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right in. So today we are going to be discussing
on things you should keep knowing. So I hope
all of us came with our books and our Bible,
the walking pen to jot down and then to follow
up on what we are doing today. So the course,
we are doing course two and it is called things
you should keep knowing as a believer, the things
that you should keep knowing as a believer. So
the last course that we did was salvation. We
spoke about sin, how sin came into the world.
There is nothing like this Adamic sin that we
inherited. We spoke about all those things. So
now, as believers, you are saved. The next thing
that comes after salvation is learning. Immediately
after you have been saved, immediately after
you are saved, after you receive the life of
God, The next thing that follows is learning.
Now, what are you learning? You are learning
about the life you have received now. You are
learning about salvation. You are learning about
the gospel. You are learning about what Christ
has done. You are learning about who you are
now in Christ. You are learning about... Christ
walk in and through you. You are learning about
the person of Christ. So you are learning everything
that encompasses salvation. Right? So that is
the thing that comes immediately after salvation
learning. So in Matthew chapter 28, in Matthew
chapter 28, when Jesus resurrected from the dead,
spoke to his disciples. After his resurrection,
he gave his disciples instructions to make disciples
of all nations, to teach nations. Can we just
go to that scripture in Matthew chapter 28, the
latter part of it, from verse 18. Can we just
open our Bibles there? Matthew chapter 28. From
verse 18. Can you read for me? 28 from verse
18. Okay. So that make disciples is to make students,
students of Christ, followers of Christ, students,
a pupil. Right? The Greek word there, it means
a pupil. So now as we have believed the gospel,
who we are now? We are students. We are students.
That means there is a learning that must go on.
There is a learning that we ought to do as students
of Christ, as students of the scriptures, as
followers of Christ. Right? He told them to make
students, to teach them all that he has commanded
them. So as a believer now, as you have believed
the gospel, your first understanding is that
I'm a student. When I come to church, when I'm
in the Garden of Believers, any meeting I'm in,
in the Garden of Believers, I come to that place
to be taught about the things that pertain to
God and pertain to the kingdom of God. So I must
come with that mindset, with that understanding.
That I'm a student. Right? As you are here now,
you are coming as a student to learn God's word.
Amen? To learn God's word. Now, why is it important
for you to learn after being saved? After you
have received salvation? It's because when you
were in the world, before you received salvation,
you had some information in your mind. That are
contrary to God's word. You have some information
in your mind. That does not align to God's word.
That is why Apostle Paul would tell the church
in Rome. In Romans chapter 12 verse 2. That be
ye not conformed. Please I'm not a Greek. So
bear with any accent I give you. The Greek accent.
So it means for you to conform yourself. to something
that you to act like what you are not it means
to act like what you are not when you say conform
yourself it means that you are acting in a manner
that is not your nature so for you not to act
in a manner that is not your nature it tells
you to renew your mind it means to to inform
your mind to put information and those information
in your mind It is coming from God's word, from
the scriptures. Right? It's coming from the scriptures.
So it is very important that us, we as believers,
it is very important for us to renew our mind
daily by God's word. Because that is how we know
what we have in Christ. And that is how we know
the person of Christ. Hallelujah. That is how
we know the person of Christ. When you receive
salvation, nothing physical about you changed.
Did your eyes change? Did you grow taller? No.
Did you grow slimmer? Did you add weight? No.
Nothing physical about you changed. Even at that
point of salvation, nothing mental, automatically
mental. I mean, the things that you knew. So
let's say, for example, now, when you became
born again, when you received the gospel, when
you believe. You knew how to drive. Did you forget
how to drive? If you knew how to drive, did you
forget? You knew how to eat. Did you forget how
to eat? You knew how to read. Did you forget
how to read? So nothing mental. The information
that were in your mind, you know that you are
from Kenya. Did you forget that you are from
Kenya when you received the gospel? No. So the
information in your mind did not change when
you became born again, when you received the
gospel. The information are still there. And
some of this information that are there are contrary
to God's word. So now that you have the life
of Christ in you, you learn that life that you
have received. You learn that life. So now what
we are talking about is just the fundamental
truth that you need to know as believers. There
are so many things that you must know. But these
are just fundamental things that you must know
as a believer. These are fundamental truths that
you must know as a believer. And the first thing
that you need to know, the first thing that you
need to know as a believer is that you have eternal
life. You have... Eternal life. Now, when you
hear about eternal, what comes to your mind?
Caroline, what comes to your mind? Something
that has no end. Okay. Forever. Forever. Infinite.
Like infinite. It does not have any end. Okay.
Any other? Everlasting. Okay. So something that
has no end, infinite, everlasting, that's what
comes to your mind, right? When you hear about
eternal. So now let's turn to John chapter 3
verse 16. Let me show something here. You know,
we know this scripture. We have been reading
this scripture. We have been reading this scripture.
We know it by heart, right? John chapter 3 verse
16. So what we are doing now. We are learning.
Right? We are learning the things that pertain
to identity. We are learning the things that
pertain to identity in Christ. Because why? We
are in Christ. Hallelujah. So, John chapter 3,
verse 16. David, do you want to read? Okay. Can
you read for us? I have everlasting life. So
he says whoever what? Believes. The person that
believes, what will happen to the person? The
latter part, what does he say? I have everlasting
life. Before that, he says the person what? He
says shall not perish. But what? Is he a future
thing? No. What does he say? He says the moment
the man believes, the man what? The man? Right?
So it's not something that is futuristic. It's
not a promise. The moment you believe, you have.
Right? You are not praying to have. The moment
you believe, at that same instant, you have eternal
life. You have everlasting life. And that life
is qualified as the life of God. That eternal
life. Right? that is qualified as eternal. It
is the life of God. We'll see that as we move
on shortly. It's the life of God that you have
received at the point of salvation. That is why
it has no end. Right? That is why it has no end.
So it is not talking about a concept of time.
Right? It's not talking about the concept of
time or something that... You strive, just like
I said, you strive to get. So we must understand
as believers that we have the nature of God.
When we say you have eternal life, what we are
saying is you are saying that you have the nature
of God. You have the life of God inside of you.
So the nature, the salvation itself, the nature
of salvation is eternal. Write it down. That
the nature of salvation, salvation itself is
eternal. The work of Christ is eternal. The finished
work of Christ is eternal. The gift of God is
eternal. The gift of God is eternal. The gift
of God is eternal. Now what does it mean to have
eternal life? What does it mean to have eternal
life? To have the life of God in you? Because
you have believed the gospel. 1 John chapter
5. But before we go to that, before we know what
it means, let's read 1 John 5 first of all. Before
we go to what it means, let's read 1 John 5.
1 John 5 from verse 10 to 13. Sister Ellen, can
you read for us 1 John 5? 1 John chapter 5, from
verse 10 to 13. Are you there yet? Okay. I'm
waiting for you. 1 John chapter 5. From verse
10. 1 John chapter 5. Continue. Last thought.
