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right in. I want to thank God for this opportunity
to bring the world to us. I want to thank the
pastorate as well for this opportunity and I
urge you to pay attention, to participate and
to be blessed. Amen. Today we're going to be
looking at some words what I've been teaching
on, which was the supernatural nature of the
Christian gathering. And one of the things that
we said there was that what made this gathering
supernatural is because the Holy Spirit is here.
Praise the Lord! Because the Holy Spirit dwells
in the inside of us. So, today we want to look
at the union of the spirit that we have, or the
union of the Holy Spirit that we have. Before
we dive into that especially, I would like us
to look at so many things that will entrench
you, so many things that will bless you. That
is, how those locations and some names or some
places in the Bible translate to God's plan.
Praise the Lord! How does places and names of
places translate to God's plan? How does that
reveal God's plan? Praise the Lord! If you understand
these things, it will save us a lot of things.
It will save us from being manipulated. It will
save us our money. It will save us so many things.
Praise the Lord! Matthew 28. Also, we are going
to look at 1 Peter chapter 2, verse 9. We are
also going to look into how we have become that,
or how we are that, that is, how we are a chosen
generation, how we are royal priests. Praise
the Lord! Is that God's plan or we just came
into it? Praise the Lord! Has that been God's
plan or did it just happen in the New Testament?
Praise the Lord. Matthew chapter 28, verse 18
to 20. Verse 18 said, And Jesus came and spoke
to them, saying, All authority has been given
me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make
disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the
name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy
Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that
have commanded you and know and meet you always,
even to the end of the age. Mark chapter 16 verse
15 said, And he said to them, Go into all the
world and preach the gospel to every creature.
He who believes and is baptized will be saved.
But he who does not believe will be condemned.
And these signs will follow those who believe.
In my name they will cast out their demons. They
will speak with new terms. They will take up
sacraments and if they drink anything deadly,
it will by no means halt them. They will lay
hands on the sick and they will recover. So then,
after the Lord has spoken to them, he was received
up into heaven. and sat at the right hand of
God, and they went out and preached everywhere,
the Lord walking with them and confirming their
words through the accompanying of signs. Amen.
John chapter 20 John chapter 20 verse 19 to 23
Verse 19 said, Then the same day at the evening,
being the first day of the week, when the doors
were shut, where the disciples were assembled
for the fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood
in the midst of them, and said to them, Peace
be with you. When he had said this, he showed
them his hand and his side. Then the disciples
were glad when they saw the Lord. So Jesus said
to them, again, peace to you. As the Father has
sent me, I have also sent you. When he has said
this, he breathed on them and said to them, receive
the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any,
they will be forgiven. If you retain the sins
of any, they will be retained. Praise the Lord!
We have been looking at these in our previous
teachings. The pastors have been teaching us
these things. We said that this is the great
commission and the thing that God has given believers
to do. This is God's intention for every believer
that we go and make disciples. We go and we teach
the gospel. We go and we show the power of God
in healing, in casting out demons. Praise the
Lord! As a result of following His instructions.
Praise the Lord! So this is the Great Commission
and from this place where we read, from Mark
16, we see that this is also the last moment
where the disciples physically saw Jesus. So
He was giving them a command. Like I said, we're
going to look at a few things and what they mean
to the intention of God. So in that Matthew 16,
28, verse 19 says, he said, go therefore and
make disciples of all nations, baptizing them
in the name of the Father and of the Son and
of the Holy Spirit. Praise the Lord. So we see
here, Jesus said to them, they should go and
make disciples of all nations. So we see all
nations in this place. Praise the Lord. And in
Mark, he says, all the world, Mark chapter 16,
verse Mark chapter 16 verse 15, right? We see
all the world. Praise the Lord. So what does
all nation mean? Praise the Lord. What does all
nation mean? All nation is the world has her
at nose. Has her at nose. P -A -S -H -O -T -H
-N -O -S What does all nation mean? I will also
read in Luke, in Luke chapter 24. Luke chapter
24. Like I said, just pay attention and you will
understand what we are doing. 24 and verse 47.
He said, our repentance and remission of sin
should be preached in His name to all nations
beginning at Jerusalem. Okay? So we're going
to look at all nations and we're going to look
at why He said they should begin at Jerusalem.
