THE MYSTERY OF THE NATURE OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD

THE MYSTERY OF THE NATURE OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD.

Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to today's edition of the Hard Truth of the Gospel of the Kingdom of God. I am your host, Joseph Maduabuchi Chukwuemeka Chukwubuikemu. Today our topic will be ‘the mystery of the nature of the Kingdom of God.’ This topic is necessitated due to the background prevailing misunderstanding all over the world today. There is a general misconception, general misunderstanding about where is the kingdom of God. And this is actually due to the fact that we as human beings are used to the many historic kingdoms across the world which all have a particular location, a particular territory, a particular place. You can say that is where the kingdom is from. The Egyptian kingdom, the Assyrian kingdom, the Babylonian kingdom, the Persian kingdom, the Greek kingdom, the Roman kingdom. All these kingdoms in history had at one time or the other, their location, even in modern times. Kingdoms like Japan, Cambodia, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Spain, United Kingdom. Each of these kingdoms which we are used to, they have locations, they have territories. So, you can say this is where they are. And this actually engenders a very big, a very serious problem for people to understand today that the kingdom of God has come, that the kingdom of God has been on earth since the Pentecost. In Acts chapter two, the question we will be asking is, where is that kingdom? And tonight, I mean today we shall be exploring that issue. We shall be answering that question from the pages of the Scriptures. The first topic, the first scripture we are going to use is the book of John 6:15. I'm reading from the King James version, it reads “When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force to make him a king, he departed again into the mountain himself alone.” So, the Jews after taking a very sumptuous feast by Jesus Christ using fishes and bread, they could not. Out of their joy, out of their appreciation for him, they came together and said, let us make him what? A king. And this is what they conceived. They returned back in search of Jesus. And the Bible said he had to escape. When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force to make him a king, he departed again into the mountain himself alone. If Jesus had wanted a material kingdom, a physical kingdom, that you can say, this is the location definitely that would have been an occasion for him to consider getting it established without any problem. But the Bible said he ran again. The Jews had this misconception that the kingdom of God is actually the restoration of the kingdom of Israel. And they asked Jesus in Acts chapter 1, verse 6. They asked him, shall you at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? Shall you at this time Jesus was talking about the coming down of the power of the Holy Ghost. Jesus was coming up talking about the coming down of the Holy Spirit for the establishment of the kingdom of God. But for the Jews, their understanding is that this must be the establishment or the reestablishment of the kingdom of Israel. Look at it. When they therefore come together, they asked of him, saying, lord, will thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? What generated this particular topic was what happened in Acts chapter 1, verse 4 and 5.

Acts chapter 1, verse 4 and five. And being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which said he, ye have heard of him, verse 5. For John truly baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. What the Jews, what these Israelites understand this to be is the coming down of the Holy Spirit, the baptism of the Holy Ghost that will usher in the kingdom of Israel. And this idea is rooted in the fact that in all human history, everywhere you talk of kingdoms, there is a particular location. When the Babylonians had their kingdom, you could trace them there. When the Egyptian kingdom was on earth, the pharaohs of Rome had their place. When the Assyrians were on top, they had their location. The Romans, the Greece, all these kingdoms had location. So, when you now talk to an average believer, when you now talk to somebody who is interested in learning about the kingdom of God, and you tell him that the kingdom of God has come, that the statement Jesus made in Acts 11:48 has taken place. That what Jesus meant in Mark 9:1 has been fulfilled. That some of the people that were with him in that discourse, we are actually still alive when the kingdom of God came on the Pentecost day. In Acts chapter two, they will be asking you one very vital question. And what is that question? Where is the kingdom? If they ask you this, what will be answered? Where is the kingdom? Naturally, you need to actually have a sense of the location. Where will you tell him? And some people would readily say the kingdom is within you because of the episode in Luke chapter 17:20 to 21 that the kingdom. Jesus said, the kingdom of God is in your midst. Our last topic, we dwelt on that. And we made it clear that what Jesus meant was not that the kingdom of God is in the people or that the kingdom of God is indwelling individuals. No. Why? Because the people that we are asked that the people that posed that question were Pharisees. They were unbelievers in the first place. The question was posed to him for him to be put to test. They wanted to know exactly whether there is going to be a sharp contrast between his opinion and the opinion of Moses. So that was the reason why all this came. The Pharisees God. Jesus cannot be telling Pharisees that the kingdom of God is within them. No, they are unbelievers. They have not yet believed. They have not. They. Even if they had believed, as at that time, the Holy Ghost has not come. Even if they were believers, as at that time, the Spirit of God has not been ushered down on human believers. So it is totally wrong for anybody to say that the kingdom of God is within you. You are just trying to escape the question, where is the kingdom of God? Where is the kingdom of God? And today this will be our question. We just have to answer it so that we clear that ambiguity and misunderstanding and let people know truly. The kingdom of God has come now straight to the point. Where is the kingdom of God? What is the nature of this kingdom? Is it a material kingdom like the Grecian kingdom, the Egyptian kingdom, the Babylonian kingdom? What exactly is the nature of this kingdom? All kingdoms in human history have locations. So what's the nature of this one? Is it material or physical or spiritual? Is it inward or outward? Is it something that is located in the realm? Maybe in the what, what you may call the heavenly realm or what? Today we will be exploring all this. Just see the Book of John, chapter 18, 33, 37. John, chapter 18, 33,37. Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again and called Jesus and said unto him, art thou the king of the Jews? Pilate, a Roman governor in charge of Israel. Art thou the king of the Jews? Let's see, verse 34. Jesus answered him, sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of me? Obviously, Jesus must have been accused by the Jews on that very day. They must have gone to Pilate to tell him. This man is claiming is posturing to be the king of the Jews. But Jesus never claimed to be the king of the Jews. But there was no doubt that Jesus claimed to be a king, but not the king of the Jews. And that point must be made clear. All those that followed him to Jerusalem on that very triumphant entry, on that day where they were hailing him and calling him king, King, they all believed that the king of Israel has come. The jubilance, the jubilation that day, the spirit of triumphalism that day was just that. Look, the kingdom of Israel has been restored. The new king is coming to his throne. They were disappointed utterly when few days after that man was slaughtered by way of crucifixion. The very person that entered Jerusalem and was held by everybody was killed by means of crucifixion, the worst form of execution. And that completely dried up all beliefs that that man was king. So, this question, Philip, I mean Pilate could not have asked this question without a background. There must have been a background where people, he