Talk from verse 13. Verse 13. Not verse 14. So
verse 13 says what? Please read verse 13 again.
You the what? You the belief. So the one that
believe, have what? Is it a future thing? Is
it something that you need to pray for to have?
But what? He says, why do you have it? Because
of what? You believe in what? You son of God,
you believe in Jesus. You believe in him as your
Lord and personal savior. He says, eat that belief.
So the criteria for you to receive eternal life
is what? Is to believe that what? In the son
of God, to believe in Jesus Christ. Hallelujah.
So that know, when he says that you may know,
is for you to perceive. Is for you to discern.
Right? That word there. Is EIDO. E -I -D -O.
In 1st John chapter 5. Right? When he says that
you may know. That know there. In the Greek is
EIDO. It means to perceive. To discern. To understand.
E -I -D -O. It means to perceive. to understand.
Now, it's not telling you that you need to have.
The scripture is telling you for you to understand
what you already have. Right? Now, the believer
is not needy. It's not that you are striving
to have. You have already. But just like I said
in the beginning, You have to be taught. You
have to learn about the life that you have now.
So it is in learning you will know the things
you have already. Right? If not, you will try
to do or you will try to pray for certain things
you already have because of ignorance. Right?
Because of ignorance. So the devil... will use
that ignorance to torment you, even though you
are saved. So that's why it's very important
for us to know, for us to perceive, for us to
understand, for us to come to this full knowledge,
this full understanding of what we have received
in Christ. Amen. So the first thing, what it
means to have eternal life, the first one, is
that you are perfected and saved forever. Put
that forever in capital letter. You are perfected
and saved. Saved is closed. Saved forever. You
are perfected and saved forever. You are not
going to be saved. You are not going to be saved.
You are saved because you believe in Christ.
So one thing that we must understand about salvation
is that there is assurance. There is no salvation
without assurance. There is assurance in God's
word. And we are going to look at those scriptures.
There is assurance in God's word concerning salvation.
Now let's read some couple of scriptures. What
are these assurance that we see in scriptures?
First, John. No, John chapter 17, verse 11. John
chapter 17, verse 11. John chapter 17, verse
11. Annie, can you read for us? So Jesus prayed
for his disciples. Jesus prayed for all those
who will believe, not just his disciples, all
those who believe, all those that will believe.
He prays for them. He prays for us. He says,
now I am no longer in the world, but these are
in the world. And I come to you, Holy Father,
keep to your name those who you have given me,
that they may be one as we are one. So it is
not you that is keeping yourself. It is the Father
that keeps us. Right? It is the Father that keeps
us. So that assurance is coming from the Father
that I am the one that has saved you. I am the
one that is keeping you. You are not the one
that is keeping yourself. You are not the one
that saved yourself. So you are not the one that
is keeping yourself. He is the one that keeps
us. He himself, the Father, is the one that keeps
us. Let's look at another scripture. John chapter
6, verse 38 to 39. So the one who saved us has
assured us that he will keep us till the end.
The one who has saved us has assured us that
he will keep us till the end. John chapter 6
from verse 38 to 39. John chapter 6. 38 to 39.
Who is reading for me? What should I call names?
John chapter 6, 38 to 39. For I came down from
heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of
God. And this is the Father's will, which I had
sent to him, and of all which he had given me.
I should lose nothing. I should raise up again
at the last step. So Jesus is saying that these
words that the Father has given me, that those
that have believed, those that have come into,
you know, God's family, we'll talk about that.
Those that have believed, I will not lose them.
Jesus himself, God, who became a man, is saying
to you, Because this scripture is not eating
to you, but then we understand that it's eating
for our learning. And it's applicable in as much
as you are not the immediate audience, you are
the secondary audience. But then he's saying
that I will not lose any of them. This is what
Jesus is saying. I will not lose any of them.
It means that salvation is not you keeping yourself.
It's not what we thought before that. Okay. After
you are saved now, there are some things that
you have to do to keep your salvation. No. You
are not keeping your salvation. You are the one
that saved yourself. Right? The one that saves
you is the one that has said that these ones
that have come to me, I will not lose them. I
will not lose them. That's the assurance that
we have. That the one that has called us, the
one that has called us unto himself, He himself
has said he will not lose us. So there is no
way that you will lose your salvation because
salvation is not that you receive an item. Salvation
is Christ coming into your hearts. It's God calling
you unto himself. And he himself that has called
you to himself, he has assured you that he's
keeping you. He will not lose you. So nothing,
just like the scripture that we read in Romans
chapter 8. Nothing shall separate you from the
love of Christ. And that love is what we see
at the cross. That love, that is what we see
him demonstrate. Nothing shall separate you from
that love. Nothing. Nothing. Someone will say,
okay, what about, someone asked the last time
about conduct, right? That, okay, if I'm saved
or someone is saved and the person is living
wrong. And then Collins answered the last time.
I remember the answer that he gave. That there
is a difference between salvation and spiritual
good. You are saved and then you are taught.
That learning that you are learning now, that
is the spiritual good. As you are learning about
God, as you are learning about the things of
God, that is spiritual good. So the spiritual
good. that you see some people now, you will
still see some, just like I said, there are information
in your mind, you will still see some conduct.
But as you learn God's word, as you grow in God's
word, as you are taught each day, as you are
taught, as you are taught about your identity
in Christ, what Christ has done for you, who
you are in Christ, as you are taught, you begin
to see all those actions that you were giving
out. you begin to see there is a change. You
begin to see there is a change in the way you
talk. You begin to see there is a change in the
things you do. You begin to see a change. Why?
Because you are informing your mind about who
you are now. What you are doing, you are not
doing character modification, no. You are giving
expression to that life that is already inside.
So what you are doing is like giving information
to what is already. So who already you are, right?
You are informing your mind about what has happened
to your spirit. Amen. You are informing your
mind. You are making yourself conscious, right?
There is this awareness that you are bringing
to your mind about what has happened to your
spirit. Then you begin to see yourself doing
the things of God. You begin to see yourself.
giving yourself to prayers. First, you did not
like to pray. But then when you are taught about
prayer, you understand that that is my life.
You begin to show yourself, give yourself to
prayer much more. Why? The information that was
in your mind has changed. Right? Before you were
praying for your needs. Every day, my needs,
my needs, my needs. But when you are taught about
the primary, like the thing that you need to
pray much more, what is prayer much more? Prayer
is communication to God. You communicate with
him. It's fellowship. It's not just when you
have needs. So when that change in your mind,
that information change in your mind, you start
to see prayer differently and you enjoy fellowship
with God. So that is the same with every other
information in our mind. Amen. So it is the same
with eternal life. That you have received eternal
life. Hallelujah. So the second thing that we
must know after we know that now we have eternal
life, but let's read something first that I wrote
here. One minute. Please, if you have any questions,
you can write them down. So I wrote something
here that You are saved by grace alone. On the
basis of Christ alone. You are saved by grace
alone. On the basis of Christ alone. You are
saved by grace alone. On the basis of Christ
alone. Through faith. Alone. You are saved by
grace alone. On the basis of Christ. Alone. Through
faith. Alone. Taught. T -A -U -G -H -T. Taught
decisively. In scriptures. Alone. taught decisively
in scriptures alone and for the ultimate glory
of God alone. I'm going to start it again. You
are saved by grace alone on the basis of Christ
alone. When you say on the basis of Christ, it
means on the basis of what Christ has done. Right?