What does that mean? Praise the Lord. Does it
mean that they cannot start from Syria? Does
it mean they should not start from somewhere
else? Praise the Lord! Why start from Jerusalem?
Praise the Lord! Why start from Jerusalem? In
John chapter 20, verse 23, that talks about if
you forgive the sins of any. Praise the Lord!
So that any day is talking about if you forgive
the sins of anybody that is anybody in the world
Same thing are saying all the world praise the
lord So as you're preaching if you forgive the
sins of any in all the world their sins will
be forgiven praise the lord So we're going to
focus our teaching like I said on all nations
and why does he say they should begin? At jerusalem,
praise the lord all nations right So, I said
that all nations is the word ethnos in the Greek,
right? We see that also in Luke chapter 24. Let's
go back to Luke chapter 24. The earlier verses
before, where we read earlier, the earlier verses
in verse 24. And certain of these who were with
us went to the tomb and found it just as the
women had said. But hearing they did not see,
praised the Lord, then He said to them, awfulish
ones, on slow of heart, to believe all that the
prophet hath spoken, but not the Christ, to have
suffered these things, and to enter his glory.
Verse 27 now, it says, Beginning at Moses and
in all the prophets, He expounded to them in
all the scriptures the things concerning Himself.
Praise the Lord! And we also looked at this place
and we saw that what Jesus did was that He taught
them through the scriptures. Praise the Lord!
He did not lay hands on them and say, receive
knowledge. Right? He taught them in all the scriptures.
So Jesus taught them in all the scriptures, right?
And we said that Jesus did not just start teaching
them anything He felt like teaching them. Rather,
He taught them, as the scripture says, from the
entirety of the scriptures. He said, from beginning
and Moses and in all the prophets, He expounded
to them in all the scriptures the things concerning
Himself. And we have looked at that word, expound,
Right? So, Jesus translated to them, in essence,
what has been said. So, we can also say that
in the four gospels and also in the epistle,
what we have here is translations or interpretation
of the scriptures. That is, from Genesis to Malachi.
Praise the Lord! So, because Jesus came and He
spoke the things concerning Himself from the
Scriptures. Praise the Lord! So, you can write
this. Translations are words which give interpretations,
right? Translations are words which give interpretation.
That is, giving meanings to words that are spoken
in other places. in other cultures, in other
languages, in other contexts. Praise the Lord.
He expounded to them in all the scriptures the
things containing himself. They said, beginning
at Moses and in all the prophets. In verse 45
of that same Luke 24. Verse 45. And He opened
their understanding that they may comprehend
the Scriptures. The New King James would say
that He opened their understanding that they
may understand the Scriptures. Praise the Lord.
Right? So, the word to understand, right, it
means to read the Scriptures together. That's
in His saying that they may comprehend. Right?
That place comprehend means that the Scriptures
are read together. is the greek word sunay your
my let me spell it s -y -n -e sorry s -y -n -i
-e -m -i it means to read the scriptures together
which means that the scriptures do not contradict
praise the lord so when he says that He opened
the understanding that they may comprehend the
scriptures, is that the understanding they had,
there was no contradiction. Praise the Lord.
The scriptures do not contradict. It was read
together. Praise the Lord. It was read and interpreted
together. It also means that the scriptures,
right, they mean the same thing. They're not
saying different things. Praise the Lord. So
when you begin to see that something is contradicting
what is said in other places, it means that you
need to read it together. Praise the Lord! The
scriptures do not contradict themselves. It means
the same thing. So Jesus understood how to read
the scriptures properly. Praise the Lord! He
understood what it means to read the scriptures
properly. In verse 44, He said to them, that
all things must be fulfilled which were written
in the law of Moses, the prophet and the sons
consigning me. Praise the Lord! So every teaching
he was giving to them, he was teaching them from
the entirety of the scriptures. Praise the Lord!
He was reading it together, so they are able
to comprehend. They are able to understand. He
read it through. In verse 47, as we said, he
said, And that's what the Savior now said, that
repentance and remission of sins be preached
to all nations beginning at Jerusalem. As we
said, why begin at Jerusalem? Why don't we start
from Utopia? Praise the Lord. Since we saw that
there was Utopia in the Scriptures, why didn't
they start from Utopia? Praise the Lord. Why
did they start from Jerusalem? Why Jerusalem?
