: of him. As he got up from the place of prayer,
[45:40] Speaker 1: He introduced another way of going to the other.
[45:42] Speaker 3: Side that they were not used to.
[45:44] Speaker 1: Who is learning now? And the Bible says this. Suddenly,
[45:47] Speaker 1: I don't know how long it took. I'm praying for someone.
[45:50] Speaker 1: While others laugh at you that you are in church,
[45:52] Speaker 1: you are submitting, you are serving, you have opportunities, but
[45:55] Speaker 1: you crucified so that that which is of Christ will
[45:58] Speaker 1: find expression.
[45:59] Speaker 3: I want to assure you, you may.
[46:01] Speaker 1: Look delayed, but you'll never become a victim walking the
[46:04] Speaker 1: will of God. You'll never become a victim walking the
[46:07] Speaker 1: way of God.
[46:08] Speaker 3: I tell you that. Listen to this.
[46:13] Speaker 1: If you had asked the disciples, describe for me the
[46:17] Speaker 1: way you know to the other side. They said there's
[46:19] Speaker 1: a boat and there's only one of it. If you
[46:21] Speaker 1: miss that boat, there's no possibility of going to the
[46:24] Speaker 1: other side.
[46:25] Speaker 3: And they left.
[46:27] Speaker 1: They were rocking the boat. They did not know that
[46:29] Speaker 1: the boat only works when there are no storms. Because
[46:33] Speaker 1: when winds and storms arise, you will see the fragility
[46:37] Speaker 1: of that strategy. And so sometimes God will delay you
[46:41] Speaker 1: while others are moving.
[46:42] Speaker 3: Don't call it delay. It's an investment.
[46:46] Speaker 1: Moses understood this. The power of submitting to the will
[46:50] Speaker 1: of God. And he said if your presence. Let people
[46:55] Speaker 1: say anything. Let them say whole nation are in a position.
[46:58] Speaker 3: No problem. Let it be that I mark time where
[47:01] Speaker 3: your presence is. Let me tell you. In the kingdom,
[47:05] Speaker 3: we don't go forward just by taking steps. We go
[47:08] Speaker 3: forward by following his will.
[47:10] Speaker 1: So, if this is where God is and you move
[47:15] Speaker 1: this way, you are going forward. If God goes this
[47:19] Speaker 1: way and you move this way, you are going forward.
[47:21] Speaker 1: Going forward does not just mean incremental steps. Don't mistaken it.
[47:26] Speaker 1: There are times that for a whole year God would
[47:28] Speaker 1: not move and yet you went forward. You didn't move
[47:31] Speaker 1: and yet you made progress.
[47:33] Speaker 3: Who is learning?
[47:34] Speaker 1: Redefine your concept of progress. Once you verify that you
[47:38] Speaker 1: are in the will of God, stay there.
[47:42] Speaker 3: It's your place of safety.
[47:47] Speaker 1: When you see the results of following the will of God,
[47:50] Speaker 1: it looks alluring. It looks miraculous. But the process of
[47:55] Speaker 1: staying is what tests the loyalty as to whether the
[47:59] Speaker 1: king has.
[48:00] Speaker 3: His influence on your life.
[48:02] Speaker 1: I'm sure that if we ask Pastor Poggio to tell
[48:04] Speaker 1: his stories of his journey with God, there might be
[48:07] Speaker 1: many times, being a very intelligent man as he is,
[48:11] Speaker 1: you can imagine the various strategies that would have come.
[48:14] Speaker 3: To his mind.
[48:15] Speaker 1: Don't let creativity frustrate your loyalty to god creativity is.
[48:20] Speaker 3: Wonderful but sometimes you need to tame.
[48:22] Speaker 1: It and say this is a great idea but this
[48:25] Speaker 1: idea is not consistent with god's blueprint.
[48:28] Speaker 3: For me many of you may have heard me say
[48:35] Speaker 3: that if god tells me to close koinonia today i
[48:38] Speaker 3: stand before the god of heaven i will shut it
[48:41] Speaker 3: down i will shut it down i will find a
[48:43] Speaker 3: way of explaining later on but i will obey first.
[48:47] Speaker 1: And you see, when you walk with God, as you
[48:50] Speaker 1: begin to see the profit of yieldedness, your fear dies.