must have been told, this man is posturing to be the king. But the mistake in their mind was that they were thinking, he's coming to be the king of Israel. As a matter of fact, one of the problems that Herod had with him was that it was said that this boy was the. Was the king of. Was. Was a king has been born in Israel. And the then king, a very ruthless one, said, find out where he is and let me also go and honor him. The intention was to eliminate immediately. So, even Herod was thinking that this is an attempt to come and displace him from his kingdom. So, there was a total misconception both by those who are close and those who are not close. Look at what the brethren with him were asking him, shall you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel? So, their whole mindset was just limited to Israel. They were thinking is about the kingdom of Israel, but as we are going to see, is not the kingdom of Israel. It's not the kingdom for the people of the Jews. It's not even the kingdom for the people of the Gentiles. It's a kingdom where both the Jews and the Gentiles are one. Where there is no Jew or no Gentile, where there is no Greek or no Israeli, where there is no circumcised or the uncircumcised, where everybody is one. The king of this kingdom is the Prince of Peace. He has made peace over the most troublous problem that has ever besotted humankind since its inception. The problem between Ishmael and Isaac, Jacob and Esau. Currently the world is torn apart and we continue to be torn apart. Until the peace that Christ has restored between these two warring factions are actually made manifest. But that is a message for another day. So here Jesus answered him, said, see thou this of thyself? Or did others tell thee of me? Yes. Next verse. Pilate answered, am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me. What has thou done? Certainly, he was told about this man claiming to be the king. Jesus answered, my kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight that I should not be delivered to the Jews. But now is my kingdom not from hence. My kingdom is not of this world. So, by this statement, Jesus radically changes the course of nature. The kingdom of God in question is not the type that is in this world. It's not the type that, that you can say is at Rome, that you can say is at Babylon, that you can say is at Iran. My kingdom is not of this world. Not of this world. It does not mean that is not in the world. Is not of the nature of the kingdoms that are in the world. The nature of the kingdoms that are in the world is. Is what? Material, physical kingdoms, kingdoms where you gather, where you have a particular location to gather, where you have a particular address. Kingdoms that have a particular capital, kingdoms that have particular territory. But the kingdom of God at first is not. Is not. It's not of this world. It is going to be entirely different. Itis entirely different from the kingdoms of this world. Entirely different from the nature of the kingdoms of this world. Which are all what material? Which is all what physical. If my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight that I should not be delivered to the Jews. But now is my kingdom not from hence. Again, this scripture goes to reinforce that the kingdom of God is not coming from the world, but is already in the earth. Is talking about the fact that the kingdom of God is not from the world. Yes. He's not saying it's not going to be established on the earth. No, that's not what he's saying. But it's not from the world. It is not a worldly kingdom and is not of this world. It's not after the nature of the kingdoms on earth. Let's see. Verse 37. Pilate, therefore, said unto him, art thou a king? Then Jesus answered, thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Everyone that is of the truth heareth my voice. Jesus did not deny it. He said, to this end art thou a king. To this end was I born. This is an affirmation of to that answer. To this end was I born. And for this cause came I into the world. So, you cannot see why Jesus came into the world. He didn't come into the world to provide you providence, to heal the sick, raise the dead, cause you to go to overseas, cause you to succeed in your ventures, cause you to prosper in your activity in your businesses, for you to go to overseas, for you to achieve any of your dreams or aspirations. This is not why Jesus came to the earth for this reason. To this end was I born. And for this cause came I into the world that I should bear witness unto the truth. Everyone that is of the truth heareth my voice. Luke, chapter 1720-21. 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 what observation? So, by this statement, Jesus has reemphasized the fact that his kingdom is not of the nature of the earthly kingdoms in the world, is not of the nature of worldly kingdoms. And what is that nature? Worldly kingdoms are material. Worldly kingdoms have artificial places where you can go and you see them. All the kingdoms I have enumerated at the beginning of this series, they had places where the king is located. But you can't say so of the kingdom of God. And this has been the greatest problem of understanding the fact that the kingdom of God has come. Because if you say so, where is it? Next verse. Neither shall they say lo here or lo there. For behold, the kingdom of God is within you. This was the cross of last Sunday's message, where we actually dissected it by the grace of God. We were given the understanding to know that Jesus, what he meant there was that the kingdom of God is the representative, the monarch of the kingdom. The king of that kingdom was there in their midst. And the kingdom, as we are going to see eventually, is nothing else but Jesus and his body, Jesus and the church, Jesus and his wife, Jesus and his body. That is the kingdom. So, when he's telling them the kingdom is within you is not within them inside their hearts? No. Jesus was in their midst on that particular occasion. They were Pharisees. And Jesus cannot be saying that the kingdom of God is within the Pharisees, but that they are but that in their midst dwells the king of. Of that kingdom. The person whose body is the kingdom, he is the head, he is the king, he is the monarch of that kingdom, he is the overall head of that kingdom. Every other member of that kingdom is his members of his body. Members of different parts of his body formed a body of that kingdom from the body of members of that kingdom. So, it is not out of place for him to use him, his physical body, as a metaphor for the body of Christ, as a metaphor for all the members of that kingdom, all the citizens of that kingdom, because they are the people that make up the kingdom. If his physical body was with them and is telling them the kingdom of God is within you, and the church is found out to be the body of Christ, the hands, the eyes, the. The parts of the body of Jesus. That allegory clearly and aptly fits into the meaning of what Jesus meant. There being the. The. So, the. The upper ego of that kingdom, he is. He was saying to them that in your midst is the kingdom of God. But what is important is that this is not a kingdom that you say lo is there lo is here. So, it is not a. It does not have a place where you can say, that is where they are. No, look. Yes. Romans, chapter 14, verse 17. Romans 14:17. For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Ghost. Every kingdom, every material kingdom in the world, from the time of Egyptian kingdom, Assyrian Kingdom, Babylonian kingdom, the Middle Persia kingdom, the Greece Kingdom, the Roman Kingdom, the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Morocco. Every kingdom you enter is marked by what? Eating and drinking. There is one feature of kingdoms that are in this world that is eating and drinking. There is always a banquet, there are things to enjoy, there is merriment, there is a galore of eating and drinking. This scripture tries to clearly distinguish the kingdom of God from all other earthly kingdoms. For the kingdom of God, it is not eating and drinking. No, there is something that is there in place of eating and drinking. Look at what they eat. Righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Ghost. This righteousness is not the righteousness of people that use their hands, use their body, subject their body to one rigor, one gymnastics or the