So beginning from Jerusalem is also the same
word we see in verse 27 that talks about beginning
at Moses and in the prophets. Right? It's the
same thing that we see there. Acts chapter 1
verse 8. Why Jerusalem? They say, but you shall
receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon
you and you shall be witnesses to me in Jerusalem
and in all Judea and Samaria and to the ends
of the earth, that is all nations. Praise the
Lord. So why is he telling them that there will
be witnesses from whom? From Jerusalem. Why Jerusalem?
Praise the Lord. So we must understand, right,
that location or if you like, Geography is also
part of theology. To be able to understand the
scriptures properly, you cannot neglect locations,
things that are said in certain places. For you
to be able to interpret properly, you have to
understand that geography has a huge part to
play in theology. Praise the Lord! Why Jerusalem?
John chapter 4, verse 19 to 20. In secondary
school, by the way, geography was my best subject,
right? I could, during our way, one thing you
can be sure is that we can write the textbook
for you the way it's written, right? Because
we had a very good geography teacher, same as
Uncle Shola, he's a lot. This is my first introduction
to the Yoruba people. Praise the Lord. He was
a very, very good man. Why Jerusalem? John chapter
4, from verse 19 to 20. That is the Samaritan
woman. He says, and the woman said, Sir, I perceive
that you are a prophet. Our fathers worship on
this mountain, and the Jews say that in Jerusalem
is a place where one ought to worship. Why did
the Jews say that Jerusalem is a place where
one ought to worship? Praise the Lord. So, it
means that if you find a location, right, or
you see a location in the Bible, right, there
is a meaning to it. So there is a meaning to
the word Jerusalem, and it's referred to also
from the Old Testament. Second Samuel chapter
5, 7 and 9. So, nevertheless, David took the
stronghold of Zion that is the city of David.
And David dwelt in the stronghold and called
it the city of David. And David built all around
from the mills and inward. Praise the Lord. So
Zion is in Jerusalem. Praise the Lord. Zion is
in Jerusalem. And we see that Addo Azak, right?
or Zadak, in Joshua chapter 10 verse 1, we see
that Jerusalem had a king, praise the Lord. Joshua
chapter 10 verse 1. We see there that Jerusalem
had a king, praise the Lord. But then, before
then, we have also known that there was a king
of Salem praise the Lord the Jerusalem is not
just one word praise the Lord there was a king
of Salem Genesis chapter 14 verse 18 Genesis
chapter 14 verse 18 now Melchizedek the king
of Salem brought out bread and wine he watched
the priests of God Most High. Praise the Lord!
That word, Melchizedek, should trick me off.
Thank God I'm able to call it properly nowadays.
Melchizedek is the King of Salem. Praise the
Lord! We also saw that David prophesied about
it. Psalms 110, verse 1 -4. Psalms 110 from his
1 to 4. Psalms 101. The Psalm of David, the Lord
said to my Lord, sit at my right hand, till I
make your enemies your first two. And the Lord
shall send the rod of your strength out of Zion.
rule in the midst of your enemies. Your people
shall be volunteers, or willing, some other scriptures
would put, in the days of your power, in the
beauty of his holiness from the womb of the morning.
You have the dawn of your youth. Verse four.
The Lord has sworn I will not relent. You are
a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.
Praise the Lord. according to the order of Melchizedek.
So Jerusalem is a place, right, and it has a
king, right? We also saw that David built houses
there, praise the Lord, or the city of David
in that place. So we also see a prophecy here,
right, about how they're going to be a priest
according to the order of Melchizedek, right?
Melchizedek is the king of Salem, which we know
as the king of righteousness and justice. Praise
the Lord. So we see how important this is. Isaiah
40 verse 9. Isaiah, more on Jerusalem, Isaiah
40 verse 9. Isaiah chapter 40 verse 9. O Zion,
you who bring good tithing, get up in the high
mountains, O Jerusalem, you who bring good tithing,
lift up your voice with strength, lift it up,
be not afraid, say to the city of Judah, behold
your God. Praise the Lord. Behold your God. And
there have been several teachings on good tiding,
right? The word good tiding there is the word
basea, right? B -A -S -A -R. It's pronounced
basea. B -A -S -A -N, right? And good tiding
is about the kingdom of God. Praise the Lord.