[48:54] Speaker 1: The next instruction becomes easier to obey. Even though it's
[48:57] Speaker 1: more painful. Because there is memory of his faithfulness. You
[49:00] Speaker 1: have tasted and you have seen that God is good.
[49:03] Speaker 1: You took a risk with him and he did not
[49:06] Speaker 1: disappoint you. You walked on water and while they thought
[49:09] Speaker 1: you would fall, he held you. At that point, this
[49:11] Speaker 1: is what it means to trust in the Lord. Trust
[49:14] Speaker 1: is based on a track record. Someone say your will
[49:19] Speaker 1: be done. perhaps God wants me to just pause here
[49:22] Speaker 1: for a moment to advise someone your strategy has been
[49:25] Speaker 1: taking you round round the same place why don't you
[49:29] Speaker 1: trust the intelligence of the one who created you I
[49:32] Speaker 1: know the thoughts that I think towards you said the
[49:34] Speaker 1: Lord When people look at us and the little that
[49:38] Speaker 1: God is doing here and there and they say, listen,
[49:40] Speaker 1: I'm one person who runs away from applause as fast
[49:44] Speaker 1: as I'm able to. And it's not just a personality thing.
[49:47] Speaker 1: I have a revelation of how if you learn to
[49:54] Speaker 1: walk in the will of God, there are many credits
[49:58] Speaker 1: that men will give you. But you will know that
[50:01] Speaker 1: this you know, between me and God, This is just
[50:05] Speaker 1: God doing his thing.
[50:06] Speaker 3: And if you are wise enough, you will give the
[50:09] Speaker 3: glory to him.
[50:10] Speaker 1: For someone, your life will be a Bible study manual
[50:14] Speaker 1: after today. I'm telling you, people will study your life
[50:18] Speaker 1: to see what favor looks like. They will study your
[50:21] Speaker 1: life to see what glory looks like. Are you receiving that?
[50:26] Speaker 1: for the remaining four months of the year it will
[50:29] Speaker 1: be like 10 years in one year i'm telling you
[50:32] Speaker 1: i say to you prophetically 10 years in one year
[50:36] Speaker 1: listen our time is fast spent but the bible says
[50:41] Speaker 1: paul was speaking to the church in ephesus he says
[50:43] Speaker 1: to redeem the time because the days are evil and
[50:47] Speaker 1: you know what strategy he said to discern what the
[50:49] Speaker 1: will of the lord is on time The greatest way
[50:52] Speaker 1: to redeem time is to discern what the will of
[50:55] Speaker 1: God is. So that you don't take your journey so far,
[50:59] Speaker 1: then you have to reverse back again. We redeem time
[51:02] Speaker 1: by finding out the will of God on time. And
[51:05] Speaker 1: then you stay there. But let me assure you, ladies
[51:08] Speaker 1: and gentlemen, I don't.
[51:09] Speaker 3: Claim to know so much.
[51:11] Speaker 1: But with my little work with God, I can tell
[51:13] Speaker 1: you God is dependable. You have been loyal to things
[51:19] Speaker 1: of lesser value, things of lesser credibility.
[51:22] Speaker 3: Trust God. Trust him with your life. Hallelujah. We need
[51:31] Speaker 3: to finish. I have eight minutes.
[51:34] Speaker 1: So number one, I'm giving you the proof whether or
[51:37] Speaker 1: not the governing influence of the kingdom is at work
[51:40] Speaker 1: in your life. Number one, I said the presence of
[51:42] Speaker 1: the life of God is a way. And the possibilities
[51:45] Speaker 1: that come with that, like particularly the fruit of the Spirit.
[51:48] Speaker 1: Number two, the presence of wisdom. Don't forget this one, wisdom.
[51:53] Speaker 1: Number three, total submission to, number one, the leadership of
[51:58] Speaker 1: the Holy Spirit.
[51:59] Speaker 3: Number two, the supremacy of the Word of God. Number three,
[52:02] Speaker 3: the will of God. Number four, the values or the
[52:06] Speaker 3: value system of the kingdom. Let me give you the fourth, zeal.
[52:12] Speaker 1: If the kingdom of God has found expression in your life,
[52:15] Speaker 1: you cannot but have zeal.