On the basis of Christ alone, through faith alone,
taught decisively in scripture. What you are
being taught is in scripture. It's the scripture,
the word of God. Alone. And for the ultimate
glory of God, alone. Amen. Did you get that?
Okay. So another thing quickly, what it means
to have eternal life is that you are no longer
condemned. Romans chapter 8 verse 1. You are
no longer condemned. What it means to have eternal
life? It means that you are no longer condemned.
Because why? There is therefore now no condemnation
to them who are in Christ Jesus. Why? Because
Christ has took up, Christ has, the word for
condemnation here, it means to give judgment
against, to judge worth of punishment. Christ
has took that punishment. He died as you. He
took your place. So there is no condemnation
for you in Christ. Why? Because Christ has paid
for that punishment of your sin. Christ has paid.
Hallelujah. Did we write the scripture? Romans
chapter 8 verse 1. Did we write it? Okay. So
the third thing that we must know what it means
to have eternal life. You are no longer condemned.
Okay. Yes. Yes. the first thing that you must
know, you have eternal life. Did you write it?
Then under you have eternal life, what does it
mean to have eternal life? Then the first thing
that we spoke about, it means that you are perfected
and saved forever. It also means that you are
no longer condemned. Right? So under that, you
have eternal life. The question, what does it
mean to have eternal life? Under that first thing
that we are talking about. And then under that,
you put, either you write, you use woman figure
one, woman figure two. That's under you are saved
and perfected forever. Yes. You are saved and
perfected forever. Any more questions? Are we
getting it? If I ask you now to explain, would
you explain? David, would you explain? Yes. You
will explain? Yes. Okay. At the end of the teaching,
I will provide time for us to explain. All right.
So the third thing, under what does it mean to
have eternal life? It means you have God's power
at work in you. You have God's power at work
in you. Philippians 2 verse 13. Philippians 2
verse 13. You have God's power at work in you.
And what does that scripture say? It says that
power. Gives you the desire to do the things
that pleases God. Can we read that scripture?
Sorry, what's your name? Oliver. Oliver, can
you please read for us Philippians 2 verse 13?
Philippians 2 verse 13. Okay, start from verse
12. He says it is God, right? So what you are
working out is because of what? God is already
what? Working in you. So, God's power is at work
in you, the believer. Amen. So that life of God
is at work in you right now. The life of God
is at work in you right now. The power of God
is at work in you right now. If you see yourself
giving yourself to prayer, it is the power of
God that is at work in you. If you see yourself
loving the guardian of believers, it is the power
of God that is at work in you. If you see yourself
loving the things of God, it is the power of
God that is at work in you. He is the one that
has put that desire. Right? So even the things
we are doing as believers, it is not by our strength.
It is the power of God that enables us to do
the things we do. It is the power of God. That
enables us to love the things of God. The things
that, that's our nature now. Right? That's our
nature now as believers. That's our nature now.
So you have God's power at work in you all the
time. All the time. You have God's ability at
work in you all the time. Amen. So did we get
that? Any questions so far? Okay. What's your
question? Okay. Not to be judged by others. not
to be judged by yourself, not to be judged by
the world, not to be judged by anything, right?
Because it is actually an identity crisis that
makes you judge yourself. For example, now, if
you, what is sin? Missing the mark. Let's say,
for example, you miss the mark. And then you
start seeing yourself outside of who you are
in Christ. You are condemning yourself already.
You are being like, you are guilty. And that
is an influence. We understand that there's an
influence also, right? The devil. But then why
are you condemning yourself? Or why are you looking
down on yourself? Or why are you judging yourself
and feeling bad for yourself? It's because there
is still some information in your mind that is
contrary to our identity in Christ. Now, I'm
not saying that you should do certain things,
right? For example, now, to sin. Why? Because
that is not your nature now. But then, if you
sin, or if you do something wrong, or if you
miss the mark, you are not supposed to... glorify
what you have done, but you are supposed to receive
what Christ has done. By what? By confessing
your reality in Christ. By confessing that this
is not my nature. I live above sin. And then
you give yourself to the word and go. So it's
not just about confessing it, but then you have
to give yourself to the word. That area that
you are seeing that there is a loophole, you
give yourself much more to the word to see that
that thing is addressed. So even you yourself,
you must not condemn yourself. Because why? Christ
has not condemned you. You must, whatever Christ
has called you, that is what you are supposed
to call yourself. Whatever God has called you,
that is who you are supposed to walk in. That's
who you are supposed to call yourself. Hallelujah.
So, did I answer your question? Alright. So the
second thing that we are looking at, The second
point, your sins are forgiven and you are justified.
Your sins are forgiven and you are justified.
So, how many of us have been in any cell for
a long time? Like, How many of us were in church
when Pastor Fred taught about forgiveness of
sins? None of us. Okay, you were here. You were
there. So, when we say you were there, were you
there? No, the forgiveness of sins. I don't think
you were there. I think that was last year. Yeah.
That was a long time ago. So, When we say the
blood of Jesus, sometimes, you know, when we're
back at home, whenever we hear the blood of Jesus,
what comes to our mind is, you know, is it literal
blood? Sprinkle, sprinkle, sprinkle blood. I
don't know how many bloods, how many liters we
should, if by now it would have finished now,
if it is literal blood. Since that time, we are
still sprinkling the blood. So I want to ask
us, when they say the blood of Jesus, When you
hear the blood of Jesus, what comes to your mind?
Is it the literal, physical blood of Jesus? Okay,
you said the death. So when you hear the blood
of Jesus, what comes to your mind? When we say
we are cleansed by his blood, what do you think
that means? The blood of Jesus. Okay. So when
we say blood of Jesus, sometimes when some things
happen, the blood of Jesus. To me, I'm giving
a defeat to that situation. Okay. Okay. All right.
That's okay. So the blood, is it literal blood?
Is that blood I want to know? Yes, mother. Please
can you just enlighten us? You and sister. She
will take over for me. Okay. Okay. You want to
add something there? So in essence, when we say
the blood of Jesus, not literal blood, what we
are talking about is the life of Jesus. So when
you say, I plead the blood, you are saying I
plead the life of Jesus. And the life of Jesus
is in you. The life of Jesus. is in you. I know
that some people will have questions after this
class. Right? But then the blood is not physical
blood. Right? It's not literal blood. So when
we say we are cleansed by His blood, it's not
that it's physical blood. Right? It's sacrifice
as paid for our sins, for the penalty of sin.
