1 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:10,079 Speaker 1: Paula came forty years in the ministry and glory, and 2 00:00:10,119 --> 00:00:12,520 Speaker 1: I have known you the whole forty Give my love 3 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 1: to Jonathan. Remember this. God loves you, and we love you. 4 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:34,160 Speaker 1: And Jesus is. 5 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:48,920 Speaker 2: Jesus say that's confronts in God's Word is his answer. 6 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:52,640 Speaker 2: I want you to get out your Bible, your notebook, journal, 7 00:00:53,159 --> 00:00:55,080 Speaker 2: and let's get into the word. I want to teach 8 00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:58,319 Speaker 2: you what is the Kingdom of God? Why is it 9 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:04,480 Speaker 2: so important? Where is it? How does it function today? 10 00:01:04,880 --> 00:01:06,960 Speaker 2: And maybe the next teaching as well. I want to 11 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:09,920 Speaker 2: get you through eight points on the Kingdom of God, 12 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:13,679 Speaker 2: and they're so necessary for you to succeed in your purpose. 13 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:18,200 Speaker 2: You're calling to understand how you play a part in 14 00:01:18,280 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 2: the Church and the Kingdom of God. Now, when we 15 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:23,720 Speaker 2: look at it, Jesus taught more on the Kingdom of 16 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:27,199 Speaker 2: God than anything else. When he teaches on the Kingdom 17 00:01:27,240 --> 00:01:29,920 Speaker 2: of God. I think it's about fifty four times. It's 18 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:33,600 Speaker 2: fifty something times. Hanley says the church two times, and 19 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:36,840 Speaker 2: one of those is on the Mount of Transfiguration. He says, 20 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:40,959 Speaker 2: on this rock, this foundation of truth, shall I build 21 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:44,480 Speaker 2: my church. It's the Ecclesea, which we'll define today and 22 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:47,400 Speaker 2: so that you can understand it now. From thereon. The 23 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:51,680 Speaker 2: epistles Pauline epistles, the writers of the rest of the 24 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:55,760 Speaker 2: New Testament. They largely focused on the church. The church 25 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 2: is the vehicle for the Kingdom of God, so both 26 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:02,840 Speaker 2: are important. But there's a distinct difference. You see. Let 27 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:05,720 Speaker 2: me give you a great thing one day, and this 28 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:08,520 Speaker 2: is so important that you understand the kingdom and how 29 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:12,959 Speaker 2: to function in God's way one day. Everyone thinks, well, 30 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:14,680 Speaker 2: the most important thing is I'm going to go to 31 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:18,560 Speaker 2: heaven one day. I'm going to heaven. Heaven is simply 32 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:22,359 Speaker 2: a holding place. What you can't say that, read the Bible. 33 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:26,280 Speaker 2: Read it, because if you go from Genesis to Revelation, 34 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:30,520 Speaker 2: I find out that there is a day that our king, 35 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:33,000 Speaker 2: because we have a king, and his name is Jesus, 36 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 2: and he's the King of the Kingdom, he is coming back, 37 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:39,440 Speaker 2: and those who are dead in Christ shall rise again. 38 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:42,240 Speaker 2: We call that the second coming of the Lord. Not 39 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:45,080 Speaker 2: many people preach about that anymore, but there is a 40 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:47,919 Speaker 2: time where the dead will rise and we will come 41 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 2: with our King, and he establishes an internal kingdom, and 42 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:55,240 Speaker 2: there is a new heaven and a new Earth. See, 43 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:56,840 Speaker 2: I'm going to be a part of the new Earth. 44 00:02:57,120 --> 00:02:58,680 Speaker 2: I'm going to be a part of the new Heaven. 45 00:02:59,040 --> 00:03:02,280 Speaker 2: And as a Christian and as a believer, so are you. 46 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:05,600 Speaker 2: So if we don't understand that Jesus came to establish 47 00:03:05,639 --> 00:03:09,240 Speaker 2: a kingdom, we don't understand how heaven operates, we don't 48 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:13,160 Speaker 2: understand how Earth operates. And as a believer, you're saved, 49 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:16,840 Speaker 2: you're redeemed, you have salvation, you've gotten in. But your 50 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:19,240 Speaker 2: whole thing is maybe I'm going to go to heaven 51 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:21,320 Speaker 2: where there's no pain. No, there's not going to be 52 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:23,720 Speaker 2: any pain. Yes, he's going to wipe away every tear. 53 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:27,160 Speaker 2: But it's not just for you to sit around in kumbaiya. 