[52:18] Speaker 3: Zeal is a description of passion, energy. Are we together?
[52:23] Speaker 1: Energy that propels you towards all things kingdom come. The
[52:27] Speaker 1: Bible says the zeal of God has eaten him. The
[52:30] Speaker 1: zeal of God has consumed him. There is no one
[52:33] Speaker 1: who is truly under the governing influence of the kingdom
[52:37] Speaker 1: that does not have zeal for the Lord and for
[52:40] Speaker 1: his house. The psalmist said, I was glad when they
[52:43] Speaker 1: said unto me, let us go. He said, I'd rather
[52:46] Speaker 1: be a doorkeeper. Look at this comparison.
[52:49] Speaker 3: Someone say zeal. When you find out that.
[52:52] Speaker 1: There's laxity, there's that inertia, you're not interested, you're not passionate,
[52:57] Speaker 1: you're not invested in all things kingdom. It may not
[53:00] Speaker 1: be that you're not saved, but you have not allowed
[53:03] Speaker 1: the governing.
[53:03] Speaker 3: Influence of the Christ to influence you. Let me give
[53:07] Speaker 3: you the final key. That should be five, right? The
[53:09] Speaker 3: outwalkings of the power of God.
[53:12] Speaker 1: The fifth evidence that the kingdom of God has found
[53:15] Speaker 1: expression in your life.
[53:17] Speaker 3: The outwalkings of the power of God.
[53:21] Speaker 1: It has nothing to do with you being interested in
[53:24] Speaker 1: being a miracle walker or a science producer. The power
[53:27] Speaker 1: of God gives validity to the presence of the kingdom.
[53:31] Speaker 1: The Bible says the kingdom of God is not in
[53:36] Speaker 1: mere words but in the demonstration of power. And one
[53:40] Speaker 1: time Jesus casted out a demon and they called him Beelzebub.
[53:43] Speaker 3: They said it's by a prince of demons you cast. No, no, no, no, no.
[53:46] Speaker 1: If I cast by Beelzebub, by who do your fathers cast?
[53:49] Speaker 3: But he said, if I by the finger of.
[53:51] Speaker 1: God, you see, cast out demons, then that should tell
[53:55] Speaker 1: you that the kingdom of God has come. Matthew 10
[53:57] Speaker 1: and verse 1. The Bible says he sent them to
[54:00] Speaker 1: go and preach and all of that. He gave them
[54:02] Speaker 1: power against, you know, unclean spirit to cast them out.
[54:08] Speaker 1: He gave them power, not just a message. He gave
[54:10] Speaker 1: them power. Don't carry the message alone. Carry the power too.
[54:14] Speaker 1: He gave them power. He taught them the message. Then
[54:16] Speaker 1: he said, tarry until you be endued with power. It
[54:19] Speaker 1: is power plus the message that brings efficiency. The outworkings
[54:23] Speaker 1: of the power of God. And there are various dimensions
[54:27] Speaker 1: of that power. There is power to become. The power
[54:30] Speaker 1: that transforms. There is power against. The power that brings
[54:33] Speaker 1: resistance against demonic arsenals. There is power over. You see
[54:38] Speaker 1: that now? Various dimensions of power. But now let me
[54:42] Speaker 1: wrap up. Let me use the remaining five minutes that
[54:44] Speaker 1: I have to just run a list. I want to
[54:47] Speaker 1: show you how to enforce the kingdom. Jesus gave many parables.
[54:52] Speaker 1: From our text Matthew chapter 6 and verse 10. He
[54:55] Speaker 1: was teaching on prayer. And he says when you pray.
[54:58] Speaker 1: Pray and say your kingdom come. And the way the
[55:00] Speaker 1: kingdom comes. Is that his will is being done in earth.
[55:05] Speaker 3: In earth. Not on earth. In earth. As it is
[55:07] Speaker 3: in heaven. And like you may have heard me teach.
[55:09] Speaker 1: The first S is you. That earthen vessel. That the
[55:12] Speaker 1: kingdom comes first in you. And then across every sphere
[55:16] Speaker 1: of human strata. But I'll teach you very quickly.
[55:19] Speaker 3: The keys.