other. This righteousness is the righteousness of God. The righteousness that God can give the kingdom of God being described here is that power that can deliver a gift of righteousness to people. For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but righteousness, peace and joy. There is a peace that the kingdom of God has come to restore. A peace that knows no boundary. A peace. One of the greatest peace today which the kingdom of God has restored is peace of mind. The mind has been troubled over the years. If you read the book of Romans, chapter 7, Apostle Paul expressed his dilemma in a perpetual fight, perpetual struggle over how he's going to overcome the tempting lusts of the flesh, over how he's going to overcome the incidences of the human flesh. He said what he wants to do, he finds himself doing a totally different thing. What he wants to say, he finds himself saying a different. What is responsible? What is the cause? Dilemma. Man is in a dilemma. Man is in a dilemma. But Christ has come to restore peace. There's also another peace that Christ has come to restore. The peace that's supposed to put the world in a state of perpetual harmony. That is the peace between the sons of Abraham. They are today the bastion of global crisis all over the world. The disputes, the wars, the wars and rumors of war that is bugging the world today is among the children of Abraham, among the children of Isaac. The question is, when will it be? One group is saying they are circumcised. The other group is saying they are uncircumcised. One is saying that the Jews they have to them was given everything they promised, the land, the covenant, even the Messiah. The other group is saying we don't have these things, but this land belongs to us, a perpetual tomorrow. But that is another message, another day. Jesus is that king who has brought a gift of righteousness to men who have been all these years locked up in a perpetual struggle for righteousness without success. Bible says that all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. And the wages of sin are death. These are the things that Christ coming that the kingdom of God. This is the jinx that God's kingdom has come to break. So must be that gospel that can deliver the gifts of God's righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Ghost. It is not any kind of. It's not every gospel, it's not every message that can give you the gift of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Ghost. It will take that very gospel preached by Jesus, preached by the apostles. Only that message, only that gospel can produce righteousness, peace and joy. Every other gospel that is not that gospel will produce different variants of this. They will produce people that are still struggling. They will produce people that are still on their own, wrestling with the body one way or the other, trying to achieve peace, joy and righteousness. But a people that have been given these gifts do not need any other wrestling. This is one, one obvious difference between material kingdoms and spiritual kingdoms. We have said that the Kingdom of God is not material, but spiritual. Let's see, First Corinthians 4, verse 20, First Corinthians 420. For the kingdom of God is not in west, but in power. I think I should have taken this before Romans. But very important, the kingdom of God is not in west, but in power. It is not something somebody will just come and tell you with wealth. The kingdom of God has come. The question is, where is the power? There is a power that can deliver to sinners the gift of righteousness. The presence of that power on earth marks the emergence of the kingdom of God. That power, the arrival of that power, the coming down of that power makes is. Is the establishment of the kingdom of God. And that power came in Acts chapter two, when the whole world was gathered in Jerusalem for the feast of Pentecost. The people that were before then afraid. We are made to receive supernatural power from God and began to witness and testify of the good news about this kingdom. To not just people around, but their noise was noised far abroad to other parts of Jerusalem, which made many people that came that day to be attracted. And when they were attracted, for the first time in the history of man, they began to hear what Peter and other Jews, other Galileans, we are speaking in their own respective language. That kind of miracle has never happened before. And it's important we understand that that is a supernatural sign to actually mark the anniversary of the kingdom of God on earth. So, you don't say that the kingdom is in Jerusalem? No, the kingdom came, came that day. And from that day it has been on. It has members, it has citizens. But you cannot say it is here or there. For the kingdom of God is not in west, but in power is not in all. The noise making is in power. That power does not belong to anybody. It belongs to God. Only God can release that power. And on that day God released that power. When that power came to people that were before then afraid, you saw them, how they were emboldened with power and they started testifying. What Peter said that day has not been said elsewhere. What Peter did, that message delivered by Peter that day was the longest sermon ever preached by an apostle here on earth. Yes, that was a very remarkable event where people were for the first time. And the sign you saw that day clearly distinguishes speaking in tongues, the real thing from what Christian charlatans is doing, what impostors today are doing, what they are doing, speaking in incomprehensible and incoherent language without anybody understanding it, without themselves understanding it, without even the People around understanding it not to talk of other people. Speaking in tongues is not speaking in different languages. It's not speaking. It's not linguistics. You study linguistics in the university. Speaking in tongues is a supernatural power by which a person can speak. And what is speaking will be understood by people of different languages. Bible recorded that, more than people from over 30 tongues and languages gathered in Jerusalem on that very day. And when the noise of what was happening was noise abroad and people came, they were amazed to hear them speaking the wonders of God's work in their own language. And they were Galileans. They were not actually speaking their language. They were speaking a supernatural tongue that is understand, that conveys its meaning to everybody that was around in their respective languages. This is the scenario that actually gave birth to the kingdom of God. And I want you to understand that. Let us see, let us see that in Acts chapter 1. Acts, chapter 1, verse 4 to 8. When they therefore, and being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father. Which said he, ye have heard of me, you see, the promise of the Father. Jesus sensitized them to wait. They should not do anything. They should wait. They should not depart from where? Jerusalem. They should assemble themselves together. He commanded them that they should not depart because the power has not yet come. Let's see what they are waiting for. Yes, the promise of the Father. For John truly baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. You see, what they were waiting for was the coming down of the Holy Spirit. The coming down of the Holy Spirit is the coming, the commencement of the kingdom of God. That Holy Spirit that was said to be coming in Acts chapter one, verse five is the Spirit of that man Jesus. The Spirit of Christ is not another person. If you watch, he will tell you he's the one that is sending him. He's not another person is the Spirit of Jesus. The man that was talking with them physically is informing them that my spirit will come and I think we shall be going there very soon to see the mystery of how he dramatically dribbled the whole world, but told his brethren that he is the one coming, not another person. There is only one person of God, and that is Jesus Christ. Every other manifestation of God is the same Spirit of God, the same Elohim, the same spirit that has been manifested. It is only one human person that he manifested. So, there is not three persons in one God. And John, he said, so they are waiting for what the coming down of the Holy Spirit. Let's see. Verse 6. When they. Therefore, we are come together, they ask of him, saying, lord, without this time, restore again the kingdom to Israel. We have talked that. Yes, Verse seven. And he said unto them, it is not for you to know the times or the seasons which the father has put in his own power. It is not for you to know. Now look at the next verse. Look at the next verse. It gives you a clue of what is happening. But ye shall receive power. Ye shall receive power. After that, the Holy Ghost is come upon you. And ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem one and in all Judea two, and in Samaria three, and onto the uttermost parts of the earth. What are we going? What are they going to witness to the world? The people that we are hiding in Jerusalem now has been given power to move abroad to every 34 ends of the earth. Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and the uttermost parts of the earth. That spirit eventually came in Acts, chapter two. Acts, chapter two. That spirit eventually came down. It touched down on this earth. And if you want to know which spirit is, was the one that came, Join me to the Book of John, chapter 14. See what came. Because what you have been calling Holy Spirit, may God open your eyes to discover that it is the same Elohim. The same spirit that was in Jesus Christ was what came on that day. The same Jesus was what returned. He returned in the spirit form. The Bible said in First Corinthians 15, verse 45, that he becomes after his resurrection. What? A quickening spirit. So, what you are calling Jesus, what was hitherto a human being with a human body has transformed by means of death, resurrection and ascension towards a quickening spirit. A spirit that can enter a human being and quicken that person from death to life. That's what came on that day. So, you need to understand that what came on that day was the king of that kingdom. The very person that was speaking was what came, not another person. Show me John 14:17. John 14:17. Or maybe we started from verse 15 to give our viewers a background of understanding. If you love me, keep my commandments. Verse 16. And I will pray the Father. You see the dribble? This is what I call divine rebel. This is called divine rebel. If you are not in the. If you are not within, if you don't have the revelation of the truth, this verse will stumble you away. I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another comforter. He said he will pray the Father; he will give you another comforter that he may abide with you forever. From the layout of this particular scripture, it looks, it seems that what is coming is another person. He even said he will pray to the Father. It seems that the father is not the one that is inside him. But as we progress, you will see the clue given to the church giving to the apostles to know who was speaking at the end. Because all these things were, as at that time, not quite understood until at a particular time the Bible said. And Jesus opened their eyes of what understanding. And they began. They now understood what the Scriptures said. Let's see, verse 17. Now he calls him even another comforter or advocate, say, even the Spirit of truth whom the world cannot receive, because he seeth him not, neither knoweth him. But ye know him, but ye know Him. For he dwelleth with you now. For he is the one dwelling with you now and shall be in you. So, you ask yourself, who was he that was dwelling with them? Then that is he that will be in them. No other person is coming. No other person. There is no three persons in God. God, from beginning to the end, has remained one. Jesus is the only physical manifestation of the Almighty God in human flesh. Any other physical manifest, any other human person that cause, that claims or arrogate to himself, that position is an Antichrist. But ye know Him. You know Him. He's talking to his apostles and disciples. For he dwelleth with you now. That is he that is dwelling with them now and shall be in you. Assuming you still don't have the understanding, let me progress you further to verse 18. Now look at it. He has opened up open confession. I call this verse. What? Open confession. Look at it. I will not leave you comfortless. Let me now tell you the truth. I will come to you. He that tells you he will not leave you comfortless, he will not leave you like orphan. What does it mean? He's coming back. He is the one that came. Let the whole world hear me. He's the one that came on the Pentecost day. He's not another person. Give me First Corinthians, chapter 12, 4, 6. Let me make it abundantly clear before I continue. First Corinthians, chapter 12, 4', 6. I used to believe that that concept produced by astute learning by people, that is what head knowledge of head knowledge and head study of the gospel will give to you. Because once you don't socket your mind to the teachings and the gospel of the kingdom by the apostles, you are bound to inherit heresies, false teachings, false gospel, and there are many of them. And their Bible tells you that another Jesus will be preached, another gospel will be preached, another spirit will manifest, and that is the one the world will follow. Yes. Look at 1st Corinthians 12:4. Now look at it now. There are diversities of gifts, but the same word, Spirit. This Spirit of God, from beginning, God announced to the whole world, I am a Spirit. John 4:24. God is a spirit. Them that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. So, there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. But verse five. So, he doesn’t say, because there are diversities of gifts. You don't. You start giving, giving those people, giving those gifts, different personalities. There are. Look at verse five. And there are differences of administration, but the same Lord. Differences. So, it's still that same God that Jehovah old, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. That is what covered himself with human flesh and came down on earth. The Bible said in John 1, verse 14, and the world was made flesh and dwelleth among us. He that came is not a small God. He that came is not a smaller God. He that came is not Son, God the Son. There is nothing like God the Son in your Bible. What is in Jesus is that almighty God. That is, he and no other person. And there are differences of administration, but the same Lord. Differences of administrations, but the same Lord. Not different Lords. Not two, not three, not four. The same Lord. One Lord, one faith, one baptism. Look at verse six. And there are diversities of operations. Now, diversities of manifestations, different manifestations, but let's see whether it's the same God, but it is the same God that worketh all in all. You are not getting it different. And there are diversities of operations. In the Old Testament, he operated as God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the New Testament, he came in a human person for a reason, which is one of the reasons we are studying here. In the New Testament, in the church era, he retreated into his nature as a spirit, the Spirit of Christ, the Spirit of God. Jesus, after his resurrection and ascension became, according to the testimony of the Scriptures, he became what a quickening Spirit. That Spirit is what came. And the Bible said, if the spirit that brought him out from the grave shall dwell in you, that is the same Spirit that is dwelling in believers. That's the powerhouse of the kingdom. That is that power he has been talking about. When he was asked, shall you now restore the kingdom to Israel? He said, it is not for you to know, but he gave them A sign. What is the sign he gave them? How they will know he gave them a sign. When you say you shall be imbued with power from above when you see that power. They were asking him about the kingdom. If you are very attentive, pay attention. Now let me leave this particular environment. And there are diversities of operation. But it is the same God, the same God, the same God that worketh all in all. Not two, not three, not four. Now give me. Give me Acts chapter one, verse six. Let me show you a mystery. When they therefore we are come together, they asked him, Lord, saying, without at this time, restore again the kingdom. What they were asking him here was about what the kingdom. But look at the answer that Jesus gave. The answer that Jesus gave will give you an honest listener, an honest believer. It will give you a clue of when that kingdom will come and how it will come. The