So now, you have received that forgiveness of
sins. Let's go to Ephesians chapter 1. Verse
7. So that we will see. That. Once you believe.
You have received. That forgiveness of sin. It's
not that you are asking again to be forgiven.
No. You have received. 1. Verse 7. Yes. In him.
In him who? The him here is who? It's Christ,
right? In Christ we have what? We have what?
Redemption. Through his sacrifice. Or through
his, yes, through his sacrifice, right? And what?
The forgiveness of sins. In Christ we have what?
And what? Please look at your Bible. Look at
your Bible. Look at your Bible. Look at your
Bible. In him, we have what? Redemption. Through
his. And what? The forgiveness of sins. According
to what? The riches of his grace. So in Christ,
we have what? One, redemption. And what? So the
redemption actually is the forgiveness of sins.
That's what he has redeemed us from. He has redeemed
us from that penalty of sin. So a man that has
received Christ has received forgiveness of sins.
The man has received forgiveness. A man that
has received Christ, the man that is in Christ
has received, it's not that he's going to receive,
has received forgiveness of sins. The man has
received forgiveness of sins. Now, God is a just
God, right? God is a righteous judge. So what
did God do? God did not overlook sin. Right?
He did not overlook sin. Remember the last time
we spoke about the wages of sin is what? Is death.
So a man's sin, a man has to die. But man cannot
die. We, we cannot die for ourselves. If we die,
there is no way we will resurrect. So God became
a man to die. For man. Because it's only him
that can resurrect. Right? So he died as us.
He paid for the penalty of sin. So now, because
you believe in what he has done, you have received
that forgiveness of sin. So what do we do now?
We thank him for that forgiveness of sin. Do
we have any question? Mr. Clara, do you have
any question? The way you are doing your face
is like, what is this woman saying? Do you have
any question? By the end of the class. Okay,
what don't you understand? For the forgiveness
of sin or for the blood of Jesus, which one?
If it was for the blood of Jesus, me and you
would talk. Which part you don't understand?
Is it the forgiveness of sin? No, I understand
about the forgiveness of sin. But for the blood
of Jesus, it's definitely... Okay, okay, okay.
We'll talk about that. We'll talk about the blood
of Jesus because that will take us a long time
and we don't have time now to go into much details
of that. So, but then... Christ has paid, just
like I said, he has paid for the penalty of sin
and we have received forgiveness of sin. Let's
read Psalms 103, verse 1 to 18. I want, who's
going to read this for me now? What's your name,
brother? Yes, brother, please read for us Psalms
103, from verse 1 to 18. To 18, yes. Who what?
Verse 3 says what? Who what? Who forgives? Did
he say who will forgive? He says do what? Who
forgives? So he's telling us the character of
God is that he forgives sin. There is already
provision for forgiveness of sins where? In Christ.
Right? Are we good? There is provision already.
Okay, let's continue. is merciful and gracious.
That's the character of God. The character of
God is merciful and gracious. Yes, continue.
He has not dealt with us according to our sins.
Yes, please continue. Not punished us according
to our iniquities. That's what my translation
says. So, he has not punished us according to
our iniquities. Rather, he has punished, he laid
it upon Christ. He laid everything upon Christ.
So, you have received forgiveness of sins. Now,
when you pray, should you pray again to receive
forgiveness of sins? So what are you supposed
to do now? To thank God for what you have received,
right? Because what he said, he said you have
received in him, we have redemption to his blood,
the forgiveness of sins. So what are you supposed
to do now? You are supposed to what? Thank God.
Sister Ellen, are you getting it? Are you sure?
So let's say for example, now you are praying.
Or let's say, for example, you do something wrong.
When you are praying, are you going and meeting
God? Lord, forgive me for all my sins. Have mercy
on me. You know, please forgive me. Forgive me.
Or is it that when you come, you say, Father,
I thank you for your forgiveness. Thank you because
your power will continue to help me to live above
sin. So which prayer will you pray? You thank
God. Why? Because you have received. The forgiveness
of sin, right? You have received it. Okay. Amen.
All right. I like that we are following. So God
has forgiven your sins. Colossians chapter one,
verse 12 to 14. Colossians chapter one, verse
12 to 14. Colossians chapter one, verse 12 to
14. Is that Christabel? Is that you for us? Colossians
chapter 1, verse 12 to 14. New King James, please.
So we see Apostle Paul writing it again to the
church in Colossus. He wrote it to the church
in Ephesus. Then he wrote it again to the church
in Colossus. That what? You have redemption to
his blood, the forgiveness of sins. So these
are the things that you must know so that you
will not be living in guilt and shame when you
miss the mark because you are going to miss the
mark. Why? Because you are still in this body.
Right? So, but then you have the power of God
in you that enables you not to live in that mistake,
not to live in that sin. You have the power of
God in you. So, is that knowing that helps you
to live above it? To live above guilt? So, you
will make mistakes. But then when you make mistakes,
you don't stay there. You affirm your reality
in Christ and you listen to God's word much more.
So that area of your life is dominated by God's
word and you will see your action being changed.
Amen. So the third thing that we'll look at,
do we have any questions before we move? Yes.
How do you then talk to them? Because when you
explain this to them, they will think, okay,
I think that's the market. And how would you
explain it to them? How would you explain it
to them? It is possible for them to leave my
family home to the right. And now just for me,
you can start seeing the market. Okay. So because
of that has been the person's life for a long
time. Let's say, for example, the person has
lived that life for a long time and then the
person just received the life of God. The person
will not automatically leave that smoking. That's
just the truth of the matter. Right? Growth takes
time. And growth is not, as we preach the gospel,
is not our... It is not us that make people grow.
Our responsibility is to teach people. But the
one that causes the growth and increase and the
understanding in men is the Holy Spirit. So even
as we preach, we trust in the power of the Holy
Ghost to cause that change in the heart of that
man. Right? So your responsibility is to continue
to push the person to his identity in Christ.
That this is who you are. You are loved by God.
This is your identity in Christ. Show the person
their identity in Christ. You are not supposed
to tackle the action first. What you are supposed
to show the person is who they are. And when
they begin to see who they are, they will be
like, no, this smoke, what is it adding to me?
Like, it's not adding anything to me. I should
leave this. This is not my life. Immediately,
the person begins to see that this is not. So
you give the person who the person is first.
And because the person has seen who he is now,
he will begin to live all the other things that
is not him. He will begin to live gradually,
but it's not instantaneous. Right? It's not instantaneous.