[55:22] Speaker 1: To enforcing the government of heaven. First in your life
[55:26] Speaker 1: and then across every territory. I have listed here and
[55:29] Speaker 1: I'll run through them. My apologies, I may not be
[55:31] Speaker 1: able to explain. But just write for your understanding.
[55:34] Speaker 3: Number one. The first way.
[55:37] Speaker 1: We enforce the kingdom particularly across territories. When it has
[55:41] Speaker 1: to do with your heart is the business of salvation, transformation,
[55:46] Speaker 1: empowerment and that by the Holy Ghost. But how do
[55:49] Speaker 1: you enforce the kingdom across a territory?
[55:52] Speaker 3: Number one.
[55:55] Speaker 1: Prophetic intercession. The first way we enforce the kingdom. You
[56:00] Speaker 1: want kingdom to come anywhere. Your family.
[56:03] Speaker 3: Your business.
[56:04] Speaker 1: It must start with prophetic intercession. Prophetic intercession enforces the
[56:09] Speaker 1: will of God.
[56:11] Speaker 3: And the word of God in prayer.
[56:13] Speaker 1: Ezekiel 22 and verse 30. I sought for a man
[56:16] Speaker 1: to stand in the gap. To make up the heads
[56:18] Speaker 1: for the land. That I should not destroy it. But
[56:21] Speaker 1: I found none. Tonight God has an army.
[56:23] Speaker 3: Say amen.
[56:24] Speaker 1: God has an army. Someone say, I will pray. Now
[56:28] Speaker 1: you see, prayer doubles as one. A channel for your
[56:33] Speaker 1: own personal edification. Then it gives you the platform. To
[56:37] Speaker 1: enforce the will of God. Prayer is important. It's one
[56:41] Speaker 1: of the ordinances of dominion. You cannot walk in dominion.
[56:45] Speaker 1: If you do not have a rich. Robust prayer life.
[56:48] Speaker 3: And there is.
[56:49] Speaker 1: There are many assignments of prayer. The greatest assignment of prayer.
[56:53] Speaker 1: As far as birthing dominion is concerned. Is for your
[56:56] Speaker 1: growth and transformation.
[56:58] Speaker 3: Luke 9 29. And as he prayed.
[57:01] Speaker 1: The fashion of his countenance was altered and his raiment.
[57:05] Speaker 3: Became white and glittering. Prayer evolves you.
[57:08] Speaker 1: You become a mighty man in the spirit. Bring a
[57:11] Speaker 1: weak man. Let him pray with understanding. He becomes a
[57:14] Speaker 1: strong man. Bring a fearful man.
[57:17] Speaker 3: Let him pray with understanding. Are we together? Yeah. Prayer.
[57:22] Speaker 1: It would not happen just because it is finished in Christ.
[57:25] Speaker 1: It is the spirit and the bride that tells the
[57:27] Speaker 1: word to come. God says, Legos, get to a new
[57:31] Speaker 1: dimension until there is the bride that agrees with him
[57:34] Speaker 1: in prayer. Someone say, I will pray. Say, I receive
[57:37] Speaker 1: grace to pray. Prophetic intercession. When intercessors rise, then the
[57:44] Speaker 1: program of God can be enforced in a place.
[57:46] Speaker 3: Now, this is not just limited to ministry. Business. Let
[57:51] Speaker 3: me tell you this.
[57:52] Speaker 1: I have two minutes. But I'll tell you this. There
[57:55] Speaker 1: are many people who we think are not spiritual just
[58:00] Speaker 1: because they don't show it on TV. So we say, oh,
[58:03] Speaker 1: they are business. They are only focused on... They have
[58:06] Speaker 1: all kinds of spiritual arsenals, demonically, diabolically, that are at
[58:12] Speaker 1: the background. I can tell you this truthfully. The fact
[58:16] Speaker 1: that the man is, the prayer warriors will not come
[58:18] Speaker 1: to the office.
[58:21] Speaker 3: Pharaoh, you would think Pharaoh was just intelligent because Egypt
[58:24] Speaker 3: was a place of intelligence. What happened to Pharaoh when
[58:28] Speaker 3: he had a dream?
[58:29] Speaker 1: The Bible says he called all the astrologers.
[58:31] Speaker 3: And the wise men.