The good tide in the air is about the kingdom
of God. It's a behold your God. So the concept
of Jerusalem is that of a kingdom. Praise the
Lord. The idea of Jerusalem is that of a kingdom.
It's a kingdom of peace. Praise the Lord. It
is the kingdom of peace. Praise the Lord. it
is the kingdom of peace right its war or sorry
its weapon is also that of peace praise the lord
its weapon is also that of peace so by speaking
of them to begin at Jerusalem in Luke chapter
4 so Luke chapter 24 from verse 47 right It is
because Jerusalem is a geography that has a theology.
Praise the Lord. It has a meaning. Praise the
Lord. It is not just like any other city. It
is different from every other city. It is about
the kingdom. And it is the kingdom of peace.
Praise the Lord. So when he says they should
bring good tidings about the kingdom, It's a
sign that it is about peace. The message is peace.
Praise the Lord. So the people understood what...
So it's a different kingdom from every other
one. They knew that the gospel was the gospel
about a kingdom. Praise the Lord. So when he
says, beginning at Jerusalem, he knew that it
was about a kingdom and a kingdom... has king.
And the king is for the whole earth. Praise the
Lord. It is not just a kingdom for a king for
Jerusalem, but for the whole earth. And he's
also a kingdom of peace. So he says beginning
at Jerusalem means that the message, right, and
the location are related. Praise the Lord. The
location is that of peace. The message is that
of peace. praise the lord is that of the kingdom
of god the message and the location is related
to each other jerusalem is a place of peace so
beginning at jerusalem it is saying it is a gospel
of peace praise the lord it is a gospel of peace
do you understand do you understand So when he
says, beginning at Jerusalem, he's saying that
Jerusalem is a place of peace. It is the gospel
of peace. The message and the location are related.
Romans 10 verse 15. Romans 10 verse 15. I say,
how shall they preach unless they are said? And
it's written, how beautiful are the feet of those
who preach the gospel of peace, who bring glad
tidings of good things. He says what? Who preach
the gospel of peace? Praise the Lord! Who preach
the gospel of peace? Or the gospel, if you like,
of Jerusalem. Why? Because Jerusalem is a place
of peace. It is a kingdom of God. So, Jesus has
brought peace and what He is reconciling men
to Himself. So, when He says they should preach,
He is telling them that you have preached the
gospel of peace, or beginning at Jerusalem, it
is the gospel of peace. Praise the Lord! So,
we now see how the location is related to the
message. Right? So, but let's not get it wrong.
Right? Just like some of you will see later how
some of the disciples, they understand what he
was saying. So, Jerusalem now, or Jerusalem is
a parable. Praise the Lord. Jerusalem is a parable.
Praise the Lord. And, but the message is a reality
of what he's saying. Praise the Lord. What is
a parable? Anybody want to help us? Jerusalem
is a parable. Jerusalem is communicating something.
It is not a thing itself, but it's communicating
something. Jerusalem is a parable, but a message,
and the message is a reality. So by saying, beginning
at Jerusalem, he's saying the kingdom of peace,
righteousness, and joy. Romans chapter 14 verse
7 describing Jerusalem Romans chapter 14 verse
17 rather Romans chapter 14 verse 17 for the
kingdom of God is not about eating and drinking
but righteousness peace and joy and the holy
ghost praise the lord It is also the description
of what Jerusalem is. It is about the kingdom
of God. So Jerusalem is a parable that has a
message, but the message is a reality of it.
Praise the Lord. So what then do we do? So as
a child of God, do you go and start preaching
from Jerusalem now? Praise the Lord. We don't
start from Jerusalem. Why? because we have Jerusalem.
Praise the Lord. Hallelujah. We don't go to Jerusalem
or we don't start from Jerusalem because we have
Jerusalem. That is, we have the peace of God.
We have the joy of God. We have received forgiveness.
We are righteous people. That is what he represents.