You keep on preaching to the person about his
identity and you keep on praying for the person
because it is the Holy Spirit that brings that
transformation. And also, if the person is willing
to change and to learn his identity, Right? Because
the will of the man also is very important. So
those are the things. I don't know if I did answer
your question. All right. So we're not finished,
but I believe that... Okay, you have a question
too. Please write it down. Please write your
question down, please. So that we'll go... Write
it down. Write your question down. After we do
this, then I will take another question. So the
third thing. Right? Is it the third? The third
thing, right? The first one is what? You have
eternal life. The second one? The second one
is what? Your sins are forgiven and you are what?
And you are justified. So the third one is that
you are a new creature and God is your father.
So all these things that we break, break, break
down, all these things, they complement each
other. Just that, because this is foundation
school, just break them down. Just speak about
them shortly because we did not even go in depth
to certain, you know, of these topics, these
topics that I hear. So you are a new creature
and God is your father. 2 Corinthians 5 verse
17. Let's read. 2 Corinthians 5 verse 17. 2 Corinthians
5 verse 17. 2 Corinthians 5 verse 17. So how
did you receive forgiveness of sins again? Who
can answer that? Brother Eric. How did you receive
forgiveness of sins? Yes. But how did you receive
the forgiveness of sins? Yes, the forgiveness
of sin is there. But how did you receive it as
a person? By faith. By faith in what? By faith
in what Christ has done. Please. You receive
forgiveness of sins. By faith in what Christ
has done. By faith in the gospel. I wanted to
clarify that. I wanted to know if you understand.
How you receive forgiveness of sins. Amen. So.
So you are a new creature. And God is your father.
2 Corinthians 5 verse 17. Second Corinthians
5, yes. Anyone who is joined to Christ is renewed
in. This is done. Please, which translation is
that? Good news. Good news. Sorry, please, can
we get New King James or please, for better,
you know, for this class, can we just get like
New King James or King James? For just this class.
Yes. He says, if any man beware in Christ. So,
when you look at the original, if any man in
Christ, that he is, is not in the original. How
many of us have BLB? If you check your BLB, right?
If you check your BLB, that's if any man is,
read it again, if any man is in Christ. So that
if any man, he reads as this, therefore, if any
man is in Christ, A new creation. That's how
it reads. If any man in Christ. A new creation.
So that's new. The word new itself. Is speaking.
Is the Greek word kainos. K -A -I -N -O -S I
kept this class simple. I did not want to give
any. Plenty of Greek words. So that I would.
Keep it simple and understand. K -A -I -N -O
-S. K -A -I -N -O -S. Right? That's the word
new. If any man be in Christ, a new creature.
If any man be in Christ, a new creation. The
word new, kainos, it implies unheard of. What
it means, if you check the original. You will
see some, you know, variation of words of definition
for it. It implies unheard of, uncommon. Something
that has never been. Right? Something that has
never been. Yes. Unusual? Huh? It is unusual.
No, unheard of. Not unusual. Unheard of. Unheard
of, uncommon. Did you get it? Yes. Unheard of,
uncommon. Did you get it? Yes. Yes. Okay, so
what are you asking? Are you asking? Is unusual
a five -word word? Unusual. Okay, unusual. Something,
yes, yes, yes, yes. You can apply it. Unusual.
So, did we get that unheard of, uncommon? Did
we get those? Okay. Something that has never,
you have, like something that has never been.
Something that has never been. Something that
has never been. Ephesians chapter 2, verse 8
to 10. So, you that you are in Christ now, that
have received the life of God, the new creation,
is a man. That has never been. We have never
seen that type of man before. The world has never
seen that type of man before. That type of man
has never existed before. The new creation in
Christ. The man that has the life of God. That
man that is God's house. That man that is God's
house has never existed before. That man that
is God's temple. God is dwelling inside of that
new creation man. It has never been before. Right?
You are that man. I am that man. Hallelujah.
We are the man in Christ. The new creation. We
are created where? In Christ. Ephesians chapter
2 verse 8 to 10. Ephesians chapter 2 verse 8
to 10. Ephesians chapter 2 verse 8. Mm -hmm.
Mm -hmm. To 10. So the believer that is in Christ,
right, is created in Christ Jesus. It's like
you never existed before. That's why when you
are in Christ, there is nothing like, this is
my, like it's a new slate. It's like you never,
it's a brand new person. is a brand new person.
Because why? Now you are born of the Spirit.
It's not just procreation now, right? It's more
than procreation. You are now the new creation
in Christ Jesus. Hallelujah. That means you are
spiritual now. You are not of the flesh again.
That which is born of the flesh is flesh, like
Jesus would tell Nicodemus. That which is born
of the Spirit is Spirit. You are spiritual. You
are born of the Spirit. You are now, you are
the new creation in Christ. You are the new creation
in Christ Jesus. God's family will see it when
we are looking at God as our Father. You are
now the new creation. You are created where?
In Christ. That new creation is created where?
In Christ. In Christ. So we'll see in Christ,
in Christ, in Christ. Why? Because Christ is
the only way. That is God's standard. Right?
It's the only way. So because you are a new creation
now, there is a way of life that is attached
to your identity. Because you are a new creation
now, there is a way of life. There is a way that
you should talk. There is a way that you should
live. There is a way that the things that you
are doing, right? There is already a standard,
right? And that is what we call the kingdom culture.
It is the kingdom culture. It's not something
that is only like it's exclusive to you, no.
You are part of a kingdom now, right? You are
part of a family, the family of God. So, because
of now you are believed and now you are a new
creature, born of God, born of the Spirit, right?
How many of us have started reading that book,
the book of the month? Hey, tomorrow is book
review. Hey, how many of us have started? Yes.
I already read it. Okay, but did you go through
it again? No. You are in my cello. Tomorrow.
Please, you need to read that book before celebrating.
You have to read 72 pages. In the first part
of the book, you will see the writer spoke about
two things. Sensual knowledge and revelational
knowledge. Now, When we say you are a new creation
in Christ, born of the Spirit, it's not something
that you see with your naked... Can you see the
Spirit in me? No. What you can... What you can
just see, right, is the expression of the Spirit.
When you see the way I love, when you see the
way I talk, when you see the way I act toward
one another, you will see that this person is
just different. Why? It's because you are born
of God. So because you are born of God, by default,
your nature and character, right, must exhibit
what is already inside of you. So what you are
giving out is not something that is out of space.
What you are giving out is the life that is in
you. Remember last Saturday, I spoke about the
fact that Salvation is not receiving a thing.
It's receiving the life of God. It's receiving
the life of God, which is eternal life we spoke
about. And that life that you have received is
forever. Forever and ever. So there is a way
of living that is attached to that life. What
is not associated with God should never be associated
with you. Why? Because you are born of God. You
have the nature of God. You have the DNA of God.
You have this character now. The fruit of the
Spirit is the character of the believer. We have
been taught about love, about the love work of
the believer. That is the character of the believer.
That's the nature of the believer. It's not something
that you struggle to work in. As you learn about
your identity, as you learn about these things,
By default, you begin to see yourself working
them. You begin to see yourself working them.