54 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:30,560 Speaker 2: You see, the Kingdom of God has come. And that's 55 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:33,560 Speaker 2: the first point I want you to understand. Write it 56 00:03:33,639 --> 00:03:37,760 Speaker 2: down in your journal. The Kingdom is at hand and 57 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 2: what that means, it's within your grasp, it's within your reach. 58 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:45,640 Speaker 2: Jesus came to establish more than a religion. He came 59 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:50,720 Speaker 2: to inaugurate a government. That's why the enemy invades earthly 60 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:55,000 Speaker 2: government so much, because remember, anything of God, he wants 61 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:58,560 Speaker 2: to counterfeit, he wants to destroy. He comes to kill, 62 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:02,680 Speaker 2: still and destroy. But Jesus came to an inaugurate to 63 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 2: initiate a government. He ordains it, he authorizes it, and 64 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:10,720 Speaker 2: you're part of it. It's not a natural government. It's 65 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:15,000 Speaker 2: not the American government. It's not a European government, it's 66 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:19,080 Speaker 2: not an Asian government. It's God's government. And in Mark 67 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:23,479 Speaker 2: chapter one, verse fifteen, he proclaims, the time is fulfilled 68 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:27,240 Speaker 2: and the Kingdom of God is at hand. It's in 69 00:04:27,279 --> 00:04:30,600 Speaker 2: your grasp, It's within your reach. Now watch what he says. 70 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:35,400 Speaker 2: Repent and believe the Gospel, repent means not I'm sorry, 71 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:39,280 Speaker 2: I got caught. Repent is one of the core things 72 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:43,440 Speaker 2: of the message of the Gospel. It means I changed 73 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:47,360 Speaker 2: my mind, I changed my direction. I'm living in sin, 74 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:49,320 Speaker 2: I'm missing the mark, and I'm falling short of the 75 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:52,560 Speaker 2: character of God. Father. God forgive me for my sin. 76 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:56,400 Speaker 2: I repent. It means I change my direction and I 77 00:04:56,520 --> 00:04:59,640 Speaker 2: go back to the place of departure, Go back to 78 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 2: the world of God, Go back to who you were 79 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:06,120 Speaker 2: originally created to be in Christ. The Kingdom was not 80 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:10,440 Speaker 2: delayed for the next age. It arrived in Jesus, and 81 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:18,920 Speaker 2: through Jesus salvation deliverance, healing, peace and justice. All are 82 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:22,359 Speaker 2: available through the Kingdom of God. You see, the Kingdom 83 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:26,839 Speaker 2: is not only future, it's right now. So the rule 84 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:31,279 Speaker 2: of God invades earth whenever and wherever His will is obeyed. 85 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:34,680 Speaker 2: Now that's the most important thing that you come to understand. 86 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:39,400 Speaker 2: Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done in the earth 87 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:42,200 Speaker 2: as it is in heaven. See the disciples woe and said, 88 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:46,080 Speaker 2: teach us how to pray. And God Jesus said, this 89 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:49,520 Speaker 2: is how you pray. Hallowed be thy Name, Give honor 90 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:53,800 Speaker 2: to God. There's only one Father. There's only one God, God, 91 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:56,839 Speaker 2: the Father God, the Son God, the Holy Spirit. It's 92 00:05:56,880 --> 00:06:01,000 Speaker 2: the Holy Trinity. And after hallowed be thy Name, thy 93 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:07,720 Speaker 2: Kingdom come ready in the earth as it is in heaven. 94 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:11,520 Speaker 2: In the English it's i in, but in the Hebrew 95 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:14,360 Speaker 2: and Aramaic there are two different words. One is in 96 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:19,040 Speaker 2: in n and one's epi in in. I know it's 97 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:22,400 Speaker 2: kind of confusing, but what it means is the Kingdom 98 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:29,400 Speaker 2: come in the earth as it fa in heaven. So 99 00:06:29,640 --> 00:06:33,479 Speaker 2: you superimposed by the power of prayer, the Kingdom of 100 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:36,520 Speaker 2: God in the earth as it is already established in heaven. 