So beginning at Jerusalem, Jesus was using a
location to teach them something. He was using
a location to teach them about the peace that
God has brought. The realities of the kingdom.
Praise the Lord. Acts chapter 1. Let's go back
there again. Acts chapter 1. Acts chapter 1.
And verse 3 would tell us. He said, Who's speaking?
Who's seeing Peter? Sorry. Acts chapter 1. Verse
3. to whom He also presented Himself alive after
His suffering by many infallible proofs, being
seen by them during forty days, speaking of the
things pertaining to the kingdom of God. Praise
the Lord! Speaking of the things pertaining to
the kingdom of God, verse 6 now. Therefore, when
they had come together, They asked him saying,
Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom
to Israel? Praise the Lord. Will you at this
time restore the kingdom to Israel? Praise the
Lord. We see here that they got it wrong. Praise
the Lord. What he was teaching them was that
the gospel or the peace that is coming is for
the whole nation or that ease is for the whole
nation. The message is for the whole nation.
But we see here that they are asking him, will
you again restore the kingdom to Israel? So Israel
or Jerusalem is a parable, like I said. And then,
but the message is the reality. Verse seven,
he says, he said to them, it is not for you to
know time and season which the father has put
in his authority. Right? So no. Praise the Lord.
Basically, that's what he's saying to them. No,
there is nothing like that. Verse 8, now. But
ye shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has
come upon you, and ye shall be witnesses to me
in Jerusalem, and in Judea, and to all the ends
of the earth. Praise the Lord. So this is a kingdom
he's speaking about. Praise the Lord. Verse 8
is a kingdom that he's talking about. To the
ends of the earth. Praise the Lord. So we have
looked at Jerusalem. Now let's look at all nations.
All nations. Psalms chapter two. Psalms chapter
two, verse six to eight. Yet I have set my king
on my holy hill of Zion. I will declare the decree,
the Lord has said to me, you are my son, today
I have begotten you. Ask of me and I will give
you the nation for your inheritance and the ends
of the earth for your possession. Praise the
Lord. Verse 6, sorry, verse 8 says what? He says,
I will give you the nation for your inheritance
and the ends of the earth. So, the nation there
is the world of the Hebrew word Goy. G -O -Y.
Right? It is also for heeding. Some other scriptures
say, I will give you the heeding for your inheritance.
Praise the Lord! I will give you the heeding
for your inheritance. So, inheritance is showing
the territory of a king. Praise the Lord! that
the hidden are also his territory. Praise the
Lord. They belong to him. See, I will give you
the hidden or the nation for your possession.
It's the word goy, G -O -Y. So, that word is
used for gentile or other nations. Praise the
Lord. That word is used for gentiles or other
nations apart from the Jew. Praise the Lord.
So Jesus has always emphasized that Him and His
message is for all the nations. Praise the Lord.
His message, He has always emphasized that Him
and His message has always been for all nations.
So let's follow that word, go ahead and see some
things about all nations. Genesis of the third
verse five. From these, the coastland people
of the Gentiles were separated into their land.
Everyone according to their language, according
to their families, into all their nations. Praise
the Lord. The Gentile or nation is a word, Goyle,
in that place. So at this point, the nation of
Israel had not been born. Genesis 10 verse 5.
At this point, the nation of Israel as not they
were not bonded okay so but before now we have
also had you know we have had abel people that
worked with god praise the lord we have had the
people and several others who had worked with
god god had men which he had worked with right
and in these places if you keep reading down
He talks about, he's known as the nation of,
or the 70 nations. Praise the Lord. The 70 nations,
right, before the foul of Babel. The 70 nations.
So God had men that he was working with even
before Israel was born. So before the nation,
Israel, before the nation of Israel, God was
dealing with the nations of the world. every
nation. Praise the Lord. Genesis chapter 12 verse
1 and 2 verse 3 Genesis chapter 12 speaking of
Abraham Genesis chapter 12 verse 1 Now the Lord
said to Abraham get out of your country From
your family from your father's house to the land
that I will show you and I will make I will make
you a great nation and I will bless you and Make
your name great and you shall be a blessing rest
three And I'll bless those who bless you and
I'll cost those who cost you and in you all the
families of the earth Shall be blessed. Praise
the Lord. So in you all the nation shall be blessed.