nature of look at verse seven. And he said unto them, it is not for you to know the times or the seasons which the Father has put in his own power as regarding time and the season is in the hand of God. Look at verse 8. But ye shall receive. Now he's answering it. The question is about the kingdom. Look at he's now giving them a sign by which they will know that that kingdom has come. But ye shall receive power after that. The Holy Ghost is come upon you. And ye shall be witnessed unto me, both in Jerusalem and in all Judea and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. That's the kingdom of God. And that power is that power that the Bible said in First Corinthians 4:20. It is not the kingdom of God is not in west, but in what power and what is that power going to give? That power is not going to give us food and merry food and drinks like the kingdoms of this earth, like the material kingdoms in the world is going to deliver to those who are inside the kingdom three things. Righteousness. The power for people to be on this earth, be in this, in this, in the human flesh, and attain right standing with God. Righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Ghost. It is not righteousness in your flesh. It is not righteousness in your body. It is righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Ghost. The power of Christ. The power of that spirit is going to bring in a gift. Because wherever God is, that place is holy. In whomsoever God dwells, that man is holy. And that once he comes, he's giving the church, is giving the members of that kingdom the power of righteousness the gifts of righteousness, the power of peace, the power of joy. That's the point. So, let's go to Acts chapter 2:29 to 36. Yes, Acts chapter 2:29, 36. Men and brethren, look at the fierce message that this man opened up on that day. It's unbelievable. This man that is preaching. Peter the apostle was hitherto afraid. You saw the way he was humiliated. On the very day Jesus was crucified, he left that sin not just humbled, but disgraced. He was like a disgraced giant. Disgraced not by a fellow giant, but by small, small girls. And look at him now, fully emboldened. And in this arena, many people, from many people that were gathered in Israel on that day had already assembled. He said, men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulcher is with us unto this day. Yes. Therefore, being a prophet and knowing that God has sworn with an oath to him that of faith. So, what is he preaching here? He is preaching about the kingdom of. Of God resting on Jesus. But that kingdom of God was promised to who? David. It was promised to David when he wanted to build a house for God. God told him, I will not want you to build a house for me. Your hands is full, are full of evil, full of blood. However, I shall build on you. I shall build you, and house I shall make thee. That is 2nd Samuel, chapter 7, verse 11. I shall make thee a house. I will make thee an house. And after you are you have lived and died, one of your sons will come on the throne, and I will make his kingdom, an everlasting kingdom. And his throne will be forever. This was not a prophecy concerning this first son. I mean concerning Solomon as the son of David. That prophecy of 2nd Samuel, chapter 7, verse 11 down is referring to Jesus Christ. Apostle Peter here is now connecting to the Old Testament, because when this thing was said to David, David being a prophet and knowing that God has sworn with an oath to him that of. Of the fruits of his loins according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne. You see, the person he was referring there is not Solomon. Solomon's kingdom crumbled in. In. In 600 B.C. when the Babylonians invaded Jerusalem and destroyed that kingdom and turned every stone on top of another and looted human beings as booties of war, among whom were Ezekiel, Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego. So, the kingdom of Solomon cannot fit into that particular kingdom what the kingdom God promised there was an everlasting kingdom, a kingdom that will last forever, a throne that will be forever. Apostle Paul here captures it very, very sharp when he says that he knew as a prophet God having sworn to him by an oath that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he will raise up Christ to sit on his throne. Verse 31. He, seeing this before, speak of the resurrection of Jesus of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.32. This Jesus had God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. Yes, this is a bold statement, a bold sermon. Therefore, being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he has shed forth. You see, He, Jesus, has shed forth this which yet now see and hear. Having received the promise of the Holy Ghost, he has now shed forth this spirit unto them, which is what people are seeing now. Yes, so you see, Peter in this sermon was giving them a background of the kingdom of God. He went as far as 2nd Samuel. The prophecy about David and his scion, that we sit on the throne forever. It is that message that formed the cross of his message, his sermon on that day. Look at verse 34. For David is not ascended into the heavens, but he said himself. The Lord said unto my Lord, sit thou at my right hand. Yes. 35. Until I make thy foot, thy footstep.36. Therefore, let all the house of Israel know assuredly this statement is coming from a man who was formerly afraid. But now you can see the boldness, a very bold testimony. Let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God had made that same Jesus whom ye have crucified both Lord and Christ. This both Lord and Christ. This is the emergence of God's kingdom. These testimonies were carried in very miraculous language that everybody that were gathered on that day from different parts of the world. People from Libya, people from Egypt, people from Greece, people from Asia, people from different parts of the world. If you go in that chapter, you see nations. Not less than 20 nations were listed there where people came to witness the Pentecost. They came to witness the Pentecost. And on that day this event took place. So, you can see the miraculous sign of the emergence, the epiphany, the anniversary of the kingdom of God on this earth. It came down on the day it started. On the day the power of the kingdom came. The power of. Of God. The. The Holy Spirit came down. That Spirit is the Spirit of Christ. That spirit is the King. That spirit is Christ. Yes, Give me Hebrews chapter 12:22 28. But yea, come unto Mount Zion and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels. God is describing here this kingdom. And if you want to understand what is being described, I want you to take a look at your study time to the preceding verses. You will see that two mountains. God was making a contrast of two mountains. The first mountain, Mount Sinai, where the people of Israel received the law, received the tablets and met with God. On the burning. In the burning bush you saw the fiery experience they got that day. Now they are being shown another mountain with very mysterious powers. I want you to take a listen to the Bible and see what is called Mount Zion. This Mount Zion is also called the city of the living God. The Church is also called the city of the living God. This Mount Zion is also called the heavenly Jerusalem. The Church is also called the Heavenly Jerusalem, the city of the living God. I want you to take a listen. God is describing a people. Just pay attention. As we progress, you will see very clearly that what is being described is not only the Church, but the Kingdom of God. But here I come unto Mount Zion, unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels. Yes. Verse 23. To the general assembly of and the Church of the Firstborn which are written in heaven. And to God the Judge of all. And to the Spirit of just men made perfect. The general assembly. Look at it. To the general assembly and Church of the Firstborn. Who is the Church of the Firstborn. The Church of the Firstborn is the Gentile Church. The Gentile believers are the Church of the Firstborn. We who were last have now become first. Who we are. Who? We who were last to be born have now become first. The First. The general assembly and the Church of the Firstborn, which are written in heaven. And to God. So, inside the church you also have God. And to God the