101 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:40,800 Speaker 2: The Kingdom's in operation here in the earth and in heaven, 102 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:44,880 Speaker 2: and His will comes to pass through the power of 103 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:49,560 Speaker 2: prayer and obedience. See when God told you to go 104 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:53,599 Speaker 2: take someone out, to give this much to your church, 105 00:06:54,520 --> 00:07:00,560 Speaker 2: to start this ministry, to go visit the widow, to 106 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:03,039 Speaker 2: take care of the poor and the needy. Whether He 107 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:06,600 Speaker 2: told you through his word or through a prophetic instruction 108 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:12,840 Speaker 2: specifically to you, you will only move forward or advance 109 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:16,720 Speaker 2: to the point that you've obeyed God. In other words, 110 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:21,640 Speaker 2: you can never bypass your last place of disobedience. So 111 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:25,520 Speaker 2: people go passor Paula, how did you do this? How 112 00:07:25,520 --> 00:07:29,040 Speaker 2: did you get in this position? It wasn't my choosing. 113 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:32,679 Speaker 2: When I went to my pastor when I was about 114 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:35,640 Speaker 2: nineteen years old and I said, God's called me to 115 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:38,680 Speaker 2: preach the word, he said, great, our janitor is quit. 116 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 2: I didn't say. You didn't hear me. I'm going to 117 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:43,640 Speaker 2: be a preacher one day. How dare you let me 118 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:47,240 Speaker 2: find another church? I said, yes, sir, and you put 119 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:50,160 Speaker 2: a room in my hand for two years, but I 120 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:53,720 Speaker 2: found Murphy's Little Soap and everything else that would help 121 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:57,760 Speaker 2: me advance the Kingdom of God and make that church 122 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:01,640 Speaker 2: the most beautiful. You say, well, that was silly. Ask 123 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:05,360 Speaker 2: God how silly that was? Because God never promotes you 124 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:12,120 Speaker 2: pastor last disobedience. Point number two. The Kingdom of God 125 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:16,320 Speaker 2: is a government. Let's look at Romans, chapter fourteen, verse seventeen. 126 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:19,160 Speaker 2: It says, the Kingdom of God is not a matter 127 00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:25,040 Speaker 2: of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, of peace and 128 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:28,720 Speaker 2: joy in the Holy Spirit. I want you to write 129 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:35,480 Speaker 2: that down. Righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. See, 130 00:08:35,520 --> 00:08:38,120 Speaker 2: these are the markers of a life under God's rule. 131 00:08:38,679 --> 00:08:40,840 Speaker 2: And when we start talking about the Kingdom of God, 132 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:42,880 Speaker 2: it has a lot to do with the rule of God. 133 00:08:43,480 --> 00:08:47,920 Speaker 2: Where God rules, I rule, where I rule God rules. 134 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:49,520 Speaker 2: Now a lot of people are going to go, what, 135 00:08:50,160 --> 00:08:52,840 Speaker 2: that's crazy. But if you take the Greek word, it 136 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:56,800 Speaker 2: means the rule, the rain, and the royalty of the king, 137 00:08:57,120 --> 00:08:59,720 Speaker 2: the kingdom. So let's look at this. These are the 138 00:08:59,760 --> 00:09:03,920 Speaker 2: mark of the kingdom righteousness. So what is righteousness? It 139 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:07,800 Speaker 2: means our restored position. You're in right position with God. 140 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:12,480 Speaker 2: You're wrapped with robes of righteousness and your clothed with 141 00:09:12,559 --> 00:09:16,040 Speaker 2: garments of salvation. You're in right position not because of 142 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:18,920 Speaker 2: your works, not because of your goodness. You're in right 143 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:22,640 Speaker 2: position because you received the finished work and in its 144 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:27,360 Speaker 2: entirety of Jesus Christ. So here's how it goes. Remember 145 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:29,880 Speaker 2: when Jesus said I came to seek and to save 146 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:32,960 Speaker 2: that which was lost, it literally means I came to 147 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:35,320 Speaker 2: seek and to save that which was out of position. 