In Genesis chapter four, Genesis chapter 17 verse
four. We see that word again. As for me, behold,
my covenant is with you, and you shall be a father
of many nations, many nations. The word again
going. Verse 6 now. I will make you exceedingly
fruitful and I will make nations of you and kings
shall come from you, nations and kings. In verse
16, speaking of Serak. And I will bless her and
give her and give you a son by her. Then I will
bless her. and she shall be a mother of nation
kings of people shall come shall be from her
praise the lord verse 20 mother of nation verse
20 as for ishmael i have heard you behold i will
bless him and i will make him fruitful and will
multiply him exceedingly it shall be god twelve
princes and i will make him a great nation, great
nation. Genesis chapter 22 verse 18. In you,
in your seed, all the nations of the earth shall
be blessed because you have obeyed my voice.
So God's intention is for all nations. Praise
the Lord. God's intention is for all nations.
So Israel's goal is to bring all the nations
to the promised Messiah. There is a lot. Israel
wants to bring the people to the promised Messiah.
Right? They were supposed to be a servant people,
people that brought people to God. And we see
that that also reflected on how Moses related
with the nations. Praise the Lord. So it's like
saying, you are saved so that others will be
saved. Praise the Lord. That is the role that
they are playing. We see how that relates, how
Moses relates with the nations. Remember, the
nations had priests and prophets, right, before
Israel. Numbers 11 verse 11. We see how This
Seventy Nation we saw earlier, what we call the
Seventy, how it is also, we see it in the writings
again, of Moses. So Moses said to the Lord, Why
have you afflicted your servant? And why have
I not found favour in your sight, that you have
laid the burden of all these people on me? Verse
16 now. And the Lord said to Moses, gather to
me seventy men of the elders of Israel whom you
know to be elders of the people and officials
over them, and bring them to the tabernacle of
meeting, and they will stand before me." So we
see here again, right? He's bringing up seventy
men of seventy elders. Exodus chapter 24 verse
1. now he said to moses come up sorry come up
to the lord you eron nabdad and abu and 70 of
the elders of israel and worship from afar praise
the lord 70 elders why 70 elders exodus chapter
They said, And you shall be to me a kingdom of
priests and a holy nation. These are the words
which you shall speak to the children of Israel.
And we saw earlier that who was a kingdom of
priests before now. We saw that Melchizedek was
the kingdom of priests before now. Why is 70?
So we have 70 men or 70 elders which represent
the 70 nations that was there before now, praise
the Lord, or before Israel came or were born.
So this, the message, right, shows the message
and the mission shows that it is for 17 nations.
That is for all the nations. Praise the Lord.
It is not just for Israel. It is for all the
nations. So in Luke 9, we saw that Jesus chose
12 disciples, which represent the 12 tribes of
Israel. But then in Luke 3, verse 1, we saw that
He appointed 70. Praise the Lord. After this,
the Lord appointed 70 others also and sent them
two by two before His face into every city and
place where He Himself was about to go. Praise
the Lord. So if we follow that Luke chapter 10,
Luke chapter 9, which the Lord selected or sent
the 12th. We will see the reference in Matthew
chapter 10 verse 5 to 8. Matthew chapter 10 verse
5 to 8. This 12th, Jesus sent out and commanded
them, saying, Do not go into the way of the Gentiles,
and do not enter the city. of the Samaritans.
Praise the Lord. They said, but rather go to
the lost house, go to the lost sheep of the house
of Israel. And as you go, preach saying, the
kingdom of heaven is at hand. They say, heal
the sheep, cleanse the leopards, raise the dead,
cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely
give. Praise the Lord. So we see here that he
says to them, do not go to the Gentiles. praise
the lord but then it's not the same instruction
he gave to the 70 praise the lord look chapter
10 always one and two look chapter 10 he says
after these things the lord appointed 70 others
others also and send them two by two before his
face and he says into every city praise the lord
there is no go to the jews alone go everywhere
right and place where he himself was about to
go. Verse two. Then he said to them, the harvest
is truly great, but the laborers are few. Therefore
pray the Lord, pray the Lord of harvest to send
out laborers into his harvest. Praise the Lord.