Judge of all. And the Spirit of just men made perfect. And the Spirit of just men made perfect. Yes. And to Jesus, the Mediator of the New Covenant. So, Jesus, the Mediator of the New Covenant is also there. By the Spirit of Jesus that is in charge leading the Church. He is there. And to the blood of sprinkling that speaketh better things than the blood of Hebel. And to the blood of sprinkling that speaketh better things than the blood of Abel. So, Jesus, the Mediator of the New Covenant is there. And the blood of the sprinkling that speaketh better things than the blood of heaven is also there. Yes. See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escape not who refuse him that speak on earth, much more shall not we escape if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven. Yes. Whose voice then shook the earth? But now he has promised, saying, yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. Yes. And this word yet once more signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. Yes. Wherefore? Look at that verse 28. Give me that verse 28 in amplified or Good News Version. Wherefore, amplified verse. Let us death this is not amplified Good News version or amplified. Let us be thankful then, because we receive a kingdom. Let us be thankful then, because of what? Because we receive a kingdom that cannot be shaken. Let we cannot be thanking God for what has not happened at this time, at this point in history. The kingdom, the event of the Acts of Apostle Chapter 2 has taken place, and the kingdom of God has already set in. And the Apostle declared, let us be thankful then, because we receive a kingdom that cannot be shaken. Let us be grateful and worship God in a way that we please him with reverence and awe. Let us be thankful because we receive a kingdom that cannot be shaken. If the church, as at that time, confessed that they received a kingdom that cannot be shaken, what is your confession today? Are you making the same confession with them, or are you joining the chorus? The bandwagon of religious recitation of the Lord's Prayer pattern Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come. Are you still in the drudgery of recitation of this particular prayer? If so, you need a better you need to better ask yourself, where do you belong in this kingdom? Where do you belong in this kingdom? First Peter, chapter 2, 4, 5 to whom coming as unto a living stone disallowed indeed of men, but chosen, but chosen of God and precious. Verse 5. Yea, also as lively stones are built up a spiritual house. A word, a spiritual house and holy priesthood to offer all spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. Apostle Paul declared, here the church is built a spiritual house. We as lively stones are built up as what? A spiritual house. The kingdom of God is spiritual. The kingdom of God is not physical. It is in the world, but it's not of this world. It is not material. It's not what your eyes can see you. You can see believers, yes, but you cannot see the kingdom. Because this kingdom is spiritual as lively stones. We have built up a spiritual house and holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God by Jesus. Give me verse 9, verse 9. But here are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation. When God begins to address a people in this language, you know he's talking about a nation. The church is now being called a nation. The church is not being called a nation, a monarchy, a people, a nation with a king. Ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood and holy nation, a peculiar people that ye should show forth the praises of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. A holy nation, a chosen generation, a royal peace priesthood, a peculiar people set apart for God and His kingdom. First Timothy 3:15. First Timothy 3:15. But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the church of the living God, that thou mayest know how to behave thyself in the house of God. The house of God is here being used to address the church of the living God, the church of the firstborn, the pillar and ground of the truth. So the church is the house of God, is a spiritual house. A spiritual house is the house of God and is a spiritual house. Let's see, John, I mean Revelation, chapter 21:2 to 3, Revelation 21:2 to 3. And I, John, saw the holy city. Now the church is now being called the holy city. You remember where. Where we read in Hebrews, chapter 12, verse 22, and where the Bible says we are come unto Mount Zion, the city of the living God. The city of the living God. Apostle John saw it also in Revelation, chapter 21, verse 2. And I, John, saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared. How do you know it's the church? Look at it. Prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. The church is the bride of Christ. The church is the city of the living God, the holy city, the new Jerusalem. I told you that that is the same thing called the New Jerusalem. The old Jerusalem that is boiling today is a discarded wife. God is in marriage with a new wife. And they are coming down from God out of heaven prepared and as a bride and adorn for her husband. Yes. Give me Acts, chapter Luke, chapter 24, 44-49. Luke, chapter 24, 44-49. Yes. Let us see exactly what how the people, how the apostles and disciples of Jesus Christ took this message. Because when I tell you that until the Holy Spirit came, until their eyes were open, they did not understand all that Jesus was saying in the Scriptures about the kingdom. No, it was not given to them. But In Luke, chapter 24, verse 44, beginning from verse 44 to 49, we are going to see that among the apostles and disciples of Jesus Christ were many who did not equally understand all that Jesus said concerning the kingdom, concerning his kingdom and the coming of his kingdom. At a time when some of the people that were around will still be alive. It's important that we take a listen. Because these people that he met in this particular conversation were among those he spoke with all his life. But they never understood. But at that time they started to understand. And he said unto them, these are the words which I speak unto you while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the law of Moses and in the prophets and in Psalms concerning me. 45. They opened. Then opened he their understanding that they might understand the Scriptures. You see, look at that. Verse 45. Jesus now opened their understanding that they might understand the Scriptures. Take me back to 44. Here he took time to tell them, these are the what is happening now? My resurrection should not be a surprise to you. These were apostles that disciples that were on their way to Emmaus. And Jesus had to join them in their work and followed them to their house, got into their house, asked for food, and after eating with them, he made it clear, manifested to them, showing them that he was the One. And then disappeared. In that conversation in the house he said the following. These what is happening? Are the words which I speak unto you while I was yet with you. That all things must be fulfilled which were written in the laws of Moses and the prophets and the psalms concerning me.45. And in 45 he said, then he opened. Then opened he their understanding that they might understand what? The Scriptures. That they might understand the Scriptures. Now from here, now their eyes will open. Verse 46. And said unto them, thus it is written. And thus, it behooved Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead. The third day. Yes, and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. Yes, and here are witnesses. And here are witnesses of these things. Verse 49. And behold, I send the promise of my Father. He's now repeating it to them. You see, I send the promise of my Father upon you for 30 years in the city of Jerusalem, until year be endued with power from on high. So, the promise of the Father is the Holy Spirit. The coming down of the Holy Spirit is the promise of the Father. And it was given to them. He's now telling them, as at this time he has not yet come. He's telling them about the promise of the Father. He said they should tarry in Jerusalem until they are imbued. This power that came on them is that power that we are talking about is the power of the Holy Spirit, the power of the Holy Ghost, the power he said, Apostle Paul said that we