148 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:38,959 Speaker 2: So when sin entered the world by the first atom, 149 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:42,240 Speaker 2: man fell out of position. No matter if you had 150 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:44,600 Speaker 2: not ever put your hand in a cookie jar, no 151 00:09:44,640 --> 00:09:46,839 Speaker 2: matter if you don't have cookie crumbs all over your mouth, 152 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:50,120 Speaker 2: you've never slept around, you've never done a drug, you've 153 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:52,400 Speaker 2: never got hired, you never got drunk, you didn't cuss 154 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:56,120 Speaker 2: anybody out, whatever else is on your sin list, you 155 00:09:56,240 --> 00:09:59,240 Speaker 2: still are a sinner. How can you say that? Because 156 00:09:59,280 --> 00:10:04,280 Speaker 2: God's words says that that everyone has sinned and fallen 157 00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:07,760 Speaker 2: short of the glory of God. Every single human was 158 00:10:07,880 --> 00:10:11,160 Speaker 2: born into a position of sin. And because of that, 159 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:16,400 Speaker 2: the first Adam, who created the situation in the garden, 160 00:10:16,559 --> 00:10:20,080 Speaker 2: all the way back in Genesis, not one person could 161 00:10:20,080 --> 00:10:23,000 Speaker 2: put us back in right position. But God didn't leave 162 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:26,200 Speaker 2: us helpless. He had a plan that his son Jesus 163 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:31,160 Speaker 2: would come. That's God incarnate, God in the flesh, born 164 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:37,840 Speaker 2: through the womb of human completely God, completely man, that's Jesus, 165 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:41,000 Speaker 2: and that he would die on an old rugged cross, 166 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:44,080 Speaker 2: he would be buried in a bar tomb, he would 167 00:10:44,120 --> 00:10:47,680 Speaker 2: descend to hell for three days, he would conquer death, 168 00:10:48,520 --> 00:10:52,040 Speaker 2: Hell and the grave. He would ascend and put his 169 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:55,240 Speaker 2: blood on the altar in heaven. And when he said 170 00:10:55,280 --> 00:10:59,559 Speaker 2: it is finished, it means it's perfectly perfect and completely complete. 171 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:03,240 Speaker 2: And therefore anyone who now calls on the name of 172 00:11:03,320 --> 00:11:07,319 Speaker 2: Jesus who says, Father God, I come to you, forgive 173 00:11:07,360 --> 00:11:10,720 Speaker 2: me for my sin. Jesus, I receive you when you 174 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:14,800 Speaker 2: get born again and enter into the Kingdom of God. 175 00:11:15,640 --> 00:11:20,240 Speaker 2: The kingdom is righteousness, your restored position. It's as if 176 00:11:20,280 --> 00:11:23,400 Speaker 2: your mother has never sinned, your grandmother never sinned, your 177 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:27,240 Speaker 2: great grandmother, all those generational curses. So you're struggling right now. 178 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:29,520 Speaker 2: I break those curses in the name of Jesus. I 179 00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:33,679 Speaker 2: break word curses. No more accidental death, no more suicidal, 180 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:40,280 Speaker 2: no more premature death, no more poverty, no more sickness, 181 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:43,680 Speaker 2: no more cancer. You're breaking those and that's great. But 182 00:11:43,760 --> 00:11:47,559 Speaker 2: when you really understand you've entered into the Kingdom of God. 183 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:53,880 Speaker 2: You're in your restored position. Jesus conquered death, Hell and 184 00:11:53,920 --> 00:11:58,280 Speaker 2: the Great It has no power, no dominion over you. 185 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:04,880 Speaker 2: So righteousness restored position. Think about that, peace is your 186 00:12:04,920 --> 00:12:09,000 Speaker 2: divine order. Remember the Bible talks about if there's a 187 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:13,800 Speaker 2: faction or pulling away, if there's strife confusion, then there's 188 00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:18,599 Speaker 2: every evil work. So confusion means strife. Strife means a 189 00:12:18,679 --> 00:12:23,520 Speaker 2: faction or pulling away. And that's where we're taught that 190 00:12:23,559 --> 00:12:28,199 Speaker 2: when that happens, when there's no peace, because there's strife, 191 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:31,280 Speaker 2: there's a faction, there's a pulling away. Now you have 192 00:12:32,040 --> 00:12:34,600 Speaker 2: chaos and you get out a divine order. This is 193 00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:38,160 Speaker 2: so important for you understand. When there's not divine order, 194 00:12:39,280 --> 00:12:42,960 Speaker 2: then there is every evil work. Now you don't get 195 00:12:42,960 --> 00:12:45,120 Speaker 2: to say, well, I think I'll take a spirit of lust, 196 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:48,320 Speaker 2: but not a spirit of murder. I think I'll take 197 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:52,319 Speaker 2: a spirit of poverty, but not one of sickness and disease. No, 198 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:56,720 Speaker 2: if there is disorder, then the door to every evil 199 00:12:56,760 --> 00:13:00,600 Speaker 2: work through you and your bloodline has legal access to 200 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:05,440 Speaker 2: come in. But the kingdom of God is righteousness. I'm 201 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:09,880 Speaker 2: in right position, restored position, not just right restored, because 202 00:13:09,920 --> 00:13:14,160 Speaker 2: restore means back to their original intention. I'm in a 203 