We see that he's sending or he says to them that
the harvest is indeed plenteous. Praise the Lord.
Verse five now. He said, whatever house you enter,
first say peace to this house. So he's telling
them go everywhere, whatever house, right? Anywhere
you go to. We see the same thing in verse eight
and verse 10. He said, whatever city you enter
and they receive you, each such as they said
before you. So whatever city you enter, verse
10 now. He said, but whatever city you enter,
and they do not receive you, go into the street
and say, praise the Lord. So we see here again
that whatever city, which means that the message
was for the entire earth. It was for every man.
It was for everybody. So the idea that Jesus
said to them, go into all the world, right, was
not invented by him. Praise the Lord. So when
he says, go into all the world, it was not Jesus
that started saying that from Matthew. It has
been there in Genesis. Praise the Lord! So he's
already telling them to do the things that we
are reading. Praise the Lord! He was telling
them to go to do the things that we are reading.
It was not new. It was not the first time. It
being in the four gospels, it's not the first
time. Praise the Lord. So this is the great commission
which has been seen in Genesis and in Exodus
and in all the prophets. Praise the Lord. So
God did not just change his mind. Praise the
Lord. He did not have a change of heart in the
four Bospels and he started telling them, go
into all the world. It has always been there.
Praise the Lord. It has always been there. Matthew
chapter 28. Verse 19, all nations, the message
of Jerusalem. The message of Jerusalem, the message
of peace. I remember we said that the King of
Jerusalem is Melchizedek who is not a Jew. There
is a lot. Matthew chapter 4 from verse 12 to
17. Matthew chapter 12. Matthew chapter 4 from
verse 12 to 17. Matthew chapter 4 from verse
12 to 17. Now when Jesus heard about John, that
John has been put in prison, he departed to Galilee.
Living in Nazareth, he came and dwells in Capaniel,
which was by the sea in the region of Zebulun
and Natsali, that it may be fulfilled, which
was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying, the
land of Zebulun, the land of Natsali, by the
way of the sea beyond Jordan, Galilee of Gentiles.
Praise the Lord. Galilee of Gentiles, 17. From
that time, Jesus, Begin to preach. Repent for
the kingdom is at hand. Praise the Lord. Why
did we go to Galilee of the Gentiles verse 16?
Why did it start from there? Why did it start
preaching from there? Praise the Lord. So, why
they said Galilee of the Gentiles, now what Gentiles
is what? Galilee of the nations. Praise the Lord.
Galilee of the nations. Galilee of the nations.
So Jesus started preaching from where? Galilee
of the nations. It is a place where the foreigners
and mixed people are. Praise the Lord. He didn't
start from a town where it is all Jews. Right?
He started from a place where it is foreigners.
It is people that mixed Jews. People that you
regard as maybe not original or maybe they are
too mixed. They married from a different place.
It is a place where different people come. Right?
It's a mixed environment. Like some people will
say that London is a city of something. You know,
mixed people. People from everywhere are there.
Praise the Lord! It's the same thing as what
Galilee of the Genchai. Praise the Lord! So,
Jesus began to preach from the nations. Praise
the Lord! He went to where... that he may be
fulfilled, remember what he said earlier, that
he may be fulfilled that which was written in
Isaiah. Like I said, God's intention or God's
message has always been for the entire nation.
So we know the song, I love the man of Galilee.
Praise the Lord! Jesus is from Galilee. Right?
So when you say that, you are saying that...
Jesus is the saviour of the world, Galilee of
the Gentiles, Galilee of the nations. So this
text is also referenced in Isaiah, Isaiah chapter
9 verse 1 and 2. Isaiah chapter 1, Isaiah chapter
9 verse 1 and 2. Nevertheless, the gloom will
not be poured upon her who is just as when the
first He likely esteemed the land of Zebuli,
the land of Netzali, and afterward more heavily
oppressed by her, by the way of the sea beyond
Jordan, and the Galilee of the Gentiles. Praise
the Lord. Verse two. The people who walk in darkness
have seen a great light. Those who dwell in the
land of shadow of death, upon them a light has
shone. Praise the Lord. So we see that that's
where this Matthew was gotten from. It is a message
for the entire world. Praise the Lord. He started
to preach from the darkest of places. Praise
the Lord. To show that the message is for everybody.