[58:32] Speaker 1: That means they were there. The prophets of Baal. Someone say,
[58:38] Speaker 1: I will pray. Listen, learn to spiritualize your results. Don't
[58:44] Speaker 1: just act all way intellectual. Intellect is fine. But make
[58:48] Speaker 1: sure there is a rich prayer investment. I can't take
[58:51] Speaker 1: the risk of living my life. Now, you don't pray
[58:54] Speaker 1: because you are afraid. You pray because you are in partnership.
[58:57] Speaker 1: Prayer is responsibility.
[59:02] Speaker 3: Number two.
[59:03] Speaker 1: The second way we enforce the kingdom. Massive soul winning.
[59:08] Speaker 1: Massive soul winning.
[59:09] Speaker 3: He desires that all men be saved all not some
[59:13] Speaker 3: and then that they come on to the knowledge of
[59:15] Speaker 3: the truth you cannot talk about transformation renewal.
[59:18] Speaker 1: Empowerment and purpose until there is salvation someone say salvation
[59:24] Speaker 1: A soul winning army will also be the army that enforces.
[59:29] Speaker 3: The program of God.
[59:30] Speaker 1: Remember, I told you the battle is first for the
[59:32] Speaker 1: hearts of men.
[59:33] Speaker 3: Then their minds through transformation. Are we together?
[59:37] Speaker 1: Bringing the gospel as a message that saves. And then
[59:40] Speaker 1: the gospel as a value system that transforms.
[59:44] Speaker 3: Salvation. Number three.
[59:47] Speaker 1: The third way we enforce the kingdom. Manifestations of the
[59:52] Speaker 1: values of the kingdom. manifestations of the values of the kingdom,
[59:57] Speaker 1: the fruit of the spirit, character, you may want to
[1:00:00] Speaker 1: call that. The third way we enforce the kingdom is
[1:00:03] Speaker 1: to be light and to be salt and first.
[1:00:06] Speaker 3: Through our lives. First through our lives.
[1:00:09] Speaker 1: If a man err not in words, for an example,
[1:00:11] Speaker 1: the Bible says that man is.
[1:00:12] Speaker 3: A perfect man.
[1:00:13] Speaker 1: Spiritual maturity is measured by the degree to which you
[1:00:17] Speaker 1: have allowed the Holy Spirit to influence and culture your speaking.
[1:00:21] Speaker 3: There is a way believers speak. They say, and if
[1:00:23] Speaker 3: they speak.
[1:00:23] Speaker 1: Not after this manner, it is because there.
[1:00:26] Speaker 3: Is no light in them. Those who have light have
[1:00:29] Speaker 3: a way that they speak. The values of the kingdom.
[1:00:34] Speaker 1: There are many Christians who function like Christ, but they
[1:00:38] Speaker 1: do not live like Christ.
[1:00:40] Speaker 3: Let me finish this very quickly. Number four.
[1:00:43] Speaker 1: The fourth way, I spoke about that earlier on. The
[1:00:45] Speaker 1: display of the manifold wisdom of God. In creativity, leadership,
[1:00:52] Speaker 1: witty inventions, science, arts, excellence in general. Please don't downplay that.
[1:00:58] Speaker 1: I hope you know that science is an aspect of spirituality.
[1:01:03] Speaker 1: Arts is an aspect of spirituality. Science is the body
[1:01:07] Speaker 1: spirituality wears when it wants to reveal itself on earth.
[1:01:11] Speaker 1: Arts is a body spirituality wears when it wants to
[1:01:14] Speaker 1: reveal itself. If you fight science and fight arts, you
[1:01:17] Speaker 1: don't know God.
[1:01:19] Speaker 3: I'm telling you. For far too long, the church has
[1:01:22] Speaker 3: had this dichotomy. We hate science. We hate art.
[1:01:25] Speaker 1: We hate every other thing that is not directly spiritual.
[1:01:28] Speaker 1: It's because of poor training. Spirituality must manifest itself through
[1:01:33] Speaker 1: a body upon the earth.
[1:01:35] Speaker 3: Science is one of the bodies. Art is one of
[1:01:37] Speaker 3: the bodies. Who is learning now? Praise the name of
[1:01:39] Speaker 3: the Lord. The manifold wisdom.
[1:01:46] Speaker 1: The next would be Kingdom leadership and influence. Influence is
[1:01:51] Speaker 1: very important until believers get to strategic positions where they
[1:01:55] Speaker 1: can superimpose.