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:21,360 Speaker 2: restored position, and now I have peace. Peace is divine order, 204 00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:25,040 Speaker 2: so there's a divine order in my home. People will 205 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:27,520 Speaker 2: be like, oh, how can you say this? Some people 206 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:30,840 Speaker 2: will slam me. You shouldn't be saying that. I'll say 207 00:13:30,920 --> 00:13:35,040 Speaker 2: exactly what the Bible says, and that is this. If 208 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:39,080 Speaker 2: John and I, which we rarely disagree, but have a disagreement, 209 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:44,560 Speaker 2: my husband and I, there's no conversation, it's over, because 210 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:46,920 Speaker 2: it's not like, oh, it's over. I got to take 211 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:51,480 Speaker 2: my marek. I gladly submit to my husband as the 212 00:13:51,520 --> 00:13:55,840 Speaker 2: head of our household. So if it's not illegal, it's 213 00:13:55,840 --> 00:13:59,160 Speaker 2: not out of God's word, and John makes a decision 214 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:02,800 Speaker 2: for our house, I submit to that. And people will 215 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:07,520 Speaker 2: be like, oh, hell care. I'm a strong, powerful, godly woman, 216 00:14:07,679 --> 00:14:10,839 Speaker 2: like a debor raised up put into the earth, carrying 217 00:14:10,880 --> 00:14:14,400 Speaker 2: of purpose, watching men get back in position, seeing the 218 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:18,680 Speaker 2: Kingdom of God advance. But I absolutely understand what the 219 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:25,960 Speaker 2: kingdom is about. Righteousness, restored position, peace, divine order. You 220 00:14:26,080 --> 00:14:30,680 Speaker 2: ready joy. Joy is your spiritual strength. So when you 221 00:14:30,680 --> 00:14:33,800 Speaker 2: have joy, you have strength. You have the energea of 222 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:40,880 Speaker 2: the spirit. The Kingdom manifest in boardrooms, living rooms, the mall, 223 00:14:41,640 --> 00:14:46,600 Speaker 2: the streets wherever hearts are surrendered to Heaven's culture. So 224 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:53,240 Speaker 2: the kingdom is not eating and drinking. What is it? Righteousness, peace, 225 00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:58,360 Speaker 2: and joy? These are the markers of the kingdom. Point 226 00:14:58,480 --> 00:15:04,120 Speaker 2: number three eclaca. It's called to legislate. Now, what is 227 00:15:04,160 --> 00:15:08,800 Speaker 2: the ecclesea? In Matthew chapter sixteen, verse eighteen, Jesus said, 228 00:15:08,920 --> 00:15:12,400 Speaker 2: I will build my church. And the word there is 229 00:15:12,520 --> 00:15:18,200 Speaker 2: eccleasea e kk l e sia. And what this was 230 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:23,160 Speaker 2: is a Roman term meant an assembly of citizens with 231 00:15:23,280 --> 00:15:26,680 Speaker 2: government authority. So, in other words, when two to three 232 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:30,440 Speaker 2: people went outside of the locale of Rome, because the 233 00:15:30,520 --> 00:15:37,520 Speaker 2: Roman Empire was it for many many years that wherever 234 00:15:37,680 --> 00:15:41,720 Speaker 2: two or three citizens says it sound familiar, went outside 235 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:46,120 Speaker 2: of Rome into a foreign territory, say that they could 236 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:52,160 Speaker 2: establish in that locale a government of Rome. Now, think 237 00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:55,560 Speaker 2: about what Matthew chapter eighteen says, when two or three 238 00:15:55,600 --> 00:15:59,800 Speaker 2: gather in his name, they function as Heaven's embassy on earth. 239 00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:02,960 Speaker 2: So it says, if two or three of you come 240 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:08,960 Speaker 2: in agreement in my name and in prayer, whatever you ask, 241 00:16:09,560 --> 00:16:13,080 Speaker 2: it will be done. Start thinking with the kingdom mindset. 242 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:15,960 Speaker 2: So you have two to three people that are in 243 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:20,240 Speaker 2: alignment with God's word with you. You come in agreement 244 00:16:20,320 --> 00:16:27,760 Speaker 2: wherever you are Chile, Honduras, America, Africa, Ghana, Nigeria, no 245 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:32,840 Speaker 2: matter where you are Singapore, you come in agreement and 246 00:16:32,920 --> 00:16:41,120 Speaker 2: you decree God's word. You declare this building will be 247 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:47,320 Speaker 2: known for God's glory. I am a world changer. I 248 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:50,440 Speaker 2: am sent with a purpose in the earth. All my 249 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:54,200 Speaker 2: days are known before I ever walk into one of them, 250 00:16:54,240 --> 00:16:57,120 Speaker 2: and I am equipped. According to Jeremiah chapter twenty nine, 251 00:16:57,240 --> 00:17:01,560 Speaker 2: verse eleven, you start to declaring the word of God 252 00:17:01,640 --> 00:17:04,119 Speaker 2: and two or three of you are gathered, you're forcing 253 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:08,680 Speaker 2: the Kingdom of God, righteousness, peace and joy in that locale. 