Isaiah chapter 42 from verse 6 to 9. I the Lord
has called you righteous. and I will hold your
hands, I will keep you and give you as a covenant
to the people as light to the Gentile. Praise
the Lord. Verse seven now. To open blind eyes,
to bring out prisoners, to bring out the prisoners
from prison, those who sit in darkness for the
prison house. Verse eight. I am the Lord, that
is my name and my glory I will not give to another
nor my praise to carved images. Behold the former
things has come to pass, a new thing I declare.
Behold, sorry before the spring forth I will
tell them, I will tell you of them. Praise the
Lord. When he says new things he's talking about
new creation. Praise the Lord. It is speaking
of new creation. So we see that this message
is not new. It's a go and make disciples of all
nations. Jesus is saying, right, or he's telling
them that he's just reminding them of the call
that God has put upon them. There's a lot. Jesus
gave the great commission from the same Galilee
of the Gentiles. Matthew chapter 28 verse 7.
So we also see that when Jesus is telling them,
Go and make disciples, He also went to the same
place which He started from. Praise the Lord!
Matthew 27 ,38 -7. Go quickly and tell His disciples
that He has risen from the dead, and indeed He
is going before you into Galilee. There you will
see Him. Behold, I have told you. Verse 10. Then
Jesus said to them, Do not be afraid. Go and
tell my brethren to go to Galilee. There they
will see me. Verse 16. Then the twelve disciples
went into Galilee to the mountain which Jesus
had appointed for them. Praise the Lord! So before
he gave them the great commission, he also went
there to the Galilee of Gentiles. of the nations
praise the lord to tell them how important this
message is not just for the jews right it's for
the whole earth praise the lord so this geography
or these things we have looked at is instrumental
to the message right it means that the message
is for the whole world right it's saying that
think about the nation So when he says, when
they were there and he's telling them, go into
the world, he's saying, think about everybody.
Praise the Lord! So he's saying to them that
the gospel does not understand ethnicity. Praise
the Lord! It does not understand that you're
from Rwanda. It does not understand that you're
from Nigeria. It does not understand, it does
not discriminate. Praise the Lord! So, and we
must not in any way transmit human culture to
it. Praise the Lord. It does not discriminate.
It's for the whole world. Which means that the
gospel is culture blind. It does not discriminate
cultures. Praise the Lord. Make disciples of
all nations. The gospel is not English. It is
not Swahili, right? The gospel is not your ethnicity.
It's not Nigerian. Praise the Lord. The gospel
is for the entire world. So the church ought
to be a point for all nations. Praise the Lord.
The church ought to be a point for all nations.
So you and I have believers who do not, or brethren
who do not speak the same language as we presently
speak, or as you speak. Praise the Lord! But
we have a natural language in the Spirit. Hallelujah!
We have a natural language in the Spirit. So
we must get used to it. So you don't come to
church and you say, Oh, these people... Some
of them are Nigerians. I don't really like to
flow with Nigerians. Some of them are from Zimbabwe.
I don't really know. Praise the Lord! It is for
all nations. The gathering is a gathering of
nations. We gather as a gathering of people from
different places. The message we preach is for
everybody. Praise the Lord! So, just two more
minutes and I'm out. So wearing a suit is not
in Christ. Okay? This thing I wore now is not
in Christ. Right? Wearing a suit is not in Christ.
It transcends that. You don't bring your cultures
or the things that you believe in. Praise the
Lord. Or wearing garments. Most of you wear white
garments. Right? It's not in Christ. And then
in closing, Matthew 28 verse 20 says what? Teaching
them to observe all the things that have commanded
you and law am with you. Teaching them the edashko.
So when you preach, right? What we do when we
preach is that we are forming new patterns in
people's life. When you sit down and you hear
the word of God, you are forming new patterns.
That's why we encourage you to come to church.
Praise the Lord, right? You are forming new patterns.
The more you hear the Word of God, the more you
begin to see changes. You begin to see people
differently. Praise the Lord. The more you begin
to talk differently, the more you begin to act
differently. The gospel is for the whole world
and it can influence the whole world. And it
will influence the whole world. Praise the Lord.
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