So that is, you know, that is the life that we
have been calling to. Imitate God as their children.
Coming now to God is our father. The concept,
what God really wanted from the beginning is
to have a family. And the new creation is the
family of God. Hallelujah. This is the family
of God. All believers all over the world, that's
the family of God. You have a brother, you are
here, but you have a brother in USA. Why? Because
of the Holy Spirit in you and the Holy Spirit
in him. So you are one from one family, the family
of God, bounded by the same Spirit. Amen. So
we'll just read one scripture, then we'll move
to the next one. Ephesians chapter 3, from verse
14 to 15. Ephesians chapter 3, from verse 14
to 15. Ephesians chapter 3, from verse 14 to
15. He says, I bow my knees to the Father, Apostle
Paul speaking, of the Father, to the Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family
in heaven and earth is named. The whole family
in heaven and earth is named. Those that are
sleeping in Christ, those that are here on earth
physically, all of us. It's a family, right?
It's a family. Let's read another one, Ephesians
2, verse 18. So there is something called the
family of God. It's not just what we want to
use for believers, no. It's because of that is
what God has called us. God has called us his
family. Because why? We are born of God. Say,
I am born of God. I am born of God. God is my
father. I am born of God. God is my father. I
hope you are convinced. You are not just saying
it. You know you are born of God. You have the
Spirit of God in you. Hallelujah. Okay, can we
just read Ephesians chapter 2, verse 18? Ephesians
chapter 2, verse 18. Okay, continue. Ephesians
chapter 2 verse 18. Okay, please read Ephesians
chapter 1 verse 6. Ephesians chapter 2 verse
1 to 6. Yes. Ephesians chapter 2, verse 1 to
6. Start from Ephesians chapter 2, verse 1 to
6. and were by nature children of wrath, just
as the others. So they are children of wrath,
right? Those that are children of the devil,
because they choose to be, some of them choose
to be children of the devil. Yes. Excuse me,
which version? Ephesians 3. Ephesians 2, rather,
from verse 1. This one. Come here. Ephesians
2 from verse 1 to 6. Yes, please continue. Verse
18. To who? To Christ. We have access. By what?
One spirit. To what? The Father. So God is our
Father. Because we all have the same spirit.
We have access. Direct access. You don't need
any prophets. To access God for you. Now you
have access. To the father. You can speak to
the father. And the father hears you. Why? Because
his spirit is in you. You are born of him. He
is the one that gave birth to you. The spiritual
birth. Hallelujah. So you are born of God. In
Ephesians chapter 5 verse 1. Just write it down.
Ephesians chapter 5 verse 1. It tells us to.
imitate God. Ephesians chapter 5 verse 1. Just
write it down. Ephesians chapter 5 verse 1. Then
Romans chapter 8 verse 15. It says we have been
given what? Who knows that scripture? Ephesians
chapter 8 verse 15. Romans, Romans chapter 8,
verse 15. We don't know that scripture. Romans
chapter 8, verse 15. Those who are led. Romans
chapter 8, verse 15. Let's read it. So the Spirit
that we have received, right, is a Spirit that
enables us to cry what? Abba, Father. He's your
Father. Right? He is your Father. So you have
the light. Why? Because you have His Spirit.
So you have the light now to cry Abba, Father.
So when you go to pray, you have the right to
say what? When you go to pray, you have the right
to say what? Even without prayer, when you are
just having a conversation, probably, I don't
know, some of you have conversation with the
Holy Spirit, you have the right to just say,
Daddy, Father, right? He's your Father. God is
your Father. And the Church of NACF, Right? He's
the family of God. Not just the church of Tennessee.
Every believer is your brother, is your sister.
All over the world is your brother. We are united
by one spirit, which is the spirit of who? The
spirit of Christ. Right? Amen. Please ask your
question. Time. Just write it down. I'll make
sure to give like 10 minutes to answer those
questions. So for me, please just write it down
so you don't forget. So the fourth thing that
we'll talk about, did we, do we have any questions
for this one? Please write it down because when
I said, did you have any questions? Please write
it down. Please, please. Yes. So the fourth one
we'll talk about, right? The fourth one is that
you have dominion. You have authority. As a believer,
you have dominion. You have authority. You have
dominion. Under you have dominion. The first
one over the devil and his agents. The first
one over the devil and his agents. 1 John, chapter
4, verse 4. 1 John, chapter 4, verse 4. 1 John,
chapter 4, verse 4. So you are of God. We're
speaking to believers. You are of God, little
children, and have overcome them. Because he
who is in you is greater than he who is in the
world. So the them here is talking about the
things of the world, the devil and his agents.
You have overcome them. Why? Because of grace,
they overcome here. Okay, you're looking for
the... This one. You see? This one? Yes. So,
they overcome here. When you... The Greek means...
What it means... is to carry off the victory.
It's like you carrying the victory. It's not
you that won the victory. It's not you that fought
for the victory. But it's you that is carrying
the victory. That's overcome. The Greek meaning
of it that implies in that verse is to carry
off the victory. A conqueror. To carry off the
victory. It means that the believer, the believer
is walking from a place of victory over the devil
and his agent, over the systems of the world.
The believer is walking from a place of victory
because why? Christ has paid the price and Christ
has brought us up as he rose up victorious. So
we also, we have identified with him and we are
walking victoriously. In his victory. Hallelujah.
So the believer is victorious over the devil
and his agents. The believer is victorious. You
have overcome because of who is in you. God is
in you. God is in you. So you have prevailed.
So the second thing that a believer needs to
know, that's the first one, that you have dominion
over the devil and his agents. Hebrews chapter
2, verse 14. Put this scripture there. Put this
scripture there. Hebrews chapter 2, verse 14.
Ephesians chapter 1, verse 17 to 22. Chapter
1, verse 17 to 22. Ephesians chapter 2, verse
4 to 6. I will repeat again. Hebrews chapter
2, verse 14. Ephesians chapter 1, verse 17 to
22. Ephesians chapter 2, verse 4 to 6. Let's
read Ephesians chapter 2, verse 4 to 6. Ephesians
chapter 2, verse 4 to 6. Ephesians chapter 2,
verse 4 to 6. So, now it says the believer is
seated where? He's seated together with who?