254 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:15,119 Speaker 2: So you're not just attending, you're advancing the Kingdom of God. 255 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:18,160 Speaker 2: See when you begin to think about this, the church 256 00:17:18,240 --> 00:17:20,320 Speaker 2: is not some club. It's not a feel good place. 257 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:23,000 Speaker 2: It's not just and we say, oh, it's about community. 258 00:17:23,520 --> 00:17:27,680 Speaker 2: Those things are wonderful, But the church is literally, according 259 00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:31,439 Speaker 2: to the Bible, it's not community. It's not a club. 260 00:17:32,200 --> 00:17:34,920 Speaker 2: It's not just where people with like minded and light 261 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:38,160 Speaker 2: hearted things come together and have a cake or bakeover, 262 00:17:38,320 --> 00:17:40,919 Speaker 2: or their children get to grow up together, et cetera. 263 00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:46,520 Speaker 2: The church is a legislative body authorized to make Earth 264 00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:50,600 Speaker 2: look like Heaven. Let's say it again. The Church is 265 00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:56,560 Speaker 2: the legislative arm or the legislative body right authorized to 266 00:17:56,640 --> 00:18:00,600 Speaker 2: make Earth look like heaven. Think about that in America. 267 00:18:00,720 --> 00:18:05,119 Speaker 2: See the reason that Americans have such a difficulty with 268 00:18:05,359 --> 00:18:09,440 Speaker 2: the whole concept of kingdom is because we have a democracy. 269 00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:12,800 Speaker 2: So if we were more like the Bahamas who were 270 00:18:12,880 --> 00:18:19,640 Speaker 2: colonized by England, they adopt the laws of England, the 271 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:25,520 Speaker 2: culture of England, they adopt the language of England, they 272 00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:30,879 Speaker 2: adopt the king of England, the close of England because 273 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:34,239 Speaker 2: they're colonized. So if you went to Bahamas even now, 274 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:38,320 Speaker 2: they're going to go to school in brown shorts and 275 00:18:38,359 --> 00:18:42,119 Speaker 2: a tie one hundred and something degree, a tie and 276 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:49,000 Speaker 2: long brown shorts. Why because they've adopted everything from the 277 00:18:49,080 --> 00:18:54,960 Speaker 2: country that colonized them. Think of Heaven as a country, 278 00:18:55,040 --> 00:19:00,960 Speaker 2: and you're colonized. So the church is the legislative body 279 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:06,680 Speaker 2: authorized to make Earth look like heaven. When you begin 280 00:19:06,760 --> 00:19:10,159 Speaker 2: to get this concept, you recognize you're advancing Heaven and 281 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:12,600 Speaker 2: the Earth. So you've been thinking I can't wait to 282 00:19:12,640 --> 00:19:15,920 Speaker 2: get to Heaven when you should be thinking I can't 283 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:19,080 Speaker 2: wait to get heaven to earth because all that matters 284 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:22,199 Speaker 2: is the dash between the two dates. What did you 285 00:19:22,320 --> 00:19:24,679 Speaker 2: do with the life that you were giving while you 286 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:27,720 Speaker 2: were here in the earth. God has a purpose for you. 287 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:31,800 Speaker 2: He has a plan, and he has a vehicle, the church, 288 00:19:31,880 --> 00:19:35,439 Speaker 2: the eccleacea. That means your prayer group. That means your 289 00:19:35,520 --> 00:19:40,040 Speaker 2: home group. That means the body that you attend. That 290 00:19:40,080 --> 00:19:43,399 Speaker 2: you don't forsake yourself for the assembling even the moors. 291 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:48,480 Speaker 2: You see Jesus's return imminent and coming soon. So you 292 00:19:48,840 --> 00:19:54,320 Speaker 2: advance Heaven in the earth. This is so important that 293 00:19:54,359 --> 00:19:59,080 Speaker 2: you get dis doown because we don't understand colonization. But 294 00:19:59,119 --> 00:20:02,000 Speaker 2: when you understand, you're just an ambassador. Take all the 295 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:07,000 Speaker 2: language from the Bible. What's an ambassador? A delegated representative? 296 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:13,160 Speaker 2: What's a representative to represent? You are a delegated representer 297 00:20:13,480 --> 00:20:16,440 Speaker 2: of what's in heaven. If you don't understand Heaven right 298 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:19,560 Speaker 2: now and the new Heaven and the new Earth and 299 00:20:19,680 --> 00:20:23,840 Speaker 2: what God's kingdom looks like, you can't advance something you 300 00:20:23,840 --> 00:20:28,040 Speaker 2: don't understand. You are sent here to advance the kingdom 301 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:33,520 Speaker 2: of God with your talent, your skill, your gifting, your finances, 302 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:37,439 Speaker 2: your breadth, every part of your being, because when I 303 00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:42,680 Speaker 2: begin to get a I am responsible with my decisions, 304 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:47,000 Speaker 2: with my actions, with everything that I have, with my marriage, 305 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:52,199 Speaker 2: with my time, with my talent, with my finances, to 306 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:57,160 Speaker 2: advance Heaven in the earth. Now that takes off all 307 00:20:57,160 --> 00:21:00,399 Speaker 2: the barriers. I'm not limited to four walls of a church. 