have not been given the spirit of fear, but the Spirit of love, power and sound mind. That's the Spirit that is coming. He's going to endure them from on high with the power from above to declare the gospel without fear of any threat by anybody among all nations of the world. And one of their messages. In one of their messages, Apostle Paul declared in Colossians chapter 1, verse 13. Read Colossians 1:13. He declared and said that the kingdom of God is come, he said, because we have been translated or delivered from the power of darkness into the kingdom of his dear Son. The kingdom of his dear Son is the kingdom of Jesus, the kingdom of God. You cannot be delivered into the kingdom of God if that kingdom has not yet come. Who had delivered us from the power of darkness and had translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son. The kingdom of his dear Son. The church was being addressed. This letter was written to the people in the church. The power of God has been given to them, transforming them from sinners to saints. In all his letters to the churches, he addressed and called them what saints. They are sinners like you and I. But by the power of the Holy Ghost, a gift of righteousness has been delivered unto them. By reason of them believing after they had believed the truth, accepted the gospel hook, line and sinker. It is not for everybody. Siddharth's confession, also in Revelation, chapter one, verse nine. I, John, who also am your brother and companion in tribulation and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the ISO that is called Patmos for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ. You say, I, John, who also am your brother and companion, companion in tribulation and in the kingdom, is our companion both in tribulation and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ. So, the kingdom had come as at that time. And that is why he said, he is our brother in tribulation. You know what he was passing through, yet he didn't make him to lose sight of the fact that that was part of the kingdom of that that is the kingdom of God experience. So, it's important that we ask ourselves now the mystery of the nature of the kingdom of God. What is hidden about it is the mystery, what is hidden about the nature of the kingdom of God is that the kingdom of God is spiritual, is spiritual in nature, and the people of God is so spiritual because it is spiritual and beyond understanding that not only is he spiritual, on one hand, he's spiritual. And the people that are in the kingdom are physically on earth. And yet the kingdom is spiritual. Yet the kingdom is spiritual. And that is a mystery that the people who are members and citizens of that particular kingdom are on earth. But the kingdom is not material, but spiritual. It's not something that you can say, they are there, they are here, or it is here, it is there. We are scattered all over the world, but we are joined by one thing, by three things. One Lord, one Lord, one faith, one baptism. And what is that, Lord? What is that, lord? Give me. Second Corinthians 3, verse 17. What is that, Lord? Second Corinthians 3, verse 17. One Lord, one faith, one baptism. Now the Lord is that what spirit? The Lord is that what spirit. Spirit. And where the spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. One Lord, one faith, one baptism. We are united, not physically. We are scattered all over the world, but we are connected by one wire. No, by three wires. One is baptism. Baptism in the name of the Lord Jesus. One, two is faith. Faith in Christ and Christ alone. Looking unto Christ, the author and finisher of our faith. We are not united by religion. Christ is against religion. He came to deliver you from religion. The third thing that is connecting us to God is what spirit? One Lord, one faith, one baptism. Second Corinthians 3:17 says that Lord is spirit is the is that spirit. Now the Lord is that spirit. Now the Lord is that spirit. When you build houses and you want to put fire, put light. You have you. You want to connect light, you do what you buy wire, you connect from the parlor to the rooms. Wires do that. With what is God connecting believers with their brethren all over the world, both living and dead? One baptism, one faith, one Lord. That Lord is the Spirit. The same spirit that is in A is the same that is in B.A quickening spirit has returned in the church. The type of spirit that is in the church is called in First Corinthians 15:45, a quickening spirit. A spirit that can enter a human being and turn on his spirit that was dead from Adam to become what? Alive. A spirit that can turn on somebody's life. Because anybody who is not in Christ has a dead spirit. He's dead in the spirit. We were born dead in the spirit. Nobody was born a Christian. Everybody was born dead right from Adam. First Adam, every creature was born dead but God. In bringing about the second Adam, the last Adam, in bringing him, he carefully navigated away from that first Adam. That is why the Bible calls Jesus the one and only begotten. One and only begotten. He is not son, is not Son in the way and manner we human beings call our children our sons. He is Son in a special way. That is the way in which he is called. One and only, the only begotten. He is a vessel in whom God dwells. He is a vessel, a curtain in whom God emptied himself. One and only. So, when you see Jesus, you have seen God. When you see him, you have seen the father. You don't see him and say, show us your father. As Philip and Thomas did in John, chapter 14. He said, he who have seen me have seen the Father. How ask you? How do you ask me again to show me the father? Which other father would I show you on that day? He was asked to show them a father. You go and read that place. He didn't show them any other person but himself, because he is the personification of that Father that was in him. That Father is the Holy Spirit that gave birth to him. And that Holy Spirit is God. So it's important that we understand this. Finally, brethren, to still wrap up this message on the mystery of the nature of the kingdom of God. Let us see all the collection of mysteries that our brother Matthew recorded for us in the Book of Matthew, chapter 13. There were seven parables. Collection of parables. Now, in all these parables, you will notice that there is one common denominator in all of them. The beginning of the kingdom of God is almost unnoticeable. The beginning of the kingdom of God is always unnoticeable. And that is the spiritual arm, the spiritual, the spiritual time, the spiritual epoch of that particular kingdom. Look at Matthew 13. Look at verse 24, verse 31, verse 44, verse 45, and verse 47. Yes, 24. Now another parable puts he forth unto them, saying, the kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which soweth good seed in his field. This seed, as small as they are, they represent the kingdom. They are not one, they are not two. These seeds are. So, we are not going. We are not going into that parable. But look at it. The image here, the allegory here is the seed, as little as it is. When it is sown on the earth, on the ground, you don't see it again. It's covered by the earth, but it's already there. And gradually it will begin to appear, it will begin to grow. It will put on ear, put on blade, and it will start bringing up fruits. So as at the time it was on the ground coming up, it was already a seed. You don't call it any other thing other than a seed. But that is what he was using to describe the kingdom for us. Verse 31. Another parable put the forth unto them, saying, the kingdom of heaven is likened to a grain of mustard seed which a man took. A grain, A grain, just one of mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field. As little as it is. Don't neglect the little days of the beginning of the kingdom of God. Don't neglect that time. Don't say it has not yet come. Don't say it is not the kingdom of God. Don't wait until this seed matures into a giant tree. No, as at that time, from that time a kingdom is already bettered on earth. Let's see. Verse 44. Another. Again, again. The kingdom of heaven is like unto treasures hid in a field, which the man, which when a man has found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he had and buyeth that field. So, the kingdom of God is likened to what treasures hid in a treasure that is hid in a field. So, at the