With Christ. Now, let's go to Ephesians. We have
to read Ephesians chapter 1 now. So, this is
Ephesians chapter 2, right? You see that the
believer is seated with Christ, right? In heavenly,
in the heavenlies. And the original is in the
heavenly, right? In Christ Jesus. So the believer
is seated with Christ. He's seated with Christ
together. So now let's read Ephesians chapter
1. We have to read Ephesians chapter 1 now. Ephesians
chapter 1 from verse 17. that you may know what
is the hope of his calling, what are the pictures
of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
and what is the exceeding greatness of his power
toward those who believe, according to the working
of his mighty power, which he worked in Christ
when he raised him from the dead, and seated
him at his right hand in heavenly places. Power
above all his quality and power, and might and
dominion, and everything that is real. not only
in this age, but also in that time. And he put
all things under his feet and gave him to be
held over all things in church. So he says, verse
20, which he walked in Christ when he raised
him from the dead and seated him at his right
hand in the heavenly places, far above all principalities
and powers and might and dominion. Then in Ephesians
chapter 2, read that the believer is seated with
who? So it means that this dominion that the
believer is seated, where Christ is seated now,
that is also where the believer is. In that place
of authority, in that place of dominion. So the
believer has dominion over what? Principalities
and powers. Might and dominion. The believer
has authority. The believer has authority. Why?
Because he's seated with Christ. The believer
is seated with Christ. So the second thing, the
second thing under you have dominion is that
you have dominion over sin and the flesh. Romans
chapter 6 verse 14. You have dominion over sin
and the flesh. Romans chapter 6 verse 14. Romans
chapter 6 verse 14. Dominion over sin and the
flesh. Romans chapter 6 verse 14. You have dominion
over sin and the flesh. Sin shall not have dominion
over you. What it means, when you look at the
Greek word there, the Greek word there implies
to exercise influence upon, to exercise influence
upon, to have power over. to exercise influence
upon, to have power over. So in essence, what
is Apostle Paul telling the believer? That you
have power. Do not allow sin to influence your
action. Do not allow your action to be influenced,
right? Do not allow sin to dominate. Your actions.
Every action of yours. Do not let your action.
Do not let sin have dominion over you. Sin have
power over you. Why? Because you have been. You
don't have that niche. You don't have that influence
again. That influence. Now the influence that
you have. Is the influence of the spirit. That
is in you. So you must not allow your actions
to be influenced. That's what it means. You must
not allow your actions to be influenced and you
allow sin to reign, as he will say in the latter
part, to allow sin to reign in your mortal body.
It means the believer has the responsibility
by willpower to choose what to do and what not
to do. You have the willpower to say yes and
no. You have the willpower to say yes and no.
So he's saying now, say no to sin. Do not allow
sin. Do not allow your conduct, your lifestyle.
Do not allow sin reign. Why? Do not allow it
influence over your life. Because Christ has
redeemed you from that life. Now the life that
you have, what you are supposed to produce is
fruits of righteousness. The life that you have
now is fruit of righteousness that must be seen.
Amen? So the next thing that we'll talk about,
so this is over sin and the flesh. And the third
thing we'll talk about, over the wall and its
systems. 1 John chapter 5, verse 4 to 5. Over
the wall and its systems. Over the wall and its
systems. Talking about the ideology of the world.
Just like it was said in Romans chapter 12. Do
not be conformed to this world. Don't allow the
world to dictate how you live. Do not allow,
you know, all these... This is what they are
saying. All these things. I don't even know them.
All these aquarius. What? Aquarius or what? Sanguine
or what? You are a child of God. Simple. You
are born of God. You are the Holy Spirit. You
are not sanguine. You are not melancholic. You
are not none of this. Did the scripture call
you that you are melancholic? Did you see it
in the scripture? Did you see any of the disciples
calling? saint of God, melancholy. Do you see
any of them calling? You are not. Because I am
melancholic, my temperament is different. You
have the temperament of the Holy Spirit and his
gentleness, his self -control, patience. So,
we must not allow the ideologies of the world
to dictate the way we live. You have power over
the systems of the world. The scripture. 1 John
chapter 5, verse 4 to 5. So we must not allow
the world to take the way we live. We must not
allow the world to influence our thinking pattern
because whatever thing you do, we start from
your thinking. The things you consume on social
media, the things you discuss, your conversations.
The things you hear. Right? That's where it starts,
from your mind. And then you start calling yourself
what you are not. He, she, they, them. God made
male and female. They are calling themselves
he, she, they, them. And then you see an unbeliever
that is ignorant. You start calling yourself
what you are not. So you don't allow the world
influence the way you think. You allow the word
of God permeate your mind so much. That all of
your action, your lifestyle is guided by the
word of God. And when you are asked, you say,
the life that I'm living, my standard is God's
word. My standard is not trend. It's not trend
of these days. That the trend of these days is
to do any kind of thing, any sort of things that
the world, everybody's doing. You see of when
doing this, you follow. You see. Other people
doing certain things on social media you follow.
You have a role model that is an unbeliever that
you are following. You are following their lifestyle,
their ideology concerning marriage. You are following
their ideology concerning the things of the spirit.
You are following their ideology concerning relationship,
friendship. Someone that is not born again. So,
our ideology, our thinking pattern. Our thought
process must come from God's word. When we have
examined God's word much more, the things that
we think, the things that we ponder upon, the
things that we meditate upon must be the things
that are acceptable, the things that, as Apostle
Paul would say, things that are pure, things
that are praiseworthy, that are according to
the will of God, not what the world has set.
So we are in this world, but we are not of this
world. We are in this world, but we are not of
this world. So we should not allow the world
influence the way we think. Rather, you are the
one that is supposed to influence. You are the
one that is supposed to influence. Amen? You
are the one that is supposed to influence. So
the world has its systems. The world has its
ideology. Don't allow it to rub off so much on
you that you forget who you are. That you begin
to work in identity crisis. Amen. So the next
thing, the last thing that we will talk about
is that you are a minister of God. The last thing
that we will talk about is that you are a minister
of God. No. Number, is it number five? You are
a minister of God. We heal the sick. We raise
the dead. We bless the man. That's, you are a
minister of God. Right? We, what's the, what
we used to say? I'm a priest. I'm a king. I'm
a prophet. With me, God will build you on some
source. It's not by mouth. Right? It's not by
mouth. Yes, you profess it. Yes, it's good to
profess it. But it is a responsibility. Right?
You are not just a son of God. You are not just
a child of God. But also, you are a minister
of God. You have been called to steward the gospel.
You have been called. To steward the mysteries
of Christ that have been revealed in the scripture.
Right? So in 2 Corinthians chapter 5 verse 17
to 20. Let's read it. 2 Corinthians chapter 5.
17 to 20. 2 Corinthians chapter 5 verse 17 to
20. 2 Corinthians 5, 17 -20 Therefore, if anyone
is in Christ, he is an iteration. All things
are pastoral. Behold, all things have become
real. Now all things are of God, who has reconciled
us to himself through Jesus Christ, and has given
us the ministry of reconciliation. He has given
us what? Are you the new creation in Christ?
That means you have been given the ministry of
reconciliation. Yes? You are what? You are what?
You are an ambassador. One that speaks for. Yes?
So this is what you are preaching. You are preaching
that God is not imputing any sin on anybody.