[1:01:58] Speaker 3: The value system of the kingdom.
[1:01:59] Speaker 1: What you call policy is simply someone's belief that was
[1:02:03] Speaker 1: institutionalized and it can change. Policies are simply beliefs that
[1:02:08] Speaker 1: came based on a reference, any reference. But it takes
[1:02:12] Speaker 1: influence to manipulate policies such that they are consistent with
[1:02:16] Speaker 1: the program of the Christ. Without being fanatical, I believe
[1:02:19] Speaker 1: that in my lifetime, God will raise people who will
[1:02:22] Speaker 1: not just pray and fast, but get into these systems
[1:02:25] Speaker 1: and structures. Value excellence. You see that now? These are
[1:02:29] Speaker 1: some of the principles that grant you access. Until you
[1:02:32] Speaker 1: get to the palace, your ability to interpret dreams will
[1:02:36] Speaker 1: be useless.
[1:02:38] Speaker 3: The real value is when you do it in the palace,
[1:02:40] Speaker 3: not in the prison. Many of us.
[1:02:42] Speaker 1: Have been, you are gifted, I know, but you have
[1:02:44] Speaker 1: been interpreting dreams in the prison. So it does not
[1:02:47] Speaker 1: count as far as the kingdom is concerned. The dream
[1:02:50] Speaker 1: interpreted in the prison does not solve the hunger problem
[1:02:54] Speaker 1: that is coming. But when Pharaoh has that dream, and
[1:02:57] Speaker 1: you can get there, who is learning now? God, for
[1:03:00] Speaker 1: the sake of his kingdom, will not withhold your accessing
[1:03:03] Speaker 1: positions of influence. Let me stop by giving you the
[1:03:08] Speaker 1: final one. Expressions of love and compassion. You can be
[1:03:13] Speaker 1: all spiritual but the world does not care what you
[1:03:16] Speaker 1: know until they know how much you care. There are
[1:03:19] Speaker 1: many people who love God and hate men. I don't
[1:03:21] Speaker 1: know where they read that one from. But the proof
[1:03:24] Speaker 1: that you love Jesus Christ is that there must be
[1:03:27] Speaker 1: both a vertical and horizontal expression of love. By this
[1:03:31] Speaker 1: shall all men. There are things you do only some
[1:03:34] Speaker 1: men will believe. There are miracles who walk that only
[1:03:38] Speaker 1: some men will believe. But there are expressions of love
[1:03:41] Speaker 1: that the Bible says all men, including non-Christians, all men,
[1:03:46] Speaker 1: including children. We have done the one that some men
[1:03:49] Speaker 1: have believed, but some men are still doubting.
[1:03:52] Speaker 3: Let's go on to perfection where all men will believe
[1:03:56] Speaker 3: that we are of Christ.
[1:03:57] Speaker 1: So enthroning the kingdom is a battle for the hearts,
[1:04:01] Speaker 1: the minds of men, influencing institutions, And sing to it
[1:04:05] Speaker 1: that the revelation of Jesus spreads like a fragrance across
[1:04:09] Speaker 1: the globe.
[1:04:09] Speaker 3: Let's rise up on our feet and pray. Thank you, Jesus. Father,
[1:04:13] Speaker 3: we thank you. Thank you for your word. Thank you
[1:04:16] Speaker 3: for helping us tonight.
[1:04:18] Speaker 1: In the name of Jesus, we decree and declare that
[1:04:20] Speaker 1: of the increase of your kingdom in our lives and
[1:04:23] Speaker 1: in our territory, there shall be no end. I pray
[1:04:26] Speaker 1: for everyone in the.
[1:04:27] Speaker 3: Name of Jesus. May you truly be a participant.
[1:04:30] Speaker 1: May you be an enforcer of the kingdom. You will
[1:04:33] Speaker 1: serve the program of God with intelligence and grace. And
[1:04:36] Speaker 1: all together, we would see the kingdoms of this world
[1:04:39] Speaker 1: become the kingdoms of our God and of his Christ.
[1:04:42] Speaker 3: And it's in Jesus' marvelous name we pray. Amen. God
[1:04:46] Speaker 3: bless you. Thank you very much.

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