308 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:03,920 Speaker 2: That means if I want to be a ministry, that 309 00:21:03,920 --> 00:21:07,120 Speaker 2: doesn't mean I have to be a preacher, an evangelist, 310 00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:11,880 Speaker 2: a teacher, a pastor, and apostle. Those are set aside 311 00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:16,080 Speaker 2: as full time gifts to equip the church to understand 312 00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:20,320 Speaker 2: the Kingdom of God. To understand that your pulpit is 313 00:21:20,359 --> 00:21:26,560 Speaker 2: the boardroom. Your pulpit is the classroom. Your pulpit is 314 00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:30,000 Speaker 2: the living room where you're training up those precious little 315 00:21:30,359 --> 00:21:33,960 Speaker 2: the babies that God has given you. See, it's wherever 316 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:37,600 Speaker 2: you're gifting your talent, your time is planted in place, 317 00:21:38,280 --> 00:21:43,120 Speaker 2: so you're always advancing the Kingdom of God. Now you'll 318 00:21:43,119 --> 00:21:45,720 Speaker 2: see it interchangeable. Sometimes the Kingdom of Heaven that's in 319 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:47,800 Speaker 2: the Book of Matthew, the other Gospels right at the 320 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:53,399 Speaker 2: Kingdom of God, same thing, same thing. You are responsible 321 00:21:53,560 --> 00:21:58,280 Speaker 2: to advance the Kingdom of God in the earth. How 322 00:21:58,280 --> 00:22:02,040 Speaker 2: do I do that? Live a life of obea understand it. 323 00:22:03,359 --> 00:22:07,840 Speaker 2: Go from Matthew to Revelation, and understand every single time. 324 00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:10,359 Speaker 2: Learn how to study the Bible. That it's talking about 325 00:22:10,359 --> 00:22:13,199 Speaker 2: the Kingdom of God. You're going to be shocked, and 326 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:15,800 Speaker 2: then it'll go into the church or what it's saying 327 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:19,679 Speaker 2: about the church. Understand when something is written specifically to 328 00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:24,200 Speaker 2: an epistle for that time and that culture, and when 329 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:27,679 Speaker 2: it's written more broadly, when it's written as a this 330 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:31,400 Speaker 2: is law. This is something that I cannot be done 331 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:35,000 Speaker 2: away with. This is for your benefit, because if you 332 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:38,320 Speaker 2: don't understand the Kingdom of Heaven, you'll be saved. You've 333 00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:41,439 Speaker 2: received Jesus Christ as your Lord and savior, but you 334 00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:45,919 Speaker 2: will not fulfill the maximum, abundant life and purpose that 335 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:49,800 Speaker 2: God has for you, because that is done through advancing 336 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:53,040 Speaker 2: the Kingdom of God. I pray you've been blessed today. 337 00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:55,119 Speaker 2: I pray that the word of God gets on the 338 00:22:55,119 --> 00:22:58,000 Speaker 2: inside of you, and that every weapon formed against you 339 00:22:58,040 --> 00:23:00,679 Speaker 2: will not be able to prosper. I asked that they 340 00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:03,919 Speaker 2: would have the spirit of revelation, the spirit of understanding, 341 00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:06,879 Speaker 2: and the spirit of wisdom. According to Pesians Chapter one, 342 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:10,280 Speaker 2: verse seventeen, that their eyes would be open and every 343 00:23:10,359 --> 00:23:13,840 Speaker 2: veil will be removed from them. Let us be your 344 00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:18,199 Speaker 2: body at work the legislative arm to advance the Kingdom 345 00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:21,399 Speaker 2: of God, that the entire world will know the gospel, 346 00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:24,480 Speaker 2: hear the gospel, and know that Jesus is the King 347 00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:27,959 Speaker 2: of his kingdom. In Jesus Mighty name, I pray this 348 00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:30,919 Speaker 2: over you. And if you would say, pastor Paula, I 349 00:23:30,960 --> 00:23:33,960 Speaker 2: can't operate or advance of the kingdom because I'm not saved. 