There is forgiveness of sins in Christ. You have
to believe in what Christ has done. The unbelievers,
they remain unsaved. Why? Because they reject
what Christ has done. Those that we have preached
to, some people who preach to them and they say
they don't want to believe, they remain unsaved
because they have rejected the gospel. They have
rejected what Christ has done, the provision
that God has made for their sin. So as ministers,
as children of God, we have the responsibility
to preach the gospel. Why? Because that is what
you have received as salvation. With that gift
of salvation comes a responsibility. And that
responsibility is to bring others as you have
been brought in by someone. It's your responsibility
also to go outside and bring others into the
family. So Ephesians chapter 2 verse 10. We are
not saved by good works, but we are saved unto
good works. Right? We are not saved by good works.
We are not saved by what you did. what she did
not do. In that verse, we are yet sinners. Christ
died for our sins. Christ died for the ungodly.
So you are not saved by good works, but you are
saved unto good works. That good works is ministry.
That good work is the preaching of the gospel.
That good works is the raising disciples for
Christ. That is the life that you have received.
Right? Sometimes, Some people, the pastors or
the leaders, they have team leaders, cell leaders,
who tell them, come to church, come for cell
meetings, come for meetings, come to the Garden
of Believers. But some of them, the excuse that
they give is a valid excuse. I have to go to
class. I have to go to this. I have to go and
do other mundane things, other natural things.
It's valid to them. But then what we must understand
is that your purpose, right, is not your career.
The reason why you are living, the reason why
you are here, your purpose is not nursing, right?
It's not financial accounting. It's not law.
It's not all this. natural things that man has,
is man -made, right? Those things are good. Don't
get me wrong. But that is not your life. That
is not your life. Because when you die tomorrow,
when you see the Lord, when you sleep, he's not
going to ask you, how was your business? How
was your career? No. The assignment that I give
unto you, did you do it? Did you preach the gospel?
How many people did you preach to? How many souls?
How many people did you raise? How many people
did you, how many disciples? That is the purpose.
That is your life. Any other thing that you are
doing, that you are not doing that one, you are
just living. So, all those things are good. What
our life is. preaching the gospel because we
are ministers of God. That one you have set yourself
up. There is nothing you can do about it. There
is nothing you can do about it because why? You
have received the ministry. We have been saying
it every Sunday. I received the what? What have
you received? We have been saying it every Sunday.
No? I have received Okay, I'm a prophet. I'm
a what? I'm a priest. I've received the message,
the ministry, and the office of Jesus Christ.
When Jesus Christ was on the earth, he was preaching,
healing the sick. How was his ministry? Preaching,
healing the sick. So that is what we have received,
right? That is what we have received as believers.
Amen? So, as we go, we must have this mindset.
We must have this understanding that we are ministers
of God. We have been called to reach the lost.
We have been called to preach to the lost. We
are ambassadors. We have been called for to show
His praises. We have been called for to show
the praises of Him who has called us out of darkness.
Into his marvelous light. We are children of
God. Called to serve the will. Desire. Purpose
of our father. We are children of God. That have
been called to serve. The will. Desire. And purpose.
Of our dear father. We are children of God. Called.
To serve the will, desire, and purpose of our
dear Father. We have been called. So you will
see examples in scriptures, I should say it again.
We are children of God, called to serve. Called
to serve the will. The desire, purposes of our
Father. We are sent, we are the sent ones to
the lost. Hallelujah. We are the sent ones to
the lost. We are the sent ones to the lost. We
are the sent one to the lost. So you will see
examples in scriptures. Just write this down.
Example, Acts chapter 5, verse 40 to 41. Acts
chapter 5, verse 40 to 41. You will see how the
disciples, in the whole book of Acts, you will
see how they rejoice. After they are being persecuted
for the gospel, that's another thing. You know,
we are hearing news of, you know, things that
are happening, persecution all over the world,
especially in Nigeria, in other places, we see
persecution. So, we must be encouraged that you
will be persecuted for the gospel. Right? The
disciples were flogged. After they had been flogged
and they told them not to preach the name of
Jesus, they went about rejoicing and they went
and preached about that same Jesus they told
them not to preach about. So, we will be persecuted
for the gospel, right? We will be persecuted
for the truth. But then, that should not stop
us from preaching. That should not stop us from
preaching. The gospel. Amen? Amen. So another
thing that we must know as sons of God and ministers
of God is that we will face trials and temptations.
Right? We will face trials and temptations. They
will come. But then, in those trials and temptations,
let me give you some scriptures. 1 Corinthians
10 verse 13. God has made a way of escape for
us already. He has provided a way of escape.
1 Corinthians 10, verse 13. 1 Corinthians 10,
verse 13. So before the temptation comes, just
know that there is a way of escape. Right? Before
the trials come. And temptation comes from our
desires. Some of the things that we desire are
not of God. So, when you desire things that are
not of God, these are temptations that are tempting
you to sin against God's will. But then, we understand
that we have received self -control. One of the
fruits of the Spirit is self -control that we
have received. So we are able to live above our
feelings. We are able to live above the things
that we desire. Right? So trials will come. Temptation
will come. But then we understand that we have
the Holy Spirit in us that enables us to live
the Christian life. So this life that we have
received, we don't live it by our strength. Right?
It is by the power of the Holy Ghost. We walk
together with him by our will. Right? We walk
together with him. So the first thing that we
spoke about is what? Look at your notes. The
first thing we spoke about. You have eternal
life. The second thing we spoke about. Your sins
are forgiven and you are justified. The third
thing we spoke about. The fourth thing. The fifth
thing. So I want to ask you now. Who are you?
What is your identity? One by one. We start from
the back. From the teaching. What is your identity?
Okay. I know, I know. You have learned. That's
good. That's good. Yes, Sister Caroline. Who
are you? Okay. Yes. A child of God. That's your
identity. That's your identity. Hallelujah. Amen.
Yes. Your sins have been forgiven and you are
justified. So what that means is that there is
no praying again, no crying again for your sins
to be forgiven, right? Would you cry again to
God and say, God, please forgive me? He has forgiven
you already. So what do you do? You thank him
for the forgiveness of sins you have received,
right? So you are one that have received forgiveness
of sins. Hallelujah. Amen. Yes. You are a new
creature. What does that mean? You are a new
creature because God is your father. God is your
father. You are a new creature means you are
born of God. Right? You are born of God. It means
you have the Spirit of God in you. That's what
it means. Right? You have the Spirit of God in
you because you have believed the gospel. Now
you are born of God and you have the Spirit of
God in you. Hallelujah. Yes. Sorry, please can
you just repeat what I said? You are a new creation
because of what? Because God is your Father.
No. Yes, God is your Father. You are born of
God, yes. His spirit is in you, right? God's
spirit is in you. You are born of God. His spirit
is in you. You are a new creation now because
you are born of God and his spirit is in you.
Yes. Yes, God is your father, but I wanted you
to say, you know, yes, the Holy Spirit is in
you. You are born of God. Hallelujah. Amen. Yes.
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