beginning it is hid. It is hidden. It is not something that is visible to the human eyes. It's not something that is observable. You can say it is here or is there, by its nature is spiritual. Yet the members are around. You can see them. They are around. They are believers. They are members of the church. And they are the same people called citizens of God's kingdom in Ephesians, chapter 2, verse 20. Yes, verse 45. Again, the kingdom of heaven is likened unto a merchant seeking Godly peers. Verse 47. Again, the kingdom of heaven is likened unto a net that was cast into the sea and gathered of every kind. When a nest is cast into. When a net is cast into a sea, right there inside the sea, you are not seeing the fishes, but many of them. Many of the fishes would have gathered on the body of the net. Then the kingdom of God has already started. This fisherman will need to pull out the net down all these things are stages of the kingdom. But you don't wait until he pulls out the thing before you come. He's bringing them down and it will start separating. It's not everything he gathered inside the river that is making it inside his home. There are some he's going to throw away. If you go down this parable now, you see that he's going to bring it down and separate the sheep from the goats. So, it's very, very important that we understand the very nature of the kingdom of God as distinct from the nature of human kingdoms.    In human kingdoms. From the history of kingdoms we went through at the beginning of this message, we saw that all human kingdoms had particular locations. They were material, they had physical places where you can say, that's the kingdom of God. That's the kingdom. That's the kingdom of Rome, the kingdom of Egypt, the Egyptian kingdom, the Assyrian kingdom, the Babylonian kingdom, the Persian kingdom. The Persian kingdom was in Iran. The Babylonian kingdom was in Iraq. The Egyptian kingdom was in Egypt. The Assyrian kingdom was in Syria. The Greek kingdom was in Greece. The Roman kingdom was in Rome. All this kingdom, the United Kingdom, is in England, Cambodia, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Morocco. These are countries with kingdoms still existing. It is different from a republic. A republic has a leader that is not a monarch. But a king has a kingdom, has a monarch that reigns over the people. That's why in the church, the spirit of God that is in charge, the spirit of God in every believer is the king is the ruler. That spirit of God is the spirit of Jesus Christ. Jesus is the owner of the kingdom. The kingdom belongs to him. Everybody. If the. If the spirit of Christ is not in you, then you don't belong to that kingdom. You can be in that church, you can be in the church. You can even be in the right church. You can be in the right church, yet the kingdom, you are not in the kingdom. Why? Because the spirit that owns the kingdom is not in you. If it's not in you, you are at best a conductor. You are at best expectation. You are in the church, yes. But you are not a member of the kingdom. So, it's important that we understand this aspect of the kingdom as we continue to search out everything. Like I said, everything that Jesus spoke was. You can see him where you can. You can hear what he said to Pilate. For this reason did I come, and for this purpose was I sent. To do what? To establish God's kingdom on this earth. No other reason. So, everything we are studying is about the kingdom in different aspects. In different facets. I want to thank you very much for being part of today's program. I want to express my thanks for you to have been able to make it you join us in this episode. Look at the scriptures that has been given out. Study it. Check whether these things are true. Because before now we are used to many religious teachings that have taken us very far away from the center of the truth. The Bible said, when he the Spirit of God shall come, he shall teach. He shall lead us into all truth. We are not to incline our ears to any other person for us to know the truth. We are church, we are denomination. We are gathering may say one or the other, subject it to what the Spirit of God has said in the church, in the Bible through the mouth of the apostles. If it is not in agreement, it is a lie. Every lie is of the devil, no matter how small. Let God be true and every man a liar. We have a responsibility as those who are interested in this kingdom that God has established to show forth our determination to shed off anything that we are believing that is not in line with the teachings of the apostles and the prophets. Apostle Paul, speaking on this, said, whosoever cometh after us and preached any message, any gospel contrary to what they set down on this earth, it is falsehood. In fact, he said, let the person he accosts condemned, as we said earlier. We repeat, he said, even if we the apostles, even if he's an angel, if he comes on this earth and presents any message not exactly that message that the Apostle Paul presented and is not in line with it, that message is from the Antichrist. That is a false message. And if you read the book of Second Corinthians 11, 14, 15, you will see that while we are on earth preaching and believing the truth, Satan equally is not left out. He's working 24 hours. He has transformed himself into an angel of light. He has. He has recruited ministers all over the world. They are not called ministers of Saturn. They are not called church of Saturn. They are in the same church where you are. They are on your pulpits. They are the religious people that are loading it all over the world in churches. The Bible said no marvel for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Verse 15. It is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as ministers of righteousness. They are preaching righteousness. They are preaching holiness. They are preaching what they call righteousness, what they call holiness. They brand it as righteousness, but that is not righteousness. They are not even they are not from God, he said, whose end shall be according to their works. They are not from God. And it's important we ask ourselves, judge every message, anyone that is not founded on that rugged message of the apostles. That is not the truth. No matter whoever is preaching it, no matter where you where you had it. The gospel of the kingdom is being preached again on earth. Remember that the Bible said that everything will happen, but the end shall not come. Until what? Until this gospel is reechoed again across the earth. What you are hearing now is a dangerous message. Is a message that the Bible said it will not be heard in the end time until the end is about to come. When you hear it, that is Matthew 24:14. And the gospel of the kingdom shall be preached again and then the end will come. And this gospel of the kingdom, are you seeing I shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations. And then shall the end be come. Don't play with this opportunity. Subject it to a serious study. Look at it closely, prayerfully. If you a member and a part of this kingdom, God will surely open your eyes to know the truth. Ye shall know the truth. And what shall set you free is no other. No person. I can see people parading themselves as deliverers that are carrying out, as they say, deliverance ministry. Listen, and listen very carefully. The only deliverer we have is Jesus Christ. It is only the truth that will deliver us. You need; everybody needs to be delivered from the power of sin and death. It is the sin and death that is the cause. That is the harbinger of everything we are suffering. Instead of preaching and setting that man praying for that man that is sick and all that, introduce Christ in him. Christ is life. Christ is the truth. Ye shall know the truth. I'm not asking you to come and join me. No. Ye shall know the truth. The truth shall set you free. I'm coming your way today so that you know the truth. Believe in the truth, accept the truth, abide in the truth. Build your faith in that truth. And that truth will set you free. No human being can set you free. No church can set you free. No group can set you free. Religion, it is your bondage. It cannot set you free. The only thing that can set you free is the truth. And that is what I have just delivered. We'll continue to deliver it every week until I come your way next week. Thank you so much for coming.