350 00:23:34,800 --> 00:23:37,359 Speaker 2: I don't even know if I died right now that 351 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:39,399 Speaker 2: I truly would get to Heaven. Well, this is the 352 00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:42,560 Speaker 2: very first step, the very first step of the Kingdom 353 00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:46,399 Speaker 2: of God is that you understand received by revelation the 354 00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:50,440 Speaker 2: Holy Spirit, that Jesus is king over this kingdom. If 355 00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:53,359 Speaker 2: you're tired of living the life you've been living, lessen 356 00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:56,040 Speaker 2: what God has given you, pray this prayer with me. 357 00:23:56,280 --> 00:23:58,399 Speaker 2: If you don't know if you died right now that 358 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:02,040 Speaker 2: heaven would be your home, pray this prayer with me. Say, 359 00:24:02,080 --> 00:24:05,080 Speaker 2: Father God, I come to you in the name of Jesus, 360 00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:09,439 Speaker 2: forgive me for all of my sin. I receive Jesus 361 00:24:09,560 --> 00:24:15,480 Speaker 2: Christ as my personal Lord. And Savior. If you prayed 362 00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:19,560 Speaker 2: that prayer, Welcome to the Family of God. I want 363 00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:22,200 Speaker 2: you to go to Paulawhite dot org. There's a very 364 00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:27,040 Speaker 2: free absolutely no ask nothing connected to it, a free 365 00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:31,800 Speaker 2: digital download for you. What is salvation? What's the building 366 00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:35,840 Speaker 2: blocks of faith? What's my next step? I'd love to 367 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:39,359 Speaker 2: help you walk this life and do it effectively and 368 00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:41,879 Speaker 2: you fulfill and find your purpose here in the earth. 369 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:43,560 Speaker 2: God bless you. 370 00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:52,440 Speaker 3: Jesus taught us to pray Thy Kingdom Come. Thy will 371 00:24:52,440 --> 00:24:54,960 Speaker 3: be done in earth as it is in heaven. 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Because of the faithful support and prayers 395 00:26:12,840 --> 00:26:16,320 Speaker 3: of ministry partners and friends, we are able to transform lives, 396 00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:20,360 Speaker 3: heal hearts and wind souls worldwide every single day through 397 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:24,440 Speaker 3: the outreaches of Paula White Ministries, our global gospel outreach 398 00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:27,639 Speaker 3: reaching hundreds of millions of people online and the daily 399 00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:31,639 Speaker 3: Pola Today television program broadcasted in potentially one hundred and 400 00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:37,160 Speaker 3: ninety countries. Our massive food and household outreaches distributing truckloads 401 00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:40,240 Speaker 3: of food weekly, totally over twenty nine million pounds of 402 00:26:40,240 --> 00:26:42,879 Speaker 3: food in the last four years, and millions of dollars 403 00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:46,280 Speaker 3: a new household furniture to those in need. Our disaster 404 00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:50,800 Speaker 3: relief efforts delivering multiple tractor trailer truckloads and hurricane disaster 405 00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:55,920 Speaker 3: relief helping to bring hope and rebuild communities. Community transformation 406 00:26:56,320 --> 00:26:59,440 Speaker 3: adopting places like the hurricane ravage town of Chimney Rock, 407 00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:04,320 Speaker 3: North Caroline, rebuilding complexes, restoring and mobilizing over three thousand 408 00:27:04,359 --> 00:27:08,320 Speaker 3: volunteers to bring donations, love, and support to help resurrect 409 00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:10,800 Speaker 3: and rebuild the community, as well as help rebuild a 410 00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:16,120 Speaker 3: moshav in Israel destroyed in the October seventh massacre. Impactful 411 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:20,480 Speaker 3: outreach events like our annual Back to School Bash, Thanksgiving 412 00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:24,800 Speaker 3: Table in the Wilderness, and Children's Christmas Outreach, positively impacting 413 00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:28,960 Speaker 3: thousands every year. Prison ministry and Revival going into prisons 414 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:34,719 Speaker 3: and sharing the gospel. Advocacy for Biblical values, spearheading, organizing, 415 00:27:34,960 --> 00:27:38,320 Speaker 3: educating and activating church leaders to bring back Biblical values 416 00:27:38,359 --> 00:27:41,199 Speaker 3: in America through the National Faith Advisory Board and the 417 00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:45,640 Speaker 3: annual National Faith Summit. Making a difference at our Borders, 418 00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:49,280 Speaker 3: connecting together hundreds of pastors with local, state and national 419 00:27:49,359 --> 00:27:52,720 Speaker 3: leaders with the US Border Patrol who educate and inform 420 00:27:52,760 --> 00:27:55,400 Speaker 3: them on the process and challenges based on the border, 421 00:27:55,560 --> 00:27:58,359 Speaker 3: as well as blessing the families of fallen Border Patrol 422 00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:02,840 Speaker 3: agents through Operation Order Blessing. And we have so much 423 00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:06,359 Speaker 3: more to do this twenty twenty five. Your much needed 424 00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:10,480 Speaker 3: prayers and support help sustain and expand these vital ministries, 425 00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:14,840 Speaker 3: bringing hope, restoration, and the transformative power of the Gospel 426 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:22,160 Speaker 3: to those millions in need. Thank you. 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